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THE UNIVERSITY OP GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1058
JAMES WYNN
Sports Editor
Why Squelch Frosli Football?
Lack of Gaines Kills Morale
Georgia To Meet Florida
★ ★ ★
Bulldogs Rip Crimson Tide, 35-14
On Oct. 3 Georgia’s freshman football team fought the Baby Tigers of
Auburn to a 6-6 tie. The Bullpups do not have another game scheduled
until Nov. 11 when they play Alabama's Baby Tide in Tuscaloosa.
The lay-off between these two games is almost six weeks. During this
period the freshmen have nothing to do except to scrimmage and run de
fenses of opposing teams against the varsity squad. A couple of days of
this wouldn’t be too bad, but after six weeks it is getting mighty monoto
nous, and morale is beginning to sag.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has a rule which states that
football teams of member institutions shall not play more than ten games.
However, the Southeastern Conference has in effect a rule which limits
this number for freshmen to three games.
Only One Home Game
Under existing circumstances the Georgia freshman team can play one
game at home and two away. This is unfair to everyone concerned, the
coaches, the schools, students, and most of all, the players themselves.
First, we will consider the coach. He is working with a group of boys
some of whom he has never seen play, and knows nothing about except
from scouting reports of high school games. Three games do not give him
a chance to find out what to expect from a player and to make plans for
the next year.
By being able to schedule freshman games on weekends when the var
sity team is playing away fans' interest in football could be kept up. This
most probably would result in an increase in attendance at varsity home
games, helping to balance Georgia’s sagging budget.
Students who had classes scheduled or for some other reason were urn
able to see this year’s game with Auburn won't get to see the team play
at all. More games could prevent this situation from occurring.
^ Would Improve Players
"Probably most important are the players. A five game schedule would
not only give them a chance to show what they can do, but it would also
cause them to be better players when they get to the varsity in their sopho
more year.
By arranging for the games to be played at some convenient time
so as not to keep them from their classes the scholastic standings of the
players would not be hurt. The games could be played on a weekend or
at a time when the team would normally be practicing.
Football has been handled too conservatively in the past and at the
present in the SEC and throughout the nation as a whole. The spring prac
tice sessions are limited to a certain length of time—which is entirely
too short. Fall practice cannot start until a certain date, which this year
fell only slightly more than two weeks before the opening game for most
teams, and—in the SEC—freshmen are not allowed even enough games
to warrant issuing of uniforms and other equipment.
Too Much Conservatism
This conservatism has to be cut out somewhere along the line if the
member teams of the conference expect to compete with opponents from
other parts of the nation on equal terms. Freshman football seems to be a
good starting point.
Each December a board made up of the president of each member insti
tution, the Athletic Director and the Faculty advisor of Athletics meets
and votes on rule changes. The president casts the vote for each school.
In the past the suggestion of playing more freshman games has been put
to a vote several times and each time it has been defeated by only two or
three votes.
Pres. O. C. Aderhold has voted in favor of the rule’s being changed in
the past, and most of the athletic directors, including Coach Wally Butts,
are in favor of it. However, the presidents of some other of the SEC schools
wish to continue with three games. With enough persuasion, though, this
could be the year for the change.
Harper, Dukes Star
In HomecomingTilt
By Earl Simpkins
A senior quarterback whose reg
ular job had been taken from him
three weeks before and a sopho
more halfback who had been run
ning second string after a pre
season injury served notice Satur
day that they are still in the Geor
gia football picture.
Jimmy Harper, taking over for reg
ular quarterback Dick Young, steer
ed the Bulldogs over Alabama's
Crimson Tide for five touchdowns
and a 35-14 victory in his Anal game
in Sanford Stadium.
Henry Dukes, a 185 pound right
halfback from Augusta, played a
vital role in writing the Thomasville
signal caller’s success story.
Dukes was called on to carry the
pigskin 10 times and responded with
85 yards and a
touchdown. He got
13 more on a pass
from Harper,
bringing his total
yardage gained for
the year to 117
yards, second only
to Captain Bobby
Garrard.
i Harper ran the
ball seven times
for a total gain of
60 yards and com
pleted three of three passing at
tempts for 45 yards in one of his
best performance as a Bulldog.
Two more sophomore backs, full
back Wilbur Loftln and left half
back J. B. Davis, got a real test
against Southeastern Conference
competition and showed that they
are ready to do their part in the
Georgia attack.
Simpkins
HENRY DUKES
Stars at Halfback
As great as it was, though, the
back held definitely was not the whole
story In the Homecoming classic. A
Georgia line of Roy Wilkins and
Laneair Roberts at ends, Don Shea
and Len Spadailno at guards. Pud
Mosteller and John Luck at tackles
and Jimmy Brown at center finally
lived up to pre-season notices.
The forward wall held Alabama's
rushers to a net gain of 19 yardB.
This plus the 141 yards they picked
up on the passing of quarterback
Bart Starr was the poorest net gain
of the year for the Tide, even though
its 14 points was more than the
combined total for its first five
games.
Tlie Bulldogs now have a 4-3 rec
ord for the season. In the conference
they stand 2-2 with three games re
maining.
Bulldog Cage Practice Begins;
Dinwiddie Sparkles at Guard
Coach Harbin “Red” Lawson was all eyes Tuesday night as 21
Georgia Bulldogs answered his call for the first basketball practice
session of the season.
Most candidates reported in top
physical condition and after an hour
of fundamental drills went into a
scrimmage session for the remainder
of the evening.
Morris Dinwiddie, Lawson’s flashy
little guard, who came to Georgia
from Chipola Junior College in Flor-
man for the Bulldogs, looked good
under the basket and was smooth
with his bqll handling. Henry Cab
aniss and Joe Ben Jackson—a trans
fer from Abraham Baldwin—also
drew praise from Lawson for their
pivot play.
“We will probably use a double
pivot most of the time this season,”
Ida last season, exhibited daz
zling speed and handled the ball welllsaid Lawson, “and it looks like Ens-
throughout the practice. ley and Cabaniss will carry the blg-
Blll Eensley. veteran pivot Best load at those positions.
Big
Foes Eye Revenge
For 14-13 Defeat
By Curtia Driakell
Georgia’s Bulldogs, making
their second swing through citrus
territory, will duel Florida’s Ga
tors Saturday afternoon in Jack
sonville. A portion of conference
honor will ride with the 2:30
p.m. kickoff.
It shapes up as another sizzling
grudge match, especially from th6
Gator viewpoint. A sophomore-heavy
band of Bulldogs cut down Florida
last season, 14-13. In doing so, the
Bulldogs sliced Florida right out of
contention for the Southeastern
Conference title.
Florida was displaying a 4-1 con
ference record before Georgia came
calling. The loss to Georgia and a
14-0 win over Tennessee made the
Gators 5-2, good enough to be brides
maids to champion Ole Miss.
The Gators have no such title am
bitions this time. Already saddled
with three defeats
within the league,
Florida is looking
mainly for the for
mula to better its
5-6 record of 1954.
The Bulldogs, fac
ing one all-star
after another, will
get a look at two
more in the Flor
ida fray. Gator
Captain Steve De-
LaTorre, a bruis
ing center, and halfback Jackie Simp
son have been good enough to rate
the All-America checklist. The Foot
ball Writers of America mentioned
both as worthy candidates.
DeLaTorre made the SEC third
team Inst season while earning his
third varsity letter. Simpson came
to the Gators after all-Stato, all-
Southern and all-America honors at
Miami Edison High. His dazzling
broken-field running has helped him
live up to his notices.
Just as dangerous as Simpson,
though, is Jarrin' Joe Brodsky, the
Gators powerful fullback. Brodsky
returned to the lineup two weeks ago
after an injury, and now is taking
up where he left off last year. He
was Florida’s leading ground gainer
In '54 with a respectable 4.6 average.
Coach Wallace Butts plans no
major changes In the Bulldog lin»-
of this week, except for the probable
insertion of Henry Dukes in Jimmy
Orr's regular right halfback posi
tion. Orr was admitted to the Uni
versity Infirmary with a touch of
influenza. His condition by game
time la unpredictable.
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Brisket
BULLDOG JUNIOR-
Brown Plays Center, Tackle, Guard
Before Earning Starting Line Berth
By Jules Arbose
For a player who has never been
listed on Georgia’s starting lineup,
James Kenneth Brown, alias left
guard, left tackle and center, is every
bit of Wallace Butts’ statement of
"I couldn't afford to start Jimmy
before the Alabama game, because
I had to find out where our weak
nesses were before I put him in."
Though Brown has averaged close
to 60 minutes per game this year, he
has never stayed put at any one
position.
This shifting is nothing new. It all
began back at Monroe High when he
played every position from tackle to
tackle, and made all-region fullback
to boot. He played freshman tackle
in 1953, and last year at 18 years of
age, was regular varsity right tackle.
After spring practice, he was list-
JI.MMY BROWN
Georgia's Big Center
ed as a center, but when two tackles
got hurt early in the season, Brown j
was called on to perform at tackle
again, and when the guard situation
looked too light, he shifted again.
Along with this constant shifting,
the 6'-215 pound Junior shows an
uncanny ability to remember the esti
mated 130 different play patterns.
“But this should be no problem for
Jimmy," said Coach Jim Whatley,
“for besides being versatile, he has
one of the best football minds of
any lineman I’ve seen.”
Brown, whose blond hair is slowly
calling it a day, is known to the
freshman footballers as "Grandad.”
Slated to Btart at center against Flor
ida, Jimmy feels more at home at
tackle, but as he said, “I’m ready
for duty anywhere if it will help out
the team.”
Hay Allen and Pudgle Hartsfleld
looked good in the scrimmage at
guard as did Ronald Bradly and
W. C. Jones. Except for Dinwiddie
who already has his starting posi
tion nailed down, guard seems to be
a wide open hole In the lineup.
Lawson feels that Allen, Harts-
fleld, Bradley or Jones Is capable of
filling the slot left open by the grad
uation of Murphy McManus.
Georgia's opening game is sche
duled for Dec. 1 against the Tennes
see Volunteers.
SEC
Standing*
Miss. State
W
4
Ij
1
T
0
Pet.
.800
Tl*
3
Miss.
4
1
0
.800
1
•Georgia Tech
2
1
0
.660
3
Auburn
2
1
1
.625
3
Tennessee
1
1
0
.500
4
Tulane
2
2
0
.500
3
Georgia
2
2
0
.500
3
Kentucky .
2
2
1
.600
2
Florida _
2
3
0
.400
3
Vanderbilt
_ 1
2
0
.333
4
Louisiana State
- 1
3
0
.250
2
1 Alabama
- 0
4
0
.000
3
Georgia Harriers
Top Mercer Bears
For Initial Victory
Georgia's cross country team
picked up its first win of the season
Thursday with a 21-40 victory over
the Mercer Bears here.
The Bulldogs’ Sidney Johnnon was
the first man to cross the finish line.
He had a time of 16:31.5 for the
three mile course.
Coach “Speck” Towns said he
thought the team showed great im
provement over their first two per
formances. "I was especially pleased
with the showings made by my dle-
|tance men. Sidney Johnson, Earl
I Simpkins and Eddie Fraiser,” Towns
| said. “They should be a great help
Results: 1. Sidney Johnson (G);
2. Melvin Charles (G); 3. Lamar
Cason (M): 4. Joe Dukes (M); 5.
Eddie Frasier (O); 6. Earl Simpkins
(O); 7. Glenn Bridges (G); 8. Bill
Stewart (G); 9. Jack Holt (G); 10
Cecil Griggs <M); 11. Cliff Wade
(Mr. 12. Jerry Holland (M).