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ATLANTA CONSTITUTION SPO TS THE SPORTS ATLANTA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1928. VOL. No. 114. Yellow Jackets dtid'Mtdl'gs-Win Opening Qanies of Season Petrels Mehre'o Boys FOOTBALL RESULTS Texas Team Holds Army Bury Mercer Faulty Tech Defensive Is Biggest Problem Jackets Must Smooth Out Kinks and Brush Up on Aerial 14-13 Score Tech Defeats Plucky Cadets By 13-0 Score Randolph and Lumpkin Score Jacket s' Touchdowns; Stumpy Is Good.

High Point College, 33-0 Birds Blast Away With 20 Points in Third Period. Dears, to Macon College Eleven Com pletely Crushed by Powerful Attack. -Defense for Successful Year. Fighting S. At.

U. Scores First But Cadets Come Back To Win. BY JOHN STATON. The fact that Tech won Saturday is not surprising. The surprising thing is that the team was able to win while playing the most spotty game defensively imaginable.

Had it not been for a very marked superiority in the personnel, there would have been an entirely different story. Tech had three or four men who are able, single handed, to gain ground. And there you have the- main and principal reason for two touchdowns. Asheville, X. October 6.

A quartet of hard running backs from Oglethorpe today broke through a weak Purple line from High Point college' to win, 33 to 0. Flashy off-tackle runs and reversals of the field they had to battle alone, for the Tech ends had cue down the last shred- of interference. With the halfbacks com ing up fast to make tackles, no Cadet was allowed to pass the line of scrim mage without feeling the force of a BY BEX COTHRAN, Staff Correspondent. Athens, Ga, October 6. Coach Harry Mehre, of the University of Georgia, no longer fears Mercer.

Mehre turned a Bulldog loose on Sanford field this arternoon for the first time formally this season with Mercer standing Detween the Bulldog and the Boal line. It was a Bulldog that was strong in spots and weak in others, j. he most noticeable weakness was on the ends. But still he had power enough to slightly swamp the Mercer crew by a score of 52 to 0. which we would imagine is ample evidence of any teams power.

The Bulldog's play was rather spotty but on the whole very good and you can watch for Georgia to have a strong, powerful offensive this vpar. llie line. from, tackle to tackle, 'lived up to all expectations and did even slightly better. Mercer backs and linemen threw themselves, time and again, against this line of huskies but it was like running out and battering heads against a stone walL Hint line was almost impenetrable. The backs galloped, free and unre hard charging tackier.

V. M. I. Played Good Game. V.

M. I. played good football, exceptional, considering their material. SOUTH. Georgia Tech 13; V.

M. I. 0. Oglethorpe 33; 2nga roiat 0. Tanderbilt lt; Colgate 7.

Georgia Mercer 0. Duke tS; South Dakota a. Virginia State 38: Morgan 0. Hampton 13; irginia Seminary 0. Alabama 27 Mississippi 0.

Kentucky 81; Carson-Newman 0. Wofford 26: Erskine lt. South Carolina 24: Virginia IS. Louisville University. 68; Eastern, 0.

Furman, Chattanooga, 15. Centre. 7: Tennessee, 41. Tulane, 61: Mississippi Aggies. 6.

Southwestern University, W. Kentucky Teachers. 18. Georgetown 46: Union University, 6. Alabama Poly.

Clemaen, 6. Moorehouse. Harris Brown, 0. Fisk, IS: Simmons. 6.

West Virginia. 28: Haskell, 7. W. 33: North Carolina State, 6. Virginia Polytech.

32; Hampden-Sidney. 7. Florida. 28: Southern, 0. Wake Forest.

7: Presbyterfan. 12. Birmingbm-Siuthern, 12; Millsaps, 0. Citadel. 39; Stetson.

0. Chattanooga Frosh. 6: Bryson, 0. Davidson, 62: Elon. 0.

Texas A. 8c M. 89; Sewanee 0. L. S.

U. 46: S. X. I. 0.

Centenary 20; Daniel Baker IS. Maryland 19: North Carolina 23. Teres University 12; Texas Tosh 0. Baylor University 33: Trinity University 0. Rice Institute 0: St.

Edwnrds ,31. Williams 20: Middlebury 0. Duluth Junior oolleTe 13; Va. collect 8. Southwestern U.

of Georgetown 33; Texas School of Mines 7. Texss Christian U. 19: Simmons 3. Arkansas Ozarks 0. Bt, Johns.

23: Randolph Macon, 7. Baylor 33; Trinity 0. EA8T. Tufts 24; Colby 0. Bochcster 7: Alfred 0.

Columbia, 27; Union, 0. 8-racuis. 32: William and Mary, 0. Te-V S6: M-. 0.

Connecticut Aggies, 33; Wesleyan, 0, uaitmoutii 44; Hobart. 0. Cornell. 34; Niagara. 0.

Georgetown. 88: Susquehanna, 0. Tale. 27: Maine. 0.

Holy Cross. 40: St. Johns. 0. Koanoko.

38; Guilfcrd. 9. Johns Hopkins. 14: Kichmond, 13. Penn State, 12: Gettysburg ViUanova 34: Loyola (Md.) 0.

Rhode Island Coast Guard 0. Pitt 83; Bethany 0. Princeton 60: Vermont 0. Boston U. New Hampshire 0.

Norwich Providence 6. Mass. Ags-ies 6: Bates 0. Quantico 21; Coast Gaard Besrs 0. Brown 32; Worcester Poly 0.

Geneva 7: Bucknell 13. Forrtb-m V- Geor W-sh. 0. Lehigh. 14; Penn.

Mil. 7. St. i.unavcntura. 7: Manhattan, 0.

Navy. Boston College. 6. Catholic University, 69; American University, 0. Shavlkill.

26: Mt. St. Mary. 7. They simply did not have a Thoma- sent llerrin, Oglethorpe sub, off for two long runs for touchdowns.

The big Georgia line withstood repeated thrusts of the North Carolinians. The High Point eleven showed a slight offensive in the fourth quar-tei to score two' of their three first downs of the afternoon. Oglethorpe scored 10 first downs. Tallying in the first few minutes of play, Oglethorpe failed to kick goal for the extra point. In the second te-riod another touchdown was added, and this time the extra point was earned.

Immediately after the intermission at the half Oglethorpe Ktarted a smashing offensive that carried the ball across High Point's line three times in rapid succession. Only two of the tries for extra points were converted. The invaders failed to score in the fourth period. Line-up and summary: son. a or a Lumpkin.

Offensively Tech's play looked like Bt, Xavier, 46; Moorehead, Delaware, Drexel, 19, Harvard. 30: Springfield, 0. V. T. Teachers 37; Buf fata U.

0. Amherst, Bowdoin, Long Island Aggiea V. Y. Aggies 6. Westminster Allegheny 13.

Temple U. 39; Gallaudet 8. Bwarthmor 33; Washington College 0. MIDWEST Ohio Wesleyan, 17: Michigan, 7. Transylvania.

0: Miami, a. Akron, Oberlin, IS. Otterbeln. 32: Baldwin Wallace, 0. Western Reserve, 70: Xeayon, fc.

Albion College, Michigan State Collage, 0, John Carroll. IS; Kent State, 0. Iowa 26; Monmouth 0. Chicago 47; Wyoming 0. Kansas' 14; Grinnell 0.

Indiana, 10; Oklahoma, 7. Illinois, S3; Bradley, 8. North Dakota Aggies, Superior Normal, 0. Augsburg, Phalen Lutheran. 0.

Oshkosh, 27: Marquette Teachers, 0. Marquette. 19: Lawrence, 7. Purdue, 81: Depauw 0. Ohio Northern, 14; Caae, 6.

Heidelberg. Muskingum, 6. (Tie.) Northwestern. 14: Butlor. 0.

Wisconsin, 22; Notre Dame, 6. Nebraska. 12; Iowa State, 0. Minnesota, 40; Creighton. 0.

River Falls. 17; Hamline. 0. Iowa Reserves 13; Indiana Reserves 7. Carthage Augustana 20.

Lincoln Illinoia Co'lege 24. Wheaton Elmhurst 19. Beloit Teachers 20; Northwestern C. "0. Kansas Aggiea 13: Okla.

Aggiea 8. Grova City 7: St. Francis 7 (tie.) Denison IS; Rio Grsnde 0. St. Mary's SI; St.

Olaf 0. St. John's 12; McAlester 6. Huron 18: Jamestown 0. Csrleton 8: North Dakota (tie.) Columbia, 32: Wis.

Miners 0. Antioch 31: Cedarville 6. Wabash 38; Central Normal 0. Morningside 26; Dakota Wesleyan 8. Nebraska Wesleyan 60; Island C.

0. Washington Missouri Mines 0. Huron College 18: Jamestown College 8. Tulsa U. 14: Detroit U.

19. Carleton U. of N. Dakota 0 (tie). St.

Ambrose 0: Lombard 38. Hamilton College 14: Clarkson 0. Milliken 12; Charleston Teachers 12 (tie.) Fert Snelling 19 Stout Institute 7. Talsa 14; Detroit U. 19.

Emporia 34: Hays O. Wichita 17: Tulsa 0. Missouri Varsity 34; Missouri Frosh 0. Earlham 16; Hoover 7. Coe 33; Iowa State Teachers 0.

Northern Normal 0: Sionx Falls 7. Knox Illinois Wesleyan 3. Indiana Csntral 31; Rose Poly 6. Manchester Valparaiso 6. 8.

D. Augnstana Southern Normal 19. FAR WEST. St. Lawrence 14: R.

P. 12. Colorado Mines 13: Denver U. 12. Colorado Aggiea 26: Colorado Teachers 0.

U. of Washington 7: Whitman College 0. Idaho Goncaga 6. (tie). California 7: St.

Mary's 0. Utah 32: Nevada 7. U. ef Son. Cal.

19: Oregon State 9. U. of Cal. 82: Cal. Tech 8.

Col. Teachers Col. Aggiea 26. B. T.

P. U. Cal. Aggiea Stanford 26: Oregon 12. Montana State College 14; CoL College 32.

Col. School of Mines 13; Denver U. 12. HIGH SCHOOL. Rollins Frosh Reserves Sanford 0.

PensacoU (Fla.) 72; Quincy 0. a hangover from the M. I. game of last year. Early in the first quarter Tech lugged the ball to within 20 BY DICK HAWKINS.

Georgia Tech's embryo Tornado slipped and stumbled through the "first game of its 192S season Saturday by beating the plucky Cadets of V. M. I. by a score of 13-0 and supporters of the Tornado have no reason to carry their celebration into the great unwashed spaces of "Whoopee The Jackets won by sheer power cf offensive, but they amused themselves all af ternoon by throwing obstacles in their own path and pushing each other over them. They fumed and fumbled and fussed through an afternoon of shoddy football brightened in rare spots by a brilliant flash of offensive and when the final whistle blew they plodded from the field exhausted, wiser for a hard-earned victory against as plucky a team as ever hit Grant field.

A crowd of football-mad fans watched the Tornado Saturday afternoon. They saw a sturdy Thompson march half the length of the field. They saw Mizell rip his way through the line for gain after gain and they saw Faisst and Lumpkin slip through a crumbling red wall on a steady march. Then they saw the ball go over as fumble followed fumble and passes went incomplete. They groaned and grumbled as they saw Cadets hurl passes unhindered to every corner of the field.

Those red-clad buddies tossed the football through, over, around and under Tech's men and made them like it. They threw passes under the shadow of their own goal post and they threw passes in the center of the field. They had no fear of throwing passes anywhere at all. Why should they? Tech's defense against passes was yards of the goal only to lose it on a fumble. Some day the backfield will realize there is no percentage in mak BY EDWARD J.

NEIL. Associated Press Sports Writer. West Point. N. Octolier A) A football hurricane swept up from Texas today, swirled and whipped about Army '8 vaunted gridiron warriors until the hair stood straight on the heads of 1.2(H) frantic cadets and then burst and frittered away on the plains of West Point.

It was Southern university's introduction to eastern football, an introduction that will live long in the memor of every loyal Army man. It was a dramatic, breath-taking introduction, and it was denied victory by the barest of football margins one point. Cagle Wins Game. Army pulled out the victory, 14 to 13. thanks to the raging, fleet-footed lied Cagle, who tossed and slewed and slightered through the Mustang defense like a red-headed, one-man typhoon.

Cagle it was who flipjied a pass, stood lor 42 yards, to Carimark. his eud. in the first period, and then broke 28 yards through the Mustang center for a touchdown. Dick Hutchinson, subbing for the flaming carrot-top in the second period, smashed 20 yards through tackle for the second Army score and Bud Sprague. the Riant who nfcufe that hole, kicked both the points that mnde the victory possible.

But it was Cagle who ripped and tore all afternoon long at a Methodist line that held surprisingly well, picking up the yards when needed the most, and beating down passes that came from all directions. Drama in Battle. The drama in the battle, however, was in the scarlet and navy blue-clad warriors from the south, fighting their fight in enemy territory, badly outnumbered, and cheered on only by the thin ranks of a band which made nn in lung iower what it lacked in instruments. Passes such as eastern football fields never saw before flew from the hands llumethe Texas version of what "lied" Grange should have been, anil the lithe captain, Sammy Reed. There were lateral passes, both sin ing beautiful plays, gaining lots of ground, and then losing the ball be- cuuse mime one misunderstood a signal.

First downs have no place in the alphabet unless they spell touch Probably the worst feature of the game from a Tech standpoint wan the utter inability of the Yellow Jacket secondary to cope with the passing attack of the Cadets. It was not new, nor mystifying, nor perfectly executed. The Tech secondary was simply not on its toes. No doubt the secondary had been coached to cover the long passes re-eardless. That's good football.

For it is seldom that a team can connect enough short passes to push over a touchdown. But Tech covered neither long or short passes effectively Yesterday. V. M. I.

completed ten forward passes for a total of 127 yards. Thirteen yards per pass is a pretty good average. One was for 33 yards, another for 25, one for 17, a fourth for 14. Seven passes fell incomplete, none were intercepted by the Yellow Jackets. This stellar work was accomplished in face of very flexible Tech defense; one which can readily adjust itself to either a long or short pass.

Tech played only six men in the line of scrimmage. That gave her two backers up. The sidebacks, due to their speed, were set rather far back. The safety man played in close so close in fact the V. 3d.

I. twice passed him with a punt. So one cannot say that Tech played the passes any too well yesterday. With the running attack comes a different story. For the Cadets were bottled up at every turn.

The longest run made by a M. I. man was a skirt of 11 yards in the fourth period. The Tech ends were no small factor in choking back the V. M.

I. attack. Charging decisively and dumping with unerring accuracy, the Cadets were forced inside all afternoon. And there waited sudden death from the Tech tackles and backers up. down.

DOLETHOEPE (33) Paa. HIGH POINT (0) strained. Especially was this so of the "mad bull." Herd is McCrary, who ripped the Mercer line to pieces on Clement In the third quarter, however, Tech gave a demonstration of what is to come before the season is over. The boys got together, decided to rule out the fumbling and they pushed the ball l.a Dixon Lt Wathen .1. a McMcnnus o.

Bidg-3 r.g.... Tow Glasgow r. e. Thompson (c) Furches ....1. Mitchel Mulligan f.b Kobbins Church Buf ord Hutson (o) H.

Sim Wall C. Bell Fox McLaughlin McKiaaick about 00 yards for a touchdown. The longest run made on this march was the last, a 14-yard dash by "Father" Lumpkin. Tech had a bad day with her pass es completing only one out of six for a gam of la yards. Two were inter cepted and one fell incomplete.

V. ciru gmng so I as to start on an inoffensive, yard or two gaining center buck and end Tip by crossing the goal line some 02 yards away. This happened in the third quarter. It was during this space that the "varsity piled up 20 points while gaining a total of 170 yards from scrimmage. McCrary in the second quarter got away with a 49-yard gallop and proceeded to make his presence generally known to those holding forth at guard and center.

There were times when the line in front of McCrary, charging hard and fast, opened holes of gargantuan proportions and then there were times when he jugged and forced his way through a secondary that hadn't been amply taken care of. He is the same McCrary and seems headed for another good year. Harvey IlrIL, Bobby Hooks and Frank Dud- Score by periods High Point 0 0 0 0 0 Oglethorpe 6 7 20 0 33 Sooring: Touchdowns: Oglethorpe. C. Bell, Fox.

Herrin (sub for C. Bell). McKis-aick. Extra point: Fox 3, (placements). Officials: Referee, Coleman.

(North Carolina) umpire. McDowell, (Nmth Carolina State) headlinesman, Ober, (Wake Foraat). Time of periods, 15 minutes. M. I.

evidently figured that Tech would do little with the passing game, for its defense was set primarily to stop a running atack. seven men woefully weak. The Cadets tossed 16 passes and completed 10 of them for a total of ISO yards. Of the incom-olete heaves Tech knocked down but played in the line of scrimmage. The nacker-up shifted as the Teach back Trinity, Lowall Textile, 24.

Ti 0: KT'ft. Lebanon. 6: C. C. of N.

T. (N. T. Eranch). 6 (tie).

8. Thomas, 0. Temple, 3S: Gallardet, 0. Ursinus. 0: Haverford.

8. Western Maryland, 14; Dickinson, 0. Army, 14; S. M. 13.

Penn. 46; Franklin-Marshall, 0. LaFavette. 66: Mnhlenberr. 0.

field shifted. Halfbacks played back one of them the others found receivers wide open but the tosses were inaccurate. Young Ty a Boxerr A man with experience is teaching Ty Cobb's sons how to bos. 'He is Kid Reebe, of Philadelphia, veteran of 500 fights. Beebe said r-r" eftuld get the boys in good enou shape to whip the old man.

about 12 yards, and the safety about 40. But even with this set, which ordinarily would be vulnerable to a good pass attack, the Cadets were There is one silver lining to the cloud of that first game for Tech fol- gle, double and triple, trick forma C. C. and N. T.

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