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

idCes 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 belliCose bull
dog routed "a hobo, hungry and for
Torn.
PUT times change The Macedonian
- phalanX was great ground
gamer in 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 prohibitlonist convention.
And so it 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 Virgnians
make any pretext to being members
of the 5. J. A. A, and from the
s ]. A. A. the champion Of Dixie
must be chosen
AubuSus task seems entirely more
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.
y Ut Auburn has become accustom-
- ed to being beaten by the Com
modores and in that lies the problem
that Mike Donahue must overcome.
that and the natural overconfidence
that team must possess that has
gone thus far through a season with
out having its 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 has entire
staff to see an Alabama team cham
pions in the making
Auburns entire student body and
the entire faculty from President
Thach down to the official water boy
OF the institution are here for the
purpose of witnessing the mort of the
foothallistic John J.. Sullivan of the
South. It's a great gay crowd. II
should be great, scrappy game.
TOR 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
bred Vanderbilt students arrived here
on special train this morning. Van
derbilt alumni from all over the
Southern country have poured into
Birmingham FOR the last "a hours.
The COmmOdores did not arrive IN
I'll this morning, though the Auburn
team came last night The COmmo-
dores preferred the quiet hucOlic life
in Decatur, about 100 miles TO the
north Of here. to the pestiferous
strenuOsity that has been broOding in
birmingham for week.
pUT what the Vanderbilt chances
ID are an unprejudIced observer
finds hard to define. Advices this
morning were that Tom Brown and
Morgan would be In the game for
~ strengthen the CommOdOres, but
Brown and Morgan have been out so
long and were so badly hurt that
IL Is difficult 20 see how they can
stand the pounding that the backs Of
Auburn are sure 10 give the Gold
and Black forwards
And with the exception OF Ami
Sikes-and Skies IS no Morrison. no
HardaEe -NcGugin has not developed
q single reliable haCkheId man.
But what OF Auburn Mike pora-
hue smi.iuElv reports that Lockwood
and Taylor Will be back tr the game
Auburn appeared formidable enough
with these gentlemen our Of the biCk-
eriur, but with the Titanic Lockwood
looming Up on one side Of the pow
erfU' Pitts. frs enough 20 halt the
heart Of any f0otballst. though that
heart be as courageous as hearts can
be-
y the harkfel5 Douahue has Hart
and EraeI and Eearley 20 start
with This looks bad enough, but
when i' IS announced that he has
Christopher and that reG-headed guy
-. I.a' made Techs team seem tissue
|SA becomes calamity
20 team clash at lockwood Field
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