Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
HE|SMAN I ELLIS
WHY He PICKS
AUbURN|TES
Tech Coach Considers Georgia Is
ExceIIed in Almost Every
Department Of Game.


| Powell and the remaining fullbacks
| on Georgia's roster are not as good as
| the others that Auburn can trot out
Like NeweIIs Work.
But / don't see anybody on the
| Georgia team backing up the line
| that can compare with Skies, of Van
! derbilt, and so it should not be so
| difficult for Newell to get away as
| it was for him against Vanderbilt.
| Anyway, he'll be apt to bring the ball
| back plenty on receiving punts.
But what about McWhorter?"
| someone asks. Well, it may be here
| sy, but ! don't expect McWhorter to
| get away many times, nor for very
| long runs. Yes, it's true he did last
| year; but the Auburn team was not
| itself last year; the game followed
| too close to their Vanderbilt game.
| This year they will be on their guard.
| They have not forgotten that defeat
| of last season, and my opinion is
| they will be going out after McWhor-
| ter in fashion that even he will re-
| member a long time.
You say McWhorter was never
stopped? Yes the little Tech team
| stopped him last Saturday, and if
| they could why should not Auburn
| be able to do so? Really ! look for
| MCWhorter to achieve far less than
| his friends expect, no matter that we
all consider him the best half of the
| year.
Then what about Paddock? Well,
Paddock is very good; yes. indeed!
But does anyone think he could have
| made the gains he did last Saturday
had he not had so much better u rush
! line to open up for him than Tech
! had? He didn't do anything around
Techs ends any more than McWhor-
/ ter Remember, though, that Au-
burn could go around Techs ends.)
But when he tries to ram Auburn's
line ] am afraid he is going to find
| himself up against a different propo-
sition from that he had to encounter
a week ago
Crump Will Gain ground
Carey? If ! think McWhorter and
Paddock will be unable to gain con-
sistently against Auburn, why should
] think an unknown like Carey can?
l don't.
Crump? Yes, Crump will gain some
ground, think-if he plays as he did
against Tech. Probably Powell will
also. Certainly ! don't expect the
Auburn team to stop ALL the Geor-
gia backs in their tracks EVERY
/ time the ball goes into play No,
simply doubt the ability of the Geor-
gia line to so maneuver the Auburn
line as to enable their backs to get
through it and around it with suffi-
cient consistency to score touch
downs.
What figure will forward passes
cut? can't say. ] have seen abso-
utely none of Auburn's, and those
nave seen of Georgia's are too sim
pie In character to be depended on
against such a well coached team as
Auburn's, | think OF course. Geor-
gla may have a lot of other forward
passes that ! may never have seen
and If they have ! would know no
more about them that / do about
those of Auburn that | have never
seen. There is no good reason why
both teams should not play a high
class forward pass game Still,
don't expect the game to be played
much along that plan on either side
Both teams think too well Of the
rushing and running game to bother
much with forward passes.
The punting win be about a stand
off; and If McWhorter plays back for
Georgia | don't doubt he will bring
the punts back as far as Will Newell.
There Is another matter that is go
ing to count in this game, and thai
Is holding-commonly known as foul
AiitNI iti Clltt. vi course, all teams
and all players foul more or less in
this respect. The players may not
do ii Intentionally any more than they
get off-side Intentionally; neverrhe-
less they do It, Now, in my opinion,
Georgia holds" agreat deal more than
does Auburn; and that means, in the
first analysis, that 1t will depend a
great deal on what kind of officials
are working the game whether the
Georgia team is going to reap Il dis
tlnct advantage out of this or a dis
tinct handicap
Georgia May Be PenaIized Much.
II the umpire notes a lot of holding
Georgia may be penalized a great
deal II he doesn't see much It may
he that II is because Georgia will
have cut out a deal of It. But even
If Georgia holds a heap. and even If
the umpire doesn't see them doing it.
/ have no idea that it will cut the
hgure against the Auburn players
that IL did against the Tech players,
for the latter We're simply too small
to help themselves which. fancy.
VIII not be the case with the Auburn
players; they are just too big and
strong to be held that way
And which team will be keyed to
the highest pitch? Well I'm salts
iiNb wat lAlt +Nuhulll orchestra Will
be playing at concert pitch. whether
the Georgia team does or not. Yes;
there's pennant at stake, and Au-
burn has had her eye on one for q
long time. In fact. | think she has
been wanting it rather worse than
Georgia
In addition to that, she hasn't for
gotten certain day about a year
ago lacking some five days: and she
is perfectly minded to get good and
hunk tomorrow for that day of long
ago,
And so | think II likely enough that
before another sun goes down the
Dixie pennant will be waving down
in Alabama. Yes; 1t will he some
scrap, all right and don't forget that
II CAN happen that Georgia will win
the decision. II should be an awfully
close game-no runaway (never get
that in YOUR head And vet II I must