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Augusta Is Keyed Up For Great
Football Classic Next Saturday
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Size-Up of Teams Indicates Fierce Combat at Academy Park
Georgia-Furman Clash.
Will Be Biggest Sport
4 Event In City’s History
"Garden City of South” Beg ins to Adorn Herself For
Colorful Occasion'—Governors of Georgia and South
Carolina and Governor-Eloct of Florida to Attend.
Game Has Been fextenzively Advertised Throughout
Southeast v
With only one week more before the Georgia-Furman
football classic to be played here October 18tf» “The
\ Garden City of the South" is beginning to adorn herself
in the Red and Black of the Bulldogs and the Purple and
White of the Purple Hurricane, while thousands of grid
iron fans eagerly aw’ait the time to cheer the teams on to
victory and Milady hurries about in her characteristic
haste preparatory to the event and upon attendance of
the governors ball to be held at the Country Club, and
other entertainments Saturday evening after the game.
It will be the happy lot of Augusta to be host to the
most colorful gathering that will attend a football game
in the South this year. Added to the brilliance of big
football games will be the official attendance of Governor
and Mrs. Thomas G. McLeod of South Carolina, Governor
and Mrs. Clifford Walker of Georgia and Governor-elect
and-Mrs. John W. Martin of Florida, and Mayor and Mrs.
John T. Alsop, of Jacksonville, Fla. Other high officials
from the three states and their families will be here.
Immediatcdv preceding the game ceremonies will be
held on the field between Governor Walker, of Georgia,
and Governor McLeod of South Carolina, in which Gov
ernor-elect Martin of Florida will participate. The gov
ernors of South Carolina and Georgia will sponsor their
respective teams.
. «n will meat In AllirUftlll. on
MAYOR SMITH TO
BE OFFICIAL HOST
Mayor Julian M. Smith, will bo
the official boat for the city of Au
guet* »o th# visiting governors.
Mayor Alsop and 'other prominent
man. Nothing whatever hn« boon
last undone by the committee in
charge of the game In making the
event a gala one. Entertainment*
for the visitors, the teams and stu
dent* of the two universities have
, bean carefully provided for.
Officials of railroads running Into
the city have put forth every effort
to handle the crowd attending the
game Special rates Will he given
and all possible conveniences ns to
schedules have been made, special
trains will he run ovqr the Georgia
■Railroad, the Charleston and Wes
tern Carolina. Railway, and th*
Georgia & Florida Railway. Simi
lar provisions have been made bv
other railroads Tickets to he sold
will provide that those who care
to can remain In the city until the
next day before returning to their
home*. ...
It la believed that this game will
eclipse any event that ha* aver
been held In Augusta. If thou
sands of people In Oeorgla and
South Carolina mean what they
aay, and there is no reason t<* Ls
lla’va otherwise, Augustan* will wit
ness the greatest gathering at nnv
•ingle time since th* thousand* of
aoldltrs assembled here at Camp
Hancock. It will be an event that
th* city will be proud of and one
that will linger long in the minds
of her friend* who Journey her* on
that day^
ACADEMY FIELD
IB FINE GRIDIRON
Academy field has been made into
ton* of th* finest gridirons In tha
Bouth. It 1* probably the only
football Haiti that 1* aod from be
ginning to end. Th* arrangement*
of th* grandstand, the strength of
It and tha epaciouanes* of the sent*
surpasses that of Columbus where
th* Oeorgla -Auburn football classic
Is played every year before thou*
**Around the playing Held a w ire
fence ha* been erected to prevent
th* apeetator* from getting on the
field or any way from inadvet -
tently itnerferrtng with the pla>-
era All seat* and sections hav*
been marked off and numbered,
thus eliminating confusion. As an
absolute check against such,
usher* will escort th* apeetator* to
thair respective plana*!"
stand. No one will be P'™’”.
to stand on what I* tmmmon y
known s* the side-line Kvery on*
who sees the game will have a sent
« n «h|» era mint a Hit RHfl Will *<* *
OUlred to remain In It throughou
the game. Sf, rM care was ruad.
In construction of thei grim
to make it aa oomfortabl* a* po*M
hle for th# spectator*. The only
entrance to »h# Held will he front
the East rat*
That Augusta wilt
bacom* a city of Mr football be
tween th. leading college f-arn. of
the South *<*ctn* assured. though tt
*„ ve » atrlctlv up to th* people of
the cUv to mnk* It euoh or to bring
about th* defeat of one of the grral
**t opportunities that It ha a ever
had to b* numbered among the
cltiea of America that Rr« wide
awake to tha value of *u> h and are
keen rival* In their bid* lor the
annual cla**lc*. If thl* r>m* I*
properly supported by Aujmatana.
and It la believed that It will l*e. »
I* only a matter of a few year* be
fore the city wilt be one of the lead
in* aport center* of the South
east.
EVENT ADVERTISED
VERY EXTENSIVELY
Thera never ha* hern an event
held In Augueta that hn» been a*
► widely advertised n* the Georg'"-
‘Furman Bam*. Placard*, letter
sticker*. and automobile windshield
■ticker* have heen placed through
Georgia and South Carolina, and
In tha state* of T. -mouse* North
Carolina and Florida. Newspaper
publicity, locally and otherwise of
the game line never been equalled
In the South. Commenting on the
Bam* the Washington News-Re
porter, In ite last week's Issue an id
"Saturday the 18th. Georgia and
Furman will meet In Augusta, on
neutral ground, for their regular
annual game of football, and a
large delegation of Washington
fans will attend.
"The game will doubfleaa draw
one of the largeat crowd Of fan*
ever to witness a like event In tha
state outside of Atlanta. It 1* aald
that *O,OOO people are expected to
witness th# contest, which will
doubtless he a hair-raiser.”
In addition to thla notice th* pub
lisher of thla paper gave to' tha
cause a lialf-pag* .advertisement
in a a pedal edition of hla paper
recently published. Reader notice*
of the gam# have appeared In coun
ty paper# of Oeorgla and Bouth
Carolina and In the do Ills* of the
two states. The response from
these papers has been whole
hearted.
TO DRAW SECTIONS
CLOSER TOGETHER
The game this year and thpao *«
follow wtl lbe the mean# Of Au
gustan* becoming better acquaint
ed with the citizens In th# terri
tuoy of this city In both Oeorgla
and South Carolina. It will draw
them closer together and bring
about a better understanding Of tne
Interest that they hold In common.
Manv of thoee who will attend the
game are planning to arrive In the
city during Friday and Saturday
nryil to remain over until the day
after the game. Reeervatlona have
been secured In the looal commer
cial hotels and at the Partridge Inn
The management of this tourist
hostelry ha* mad* special arrange
ments to open for the •*Pt'»s» P'
pose of caring for thoee who dealre
reservations there dutng their so
journ her*.
There are few Auguatan* who
realise th* etupendoue * n »°“ nt
work and th* large sum of money
involved In securing the ■“*••**
working out th# endleea detail* in
cident thereto. The enUr# burden
wae aeeumed from the beginning
bv George Benoken, Spencer
Hart, and Georg* Barrett. It J"
due to the untiring and “P** 1 "* 1 '
effort# of these gentlemen that the
Georgia- Furman football claeeto le
to he played here October lSth.
■With th# exception of two or three
volunteer worker* from time to
time, no one other then th# three
gentlemen above referred to have
been called on to aeelst. neither
has any on# tendered their service*.
No individual or business houe# h*a
been naked to donate money, nor
has an offer to do eo been made.
HOW THE GAME
WAS SECURED
Securing Uie gam* !« du* to the
efforts of Messrs. Hart, Hancken
and Barrett. An effort to seouro
the game for Augusta was begun
In the'fall of l»t* at " hlch time
these gentlemen made a trip »»
Athena and had a Conference With
Prof H V. Hanford and other athle
tic officials of th# University of
Georgia. Following this Met other
ti Ip* were made to Athens nnd t
Greenville* where confer erne, were
held with Professor.! " ~b‘ \r * ***;
Chairman of the Eurman Athletic
Association. Score* of letter# And
telegram# were **nt relative to ee
curing the game.
A meeting of the local alumni of
the I'ntverelty of Georgia «*W4
and Profeeaor E** ll ’*. 4 » nd < J? 1 . 1
George (Kid) Woodruff, of the l nl
vorally of Georgia attended. It wag
finally agreed that the Auumita
of Geotwla would com* to Augueta
on a guarantee of If M>o and *U •»-
pen***. A ettnllnr guarantee wae
!. 1!t do Furman making th# total
guarantee to the school 1" round
numbers of approximately |g.oo«.
In order to aecur* this sum of
money tho local alumni association
of the I’ntverelty of Georgia and
a number of oltleen* *‘*ned a
guarantee for thla amount. The
guarantor* are a* follow*.
THE GUARANTORS
BOR THE GAME
George A. Hancken. Richmond
Hotel. E, H. Arrington. F. E. Mar
shall. Tracey Jonea, Warren Both
weit, H. I’. Burunt. V. G. Htdgelj.
<’ H Phinlar, Rodney F. Cohen, J-
R L«w It. \V. Ahaw, Heffeman *
Uyne, T. I. Aabury. J- W. Talbert,
Several Augusta Boys In This Bunch
wc jf •jfcgwß Kmk
Member* of the 1923 Freshman team that graduated up to the var»t ty squad this year. Several Augusta boys are among them and -will be
Keen in action In Augusta on October 18th against Furman. The men a re, bottom row, from left to right: Stokeley, Sherlock, Hatcher. Car
roll, Tanner, Howard, Hollis. Middle row: Morton. Johnson, Boland, K uln, Fowler, Forbes, Rogers, Curran, Johnson. Top row: Shepherd, Ba
con, Hand, Clay, l.urkle, tlroves, Ilell, Mapp, Floyd. v
L. B. Evans, Pierce Brothers, T. R.
Clarke, Reginald Maxwell, 11. 11.
Alexander, Hlntpn J. Baker, Au
gusta-Alken Railway, W. E. Bush,
B. E. Raster, I. M. Fleming, Geo.
Barrett, Eugene K. Murphey, Ar
chibald Blackshear, J. 8. Bussey,
Jr., Lansing B. Lee, J. C. C. Black,
Jr., Mllledge Lockhart, Claude L.
Bennett, James M. Hull, Jr., X,eon
ard Weigle, It. H. C. Oertel, Jno.
T. Halns, Wm. F. Eve, Jr., It. E.
Blanchard, W. T. Edmunds, Chas.
D. Ward, Irvin Phlnlty, Thoa. D.
Phlnliy, Augusta Chronicle, Hil
lary Mangutn, J. Milo Hatch, Thoß.
M. Johnson, Jas. H. Roberts,
Jerome L. Morris, Elmer I. Ran
som, W. M. Howard, It. E. Allen,
Jr., Spenoor L. Hart, W. A. Lut
burrow, Norris Sherry, Bright Mc-
Connell, J. E. ltoes, W. I). Lanier,
J. C. H. Claussen, Bruce 8. Chand
ler, L. J. Fluker, T. F. Itoeeel, Jr.,
W. H Fleming, Ueo. Hulas, Geo. T.
Jackson, C. 11 Cohun, Morton Nach
man, I. 8. Peebles, J. 8. Field, J. 8.
Bussey, Ureenvlllo, 8. C„ O. Lom
bard Kelly, O. W. Illnson, John
King, Orange Crush Bottling Com
pany. Home Folks Cigar Store, T. J.
Armstrong, P. Wicngee, Augusta
Herald, M. A. O'Connor, Bowen
Brothers Hardware Company, B.
Stulb, F. J. Millor, J. Frank Cars
well, Francis Calhoun, Marvin
Carpenter, Emory Williamson, Ge
neata Hotel, G. F. claussen, w. M.
Lester, Lorick & Vniden, llenry G.
Howard, Qeo. P. Butler, W, T. Gary,
J. Roy Cooper, K. M. Ramsey, L.
Sylvester & Huns, J. L. Sclmul. ltlce
& O'Connor Bhoe Company, Godin
■ Spectacle Company, Farr & Hogan,
! Max Tunkle, Mose slusky, Harry
j 11. Jones, C. H. Bohnkler, if, B. Dun
bar, Carter Buruell, M. W. Kelley,
| Pierce Merry. Gardelle's, C. T.
i Ooetchlue, Virgil Hollingsworth,
; Plata Hotel, I. 11, Cohen and Wm.
I P. Congdon.
The spirit that has been dis
played by Messrs Barrett, Sancken
and Hart In working for the game
and In handling the details Is
worthy of the gratitude of every
cltlgen of Augusta. These gentle
men were appointed as the com
mittee In charge by the local alum
ni of the University of rtt-orgia.
HARRELL EXPECTED
TO REPLACE WATERS
ON FURMAN ELEVEN
ST JmLjubl
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ila H J||£|
*'■ H—H H iniggOT i V»i ■
Spencer Harrell, playing hi# first
year on the Vhraitsy of the Purple
Hurricane, 1* counted u|H>n to take
th* place of Stud Mater* «s an In
terference runner Spencer 1* great
In backing up the line,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Mr. Hart, has worked ceaselessly In
advertising the game and with
other things incident to It. John
Bussey, formerly of Augusta, now
a prominent cotton factor of Green
ville, lias worked continuously with
the local committee.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
HAVE CO-OPERATED
Mayor Julian M. Smith and City
Council have co-operated splendid
ly with the committee. » Financial
and other needed assistance has
been tendered by the mayor and
council. The Board of Commerce
gave financial and other support to
the game. Butler M. Holley, of the
«
Hicks and Robertson, Furman Centers
r vj 1 .'.vr 1
kk^SSSESSSSSSSSSSSESSSSSS"
first Lady of South Carolina and Daughter
Wilt Cheer Furman Eleven
hk JOR • V res*'
MISS LUCY McLEOD. VRf THOS. G. McLEOO.
The abov* picture* allow Mr*. Thoma* O McLeod, wife of the governor of South Carolina, and their
daughter. Miss Lucy McLeod, who 1* a student at BlackttOn* College tVa). They will cheer the Purple
Hurricane in th* game at Augusta on October 18.
county commissioners and that
body have worked with the com
mittee.
Though Messrs. Hart,
and Sancken have received as
sistance from the mayor and coun
cil and county commissioners, the
endless details of hard work has
been shouldered by the committee
and It is due to their efforts that
such assistance was secured.
This week members of the local
alumni of the University of Georgia
who are more than 250 strong, will
call upon the merchants of Au
gusta and others and request them
to buy tickets to the game. This
was done In Columbus, and the
response was one hundred per cent.
It finally enabled the people and
the local alumni of the University
of Georgia of that city to make the
Georgia-Auburn annual game such
a great thing In point of attendance
that the two Institutions now play
for fifty per cent of the gate re
ceipts and no longer ask for a
guarantee. This condition, Profes
sor Sanfcrd, of the University of
Georgia and Professor Hicks, of
Furman University, believes will be
the result of the Georgia-Furman
game played In Augusta. More
than twenty thousand people at
tend the Georgia-Auburn game at
Columbus.
Red and Black Ready,
Purple Hurricane Ditto,
For Invasion of Augusta
Georgia Is Favorite Locally, But Its Supporters Realize
Bulldogs Will Have Big F ight on Their Hands, For
Coach Laval, Has Anything But a Scrubby Crew This
Season
Less than a week away hovers October 18, when the
Georgia Bulldog meets the Purple Hurricane from b ur
man. Both teams are reported to be regaining strength
lost in pre-season scrimmaging, when valuable men were
left out of the line-up.
Captain John Fletcher, of Georgia, is back in the game,
and it is expected that he will be a factor to reckon with
in the Furman game in Augusta next Saturday. He was
an all-southern fullback in 1922, picked for the position
over some of the South’s biggest boys and best bets.
Georgia’s victories over Mercer and South Carolina
were beyond the fondest hopes of coaches and followers
and have tended to lend strength to the belief that Fur
man is in for a drubbing on the 18th. She is the unques
tioned favorite here in Augusta among the betting frater
nity, though it is freely aired that it will not be a walk
away by any means. One Georgia enthusiast was heard
to remark one day this week that he didn’t understand
one thing about Georgia, and that was/what in the worl
she could do with all the material she has. He declared
she had more good men than four good coaches could de
velop and that this is her only weakness. There may be
something to that, but you can’t make the average Geor
gia man believe it.
.... .. t- ~ i-«~ « n „if it fiti*mnn ddflan’t at
Fletcher is in' his fourth year on
the varsity, two other men having
been there as long, Taylor and
Randall. Captain Fletcher plays ah
end, while Taylor .is a tackle and
Randall a halfback. There are six
three-yqgr-men on the team, R.
Day, Thomason, Butler, M. Day,
Joselov* and Wiehrs . R. Day
plays center, Thomason, Butler
and Wiehrs are backfield men and
while Joselove and M. Day are
guards. Eight members of the squad
have been at Georgia two years,
Carmichael and Bass, tackles,
Moore and Levie, guards, Blount
and Kilpatrick, quarterbacks, Nel
son, fullback and Thompson, end.
The one-year men and the posi
tions they play are: Bacon, tackle;
Mapp, guard: G. Johnson end;
Luckie, tackle; Smith, end; Hand,
tackle; Hollis, quarterback: How
ard, end: Rogers, guard: Shonard,
guard; Bo’and, fullback: Floyd,
halfback; Hatcher, halfback;
Cloud, end; Morton, halfback;
Shattuek. center; Sherlock, half
back; Saye. center; Groover,
guard; D. Johnson, end; Tanner,
guard; Clay, center: Fowler, cen
ter; Stokley, tackle; Chambers,
end; Woody, guard; Wooten, half
back; Lipscomb, tackle; Bell, cen
ter; Clarke, quarterback.
THREE LOCAL BOYS
ON GA. ROSTER
The following Augusta hoys are
on the squad: O. Johnson. Luckie,
Sherlock. Hatcher is from Waynes
boro; D. Johnson from Royston;
Shepard from Avern, Butler, Mapp,
Kilpatrick, Forbes and Morton are
from Athens: Cloud la from Greens,
boro; Groover Is from Washington;
Rell and Bass are from Milledge
ville.
There are fifty-one men on the
squad and the team average Is 17.2
pounds.
Coach Woodruff naturally thinks
his proteges are going to win from
Furman, hut it may depend on any
number of contingencies, such as
the number of casualties of the Yale
game and several other things.
However, no one at Georgia Is
afraid to say that Oeorgia will win
on the 18th. from the Purple Hur
ricane.
Coach Billy Laval, of Furman,
knows his boys ahre going in
there to fight and he knows they
will fight from the first whistle to
the last, no matter how the score
runs. If he wins, he will be mighty
glad and will ' have something to
crow about, but he won’t crow. He
never does laugh at the other fel
low’s defeat, It is always a happi
ness that comes when Furman
wins.
LAVAL’S POPULARITY
WILL BE A FACTOR |
Laval hasn’t a scrubby crew,
either. He's a good coach, the Fur
man alumni call him the best in
th# South. There is no doubt that
he is among the best. His boys all
love him, the university faculty
love him and the people of Green
ville love him. Billy's a great fel
low end a great coach and It wos't
Governors’ Ball Will Be
Brillian! Feature of Game;
Here’s Invitation io Event
Invitations to ihe Governors' Rail at the Country mm c -,
L!r<fwf: IVI ' n 38 “ KltUre *
THE AUGUSTA COUNTRY CLUB
requests the honor of your presence at
THE GOVERNORS’ BALL
On the evening of Saturday the eighteenth of October
at nine-thirty oclock complimenting .
GOVERNOR AND MRS CLIFFORD WALKER
or Georgia
GOVERNOR O. M.EEnD
°“" u “
Augusta. Georgia.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
he his fault If Furman doesn't at
least cop the top notch In South
Carolina football In 1924.
Assisting Billy Laval in the
coaching are “Dizzy” McLeod, a
former player and captain for the
Hurricane, and Doug Potea, one of
the greatest triple-threat men ever
developed in th South. Poteat Is al.
so a star of the Purple eleven of th
past four years. This seems to say
that Laval has two men with him
who are of his school and can put
the player through the kind of stuff
he wants them to get.
The stars of the Purple Hurri
cane are like the stars of the firma
ment, they are many and not far
between. Probably outstanding are:
Captain Hartley Coleman, “Red”
Dobson, “Bud” Lanford. Jack
Dempsey. Joe Tilghman, .Tim Her
long, “Farmer” Brown, “Rip” Mc-
Gee, Jim Brice, “Hoss” Chewning,
“Chick” Crawford, Spencer Har
rell and Dan Matheson. Coleman,
Dobson and Lanford are making
their fourth year on the team.
Dempesy, Chewning and Matheson
are three-year men, McGhee, Her
long, Harrelll, Tilghman and Brown
are two-year men, while Brice and
Crawford are one-year men.
PLENTY OF GOOD
MATERIAL IN STOCK
Captain Coleman plays center,
and there are Robertson and Hicks
in reserve for the same position,
both good men. Tilghman, Chewn
ing and Brice play ends, with Beas
ley, Hammett aind Minnick in re
serve for the wing positions. Dob
son and Lanford are guards, aug
mented by Orr and Blackwell in
reserve. Brown Is a tackle, having
McElveen, Smith, Thomas, Wood
and Mixon slated for the same po
sition. McGhee, Harrell, Dempsey,
Herlong, Crawford and Matheson
are flashy backs, and ,are bheked
up hy a husky bunch of fellows In
Mreks, Riley, Galloway. Armstrong.
Duncan, Woodward, Pearce and
Waters.
Coleman, McElveen, Hicks and
Waters are from Florence;. Rob
ertson is from Greenville; Riley Is
from Barnwell; Dempsey is from
Blackstock; Brown is from Lau
rens; Galloway is from Abbeville;
Herlong and Minnlch are from
Bateshurg-Leesville; Armstrong is
from Honea Path; and McGhee Is
from Honea Path.
Furman's romp over tlie New
berry Indians and her showing
against Alabama are highly en
couraging points toward a brilliant
season. Laval's hopes run higher
now than they did two weeks ago,
when, naturally, the condition of
the team was purely problematical.
He says he has a better team than
he has ever had and he is going
to make the wise ones sit up and
take notice this year. Those who
know Laval best take his word for
it.
Furman has a team average of
between 165 and 170 pounds. She
has a dozen or so very light men,
hut they are all fast and carry
beads full of football sense. What
they may lack In weight, Laval ex
pects them to make up In actual
knowledge of how to play the game
nnd In real grit.