The morning news., 1894-11-26
ON THE GRIDIRON.
What Savannah's Players Think of the
Athens-Auburn Game.

What Savannah's Players Think Of the
Athens-Auburn Game.
It is probable that arrangements will
be made to give the members of the Uni
versity foot ball team a pleasant recep-
tion when they reach the city Thursday
morning to contest for honors with Sa-
vannah on the gridiron that afternoon.
The University Club contemplates tax
ing hand in the arrangements, in so
far as giving the Athens boys a warm re-
ception is concerned. A large number of
the members have expressed the inten-
tiou Of attending the game in a body.
but they viii wear the scarlet and black
of their old alma mater in honor of the
occasion. Messrs. L. W. Walker, f. Le-
Maistre and j. NJ. Ryals of the Savannah
team returned yesterday from Atlanta,
where they went to witness the game be-
tween the Athens and Auburn teams One
of them said in regard to the game.
This was undoubtedly the most inter
esting athletic event which has taken
place in the south this season. Auburn,
by reason of its brilliant victory over the
/ Techs" the previous Saturday had been
| brought prominently before the Atlanta
people, and this, combined with the inter-
est naturally felt in the Athens team, at
tracJed crowd of 2000 spectators to Ath-
letic Park to witness one Of the most
closely contested combats ever seen in
! this section. 1t was one of those singing,
| shouting, entirely good-natured crowds
that are found only where college stu>
! dents and college sympathizers gather
to witness two sturdy college teams al
work upon the gridirOn field.
THE teams lined up" he said. "at $50
Athens protecting the south goal and Au-
burn in possession of the ball After the
| kick off Athens began her sharp. snappv
rushes between tackle and end, with such
| excellent interference that the ball was
carried almost to Auburn's goal before if
was lost on a tumble Auburn then turned
the tables upon her adversary, and with
a system of interference slightly different
but fully as effective as that of Athens
forced the ball up the field for eighty
yards to a touchdown. from which no
goal was kicked After this Athens suc-
ceeded in making two touch-downs dur
ing the remainder Of the first half. but
kicked neither Of the goals. In the second
halI Auburn tied the score by a beautiful
run of sixty yards around right end. No
goal resulted. The inability of both teams
to kick goals after tOuch-downs was very
noticeable and seems to indicate a want
of proper attention to details in practice
winch should not be found in a college
team Near the close of the second baIf
Athens won the game by forcing Auburn
to a safety. Total score-Athens. 10. An
burn, g.
THE game throughout was marked NV
the entire absence of any Objectionable
tactics on either side No sluqgine ,,-.,s in
dulged in, and the tackling. while of courea
1t was fierce and hard, and intended to
check the runners advance, was NOT
foul" "o'
This victory gives the University Of
Georgia, practically, the champion colIeoo
team OF the far south, but it vet remains
10 be seen how the game will come ont an,
Thanksgiving day, when our home bovs
tackle these champions on the grtdiro,7 a +
Bolton street park. The game promises to
be an intensely Interesting one. and viii
probably be witnessed by larger crov,I
than last THANKSGIVING day. What tends
to make the game a more interesting ono
than it would otherwise be is the fact
that last year the game between the Tni-
VersIty and our team resulted in a tie
neither side scoring
w nile the home team will be weakened
by the loss Of b. Hipkins. last vear's o,lIa,.-
ter-back. Capt. Walker saws that tLo
team Will be very much stronger than last
year, having been strengthened bv the ac-
cesslon OF several old college players. The
savannah players who saw the game
have expressed the opinion that the team,
here will have to play a great game of
bail TO win from Athens. but are cop-
hdent that it will be a very close e-ar,e
The Athens team is a light one as com
pared with the Savannah bows and viii
depend largely on her superior trainino
and skin to score. The Savannah tean,
however, is quick and has been well
coached by Capt. Walker who nIavod
end rush on Lehigh's team for three
years, and knows the modern game ner-
fectly.