Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-05
By j. W. HeiSnan.
Asst Saturday furnished its full
quota of football surprises the

quota of football surprises the
entire country over
IN the East Yale went down to in
glorious defeat at the hands Of a very
minor college, while Notre Dame was
showing West Point how the great
and only college game is worked out
and played out in the wild ard woolly
IN the West the way Michigan
"s,aeared" Syracuse was the big eye
og4uer, while in the South the two big
surprises of the day We're the merci-
less manner in which Virginia and
Tech bu,chered their respective oppo-
nents to make a holiday.
looked for Virginia to win, but not
by the score that was flashed in
While Virginia may have played bel
Ter than she did a Neen ago, never
theless the difference between the
score the Old Dominion players ran
up against Vanderbilt and that mark
I'd up against Georgia seems clearly
70 indicate that Vanderbilt is much
weaker than usual. Unless Tom Brown
gets back into the game by the time
\ The COmmodOres meet Auburn they
are liable to prove as easy picking for
4 the Aabamans as they were for the
Erginians.
SOME will suppose that because Au-
- burn won from l.. S. L. by one
touchdown only that they are not as
strong as has been already surmised
DE most football experts; but don't
You believe it! Auburn plays each
year the steadiest. most carefully con-
'ealed waiting game Of any team in
the South. While they did not run up
n a score, the accounts show that at all
events they were never in danger Of
4 losing, for =. S. L. never threatened
4 The others goal line. Auburn was
content to win, and gain experience
and seasoning, while showing nothing
Inc Auburnites have two old
srldges 10 settle this fall-one with
Vanderbilt and the other with Geor-
gla-and nothing Is going to balk her
rom being in the best possible shape
q 20 settle them this fall.
Il w HlLE not unanticipated, the fact
That Georgia was able to put 1t
over North Carolina in hearty fashion
ana not by f1ukes, indicates clearly
n enough the fine consistency of play to
q winch the Athenians have attained.
uey now have only one game ahead
~ ~. them before locking horns with
q cen, and they will be in their prime
n men that classic game comes off.
q Georgia has a better team than she
81 mad last year; in fact. lust about the
orSt team She ever had in her whole
"a dItEl I pEtiYn finn And II
'ems TO me that the championship
81 ''sS between her and Auburn.
IN passing, il Is perhaps worth not
"g mat North Carolina would appear
nave but little show with Virginia
eF illS wear again, despite her five
"a oacneS. The material at Y. c. Is not
n De SO bad this year, and just what
II an De the matter at this ancient and
n 'ohorab.e stronghold of the great
d f'sIime it is hard to conjecture.
! is always rather sad thing when
team finds itself definitely elm
.d1td rom a championship round in
we oitei afternoon, after whole sea-
va OF terrific toll and aging worry;
Wi. SO It goes. Sewanee IS out OF
Iof thIS year, a 8 she meets neither
'eoFgla nor Auburn, through whom
"' might have q chance to work
'"gA INTO the beaten path. However
.F' defeat at the hands OF Tech was
very thorough that it is much to be
i"4Dted whether another crack at the
4 .u ihlng through either of these lat
~ very strong teams would offer her
real chance.
IA ms one game at least the
.ength Of the Tigers line was not in
N"ence; and, personally | doubt
neither the Sewanee line has been as
'ong rs was believed. IN other
."'uS am not so much inclined to
-' unexpected strength in the Tech
rt'H as | am TO believe that Sewanee
Euew.
IL Is a rude breaking of presidents
'l Tor once it really appears az
'usn the Tennessee college teams
~ 10 he badly distanCed by the teams
ON Georgia and Alabama. When
0r"anee meets Alabama we Shall see
ether it IS not true that SeWdnee is
g Ner than she looked.
For my part I shall not be sur
.I.Sed II Alabama wins from the IT.
ht. week following her heavy de-
feat at the hands OF Alabama