The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-10-22
AT AUBURN
TEAM OFF ron vANDERBILT GAME
TODAY
student Rallies and MASS Meetings
Have Flung Patriotism To
High Pftch-Rame WIN
HnP&

Auburn. Oct. 21-tspecial THE
Auburn football squad. twenty-ionr
strong. will leave Auburn at 80
O'clock Thursday afternoon en- routs
for Nashville. The college spirit ana
enthusiasm shown BY the student pody
this week has exceeded anything ever
seen at Auburn. Inspiring rallies have
been held day and night with the re-
suit that Auburn Tor the nrss line snis
season has q team and not an eleven.
The scrimmages against the strong
scrub team have been sharp and nerce
with the defense especially strona.
That the PLAYERS VIII JUMP spcs Tnto fr tas
the start there 10 no doubt. :.
That the game will be hard ana
closely fought Is also very likely. van
derbilt's ends will outweigh Aupurns
thirty I'VE pounds to the man, ou, a'o IN
weight Is with Auburn. In the PACK
fieid Vanderbilt has the weight Dy
good margin. A..
burn. squad with the number or years
on the team. are as follows: ~.
Reynolds fcaptain) is playing nj
second year as a regular and his thire
year on the team. He weighs ~
Hardage, at left half. II he playa
was A regular last year. his nrst yess
on the team. He tips the sca'es
Penton. at full back; weighs v az
A. full back and his fourth on the
team. He was laid up one year, no"
ever. because OF injuries. x,,,,.
John Davis was subsutu,e
back last year ana Is now Ms Weight
right alfeand right emu i
Mccoy is a hard luck player. injuries
or siekness keeping him on the team,
every year. He lis - fast man 'i"
"1 Msrren "a and Harris each weigh about
las pounds and have played on su
team some time at the half-pacK posS
tions. -. q, making
n hard fight Tor. an end position this
wear. He is a senior and has oeen -
faithful scrub ever since he has peen )"
college. He weighs 143 pounds:
"scrappy" Hill is playing ms re
year in his usual e ~ eood awantage.
Cover Davis, who was o suos.,
tufe and in 1906, Ia working hard TOT
an end position. He weighs 1Ss pounds
when in good trim. .h,ra
Locke en - ne she team , lie Weighs III
bounds, and Is always there. ,r
Bonner 10 In his second year. HIS
s7E pounds lie spread to a considefao's
Esslinger another hard luck player.
is shifty, aggressive. ia poahas
Alien is the biggest man OF me
SQUAD. though not the slowest by any
means. He carries his 1s0 POUNDS
around in lively fashion. He Is play
ing his second year on the team ana
SO Is Esslinger. -
Harmon, sub tackle. OF last year. "
one of the most aggressive men In the
line He is considerably heavier tian
last year. tripping the scales NJ NV
pounds. x.,.h
He is in his secnd year and when IN
condition will weigh close to 1Iv.
Carter is a good all around man tina.
weighs ice poundsi q.
POWELL the substitute quarver. AZ
Young and 10 growing rapidly. He nov
weighs $50 pounds. go,
Banks, one OF the very few rats
that ever played on an Auburn team
IL from Castle Heights. where he ac-
auired considerable football expert.
ence, He Is not a heavy man. The
average weight OF the team that lines
up against Vanderbilt VIII depend on
the recovery of the cripies. The team
will average In the neighborhood OF
163 pounds.