Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10

Vanderbilt Not to Slip.
The Commodores lost goodly
number OF veterans this year-no one
will deny that fact. But no one COM
pctent to pass an opinion on the point
imagines that the standard of play
that Vanderbilt has set in the past
is going to be lowered mich, II any.
In this year Of grace. Vanderbilt
don't you know, just has a way Of
turning up with clouds on clouds Of
the necessary material whenever il
Is required
There are, ] am told, fourteen good
prep football schools in Tennessee,
and there is a Vanderbilt man at
the head of every last one of them
or at least there was "A year or
two ago. And then Vanderbilt has
a way OF Keeping her eyes on the
fellows that shine at other prep
schools and small colleges, and every
now and then we find them turning
up at Vanderbilt. Not that there is
anything improper in tnis-not at
all We all try to keep our eyes on
them and get after them. but Van
derbllt has her system just a bit
better organized than the most of us,
and by that means keeps her stuff
up to par
SeWanee Even stronger,
Now you'd think that it would
have to go hard with team that had
lost such men as Gllem, sheldon,
Stoney and Gillespie, but Sewanee
doesn't think so at all. Last year
the team averaged 1863 pounds. but
this years team at Tigertown should
strip at IT'S which is a fine weight
for Southern team. In Parker and
Palmer they have again a pair of
fine backs, and as Tolley is back at
quarter they certainly have no wor-
ries in the baCkfeld The line has
back nearly all the veterans of last
year, and with the giant BarnWell,
? product of the Porter Military
Academy, to step into Stoney's shoes.
they are considerably better off than
they were in 1912. And Harris Cope
Is still at the helm on the Mountain,
so YOU see my reasons for surmis-
ing that Sawanee will have about as
good a team as the best previous in
her career
Auburn Probably Stronger Than Ever.
! hope | am not giving away any
thing on the quiet little colony down
on the West Point route. know
they have not teen very communica-
tive of late, but J have to write like
a newspaper correspondent now. and
your correspondent doesn't care a
hang, you know, for any mans Sc
cret. Anyway, Auburn has kept Il
all To herself long enough now, so
I'm just coming out with it and tell
the rest Of the rorting world to
look out for Auburn"
Yes, they, too, lost a smattering OF
good men, but they expected 1t and
planned for 1; long ago Last year
they had quite a bouquet OF 'ineli-
gibles" in college. but this year we
shall see them cavorting over the
gridirons OF he South with a big "A"
on their chests, and then Wen see
them playing some real football.
And Georgia.
Aye, aye, sir Georgia will be
herewith bells on. II looked at
first as though the Red and Black
would lose a heap OF veterans; but
somehow they wouldn't stay "losed"
Here they are with q whole host of
men who have extended experience
on previous Red and Black teams
and ny links. they weigh more than
everi
And GEORGIA is going at the thing
very carefully. They suffered a Sc
we're reverse early in the season last
year, and ii came near proving dis
ASiTOuS, out win all the old men
back who know the system. the sig
nails. and football generally, Coach
Cunni lAbam is wise not to work
them necessarily hard. With a lot
of new material on hand a coach
NCSF scrimmage them to get them
battered into team shape: but old
material already is nodded and ONLY
needs busting Oft and revarnishirg.
Tech did we'll enough in the second
same, but Citadel, while heavier
han last year. did not look to me as
good as the Citadel team of 1912.
WhttAer they lack pepper all the
inc, or whether they were Just swept
off their feet at the outset by Techs
determined onslaught. have no
means OF determining
Tech has improved a whole lot
since meeting the Soldiers. but still
have grave fears Of the Tech team.
\ whole lot has been said and writ
en- about Techs wonderful new ma
er'al and the quantity of II; bur
"nen you stop to actually count II
70 ii appears that there were only
nree men in the lineup Saturday
20 were not at Tech last year: that
he other thirteen Wa. PLAYED in
lEted only four regulars of last year.
nd that. therefore. the remaining
Inc we're men who played scrub bah
Tech last year. In other words.
, IS nearly all home product, as in
,earS gone by.