Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-27

turn his final back Hip to-
morrow afternoon. And aft
Ell that, nothing doing until the
baseball season opens. II the said
Dope lands on his pins Thursday it
viii be about the first time this
season
Anybody who can feel sure of
picking the winners of the Wander
bilt Sewauee. Georgia Auburn and
Tech-Clemson football games could
feel sure Of anything.
If past performances are worth "a
hang The winners Will be Wander
bilt Auburn and Tech.
But we haven't amy money 10 BET
we can pick the three winners.
Vanderbilt will probably beat Sc
vance The defeat Of the Commo-
dores last Saturday for defeat IL
was, If the scores didn't show it,
viii doubtless wake them up. And
once Vaudy is awake, ii win handle
the Tigers easily enough. Sewa-
nee men will have TO play couple
of hundred times better bail than
tGey uncorksd in the state of Cieor-
gia to make any impression on
Vanderbilt
one fact tine Conmodores must
f8cer-they will not win any more
games for awhile on their rep"
TEei very record in the past was
goat-getteT But 1T didn't get Au-
burns. and now the goats dead
The Commodores VIII have 10 beat
Sewanee on the Tigers merits,
which are considerable.
In that Athens game we lind it
hard to pick the winner. Ii ought
TO be Auburn by three or four
touchdowns Yet, nobody believes
It will be. and there will be small
surprise If Georgia wins it. The
answer to the question hinges on
the matter of condition, If Geor-
gia Is absolutely right and if the
men play as they ought to play
they can beat the Auburn team.
In the Atlanta game Tech should
be the winner, but il ought to be
close-and a Spectacular game be
sides. If the Jackets can overcome
the listlessness that naturally fol-
lows the Georgia Tech game they
will show Clemson more about
football than they learned from
any two teams this season.
+ OR several seasons Atlanta pa
pers have urged that Georgia
and Tech change their schedules
so that their game be played here
on Thanksgiving day, which Is the
logical time.
Last year contracts We're signed
which made necessary the contiuu-
alton Of the present wpetched ar
rangement for another three years.
Well It has worked out pretty
well for Georgia,
But how about Tech
More people win travel OUT OF
Atlanta to Adens Thursday-it the
day Is fine---than have left this city
before for q sporting event in
long time. A thousand or more
er is fair and several hundred by
automobile Virtually every per-
son who goes to the game In Attn
ems from Atlanta will be just one
less at the Ponce DeLeon struggle.
That is, every spectator attracted
to Athens is the price of one ticket
out Of the Tech and Clemson peck
cts.
The best arrangement the only
logical and reasonable arrange
ment-wil be for Tech ana Geor-
gia TO meet in Atlanta on Thanks
giving day and to charge enough
for tickets to make 1t worth while.
THE statistics about football
deaths viii prove interesting
this year, They viii show that the
deaths to college players this year
number exactly one The rest Of
the players killed, ten at last re-
port. We're either prep school play
ers or athletic club or corner lot
players
Anybody can see the answer.
Athletic club football should be
frowned down. The papers should
not support it, the football authori-
ties should hop on it whenever pos
sibie and II should be vigorously
fought Football is no game for
athletic club teams or for unframed
teams