The sun., 1919-10-13
SOUTHERN EEEVENS
FIGURE IN UPSETS
Vanderbilt's Tie With Tennes-
see and Virginia Football
Teams Defeat Surprise.

Although most Of the games in the
South ran off true to form two startling
upsets found their way into the picture.
Tennessee came down from its noun
tain home and wrecked Vanderbits
aspirations by holding the Commodores
even in 3 to 3 tilt. and the little
Maryland team pushed the tottering
Virginia eleven over the brink into de-
feat for the first time In the athletic
history of tho two institutions. The
score was IS to o.
In view of Virginia's weak showing
in earlier games this season her defeat
Is understandable, but the blow TO VAN
derbilt came like bolt from clear
sky. With these two leviathans cropping
in the depths of defeat their annual
game against each other. the classic OF
the South, will lose much of its glamour.
A season OF disappointment. however,
will serve to fire the. alumni under
graduates OF both institutions to greater
enthusiasm In the battle against each
other-the battle to save something out
of the wreck.
Vanderbilt il distressed, not so much
at the draw yesterday. but at the fact
that II foretells little chance OF Wander
hilt success against Georgia Tech next
Saturday. And Vanderbilt does want
success In that game go badly. Nandy's
warriors have come home from France
and they want TO avenge the larruping
that Tech administered the Vanderbilt
informals in 1917. while the Nashville
players were in the army.
That game won by Tech under those
conditions, Is the only one that the
Georgia institution ever has been able
to win from Vanderbilt in over twenty
five years of competition. The score was
SO to 0, the greatest, by far, of any ever
registered against a Vanderbilt eleven,
formal or informal.
Barring the two big upsets OF the
day other. big Southern teams reeled off
anticipated victories. Maryville was
unable to trip Centre College and the
Kentuckians accumulated bevy OF
touchdowns. Centre is now bending its
efforts toward the games with Virginia
and West Virginia
The Virginia game should be easy for
the Gray and Gold, but West Virginia
IL apt to offer the Southernsrs a stub
born fight. In the game against Mary
VILE Capt. McN'r-n. Tanner and Snoddy
featured with long runs.
Georgia Tech used the Clemson Col
lege team rather badly in q runaway
game in Atlanta Saturday. Vanderbilt
scouts were in the stands and Tech con-
fined its effqts to straight football.
Davidson gave Washington and Lee
n bitter fight. but this was looked for
since the little North Carolina team
always fights hard. By dint Of great
, effort the Generals scored a single tuoch-
down, winning to 0.
Georgetown opened its season with
a II TO 0 victory over the West Virginia
Wesleyan team. The Neutrality-suspicious.
showed an attack that speaks well fol-
their chances In the big games to come
| although their work showed many early
season. shortcomings.
While Tech was winning handsomely
in Atlanta the University OF Georges
| was having It's knocks at the hands oil
South Carolina The Cracker team won
| however, II TO o, and its coaches were
satisfied with the showing made.
Alabama trimmed Mississippi College
| so to and st. Johns humbled George
| Washington SO to o. Other games held
few features, most of them being merely
practice affairs.