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

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, 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 II
is required.
There are I am told, fourteen good
prep football schools in Tennessee.
and there is 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
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 this-not at
all. We all try to keep our eyes on
them and get after them, but 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 1t would
have to go hard with a team that had
lost such men as Gillem, Sheldon.
Stoney and Gillespie; but Sewanee
doesn't think 80 at ALL Last year
the team averaged 1863 pounds. but
this years team at Tlgertown should
strip at 175, which is 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 Barnwell,
? product OF the Porter Military
Academy, to step into Stoney's shoes,
they are considerably better or 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.
hope l am not giving away any
thing on the quiet little colony down
on the West Point route. know
they have not oeen 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 It
all to herself long enough now, so
I'm just coming out with 1t and tell
the rest OF the sporting world to
look out for Auburn"
Yes. they. too. lost a smattering Of
good men, but they expected 1t and
planned for II long ago. Last year
ha nF
gibles" in college. but this year we
shall see them cavorting over the
gridirons OF the South with a big "A"
on their chests and then well see
them playing some real football
And Georgia.
Aye, aye, sir! Georgia will be
herewith bells on. 1t 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 a whole host OF
men who have extended experience
on previous Red and Black teams
and. by jinks. they weigh more than
ever!
And Georgia is going at the thing
very carefully. They suffered a Sc
we're reverse early In the sea son last
year. and 1t 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 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 revarnishing.
Tech did well enough in the second
game; but Citadel, while heavier
than last year did not look to me as
good as the Citadel team of 1912.
Whether they lack pepper all the
time, or whether they were just swept
off their feet at the outset by Techs
determined onslaught. 1 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
zen about Techs wonderful new ma
terial and the quantity of 1t; but
when you stop 10 actually count It
up il appears that there were only
three men in the lineup Saturday
who were not at Tech last year: that
he other thirteen who played in
Guided only four regulars OF last year.
md that. therefore. the remaining
nine were men who played scrub ball
IT Tech last year. In other words,
I IS nearly all home product, as in
ears gone by,