Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20
INNS BROWN
PICKS AUBURN;
MARGIN CLOSE
Famous Official Figures Teams
Nearly Even-Says One Freak
Play May Win Title.
BY Innis Brown.
Famous Football Officially

intercollegiate Athletic Association Is
going TO be fought out on Atlanta soil
Likewise for the first limo in many
years tho Red and Black OF old Geor-
sia viii engage tho Orange and Blue
Of old Auburn, with both teams hav-
Ing clean record against assocla
ion teamH
. Not even excepting the great Tech
Georgia battle this Ia to he the real
football card Of the local season The
Tech Georgia game is always q elias
sic. but tho result Of this years con
fsgt. which has left Georgia unbeat-
On by an association team, has made
possible local battle which will
decide definitely the Southern cham
pionship.
Think ys not that the situation is
escaping tho attention Of local bugs
Practically every man. woman and
child who knows tho difference be
,ween a punt and q Wild peg TO hrst
Iy discussing tho game, and laborious-
Nv Weighing the chances Of tho TWO
.eAms.
The consensus Of opinion seems to
be that Auburn has tho edge. Some
win argue that the Plainstnen have
. more consistent attack, while 9TH
ars. pointing to tho result Of the Van
Jerbilt game. hold that the four bat
tering rams tn that Auburn back
field are bound 10 beat down the
Georgia defense
ALL appear to feel that tho game
- 40 no. TF,rrhf an along
The lines OF straight old fashioned
football in which the line plunge
must be an important factor. There
ran be little doubt but that this
play will figure strongly in the out
come. Judging from past perform
snces, Auburn appears to have the
advantage along this line This Is
tr1is not because Georgia is weak at
the plunging game, but because Au-
burn Ia especially strong
Take a look at tho Tech and Van
derbllt games with Red Harris lead
jug Off in tho plunging role. the Au-
purnltes plugged through the Jackets
line until their defense was drawn in
to meet the attack. and then Newell
was shot around end for the first
touchdown Later Hart took up where
Harris left off, and he tore through
the Tech line for an S0-yard run for
the second touchdown.
over in Birmingham Harris again
took up tho burden. lie smeared the
Vanderbilt lineup for substantial
rains making tho first touchdown
possiblc. After he had begun to lose
his effectiveness Hart was called in
then Christopher and finally Bldez
There is no denying tho fact that the
Auburnites have terrible line at
tack They also have power In flank
ing the tackles, owing TO the swift
-usive dashes Of Newell at half
HOWEVER, Auburn is not entering
II the game with any great big ad-
vantage Of the line smashing game
Up until saturday Powell was held as
Georgia's one best bet at hitting the
line. But In that game the Red and
Black introduced new factor in
t'r,lmp. The latter has been worked
for the most part NJ end However
la, stepped into the fullhaclS position
and delivered the goods in great
style
Now Is Powell is as good as he
was figured earlier In the season, be
fore he had been handicapped by in
llrfes. he and Crump should fur
rlsb lots Of trouble for the Auburn
forwards. Also. the Georgians can
call into service In this style OF at
tacl5 Malone, who holds down a line
position regularly Malone has prob
gbly more physical power than either
If the other men on the two teams
who may be asked to hammer the
fine. and he is goinS to gain some
ground
When 1t comes TO the bscNielu,
Georgia has the edge, II there is an
advantage sither way, We stll hold
n Ia hnFIrT L. fhn hest In
his section, not forgetting the ster-
ling worth OF Kirk Newell, Both
of these arv dangerous men. and
both viii be watched very closely by
the opposition Either may get away
for one run which may win the game.
In addition to MCWhortcT the
aieorEians have Paddock The Red
and Black quarter was one ut the
most valuable men ON the Georgia
squad I'm the game against Tech. and
~ us not unlikely that he will cause
Auburn trouble also. Auburn can Of
Ter Hart. Arnold or EesrleN Ar
mold aud Eoarlcy are likely TO start
ths game AT quarter and half re
4pectiVeiy, with Hart held in reserve.
Both Arnold and Hart are very fast.
sud both have figured strongly in de
fesunS Tech IN past years. lt VIII
be recalled that Hart raced SO yards
|DI a fOAtNNNNl lllN y tseH NliAAN III
mold 10 the young man who inter
rcpted forward pass by Tech on
his own b-yRrd line, and ran the
length Of the neld for a touchdown "a
'rN seasons ago
"a remains 10 be seen just what lie
two teams viii Try In the way OF
forward passes. Auburn has not
found 70 necessary To- worry with this
rather dangerous mode Of attack 10
any considerable extent i'm former
games Georgia, ON the other hand.
-corcd a victory over Clemson chief
is through the passing game Since
UtIthrr has relied ON plays Of this
sind 'n tho past, % Is reasonable TO
.uppose that neither Will resort to
HON TO- ANY extent SATURDAY unless
1thsr methods are meeting with fall
ire
l. All '0 Al he tssIrs appear usry