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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1905
Page
8
Tech eager to face Vanderbilt after strong talk of holding the Commodores to a low score. Both squads eye a big crowd in Atlanta if a game draws widespread interest, with Vanderbilt undefeated and Tech hoping for a breakthrough and a chance at the Southern title.
The University School team at Stone Mountain pulls out of the 1965 season due to lack of games before Thanksgiving Day. Forsyth coached the team but engagement failures end the campaign. Clemson’s squad is noted for solid play while Gordon leads his players to strong showing on Thanksgiving Day.
A retrospective on Georgia’s heavy defeat by Tech, the dangers of recruiting players for football over study, and the call to rebuild with student athletes. The piece argues freshmen and sophomores show promise, desires a college-centered program, and notes Lane’s remarks on scarce veteran players and plans for coaching and development.
Owing to Hawkes glasses popularity unscrupulous traveling opticians claim to be our representatives and impose on a credulous public. Our glasses are not perched. We have no house to house canvassers. Consult us at 14 Whitehall Street. Have your eyes carefully examined and get glasses that fit Hawkes optician Cal.
New Orleans stakes for the winter meeting close tomorrow November 20 as entries are sought from Cres cent City Jockey Club. A special nine horse train from New York arrived today for the old fair grounds course ahead of the meeting.
Southeastern schedule shows Sewanee traveling to Birmingham to face Alabama next Thursday while other games include Tech at Atlanta, Kentucky State in Atlanta, Tech-Clemson in Atlanta, Georgia-Auburn in Macon, Vanderbilt-Sewanee in Nashville, Mississippi A&M in Oxford, Tennessee in Nashville, Virginia-North Carolina in Norfolk, and Kentucky State at Kentucky University in Lexington.
In the penultimate week before Thanksgiving, Alabama edges Sewanee in Birmingham while other schedules face possible cancellations. Kentucky State may cancel their game with Tech if Thursday proves unworkable, as Kentucky seeks to exit the match to avoid further losses.
In Memphis November 19 Sewanee Captain Scarbrough led the Tigers from Austin where Texas won 7 to 10. Coach Hyatt praised the Texas line while Sewanee blamed the heat for a second half collapse after a strong first half. The team traveled from a freezing climate to a semitropical sun, sparking discussions on future invasions of Texas by southern teams.
Huntsville will unveil a Confederate monument by the Daughters of the Confederacy to honor southern soldiers. Major General George P Harrison of Opelika will deliver the principal address, with ex Governor Joseph F Johnston and Governor William D Jelks participating. City and state officials will accept the statue, presented by Ephraim Foster and unveiled by Mrs. Virginia Clay Clopton.
Manager Chamberlain of the University of Alabama baseball team has mapped a spring schedule to be played on the campus at Tuscaloosa. Negotiations for several road games are ongoing and more teams may visit or travel. The lineup includes Cumberland, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi, Central University, and Senecae double header. A possible southern tour may bring Cornell to Alabama if feasible.
Daniel Ryan brings four new plays to Avanta with lavish staging and costuming. An Enemy to the King opens tonight followed by Virginius and Macbeth, then The Three Musketeers in late performances. Alf Wilson headlines at the Grand with The Germany Gipsy earning strong advance sales. Eleanor Robson stars in Merely Mary Ann at the Grand midweek with the same company from London and New York. Matinee Thursday follows.
Reports from railroad arches say Louisville and Nashville will soon build a city ticket office on Whitehall street viaduct beside Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis. The Pryor street offices expire soon, and a new office will place L and N next to the Nash ville line. A through sleeper Atlanta to Mobile via Atlanta and West Point and LamnerMe and Nabsiille will depart at 4:20 pm to Montgomery, then to Mobile arriving about 3 am. passengers may stay in the sleeper until 7 am. The service, requested by businessmen in Atlanta and Mobile, will aid travel to Mobile and nearby resorts. The schedule is in effect today.
Guards stopped a mass attempt by twenty two white convicts at the city stockade. A bar sawed from a steel file opened a gap near a south window, and a likely group planned a rush to overpower guards. Police and watchmen thwarted the effort. leaders to face further charges after investigation.
The Americas warehouses report a cotton intake short by 7 500 bales versus last year amid scarce receipts as a famine spreads through Ga Manamhan and nearby areas. Five new suspected Havana cases are under observation at Las Animas hospital with five discharged.
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