The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-24
FLORIDLANs. FLUSHED WITH Vic
TORY, SEEK sAvANNAHs SCALP.
CAPTAIN COPE WILL
RETURN ON THURSDAY.
PERsISTENTLY RUMORED Tur
JOE RoSsITER IS COMING BACK.

Team Which Savannah PLAYS SATIN
day WreSted Championships q,
Florida from University of Flor
ida on Saturday by the Decisive
score of ~ TO O-Savannah Ia
Green, but Will BE Seasoned
Somewhat This Week,
on Saturday the football season will
open in Savannah.
II just six days the thousands of de-
voices of the sport may crowd the sida
lines at Bolton Street Park and cheer
the wearers of the Blue and White in
the great game between Savannah and
Florida State College.
It is expected that the attendance
will be the largest in the history of
football here. The management is es-
pecially DESTROYS of an suspicious OPEN
ing Of the season, as it will greatly
encourage the team.
The Floridians come flushed with
victory. On Saturday they lowered the
colors Of the University of Florida by
the decisive score of 81 to 0, on neutral
grounds, thereby winning the cham
pionship cup of the state of Florida.
Press dispatches from Tallahassee bear
the intelligence that the Floridians are
confidence of their ability to trail the
Blue and White in the dust of defeat
for the first time in its history.
The Teams Compared.
Savannah is yet green. Florida has
played several games already and has
the advantage of training. The Sa-
yannah team, as it will probably be
constituted, will slightly outweigh
their opponents, but, it is said. the
men from the peninsular state have a
very fast backtield. These are plain
facts, not dope" And so it would
seem that some fur is bound to fly
out in the vicinity of Bolton Street
Park sometime during the afternoon
Of Saturday, Oct. %.
If Savannah can get through this
game with credit the rest is looked
upon as comparatively plain sailing
OF course it will mean work, but
there is time and material; and work,
time and material is the best receipt
for success on the checkerboard. But
just at this time, the team work has
not been developed as we'll as the
coaches would like TO see il. and its
dollars TO doughnuts, that there viii
be more individual playing than is
custOmarily seen on the Bolton street
gridron, on Saturday.
But the team is gradually rounding
into form. There is so much good ma
terial that it is difficult to select a
team to which to devote consistent
and unremitting practice. But a pref
On hl e-r
uation and this week will witness
wonderful improvement in team work.
Secret Practices.
Practices will be held every night.
except tonight, beginning at $50
o'clock. These practices will be Sc
cret and no one except the players
and coaches viii be allowed inside of
the First Regiment yard. (SmaH boys
please take nOticei).
Capt. Cope Will return to Savannah
on Thursday or Friday, and will put
in the intervening time before the game
in coaching the men.
1t is unofficially. but persistently
rumored that Joe Rossiter will be back
in the game with Savannah very soon.
Il $ known that he did not play with
Georgia in her game with Florida, and
il is stated by those who are in a
position to know that he has not yet
matriculated at the State University.
While Rossiter's place will be taken
by an excellent man, there is no gam
saying the fact that it would insull
more confidence to have him back in
his old place. II is said that the rea-
son he has not entered the university
is because of the objections of Chan
cellor Hill.
Personal Mention.
Among the new men who are show
ing up we'll in the practices might be
mentioned Doty, ShOrtridge, Williams,
Morgan and Whitley. Doty is doing
good work at halfback: ShoTlridge
handles the ball we'll at quarter; VIII
liams is strong and fleet al end; Nor
gan is developing fast as a guard, and
Whitley shows knowledge Of the game
and aggressiyeness.
Whitley has played before, in the
North Carolina Agricultural and Ne
chanical College team, al Raleigh He
is a mechanic, weighs about l15 and
is very muscular. Morgan is fire
man. He has not played before, but
is learning fast. He weighs about 100
He is a fast runner, he having been
barely beaten by Hogan Yancey in
race run not long ago.