The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
WHAT ELEVEN
 IS CHAMPION Football Rebus for Your
 Candles. AUBURN ADVANCES HER CLAIM Defeated Tech Who Played Tennes-
 see to StandstilL By The Token of Tennessee HoIding Vanderbilt To Close Score It Gives Substance to Auburn's

Maybe football dope was not twisted some Saturday?
 Auburn's stock has taken another leap. Grief because of the L. S. U. defeat has flown the Orange and Blue camp. Not alone the discrediting of the L. s. U. bunch has done the boost ing, but the trouncing of Tech also.
 Tremendous score of A to O. Auburn Saturday night laughed at the first re- ports of the score. Someone said: An burn won" We'll enough and reason able, but when the reports went flying nothing. the most rabid enthusiasts screeched, immediately took on a skeptic air and asked the informant to go back. that maybe his lamps were switched.
 But when the truth dawned on the dopesters, the analysis began. First thing in mind was the old sag that Au- burn was weak on offense. Surely this edge of the football map was torn to pieces. No scoring machine? Many of the Orange and Blue supporters had begun to believe in reality that there was no scoring machine at Auburn. But here was dope upset again. The figures of the Tech-Auburn scrambla would indicate that Donahue and Dwyer have, if not scoring machine. double act ion, six-cyltnder, repeating muItiplier.
 Seriously many things must happen to deprive Aburn of her claim to the Southern championship. Comparative scores, in spite of their unreIiability. Jean Auburn's way. Trimming Tech by an astounding score, who had held Tennessee week previous to 6-5, who in turn held Vanderbilt 16 to 9, waves the Southern championship palm con vincingly towards the athletes up on the Western Railway. Auburn will wish it were so that these elevems could meet. Of course, 1t would be the most dependabel factor to settle the cham- pionship. But even 1t would lose part of it's value if dope should play an- of the commodores. Thanksgiving.
 Tennessee is out of the running. l.. s. U. is not considered. Tho clouds over her alleged honors of the season are growing darker and thicker. Tu- lane is said to be protesting seven of her players as professionals. That IS for the s. I. A. 4. authorities to settle in the not distant future. With Ten nessee eliminated and with no other teams of consequence forging to the limelight, if would seem that the cham pionship problem will revolve about Auburn and Vanderbilt.
 Even here. however, Vanderbilt may defeat Sewanee, and while a victory more than 6 to 0 may be said to turn the scales for Vandy, still Auburn may contend that she is a new Auburn now and was another Auburn three weeks ago when she met Sewanee. However, unless Auburn can arrange q game with Vanderbilt which will have to he between this and Thanksgiving, her rights will probably have to rest on comparison of her showing against the Tigers with the showing of the Commo- dores against the same eleven. But she can likewise point to the indirect comparison of Tech-Auhurn. Tech Ten nessee and Tennessee -Vandy combina- ton, which would figure the Orange and Blue the stronger.
 All In all, the dope is likely to be pretty much mixed before the season ends.