The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-24
FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS
IN SAVANNAH THIS WEEK
SAVANNAH SUPPORTERS OF
UNIVERSITY ARE PROTESTING.
want the Annual Game of Football.
Which Was Called on. PLAYED E.-s

"oh' the annual Game of Football
which Was Called on. Played Here.
Vigorous protests are being heard
IN Savannah on all sides now al the
action Of the athletic councils of the
Georgia School Of Technology and the
University of Georgia in canceuing the
dates for games with the Savannah
Athletic Association team.
There are perhaps more sunnorters
OF both colleges in Savannah than in
any other city in the state with the
exception of Atlanta. The manage
ment OF the university team now ex-
plain the date with Savannah was can-
celled because the people of Athens
were complaining that none of the
games We're scheduled TO Be uIava5
mere 4ech has made no explanation
other than they had decided No, -
play association teams.
The cancellation of the Tech date
Is not a matter of 50 much concern
mere as IS that Of the State Unjver-
silS' ana perhaps did the manager of
me team and the athletic council a.
Ihe university know what pride All
savannah took in its football eleven
anu now keenly they feel the snub al
inns Tered they would yet Weld 10
ne demands Of local sentiment ana
ed . manly scileuu Ill
When the game was arranged with
georgia last year il was regarded as
MIXTURE. Had Georgia won the game
a aast year the one scheduled for this
season would probably have Been play-
Gu, II Is not intimated here thai the
CoHese teams fear the result of a CON
lesL' ENen though they were certain
oL oeIeat there would be little humilia-
Iioh ID losing 10 team of the recog-
n-Ieo strength of the Blue and White.
S0pl' hogan OF Yale unhesitating-
~ gave II as his opinion that the Sa-
Nahhan team Of last year could hold
Its own with any Of the big teams of
the Northern colleges. both in pound
ing play and fast back field advanc-
ING OF the ball. He also spoke in the
hlghest terms Of Capt. Cope as a cap
taln and punter. 4 record OF four
years play with never a score against
IL Is proof enough that the Savannah
team IS OF unusual strength. especial
~ on the defensive, which is really
the whole game.
In speaking Of the cancellation Of
the dates with Savannah by Georgia
and Tech, as mentioned in the Morn
ing News several days ago, the At
lanta Constitution has the following
to say:
According to the Savannah Morn
ing News. the games which were TO
be played this season between the
Georgia School OF Technology and the
Savannah Athletic Club. and the
University Of Georgia football eleven
and the Savannah eleven have been
cancelled by the college mana gements
on the grounds that professionals are
playing on the Savannah team.
Which fact leads the News TO say:
with the refusal OF the athletic coun-
ell Of the Georgia School Of Technol-
ogy and the University Of Georgia to
allow the football teams 10 engage in
a game with the Savannah team it is
interesting TO note the strenuous ef-
forts that are apparently being made
10 avoid all professionalism. Those
who really know the situation laugh
at this. Anateurism has become as
much Of a joke in the South, as il
has in the North
The statement that the games 10 be
played by the two college teams mem
toned with the Savannah Athletic
Club have been cancelled comes as a
surprise 10 the lovers OF the sport in
ment to this effect has been made by
the college managers. The Tech
managers arranged the game with
Savannah only a couple OF weeks ago
as a substitute game for the one
which was cancelled by the North
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
College.
With the University Of Georgia IL
was hoped that the Savannah game
would become one Of its fixtures on
the schedule. as Georgia has more
supporters in Savannah than in any
other city in the state outside OF At
lanta- and the Georgia athletic au-
thorities wished 10 keep these alumni
and supporters in touch with Georgia
athletics by allowing them 10 see one
game a year.
The statement made by the News
in regard 10 professionalism is IN
doubteily true TO some extent al least.
There is but little doubt that num-
bers of the most prominent college
athletes in the South to-day would be
disqualified under the strict ruling OF
the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Association. The only trouble is that
II would be extremely difficult TO Sc
cure proof. In only one way is II
possible. That is the rule requiring
all college baseball players 10 play on
home teams only during the summer
months. This rule was too often viO-
lated last summer.
There is little possibility now that
the Georgia game viii be played here
on Nov. y. as originally scheduled.
hut Manager McIn1ire says q deter
mined effort is 10 be made TO have it