The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-29
ALL READY FOR The CANE.
Savannah to Give Athens a Hard Con-
test on The GTidiTOl To-day.

o'Clock-BOth Teams in Fine Trim and
the Game Expected to be the Best
Ever Seen in savannah-The Athens
Men VIII be Well Taken Care of Dur
/ ing Their Stay in the City-Something
About the Members of the Savannah
Team.
/ Arrangements have been completed for
one Of the greatest games Of foot ball this
/ afternoon that has yet been seen on
the Savannah gridron. The game be-
/ tween Athens and Savannah will be called
4 at the Bolton street park promptly at ,
/ o'clock, and the prospects are that it
will be witnessed by one Of the largest
| crowds that has ever gathered at this
/ park
The Athens team will arrive via the
/ Central railroad this morning at O'Clock,
/ and will be met at the depot by COM
mittee Of the Athletic Association, and es-
/ corted to their headquarters at the Pull
ask house. The hotel has been decorated
with the colors of the two teams, and with
/ dying ribbons and college yells the boys
viii make things quite lively. A telegram
to the Morning News from Macon last
night said the Athens team took supper
there. that the members talked confidently
and that they are still enthused with the
result of their game with Auburn.
At II O'Clock the Athens men will be
taken for drive around the city. After
/ lunch both teams will go direct to the bail
park as the game is to be called early in
the afternoon. Mr.. Charles Halsey of
/ Charleston, an old University foot ball
| player will be here as umpire and Mr.. w
/ r. Powell, a former player of Wake Forest,
/ n. c., Will act as referee. The captains of
the two teams Will decide on the linesman
/ to-day
The grounds have been put in exception
/ ally good shape and the gridiron is
/ chall1ed Off The outlook is that the
weather may be little windy, but it will
4 not interfere with the work of the teams.
/ This game will close the university's sea-
son. Its team has been victorious in all
the games played this year, with one ex-
/ ception, and it has made total of 1874
points against it's opponents 20 points.
The university boys viii be greeted by a
! delegation from the University Club,
which will attend the game in a body.
The Savannah men met last night for
a final talk over the game and a practice
of the signals. They all realize that
they have a hard game before them, but
will go into the game with determina-
ton to win if it be possible.
Several Of the stores of the city have
decorated with the red and black of the
university and brown and white of S8-
Vannah in honor of the occasion, and the
chances are that colors win be flying in
every direction. The Savannah coloTs
are the same as those of Lehigh Universe
ty, of which Capt L. w. Walker is a
graduate, and they were chosen by the
/ home team out of regard for him.
The two teams will line up as follows:
Athens. Savannah.
| Clark..............Left End......... Gordon
/ Watkins ........ Left Tackle....... keenan,
! Price............Left Guard &C.. .Counihan
Nally. Center ............. Hicks
Right Guard Wyness
Fleming. Right Tackle ..B. Williams
Spain, Right End .......LeMaistre
Butler......Q Quarter Back ........... Ryals
Shacklcford. Left Half Back ..... Walker
Halsey. Right Half Back 900. Brady
Full Back .....H. Hopkins
The average weight of the Athens men
is l51 pounds, while that Of the Savannah
players is 159 pounds, giving the latter
the advantage in that point at least
The following brief sketches of Savan-
nah's players will be read with interest:
Gordon of Yale '92, the left end is a new
man on the team, but will give good &C
count Of himself in the game. He is a
follows the ball we'll. His weight is 147
pounds, but in breaking up interference
he is the equal of any man on the team.
keenan,, at left tackle, is a veteran of
four years experience, and is no doubt the
most useful man on the team, as far as
his all around playing is concerned. He is
in every play that is made, and works
| always with the GOODNESS and determine
ton which are the requisites of a truly
good foot ball player. AS ground gamer
he would rank first in the south if he
could have the advantage of every day
| practice and CONSTANT training. He
weighs 100 pounds.
Counihan, left guard, Is also an old
player, having occupied for four years
on the Savannah team the position he
will fill to-day He weighs us pounds,
! is six feet in hight and knows how to use
his weight to the best advantage. He is
/ the fastest man on the team. and is down
the field on a kick almost always before
/ the ends.
! Hicks, the center, will play his first
game to-day in this position. He is not
/ a heavy man, weighing only 1856 pounds,
/ but he is considered the strongest man
/ in Savannah of his weight He is short,
! and thick set, plays close to the ground,
/ and is a very hard man to push back.
4 Wyness is monument of strength at
! right guard, and can always be found at
/ the head of the interference on runs
D dlbIIN tAle Gnu. by AtdoOll u MS great
/ weight, 1913 pounds he is very difficult
/ man to hold in the line, and he viii fire.
/ quently be seen to break through, and
/ tackle the runner back of the line.
/ Williams is back again at his old posi-
/ ton of right tackle. He was sick early
/ in the season, and was unable to play
/ in the Tech" game His weight is l79
pounds. He is speedy and cool-headed.
/ In the game last year with the University
he played center, but 1t has been thought
/ best to move him further out on the line
! where his great activity can be used to
/ better effect
/ on the right end Of the line will stand
1 the hardest tackler on the team, LeMais-
/ tire. He played half back I'm the game with
/ the Techs" but was somewhat out of
/ place i'm that position. his native
/ sphere" being upon the rush line
/ Ryais, at quarter back. is a new man
/ who has been developed within the past
month He takes the place vacated by
/ Bayly Hipkins. who occupied the position
for two years For the experience he has
/ had. he does remarkable work and may be
relied upon to pass the ball with accu-
. racy