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THE UNIVERSITY OP GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1055
JAMES WYNN
Sports Editor
Rotten Officiating
! Dogs To Play Tennessee
In Cage Opener Tonight
George Volkert and his band of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets left no
room for argument as to who is the football champion of Georgia Satur
day at Grand Field.
The fleet halfback took over after a 59 yard jaunt by Bobby Garrard
had put the Bulldogs in position to score first on a 25 yard field goal off
the toe of Ken Cooper, and with his end sweeps buried all hopes for Geor
gia’s first victory over the Atlantians in seven years.
No one can argue that the Techmen didn’t well deserve the victory hut
there are a couple of points on the officiating that were very much on the
doubtful list in the minds of 40,000 who were present and countless thous
ands who watched the game on television.
Touchdown Pass??
First, on Tech’s first touchdown, the question arises. Did end Dan Bag-
well catch Toppy Vann’s six yard pass into the end zone? Films of the
game show Bagwell beating the ground in disgust after the ball squirted
out of his hands. The officials called it a touchdown, hut why should a
Tech player beat the turf in disgust
if he actually caught the ball. It
just doesn’t figure. It was undoubt
edly an incomplete pass.
Then on a pass play in the second
quarter, Jimmy Harper threw to La-
neair Roberts at the Tech 30 and
both Roberts and Tech defender
Toppy Vann came down with the ball.
Both players caught the ball at the
same time and held on all the way
to the ground but the official ruled
that the defender had intercepted.
The rules of the fine game of foot
ball clearly state that in case a for
ward pass is caught simultaneously
by opposing players the ball belongs
to the passing team. How did the
official figure out a reason for giv
ing the defending team the ball. Do Tech’s Volkert
Southeastern conference officials make their own rules as the game goes
along now?
A bad call can be excused in some cases if the play is in the nature that
leaves doubt in the minds of the officials hut when 40,000 fans can clearly
see two men catching a ball simultaneously, why is it that an official who
is much closer to the play can’t see it?
The call in question drew an avalanche of boos that as Dan Magill,
Georgia Athletic Publicity Director said, "could have been heard in Chatta
nooga.”
Bulldogs Infuriated
This call infuriated the Bulldogs and they stopped the Tech offense riat
on the following series of downs and forced a punt from the Tech 25 and
completed three consecutive passes for 58 yards before the half time horn
sounded and cooled them off.
Seriously, something should be done about the officiating in the SEC.
These two instances are only a drop in the bucket along side the many
bad decisions made in conference play this season.
The SEC is a fast improving conference in football as well as several
other sports, and unless some reliable officials are obtained the damage
could be great to the sport. In the case of the Tech-Georgia game the calls
did not cause the Bulldogs to lose but the same calls in a closer game
could have gjven the weaker team the victory.
Knoxville Game
To Lack Height
By Ed Ingles
Georgia’s varsity cagers embark
on their 1955-56 campaign with a
trip to the Tennessee liills for a
non-conference struggle with the
Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville
tonight.
Both the Vols and Bulldogs are
shy of height and will be hard press
ed to repeat their fifth and sixth
place finish respectively in SEC com
petition last year.
Dinwiddle Holds Key
Prolific scoring ace Morris Din
widdle, 5-10, a gent who can hit from
anywhere on the court, is expected
to hold the key to the Bulldogs' for
tunes for the coming campaign. Lin
ing up with Dinwlddie for the open
ing whistle will be bucket man Bill
Ensley, 6-6, a returning letterman
from last year’s squad.
The two forward positions and re
maining guard slot will be filled from
the ranks of Henry Cabaniss and Cur
tis Gleaton, both 6-5, George Bell,
6-4, veteran Ray Allen, Horace
Knight or Virgil Mills, each six foot.
Double Attack
Coach "Red” Lawson plans to
alternate a single and double pivot,
in what he refers to as the semi
double pivot. Cabaniss will get the
nod as the other partner in the twiil
pivot set up. Gleaton is in line for
considerable action in order to add
backboard strength to the Red and
Black aggregation.
Ronald Bradley, Elliot Hester,
Terry Hagan, Chick Kammerer, Don
LAWSON POSES WITH CAPTAINS
Captain Morris IHnwiddie (/,), Alternate Horace Knight
Ilartsfleld and Hugh Royer are oth
er members of the team who will be
available for service in this uffray.
Defensively the Bulldogs will em
ploy a man-to-man defense and if
| need he can shift to a combination
man and 'zone alignment.
Much of the Volunteers’ hope rests
with center Carl Widseth, half of the
since departed Ed Weiner, dual scor
ing punch of last year’s edition. Wid
seth is one of the smaller pivot men
in the SEC, standing only 6-3, but
is capable of handling bigger men,
averaged 20 points per contest last
season.
Both starting forwards. Lew Hey-
land and Dick Kellar, standing 6-3,
from the ’54-’56
Herm Thompson,
Ammerman, 6-0,
guard chores.
The Vols’ lack
starting five will
team are Intact.
6-11, and Leon
will handle the
height In the
somewhat ad
justed by the presence of Bobby Har
dier, 6-4, and James Smartt, 6-4,
whoso only drawbacks are lack of ex
perience.
In their first home game on Dec. 7,
Georgia will trade baskets with Mer
cer University. Mercer’s strength is
unknown at present, but If this year’s
outfit measures up with past seasons’
squad, the Bulldogs have their work
cut out for them.
SEVEN STRAIGHT
Jackets Sting Bulldogs;
Garrard Leads Losers
Hull pup Cagcmen
Boast Tall Squad
As Season Nears
Shifting into high gear, under di-! (}eor K ia 1 T '‘ , ‘ h ’ 8en,tin K » luirative bowl bid, used its team speed
rection of Coach Doug Foster, the!!” advantage last Saturday on Atlanta’s Grant Field to claim
Georgia freshman basketball squad
settled down to serious business this
week.
its seventh straight victory over Georgia
Halfback George Volkert led the Roberts.
Yellow Jacket speedsters in triumph
The yearling roster, boasting one before some 40,000 people In the 60th
of the tallest teams In history, was meeting of the ancient state rivals.
cut to 12 players this week.
Five Bullpups, standing 6'5"
or
better pace this promising group, but this year also was marked with
The score was 21-3.
The game was colorful, as always,
Heyward Hobgood, 6'8", Billy Bol
den, 6'6" and 6'5" Leonard Moon,
Bob McCoy and Sonny Poss form a
talented array that will count, heav
ily on their hook and jump shots for
the bulk of their scoring.
Outside threats at guard Include
Joe DeFoor, high scoring whiz from
Atlanta, Ted Denny, Joe Black and
Phil Weber. Billy Smothers, Danny
Mathews, Douglas Link and W. S.
Booth round out the Bullpup team.
several dubiously-accurate calls by
officials.
Tech’s first touchdown came as a
result of Dan Bagwell’s rolling,
scrambling catch of a five-yard Toppy
Vann pass. Some witnesses contend
that Bagwell tumbled and bounced
the ball until well out of the end
zone.
Vann was involved In another dis
puted play whqn It was ruled that he
intercepted a pass intended for "Red”
R&B Picks Guepe
As Coach-of-Year
In SEC Selection
Art Guepe, coach of the Van
derbilt Commodores, has been
chosen by the sports staff of The
Red and Black as -the SEC coach
of the year.
Guepe put through a highly suc
cessful recruiting and rebuilding pro
gram at Vandy during the past two
years, and the Commodores’ fifth
place finish in the SEC this season
is one of its results.
With an overall record of 7-3, Van
derbilt was the conference surprise,
as they almost reversed their 2-7 re
cord of last year.
Pre-season polls predicted only the
cellar for the Commodores again this
season. Guepe faced a great problem
of depth, but his team seemed to
overcome it after two early season
defeats.
With 40 returning sophomores and
10 juniors, Guepe’s squad should be
one of the most powerful in next sea- yards in 236 carries, which breaks
son’s race. down into a respectable 4.7 average.
SENIOR BULLDOG
Garrard Selected Player of Year
By Red and Black Sports Writers
Captain Bobby Garrard has been selected by the sports staff of The Red and Black as the Bulldog-
player-of-the-year.
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As a halfback at O’Keefe High in
Atlanta, Garrard created no big stir
of headlines when he came to Geor
gia. But he went on to become regu
lar varsity safetyman as a freshman
in 1952.
The next year he played offensive
left halfback. The big switch to full
back came in the spring of 1954.
During the season, he gained 442
yards In 93 carries and was selected
on AP’s All-SEC third team.
This season’s total of 537 yards
rushing tops all of Garrard’s prev
ious efforts. In his four years at
Georgia. Garrard has gained 1,112
BOBBY GARRARD
Outstanding Bulldog Player
Besides being the Bulldogs’ most
effective runner this year, he has car
ried the majority of the team’s punt
ing burden and has been one of the
roughest and most alert linebackers
in the SEC.
As a player, Garrard set no records
daring his four years of varsity ball
at Georgia. He will not go down in
the annals along side record setters
like Trippi and Slnkwich. Then, per
haps, he will be rememberd only by
the few who coached and saw him
play.
For those few, It will be hard to
forget the picture of the "shoeless
wonder” butting his way down Grant
Field on a 59-yard run.
Both Vann and Roberts
grabbed the ball and wrestled each
other to the ground, neither appar
ently relinquishing the ov»l. But the
officials awarded Tech the ball.
The Bulldogs took the opening
kickoff and marched to the 15-yard
line of Tech before stalling. On
fourth down, sophomore end Ken
Cooper kicked a field goal and Geor
gia led, 3-0.
Bagwell’s catch put Tech ahead
later in the quarter, and the Engi
neers never again surrendered the
lead.
Sparkplug of Tech's running game
all afternoon was Volkert, who gain
ed 121 yards, mostly on the outside
belly series. He scored once on a
fourth down, 25-yard dash.
Fullback Bobby Garrard was the
offensive star for Georgia. From the
time he ripped off 59 yards In the
Bulldogs' first drive, he was Geor
gia's most consistent ground-gainer.
He picked up a total of 105 yards in
12 carries.
Jimmy Orr, Bulldog sophomore,
cinched the conference receiving title
with three catches good for 31 yards.
He also punted full-time, averaging
42.4 yards on five boots.
SEC Standings
(FINAL)
Conference All Games
W L T Pet. W L T Pc*.
Mississippi
6
1
0
.833
9
1
0
.900
Auburn
5
1
1
7
8
1
1
.850
Ga. Teclv
4
1
1
.750
8
1
1
.850
Vanderbilt
4
3
0
.571
7
3
0
.700
Tennessee
3
2
1
.583
6
3
1
.650
1 Kentucky
S
3
1
.500
6
3
1
.650
Miss. St.
4
4
1
.500
6
4
0
.600
ITulane
3
3
1
.500
5
4
1
.650
! La. State
2
3
1
.417
3
5
2
.389
| Florida
3
6
0
.376
4
C
0
.400
' Georgia
2
5
0
.286
4
6
0
.400
< Alabama
0
7
0
.000
0
10
0
.000
(Ties count half a game won and
half a game lost In figuring percent-
| ages.)