Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

/. A. A.. since Vanderbilt sup
porters are prone to insist that
Cody himself is a known guam
tity, exceedingly well deter
mined and defined, in fact
You see, the S. l. A. A. NOW Is
trying to decide the perpleXing
problem of whether Bethel Col
lege, a seat of learning in the
grand old State Of Kentucky,
really Is a college" after all or is
more properly just "A plain ordinary
prep" school. paradng under mis-
homer. The connection between Beth
81 and Sir Joshua is, or rather was,
that Cody was a student there last
year
It Makes a Difference.
Now. If said Bethel is only a prep
school. Cody can d,sport himself on
the gridiron this fall under the colors
OF the Gold and Black. on the other
hand II Bethel Is real honest-to-
goodness college. then Sir Joshua viii
he the victim of the one-year rule,
and will have to sit idly by and grieve
as his brilIancc is smothcred beneath
the limited volume of the proverhial
u.sck measure while the conflict is
raging about him.
Cody. il may bc stated. while
youngster of massive proportions, Is
exceedingly quiet. docIlc and unas-
Stunning, at least when viewed as ne
chooses to appear In citizens clothes
However il appears that he loses
much of the aforementioned charac-
teristirs when he energies from the
dressing room to tread a football field
in fact the Vanderbilt student body
appears To recall wildly that Cody
made no less than T5 per cent of the
tackles made by his team in the game
with Vanderbilt last season. No doubt
had Cody not been In that game the
contest would have been called early
s because the Vanderbilt team was all
tired ont from chasing up and down
The field, scoring touChdoWus.
Grounds for Anxiety.
All of which is given as evidence
that the CummodorcS feeling of auN-
iety of the outcome Of the Cody case
is not without sufficient grounds
They say that. given Cody they Will
do the rest. They admit that they
have lost HardaEe and Collins, Yes,
and Dawes and Ship and Swoftord
and a few others, but why worry
with Cody rope-tied and branded
with Cody. they figure that with
Tom Brown at the opposite tackle
and Big Buddy Morgan in the center
of the line. they Will be in "a position
to introduce an innovation in the
game should they so desire. by dis
pensing with the services of the two
guards since these three could be
counted on TO Jam back pretty much
any attack that could be hurled at
them.
Then. too. they figure that If you
can keep the other fellow from sCor-
ing you don't stand much chance of
losing, even if you get no better than
a draw. However, the Commodores
are not Chalking up any drawn bat
ties Just yet with a very likely look
ing bunch of material on hand, and
Dan McGugin working overtime to
devise a plan to use il to the best
possible advantage.
Sykes Still on Hand.
They call attention 10 the fact that
they still have Sykes on hand from
last years bacl5fleld. Sykes was ad-
nittedly some considerable fullhaCN
in 1912 drawing the all Southern po-
sition in several selections. He is
older, heavier and more experienced
this year. He is being worked az half,
the position which he played before
entering Vanderbilt. and Is counted
on to lead telling onslaughts against
the opposition.
Then they have Turner who played
at end, and is a possibility for full
back vacated by his running mate
mentioned above Turner lacks only
weight 10 cIneh the place
At present a new man Murray by
name, who played at Moneys School.
is being worked at fullback Admit
tedly. Murray is rather slow, but ne
shows signs OF Improvement already
He is heavy enough. weighing about
175 IN the altogether. He may pick
up enough in speed to land the job
Another Mooney man, Preston, also
stands a fair chance OF edging into