The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-13
DOPE OF GRlDIRONS
CLEMSON SEEMS VANDY'S MOST
 FORMIDABLE RIVAL.
Auburn Team is Crippled and Wise Ones Predict That She Wili Find Much Trouble in
 Trimming Tuscal0Osa.

The great showing that the Clemson Tigers have made so far this season, makes them the exposure Of all the South in football with the exception or ing came Saturday, when the terrific strength of Cochems formations was confirmed by the defeat of Auburn, All eyes will naturally turn 10 sate ste urday between Vanderbilt and CIem- son. There is more than dope to make Clemson the strongest opponent .is tne Commodores has met or will meet tnis year in the South. The Purple ana Gold is a powerful aggregation. Tne Commodores are more powerful, IL is aicap in avordupois the caroiinissns an Should cherish more hope than mas abode in the breasts of any eleven ,ia' has yet bitten the dust in Nashvlile;
 If there is any egg shell in the Ciem- son defense, it is to be found in the ends. Otherwise. it is the opinion oI experts who have seen both teams m action, that Vanderbilt is exceiied Dy Cochem's squad so far as defending the goal is concerned. One of these experts is no less than Mike Donahue, the Auburn coach, sna ., He hetb has teams Say ing opposed them in games only one
 "But Vanderbilt should win" says y both elavens is quite good. but l iook for the Commodores to. win on end plays. The Vanderbilt halves snouia ends, and I believe that it will net
 There Is no doubt that the ends would have been the object 5st;r9av of the oranSs their back field had not been impairssd9; s9. Toys absence from the game left DE hoie in the offense, and there was put
 The bad plight of the Auburn squad at this point in the season is the ell. max of the hard luck that has tolioWSo the players from i the negnhiIag shn Iagse ei hoso pitaI list in the Orange and Blue camp fo a naked, unassuming hoodoo, pure end simple, yet hard to .nd nndeastanSu 1sN tSs whole blame to a miserable scneduIe. The schedule without d9Ybt has been the most unfavorable tor consistent fronted the Auburn combination: It was like putting the most dimcult lines of Horace to a student of Latin before he has read caesar ss besore the horse and the team Was wrecked; So,,ere Vanderbilt Unive:sity and and GlemsSn Gle on, ange and Blue eleven into this year arena. Now follow Alabama and Geor- gia, the easiest opponents on the Au- ception of Mississippi A. and M; who was defeated IS to O. The op-heavy arrangement proved disastrous to the Donahue crowd. As result, they have over the way shaken heads broken noses, wrenched ankles, ais, placed shoulders, swollen arms and what not. These make a serious ham dicap even for the Alabama and Geor- gia battles.
 Dope is all that can figure in com. parative estimate of the strength oi Auburn and Alabama. They nave been beaten by much similar scores oy the same elevens which they have tackled! The clash between these teams next Saturday for the State championship gives promise of being the closest in many years. The pet ting, odds which prevailed on Auburn in the early season have nearly gone to the winds. and Alabama now seems to be an even money favorite.
 Auburn was defeated by Vanderbilt $40 in thirty minute halves. Ala bama was beated by the .Commodores $40 in seventeen minute halves.
 Mike Donahue's men beat A. and M of Mississippi 1S-0 and Leavenworth'! squad beat this team 46-0. Boti teams allowed Clemson to score 2( points without endangering the Soutf Carolina goal line, so the dope seemi practically even, although Alabamai form has improved, while Auburn seems to have deteriorated to grea extent.
 Coach Leavenworth of Alabama saw the Clemson game. He wal