The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-05

The University of Tennessee has in it's student body, it's faculty and it's alumni just as good sports as they had football team this fall. If anyone had any doubts in the matter they should now promptly apologize to the Volunteers. Voluntarily, the alumni members of the athletic council of the University of Ten hessee have conceded the Southern ln- tercollegiate Athletic association cham pionship to Georgia Tech. Following a comprehensive review of the season, The Knoxville Sentinel in Fri days issue states Tennessee's position | emphatically in the championship discus sion.
 | Statesments from President Brown l Ayres, pr. E. P. Frost, chairman of the | Tennessee athletic council, and Coach 1 John R. Render could not be secured,
 but one member of the alumni division of the council is quoted as follows: | TENNESSEES SPORTSMANSHIP
 q think it will show the proper sportsmanship on our part to make this concession iinme diately. We do not want to take q position that will bring us into ridicule and make us the Ob- jects of uncomplimentary remarks. It is nothing more than true sportsman ship spirit that we concede the title to l Tech.''
 This expression carried in Friday $ 1 Sentinel under big headline expresses 1 the sentiment of the Tennessee alumni l in general and our hats are off to these l gentlemen and true sports. They have l proven themselves wonderful losers. A good loser is thousand times better | fellow than a good winner. 1 Voluntarily, Tennessee comedies the su-
 periority of Techs claims, and we ac- 1 knowledge such sportsmanship with ac- claim. It deserves all the kind things l that can be said of it.
 1 Tennessee had a good football team a l credit to any institution. Had it gone through the season undefeated or tied, l it would have been entitled to serious consideration with Tech, but the 0-to-0 tie at the hands of Kentucky State proved the margin and Tennessee point ing the title awarded to her in 1914 on a O-to-O tie of Auburn by Georgia, gra- ciously admits the precedent and with draws from the lists.
 All hail Tennessee. May her 1917 eleven be an even greated credit to such true sportsmen.
 CHATTANOOGA VIEWPOINT Under the heading. Tech Dixie Cham pion,'' the Chattanooga News in it's Fri day issue has the following to say:
 'The Yellow Jacket buzzes undisturbed today upon the football throne of Dixie. Techs rout of Auburn yesterday, coupled with Tennessee's failure to score upon Kentucky, although successfully defend- ing her goal line, leaves Heisman's clan
 undisputed football champions of the south for 1916. Few cities will deny that the honor goes to the strongest eleven south of the Mason and Dixon line.
 Ut required a general upset of the dope iii the final frays of the season to disspate the muddle surrounding the ti- tie, but the loss of regulations by prog nosticators is cheerfully borne in the knowledge that once again there exists in the south clear and undisputed champion.
 Tech proved yesterday beyond any at tempt at successful contradition that she possesses the most powerful eleven which has trarnpled a Dixie gridiron this fall, but, had it not been for the able assist ance of the Kentucky Colonels, Heis- mans clan would have been forced to share her regal toga with Bender's bat tling aggregation"
 MEMPHIS VIEWPOINT
 The Memphis Commercial-Appeal also votes in favor of the Jackets. It is as follows:
 "Comparative scores are worthless, as for example, several instances of the fall