Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
COACH .HE|SNAN
HANDS BOOST To
nth
Declares That Lieutenant Devore
Is a Most Capable Instructor
of All Sports,
VANDY PROSPECTS IMMENSE
CommOdores Have Eleven Likely
Looking HurIers Trying to
Make the Team.
VANDY PROSPECTS IMMENSE
BY j. W. Heis1nan.
Coach Tech Baseball Team

a TLANTA suffers distinct ath-
~ letic loss in the regrettable de-
parture of the Seventeenth
from Fort Mcpherson.
Not only had the soldier bows be-
gun to break heavily into all branches
Of amateur sport with the local col
Iege. school and athletic club teams
but they were on the eve of getting in
a position where they could have done
not only good work in all lines of
amateur sport, but. probably great
work. Lieutenant Devore had lust
oeen made athletic head at the post
and had evolved plans for an extern
slve participation by his men in all
branches of sport. Devore was not
only a thorough and most capable
football man, but strictly up to date
In baseball as well. for he had played
hrst base on the West Point team for
several years while there.
Facilities for the deveIopYnent NJ
high grade athletics at the post were
all that could be asked. They had a
held not to be surpassed. and one
large enough to accommodate half
dozen teams at one and the same
time in a 1ost any sport They had
the matured young men, with plenty
OF spare time on their hands, all liv-
ing together, and all imbued with
Keen athletic instincts and ambitions.
DeVore a Great Coach.
All they needed was a good expe-
rienced, energetic man like DeVore to
take hold Of them. and that they at
last had. 1t will be recalled what a
good showing they made in football
last fall. They had already laid off
their baseball diamonds for this
spring, and it is my opinion that they
would have been able to meet most
any team in this section on level
ground. had they remained.
Thus we see that their departure is
a real blow to the athletic uplift Of
this section, and one which the writ
er at least. greatly deplores
1t is greatly to be hoped that some
other live athletic regiment will be
sent to the fort.
Vandy Coach Is EIated.
Coach Lyle, of the Vanderbilt base
Oall team is undisguisedly pleased
even elated over the fine prospects
the Commodores have for turning out
championship team this spring
1t appears, to start with, that the
team has eleven likely looking twirl-
ers among the candidates, OF whom
fully half dozen are tried and true
men of proven ability, Among these
are Skies and Latimer, who were
regulars last year. and Jones, a regu-
lar OF two seasons ago. Skies is the
football star and is a spitball artist.
There are three left handlers in the
number
Behind the bat the Commodores
have back Muck Brown and Estes.
both regulars Of last year, and other
veterans are Peck Turner. All South
ern third baseman last year. and
Captain Morgan. who will go TO the
outfield this season. There is a per-
feet "sloo" of good looking candi-
dates for the other positions. and
among them Is a son of President
Kavanaugh. Of the Southern League.
Young Ka7anaugh is trying out for
shortstop.
Vanderbilt will come to Georgia
this spring again, for two games at
Athens and two with Tech in Atlanta.
This should be a warm quartet OF
games
BY the way this is Turner's last
year in college athletics. But they
viii never miss him if w. A. Moore
remains at Vanderbilt till next year.
when he will be eligible for place on
the nine This youngster, hailing
from Little Rock. played with Tech
last year, and have no hesitation In
saying that he was quite as likely a
looking ball player. for a flrst-year
man, as ever saw in my twenty
years Of college coaching.