The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
ANALYSIS
 OF SCORES Auburn Has Title to
 Champion. VANDERBILT TEAM CRITERION Sewanee Really Showed Superior Strength on Thanksgiving. sewanee, Whom Auburn whipped. Tiea Virginia, Whose Prowess in That section Is Concedea--other
 Teams standing.
 

Football dope has undergone some twisting during the season of 1908. Teams which in one game were swamp cd and relegated to the lower end of the standing, have in another contest fought gameiy the leaders. But never have the vagaries of the gridiron game shifted the lime-light from the central simple. Auburn stands out as the team whose goal line has not been crossed by an eligible eleven during the season.
 not only of the s. I. A. A., but to the entire territory south of the Potomac. Is easily substantiated by figures. by scores which are not the result of comparative scores might entail some discrepancy, but such method is the only criterion of Ieadefship.
 u.sS,roSn For once the giants of vlrginis,s of the s. I. A. A. athletes. Virginia and sewanee tied in a 10 game. Auburn defeated Sewanee, thereby ac- of Virginia. Virginia defeated Nortf. Carolina. and thus the Tar Heels are
 Virginia Polytechnic institute de- Georgia Tech defeats clemson 50 to s, while Auburn swamped Tech A to Q. By. comparative scores In this instance, the P. L is undoubtedly Auburn's inferior. So the records show, and by the records the teams are judged
 Having thus accounted for the teams of Virginia and the Carolinas, and their their i9sferiority to the s. I: 4 A; the extreme South can be iudged.
 Here there Is little contest or dis pute to Auburn's claim. sewanee, Van Ssma have ali met dsseat. to Ha A1burn's rms clcan slate. The A, P. l. ranks above the Commodores and Sewanee, accord ing to reliable scores. by her defeat of wanee's tie with Vanderbilt.
 Auburn has not played Alabama, but. the right of rank Of the Orange and Blue over tha sister State team can be gia Teach is victor over Alabama. II to 6. And Auburn scored A points to. Teach's zero. Any claim which Ala Auburn can be husned by the cou,par- ative scores of the two games.
 The season is undoubtedly one Of achievement for Alab4ma,s colleges. The Uniyersity's Thanksgiving victo- " over Tennessee places her high in the list with Auburn heading. The University of Alabama ls given look in at fourth place thus. with Sewanee third. respectively. Strict accordance to the Thanksgiving score might give the two Tennessee teams an equality, put, kne u<RloEy or the game SHOWS that Sewariee placed the Commodores on the defenSlve throughout outplaying the Vanderbilt squad. which was only allowed to score by a palpabie luke. It ie certain that the Purple had a shade the best of the game through out
 As to whether the University of Ala bAna or the Georgia Tech should rank the higher is Q question. Tech defeat ed Alabama II to D and yet went down before renuessee 6 to 5. Ala bana defeated ! ,nnessee. 4 to 0.
 So far we have it: Auburn first. Se- vance and Vanderbilt second and third. But here's where the twisted dope comes in. Alabama. Georgia. Tech and Tennessee are punched. Tennessee Is to Alabama; and yet Tech beat Ala bama. and Georgia tied her. It is prob able that 8 close: study of the four teams during the season will be nec- essary to unravel the tangle.
 Tennessee was undoubtedly not at her best on Thanksgiving Day. with Captain Leach out. and a hard season behind. Perhaps. with the record of the entire season. Tennessee has a barely perceptible shade of superiority over the others. with Tech. Alabama