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THB UNIVERSITY OP GEORGIA, JANUARY 24, 1947.
Women's Sports
Campus-Wide Meet
Tops in Swimming
Program of Term
By Midge LovpII
The richest prize in collegiate football circles has become the
property of Chicago’s professional Cardinals. Our very own Charlie
Trippi will be lugging the leather in Comiskey Park next Septem
ber for millionaire Charlie Bidwill, Cardinal owner who shadowed
the All-American at New Orleans’ Sugar Boivl classic.
Along Michigan Boulevard in the lin Hall. He writes—"We here at the
University are missing a sure bet.
I refer to the people that we have
here who have pugilistic talents.
Even so limited as are my acquaint
ances, I know personally two such
gentlemen. One of these fellows was
runner-up in the Alaskan Senior Wel
terweight division of the All-Service
Tournament held there in 1945. The
other of the two has fought non-pro-
fessionally in the northeast section
of this country. Needless to say,
neither is a slouch in the ring. There
must be other talent here on the
campus. The law of averages being
what it is. we have that on our side.
Georgia. In the past, has had several
boxing teams second to none in the
Southeastern Conference. I believe
a boxing team would, in time, be
self-sufficient.”
Stewart, we only hope that the
athletic department will take some
Windy City, they are saying that
Charlie signed for an unprecedented
$100,000 to throw the ball uround
once a week during the next four
seasons. Not since the day Red
Grange went to the Chicago Bears
from Illinois two decades ago has
one individual player been bally-
hooed so much.
Jimmy Conzelman. coach of the
Cards, figures that Trippi will do
wonders for his ball club, which in
other years has made only a medi
ocre showing. Last year the Chicago
squad caused a lot of headaches for
other members of the league but
lacked a backfield star of the caliber
Charlie is. Conzelman opposes work
ing from a T formation, says Trippi
will get direct passes from center.
The Georgia stand-out will round
out a Card backfield that includes
Paul Christman at quarterback,
Marshall Goldberg at half, and Pat
Harder at fullback. Christman will be
remembered as Missouri's A11 -
America who starred against Georgia
Tech in the Orange Bowl in 1939 . . .
Badminton in Spotlight
Plans are underway to form a
University badminton club. Bill Dix,
Attention .all you mermaids of the
University—pull your swim suits out
of your closets and locate that long-
lost bathing cap! Once again it's
time for you to join the group that
daily splashes around in the Uni
versity pool at Stegeman Hall and
Women's Physical Ed Building.
The campus-wide intramural meet
is being held Thursday, Eeb. 13, at
: 30 in the P. E. Building, and as
all sorqrltles and dormitories are be
ing represented, it should prove in
teresting. The order of events is as
follows:
1. 20 yard back crawl.
2. Nightshirt relay.
3. 20 yard free style.
4. Intermediate diving.
5. 20 yard breast stroke.
6. Springboard diving.
7. 80 yard free style relay.
Club Names New Members
Dolphin club members, Mildred
Carpenter. Grace Toole, Sara Shields,
and Helen Wright have big things
expected of them in this meet.
By-the-way. Dolphin Club try-outs
were held and the three new mem
bers are Lynn McKinnon, Dot Babe,
and Midge Lovell.
Practice for the women's National
Intercollegiate swimming meet has
Coach Butts' Grid Methods
Bared By Publicity Director
By Jimmy Jones
Coach Wally Butts, head man of Georgia's undefeated, untied Bull
dogs of l!)4t>, has a kewpie’s build and a face as naive as a choir boy s.
Brother, don’t let it fool you! This Butts who looks like an escapist
from Boys' Town has tamed more rugged individualists than (’yd e
Beatty, the lion and tiger virtuoso, and beneath his carrot thatch is
a brain that functions twenty-four hours a day grinding out football
plays with an 0. Henry twist on the end of them.
Served nt Louisville Defeat 'Bams, Gilmer
When the war years of 1943-44
ame along, some of the “Round
It is perhaps fitting that James
Wallace Butts has produced the Uni- - , „ . -- .
verslty of Georgia's most successful Man’s detractors were stillhanf
football team of history—one which 'as around. L*t sse .
gntititt do now that ho no lonier nas
Stnkwlch and Trippi." they chortled.
But Wally soon sent them scurrying
rolled through a ten-game schedule
without n loss. Butts, himself. Is an
all-Gedrgla product. Born at MU
ledgevllle. Beh. 7, 1905, he was edu
bark Into their holes—this time for
rated at Mercer University, a Bap- keeps. Although Oeorgla had no mtll-
11st denominational college In Ma-'tary units such as Navy V-lland
con, and learned most of his early <« her programs to help out Butts
coaching technique tutoring Geor- took over a rollerion of 4-F and
gia prep schools. Expecting a three freshmen and carried on admirably^
year**hitch at Male High. Louisville. I He pulled the hbtgest coaching
Ky.. Butts has never coached out- surprise of 1944 by knocking off
side his native state Alabama s Sugar Bowl team of that
, __ , , , vflar. including I lurry Gilmer, 14-7,
When Bulls ^® a a ™ R Q B °™ la H at Birmingham This, Incidentally,
head couch in 193J with a hack- ( r «Kurded as one of Butts' outstand-
ground of ten years In the prep COBC hlng feats since it was Ala-
leagues. the Southeast resounded to . , . , i llHH tlmt year,
the King Cole guffaws of those who ■ ^ ^ y rln( . lpB , wtr year s. Butts'
predicted stark disaster for this, )0 g t ed a record of 21 victories
young upstart from the wrong side , t „ lo „ goH< including a 20-6
triumph over Tulsa in the first Oil
sort of action very soon. You really. . , . , , ,. .
have a god point—Georgia does need ] * M 'gun and is being held every Tues
and should have a varsity boxing «>“? nl * ht at "even o clock at the
squad. We will do our bit towards
getting your letter into the proper
hands. Thanks for writing in . . .
Jones Writes to Tribune
The other letter which we
will
assistant director of Stegeman Hall j quote Is from popular Jimmy Jones,
has anounced that any student, male ) our Athletic Publicity Director. Jlm-
or female, desiring to organize such | my sent us a carbon copy of the let-
a club, should contact him by
Wednesday, January 29th. The group
will meet once a week, with equip
ment being furnished. Take heed, all
you badminton fiends—first meet
ing Is Thursday. January 30th.
In Atlanta today, and continuing
through Sunday, the Atlanta Athletic
Club is sponsoring the Southern In
vitation Badminton Rally. The event
Is open to all University students.
To defray cost of awards to winners
In each event and for the purpose of
supplying proper birds to players, a
fee of $2.00 is charged for singles
participants, and $3.00 per team In
ter he wrote to the New York "Her
ald Tribune” following Bob Cook's
widely discussed article on the
Sugar Bowl game. Addressed to Sam
Woodward, Sports Editor of the Tri
bune, the letter reads, in part:
"Cooke took one paragraph to ac
count for all of Georgia’s three
scores, devoting tho rest of his story
to praising Charlie Justice (who had
Physical Education building on Ag
Hill. Another weekly practice Is be
ing arranged and all girl students In
terested in competitive swimming j leading the assault, by u 9-0 count,
are urged to attend.
The meet will be held the first .-i ■ f • 1
week in March and will include the i vslIIU VV ill ivTltlllldl
40 yard front crawl, back crawl and 1 J
breast stroke, tho 60 yard medley
relay, and the 80 yard free style
relay.
The regional sponsor for this year's
meet is the Florida Slate College for
Women at Tallahassee.
of the coaching track." But Wally
made 'em eat crow. j y ow j a ( Houston. Ills overall
in three years he had Oeorgla In coaching record for his nine Sea
ttle Orange Bowl where tho Bulldogs, j gonB ut Georgia Is 69 wins, 21 losses,
sparked by Frankie Slnkwich, de-! a|ld t<lo Gea. This does not include
foaled Texas Christian University. tt „, f our | )OW | victories his teams
40-26. In hiH fourth season, his ted i | lav „ scored,
and black warriors galloped through , Explains Ills Hystem
UCLA in the coveted Rose Bowl at | jiutts, personally speaking. Is
Pasadena, Calif., witli Charlie Trippi p ,j u |ta paradox compared to the fire-
eater he is on the Held. Affable, boy-
Due al University
By Dirk Pipes
You can hot every penny you have
and throw In some odds that Metro-
Goldwyn-Muyer has never signed as
Life Saving — Bowling many stars in three weeks as has
A Senior Life Saving class is be- Wally Butts,
ing conducted Monday, Wednesday, | The latest South Georgia prep star
and Friday at the 7th period in the to sign his name on the dotted line
a net gain of 37 yards and 2 yards | physical Ed Building. This cluss is |« Clinton Mudray, a 185-pound all
average against Charlie Trippi's 56
net yards and 3.7 average yardage),
so we are led to believe that he is
guilty of reportoriai prejudice here.
The way Mr. Cooke pillories poor
doubles competition. The Athletic Mr. Hill, the official Involved In the
Club is hopeful of getting a large ] disputed lateral play, one would
representation from our school, so think he was a Southeastern Con-
let’s hustle over and win some of j ference official hand-picked by Geor-
those cups! I gia’s Wally Butts. As a matter of
Letter Department fact, he is a Southern Conference of-
The mail this week brought sev-I'> clal . recommended to the Sugar
oral interesting letters, and for the; ® ow [ rommtUee by -arl . nave y,
benefit of Interested parties, here|<' oa< ' h of the North Carolina team!
are excerpts from two of them: the Jimmy WRnt on to rl "‘ flvR ,,ut -
flrst is from C. E. Stewart, of Frank-1 Continued on page twelve)
Track Practice Begins Soon;
Towns Announces ’47 Slate
Coach Forrest "Spec” Towns hopes >
to begin track practice within the lvpntljckv SwflTOPS
next two weeks in preparation for the J I
University's 1947 cinder schedule.
Letter men Jim Lang, pole-vault- DlIIIClOJ'] IlOUJIslCI S
er, “Sleepy" McKenna, miler. John- _ • CJ
ny Griffith, dash man, and Larry ||| Georilltl oWCCI)
e expected to IT
open to all women In the University H tate guard from Jesup.
and is a prerequisite for the Red j ordan High’s all-slate end, Jim
Cross instructors course which will Meek | n , bus announced Ills plans to
be offered the spring quarter. M | Kn t |ie Bulldog grant-in-ald ath-
Amerlcan Red Cross Senior Life | e tlc scholarship this week.
Saving Certificates will be issued to Another Muscogee county star,
those who satisfactorily complete the char | RM (Chuck) Mugonl, Columbus
course. Any girls interested In either H1(?h All-Southern halfback, uIbo ro
of these courses should contact MIbb | vea ,,. d rhal h( , W oulrl Join the Bull-
Stanion at her Ag Hill office. !,| OK B( | Uad
In the girls’ intramural bowling I Madruy, the sixth All-SGFA per-
tournament, Chi Omega defeated ! form ,. r to pick Georgia, is considered
Alpha Chi with a total of 703 to 671 one Ilf ,, r ,. a ,„Hl college prospects
points. Rutherford bowled over Al- of ttlP South Georgia
Pha Gam by a score of 674 to 666.1 e hc j,oo1h since John Donaldson
and AOI’i swamped Mary Lyndon B | Kllf .,i ,
with a grand total of 751 to 633
points Tri Dell won by default from haye „ ecl( , ed tH dl(? ln for a fow y„ar»
i ,n Mu ' of football with the Bulldogs are:
lliinl Club Names Officers Jl)hn |) uk e, All-Southorn end from
The University Hunt Club was re- Albany; Billy Mixon, halfback, the
I organized last quarter when twelve state's top scorer from Tifton; Sew-
j members were chosen by Ben H. Ju- a rd Harrison, halfback and the state’s
j ban. riding instructor, and Gaynor second leading scorer from Way-
| Anderson, veteran member Of the cross: Roy Robertson, halfback, and
j 1943 Club. Those Initiated last quar- c. Collins, fullback, of tho state
j ter were: Coren Bull, Savannah; Ben- class "II” champions, Cairo High
Continued on page twelve) School.
ish and easy to approach, he Is as
Southern ns sassafras and has a
droll sense of humor that makes him
a great favorite on the banquet cir
cuit in the off-season.
Once a girl reporter asked him to
explain his coaching system ln a fow
well-chosen words. Never one to de
lude a representative of the press,
especially a charming Indy. Wally
drawled, "Why, honey chile, we use
the plain ole color system. We Just
knock down everything not wearing
our kind."
Fortunately, the paper doll made
(Continued on page twelve)
Bulldogs Seek Win
Tomorrow Night—
Face Auburn Team
signed up with Butts in 1944.
Other sensational prep stars that
The University of Kentucky’s bas-
Bouley, shot-putter, are expected to]
return from last year’s squad to
form a nucleus for the coming sea
son. Another outstanding prospect ketball team completed Its sweep
In Bob Smith, quarter-miler, who was through Georgia Tuesday night and
ineligible last year, according to though they did not leave as many
Towns. _ . casualties as did General Sherman.
In a statement Coach Towns de-
plored the lack of Interest that has the wails of angulBh were as loud as
been evidenced in track since his any the Yankee general ever brought
return from the service. about.
"We have the facilities for a good After downing Tech by a one sld-
team, he said, referring to the B0O re on Monday night, Coach
$30,000 cinder fa** by Adolph Rupp's team moved into Ath-
Navy, "but student interest has been png Tu(igday and administered the
veij low „ Bulldogs one of their worst defeats
Towns is planning to send a small " gl
group of deserving athletes to the ~ ,he * cor *' 84 '‘‘ 5 . ,
indoor meet at Chapel Hill, March 1. The Kentucky Wildcats great
This is one of the largest indoor guard, Ralph Beard, *as high point
meets in the country and brings to- for the evening although he was re-
gether the keen competlton from the moved from the game ear J^ in ,
entire country Second period. He tallied 19 points
The complete schedule follows:
for the game.
forward.
March 1—Indoor meet at Chapel Joe Holland. Kentucky
* HI11 made 14 points to tie with Georgia s (
March 29—Florida relays at Gaines- Bob Healey In second honors for the (
vi 11 £ (tentative) evening.
April 5—South Carolina at Colum- The outcome of the game was In
p hla (tentative) doubt only during the opening min-i
April 12—Florida at Athens utes of play when Jim Griffith scored
April 19-Auburn at Athens the first points of the game and put
April 26—Georgia Tech at Atlanta Georgia into the lead. However, this
May 10—Southeastern AAU meet at proved to be only temporary, t rom
y Auburn there, the Kentucky boys took over
May 16, 17—Southeastern Confer- and led 47-20 at the half, never let-
enee meet at Birmingham. I ting the Bulldogs regain the lead.
Perry Como, star of the Chesterfield Hupper dub. and Charley
Trippi. All-American grid star from the University of Georgia. Trippi
was Perry's guest on the show the night before he signed to play
professional football with the Chicago Cardinals.
The Red and Black varsity cage
squad will make another mighty ef
fort to crash the winners' column to
morrow night at Auburn when they
meet the cellar-dwelling Tigers. Ala
bama and Kentucky handed the Bull
dogs defeats during the past week,
and to date, Georgia boasts only two
victories. The locals turned back
Chattanooga 52-35 at Woodruff Halt,
and won over Mississippi on the for
eign court, 46-38.
Against stiff competition and over
whelming odds, the Bulldogs have
played courageously end have earned
the praise of the student body. A
packed house saw Kentucky’s high-
riding Wildcats turn back the Geor
gians by a score of 84-45 Tuesday
nlgnt at Woodruff Hall, and watched
the shorter Bulldogs gallantly keep
pace for the first few minutps of play
with the more experienced Wildcats.
Boasting a 16-man squad loaded with
two All-Americans and three All-
Conference stars, the Kentucky team
! forged Into a lead It never lost.
If firs III Outstanding
Jimmy Griffith, Athens lad, gave
the huge crowd the first thrill of the
I evening with a neat field goal short
ly after the opening whistle. This
was the only time the Georgia team
led. Incidentally Morgan Harvlli
furnished another brilliant play Just
] before the end of the first half when
there was a scramble under the Wild
cat goal. He went up into the air
for the rebound, fought his way clear
of the mass of Kentucky giants, and
„ ! headed down the court. He passed
I to Bob Healey in the open. Healey
returned it, and Harvill went under
s the basket for the score.
Play of this sort will characterize
the Bulldogs efforts tomorrow night
at Auburn With Griffith starting at
center after a late start on the team.
Georgia’s hoper. of a fair season may
be realized. Coach Ralph “Sug" Jor
dan Is prepared to make any switch
to strengthen the cage aggregation.
The Healey-Lorendo combination
may rival that of Kirkland and Kelly
of other days. Dan Kirkland and Ce-
ell Kelly were main cogs in a Geor
gia machine which got a slow start,
but reached great heights near ths
I close of the season.