Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-11

dHolHeT star OF kbOWn ana ADMITTED
brightness.
Vanderbilt Not to Slip.
The Commodores lost Roodly
number OF veterans this year-no one
will deny that fact. But no one com
petent 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 much, IL 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 II
Is required.
There are, l 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 hat Van
| derbilt 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 II would
| have to go hard with a team that had
! lost such men as Gilem, Sheldon
! Stoney and Gillespie. but Sewanee
! doesn't think 80 at all. Last year
the team averaged 1853 pounds. but
| this years team at Tigertown should
strip at ITS. which Is a fine weight
| for a 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 BarnweI
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 Sewanee will have about as
| good a team as the best previous in
| her career
! Auburn Probably Stronger Than Ever.
! l hope | am not giving away any
| thing on the quiet little colony down
on the West Point route. | know
they have not 5een very communica-
| tive of late but ] have to write like
a newspaper correspondent now, and
| your correspondent doesn't care
| 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 sporting world to
/ Took out for Auburn
Yes they, too lost a smattering Of
| good men, but they expected It and
! planned for It long ago. Last year
he, hr..1 no, Of 90 ,,,1E
gibles" in college, but this year we
shall see them cavorting over the
sridirons OF the South with a big "A"
| on their chests, and then We'll see
them playing some real football.
And Georgia.
Aye, aye, sir! Georgia will be
herewith bells on. 1t looked a t
first as though the Red and Black
would lose a heap OF veterans; but
somehow they wouldn't stay "losed."
! Here they are, with a whole host Of
men who have extended experience
on previous Red and Black teams
and. by 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 las
year. and ii came near proving dis
astrous; but with all the old men
| back who know the system the sig
nails, and football generally, Coach
Cunningham is wise not to work
them unnecessarily hard. With a lot
Of new material on hand a coach
MUST scrimmage them to get them
battered into team shape; but old
material already is nodded and only
needs busting Off and everlasting.
Tech did well enough IN the second
game; but Citadel, while heavier
than last year. did not look 10 me as
good as the Citadel team of 1912 |
Whether they lack pepper all the
inc. or whether they were just swept !
oft their feet at the outset by Techs
| determined onslaught. l have no
means OF determining.
Tech has improved a whole lot f,
since meeting the Soldiers but stiu /
Z have grave fears OF the Tech team !
\ whole lot has been said and writ /,
en- about Techs wonderful new ma
erial and the quantity Of It; but !
when you stop to actually count It |
;p II appears that there were only |
hree men in the lineup Saturday !
Who were not at Tech last year. that |
he other thirteen VIII PLAYED in
/ luded only four regulars OF last year !
I'D that. therefore, the remaining |
Inc were men who played scrub ball |
Il Tech last year In other words |
I is nearly all home product, as in |
years gone by,