Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20
INNS BROWN
PICKS AUBURN;
MARGIN CLOSE
Famous Official Figures Teams
Nearly Eyen-Says One Freak
Play May Win Title,
BY lnnis Brown.
Famous Football OFFICIALLY

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intercollegiate Athletic Association il
going to be fought out on Atlanta soil
Likewise for The nrst time In many
YEARS the Red and Black Of old Geor-
gia will engage the Orange and Blue
Of old Auburn. with both teams hay
Ine clean record against associa-
ZION teams,
Not even excepting the great Tech
Georgia battle. this IL 20 be Oh" real
football card Of the local season. tn"
Tech Georgia game is always elias
sic but the result Of this years con
lest which has left Georgia unbeat-
IN bv an association team, has made
rosslble local battle which VIII
decide definitely the southern cham
plonship.
Think 80 moi that the situation Is
escaping the attention of local bugs
Practically every man, woman ana
,biId who knows the difference he
tween q punt and wild peg to hrs'
is discussing the game, and laporlous-
Iv Weighing the chances OF lhe wv"
teams
ne fnfNtiNNlN "a 'lAAti''h
he that Auburn has the edge. some
viii argue that the Plainsmen have
4, more consistent attack while oth-
ers pointing to the result OF the van
derbilt game, hold that the four hat
lerinR rams in that Auburn back
field are hound to beat down me
Georgia defense.
ALL appear to feel that the game
a T,ttFhf nIIt along
the lines Of straight old fashioned
football in which the line plunge
,pust he an important factor There
can be little doubt but that this
play will figure strongly In the out
some Judging from past perform
4nccs Auburn appears to nave ihe
advantage along this line, rms II
true not because Georgia IL weak AZ
The plunglng game. but because Nu-
burn IN especially strong.
Take a look at the Tech and Van
1etbut games with Red Harris lead
ing Off In the plunging role the An.
burnites plugged through the Jackets
line untn their defense was drawn IN
to meet the attack, and then Newer
was shot around end for the hrst
touchdown Later Hart took up where
Harris left Off. and he tore through
he Tech line for an SO-yaru run Tor
The second touchdown,
over in Birmingham Harris again
took M the burden He smeared the
Vanderbilt lineup for substantial
gains. making the first touchdown
possible. After ne had begun to lose
his effectiveness Hart was called IN
then Christopher and finally Bidez
There Ia no denying the fact that the
Anhurnites have a terrible line at
laclt. They also have power In Hank
my the tackles, owing to the swift
,nslve dashes of Newell al hall.
HOWEVER, Au6nrn Is not e me
! the game with any great big ad-
vantage OF the line smashing game.
t'p until Saturday Powell was held az
ticorga's one best bet at hitting the
line. But In that game the Red and
lllurl introduced a new factor in
,srump The latter has been worked
for The most part at end However.
me stepped into the fullhack position
and delivered the goods in great
style
Npw in Powell is as good as he
was figured earlier In the season, be
fore he had been handicapped by In
huries. he and Crump should fur-
ulsh lots OF trouble fer the Auburn
forwards Also. the Georgians can
call into service in this style Of at
lack Malone. who holds down line
nogltiou regularly. Malone has prob
ably more physical power than either
OF the other men on the two teams
who may be asked To hammer the
line. and he ts going to gain some
ground
Georgia has the edge, ~ there is an
advantage either way We still hold
thst Bob McNhorter Is the best In
this section. not forgetting the ster-
ling worth of Kirk Newell Both
of these arc dangerous men. ana
both will be watched very closely by
the opposition Either may get away
for one run which may win the game.
In addition to McNhorter. the
Genrgiaus have Paddock The Red
and Black quarter was one oI the
most valuable men on the Georgia
squad IN the game against Tech, and
Al is not unlikely that he viii cause
Auburn trouble also. Auburn can Of
fer Hart, Arnold or kearloy Ar
mold and keArley are likely TO start
the game at quarter and nall re
speCtively with Hart held IN reserve,
Unth Arnold and Hart are very fast,
and both have figured strongly in de
feauuV Tech In past years. II viii
ne recalled that Hart raced 80 yards
for a touchdown this year, while Ar
Mold Is the young man who inter
vented a forward pass ny Tech ON
ITS own 5-yard line and ran the
length Of the Held FOR touchdown a
few seasons ago
IT remains to be seen Just what the
two teams will try in the way %
forward passes. Auburn has not
found IL necessary 20 worry with this
rather DANGEROUS mode Of attack to
any considerable extent In former
games Georgia, on the other hand
scored "a victory over Clemson chief
lS through the passing game Since
"vtthrr has relied ON plays Of this
ind iu the past JIG ls reasonable TO
uppus, that neither viii resort ia
.Hrnl to suN eNlcut saturday. unless
other methods avn mcetug with faU-
.HN
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