Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-16
Bv Percy III. Whiting.


of Atlanta football fans to
have a decisive football game
played within the confines of a To-
ca park. The Tech team has not
been in the championship running
FOR years and 1t has been years
since Georgia has played any team
bur Tech in Atlanta.
This year, however. Georgia is
stated to meet Vanderbilt on Sat
urday at Ponce DeLeon park and
the game should be one of the 1--WE
or six decisive struggles of the sea-
son in Dixie.
Georgia most certainly has
chance to beat Vanderbilt. And
the team that beats Vanderbilt
has the championship cinched.
Of course, Auburn, always
contender, and Sewanee, appar-
emily strong this year, must be
coun4ed on. But Georgia should
be able to take the number of
either And at the same time
neither appears to have much
chance with Vanderbilt.
It's All Up to Georgia.
Apparently if the Commodores
are to be trimmed by s. /. A. A.
team this year it will have to be
Georgia, and the trimming will
have to be done Saturday after
noon at Ponce DeLeon ball park.
There are a lot of folks in the
Vanderbilt is never to be beaten
that the Commodores have taken
the cad, always to hold it.
OF course, this is ridiculous. No
team ever grew SO strong that 1t
was not trimmed in due time.
Michigan. Yale, Virginia are strik-
ing examples.
This may be Vanderblt's year to
20 down.
Certainly the Tennesseeans have
nothing on the Georgians save ex-
perience. This is a tremendous
advantage, truly. But it is not an
Overwhelming one. No team ever
won on experience alone.
Any way you figure it-and there
are plenty of ways-it will be a
good game and decisive game. 1t
will mean more to the Georgia men
II they can win than any game
played in years and years. for 1t
means that the Red and Black is
back in the lead again and strong
enough to meet the strongest-an
conquer
Don't Take 1t Seriously.
The press dispatches sent out
from Nashville, to the effect that
Vanderbilt has a look in on the
championship of the country at
football, are not to be taken too
literally 1t is not at all likely that
such CUFF represents the opinion of
Vanderbilt players or coaches.
Vanderbilt has had the best team
In the S. l. A A. for several years.
1t has been able, by superhuman
efforts TO tie Yale and Annapolis.
1t has never been able to trim
Michigan, even in the years of the
Wolverines weakness.
II the Commodores get swelled
up with any of that sort of stuff,
they are likely to fall easy prey to
the first team that gives them a
fight, That has ever been a Com
modore weakness. Vanderbilt men
remember with a pang Of disgust
the silly parade before a Sewanee
game one fall not so many years
ago and the terrible threats of what
the Commodores were going to do
to SeWanee-and with a mingled
feeling of regret at the showing
and Of pleasure at the just retrl-
button they recall what really hap
pended.
II the Commodores come to At
lanta with any hunch that they are
coming national champions and
mat they are going to have soft
time with Georgia, they are likely
to be trimmed, and trimmed good
and proper The Cunningham
team is sure to have lot Of power
and drive to 1t, and 1t is certain to
play its hardest against Wander
bt.
A committee of Vanderbilt men,
OF which Hamilton Douglas Jr., is
chairman and of which Innis
Brown a form, Ua nlnrhilt
oal captain, is a member is work
ING with the Georgia athletic au-
lnorties in preparing for the game.