The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01

Commodore supporters. With the game
 with Virginia upon them they are crip-
 pied, woefully crippled. Ten of the reg
 ular lineup are reported to be upon
 the sick list, Among these are Will
 sen Collins, Buddy Morgan sikes, Gov
 irgton and Hardage, five of the most dependable men on the Commodore
 squad. Whether the list of substitutes
 will be capable of taking care of Vir-
 gnia Is uncertain, but one thing is assured-unless those on the sick list
 can get into harness and in good con
 dition with 1t before the tilt with the ,, Harvard Crimson, there are going to
 be some mighty disappointed football
 enthusiasts throughout the south whom
 the Harvard Vanderbilt score is an- nounced.
 The four Mississippi players who
 were round ineligible to participate in
 the Southern association some time ago have been reinstated by the Uni
 versity of Mississippi faculty. The ac- ton came as a result of an investi-
 gation by the alumni of the university
 who were representing the boys in the matter There was big meeting, the alumni yelled reinstate them, and tho chancellor of the university, carried
 away by the enthusiasm of the moment broke tie vote and now these play CTS. as far as the faculty is concerned, are eligible to play the great college
 game again. However. the faculty must await the findings Of the august S. ].
 A. A. directors on the matter before
 the players can re-enter the southern athletic sphere. And even if the said
 august s. l. A. A directors sustain the findings of the faculty the players will be forced to remain in athletic idleness for another year because of
 the rule which prohibits the playing before the second term of players who
 come from one university to another. However, it Is probable that the S. l.
 A. A. directors will take no cognizance of the finding of the faculty until the winter meeting is held.
 Such state of affairs comes from forcing the athlete to abide by such an innumerable lot of rules that it is impossible for the faculty to tell just when he is eligible or ineligible. If those boys are eligible under the s. I. | A. A. rulings they have not only suf- | fered a rank injustice, but they de- serve to be congratulated for their cleanliness-there are not many ath-
 letes in the Southern association who can stand the test of a faculty exam |
 athlete is at all times subject to sus-
 pension when it is impossible to tell whether they have offended or not Here are four of the south's leading athletes suspended for year from par
 ticipation in any athletic team and yet
 according to the rulings of the body | that condemned them they are inno- cent Of course, the s. l. A. A. is liable
 to resuspend them-they seldom let a | chance slip by on occasions like this | It Is not unlikely that some of the
 games played In the south Saturday
 will bring somewhat different results
 from the ones last season when these
 defeated Georgia Tech II to 6. Alabama
 defeated Tulane 22 to 0; Sewanee went
 down before Georgia's attack by a II | to count. The Auburn-Tech score | should be close again this season. but
 Alabama will hardly defeat Tulane 22 to 0. The university boys have come 1 strongly during tho past two weeks and | will undoubtedly annex their first yic- tory Saturday. but it is doubtful that
 they will run up 22 points against Tu- | lane According to most writers Geor- sia is due drubbing at the hands of
 the Sewanee Tigers. but in the mind of | the writer there is a doubt. Georgia, to l be sure, has been keen disappoint- frent this season. but there is no req
 son to believe that Sewanee Is excep- l tionally strong. They defeated Ten nessee, but Tennessee is not a repre- | sentative southern team this season and l besides played Sewanee without the | services of their captain and left half | hack. The Tigers may win but it will be a battle worth witnessing.