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ties, and in one of them there Is
. a great chance for real upset
that In which Georgia Tech
meets Alabama.
Generally speaking, the most import
ant contest listed between conference
elevens is that at Atlanta, and, while
Georgia Tech has seemed unbeatable so
far it is a fact that Alabama has a
powerful team and may accomplish
that at which other schools have failed.
Florida is likely to have its troubles
which one of the undefeated teams,
Florida, is to take part. Vanderbilt
and Tennessee, Georgia and Louisiana
State, Virginia and Maryland. WASH
ington and Lee and Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute are the other big con-
tests.
That Alabama Georgia Tech game
Is likely to be one of the best OF the
year In the whole South, and possibly
one Of the best anywhere. The Georgia
Tech eleven, on the face of past per-
formances, seems to be much stronger
than Alabama, and strong enough to
whip soundly any other Southern team,
but foot ball is almost as uncertain as
base ball. the way it now is played,
and stranger things have happened
than for Alabama to knock the Tech1tes
off their lofty perch.
Alabama will take to Atlanta team
that has been through test after test.
It does not have an unbeaten slate sucn
as Georgia Tech has, but the two games
it has lost have been lost to strong
eleVens It was defeated by Tennessee
by points In which it held the margin
until McEvere, Tennessee halfback,
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and ran it back for touchdown. The
other game was dropped to Wisconsin,
one of the best elevens in the country.
Alabama Is strong enough to stand a
chance against any eleven, and Georgia
Tech is not going to be as good this
week as it was last, not after it worked
up to a point where it could defeat VAN
deroilt by II to 6. That Alabama eleven
is not an easy mark by any means, and
before the beginning of the year 1t was
looked upon as having prospects OF be-
ing the greatest team ever turned out
at that school.
Another thing, Alabama will have the
advantage of having all to gain and
nothing to lose, while Georgia Tech Will
play under much greater mental nam
dicap. Any team that has not been de-
feated has a mental strain to undergo
in a game against another strong team
that its opponent does not have to con-
tend with. The way things seem at
present, Alabama has better chance to
beat Georgia Tech than any other
eleven on the Atlanta school schedule.
Georgia Tech does not play Florida this
Fall.
Florida, while it won from Georgia
last week by score that indicates it
is far above the average eleven, is not
likely to have an easy time of it with
Clemson. Clemson defeated Virginia
Military Institute by the same score
ington school, and, incidentally. Florida
probably worked up to pretty high
pitch to give Georgia the walloping 1t
did, and it in turn may not be so strong
this week. Clemson must be about a
hundred per cent stronger this Fall
than it has been for many seasons, and
to Josh Cody, its new coach, probably
should 60 the greatest credit for the
change in gridiron fortunes.
Washington and Lee and Virginia
Polytechnic Institute are to hook up at
Lexington, one Of the big annual games
in the South Atlantic section. The
Generals know they are against about
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ever had and that they are up against
tough proposition. A letter from
Lexington this morning stated that
Washington and Lee has hope of de-
feating the Blacksburg aggregation. but
is in nowise confident. v. P. is great
est strength lies in its fine backfield,
Peake and Spear being brilliant pair
of running backs. The former is able
to do about everything there is to do
on foot ball field.
Vanderbilt and Tennessee hook up in
their own State rivalry. Tennessee had
rather beat Vanderbilt than all the
other elevens on its schedule, and Van
derbilt had rather lose to any other
team than to Tennessee. For many
years Vanderbilt reigned supreme in
foot ball in this State, but for the last
three seasons Tennessee has been COM
ing strong and is rivaling the Commo-
doreS for high honors. Vanderbilt was
decisively beaten by Georgia Tech last
week, and Tennessee will be anxious to