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THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1955
Earl
SIMPKINS
Assistant
Sports Editor
Bulldogs To Face Tigers Saturday
In Traditional Southern Rivalry
r New Look
Simpkins
If there is anyone around who
doesn't like the latest fashions, don’t
look now because the SEC is taking
on a "new look.”
It looks as if everyone is going to
a wedding and no one wants to be
the bridesmaid. Some of the teams
which came to be known as weak sis
ters have thrown oft their usual at
tire and blossomed out as contenders
for "leading lady” honors.
An upstart crew from Mississippi
State squeezed past Tennessee, a
long time power, 13-7, and then slap
ped Kentucky, one
of the pre-season
favorites, in the
face 20-14.
. However, the
worst was yet to
come for the Wild
cats of Blanton
Collier. Vander-
, bilt, who had spent
? some previous sea
sons holding the
other conference members up off the
bottom of the standings, got them
in Nashville for one of the most
stunning upsets of the year, a 34-0
shellacking.
It has been a long time since some
of these teams could look up and
see daylight. There are others around
who would be much happier if things
had remained as they were.
Tide Is Weak
One outfit that could be listed in
the latter group is Alabama. The
Crimson Tide, once feared by all,
scares no one anymore. It has scored
only 34 points all season while los
ing all of the seven games it has
played.
Perhaps one of the most improved
teams around the SEC is Auburn.
The Plainsmen started the season
last year with their famous "X" and
“Y” teams. These were supposedly
two teams of equal strength. A real
trouble developed, however, when it
turned out that neither could go
very well.
Coach "Shug" Jordan then decid
ed to go with the 11 best players on
his squad and to forget about the
two team idea. The Tigers won the
last six games on their schedule after
this. One of the wins was a 14-13
affair with Miami, the Hurricanes
only loss of the season.
Georgia To Test Tigers
Georgia, a far cry from the teams
hack in the days of Trippi, Sinkwlch
and Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl vic
tories, will find out Saturday in Co
lumbus just how strong this Auburn
band is. i
• The Bulldogs will run up against j
one of the strongest lines that they
will see this season. M. L. Brackett
and Frank D'Agostino are certanly
one of, if not the, best pair of
tackles in the nation.
In a baekfield of Fob James, who
has gained 1134 yards rushing in
three years, Joe Childress, Auburn's
all time high scorer, sophomore sen
sation Bobby Hoppe and Howell
Tubbs, Auburn presents an outfit
that can go with the best.
Had* Seat To (liaitipionship
Even though Georgia is taking a
back seat in this year’s champion
ship race, the Bulldogs' rebuilding
program is continuing to move for
ward. This year's schedule and in
juries to vital men proved to be just
too much for the 'Dogs.
Some of the sophomores, though,
have shown that they can play SEC
ball. Jimmy Orr is among the na
tion's top
Dukes, J. B. Davis, Billy Hearn and
Wilbur Lofton have all done credit
able if not outstanding jobs.
With time they’ll be back up there,
looking for their spot at the top.
Orr To Return at Halfback
To Bolster Georgia Air Corps
By Curtis Driskell
Georgia's Bulldogs will make the dangerous curve into the home
stretch of the season Saturday, detouring by way of Columbus for
their annual game yf tradition with the Auburn Tiger* A capacity
1-owd, as usual, is expected at Memorial Stadium for the 2 p m kick
off.
Butts Warns Gators
To Play in Athens
Or Rivalry Ends
Coach Wallace Butts announced
Saturday that unless Florida will
eo-operate in changing the annual
Georgia-Florida game to a home
to home basis, the age old series is
now at its end.
The game has been played in neu
tral Jacksonville, Fla. in the past
but the Georgia athletic director and
head coach feels that it is not fair
to his team financially or otherwise
to continue such an arrangement.
Butts placed the matter completely
in the hands of Florida head coach,
Bob Woodruff. He stated that he
would he glad to play anywhere in
the state of Florida every other year
if the Gators would agree to come to
Athens on a home to home basis.
SKRIKS HISTORY
Won
20, I-oMt
23, Tied
a
Year
Anh.
(la.
Year
Aub.
(■a.
UN
19
0
1925
0
34
1894
8
10
1926
6
16
1895
16
6
1927
3
83
1896
6
12
1928
0
13
1898
18
17
1929
0
24
1899
0
0
1930
7
39
1900
44
0
1981
6
12
1901
0
0
1932
14
7
1902
5
12
1988
14
6
1903
13
*>o
1934
0
18
1904
17
6
1935
19
7
1905
20
0
1888
20
13
1906
0
4
1937
0
0
1907
(M
6
1938
23
14
1908
23
0
1939
7
0
1909
17
5
1940
13
14
1910
26
0
id n
0
7
1911
0
0
1942
27
13
1912
6
1°
1944
13
49
1918
21
7
1945
0
35
1914
0
0
1946
0
41
1919
12
0
1947
6
28
1916
3
0
1949
14
42
1919
7
0
1949
20
20
1920
0
7
1999
10
12
1981
0
7
1861
14
46
1922
7
3
1909
7
13
1928
0
7
1953
39
18
1924
0
6
1954
35
0
The odds sheet has it figured as a
match race between a supercharged
limousine — Auburn — and a still
bouncy hot rod — Georgia. Outcome
of the four-lap race probably will
hinge on the question of which ma
chine gets the best mileage from its
own style of offense.
Georgia was eliminated from the
running for the Southeastern Con
ference title in last week's 19-13 loss
to the Florida Gators. Auburn,
though still entertains championship
dreams, and the Bulldogs are one of
the two moving roadblocks In the
way.
Tigers Need Victory
In order to win the SEC crown—
something never before accomplish
ed at the Plains—the Tigers must
whip Georgia and Alabama and then
receive help from other league mates.
Ole Miss needs only to beat Missis-i
sippi State to repeat as champs.
Georgia Tech, too, is still in the run
ning with one defeat and a tie.
Georgia's running game, which
reached a new peak against Florida,
this week will be joined by an effec
tive air arm with the return of Jim
my Orr. Orr remains high among pass
LAWSON AND RETURNING LETTEHMEN
|l-ii) Ronald Bradley, Horace Knight, Bradley Mills, Hill Ensley, George
Bell, W. C. Jones and Morris Ditlwiddic
Height Problem at Center
Aided by New Foul Lane
Lack of height at center in the main drawbaek on Georgia’s 19f>5-
fili basketball team according to Coach Harbin Lawson. The Bulldog
engemen are in their second week of practice in preparation for the
season’s opener against Tennessee on Dec. 1, in Knoxville.
Lawson stated ufter Wednesday's
practice session in Woodruff Hall
that the squad was definitely an tm-
receivers in the conference with ig l> lroved club over the one of a y ear
catches for 337 yards. His return aRO ' but added - " We ma y not fln "
yards. His
after a siege of influenza and an ail
ing shoulder, will pose an aerial
threat, besides loosening up Auburn’s
defenses of Georgia foot troops.
Season of Double Jeopardy
It has been a season of double jeo
pardy for the Bulldogs, with danger
arriving in twin packages. Auburn
will add to the parade by sending two
of the South’s biggest and best tack
les against Georgia.
Frank D’Agostino at 233 and M.
i l«. Brackett at 240 are the anchors in
an Auburn line that has been the best
[denfsive unit of the SEC against
{rushing.
Halfback is an equally potent posi
tion for the Tigers. Fob James and
| Hobby Hoppe are the mainsprings
there. And at fullback, All-America
|candidate Joe Childress promises to
!be the most dangerous line-buster
the Bulldogs will see this fall.
ish any higher than sixth in the con
ference again this time because most
WAA Committee Organized;
Hunger Heads Dance Croup
A program committee has been or
ganized by the Woman's Athletic As
sociation to plan programs for the
organization's Wednesday night bi
monthly meetings. Roslyn Seligman
is chairman.
The meetings are to consist of
speeches and a panel dn sports and
activities.
The committee has also leactivat-
ed the WAA sponsored Dance Club
under the direction of Miss Sally
Hanger of the Women’s Physical Edu
cation Department. Club meetings
are scheduled for each Tuesday even
ing at 7 p.m. at the Women’s Physi
cal Education Building.
AS 37,000 WATCH
Gators Ease Past Bulldogs, 19-13;
Georgia Moves with Ground Game
A fast running Georgia hotrod roared to a 13-0 lead in the first two quarters in .Jacksonville Kntur
ady before it sputtered and backfired allowing Florida’s Gators to grab a 19-13 victory.
Georgia's ground game, which had "breakaway runners”
not lived up to pre-season notices,
finally shifted into high gear and
rolled up 277 yards rushing, the
highest agajnst Florida since 1948.
Wendell Tarleton, Henry Dukes
and Jimmy Harper were the Bull
dogs’ leading ground gainers on two
first half drives which went all the
way, giving them a two touchdown
advantage at intermission.
On the first drive Tarleton carried
for gains of 12, 6, 30 and 1 yards,
the last being good for six points.
; Dukes was “The Man” on the next
P “t.- r =ml e "^.? e . n - r !: Journey to pay dirt. He ran for 6. 3.
14, 3 and 2, twice picking up the
first down, before Capt. Bobby Gar
rard went the final five yards.
In the second half. Florida’s
of our opposition has improved a*
much as we have.”
“At center, our height weakness
is somewhat minimized by the new
12-foot foul lane which goes Into
effect this season but the weakness
is still present.”
Bill Ensley, a 6-6 native of Chats-
worth, is expected to Btart at center
for the Bulldogs, und Lawson plans
to use Henry Cabaniss (6-5) with
the big man on what he calls "onr
semi-double pivot.”
The semi-double pivot is a varia
tion of the conventional double pivot
In which the two big men move
slightly farther from the basket on
offense.
By using the double or semi-
double pivot Lawson will be able to
get more of his tall men in the game
at one time. "Curtis Gleaton, a trans
fer from Brewton Parker may start
at forward due to my search for
height.” Gleaton stands at 6-5.
On the remainder of the squad
Lawson suid, ”1 think the squad aa
a whole has made real progress since
practice opened u week ago and I am
well pleased thus far.”
"Our six lettermen are all Im
proved from last shason at this point
hut six sophomores and live junior
college transfers are giving them a
run for their money.”
Of the positions vacated by gradu
ation in June (one guard and two
forward positions) none is definitely
filled yet and as the coach puts It.
“The boys are really showing some
intense competition.”
Guard Morris Dinwiddle was cited
as "his usual aggressive, effective
self." and Bill Ensley, George Bell.
Bradley Mills and Ron Bradley are
considered by Lawson as the most
Improved members of last year’s
team.
Butt* 18tli Georgia Eouch;
Herty First to Head ’Dogs
Wallace Butts is the 18th head
coach of the University of Georgia
showed 37,000
fans how they aequired their nick
name. Jim Rountree took Len Spada-
fino's opening kickoff in the third
quarter and returned it 85 yards for
what later proved to he Georgia’s un
doing.
Later in the quarter the Gators
started their only sustained scoring
drive on the Georgia 40 after Jackie
Simpson’s punt return of 33 yards.
They scored in 14 plays and tied the football team.
Before Butts came to the Univer
sity in 1939, Dr. Charles Herty,
Glenn (Pop) Warner, Charles Mc-
n
WENDELL TARLETON
Leads 'Dogs to Touchdown
score on Dick Allen’s PAT.
Six plays after Florida’s score.
Harper, operating at his own 37,
shot a pass down field to Laneair
Roberts only to have the hall deflected
into the hands of Allen who carried
it back 52 yards for the Gators' win
ning touchdown.
Carthy, Gordon Saussy. E. E. Jones,
Billy Reynolds, M. M. Dickinson,
Charles A. Rarnerd, W. S. Whitney,
Branch Bocock, J. Coulter, W. A.
Cunningham, H. J. Stegeman, G. C
Woodruff, Harry Mehre and Joel
Hunt coached the Georgians.