Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15

and by the same token Auburn
faces her most golden opportunity,
when the Orange and Blue OF the
Alabama Polys clashes with the Gold
and Black Of the hitherto invincible
Vanderbilt.
Time after time has Auburn stood
on the threshold Of a Southern foot
ball championship, Time after time
has Auburn raped for admission, and
time after time has the mighty bulk
of Vanderbilt doomed in the doorway
and turned the Orange and Blue back
as effectively as ever beliCose bull
dog routed a hobo, hungry and for
lorn.
DUT times change. The Macedonian
II phalauX was a great ground
gamer i'm its time but it had to give
way before the sterner attack Of the
Roman legionary formation
Armored knights gained consider
able regulations as line buCkers in
their day and time, but somebody in
vented a gunpowder resistance that
made their best efforts as feeble as
THE cheers at a Chautauqua meeting
or a prohihiIonist convention.
And SO il goes. From every indi-
cation the worm in Southern foot
ball has at last turned and Vanderbilt
seems doomed to defeat.
Vanderbilt has been beaten twice
this year once they were run wild
upon by the followers of Coach Yost,
of Michigan. Again they were routed
by the onfall of Virginia. But neither
the Wolverines nor the Nirginians
make any preteXt to being members
Of the S l. A. A., and from the
$. J. 4. A. the champion Of Dixie
must be chosen.
al.
psychological than physical Unques-
tionably the Orange and Blue has one
Of the best elevens in the proud
football history of the institution, I'm
qUestionably Vanderbilt has the
weakest machine ever nodded by Nc
Gugin, Auburn showed puissantly
strong in her game last Saturday
with Tech. Vanderbilt showed la
mentally weak at the same time in
her struggle with Tennessee.
r UT Auburn has become accustom-
- ed to being beaten by the Com
unodores, and in that lies the problem
that Mike Donahue must overcome
that and the natural overcontidence
that a team must possess that has
gone thus far through a season with
out having it's goal line crossed.
Here in Birmingham to-day Au
burn has apparently the winning spir-
It, Auburn money is Haunted every
where. There are Auburn Colors and
Auburn colors everywhere. His eX-
cellenCy the Governor Of Alabama
has abandoned his capitol in Mont
gomery and is here with his entire
staff to see an Alabama team cham
pions in the making.
Auburns entire student body and
the entire faculty from President
81 Thach down to the official water boy
of the institution are here for the
purpose OF Witnessing the mort of the
footballisUC John l.. sullivan of the
South. It's a great gay crowd. 1t
should he great, scrappy game.
L OR Vanderbilt is not without its
adherents The alumni and the
students of the Methodist Univer-
sity know this is theirn last stand.
They know that humiliating defeat
has been turned to glorious victory
in just such last stands. Two hun
dred Vanderbilt students arrived here
on special train this morning. Van
derbit alumni from all over the
Southern country have poured into
Birmingham for the last "a hours.
The Commodores did not arrive un
tn this morning, though the Auburn
team came last night The Commo
dores preferred the quiet bucolic life
in Decatur about 100 miles to the
north of here, TO the pestiferous
strenuosity that has been brooding in
Birmingham for a week.
PUT what the Vanderbilt chances
IL are an unpreiudiced observer
finds hard to define. AdvCes this
morning were that Tom Brown and
Morgan would be in the game for
a while at least This will undoubted-
ly strengthen the Commodores, but
Brown and Morgan have been out so
long and were SO badly hurt that
1t is difficult to see how they can
stand the pounding that the backs OF
Auburn are sure TO give the Gold
and Black forwards,
And with the exception OF AM
Sikes-and Skies is no Morrison, nc
Hardage- has not developed
q single reliable baCkfeld man.
But what Of Auburn Mike Dona-
hue smilinEly reports that Lockwood
and Taylor win be back in the game
Auburn appeared formidable enough
with these gentlemen out OF the bick
erng, hut with the Titanic Lockwoo,
looming up on one side Of the pow,
erful Pitts, it's enough 10 halt III,
heart be as courageous as hearts car
be
Il the backheld Donahue has Harf
and Newell and Kearley "a star
with. This looks bad enough, bl
when 81 is announced that he ha
Christopher and that red-headeG gu,
That made Techs team seem tissue
ST becomes "a calamity
The teams clash al Fleetwood Field
where 'n the summer months tr
basehalHsts are wont 70 perform I
Is certain that a brilliant crowd vii
see a brilliant game.
But though Auburn triumph to-fa
the Orange and Blue VII. be watch
Ing Atlanta and II Georgia defeat
Tech-anG there seems no likeWhoa
OF their falling Auburn win have d
remark as the gentleman did ab1u
life, It's just helanmoruvit" Fu
next Saturday the Orange and Em
must down the Red and Black. vhl,.
Is sVSne job, all things and Mr. Rob
Srt icWhorter being considered.