Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-03
GEORGIA TECH CAPTURES
|. FOOTBALL TITLE IN DIXIE
y. VI. ]. Not ConSidcrcd--She Is
Too Far Soi1h and Her SEIZED
ulc Lighter Thnn Jackets.
nN n. EDWARD KELLY

NEW YORK. Dec. o-Thr football
plum that the leading gridiron out
ITS battle for below the Mason and
Dixon line has found safelcep;ng in
mo hands OF the Georgia Tech eleven
NON that the smoke Of scrimma 90
has cleared away from The Southern
gridironS OF 1890. Always a grim
contender Tor final pEsli!n honor*
AMONG the Dixie universities. Tech
developed combination o. yellow
J"chet"d warriors during the past
season t.iat dcGed tn" Drawn and
speed of AL her opponents.
Amrng those Dixie ,ievcna shat
wsr" forced :" acknowledges Tcrh's
WAS Auburn As I. ruic Auburn Is
always menace to any Dixie school
lhat SethS football "humni"nship.
hn; ;his year the ria!nsIntn we're
.! f"c1 back. and the driI ing and
Sia!in.s power OF ii* line. Not sax
isii"a with its victories within Tho
Southcr'nrS; cotton belt T,.h nun-
hlea Centre 81 Kentucky ana forced
Georgetown 20 lower IT., vDIurS.
IN" CniT"rs:,y Of Georgia has im.tdc
c,Iim Tor the mpiousliip hoHors
on :hH :. l. =. ~ on ;hc grounds that
i;s :o"gn did no, lose Il contest dnr-
Ing -" season OF 1899 Perhaps
Icy schedule WIS NOT a. -:ru, liin.,
~ IN" Atlanta outfit went ~, against.
IN effect Clos.: followers al Southern
football are quick 10 say tia: IL was
not. AZ an, rate tho Georgia Bull
dogs deserve much crcn:t Tor their
Victorious season. rracticaliy al ~
their games We're won by Gooiiy mar
gins and ut all times ;hcy ie,nonsira;.
cd real football qualities. Gvorsia'e
recorn in the South may bc com
The Eas;-unlcss the lattcr's und.-
:rat-i record Is smashed tomorrow.
by Holy cross.
Centre College piled ny an imro:.-
ing Latch OF football i.tcts IN h.r
favor during the r.ccutly .nI.d grid
iron season. Mccii1G :rany OF the
recognized Southern teams the Ken
,uel'y, Colonies displayed Offensive
m"nOr3 In the opinion OF most south
crn to"tballists. The University OF
Georgia should be favurahly coi,s!d
cred as a legitimate contender Coi,
second rank, even II IL Is no, nnal,!'
awaru"d thus place "u par with
Centre: For This reason it seems
paiy fair thai the bulldogs should
Il" comfortably settled in third place
uniii somebody proves conciuSivcly
thai; Centre is fully entitled to the
shade given her AZ present.
Auburn suffered "a heavy ,nauling
Wh'n she lost her Thanks giving
game 70 Tech by :. score OF 81 L. o.
i."w"Nsr. in her earlier GAMES there
lama "attt VAS = tcaim al no mean
l"rt"ab cal!ccr. Ii is Tia" general
opinion that Auburn ranks fourth in
the 1910 harvest Of Southern rlrvea..
although som. observers have placed
;hc l'lainsIncn third.
fG-man. OF South Carolina
achieved record that certainly en-
'ites her to some consideration
even II abe is not OF the same foot
nall plane a. Tech or Auburn Los
lnE "nly one game. and that to the
University of Georgia. by the scor.
OF 10 %. f'urman nlird mp u total
meager sixteen. Vanderbilt did not
make. III" showing necessary 10 lift
her above It possible sixth or seventh
position. while other Snuthcrn teams
such as University OF Alabama, NORTH
Carolina. Virginia and Louisiana. did
not reveal themselves as dangerous
10 thc hrst-strinG cicvens or 1890
virginia Military Institute il no;
cohsidcrcd Tar enough South TO enter
The calculations of those who classify
the leading southern eievnns from
year I" year. according to the com
rar"iivc data that each new season
E.cids. i'owcvcr. IL Y. NJ. J. was
Ho"n little farther among the cot
ton blossoms her 1920 gridiron record
would certainly entitlc her to a place
close to Georgia Tech 1t il. AL
mitt"d. however. that the Y. NJ. I.
Schcdnlc was NOT a y:if :iS chat O:
the Yellow Jackets.