The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-08
SATURDAYS GAMES
 FAILED ID INDICATE RIVALS STRENGTH
Strength of Majority of Contenders for Dixie Grown Is Still
 Unknown

Atlanta, October ff--With the ex- ceptlon of the intersectional game in Atlanta yesterday when Georgia Tech overwhelmed the University of Penn syivania eleven 41 to 0, the results of the first week of the southern foot ball season have afforded little op- portunity for critics to point out with any degree of certainty which of the major elevens will likely be the strongest contenders for the champion ship.
 Close observers of the game. how ever, are of the opinion that tho score of the Tech Quaker clash clearly indi- cates both the defensive and offensive power of Coach Heisman's machine and that the Jackets are already well prepared to make a strong bid for the leading honors again this season. Around Quill, Strupper, Hill and Guy on, the Tech coach has apparently rounded out as formidable a team as was the Jacket eleven of last year. This week Tech will prepare for its game with Davidson in Atlanta on Saturday.
 Vanderbilt's triumph over Transyl- vania by six touchdowns did not re- lieve the anxiety in the Commodore camp, reports indicate. over the situ- 1 alton which Vanderbilt faces next Sat l urday when McGugin's eleven will meet the University of Chicago tean There were marked defects yesterday in the Vandy line, it was said, which l is composed chiefly of new material. ALE ADAMS PLAYS Ali Adams was the only regular of J,<,+ 1fr1cf hA
 Kentuckians Dawes, former Wander 1 biIt player of 1912, has returned and l his appearance on the Commodore line | against Pennsylvania was said to have
 materially strengthened the defense.
 In it's first game of the season the I University of the South eleven played
 a tie with Howard college of Birming- I ham, The Tiger team, also weak from ! lack of veteran material, made little headway in the offensive game, re- ports said Sewanee will practice thls
 week for the Pennsylvania contest Sat
 urday and the score will be watched
 with considerable interest as it will no doubt throw light upon the rela- | tive strength of the Vanderbilt and ] Tiger teams, and form some basis Of l speculation as to the possible outcome 1 of the annual contest between these 1 two institutions Thanksgiving Day. ] Auburn opened its season at Mont 1 gomery yesterday against an eleven :, composed of Ohio soldiers and won a 13 to victory. The small score is not 1 considered by critics as an indica- tion of the P1ainsmen strength this season. Auburn has lost the majority of it's veterans of last year, but it was not expected Coach Donahue would push his players for too heavy score l against the opposition until they meet 1 an eleven on their regular schedule ,1,1 O1oir 1ny1 1Jo of Birmingham Saturday at Auburn l SOUTH CAROLINA WINS South Carolina swamped Newberry at Columbia yesterday and next Satur- day will play the University of Flor ida eleven at Gainesville when the | Gators will be seen in action for the first time this season.
 Tulane was victorious in It's ini- I tial game against Jefferson college at
 New Orleans. and Louisiana State won against Southwestern Industrial fnsti- ute at Baton Rouge, 20 to 0. What is
 considered to be one of the most in 1 teresting early season games in Louis- ' jana will be the annual battle on Sat-
 urday between Louisiana State and the
 University of Mississippi at Baton
 Rouge, while Tulane will meet Spring
 Hill college of Mobile at New Or
 leans.
 Washington and Lee will meet Ran dolph Macon at Lexington and the re suit of this game will be closely ob-
 served locally as Georgia Tech will
 play the Generals the following week in Atlanta, a game which, according to reports, Coach Heisman is not talk ing with any degree of certainty as to the outcome
 Furman university of South Carolina faces Clemson at Greenville Saturday,
 and Mississippi A. and M. and Mis-
 sissippi college will meet at Stark ville, Miss.
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