The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-17

Weekly. picks an All-Southern foot
BAH team, in fact, a first n sec
ond eleven. The only Virginia player
recognized is Carter and he merely
gels a place as a second string man.
The comment by MIR. Stauffer fol-
lows:
The season of 1919 in Dixieland
was remarkable for the small num-
Der injuries, for The defeat of Van
derbilt, Dixie's 1911 champion. by
Harvard: for the elimination OF In
tersectional boundaries; for the abb
sence of place kicks and the lessened
number Of forward passes; n for
an undecided cnaSnpienship. The
new rules eliminated all serious in
juries, and the South, therefore, up
holds the nsw rules emphatically.
With the entrance OF Texas into
Southern intercollegiate ranks,
through it's meeting with Mississippi
and Louisiana universities, and with
Virginia battling on Nanderbilts
field. we find breaks all along the In
tersectional boundaries.
For many year the football public
has been confused while trying to
uaravei the boundary lines of these
various Southern associations. Inc
South Atlantis group OF colleges. ow-
ing to proximity, has received most
attention from the Northern papers.
Virginia, Georgetown, Washington.
d. G, and North Carolina and West
Virginia are The leaders in this
league. A much larger association. IL
that known AS the Southern inter-
collegiate Athletic association. with
t~wenty-s3me colleges from the States
of South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama.
Louisiana, Mississa ppt, Tennessee,
Kentucky and Florida Its games
and scores are comparatively I'M
known beyond the confines OF these
States. still less is heard in the East,
North. or extreme West. OF the large
territ ~ around the Gulf OF MeAi-
co. VIII elm Texas colleges have an
ether association
In the first year these boundaries
are broken a confusion arises over q
champion. Apparently Texas A. ami
NJ, Vanderbilt. Auburn. Georgia.
GEORGETOWN, Virginia and ewanee
are the leaders. Texas easily oe-
feated Tulane, II to Q. and trounced
Mississippi A. and M, Al points.
while Auburn. after tying Wander
biit. could barely twist out of Aiss-
isstppl A. n MS grasp ey
touchdown. Vanderbilt and Aubur't
viii not meet Texas to decide. but
comparison favors Texas. Wander
hl,t. 1911 champion q. l. A. A.. bless
ed with the best preparatory sen Dol
talent and a large numoer OF ex-
pertenced players. was expected ~
retain lis laureis In 1914. over
confidence and too ambitious a scns-
duie proved vanderbilt's undolng. Al
ter a lapse of many years. WANDER
bit in 1919 met virginia. ana LOT
the first time defeated the Char
-~uatYx smar, NV tun
while Georgetown champions OF the
South Alta ntic 191l-19l2) could bare
Nv nose out Virginia by three points
After seeing them play. i beiitte
Vanderbilt is at least three touch
downs superior to Georgetown.
Al end we have a number of ster'
,;np. performers Gtilem tSewaaee'
aid not allow the captaincy to DE-
tract from his skill His rop-kicNths
and punting were matched oy MS ORR
liant defensive end work. Robinson
ramnurnl PLAYED one of the finest de-
senriye games I have seen this year.
v brown tvanderbiit) was the best
.ra In covering kicks. but his lack
NJ weight prevented him from being
,,sed for all tackle purposes IN the
new game MCGEE "a. and Nj. Mis-
stssipni) was another fast and deter
mined end. Baker tTulanel was a
splendid receiver Of orwara passes
and Montgomery a. n Nj. Ie&as'
one OF the best of the Texans. 4,
Al quarterback no n approached
Morrison tvanderbiit's 1911 starr "a
q general. but several equaled his
u,ork as a runner and excelled In the
kickiny game. Costello tGeorgetowhl
was a spectacular player to. water,
foolinr h best of tackiers. catchihA
nunts and drop-kicking with accu-
rac,. Closely pressing him were
Fletcher tMississipp..) and Kern tTex-
ash. two fine dodgers.
In the back field were many pay
ers Of high caliber. ivan.
derbilt) was one of the Soutns oes.
Sorward passers, a hard tackler and
piucky player at all times. he
merits the place Of halfback on n
Southern. Reule "a. and M. MIS-
sissippi) was a fast. powerful BACK %
the line player. and Fl. Van de draaH
fAlabama) one Of the most certain
tacklers have seen. These three
make a back field Of high rank.
This 1919 AIl-Southern team. AZ
chosen, has a fast. charging line OF
great defencive power, = pacK Iie.a
composed of a great line piunger IN
Reuie. two never-faiiinG tacklers. fast
end n and forward passers IN
and Van de GraaR. with a
wonderful kicker In Costello. As
car.a,n ! would choose HardaEe.
Fresh from the Virginia triumph,
Vanderbilt went 1000 miles to email
yenx. Harvard. All Southern sympa-
thizers hoped Vanderbilt would az
tend Harvsrd's resources to the limit
many believing the -piayins
Southerners could win- but. alas. their
homes were vain. A comparison OF
Harvard's Vanderbilt and Yale games
nroyes that the Crimson defeated
Vanderbilt with two regulars and nine
substitutes. Auburn h~ushanded It's re-
sources through the Florida. Missss-
sipni. Louisiana and South Carolina
clemson victories, hoping TO win the
iaurel crown from Vanderbilt. n
rucceeded in tying. The ore was I
10 I. Five days later Auburn found
a had overlooked the strength Of
Georgia. which. although beaten ear
Her in the reason by Vanderbilt. ~
n 0 ~nreeented q Thanksgiving IL 70
defeat TO fts ancient rival. On the
sara dav Vanderbilt buried the claw
iny Sev-anee Tigers 80 to ..
The choice Of PLAYERS for the Al.
scuthern team il 4 d'fncuis task. For
center Adams tMississippD, with his
8 feet 3 inches and 1876 pounds OF
Drawn, leads the field. Morgan evan
derbilt). another giant OF 8 feet y
\ inches, unfortunately was handicap
"A ~ illnsss- Henderson (GeOrgfa).
another giant. was the bulwark OF his
Among ne guards nrst choice Fails