The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-20
ORANGE AND BLACK or JACKSON
WILLIE AGAINST BLUE AND WHITE.
JAYS COME CONFIDENT
OF DECISIVE VICTORY.
TEAM LOOKS UNUSUALLY STRONG
ON PAPER.

Savannah Has Never stood in sucIE
Danger of Losing Title of Cham
piOns of the sOuth-Captain Cope
May he at His Old Position az
Quarter Against the Jays-InJured
Men Rapidly Improving and win
he Able TO PIny-Seats for 2y3OO
People Have Been Arranged and
VIII he Reserved.
Red letter events in the football sea-
son of 1904 in both Jacksonville and
Charleston will be the games to be
played with Savannah. the first OF
which Will take place Thursday after
noon at Bolton Street Park. the orange
and black of Jacksonville being match
ed against the Blue and White of Sa-
vannah.
Five years of uninterrupted victory
has given Savannah players, as well
as patrons Of the game. the undis-
puted right to claim the championship
of the South against all Corners.
Never before in the history of the
game locally, has Savannah stood in
such danger OF losing that title, even
with the strongest team the Blue and
| White has ever been able to MUSTER
Goaded on by years of defeat and hui
initiation on and of their own grid
Irons, Jacksonville and Charleston
have prepared this year as they have
never prepared before. and never. in
either city. has there been such gem
eral confidence in the teams assem-
bled to wrest the laurels from Savan-
nah.
Great Thanksgiving Spectacle.
| The two most important football
| dates in Savannah are Thanksgiving
and New Years. BY tradition the
New Years date goes to Charleston.
and this year Jacksonville comes with
1 an aggregation that certainly shows
| great strength on paper.
! wednesday afternoon at o'clock
| savannah Will play the first really
important game of the season. This
| viii truly be great spectacle. Run
ming along the northern side line
| stands for the accommodation of $500
people have been erected as additional
seating capacity. AT the eastern end
there is seating capacity for 800 more,
while along the southern side line
there Is standing room for 1000 more
| spectators. AT the western end of the
field 200 or 300 more can find accom-
mediation, and il is believed that all
of this available space will be taken.
Seats Are Reserved.
For those vino do not care to en-
gage In a general rush TO secure seats
the management has arranged to have
all seats sold by coupon. Every seat
and section win be numbered and let
| tered. and ushers will conduct those
holding coupons to their seats. Those
seats will be put on sale Monday morn
ing at Israers pool parlors on Bull
street, and they will be delivered to
any part of the city free of extra
charge for delivery.
Every loyal supporter OF the Blue
and White will wear the colors con-
spicuously displayed. This Is not sup
posed to be a frivolous fashion of the
younger enthusiasts, but the older
spectators are asked to display the
colors.
Cope May Play at Quarter.
1t was persistently rumored yester-
day that Capt. Cope would be In the
game Thanksgiving, working at his old
position at quarter, where he has no
SUPERIOR and perhaps not an equal in
the South. IT was Cope. who for two
years, carried off the honors of ALL
! Southern quarterback while captaining
the Sewanee Tigers, and in his day he
was recognized as the peer of punters.
measuring fifty and sixty yards at
every attempt.
Owing to Capt. cope's absence from
the city the rumor could not be con-
| firned. He was in Charleston. incog-
nito, witnessing the game between
Charleston and South Carolina College.
He went as a special ambassador Of
the Savannah team to have personal
knowledge Of the Wanted strength OF
the Gulls.
Old Men I'm Place.
with Capt. Cope in the game, Sui
| Ivan back at his old position at left
half, Cornwall back at tackle and Gus
Smith, who now believes he will be able
to play, at left end, the old Savan-
nah spirit viii be In the game, and
there will be none of that sluggish
work which was exhibited in the first
two games of the season.
Although reports Of the confidence
which exists in Jacksonville have
come to Savannah none Of that forci-
Bile argument in the way Of soft
stuff" has put In its appearance yet.
The Jacksonville team will probably
arrive I'm Savannah Wednesday night,
so as to have a perfect nights rest
on the eve OF the battle. While here
the team will be quartered at the Pu-
lasl<i House, which has so often shell
tered the vanquished.
Three Hard Practices.
There are three more hard practices
in front Of the team. No such spirit
has been shown this season as was
shown at the practice Friday night.
Nearly all OF the men appeared stin
end sore, and commenced the practice
limping and in poor form. Capt Cope
Jumped In, took his old place at quar-
ter and In a few minutes had the men
working az they did not work even in
the Fort Screven game.
AT the conclusion Of the practice the
game little quarterback took the ball
and showed that he had not lost his
great punting ability, sending the ball
for a clear fifty yards.