The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
FOOTBALL DAYS HERE
PREPARATIONS FOR AUBURN
 SEWANEE GAME.
The Elevens Will Meet in Montgom- cry October 31 and 0 Great Crowd of Visitors is
 Expected.

The football days have come again. the
 gladdest of the year:
 One side of Wtllie's nose is gone. and iom Heapsd on the field the players jab, and
 punch. and claw, and tear.
 heath. and gouge without care; .. They break each others arms and leg5.
 and pull joints out of place, And here and there is one who gets his
 teeth kicked from his face. The freshman and the sophomore, be-.
 smeared with grime and mud, Go gallantly to get the ball and quit all The senior knocks the junior down and
 kicks him In the chest. The high school boy is carried home and
 gently laid at rest,
 collapses meath its weight, And forty people get more than they paid
 for at the gate. 2
 That a record breaking crowd will be in Montgomery to see the Auburn-Sewanee football game on October 31st seems pret- ty well assured, and this crowd makes it a certainty that the game hereafter will be an annual affair
 The big grounds at Highland Park will be improved completely; and when all the out a more convenient gridiron cannot be found anywhere in the South. Besides the grandstand, which has already been will be built the entire length of the field, from the grandstand at the north end to some distance back of the goal posts at the south end of the field. In addition 1t Is probable that temporary bleachers will be built on each side of the field. This has not been decided but the plans are to build these bleachers about half way the length of the field on each side. the remaining distance in the rear of the wire fences being reserved for vehicles. The wire fence, of course. will keep the crowd off the field, but the bleachers will afford seats for nearly every person on
 Cheap rates will be put on by all the railroads entering Montgomery and one for special excursion train to arrive about Il o'clock that morning and leave at or 10 o'clock that night.
 Both the Auburn and Sewanee teams are working like Trojans for this game which they both realize will be the fierc- est of the entire football season, and when they meet there will be twenty-two as trained. hardened athletes as one ever sees.
 A special from sewanee to The Adver- tiser says:
 Notwithstanding the fact that six mem- bers of the Varsity team have been dis qualified because of scholarship standing the ardor of the Sewanee spirit has not been diminished. The men come out in than satisfactory. It is hoped that the disability of those members of the Var sity will be removed before the game with Sewanee's old time enemy, Auburn. This comes off on the 31st of the pres ent month. There is lots of fine material left to make up for the serious loss al- luded to. The coach. George s. Whit of the best in the South. He will be assisted by Osborne, of last years team, who Is now. disqualified, having played the full time allowed by the s. I. c. Associ- ation.
 "The following Is a schedule of the games which Sewanee will play this sea- son:
 Cumberland University October 20; Kentucky October 30; Auburn October | 31: University of Alabama, November g | Nashville. November 6; Tennessee, No vember 14.
 The season will end with the playing of Vanderbilt on Thanksgiving Day, No. | vember 26.