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Auburn Conquors Carlisle Eleven
SOCCER FOOTBALL IS !
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BIRMINGHAM FANS I ,
CHIEF BENDER SIGNS
WITH FED. LEAGUE
Great Indian Pitcher of Connie Mack’s Athletics Jumps
Organized Ball—Contract Runs Two Years—“I
Expected It,” Says Connie Mack
, Philadelphia, December 5.—Charles A.
Set ider, the great Indian pitcher of the
Philadelphia Athletics, today signfd a
Federal league contract and will play with
either Brooklyn or Baltimore. The big
chief Is the second star pitcher of the
former world's champions to jump to the
Federal* this week, Eddie Plank having
signed a contract at Gettysburg, Pa., last
Wednesday to play with the St. Louis
club.
Bender tonight confirmed the report that
he had gone over to the Federals. He
said he met Harry Goldman of the Balti
more bug here today and lost no time in
signing.
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“The terms of tne contract are very sat
isfactory and it is the best thing i ever
•lid in my ilfe,” said he. The contract is
to run for two years.
Bender said he knew others who were
going to sign Federal league contracts,
but refused to disclose their identity.
Connie Mack, manager of the Athletics,
said he was not surprised when told that
Bender had gone over to the Federal
league.
"f expected it. His contract with Phil
adelphia expired this year,” he said, 'and
I did not intend to renew it. Bender was
simply under reserve and the matter is
entirely up to him. I made no arrange
ments or entered into any deal with Ben
der for next year. I had asked for
waivers on him, Plank and Coombs.”
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BEST ATHLETE TO
GET GOLD MEDAL
Chicago, December 5.—A medal for com
bined scholastic and athletic prowess was
Instituted, by faculty representatives of
the Western Intercollegiate conference at
their annual meeting here today. Each
university in the conference will award
a medal annually to the senior who stands
higher both as a student and as an ath
lete.
The two sport rule met an overwhelm
ing defeat. No suggestion for a one-sport
rule was made.
The 1915 outdoor meet was awarded;
to Illinois.
SOCCER FOOTBALL j
Cambridge. Mass., December 5.—The
Harvard association football team defeat
ed Havertord one goal to nothing In an
Intercollegiate league game here today.
New York, December 6.—Yale 2, Colum
bia 1.
Greek Runner Wins
New York, Deccmebr 5.—Nick Giana
Kopulog, a Greek runner, wearing the
emblem of Milrose A. C„ of tills city,
won individual honors in the Junior na
tional cross-country championship run
of the A, A. U. over a six-mile course
here today in 33:43. A. J. Fogel of the
Irlsh-American A. C. was second in
S3:B0.- Team honors went to the Bronx
Church House athletes with 39 points.
PRINCETON BASEBALL
SCHEDULE COMPLETE
Princeton, N. J.. December 5.—Prince
ton’s baseball schedule for next spring,
announced today, contains 32 games which
Include the new feature of a three-gam?
series with both Harvard and Yale. Ac
cording to a new agreement tnese three
university teams will meet each other
three times and the championship will
be decided upon a percentage basis.
Princeton will play Virginia at Char
lottesville April 2, and at Princeton April
2S and Georgetown at Washington April
3 and 7.
(iolf Tournament
Pinehurst, N. C., December 5.—Ru
pert Hunter, Weeburn club, Stanford,
Conn., won the annual autumn golf
tournament here today defeating C. D.
Becker, Woodland club. Auburndale,
Mass., 4 up and 2 to play. J. Apple
ton Allen, New York, won the con
solation cup in the first flight.
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4 CHINESE PLAYER 4
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• Chicago, December 5.—Full- 4
4 blooded Chinese baseball player 4
4 lias been signed by the Chicago 4
4 club of the American league it 4
4 was announced today. He is Dai 4
4 Tin a captain of the llonolula 4
4 Chinese team. Manager Callahan 4
4 of the local club said Tin had 4
4 been ordered to report for prac- 4
4 lice when the training season 4
4 opens at Paso Robles, Cal., in 4
4 February. 4
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POWERFUL AUBURN MACHINE
PLOWS ITS WAY TO VICTORY
Plainsmen Defeat Carlisle In Atlanta By Score of
7 to 0—Auburn Has Gone Entire Season With
Goal Line Uncrossed—Indians Helpless After
First Quarter
Atlanta. Ga., December 5.—Fighting
with the grimness and determination that
j has characterized its gridiron battles*
throughout the season. Auburn’s football
eleven defeated the Carlisle Indians. 7 )
0. here today, thereby upsetting practical
ly all forecasts as to the result of the
game. In holding the Indians scoreless
the Alabama Poly institute’s team fin
ished the season with the proud record of
having kept its own goal line uncrossed.
Auburn has not been scored on this year.
Carlisle presented an attack in the first
period which threatened to demoralise Au
burn's defense. After Calae, F. Eroker
and Pratt had carried the ball 65 yards
down tl\e field to within the shadow of
the Auburn goal posts, the Indians lost
their best chance to score when a. 15-yard
penalty was lnflicfted for homing. Im
mediately afterward the ball was lost on
downs and thereafter Carlisle never seri
ously threatened Auburn’s goal line.
Plainsmen Grow Strong
The Plainsmen steadily grew stronger
as the game advanced. They obtained
the ball on downs on Carlisle's 30-yard
line shortly after the fourth period be
gan and two line rushes by Bidez and
Hairston, added by a forward pass, Hairs
ton to Hart, carried the struggle to the
Indians’ six-yard line. From her Hairston
went through tor a touchdown. Louiselle
kicked goal.
The game was played on a field made
heavy by recent rains. Carlisle attempted
numerous lateral and forward passes,
especially near the end of the contest;
but could not gain consecutively. Auburn,
as usual, relied chiefly on line rushing
tactics.
Six Auburn players appeared for the
last time today fOr the Blue and Gold.
They were Captain Robinson and Kearlej-,
ends; Douisflle, tackle; Pitts, center;
Thigpen, guard, and Hart, halfback. The
game also commemorated the passing of
Coach Glenn Warner from the service
of Carlisle. He will coach the University
of Fittsburg eleven in 1915.
First Period
Play In the first period w?as mostly in
Auburn’s territory. After the kick-off
plays by Pratt, Calca and F. Broker over
left and right tackle carried the ball to
Auburn’s five-yard line, where Carlisle
losl it on downs. Auburn punted out of
danger. The period ended with the ball
near the center of the field. Score and
first period: Carlisle 0. Auburn 0.
Auburn showed increased strength in
the second period. Harris for Auburn, on
plays through the center line, carried
the ball 22 yards to Carlisle’s 45-yard mark.
A momentlater Morris made another gain
of 16 yards. An attempted forward pass
failed and Carlisle got the ball on its 23
yard mark. Carlisle could not gain, and
the period ended with the ball in Au
burn’s possession on the Indians’ 30-yard
line. Score end first half: Carlisle 0, Au
burn 0.
There was no particular features in the
third period, neither team being able to
make consistent gains. Carlisle worked
several short double passes for small
gains. The period ended with Carlisle in
possession of the ball on its own 20
yard line. Score end third period: Car
lisle 0, Auburn 0.
Today’s game closed the southern foot
ball season of 1914. Auburn has not been
defeated in two years, and was not scored
on this season. The line-up and sum
mary:
Auburn: Kearley, left end; Steed, left
tackle; Taylor, left ^guard; Pitts, center;
Thigpen, right guard; I^ouiselle. right
tackle; Robinson (captain), right end;
Hairston, qifarterback; Urendergast. left
halfback; Hart, right halfback; Harris,
fullback.
Carlisle: Wallett. left end; Welmas,
left tackle; Hill, left guard; Morin, cen
ter: Busch, rlfcht guard; Martel, right
tackle; Bird.right end; H. Broker, quar
terback; F. Broker, left halfback; Pratt,
right halfback; Calac (captain), fullback.
Score by periods:
Auburn . 000 7
Carlisle .0000
Referee. Brown, Vanderbilt. Umpire,
Williams. Virginia. Head linesman, Jem
ison, Atlanta. Time of periods, 16 min
utes each.
Auburn scoring: Touchdown. Hairston 1.
Goal from touchdown, Louisellel.
Auburn’s Great Leader
CAPTAIN ROBINSON
Of the 1914 Auburn eleven who led
his team to a victory over Carlisle
yesterday. Auburn's eleven this sea
son was ihe most powerful defensive
machine the south has even known.
Substitutions: For Auburn. Bidez for
Harris. Sample for Thigpen. Thigpen for
Samples, Lindsay for Bidez. Carlisle,
Wofford for F. Broker, F. Broker for
Wofford, Wofford for F. Broker, Hawke
Eagle for Hill, Gilman for Wallet.
Sidelights On the War
By HARRY .1. BLR KEY
Belgrade is the second capital to fall be
fore the guns of an enemy during the
present war. Brussels was the first. It
has not been very long ago, as time is
measured by the calendar, that the Ger
mans occupied the Belgian seat of gov
ernment after King Albert’s ministers had
retired to Antwerp. It has not been so
very long, but events have moved with
a rapidity that has caused time to fly
on leaden wings. Diege, Namur and the
like seem no more recent than Hohen
llnden or Jena.
Belgrade was besieged by an Austrian
army immediately upon the outbreak of
hostilities in the end of last July. Servla's
strategists knew that it wrould be im
possible to hold the city against the over
powering numbers that Austria could hurl
against it, and as a matter of precaution
the government took up its headquarters
in Nish, many miles further from the
frontier. Since then the red line of battle
has wavered over much of the territory
of Europe, but it was only in the last few
days that the defense of Belgrade slack
ened sufficiently for the Austrians to ef
fect an entrance.
Many times has Belgrade changed mas
ters since It first appeared In history. The
first fortification of the rock at the con
fluence of the Save and the Danube was
made by the Celts in the third century
B. C. They gave It the name of Singl
dunum, says a writer in the Encyclo
pedia Brittanica, and by that name Bel
grade was known until the fourth century
A. D. The Romans took it from the Celts
and replaced the fort by a regular Roman
castrunl, putting in it a strong garrison.
Roman bricks dug up in the fortress bear
the inscription Deglo IV Flavla Felix.
From the fourth to the beginning of the
sixth century A. D., Huns, Sarmatlans,
Goths and Gepids in turn occupied Bel
grade. Then Emperor Justinian brought
it once more under Roman rule and for
tified and embellished it. Toward the end
of the eighth century it was taken by
the Franks of Charlemagne. In the ninth
century It was captured by the Bul
garians and held by them until the be
ginning of the eleventh century, when
tl?e Byzantine Emperor, Basil II, recon
quered it for the Greek empire.
The Hungarians, under King Stephen,
took It from the Greeks in 1124. From
that time it was constantly changing
hands—Greeks, Bulgarians, Hungarians
replacing each other in turn. The city
was considered to be the key of Hungary,
and Its possession was believed to se
cure the command of Servla, besides giv
ing control of the traffic between the
Upper and Lower Danube. It has, In con
sequence, seen more battles under Its
walls than most fortresses of Europe. The
Turks used to call It Darel-t-Jehad, “the
hcipp of wars for faith." During the
fourteenth century It was In the hands of
the Servian kings. The Servian prince,
George Brankovlch, ceded It to the Hun
garians In 1427.
The Turkish forces unsucessfully be
sieged the city in 1444 and 1456, on which
last occasion a glorious vlelorv was won
by the Christian garrison, led by the fa
mous John Hunyady and the enthusiastic
monk. John Caprlstan. In 1621 Sultan.
Suleiman took It from the Hungarians
and from that year It remained In Tur
kish possession until 16S8, when the Aus
trians captured It. only to lose It again
ill 1690.
In 1717 Prince Eugene of Savoy con
quered it for Austria, which kept It un
til 1739, Improving the fortifications and
giving great impetus to commercial de
velopment of the town. From 1739 to
1789 the Turks were again Its 'masters,
when it that last year, the Austrians
under General LAUdon cfcrrled It by as
sault. only to lose It again In 1792. In
1807 the Servians, having risen for their
Independence, forced the Turkish garri
son to capitulate, and became masters
of Belgrade, which tney kept until tha
end of September, 1813, when they aban
doned It to the Turks.
Up to the year 1862 not only was the
fortress of Belgrade garrisoned by Tur
kish troops, but the Danunblan slope of
the town was Inhabited by Turks, living
under a special Turkish administration,
while the modern part of the town (the
plateau of the ridge and the western
siopel was Inhabited by Servians living
under their own authorities. This dual
government was a constant cause of
friction between the Servians and tho
Turks, and on the occasion of one con
flict between the two parties the Tur
kish commander of the fort bombarded
the Servian portion of the town. (June,
1SG2.) The indirect consequence of this
Incident was that in 1866. on the cate
goric demand of Prince Michael of Ser
vla, and under the diplomatic pressure
of the great powers, the Sultan with
drew the Turkish garrison from the cit
adel and delivered It to the Servians.
Belgrade the Brutal or Bcgrade the
Bloody well might be called the Servian
capital that Is now In tho hands of the
Austrians. There was written In our own
time one of the greatest tragedies of
royalty. Outraged by the corruption of
King Alexander and his Queen Draga
Maschln, the household of the palace one
night murdered the couple In their beds,
throwing the corpses over the battle
ments upon the bayonets of soldiers lined
up In the palace yards. The Peter Kar
ageorgovttch, descendant of a swine
herder, who had once ruled Servla as its
sovereign, was invited to the vacant
throne. He had long been a wanderer
from the land of his nativity and his de
fenders have stoutly maintained that he
had no hand in the bloody conspiracy
which opened his way to a crown.
It was In Belgrade that the bombs were
made which lined the route of Austria's
crown prince through the streets of Sara
jevo, capital of Bosnia, and the pistol
with which he and his wife were killed
was Issued from the royal arsenal of
Servla. It was Belgrade which lighted
the match which fired the European pow
der house. It was the rickety, turbulent,
criminal government of Belgrade which
drenched the fields of a continent in gore,
a dynasty That climbed to power on a
ladder made of assassins’ knives. Peter
Karageoreovltch abdicated when it be
came apparent that a world was going to
war. His second son Is now the ruler of
Servla. Hts eldest son sometime ago re
nounced his lights to the crown after hav
ing murdered one of his servants in cold
blood.
The French “yellow book" has made its
appearance, and copious extracts from It
have beeii cabled to the Associated -Teas
In America. Borne things not hitherto
known with authority are divulged for the
first time, but upon the whole the “yel
low book” adds little Information which
would guide the non-pr«Judlced person In
his search for the true responsibility for
the precipitation of the war. One thing is
| stressed vividly, however, and upon it
France saema In great part to depend for
Justification by posterity. This Is the fact
that Vienna had agreed to discuss direct
with St. Petersburg the queqflon of the
proper punishment for Servla, when Em
peror William made war Inevitable by his
ultimatum to Russia to demobilize in 12
hours, not only along the German border,
but along the border of Austria also. An
other fact brought out with clearness is
that there was not a French soldier with
in six miles of the border when the Ger
man invasion of France began.
PIRATES HAVE 44
PLAYERS SIGNED
Pittsburg, December 5.—The Pittsburg
National league baseball club announced
tonight it has 44 players under contract
for next season. The number is com
prised of seven catchers, 15 pitchers. 11
outfielders and 11 Infielders, and does not
include the veteran “Hans’* Wagner.
President Barney Dreyfuss lefives tomor
row to attend the annual meeting of the
National league in New' York.
No fear is felt that Wagner will not
sign wdth the Pirates. The veteran al
ways waits until the team leaves on its
training trip before signing.
Wins Football Title
Chicago, December 5.—St. John’s
Academy of Danvers. Mass., won the
football championship of Catholic pre
paratory schools by defeating Pe Paul
academy of Chicago 8 to G here to
j day.
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AUBURN’S SCHEDULE FOR
1915 SAME AS THIS YEAR
| Auburn, December 2.—(Special j—The
announcement of the 1915 schedule of the
Auburn football team has just been is
sued, though it has been closed for some
two weeks. Due to Auburn's enviable
football record she has been the recipient
of numerous often from teams In ether
territories as well as here in the south,
to be included on the schedule for next
season. However, every team that has
been on Auburn's schedule for the past
two years asked to be Included again, as
their dealings with Auburn had been so
pleasant and cordial and despite several
tempting offers Auburn decided to play
as many games as possible among the
teams of the Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic association, of which she Is a
member, as in so doing she enables ev
eryone to get a line on the comparative
strength of the association, and at the
sametime is sure of sportsmanlike treat
ment at the hands of her opponent.
Thus the same teams will again be the
>PPonents when Auburn lines up for 1916,
lough the dates have been rearranged a
ittle. The University of Georgia game
has been moved up to October 30, and the
Thanksgiving date, which has been open
with Auburn for several seasons, will be
given the Georgia School of Technology.
This gives Auburn as strcn.v a schedule
as any team in the south and strongest
among association members, as of the
seven closed dates all are members of
the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic as
sociation.
Tha Vanderbilt game in Birmingham is
by long odds the greatest drawing card
of the Birmingham season, and one jf the
best paying games in the south. The
date with Georgia Tech in Atlanta on
Thanksgiving means that Auburn will
also have the best paying Atlanta game,
and thus financially Auburn will have as
profitable a schedule as any southern
team. The schedule then that follows
should in every reepect be as well rounded
both from the viewpoint of good games
and good financial returns as that pos
sessed by any southern team.
October 2—Mercer university, at Auburn.
October 9—Clemson Agricultural college,
October 9—University of Florida, at Au
burn.
October 16—Clemson Agricultural col
lege, at Clemson, S. C.
October "^-Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical college, at Birmingham.
October 30—University of Georgia, at'
Athens, Ga.
November 6—Pending.
November 13—Vanderbilt university, at
Birmingham.
Thanksgiving Day—Georgia School of
Technology, at Atlanta.
NEW TIGER LEADER
IS GREAT PLAYER
Dobbins Succeeds Tolley at
Sewanee—Well Deserves
the Honor
At the banquet given the 1914 foot
ball team by Bishop Knight at Se
wanee, B. T. Dobbins was unanimous
ly chosen captain of the Tigers for
1915. Dobbins is very popular with the
student body in general and has been
picked as all-southern tackle by num
erous sport writers.
Tolley, Scott, Perry, Harrison, Dob
bins. Edmond. McCormick, Deftwich,
Crudgington. R. Parker, Fort Palmer,
Talley. Sellers. Roulhac and. Clark were
awarded letters. Every man, with the
exception of Tolley, who has played
four years, pledged himself to return 1
for 1915 season.
The Sewanee team struck its stride
about Thanksgiving and showed pow
erful offense as well as good defense. ,
Their defeat of Vanderbilt wiped out j
the sting of early season drubbings I
and the season was a successful one.
in view of the fact that a squad of 22 j
men contained 18 who were playing I
their first year of college football. Se- |
wanes expects to have a great team
next year.
The Better Course
From the New Orleans Item.
He (fishing for a compliment)—I don't
know whether to go in for poetry or
painting.
She—Oh. go in for painting. Mr. Moore!
He—Then you have seen some of my
pictures?
She—No, but I have read somfc of your
poetry!
Part of Wisdom
From Judge.
Crawford—You can’t reason with a
woman.
Crabshaw—I never try. It’s much easier
to jolly her.
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WEST END TEAM
WIHSSOCCERGAME
The West End soccer football team
defeated the Wesley House (Avondale)
soccer team in a hard fought game on
the latter’s field this afternoon by the
score of 3 to 2. t
The only features of the game Aas
the all round work of the West End
boys.
The line-up follows:
West End—Bernice Thomas, G. K.;
Lawrence Handley, L. O. W.; Mack
Hull, L. I. W.; Fred Marsh, C. F.;
Claude Day, R. X. W.; Vernon Farrish,
R. O. "W.; Tom Taylor, L. H. B.; George
Gadsden, C. II. B.; Foy Batson, R. H. B.;
Alvin Taylor, R. F. B.; Louie Aker,
L. F. B.
Wesley House—IX. Tabor. G. K.; B.
Upton, U O. W.; A. Shouse, I.,. I. W.;
G. Tucker, C. F.; F. I^ane, R. I. W.;
G. Meeke, R. O. W.; C. Shouse, I* H.
B.; G. Collier, C. H. B.: .1. Moore, R. H.
B.; H. Tucker, R. F. B.: B. Baker, L.
F. B.
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