Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15
JACKETS ONLY
HOPE WILL De
IN OPEN PLAYS
Red and Black Better Team at
Straight Game-LoOg Runs
May Beat Athenians,
BY Innis Brown.
Famous Football OFFICIALLY

~ over the proper setting for the
battle, it has been definitely
settled that the Georgia Tech foot
ball game is to be a reality. Fur
thermore, said reality will develop
within Q very short time or to be
exact. on Saturday afternoon at
Grant Park, preponderance OF evil
dcnce having been submitted In
Techs favor.
The gentleman who in the dim
past arose TO remark that a certain
contest was sure to he some game, "
might again step forth very timely
and reiterate his sentiments refer
ring to the coming conflict. 1t IL
doubtful whether the Red and Black
and the Orange and White ever
faced football battle on more equa.
terms.
So far the two teams have not had
a common foeman, although their
schedules call for games with the
same teams in two cases. Georgia
has met and defeated Clemson while
Tech has yet to meet the Carolina
Tigers The Jackets have lost hon
orably to Auburn, while Georgia Is
slated to tackle the Plainsmen in
little more than week
Each team has suffered defeat
once Georgia went down before the
rushes of Virginia. This was rather
to be expected. since the Virginians
this year have a team that recalls
the old DAYS of 'Rev" Pollard Ham
mond Johnson and others. Also
Auburn has regular team. The
men from the grand old state Of Al
ALBANIA carry with them. safely
packed away in their knapsack, de-
cidedlv the best chance Of any team
in Dixie to land premier honors, un-
less the team from Athens can cut
them down.
Hence the statement that Tech lost
honorably to Auburn.
IRON the above it may be noted
1 that but little dope arising from
comparative scores may be had. Up
to the Auburn game Tech was com
Ing along nicely. showing better in
each successive game. And 1t may
also he said that their showing
against Auburn was not such that
il might be considered any serious
break in their development, for we
ask permission to state again that
Auburn has a regular team.
'On the other hand, the Red and
Black in their last two games out,
have not looked quite as good as they
did in their game with Virginia. This,
however, may be explained by the
fact that in Carolina and Clemson,
they considered that they were not
going TO meet very stiff opposition.
and their standard Of play was there
by allowed TO drop percepubly. In
this connection, IL may be said that
in the last ten minutes Of the Glenn
son game. they We're playing In jam
up form and would have been dan
gerous against the best in this sec
ticn
However with us. advance dope on
a Georgia Tech football game is nix
Mawruss, nix. We have seen these
two come together often enough to
know that when the first whistle
blows any form sheet on past per
formanCes in preceding games of the
season may prove interesting read
ing from disinterested standpoint,
but as a tip on the results OF the
melee at hand would be about as
valuab as perusing the flamboyant
announcement of "A new corn cure.
LENCE we may as well get down to
the undeniable facts dealing with
the assets OF the two teams. Each
squad has enough available material
TO switch its lineup with frequen-
Cy. thereby eliminating any man for
man comparison. However. there
are several who are likely to draw
practically continuous assignments
and all OF these acre distinctly known
quantities
on the Georgia squad there are
NcWhorter Henderson, Conklin. De
laperriere, Malone and Paddock All
Of these have met the Jackets before.