The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-06
GAME ARRANGED FOR TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AT BOLTON PARK.
NO ADMISSION
WILL BE CHARGED.
GAME WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO
THE BLUE AND WHITE.

Final Arrangements Have Been
Made for the Christmas Game
with Auburn-Manage Saregeant
Will Bring Powerful Eleven
over With Him-Blue and White
Nothing in known of the Move
ments of the Charleston Team
within the Past Two Weeks.
Arrangements were completed yes
terday afternoon for a game of foot
ball between the Savannah team and
an eleven from the training ship Hart
ford. The game will take place
Tuesday afternoon at Bolton Street
Park, and although the blue and
white eleven expects an easy victory
the navy boys say they will give them
one of the hardest games that they
have had in some time. No admission
will be charged.
The Hartford team is composed of
experienced football players, many of
them having won their Iaurels on some
of the best teams in the country. The
average weight of the team is 100
pounds, but what is short in weight is
made up in the aggressive play of the
men, all of whom are unusually fast.
The line up of the team has not been
given out, and will not be until the
team has had practice and it is seen
how all of them show up. They have
played two games this season, one
with the Pennsylvania freshmen, in
which the middies came off victorious,
and one with a team from the flag
ship Yankee, in which a tie resulted.
The line Up of the Savannah team
will be the same as that used against
Jacksonville, with the exception that
McIntire will take his place at left
tackle. Capt. Cope does not feel like
going into the game and taking
chance to receive another injury with
two important games, but a few weeks
off. Harmon will again captain the
team and play quarter. Colquitt will
probably go in at left half.
The game was arranged with the
Middies so that the Savannah eleven
can get all of the hard playing that
is possible before the contest with Au-
burn and Charleston.
Game With Auburn Assured.
Treasurer Frank McIntire, of the Sa-
vannah Athletic Association, received
a letter from Manager Sergeant of
the Auburn team yesterday, which
practically settled the terms for game
between the two teams, to be played
here on Christmas day.
According to the agreement under
which the game was cinched the Sa-
vannah Athletic Association will guar
antee the visitors $3.50, they to pay all
of their own expenses. This will re-
lieve the management here from pay
ing expenses of men that will be sub
stituted on the regular team that
played this season.
Manager Sergeant of the Auburn
team said that he had received offers
from a large number of cities to bring
his team there and play, but that ne
knew that the Savannah team was one
of the strongest in the South, ana ne
was anxious to see what his men could
do against the Savannah eleven. The
Auburn team that will line up against
Savannah will contain some OF the
faces that were familiar to attendants
on the games between Auburn ana
Georgia when Heisman's men played
how many of these old-time stars VIII
come along with the team Is not
known, but it is safe to say that at
least half of the team will be MADE
up of men who have played in some
of the hardest fought gridiron battles
on record in the South.
With all OF the good men that are
expected to line up under Auburn
colors the blue and white line remains
mistaken in it's confidence to win
again. All have followed Rossiter in
his resolve not to stand in the shadow
of his own goal.
The Savannah Team.
Some exception was taken by several
members of the Savannah team When
suggestions were offered few days ago
as to how the team could be strength
ened by an observance of method or
play that had been noticeably neglect
ed. These suggestions were not meant
entirely for those whose names We're
mentioned, but for the team as whole
Neither was it meant for a reflection
on the work that has been done by
the team SO far this season, for splen-
did showing has been made. These sug-
gestions were made with the knowledge
that the game that Savannah would
have to play against Charleston, IN
order to win, would necessarily have to
be what is known as vicious play
ing.
The term vicious" as used in this
connection, does not mean rough or
foul playing, but more decided inn
petus to the every move of a man when
the ball is put in play. In coaching
the big teams of the East the word
aggressive" has been cast aside, and
vicious" substituted in speaking Of Of
fensive play. 1t will be found, If re-
ports be true as to the number of Glenn
son men that will be on the Charleston
team, that the playing of the Charles
ton eleven will be of the vicious order.