The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-01
DIXIE'S FOOTBALL
 SEASON BEGINS TODAY

charra of the squad canot be said to rank with many other coaches m the South. The high tackling and the siowness of Cufnberland's plays in Montgomery last Thanksgiving Day made this too evident. Cumberland Ioses this year Nj. O. Bridges. who IS coachinx Florida State University. He was a tower of strength in the line and when ground was needed. he could 1, always be depended on to get the dis tance. Head. the star hurditng hair
 back. has not reported at Lebanon and
 several of the other biz fellows are
 missing.
 vanderbilt lost Tigert and Kyle and Bull Brown but the Commodores may be depended upon to have a great team. Sewanee is woefulfy lacking in material this year. The men are said to be fast and are being worked hard by Coach Whitney, but little fellows iige Eph Kirby Smith, Jack shafSer, Crcwnover, scarbrough and Rube Col more, cannot withstand the onslaught of 1855 pound line. Phillips will be sadly missed and although Sewanee's showing may be creditable, it will not be the record maintained by the team since the. sos.
 Clemson has lost Heisman but Heis- | tnHUt always lS6NG9 n SOti0 AV9huoeASA behind him for several years. Clem- son will miss Sitton, who has entered the professional ranks, and Sadler, last years captain.
 In Mississippi. Dan Martin and Mike Harvey are doing good work with the University and A. 6 M. teams. No report has been heard from Louisiana State University, which loomed into prominence in 1902 but who fell back l sadiy last year. Tulane Is also keep | ing quiet.
 At Alabama, Blount is giving his men a thorough working out. For | the first time in the history of foot
 ball at Tuscaloosa the applicants for the coveted positions on the Varsity team have experienced the benefits of a dummS tackling machine and well equipped training table.
 | The weight of the team is greater ! than last year and number O. old men. who have had at least q years
 experience in football are oach a.ter- noon contesting with promising new
 men for the places. Gwinn. for the
 past two years. centre. Gates. Redden.
 Boyles. all line men, Wyatt, captain
 and quarterback for two yearsI Clarke
 and Burkes, backs are trying. for the team again. Then D. D. Patton, the | HedNg tdChlc OA 1VVVt hdo AS oAhi donned the pads and jersey.
 | Alabama plays her first game today with the University of Florida, a col lege which has never before applied
 for gridiron honors. but which under the direction of NJ. O. Bridges, Cum
 berland, '04, 8 said to have developed fast squad.
 | News from Auburn. has been scarce. Doonahue. 1t is understood. has a heavy | squad. mostly of new men. There are,
 however. Key 1olds, captain and half ] back cf last years team. Streit, a line
 man of last year, Brassell, tackle of | the 1899 team, and Jones, who made
 quite reputation playing with the
 St. Albans prep school team. Coach | Donahue Is said to be a hard worker
 and has done much with his material. An effort is making to secure a
 game for Montg omery this fsSI be-
 tween Mike Harvey's fast University of Mississipppl team and Auburn.
 Harvey is we'll known in football cir
 cles around Montgomery. For sever
 al years he was a star tackle for Au-
 burn. later coAched the University of | Alabama team and for the past two years has worked with the Mtssissinpi aggregation. Correspondence is now
 going on to bring the ganAe here and
 if the efforts are successful, Montgom-
 cry will have at least one fast football game.