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Rauch Paces Bulldogs To 42-14 Victory Over Tigers
Georgia Power Turns Back Tough
Tigers; Joe Geri Ups Point Total
. COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 13. — (AP) — Johnny Rauch
furthered his bid for All-America and Georgia’s chances
for a Southeastern’ Conference championship today by
riddling Auburn’s defenses with his thread-needle passes
in a 42.30 14 Georgia victory. :
Rauch senior guarterback from
Yeardon, Pa., fired a 44-yarder
to end: Bob Watson for the open
ing Ggorgia score. Thereafter, he
threw for needed yardage when
ever the occasion demanded, and
was the big gun in most of the
Georgia scores. .
The *victory was Georgia's 26th
in 52 meetings with Auburn. Five
of the,contests ended in ties and
Auburn won the other 21.
Georgia’s second” touchdown,
made ‘by fullback John Tillitski
early in the second period, set off
sn Aubuzn offensive flury,
The Tigers drove 76 yards, al
ternat}ng runs and passes for their
_ GERI'S 78 LEADS SEC
COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 13
—(AP) — Joe Geri, senior
Georgia halfback from Phoe
nixville, Penna., booted six
perfect placements today to
bring his season’s record to 30
out of 31,
Geri also scored two touch
downs. He previously had
made six. Today's scoring
made his total for the years
78 peints, a figure almost cer
tain to be high enough to give
him the SEC scoring title,
His sixth placement today
was: the 2lst consecutive
~ placement of the season.
first score. Travis Eidwell ran for
the final five yards.
Rauch and his mates matched
this tally in three plays. Rauch
passed to Walston for 54, and Joe
Geri dreve over in two smashes.
Auburn came back with another
counter, Tidwell scoring again on
a short off-tackle gain after his
44-yard pass to Virgil Willett had
set it up.
21-14 at Half
That brought the score to 21-14
at half time, but Georgia soon
ended ideas of a close game.
Twao recovered fumbles, one on
the Auburn 20 and one on the Au
burn two, set up two last Georgia
scores in the third period. Geri
AN .the first one, and fullback
5 g&}fieid the other.
E John Duke took a 25-yard
from Ray Urosperi for the final
eorgia marker in the last period.
ceorgia had the ball at Auburn’s
»as the game ended.
" Rauch completed seven of 10
passes for 197 yards, and had none
intercepted. That was the real
story.” Georgia netted 272 yards
passi%nd 178 rushing, but the
Auburffi*Tine generally did a good
job of stopping the Georgia run
ning attack, until they had been
opened up by the ever-present
" pass threat.
. Today’s victory was Georgia's
fifth within the SEC against no
defeats. A win from Georgia Tech
on November 27 would give the
a;Bulldigs a clear! SEC title, their
third in seven years. ]
i - Score By Periods
Auburn .......... 0 14 0 o—l 4
Geog&a S TT SR
AUBURN SCORING — Touch
downs, Tidwell 2. Points after
touch;owns, McDaniel (place
ment), Langner ( placement).
GEORGIA SCORING — Touch
downs, Geri 2, Walston, Tillitski,
F. Reid, Duke, Points after touch
downs, Geri 6 (placements).
: STATICTICS
Opponents fumbles re
! ABT. GA.
First Downs ......... 6’ 16
Yards gained rushing ..
-M{Ngt) Cittivas e 178
rward passes attemp
“v:edll 15
Forward passes comple
.l e 11
Yards forward pass-
N . TR 272
Forward passes inter
r;:pted WRI e 4
Yards runback intercep
ted passes ......... 0 51
Punting average (frcm
scrimmage) ... ... 39.2 42
Total yards all kicks
returned ........ 118 Kkl
recovered ........ 3 2
Yards lost by penalties 0 56
The, Elmer Dale Shaffer sta
ble. which will race at Hialeah
this winter, is the only one of its
kind—it is composed entirely of
fillies.
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Princeton
Squeezes By
Yale. 20-14
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 13—
(AP )—Princeton squeezed a 20-
14 victory over stubborn Yale to
dav and ecuccessfully defended its
i"Big Three” football champion
)ship. But up until the final sec
onds of a thrilling battle, the ‘Ti
gers got the scare of their lives.
A pre-game favorite, Princeton
‘hardly looked the 'part until the
final period when it rallied to
score twice.
Yale, aided by Levi Jackson its
great negro back, surprised the
57,000 throng by gaining 14-7 ad
vantage going into the final pe
riod.
But Princeton staged two long
drives in the fina! period for the
deciding points.
The first was for 74 yards, Wag
ner passing to Cliff Kurus for the
tally. Later the Tigers powered 54
yards, Sella scoring from the 12
on an end run.
Ole Miss Nips
Vols, 16-13
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On Field Goal
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 13—
(AP )-—Mississippi’s fleet-running
backs, sparked by big sophomore
John Dottley, spotted Tennessee
six points and then went on to
win 16-13 before some 31,000 fans
here today.
It was a dogged battle all the
way, and until the closing minutes
Bobby Oswalt's trained toe had
provided the margin for the Re
bels. Oswalt kicked his 21st and
22nd extra points of the season,
out of 28 tries. A safety added Ole
Miss’ two other points.
Coach Bob Neyland’s Vols start
ed strong with an effective pass
ing attack, but it bogged down by
the half. Mississippi did its best
work on the ground. The statistics
showed 230 yards rushing for the
Rebels against 62 for Tennessee,
and 155 yards through the air for
che Vols against only 23 for Ole
iss.
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{ Matches that featured wins by
I Sinkwich-- Christian Distributors,
Downs Motors, Cosby-Hodges Mil
lers, and -the National U-Drive
|lts, were bowled in the Banner
iHerald Pin Association this week.
i Sinkwich - Christian smashed
}Royal Typewriter Co. 1659-1538,
with Fleming leading the way
!with a - 127 average. Whitehead
‘paced the losers with a 115 aver
age. Downs Motors beat Roberts
| Electric Co. 1516-1443 as Wilks
{rolled a 112 average dor the win
lners and Doyle bowled 106 for the
losers.
Cosby-Hodges dropped Choke’s
Cleaners 1244-1226 paced by D.
Smith with 115. Peeler led Choke’s
with 117. National cI&-;Drivers edg
ed out Sinkwich-Christian in the
closest match of the week 1222-
1202, as Milligan hafl 111 for the
winners and Aaron rolled 103 for
the losers.
Cosby-Hodges, IDwowns Motors
and the U-Drive-Its now share the
league lead with two wing each
against no losses. .
- Pentti Lund, rookie forward of
the New York Rangers of the
Natiomal Hockey League, was
born in Helsinki, ®inland. He' is
the only Finnish player in the
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KENTUCKY
SWARMS
;ON GATORS
LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov, 13.—
(A)P—Kentucky spotted Florida
an opening minute touchdown
and then called on its aerial wiz
,ardry to win a free-scoring 34-15
Southeastern Conference victory
!here today. -
A homecoming crowd of 22,00 C
gave its approval, especially to
tne first half heaving of George
Blanda and Rili Boller who com
pleted 11 of 12 heavies to carry
the victorious Wildcats to a 27-7
intermission advantage.
Florida provided the big suv
prise of the afternoon, though,
with an unexpected switch to the
aerial game Four times the Ga
tors, benefitted by passes, moved
within striking distance of the
Kentucky goal. These efforts car
ried to the four, three, two and
nine yard markers, respectively.
l.ions Beat
Navy, 13-0
NE WYORK, Nov, 13—(AP) —
Columbia snapped a four-game
losing streak today with a 13-0
gridiron triumph over a Navy
tearn that positively refused -to
cash in on numerous opportunities
to put together its first victory of
the season.
Led by Gene Rossides, the home
club drove 52 and 71 yards for
touchdowns midway in the game
after turning back two Navy
threats in the opening period be
fore a capacity crowd of 35,000 in
alternating rain and sunshine at
Baker Field.
Athens High “"Bees”
Wallop Toccoa, 26-0
BY CUKRTIS DRISKELL ‘
TOCCOA, Nov. 13.—A scrappy squad of Athens High
“Jayvees” ran at will through, over, and around the
Toccoa High “B” team here Thursday night, and when
the smoke of a terrific grid battle had cleared, the
charges of Coaches Jerry Nunnally and Don Jenking left
the field with a convincing 26-0 victory.
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Coach Nunnally summed up the
results of the game in these words:
“The boys looked like a real ball
club tonight. We asked them to
go out and give us all they had,
and that’s what they did.” '
A pair of vicious-tackling ends,
a hustling crew of backfielders,
and a charging line were the de
ciding elernents of the game for
Athens. Dennis “Buddy” Jones,
who plays some center on the var
sity, went back to his old end po
sition and, teaming with Warren
Thurmond and Billy Sailers, gave
the Baby Trojans superiority on
the flanks. !
, Too Much Talent
In the backfield it was too much
Hayes, McGinnis, Kittle and Will
iams for the Junior Purg{le Hurri
cane to handle. Eugene Hayes ran
like a veteran for the Athens
“Bees” and plunged across twice
for scores, one of these coming on
a 65-yard runback of an intercep
ted pass. Doug Kittle, alternate
captain of the Trojan “B” squad,
called an excellent game from
quarterback and passed and ran
very effectively.
Jimmy Williams turned in a
superb game, both defensively and
offensively, and was a mainstay
in the Trogan halfback zone. Billy
McGinnis was a jarring line-back
er for the Trojan ‘“Bees” and con
tributed a touchdown to the Ath
ens scoring spree. .
Stout Line
Trojan line standouts included
reliable guards Charles “Country”
‘Malcom, Grady Flanagan and
Willie Fowler. Captain and Cen
lter Elmer Chapman was a rock at
his pivot post and went the entire
'game. L. D. Lord turned in a fine
game at tackle, and was aided by
Lafayette McLeroy, James Gar-
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THEME GILL — Pat Steck
man, 21, %1949 Spirit of
Youth,” has been chosen as
the Orange Bowl Theme Girl
for the ananual Orange Bow!
festival at Miami, Fla., from
December 26 through January
3. She will appear at all fes
tival events, including the
Orange Bowl game New
Year’'s Day.—(AP Photo.)
Clemson Takes
Thriller From
Wake Forest
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C,, Nov.
13 — (AP) — Unbeaten Clemson
threw baek stubborn Wake: Forest
today in a 21-14 thriller to register
its seventh straight victory.
The Tigers, in winning their
fourth straight Southern Confer
ence game, forced ahead twice in
the early going, only to have the
battling Deacons come back to tie
the score on each oeccasion.
Finally, early in the fourth
quarter, Fullback Fred Cone cli
maxed a 45-yard drive by buck
ing over from the one with the
deciding score.
Clemson entered the game with
bids to the Texas Sun Bowl and
Jacksonville, Fla.,, ‘Gator Bowl
contests, but was committed to no
one, according to a source close
to the school.
Wake Forest already has accept
ed an invitation to the Birming
ham, Ala., Dixie Bowl contest.
Clemson’s victory, the first in
seven years over Wake Forest,
was achieved before a standing
room sellout crowd of 20,000.
rett, Dean Williams, and others in
the bulwarks of the Trojan fore
wall.
Both extra points came on line
plunges and gave the Baby Tro
pans a 26-0 edge in the final count.
LONGHORNS
CONQUER
rFCU’ 14‘ - 7
| FORT WORTH, 'Texas, Nov.
13.— (AP)—Texas’ bruising pow
er paid off with two quick touch
downs in the third quarter and
the Longhorns plugged their
leaky pass defense enough to
dump Texas Christian Univer
sity, 14-7, here today.
The pin-point passing of Lindy
Berry sent l'exas Christian into
a second quarter lead, but big
Ray Borneman and Randall Clay
tore the middle of the Horned
Frog line to bits in the second
half.
On the third play of the third
quarter, Borneman broke though
the center of Texas . Christian's
line and squirmed and twisted
his way 60 yards to a touchdown.
Within six minutes the Steers
struck again. Byron Gillroy cli
maxed a 04-yard drive with a
wide end sweep that ate up the
needed two yards for the touch
down that beat the Frogs. It wa:s
the Frogs' fourth straight defeat
in their home stadium this vear.
N. C. Tarheels
Romp Over
Terps, 49 - 20
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—(AP)
—A band of opportunists, North
Carolina’s Tarheels climbed back
into a prominent post-season bowl
position today by setting down
Maryland with a 49-20 defeat.
The 34,588 fans in Griffith Sta
dium saw little to thrill them from
the Tarheel All-America candi
date, Charlie Justice, but they had
plenty to keep them jumping.
With Justice limited to 22 yards
by running and 38 by passing, his
mates stepped in to run rampant
over a Maryland team beaten only
once before this season.
The Tarheels pounced on fum
bles and passed like hungry birds
after a worm ‘and turned most of
them into scores. Last week’s 7-7
tie with William and Mary was
the first time North™ Carolina had
been stopped in 14 games and
Coach Carl Snavely sat back
aawiting bowl bids.
Irish Stage
Comebacl: To
Drop Wildcats
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 13 —
(AP)—Two unheralded substi
tutes, William Gay and John Lan
dry, brought Notre Dame from be
hind to defeat Northwestern 12 to
7 today in a bruising battle of
football titans.
Their heroic last quarter touch
down march came after Art Mu
rakowski put Northwestern ahead
7-6 on a 90-yard run when he in
tercepted Francis Tripucka’s pass.
This was Notre Dame’s 20th con
secutive victory and it put Coach
Frank Leahy’s name in the rec
ords alongside that of the great
Knute Rockne.
Michigan
ichig
Rolls Over
Indiana
i 54-0
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 15—
(AP)—Unbeaten Michigan opened
up a land and air attack here to
day that pulverized defeat-groggy
Indiana, 54-0, the Hoosiers’ worst
beating since Michigan rocked
them 63-0 in 1925.
A chill-nipped crowd of 84,800
watched Coach Ben Osterbaan’s
Wolverines widen a slim 7-0 first
period lead into their biggest vic
tory margin in eigh straight wins
this season.
It was Michigan’s 22nd succes
sive triumph in three seasons.
George Taliaferro, the Hoosiers’
slick triple-threater from Gary,
Ind., provided a brief spark in the
early action. But the maize and
blue forces began to roll at the
end of the first period and wound
up with a flood of reserve talent
pounding out five last half touch
downs.
Army Rallies
To Whip Penn
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 13
—(AP)—Only 30 seconds away
from deefat at the hands of an
amazing University of Pennsyl
vania eleven, Army struck 15
yards through the air for a touch
down and a 26 to 20 victory that
tore the hearts out of the majority
of 78,000 spectators today.
Overwhelming favorites seeking
their eighth straight triumph, the
Cadets were forced to fight from
behind three times and needed a
dazzling 103-yard runback of a
kickoff by Bobby Jack Stuart to
subdue the battling Quakers. It
was a thriller all the wav.
The big clock showed exactly a!
half-minute to go when Arnold[
Galiffa, Army quarterback, fell,
back and fired a strike into the |
arms of John Trent, an end, be-!
e TS e Sy e Eete S
Im . The vast crowd, a moment”
| befgie yelling almost as one, fell
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Trojans Bumped By Fourth
Quarter Rebel Rally, 21-14
g By CURTIS DRISKELL, Prep Editor
THOMASTON, Nov. 13.—A last quarter drive that netted them the deciding touch
down gave Thomaston’s Robert E. Lee Rebels a 21-14 verdict over the stiibborn Athens
High Trojans here Friday night. Climaxing a game that was filled with every conceiv
able kind of thrill, the last tally rammed over by Rebel Allen Lee chumiged the out
look of a game that had been Athens’ most of the way.
The Rebels scored first, follow
ed by a pair of Trojan touch
downs, then scored a safety, and
racked up two stunning six-point
ers in the last stanza to wrap up
the ball game. Statistics again
were in favor of the Trojans, as
in their 14-13 loss to Spalding,
but the breaks, some of them self
made, went for the Rebels. The
accurate toe of Allen Lee kept the
Trojans pushed back toward their
own goal line each time that
Thomaston was forced to punt.
First Blood
The Rebels drew first blood on
a drive that began on the kick
off play and ended near the end
of the first stanza in a score for
ißobert E. Lee. Winning the toss
and electing to receive, Thomas
ton penetrated to Athens’ 43-yard
line before Allen Lee booted the
'ball out of bounds on the Athens
'two-yard line with a beautiful
|“coffin corner” punt.
Nathan Williams ‘kicked back
out to the midfield stripe after a
couple of plays and the Rebels
began moving goalward. The run
ning of Lee, Alton Treadway, and
other Thomaston backs and a pass,
Lee-to - Bethel Ingram, carried
down to the Trojan one-yard line,
where Quarterback Ingram took
it over. Try for point was blocked
by a charging Athens line with
Monk Collins deflecting the ball.
Jimbo Thornton, Charlie Sligh,
Red Fulcher, and Billy Cook as
sumed command after taking the
Rebel kickoff and Cook crossed
the stripes seven plays from the
time of the kick. Thornton’s 47-
yard sprint ate up the biggest part
of the yardage, and Cook scooted
through a big hole for the score.
Frank Eberhart dropped back and
kicked a perfect placement to put
Athens ahead, 7-6.
Trojans Strike Again |
The Trojans scored again the
next time they got the ball mid
way of the second quarter Wil
liams intercepted a Lee pass on
the midfield stripe and made a
brilliant runback to the Lee 15-
yard line, and Thornton and Cook
battered down to the 8. Williams
lobbed a pass to John Marshall
who made it to the one, and Sligh
spun over for six points. Eber
hart again split the uprights and
Athens led, 14-6, at the half.
The break that probably turned
the ball game for the Rebels came
in the third quarter following an
Athens recovery of a fumble on
their own two-yard line, averting
a sure touchdown for the Rebels.
But after two fruitless attempts to
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get the ball back cut into passing
territory, the Trojans were the
victims of a safety credited to
Sonny McClellan and Mggjon Gad
dy who rushed in and nabbed
Cook behind his own goal. Athens
still ed, 14-8.
Outlook Changes
The entire outlook of the game
turned in the last quarter, for it
was in that period that the Rebels
came to life and rammed across
the two clinching scores. Four
plays after the last period opened,
Lee scampered across for a Rebel
score that knotted the count, 14-
YMCA TILT
POSTPONED
The Y. M. C. A. Cub intra-class
football game between the Thun
derheads and Typhoons was post
poned from yesterday to Tuesday
because of the wet playing field.
Clashing Monday afternoon will
be the Skull Crushers and Hor
nets of the Prep League. Their
game begins at 4:50, and the pub
lic is invited to attend.
The skull Crushers are on top
in their league while the Hornefs
are on the bottom. In the Cub
class the Tunderheads are tying
for third place while the Typoons
are in second.
Tulane Blasts I
Baylor, 35-13
aylor, oo- |
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 13—(AP)
—Tulane’s Green Wave stayed in‘
the bowl picture and just about!
knocked Baylor out of it here to
day by thoroughly trouncing the
Bears 35-13.
About 45,000 persons saw Tu
lane run up its highest score ofl
the season, and that against one
of the finest defensive clubs in
the Southwest. 5. Ry v
All Baylor had was the passing
of Quarterback Adrian Burk,
which engineered the Bear touch
downs, but backfired on two in
terceptions which set up Tulane
scores.
The Wave line completely out
played the Texans, opening hug
holes for fullback'Ed Price and|
Halfbacks George Kinek and Bill
Svoboda. Meanwhile, Quarterback
Joe Ernest passed on aboue even
terms with Burk.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1944
L%ll. A pass from Lee- to Troy
Pfannkucke, Rebel end, broke the
‘tie and put the Rebels ahead, 15-
18 fre )
Athens couldn’t seem td come
out of the hole then, and got out
to their own 21 before being stym._
ied by a stubborn Lee defense. The
Rebelt began punching again and
struck with a Lee-Ingram pass for
the back-breaker. An attempted
kick for the extra point was wide,
but didn’t matter anyway.
The Trojans took the Kkickoff
and made it out to the 26 before
having to Kkick, and Thomaston
stalled away the game from there
out. Treadway“bulled to the Ath
ens 24 as the whistle blew.
Backs Williams, Thornton, Cook
and Sligh were outstanding for
Athens, with Red Fulcher coming
in for a couple of plays despite
a painfully injured hip. The en
tire line was striking hard and
Collins, Herbie Swartz, Max Bond,
Frank Eberhart, fat Bowden,
Harris Simpson, and Frank Fabris
held the line together. Don Sea
graves played a great game at
tackle and with Bowden, Eberhart,
Collins, and Swartz was in on the
majority of the tackles.
Ends Jahn Marsghall, Hal Weller,
Marvin Pilgrim, and Jule Spears
each turned in good performances.
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