Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-03
Bv j. w. Heisnlan.

y the world Of colleges and cole
gians there is as much specula-
ton as TO which will be
champs" and which near champs. at
the end Of the spring season as
there is in the larger world over the
outcome Of the professional season.
/ Nearly all the $. l. \. A. colleges
report fine outlook Particularly
/ IS this true Of Vanderbilt. Alabama.
Auburn. Georgia and Tech. The Com
| lnodores VIII miss the hard hitting
/ OF Freeland and the good work OF
Morrison behind the plate. They stHl
retain their stars. however Pitcnor
Collins and Outhelder Hardage-as
Wen as nearly an the rest OF las:
years team. They should show tc
| fine advantage.
Auburn claims To have Wau
rounded team. mostly veterans ami.
m addition, Davis, a superb pitcher
n reports speak correctly. Last year
he was Ineligible. but this season .hc
boys from down yonder are stalking
their pile on him
Alabama stiIl has the great Ou.-
| fielder Mcdowell and Wells. the
| catcher with the wonderful pegging
arm, They also have "a lot Of vctar-
ans back and a most promising lot Of
, new material
Georgia Is well fortified an I'll
! points For time the Athenians
seemed 90 be fearful of weakness
on the mound, but, 10 Judge from the
work Of their fingers against Auburn,
they need feel no uneasiness The
team appears TO be hard hitting
| aggregation and from what is known
Of their ability In a fielding way. 81
looks 10 me to be one OF the strong
est mines this season
Techs team sizes up as very SINH
| lar IN all respects To Georgia's. II
seemed well rounded al an points.
save possibly in the box; but against
Clemson the two who perform p
came through with fying colors. If
they can keep up the gait they have
struck, Tech Will have no occasion
for worry and the team should give
a good account % itself
Tennessee's team is said 10 be an
entirely new one. and not too much
! is TO be expected from il on that dc-
count. Against the University of
| Michigan the best 10 could do was l.
| TO q. which would seem TO further
carry out the prediction that they
VIII not be peunaut Coutender~.
SeNanec seems TO have found iu
I Gordon a man Who il amply able to
/ nm the shoes of the depa, ted Gilieu
| Pat Dinkins. of Atlanta. viii be eligl-
I bic 90 don the assortment Of junk
| affected 10y an hrst-class receivers
and should strengthen the Tigers 10
! little. As whole. the team LOOKS
| TO be an average one,
Clemson has had TO h1 a great
4 many gaps from last years losses,
/ chief Of which was that left by little
/ Yeargin. who had the great misfor-
/ tune to lose an arm last summer.
! This was the pepperiest kid | have
| seen In "A long time and he woJrI
/ have been almost certain Of All
/ Southern honors had he been able n
I participate. Captain Ezell is back.
however. and he is whole team I'm
himself Right now I would rank him
as being one rwo-thUee" with an tn
! pitchers in the association
Mercer has two-thirds OF las.
Wears performers back. including
| Moses. Roddenbery Erwin and Rice
/ all very strong PLAYERS. Moses is
/ an right for first pitcher, but the lest
/ of the stan are Of untrird valIOer. IL
seems To- me this team should be able
20 hold It's own Through It's fun
! schedule.
/ T ECH and Clemson played ,wo mic.
games With each other "a -t
week Both teams held the error
4 down. while both pitchers fog both
/ teams held tut hits equally low. Bar
ring some uncertainty on thc paths
and behind the plate the Tigers
4 looked pretty smooth Coach Dob
son may be depended upon 20 remove
! tho former IN a little time, though .'
! takes experience 10 make base run
/ nerS out of new men. Tsrraut. N
! right deld seems TO have splendid
/ arm. for he whipped two 10 the plate
/ that could not be improved upon BY
1 anybody Ezell has improved even
] over his last years form on the slab
which was certainly excellent
! Tech looked good on the bases.
/ They had 20 be. for they didn't Sc
/ enough hits 20 put over runs by that
\ route In the last game every run
/ the yellow Jackets scored came ~
| the result of "a man getting on base
I either by the big four or being MI,
/ or pitched bali and after that they
/ had TO Go their own shining srUI..
1.-The circuit. Neither victory was nA "a
| biz margin. but there can De mo- glg~-
| zion 81 Techs play having been wu.tr
I 9th games as they slightly outgt
land outfg'Gel clemson Also -Hey
( stole more bases AND uu eu feue.
] bones.
4 The accounts uF ta. series u.a,,@ r
| Athens seem rr ~Hun .lat 'i.,.-
81. had considerable e-sr et.. A.-