The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-17
SOUTHERNTEAM WELL MATCHED
ON THE GRIDIRON THIS SEASON.
VANDERBILT AND AUBURN ARE
SUPERIOR. BUT AVERAGE
STRENGTH OF OTHER TEAMS
SEEMS WELL MATCHED
BY CHARLES w. GREER


The outcome of the games between 5. l.
A. A. opponents on the southern football
field this season would indicate that the
college teams in the south this season are
more evenly matched as an average than
they have been for several years Wander
bilt gave promise during the early season
of completely outcassing her southern
rivals this season, but it is Thought by
many critics who have seen both Wander
bile and Auburn in action this season that
the game In Birmingham between these
two Institutions next Saturday will be 1,
feroely contested ono Vanderbilt has
net but two 5. l. A. \. opponents this
season Georgia and the University of Mis-
sissippi Both of these teams We're easy
victims for the Commodores. Especially
was this true in thesease of Georgia.
yandy and Georgia
The large score rolled up by the COM
modores against the Red and Black
shocked southern critics for while. Geor-
gia was generally considered one of the
best teams in the south. However, since
the Commodore contest, Cunningham
lads have failed to show their superiority
from Alabama, but were entirely out
played. They only tied Sewanee And as
a matter of fact the Georgia team is much
stronger in proportion today than is VAN
derbilt Georgia developed slowly, and has
not yet reached its full strength The
Red and Black will probably give Auburn
stiff encounter on Thanksgiving.
The TanuIaJ Ccarac
Alabama, after being defeated by Tech
and Georgia, turned and defeated the Uni
versity of Mississippi, who held Wander
bilt to "a to score. This does not give
the commodores so much advantage over
the Crimson squad. A. and M. of Mlsss-
sppi defeated Alabama to 0. Auburn
defeated A. and M. Z to 0. Then Ala
bama defeated Tulane to and Tulane
in turn defeated A. and Nj "a to 81 These
figures of course, can't be used to deter
mine the strength of the respective teams,
but such situation does point to the
fact that the several teams are more or
less evenly maehed
Alabama and Georgia played a IL TO 0
contest, Georgia winning on luke in the
last quarter. Georgia and Sewanee fought
to a tie, and then Sewanee defeated Tech
to 0. These scores show that these teams
are more or less evenly matched.
Many Close Games
In other words, with the exception OF
the Auburn-Teeh battle where the light
Jackets were unable to sustain the great
handicap of weight, and the early Van
derbilt games, the scores on the gridirOn
this season have been comparatively
close. These games referred above to
show the following results Vanderbilt 46.
Georgia 0; Vanderbilt "a. Mississippi o;
Auburn q, Tech 7.
The following results show how many
close contests have been pulled off in
the south this season, and how the teams
are mixed in the standing:
Alabama z, Tulane 0.
Mississippi A. and NJ. Z, Alabama o.
Auburn 7, Mississippi A. and NJ. o.
Mississippi A. and NJ. 7, L. s. u. 0.
Auburn Z. l.. S. U. 0.
Tulane "a, Mississippi A. and M. 81
Sewanee 7, Tech 0.
Georgia IL. Alabama ..
Sewanee Ii. Georgia 49,
Alabama 10, Mississippi Q.
Alabama g. Sewanee s.
There have been, as the above figures
slow, but few runaways in the south this
the Commodores as the premier aggrega-
ton of Dixie, but that doesn't say that
they outclass the other southern squads
that is, not until after the Auburn game
on the 23d.