Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10
BY j. w. Heisman.

Ii the best teams of former
"A years in the South look better
than ever this year, while the
second and third rate teams would
appear to have improved but little, II
any The class of ball that Van
derbilt, Auburn. Georgia, Sewanee,
and Tech will play this year will. in
my opinion, bring Southern football
distinctly nearer to the form shown
by the big Eastern and Western
teams than has ever been the case
before
While Mercer. Citadel. Birming-
ham College, Howard. Rushton, An
niston, South Carolina and. possibly,
Chattanooga do not appear to be in
line this year for any very consd-
cradle advance in standard. 1t Is well
worth noting that two teams that
have been rather out Of the running
the past few years both promise and
. threaten to come back into the fold
with a rush. l refer to Clemson and
Tennessee.
Clemson To Be Strong.
Clemson makes no secret of the
fact that they have bodies OF good
material on hand this year, that they
have three coaches, that their men
are experienced and have the neces.
sary weight speed and go" In them
and that they expect to give more
than one good team in the s. |. A. A.
n jolly good time of it before the
curtain is rung down on Turkey Day.
We will all be very glad to see
4 low n
for they are good sports, and il al
ways seems a pity to see good
team go backward, even temporarily.
Clemson failed to run up a score
on Davidson last Saturday, but il
anybody expected them 10 do so II
only shows that that party knows
little about the year-in-and year out
strength of Davidson as a football
college: for Davidson is none of your
Weddings, by a long shot. The
Tigers did well enough to win the
game and will be encouraged by that
fact and will come faster and
stronger from now on.
Tennessee To Be Heard From.
It may be recalled by some that last
fall in my review OF the season just
closed l made the prediction that
Tennessee would be heard from this
y
toward daylight again for the last
couple of years and their team OF
last fall showed such promise as a
green aggregation that il was bound
TO come. The Volunteers boast
line that will weigh very little under
1885 pounds to the man from end to
end, with hackfeld averaging close
To 10 pounds. With such avoirdu-
pois as this, il is no wonder they
have good team. provided they
get the proper coaching, and that
they are sure to reap at the hands
of Coach Clevenger and his two as
sistantS Captain Kelly at tackle Is
one OF the best linemen in the South |
to-day. and Quarterback Rainey is
another star OF known and admitted !
brightness.
Vanderbilt Not to Slip.
The Commodores lost a goodly |
number OF veterans this year-no one |
WIN 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 il |
is required.
There are, ! am told. fourteen good |
prep football schools in Tennessee. |
and there is a Vanderbilt man at |
the head OF every last one of them !
or at least there was a wear 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 |