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i i Bulldogs 26 to 0, Before 20,000 Spectato S. E. C. Does About Face Permits Play in Bowl Gam GEORGIA PUL1 RAZZLE-DAZ2LE IN FINAL BATTLE SHAD'S 67 TOPS MOVE WILL IJ ATLANTA STi UTlTSTfTl i ATLANTgONSTg Vassa Cate Scores Twice; Passing Attack Brilliant. BILTMORE OPEN; REVOLTASECOND RALPH McGILL.

Sport Editor GAWE JANUA1 Crantland Riea Jack Troy Melvia Parol Roy White Thad Holt Alan J. UoU Si (T 7 PAGE EIGHT 14-Club Limit Does Not THE CONSTTTUTION, ATLANTA, GA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1937. Practice With Out; Banned; Frosh I1 Seem To Affect Scores. A GUEST COLUMN port Sept. 1.

i Tide Captain Unanimous All-American Choice T. P. 'Red' Heard. By LARRY ROLLINS. CORAL GABLES, Dec 10.

Editor's Note: Today's guest column is written by T. P. 'Red" Heard, athletic director at Louisiana State University. (flP) Sam Snead, of White Sul phur Springs, W. using only 11 of the 14 clubs in his golf bag, fashioned a four-under-par 67 with booming drives and accurate putts today to take a two-stroke lead in the first round of the Miami Biltmore open.

Snead, the 25-year-old husky By KENNETH GREGO JACKSON, Miss Dec. 3 Continuing its liberal poli cerning government of a the Southeastern conference let down the bars that pr its teams playing in certai season football classics. Chief beneficiary of the diate action, taken after mum of debate, was Plainsmen, who will ahead with plans to play i gan State in the Orange game at Miami on New I Day. I The conference did an face from its stand of last when it voted to approve Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowlj The decision, opposed by a ity of members, rescinded who is one of golf's longest hitters, came in about noon with his 67 and it stood up the rest of the day, although Johnny Revolta, of fcvanston, 111., former P. G.

A. champion, seemed headed toward BATON ROUGE, Dec. 10. People often ask me why Louisiana State University plays such a hard schedule year in and year out. This year, for example, we opened with Florida, a Southeastern conference opponent, and then played Texas, Rice, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Loyola, Misssippi State, Auburn, Louisiana State Normal and Tulane on successive Saturdyas.

We have found after many years of experience that our football fans are interested in seeing real contests. No one cares to attend a game if it is a foregone conclusion who will win. As far as possible, we endeavor to schedule teams that are natural rivals with special emphasis on teams that can draw in Baton Rouge. We also try to arrange games with teams at whose home towns we are drawing cards. Attendance at our Baton Rouge games has been especially good the last four or five years.

We attribute the fine attendance to the type of schedule we attempt to play. All of us realize that it is almost impossible to win eight or nine major games a season. That thought, however, never enters our minds in making up our schedule. that figure until he ran into trouble on the 550-yard 15th hole. Re Jr.

7 Nss volta finished second with 69. All told, 14 golfers equalled or bettered par for the first round of the 72-hole test. Five tied at 70 and seven shot par 71's. GULDAHL HAS 72. vious action.

Only a majority vote membership now is require team to participate in a Kaipn uuiaani, national open champion and last year's Biltmore r.i r. winner, had trouble putting and game. took 72, along with Tony Manero, Auburn did not request of Peabody, winner of the year before, and several other mission for the Orange Boi it was known the school to play the contest I notables. Close behind the leaders at 70 A Ipttpr frnm TCpith Vi were Tony Penna, Dayton, Ohio, president of the Orange i Pat Sawyer, Birmingham, By JACK TROY. ORANGE BOWL, MIAMI, Dec.

10. Georgia's Bulldogs bounced up tonight with one of the most varied attacks seen on a southern gridiron this year, thrilling 20,000 fans assembled for the dedication of the magnificent new Orange Bowl stadium as they went about the business of hammering the Miami Hurricanes unmercifully to give Coach Harry Mehre a going-away present in the form of a 26-to-0 victory. This was a far better offense than the Georgia fans saw in the Oglethorpe game. It was, in fact, an offense so well-executed and devastating in its scope that it was a bit hard to believe. Miami, a strong club in its own league, was caught by surprise on the opening touchdown in the first quarter.

The Atlanta delegation was caught by surprise, too, for Georgia employed hipper-dip-per stuff for the first time all season to manufacture a sensational score. Without any warning, Honey Hunnicutt shot a fine pass to Knox Eldredge, who, when hemmed up, tossed a lateral to Otis Maffett. Maffett sold out for the first score. It was a 44-yard gain. MAKE FIRST DOWN.

Chesna had kicked out of bounds on the Georgia 45. Captain Bill Hartman and Hunnicutt gained nine yards between them and Cate circled right end for a first down at the 44. Georgia worked the touchdown play immediately. Lew Young missed extra point. Personally, there Is no question that Georgia played one of its best games in years tonight.

It was a poised, ruthless machine that featured savage tackling and blocking and a lot of speed and deception in the attack. Georgia worked one of its specialties for the second touchdown which came late in the second quarter. Hartman kicked beautifully out of bounds on the one-foot line. Chesna kicked out and Cate. taking the ball on the run, raced to the five.

Both teams were offside and then Cate circled left end for the touchdown. Billy Mims kicked extra point. On the third touchdown shortly afterwards. Bill Badgett broke through and stole the ball from Eddie Dunn, who was trying to pass. It was Georgia's ball at the 30.

There was one play and then a touchdown. Dooley Matthews flipped a backward pass to Jim Cavan who fired a forward to Marvin Gillespie for a touchdown. Gillespie made a fine catch. The gain was 26 yards. A bad center snap prevented a try for extra point.

ANOTHER GOOD PASS. Georgia, ready and willing and keeping the Hurricanes backed up in their own territory most of the time, scored on another fine pass in third quarter. Billy Mims fired "a 40-yard pass to Gillespie, who caught it over the goal line, but this plav was committee, and a telegrani Governor E. D. Rivers, of Frank Moore, Mamaroneck, N.

"NATURALS" NOT MADE. Football fans often ask why we don't play so-and-so. That's not a difficult question to answer. There are only nine or ten playing dates in a season. Often two universities are interested in playing each other but may not have vacant dates that will make possible a game -between them.

Jim Turnesa, Providence, R. were read at the confer en and Victor Ghezzi, Deal, N. J. later turned over to a com; which reported a recommer At 71 were Ralph Hutchinson, Bethelheme, Ed Dudley, Philadelphia; Horton Smith, Chicago; to the conference that it Auburn to play the Orange Most major universities make up their schedules two, three Ed Oliver, Wilmington, Mike Turnesa, New York; Dick Metz, game. The city of Atlanta had a January 1 "Bowl" gan.

Chicago, and James D. Fogertey, Boca Grande, Fla. or four years in advance. It is, therefore, impossible to anticipate what a natural game will be in advance, for no one can predict accurately what a team's strength will be four years hence. knew that conference regu; did not permit a represei from this athletic group.

tion now paves the way for Guldahl, Manero, Harry Cooper, of Chicopee, the year's low-scorer; Denny Shute, of Coral Gables, P. G. R. champion, six other pros and Bob Servis, Dayton, Ohio, amateur, were bracketed at PREFER HOME GAMES. L.

S. U. plays as many of its football games as possible at home. We do this in order that our boys will miss a minimum of classroom work during the season. 72.

Then, too, we have a student body that is very enthusiastic Graham Plan lanta game in the future, bi extremely doubtful the cit be able to promote a contc fore 1939. Aside from the post-seasoi ball game argument, the eastern lawmakers went on prohibiting its teams from ing in the "dangerous prec-of allowing practice or scriri with "outside competition." I This was explained to that no team football, basl or tennis, etc. might e4 against outside teams in pi about seeing the team play. And our local people are the most loyal group of fans in the entire country. This season only three of our ten games were played away from home.

We met Rice in Houston, Vanderbilt in Nashville and Tulane in New Orleans, 80 miles from Baton Rouge. Is Modified Slightly RICHMOND, Dec. 10. UP) The Southern conference extracted several teeth from its regulations governing financial assistance to athletes at its annual meet or scrimmage which is not ..1 1 Ji.lnj MAV.Aof Associated Press Photo. the Associated Press and Grantland Rice.

ing here tonight but rejected a Leroy Monsky, 198-pound guard and captain of Alabama's Crimson Tide, is a unanimous AU-American choice, landing on all the leading selections, including those of proposal for more rigid scholastic requirements. This Jewish lad hails from Montgomery, Ala. He is exceptionally fast and runs interference well. ALL SEATS GOOD SEATS. L.

S. U. ticket sellers haven't received as many requests for "two on the 5o-yard line, please" this season as they have in years past. "When our stadium, until 1936 open at both ends, was built as many seats as possible were put between the goal lines. On closing the north end last season the horseshoe side was built very close to the field, thereby allowing the end zoners a closer view of the play.

In order to bring seats in close, it was necessary to tear our track out and move it over to another field. The new end zone seats eliminated much of the demand for seats on the So-vard line. Spectators are beginning to Modification of the anti-subsidi Chief defender of this pi was Vanderbilt University, teams during the period of football practice had serin against squads of Western Teachers and Murray State 1 ers, both of Kentucky. The question of a reportin; for freshmen football players zation measures came after Dr. Julian A.

Burruss, president of Virginia Tech, had unsuccesesf ully 8 ARE DISCUSSED Harry Mehre Silent attempted to have virtually all of the conference rules relating to scholarships, jobs and financial aid eliminated. On Michigan Post Dr. Burruss said his institution FOR KIPKE'S JOB ANN ARBOR. Dec. 10.

i realize that they can see the game from seats other than those i between the 4o-vard lines. did not care to be a party to the hypocrisy" of attempting to en much discussion. With pri applied and considerable lob during a luncheon recess, tht ference approved an amenc setting the date as of Septeir the date on which varsity didates are permitted to rep Conference athletic tors sought representation i executive meetings, but after; ()Fielding H. Yost, athletic di force these eligibiliy regulations and charged that each of the rector of the University of Michi Ted Twomey Also Silent; Mehre To Leave Miami by Plane Today. By JACK TROY.

clauses of rule 13, the anti-subsidization section of the by-laws gan, disclosed today that "pre called back and Georgia penalized for offside. Undaunted, Mims tried the same play with Cate in the role of receiver and it clicked. Cate grabbed it on the run on the goal line. Cate tried the extra point and made it good. So it was Georgia 26; Miami 0.

Miami's only serious threat came in the fourth period. Largely on passing, the Hurricanes stormed down to the two. Eddie Dunn and Johnny Douglas sparked the drive. ferred list" of eight names had adopted two years ago, had been NIGHT CROWDS LARGER. L.

S. U. plays its October home games at night. Often I am asked why we do this. We have" found over a period of six or seven years that our crowds are about 30 per cent larger during October for night games than for day games.

Naturally this gives us a very violated by conference members. been compiled from which Michi-, MIAMI, Dec 10. Harry Mehre next season may be head coach of Michigan. Dean W. H.

Wannamaker, of Duke, conference president, in speaking against gan hopes to engage a new football It was reliably reported today, following the ousting of Harry coach. the Virginia Tech proposal, said -we should be throwing ourselves open to the condemnation of the entire country." Yost did not reveal the Identities Kipke, that Michigan Is the Big Ten school that has offered Mehre a very attractive proposition to become head coach. substantial increase in our receipts and makes possiDie oetter I football games for Baton Rouge. plete discussions the proposa rejected through explanati, conference executives that! group could invite at times i sired anyone into an exec hearing. Some delegates disapprov outsiders helping in the mi of meets and tournaments.

end a proposal was adopted said such events, together i of the coaches on the list. He said that all were thoroughly experienced and appeared to have the Harry; himself, has nothing to say. His tenure of office at Georgia does not expire until January 1, 1938, and he is keeping very close-mouthed as to any jobs he has in mind. Nevertheless, he is leaving here tomorrow on a plane headed north. The team will leave by train.

But those who are close to him We also believe that our team can play more hard games by having some of them at night, when the weather is considerably cooler than in the afternoon. One question that often arises in connection with night games concerns the possible disadvantage of lights to the visiting teams. Our observation has been that the visitors play up to par or even better under the lights. Our stadium lights 96,000 watts at present are arranged on the backs of the stands, thereby removing the glare from the eyes of the players and spectators. Forest Fletcher, Washington Lee athletic director, said his institution believed in the "principles" of the regulations and was opposed to their elimination.

He added, however, that he recognized the "difficulties" in enforcement and would approve some modification. Dr. J. Rion McKissick. president of the University of South Carolina, came to the support of Dr.

Burruss, however, and charged there had been "evasion" of the present rules. He said he preferred "open subsidization" to "secret subsidization." The vote against complete elimination of the subsidization clause was 12 to 3. with Furman casting the third ballot for the Virginia Tech proposal. The conference then attacked the measures individually and succeeded in removing those which would give the institutions control over outside aid to athletes, but retained a fundamental feature which provides that financial assist Alumnus Seeking Bernie Bierman To Coach Sewanee matters of ethics and prim of sportsmanship "shall be ducted and supervised by the ular conference committees pointed on the particular concerned." The conference closed its to participation in Southeas THE LINE-UPS ance to athletes within the direct control Basketball of the colleges be administered by faculty committees and be open to athletes and non-athletes alike. qualities the board control 01 physical education is seeking in the successor to Harry Kipke.

whose contract will be allowed to lapse next The list was compiled from the nation's outstanding coaches, and the men have been "semi-official-ly" approached, Michigan's veteran athletic director said, but added that the announcement did not preclude other applicants. From a reliable source, it was learned that the names of Howard Jones, University of Southern California mentor, and Ivan Williamson, former Michigan captain who is now an end coach at Yale, were not on the list of eight. Yost declined to state whether the name of Charles E. (Gus) Do-rais, University of Detroit's highly successful coach, was on the list. A "Dorais boom" has been launched by alumni groups in Detroit.

Meanwhile Kipke, who guided the Wolverine football fortunes for nine years, was silent concerning his future. Yesterday, he said that he had received several coaching offers and bids to enter business recently. CIVIC LEAGUE. Last night was "make up night" In the Civic league, catching up games that were postponed at Thanksgiving. Haas and Dodd took an early lead and held it throughout the game, defeating Rybert Printing Company, 40 to 29 The Dental College won its game from r.

1 1 i 1 Fifty Bowlers Sign For Handicap Stakes On the third down. Dunn attempted to plunge over from the two, fumbled and Captain Hartman recovered for a touchback. It was a rather spectacular drive and gave the home folks a brief opportunity to cheer. Dunn passed 15 yards to Bolash and then tossed a shovel pass to Noppenberg for a 17-yard gain. When it came to a question of crossing the goal line, however.

Georgia offered savage resistance. Lumpkin was a brick wall on feet back on the line. One of the neatest runs of the entire game was provided by Dunn, a fine back. He returned a kickoff 39 yards in the third period. Cate got him.

This was a spectacular dedicatory game. Just before the kick-off all lights were turned out and President Roosevelt in Washington was said to have touched a button, turning them back on. CROWD OF 20.000. The crowd of 20.000 was the largest ever to see a college game in Miami. The Georgia Bulldog? gave the assemblage a beautiful football show as they dedicated the game to Coach Harry Mehre.

Coach Mehre gave every member of the squad a chance to play. As each player came out. he shook hands with Mehre. who was intensely proud of their showing. In the waning minutes of the grr.e.

Dooley Matthews and Glenn Holland staged a spectacular two-man offense assault. Matthews ran around right end for 40 yards, ran 9 more on a later play and then Holland circled left end for 15. He ran to the 5. but Georgia was Pos. H.

tin D. (40) Fifty bowlers are signed for the handicap sweepstakes that will be I GEORGIA Pos. MIAMI Maffett L.E. Masterson Davis L.T. McCrimmon Tinsley L.G.

Guimento Lumpkin C. Salisbury Trout man R.G. Hay ward I Badgett R.T. Poore Eldredge R.E. Pittard Young Q.B.

Csaky Hunnicutt Dunn Cate R.H. Douglas Hartman F.B. Chesna Score by periods: Georgia 6 13 1 026 Miami 0 0 0 0 0 Georgia Scoring: Touchdowns, Eldredge. Cate (2). Gillespie; (29) RYBERT (5i Collins (2) Miller (10) Teagle (9) Rt.vnnn sponsored tournaments to teams other than conference bers.

It also adopted a pro that "no person who has pa pated in a golden glove, A. i or any other tournament not sored by a college or unive shall be eligible for intercolle boxing." President B. F. Finney, of University of the South wanee), was elected presiden the ensuing year. Dr.

G. D. Humphrey, presi of Mississippi State College, named vice president and Dr D. Funkhouser, of Kentucky, re elected secretary treas With the three officers, Dr. Brittain, of Gorgia Tech, an C.

Foster, of Alabama, were na as members of the executive mittee, which will hold its session in September. F. F. C. G.

Hogg (51 Bishop (10 Martin (15) Leide (4) are certain Michigan is the school and that he will leave Georgia soon to become head coach of the Wolverines and that he will take Ted Twomey with him as line coach. Harry fceely gives Twomey credit for molding a fine defensive line at Georgia this year. Of Twomey, the late Knute Rockne said: "He is the best tackle I ever coached." And an issue of the Notre Dame paper not so very long ago, picking an All-Notre Dame team, placed Twomey at both tackle positions. Twomey also has nothing to say regarding his plans for the future. Sentiment down here is that Georgia is following, more or less, the same sort of thing that Florida experienced a few years back when Charley Bachman left the state university and became head coach at Michigan State.

Very few realized that he would step into so attractive a job. And he immedately made good in a rather large way. That's what close friends of Mehre expect him to do, too. A definite announcement is expected soon. Mehre naturally is in no position to say what he expects to do.

Michigan will announce shortly the new coaching set up. And If Harry Mehre is not chosen, a lot of folks will be sadly fooled. Georgia will come back next year. It has been arranged that another post-season game will be played here December 4. The day before, a big fishing trip will be arranged for the players if the new coach at Georgia (whoever he be) is willing.

(4) Vandergnff G. Turman 4 rijulil r.inM Ml tta.a Rvbert Printing Company. Terrell (4). Nash (2). Clegg.

bowled on the downtown alleys this evening, beginning at 8 o'clock, and a number of others are expected to enter before the event gets under way. With five different prizes being given to the winners and no entry fee, other than game cost being charged, the contest offers the gia was made by Dr. W. O. Payne, director of athletics at Georgia.

Miss Ruth Landers, Georgia coed from Savannah, who flew down from Atlanta with Captain Hartman, was one of the attractive sDonsors. bowlers a splendid means of prac tice as they vie for the awards. CHICAGO, Dec. 10. (IF) Walter V.

Fort, an impulsive man from Waco, Texas, found himself today shouldering a campaign to lure Bernie Bierman, Minnesota's football coach, to the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. When Fort, a former Sewanee quarterback, went to St. Paul yesterday on a business trip he had no idea of inviting Bierman to consider a proposal to leave Minnesota to take charge of athletics at the Tennessee school. In fact he had no authority to negotiate with Bierman. However, he read in a Twin City newspaper that Mrs.

Bierman would like to return to the south. Taking advantage of this opening, Fort immediately called or Bierman. "I asked Bierman," Fort said today, "that if a contract satisfactory to himself and to the officials of the University of the South could be arranged say for a 10-year period would he consider it? He said he would and that's as far as we got" He said he planned to enlist wealthy Sewanee alumni in the case of acquiring the services of Bierman or some other nationally known football coach and the "providing of suitable football material." "I don't see why it can't be done," Fort continued. "I know of millionaire Sewanee alumni who spend $20,000 on a polo pony or for some other personal pleasure, who haven't done much for their college. I'm going to see if I can't get them started.

i points after touchdown. Mathews i (placement). Young (placement). Officials: Referee. W.

E. Ar-' nold (Auburn): umpire, H. W. Sholar (Presbyterian): head linesman. P.

B. Burkhalter (Auburn); field judge. Roy Striegel (Tennes-i see). Druid Hills Takes Two From Monr Druid Hills boys' and girls' ketball teams defeated those penalized 5 for offside and the gair.e ended with no further scoring. It is a crying shame Georgia people did not have a chance to this Georgia team tonight It Monroe here last night on G.

M. A. Grid Squad Honors John Bosch Johnny Bosch, Atlanta boy, was named honorary captain of G. M. 1937 football team at the annual banquet last night William Landrum, of Thomaston, was elected alternate captain.

Coach Bud Harris announced spring football practice for the first time next year and Major Paget, athletic director, announced Rome, Tech High, Lanier, Knoxville, Darlington, Bessemer and Marist will be included on the 1938 program, which is being completed. Druid Hills court The boys Johnson Heads Football Officials T. L. Johnson was elected president of the Georgia Football Officials' Association at a meeting last night at the Atlanta Athletic Club. M.

M. (Scrappy) O'Snllivan was elected first vice president; Luke WoodalL second vice president, and George Gardner was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Fred Sin ton. Pop Phillips and Raleigh Drennon were named on the board of 42-10, and the girls, 38-16. As for individual stars, it would not be fair to single out any one Georgia boy.

Each and every one played the kind of football a coach everlastingly could be proud of. This was a real offensive and defensive team, a team that might have given any foe a tough evening. Captain Hartman's kicking remained consistently good in his final game. He set up one of the touchdowns with a beauty out-of-bounds just as he did the Tulane game. The Georgia seniors ended their career in the game.

The Bulldogs will miss them next season. Coach Mehre officially will relinquish his duties as head coach on January 1. The best wishes of a host of friends will so with him. was magnificent in every department of the game. Miami, which nlavs host tr the Pemberton was high point ii for the boys with 15, while Wc i all led the girls with 15 points BOYS' LINEUP.

DRUID HILLS Pos. MON Richardson (2) R.F. Redford Price (8) L.F. Pr Freeman (12' C. La Pemberton (15) R.G.

Grr Deas (1) L.G. Duncan Druid HUls substitutions: Hamff. Tech, Fraser (2). Giddings. ClaFke.

vena. Monroe vubstitutions, Wal Doster. Waldrop (3). Auburn and Michigan State teams in the Orange Bowl here New Year's Day. staged a colorful dedicatory ceremony before the game.

Three bands took part. Mayor Robert Williams spoke in behalf of the Orange Bowl committee, I and a response in behalf of Geor tddlasidyaVtSKa CAPTAIN AT END. RICHMOND, Dec. 10. A.

B. Marchant, brilliant University of Richmond end, of Urban-na, was elected captain of the 1938 football team at a meeting of letter winners today. 9 Peachtre 42 Marietta 63 Peacbtr Ptr at 5 PU. Letters will be awarded to the varsity players within the next few days..

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