The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-06
Come on Special Train From Op6Iika and Bring Party of
 Hooters With Them
SEWANEE MEN WILL REACH
 CITY EARLY THIS MORNING
Game Today Will Be Hard-Fought, as Teams Are Equally Matched-Bet- ting Has Been Slightly In Fa-
 vor of the Tennesseans.

%HE Auburn Tigers twenty-one (CD strong, accompanied by party
 of rooters arrived in Birmingham last night on a special car over the Cen tral of Georgia railroad, and after rous- ing reception by the alumni went into conference at the Florence hotel where the plans were laid by which they intend to give Sewanee crushing defeat today.
 They fully realize, however, that the best laid plans of men and mice aft gang aglee" but say they will come off the field at West End park victorious.
 The Auburn men are in fine shape and several additions have been made to the football squad since their last appear ance here. The only man who has been ailing is zac Smith, the little quarter back, and it is probable he will not be put in the game His place will be filled by McEniry, who is said to be equally as fast and sure.
 Coach Kent says the men are in as good shape as he could expect and, though he knows sewanee will furnish tough proposition, he believes the royal purple of the Tennessee mountains will drag in the dust today. The Alabama men occupy a suite of rooms in the Flor ence hotel and after an early breakfast and trolley ride this morning will go out to the grounds for a little signal practice and will then be ready for the contest.
 Sewanee Arrives This Morning.
 The Sewanee team will arrive this morn- ;,.r ot Q .qn oiolock ovar the Louisville and Nashville and will occupy quarters in the Florence next to the Auburn team. Notwithstanding the fact that the Univer- sity of Tennessee gave the purple good drubbing at Knoxville last week, the men from Sewanee feel confident of win ming today's game. They claim to be much stronger than when they met Texas and say they would have won the game from Tennessee except for a few question: able decisions by the officials.
 The Sewanee team has been undergo ing some hard practice during the past week and the trainers say has put them in fine condition. They realize that Au- burn and Vanderbilt will be the two hardest propositions they will have to confront this season, and if they defeat the Alabamians they feel safe about Van derbit The average weight of Sewanee is 1ts pounds, much heavier than Au- burn.
 Colmore has done the star playing for Sewanee thus far this season, as left end at Dallas and left half at St. Louis and Knoxville He is credited with 80 and 60-yard runs for touchdowns, with frst-class field work, goals from field and all that makes an all-round player. Phil lips has done fine work. Changing from right tackle to right guard after Cope left the team, the captain has held his new place down with nothing. to be de- sired Osborne has filled Copes shoes at the important quarter in a manner to fully replace the lost expert He is pres ident of the Athletic association, and is reliable and popular man anywhere Davis has also done good and telling work in all the games and so have Stew art, Zimmerman and Wheless. Pow. new at St. Louis and Knoxville did good work in both games.
 Up yesterday betting was trifle in favor of Sewanee, some wagers of 10 to being laid. Last night however, 1t settled down almost to an even bet. The sporting fraternity of the city is about evenly divided and it is understood sev- eral large bets have been made on the result.
 According to form" the teams are about evenly matched, though Auburn has lost only one game, and that close one, this year. On the other hand Se- vance has been defea>sd twice once by the University of Texas and again by the University of Tennessee.
 Old Scores to Settle.
 Since the game of two years ago, when the score between Sewanee and Auburn was Il to 10 in favor or Sewanee, the teams have not met. Some unpleasant ness arose over some of the decisions made in that game and since then no contest could be arranged, notwithstand-