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IFumtniini, 2-11 THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION Nov. 24, 1946 Holds Back JOHNNY BRflDBERRY Scottish Rite Game Conserves Our Youth For Tussle In Athens By TOM MILLER The Golden Tornado of Georgia Tech sponsored a track meet for its reserves yesterday at Grant Field and cleared the deck for action against Georgia next week by toying through four quarters against an outclassed Furman team to win its eighth straight game, 41 to 7. Grant Field hadn't seen so much running since Tech put "Human waste seems the most awful thing on earth to me. There is no greater national asset than our boys and girls and conservation of them is of far greater importance than that of forests, rivers or anything else. The young people of the world are God's charges to the older, and jf we fail them, we fail our Lord Those are the words of the late Miss Martha Berry, founder rf the Berry Schools.

They were written just before her death in answer to a question of why rhe founded the Berry Schools. It may seem odd that these words have found their way onto the sports pages. But these words are as adaptable to a particular sporting event as any that could be written This event Is the annual football same to be played on Thanksgiving afternoon at Grant Field for the benefit of the Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children. The Junior Varsity teams of our two State institutions. Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia, will be the participants.

The crippled children of Georgia will be the winners. The Scottish Rite Hospital prevents that human waste to which Miss Berry referred. It is a concrete example of the conservation of our boys and grls. The idea of this column is to prevail upon the people of Georgia to attend this football game on Thanksgiving afternoon. An overflow crowd is needed as the receipts of this game provide one-third of the revenue needed to continue operation of the hospital.

If it were possible for each citizen of Atlanta to make a personal around the cinder track, and the 17.000 spectators, who appeared alternately bored and amused, knew that it wasn't a fraction of what the Yellow Jackets couid have done if they had chosen to be less charitable. Coach Bobby Dodd, with an eye toward the upcoming classic with Georgia, withheld his first strir.j except for isolated individual appearances to keep his big guns in trim but rested and unmarred by rougher phases of the game. He labored manfully to keep down the score, of course, showing nothing that Georgia scouts were likely to seize upon, and Individual Yardage Enders Brown Lurk Mcintosh Queens Zeia'er Jordan. J. Lansing Williams Petit Mathews Stills Buebin Castleberry Southard Carpenter Fancher tills McMugh Totala Net Tries Cam Lose P.

Qin 1 75 0 75 4 71 J4 jt 2 1 4 sa 0 34) 3 35 0 11 3 0 35 4 35 7 17 IT 2 77 JT 1 i 24 1 19 2 15 1 15 0 IS 11 0 11 1 1 0 9 19 0 i 144 110 9 1 49 499 "Til tir Net Tries G'n Lo P. 10 75 1 39 9 37 37 7 1 11 2J 7 24 3 0 Jt 1 20 9 30 1 13 9 11 0 3 10 0 9 19 9 0 9 9 107 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 1 uhtWh)W Zi.M. v)," ji imii' hiiiAAii i i i i i i i uSl visit to the hospital, no such pieces for the paper as this, in all its inadequacy, would be needed. Grant Field would not begin to take care of the crowd which would be there. No child is admitted to the hospital if its parents are financially able to pay for treatment.

One of the main items of expense at the hospital is plaster of I'aris. Every patient requires some. The amount ranges from that little bit for a club foot to that necessary for a cast in v. hirh to incase the entire body of a child. The cheerfulness of the children at the hospital is almost heartbreaking, if cheerfulness can be heartbreaking.

Especially those who lie in one position for months, unable to move anything but their eyes. Those eyes are not eyes seeking sympathy. Instead they are of deep appreciation. This appreciation is something born of their deformity. A normal child of cof responding age doesn't have it.

The patients range from the infants who whimper and cry from a lack of understanding to those of grammar school age with hope and faith shining in their eyes and in their cheeks. The greatest sight of all is the child of 10 years sobbing in sheer hr.ppines after taking the first rtep of its life. riarVv nf Tm 1 1 The Atlanta Scottish Rite Hospital is the jVdUUy UI fclil nii forerunner of all the Shrine hospitals in the country. The football game, which next year will be back to the normal freshman contest, is the daddy of all the crippled children charity games. Your admission price to the game goes to the children.

No one is paid. Sports writers buy their way into the stadium to cover the game. Even the officials have tickets. The men who do all the work, selling tickets, getting ads for the program, and the thousand other details of the game, pay. With such a spirit, it is no wonder the game is an annual surer.

However, the greater the success the more broken bodies of crippled children will be mended. Of course, there is the other angle to the classic the game itself. A.nnually, it has produced some of the best and hardest fought football of the season. Future stars of Tech and Georgia varsities will be in action. But the real angle is the crippled children.

They are the winners. As Ralph McGIU wrote when the classic was started 13 years ago, "Strong Legs Will Run That Weak Legs May Walk." The players on both teams always remember that slogan, especially after their visit to the hospital the morning of the game. There they see exactly what they are playing for. Thev see enough. Constitution Staff Photo Pet Roton Edwin Commins, Furman flankman.

The Jackets smashed the invaders, 41-7, at Grant Field yesterday. JACKET BARGES GOALWARD Frank Zieg-ler (35), Georgia Tech fullback, gains five yards through the Furman line before being dashed to earth by-End John Little (44) and Back George Pruitt (35). Other players shown are Jimmy Castleberry (22), Tech end, and FURMAN Bridwell Blanken Smith Coyle Wham Griffin Turk RtemhiUflN Williams Little Flowers Johnson Commins Rsumann Pruitt Truluck Umm Ekmi GRID RESULTS Trippi Paces Varsity; They Retire Well Ahead By F. M. WILLIAMS, Constitution Sports Writer.

CHAMBERLAIN FIELD, CHATTANOOGA, Nov. had every man on his bench enjoying the exercise on the field. Trying field goals from difficult angles to halt scoring drives and kicking frequently on first down, the Jackets contrived to keep the score respectable but it didn't fool anyone. It was strictly no match. Anyway, it was a nice way to spend a beautiful Autumn afternoon out in the clean, fresh air.

Touchdowns were sprinkled along, three in the first period, two in the second, one in the third and a difficult one in the fourth. SOUTHEAST. Borton College 12 Alabama 7 Georgia 44 Chattanooga 27 Georgia Tech 41 Furman 7 Mm, State 20 Miaaiuippi 0 Notre Dame 41 Tulane 0 North Carolina State 17 Florida 6 Tennessee 7 Kentucky 0 SOUTH. Arkansas State 31 Lincoln Uni. 7 Alabama State TeacheVs 25 Fort Valley Clemton 21 Auburn 13 Fort Belvoir 20 Fort Custis 6 Knoxville College 7 Winston-Salem 6 Lane 25 Morehouse 6 North Carolina 22 Duke 7 Nichols J.

C. 33- N. Y. Aggies 0 Newberry 47 Erskine 6 Presbyterian 14 Appalachian Tchrs. 7 Quantico 2b Cherry Point Marines 0 Randolph Macon 14 Wofford 13 Sewanee 25 Hampden-Sydney 0 8.

La. Inst. 14 N. W. La.

State 0 Southern U. 38 Florida A. A M. 19 The Citadel 21 Davidson 13 Tennessee State 19 Kentucky State 0 Michigan Batters Buckeyes COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 23 Michigan's enraged Wolverines, frustrated in their western Conference championship bid.

today massacred Ohio State, 58 to 6, in Ohio Stadium. The defeat was the second most humiliating in 43 meetings between the rivals. Michigan swamped the Bucks 86 to 0 back in 1902. Ohio Stadium was jammed with a homecoming assemblage of Illini Near Rose Bowl; Maul'Cats EVANSTON, 111., Nov. 23 (JP) Illinois won its first Big Nine championship since 1928 and probably a Rose Bowl bid with a 20 to 0 victory over crippled Northwestern before 47,000 at Dyche Stadium Saturday.

Art Dufelmeier, lanky ex-B-17 bombardier who spent 11 months in a German prison camp, provided the spark which carried the Illini to a final conference record of six victories and a lone 14 to 7 setback by Indiana. 23 Georgia's first team, paced by the brilliant Charley Trippi, racked up a big lead in the first half, then watched from the sidelines as their younger and inexperienced mates rode out a last half storm to defeat the University of Chattanooga Moccasins, 48 to 27, before 10,000 homecoming specta C. Bops lama, 13-7, The Statistics Georgia Chatta tors here today. cut up while he was out there, rout when Coach Butts took his Cook passed to Joe Tereshinski for the Bulldogs scored three times illegally in motion. Finally, on It was never much of a contest, On 4th Quarter Score BOSTON, Nov.

23 (UP) A freshman-sprinkled Boston College team that had been derided for folding in the stretch, silenced its critics today by clawing 7(5 yards for a touchdown in the final period to whip Alabama, 13 to 7, before a howling crowd of 40,116 ftins. Virginia 21 West Virginia Virginia State 14 North Carolina 1.011. Western Maryland 4 Mt. St. Mary's 7 W.

Va. Wesleyan 20 Davis-Elkins 0 EAST. First downs 15 15 Yards gained rushing (net) 312 114 Forward passes attempted 2S 33 Forward passes completed 12 17 Yards by forward passes 184 330 Forward passes intercepted 3 3 Yards run back intercepted passes 39 29 Punting average (from scrimmage) 46 4 V5 Total yds. all kicks returned 195 13? Opponent's fumbles recovered 2 0 Yards lost by penalties 35 40 Alabama 7 Boston College 13 (Pictures on Pages 5. 6-D.) panics iivnieu ui- I C34.

It dwindled noticeably in the second half as Michigan continued to pour on touchdown after touch- down. i Bob Chappius. playing only a Dufelmeier's 53-yard touchdown run provided the finishing touch to a 13-point second period in the Bulldogs, taking the opening kickoff and marching 80 yards for a touchdown, but it was full of action from to finish, Chattanooga furnishing most of the excitement in the final two quarters. little over half the game, passed oc i a wiuc, uu ran io a new isicj rvino sea- next one himself yard run around leit ena. ine sons record for individual vard Johns Hopkins 0 Syracuse 21 Muhlenburg 12 St.

Paul Poly. 0 Princeton 13 Allegheny 6 Pittsburgh Tchrs. 0 NYU 12 Carnegie Tech 0 Temple 7 Hofstra 0 Lehigh 0 Glenville 0 Bullis Prep 0 New York Aggies 0 Albright 0 Penn State 7 Bucknell Columbia Jvee 6 Buffalo 36 Columbia 59 Delaware 20 Delaware State 50 Dartmouth 20 Dickinson 33 Emporia Tchrs. 21 Georgetown 19 Grove City 20 Holy Cross 12 Kings Point 27 Lafayette 13 Morris Harvey 6 Navy Plebea 32 Nichols J. C.

33 Penn Military 6 Pittsburgh 14 Rutgers 25 Rutgers Jvee 25 Furman picked up one in the second, but by that time it didn't matter. The first came on a 64-yard march from kickoff, requiring three minutes and eight plays. Jimmy Luck, Johnny Mclntr'h and Tommy Carpenter did the lugging up to the three, where Quarterback Jack Bills ambled over an unescorted reverse to the right. Dinkv Bowen came in to the olc conversion attempt out of five, the first he had missed in the last 15. Rabbit Jordan booted his one try on the final score.

The second score, minutes later, started on the 43. Luck and Jimmy Petit rambled to the 18. Frank Zeigler steam-rollered over from the 12 in two smashes. Next came an R8 yard drive. Jimmy Jordan.

Al Lansing, Jimmy Southard, Jim Still, and Zeigler kept nibbling away until Southard lined a pass to Rabbit Jordan in the right flat. Jordan nicked the three yard line on his way, so Zeigler cut through the line without a hand on him for the touchdown. Rollo Philips recovered a Hurri- Continued on Pace 4-D heave that carried to the Boston 49 and connected to Hugh Morrow to reach the 35. Then, Don Panciera, Boston's freshman quarterback who had matched Gilmer pass for pass, terminated the Tide's hope by intercepting his pitching rival's next throw on the Boston two. The Eagles ran line plays to consume time, then punted, and Alabama had time for one more play from the B.

C. 20. Gilmer dropped back to pass, was swarmed and forced to run. But he got Trippi, had Coach Wallace, tne tnird was on a short pass irom age gained. He eclipsed Otto Gra- Butts elected to play im more Jonn itaucn 10 uan Mwaras ana nam l42 mark of 8fi2 yards the lourth, on the last play ol the early in the second period.

Before second quarter, was a short buck he had finished. Chappius had e-: one-period team he had ever seen by Tcnrcsce Coach Bob Nevland before they blew a two-tourhdown lead against the Vols last Saturday, were at their season's peak in today final 15 minutes. After sustaining a march three quarters of the gridiron for the touchdown, Bos- BOSTOS, Nov. 23 (JT) Harry Gilmrr, Alabama's great halfback, ios thr outstanding individual football player on frigid Braves Field today as Boston College defeated 'Uama, 13-7. and the crowd appreciated it.

At soon as the game ended, hundreds of fans swept from the and surrounded the 20-year-old Birmingham, junior. Trying to shake his hand and pat htm on the bark. Police finally came to his rescue and grnt'rj extricated him so lie coiild pet to the dressing room. Haverford 12 Wagner 0 Davis Elkins 0 St. Mary's 7 Swarthmore 13 Westchester Teachers S2 West Va.

Wesleyan 20 West. Maryland 46 which Northwestern could advance no further than the Illini. 29. Illinois, whose one other setback in nine games this season was a 26-to-6 trimming by Notre Dame, now awaits a Rose Bowl invitation from the Big Nine faculty group. However, it's possible the latter's balloting may be affected by second-place Michigan's 58-to-6 rout of Ohio Slate Saturday.

Illinois got its first touchdown early in the second period on a nine-yard pass from Halfback Julie Rykovich to another former Notre Dame star, End Bill Huber. After that came Dufelmeier's brilliant run in which the 180-pound halfback, who was rescued from the Nazis weighing only 107 pounds, dodged nearly the entire Northwestern team. Bert Piggott, number two half-Continued on Page 4-D Harvard 14 Yale 27 by Rauch. The Bulldogs led at the half withMhat 27-to-0 margin and the game was well along to being a rout when Coach Butts took his regulars out and let his reserves take a good going over from the Moccasins, a well-coached, hardhitting team that earned every one of its points. Joe Geri and Spafford Taylor came up with pass interceptions to than one quarter, might have taken over the leadership in total yards gained today, the way he cut up while he was out there.

The dark-complexioned young man from Pennsylvania ran with the ball four times and gained a neat 106 yards all told. He threw one pass that was incomplete, scored one touchdown and made one tackle before retiring for a well-deserved rest. Johnny Donaldson scored the first touchdown on a two-yard buck after Trippi had set it up with a couple of 22-yard funs. piled up a staggering 244 yards on passes and 26 more rushing for 1,037 yards in nine games. All told, he completed 13 of 21 pusses, scored once and threw three touchdown aerials.

Michigan started off in the first quarter with Henry Fonde, pint-sized halfback cracking over. They wound up a long afternoon with a pair of fourth stringers, Bill Culligan and Dick Rifenburg, gating into the scoring column. SOUTHWEST. get a couple of touchdowns for the Bulldogs soon after the start Arkansas State 13 Lincoln Univ. 7 Arkansas U.

7 Tulsa U. 0 Denton Teachers 47 Commerce Teachers 7 Montana State 46 Colorado Mines 7 Mt. Union 19 Kenyon 19 New Mexico 14 Kansas State 7 N. M. Mil.

Inst. 14 C. New Mexico 7 N. Texas State 47 E. Texas State 7 Oklahoma 27 Nebraska 6 Oklahoma A.

A M. 59 Drake 7 Rice 13 Texas Christian 0 Shurtleff 10 Principia 0 Southern Methodist 35 Baylor 0 Southwestern 19 College of Emporia 6 Southwestern (Texas) 41 McMurry 0 S. M. U. 35 Baylor 0 Sam Houston St.

20 Stephen F. Austin 7 MIDWEST. r.nr miv! his P5c- i i me mira quarter, uerrs inter 41 1 1 tra point try but made good on six others. The man scored the tepiiuu pui me Dau on me ivuoc-casin 18-yard line and Johnny Cook passed to Joe Terihinski for the score. Taylor's interception nowhere.

A seven-point underdog in the betting, Boston College was first to score after six minutes of the second period when Back Jim Benedetto blasted over from the two. The touchdown was set up The Statistics Boston Cel. Alabama First down 16 12 Net yards rushing 2 1 Net yards passing 61 69 Forwards attempted 11 10 Forwards completed 6 6 by a Gilmer fumble that Boston recovered on its 41 and a punt that went out on the Alabama two. The Crimson Tide's return kick carried only to the 25, and B. C.

was quick to move for a touchdown. Aroused Alabama struck back to score the equalizer less than four minutes later on a 61-yard drive climaxed by Gilmer's 22-yard pass to Cook on the goal line. Morrow matched Panclera's conversion and the game was deadlocked at 7-7. I was at Chattanooga 23 and then John Carroll 6 the Bulldogs scored three times Marshall 7 1). before it counted.

'ON'T bo alnffy Skters Mm Wms for Vols, 7-0 Billy Hodges raced over once Akron 13 Dayton 29 DeKalb 14 Dennison 31 Earlham 26 Indiana 34 Illinois 20 Kansas Univ. 13 Michigan State 28 Michigan 58 Mount Union 19 Millikin 0 Wittenberg 0 Rose Poly 6 Purdue 20 Northwestern 0 Kansas State B. 0 Maryland 14 Ohio State 8 Kenyon 12 Mich. St. Junior 13 but Georgia was offsides.

Hodges passed to Reid Moseley for another apparent tally, but this time it was nullified by a player being illegally in motion. Finally, on fourth down Hodges passed to Rabbit Smith who literally bulled his way across for the touchdown. ton fought off a last-ditch passing flurry by Harry Gilmer, and finally halted the rally in the shadow of its goal. The crusher to the 1946 Rose Bowl champions was delivered by a fourth string back, Maurice Poissant, who blasted his way through the line with 10 minutes to play and twisted and powered through tacklers for 39 yards to touchdown. Eut Alabama wasn't licked.

Ea on its 20-yard line with only three minutes left, the brilliant Gilmer unleashed a pass barrage. Though rushed by the giant B. C. line, he hit Ted Cook with one Notre Dame 38 Northern Tchrs of DeKalb 20 Millikin 0 lot your gift show park of originality Like, for instance, this grentlrman's umbrella with nylon cover and malacc handle. No male need be In his dotage to beam for this.

It's $10.00 i By JOHNNY BRADBERRY, Constitution Sports Editor. SHIELDS-W ATKINS FIELD, KNOXVILLE, Nov. 23 Tailback Walter Slater's 54-yard return of a punt after two minutes of the fourth quarter gave Tennessee a 7-0 victory over a hard-fighting Kentucky eleven here today Continued on Fage 4-D Boston inserted an all-freshman backfield in the fourth period and before 35,000 fans. Continued on Pare 4-D Or to be a shade more Minnesota 6 Wisconsin 0 Oberlin 23 Wooster 0 Ohio University 25 Xavier 6 Wichita 13 Toledo 7 Wichita 13 Toledo 7 FAR WEST. Bolae Junior Col.

20 College ef Idaho 8 Montana State 45 Col. School of Minea 7 New Mexico 14 Kansas State 7 New Mexico Mil. Inst. 14 New Mexico 7 Oregon Stat 13 Oregon 0 Stanford 25 California 6 UCLA 13 Southern California W. Cal.

Ramblera 1S Stanford J. V. 8 Washington 21 Montana 0 Wiley Col. 28 Sam Houston 8 $8,000 in Purses CHARLESTOWN, Nov. The game was a battle between tve two opposing lines, both of which played brilliant, bruising football.

It was won on typical Bob Neyland tactics. The Vols had battled for a break throughout the game up until this point. Then they put elegant, the malacca cane Kith sterling- silver band. For fine English canes Jarrell's is headquarters. This one is $18.00.

Amateur Athlete Georgetown Edges NYU in Thriller NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (JP) Georgetown defeated New York University, 19-12, Saturday in a bruising football game played before 10,000 fans in Yankee Stadium. A 79-yard run by Lou Miller and a 26-yard romp by Tommy Graham accounted for two Hoya touchdowns and the other came at the end of a 39-yard drive. Columbia Batters Syracuse, 59-21 NEW YORK, N. Nov.

23 (JP) A 14-to-6 lead Syracuse held in the second quarter vanished under a barrage of Columbia touchdowns at Baker Field Saturday as the Lions went on to win their final football game of the season, 59 to 21. Columbia led 23 (JP Daily purses totaling $8,000 will be at stake during the Winter meeting of the Charles-town Jockey Club opening Dec. 2, Albert J. Boyle said Saturday. Boyle, Pl-esldent of the club and track manager, reported that about 1,200 stall applications have been received, although only 7900 horses can be accommodated.

really set up by his 60-yard quick-kick from his own 27, the deepest the Vols were back in their own territory in the second half. The ball was taken by Gene Meeks who was tackled on the Wildcat 17-yard line. George Blanda's return punt sailed into the waiting arms of the veteran Slater who cut to his right and sped through the entire Wildcat team behind great blocking for the touchdown. It was the second time this year Slater has returned a punt for a touchdown to win hia team a ball game. The first was good for 78 yards against North Carolina.

Kentucky's best showing was in the first quarter, when they got a break on the opening kickoff. Bill Hillman fumbled Blanda's placement but recovered on the Vol six. As a result, the 'Cats twice had the ball within the Vol 50 on punts, but were unable to make any headway either time. In fact, neither team made a Congratulations to Johnny Chambless, ef Boys' High, for his outstanding perform- a nee In the game against Lanier High. If you will come to Station WATL.

Mon. day at 8:45 p. we will be pleased tg present you during the Sportseope program 9 beautiful 17-Jewsl, ehock-resisting Benrua Watch, adopted aa atandard by leading American air lines, commemorating the achievement. Yours for Amateur Sports, The Statistics Ky. Tenn.

First downs 2 9 Varda gained rushing (net) SO 101 Forward passes attempted 7 14 Forward passes completed 1 8 Varda by forward paasea S3 Forward passes intercepted by 8 Yards gained run back of intercepted passee 64 18 punting average (from scrimmage) 34 40 Total yards all kicks returned 70 137 their every effort into one play and that was all. None of the gave the hard-fighting Wildcats much chance after Charley Mitchell's placement barely sailed over the cross bar for the seventh point. Slater's game-winning run wasj Denied Race Trains BOWIE, Md.t Nov. 23 (JP) Representatives of the Bowie race track'met with Federal officials and the State Racing Commission Saturday in an effort to provide train service for track patrons next week, but the aes-aion proved futile. at the half, 25 to 14.

A crowd 48 WHITEHALL ST. Continued on Pace C-D 1 estimated at 80,000 saw the game. 1.

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