The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-26

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 Not since that memorable day in the autumn of 1899 when the terrific battle between Auburn and Sewanee was fought has anything like the football enthusiasm been known in Montgomery that is in the air today.
 If "The Burgomaster" and Doodle" could, have heard the sounds that made the Union Station ring last night they would both have prayed for another long sleep. When the Louisville and Nash vile train arrived at 7:20 o'clock out of one of the Pullman cars filed line of athletic young men who would attract at tention anywhere. It was the Vanderbilt football team with Coach Watkins at the head and certainly finer body of men would be hard to find Proudly they trainshed, elasticity in their every move ment and the ruddy glow of health on their bright faces. Just CD the inside of the fence they gathered in close bunch and-well, the hissing of steam and clang- ing bell were completely drowned by the terrific noise that emanated from that knot of college boys.
 Manager Marshall of the team, who reached Montgomery yesterday morning and who, by the way. is an unusually at tractive gentleman-rnet the men at the gates to the car shed and as he grasped the hand of Coach Watkins a meaning
  number of Vanderbilt supporters with number of ladies were also at the station and the team was loudly cheered as the men climbed into a waggonette for the trip up to the hotel.
 At 9:30 o'clock there was repetition of | this scene at the railroad station. large crowd of Auburn supporters being gath | cred there to give Billie Williams and the Orange and Blue team rousing welcome. And what a welcome 1t was! TheAuburn boys ought to feel highly gratified. for as the team started across the platform cheer after cheer arose from inside the gates. Manager Bragg. who had reached the city on an early train, held whis- pered consultation with Coach Williams and the team was bundled into waiting waggonette. Each member of the Auburn team looks to be in magnificent condi- tion and their fine appearance speaks louder than a volume of praise could for the excellence of the work of Coach Williams.
 In conversation with the managers and coaches of both teams last night they expressed the utmost satisfaction and confidence of their men. and the game today promises to be veritable battle of giants
 After a light supper at the hotel. as near like the training table meals as pos. sible. both teams were hurried off to bed and a good. long nights restful sleep last night will have them in shape to mako the fight of their lives this afternoon.
 Neither team will do any work this morning to amount to anything. MT, Wat kins however. will take the Vanderbilt hoys out to the ball park for last signal practice MT. Williams gave the Auburn team it's last signal practice on the Au- burn campus yesterday afternoon, that neing the reason they did not come down | on the early train last night.
 | The grounds are as fit as fiddle for | the big battle today. They are firm and i hard as floor with no sign of weeds anywhere within the bounds. Two stout | strands of wire. making a good high | fence have been stretched entirely around | the biz square. while the gridiron has | been mathematically marked off with | broad strips of lime. Tn addition to the fierce the Mayor has promised to have at least ten or twelve patrolmen detailed
 from the City Police Department. SC there will he no trouble in keeping crowds
 from rushing on the field at excitine
 points of the game. Spectators in tho
 grand stand or on the side lines will be l able to have Pt all times an uninterrupted view of the field
 Game Will Begin at 23O.
 As both teams have to leave the city
 at 6:45 o'clock this afternoon it wa. deemed advisable to call the game al 2:S0 o'clock sharp instead of o'clock
 there being a probability of the second half having to be curtailed If started at o'clock Ladies and their escorts vii be wise to buy their tickets this morn
 ing or before going to the grounds
 by getting them the rush at the ground:
 ran be avoided. Of course tickets will
 be on sale at the grounds. but ther'
 will he the same rush to the window
 that there was at the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 game. M
 The sponsors of the two teams witt
 their escorts will be driven out to th
 grounds In traps literally covered witt
 traps will occupy positions of vantage ol | the right of the field and all other We