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 ban 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 consid
cradle advance in standard, it 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. refer to Clemson and
Tennessee.
Clemson To Be Strong.
Clemson makes no secret OF the
fact that they have "oodles' 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 ego" in them,
and that they expect to give more
than one good team in the ). l. A A.
q Jolly good time Of It before the
curtain is rung down on Turkey Day
We will all be very glad to see
Clemson get back In the running
for they are good sports, and II al
ways seems a pity to see good
team go backward, even temporarily
Clemson failed 10 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 football
college; for Davidson Is none of your
weaklings, by a long shot. The
Tigers did well enough to win the
game and will be encouraged by that
fact. and viii come faster and
stronger from now on.
Tennessee To Be Heard From.
II may be recalled by some that last
fall in my review OF the season Just
closed / made the prediction that
Tennessee would be heard from this
year They have been working out
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
1S5 pounds 10 the man from end to
end, with q baCkfield averaging close
TO l70 pounds. With such avoirdu-
pois as this. ii is no wonder they
have a 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 liremen IN the South
to-day. and Quarterback Rainey is
another star Of known and admitted
brightness.
Vanderbilt Not to Slip.
The Commodores lost a goadly
number Of veterans this yesr-no one
win deny that fact. But no one com
petenJ 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, IL any,
in this year of grace. Vanderbilt
don't you know, just has q 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 al
the head of every last one Of them
or at least there was a year or
two ago. And then Vanderbilt has
a way of keeping her eyes on the
fellows that shine al other prep
schools and small colleges and every
now and then we find them turning
up at Vanderbilt. Not that there Is