The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-27
GREAT VICTORY FOR GEORGIA.
STATE UNIVERSITY BOYS BEAT
THE ALABAMA ELEVEN,

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bama Boys the FavOrites in the
Betting at First, But Georgia
Backs Them Down to Even Money.
The Game n Battle Royal.
Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 26-The greatest
game of foot ball ever seen upon south
ern field was played here to-day between
the teams of the University of Georgia
and the Alabama University at Auburn.
1t was battle royal for blood and the
championship of the south, and the Geor-
gians bore off the laurel wreath, defeating
the Alabamians by a score of u to 6.
Seven thousand people witnessed the
game. Nearly a thousand people came
over from Athens with the university team
this morning and large delegations were
present from Auburn, Montgomery and
other Alabama cities, to cheer the Au-
burn boys on to victory.
I The Seaboard Air Line ran an excursion
train of ten coaches from Athens to bring
over the crowd from that city. The uni
versity students numbered 800, while there
were hundred from the State Normal
School and practically the entire youth of
the town.
Macon, Augusta, oxford and even towns
as far away as Savannah sent delegations
up to witness the game.
No such gathering of foot ball enthu-
siasts has ever been seen In the state be-
fore. The town was completely in the
hands of the college boys and their friends
They took everything by storm about the
streets and the hotels with their songs
and yells, and when the game was called
society was on dress parade en- masse.
Everywhere were the colors of the con-
tending colleges, the black and red of the
Georgians, and the orange and blue of the
Alabamians. Carriages and traps were
gayly decorated with the colors and the
| lads and lassies wore them in profuson.
| The day was an ideal one for a battle
on the gridiron. During the morning a
soft mist overhung the city and by the
time for the game, had moistened the
| ground just enough to make it in prime
condition. With the assembling of the
teams, the sun shone forth from behind
| the clouds, where 1t had fingered during
| the forenoon, making the conditions for the
contest perfect.
| People fiocked to the ball ground untn no
more could be jammed through the gates,
| Wnlle nunQreQS OF Gdlly O6COEdleu NellACleS
| lined the adjacent streets for BLOCKS
| around. The Alabama team arrived in the
| city last night, spending the night at the
| Aragon, to be in good trim for the contest
to-day. The crowd that came over from
| Alabama brought along a good deal OF
money with which to back their team and
the betting commenced early in the day.
] At first the odds were on the Auburn team,
| which had twice defeated the Georgia boys
| and had made a fine record this year in
| competition with other tow. Later on,
when the crowd came In from Athens, the
| betting took a turn and odds were offered
| on the Georgians, who were confident OF
| victory despite the previous defeats
| at the hands of Alabama. The
most of the betting was at even
money. It is a fair estimate to say that
| the Athens crowd carried back between
$1,000 and $780, won from the opposition
on the game. At one time the cashier of
| the Kimbalf house had $1,000 in bets in his
safe. The students came with the deter
mination to back their teams to the last
cent, and many of them were so enthusi-
astic that they put up watches and every
thing else valuable that they could rem
der available. The Alabamians were as
game on this line as the Georgians, IN
fact, they thought they had soft snap
when they could get even money, and
as a result of this confidence some of them
went home dead broke tonight.
After the game this afternoon the town
was turned into pandemonium. The
Athens boys brought over with them
car. load of tin horns and cow bells, some
of the horns being of the mammoth va
riety, capable of making a noise that
might be heard a mile. In the exuber-
ance of their shouts they paralyzed all
sound.
The defeat Of the Alabama team to-day
puts honors even between that team and
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Georgia eleven has the advantage of one
victory since the formation of the South
ern intercollegiate Athletic Association
under the auspices of which the games
between the southern colleges are now
played. The victory to-day also makes
the Georgans the champions of the
south. Last year the Auburn team de-
feated the Georgians on the field here by
a score of 16 to 6. The year before that
the Georgia team defeated Alabama by a
score of 10 to s. In another game played
between the two teams Auburn defeated
the Georgians, which now makes the two
stand even in point Of victories, each hav-
ing won two games out Of total of four
played.
This year both teams had played three
games before they came together for the
battle royal In these three games with oth-
or colleges, neither Alabama nor Georgia
had sustained a single defeat. The Athens
team had defeated the University Of North
Carolina, one Of the best teams in the
south. the Suwanee eleven. and the team
of the Wofford college of South Carolina,
while the Alabama team had defeated Mer-
Ger, the Georgia school OF technology and
the Suwanee team. With this sort of
record, it was apparently to be a battle of
giants to-day. Both teams were as evenly
matched, according to the records made
as could have been desired.
In weight the Alabamians averaged 166
pounds, while the Georgians averaged 1853
Each team had about the same number of
new men. that is five, the balance being
the same who had met each other in pre-
vious contests. They had the same cap
tains. Nally for the Georgians, and Tiche-
nor for the Alabamians. When the two col
leges met this afternoon they lined up their
full teams as follows:
Alabama. Position. Georgia.
Mltcan ...........center........ Atkinson
Sargent ......,.right guard........ Blanch
Nelson ...........left guard........... Brice
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