The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-21
GAYS CHARLESTON HAS A GOOD
TEAM BUT THAT SAVANNAH
WILL WIN.
ONLY THREE MEN ARE
CARRYING THE BALL.
JACKSONVILLE STILL CONFIDENT
OF WINNING THURSDAY.

LAYS Have Commenced Sending Coin
Forward to Argue for Their
chances of VictOry-Captain Cope
Will Use Many of the Plays Which
He Had Intended Saving for the
New Years Game-JacksOnviIIe
He Attacked Often-Fast End
FIanks Will he ResOrted To.
Cant. Harris Cope is an uncommuni-
cative since he returned from Charles
ron as was Guy Gunter when he went
hack to the Dream City from Savan-
nah. after witnessing the recent game
between Savannah and the Fort
Screven team.
cart. Cope returned early yesterday
morning from Charleston and during
the day talked over the Charleston
Carolina game with members of the
savannah team. When asked what
he thought of the Charleston team he
said it was by far stronger than Sa-
vannah. but there were inconsistencies
which he was not disposed to discuss.
/ DeIGNOs SeAAO NoPI' OOPOS hAAc@S
Charleston has one of the strongest
individual teams ever assembled in
the South The team work is fair
" good, the men are imbued with a
determined spirit to win and are great
line plungers, putting on wonderful
amount of steam when it is necessary
TO charge the line.
Il would not like to draw COMPARE
sions with the Savannah team prac-
tcalIy unsettled" said Capt. Cope. 81
will say, however, that Savannah will
win. so far as my personal opinion is
concerned. 1 believe we will be able
TO teach Charleston some things in
the way of team work and strategic
play"
According to statements made by
Can't. Cope to members of the Savan-
nah team, the Charleston game will
be so hard fought and the lines so
evenly matched he believes both sides
will resort largely to the kicking
game. If this is the case Sa-
vannah enthusiasts have little to
fear. for nowhere in the South is
there to be found a better punter than
Capt. Cope.
Prepareing for Jacksonville.
Many surprises will be awaiting the
Jacksonville team when it arrives on
the field Thursday afternoon, and this
game, which is the first really import
ant one of the season, bids fair to be
of unusual interest. Realizing that
the Jays have assembled strong ag-
gregation, Capt. Cope will use many
of the formations which it had been
intended to save for the New Year
game, and will send out a team which
will in every wise be capable of pre-
senting a versatility of play excelled by
no eleven in the South.
Jacksonville's line is reputed to be
exceptionally strong, consequently few
plays will be sent against the line.
With the fast backs. which will be
used in the Thanksgiving game, Jack
sonville's ends will be flanked for gains
on first and second downs, while the
line plunging will only be resorted to
on the third down, when Johnson, Corn
wall and Mitchell will be sent through
in the great tackle tandem, which has
been used with such effect by Sewanee
during the last season.
Jacksonville Stin Confident.
The Jays are still confident they will
be able to conquer their old enemies,
and several hundred enthusiastic root
ers will be brought up on Thursday
to assist in celebrating the intended
victory.
Savannah will go into this game
with a badly crippled team. Smith
asserts he will certainly play, but this
is doubtful as his physician has for
hidden his playing for several weeks.
Cornwall, who sustained bad Shout
der sprain during last week in practice,
had another accident a few nights ago.
falling from bicycle and adding ad-
ditional injury to the sprained Shout
der. He insists, however, he will at
least start in Thursdays game. Sui
ivan is still very lame, but is rapidly
working the kinks out of his ankle.
While he will not be able to show any
Of his old-time speed in Thursdays
game he will line up for the first half,
anyway.
The most substantial evidence of
Jacksonville's confidence in winning
thursdays game is the fact that con-
siderable sums of the desired stuff has
been received here for wager. The Jay
enthusiasts are offering even money,
which is being eagerly gobbled up