The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-28
DOWNED BY GEORGIA
UNIVERSITY MEETS ANCIENT FOE
ON GRIDIRoN.
"AUBURNA DELENDA EST
JOY-FRENZIED STUDENTS SHOUT
AFTER THE GAME.

Largest Crowd That Ever Witnessed
n Football Game in the south Was
That which Saw the Athens Boys
Beat the Auburn Boys in Atlanta
by a Score of IL to 5-DetaiIed
story of the Game-Fine Playing
Done by the Savannah Boys on
the Varsity Team.
Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 27.-The largest
crowd that ever witnessed in the South
for a football game witnessed that be-
tween the University of Georgia and
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute of
Auburn to-day. The game resulted in
victory for Georgia by a score of II
to 5.
The Georgia rooters were led by
Ralph Meldrim of Savannah and an
army band. They marched through the
streets of Atlanta to Piedmont Park,
where they cheered~ a magnificent
game.
Auburn was ten hounds to man
heavier. Georgia was faster, with SUI
perb interference and strong defensive
work. The following is the story of
the game:
Georgia kicked off and Auburn was
downed on the 2O-yard line. Auburn
failed to gain and kicks on third
down. Dickinson gains eight yards,
Turner four, Ridley ten; then Georgia
is penalized ten yards for off side play.
Mcintyre, on buck. gains three yards.
Harmon, behind superb interference,
goes thirty yards for touch down.
Ridley kicks goal. Time, minutes,
Harmon's Fine Run.
Auburn kicks off to Mcintyre, who
| advances five yards. Georgia fails to
gain on two bucks and Ridley kicks
fifty yards. Auburn tackled Ridley for
eight yards loss on an end run. Au-
burns kick on third down blocked.
but Auburn falls on ball. Auburn
fails to gain and is forced to kick again.
| Georgia makes four, six and five yards.
| Then Harmon makes a magnificent run
| for thirty yards for Georgia's second
| touch down. Dickson kicks goal. Score,
| Georgia, II; Auburn, 0. Time, Is min
| utes.
Auburn kicks to Ridley, who brings
| the ball back twenty yards. After
| short gains by Mcintyre, Dickinson
| and Harmon. Ridley kicks forty yards
| to Auburn. Auburn fails to gain and
| kicks. Smith gains four yards and
Ridley hurdles beautifully for twenty
| yards gain. Georgia takes ball to
/ Auburn,s 10-yard line and loses ball
| on tumble. Auburn's full back bucks
Georgia line for twelve yards, then,
| after two short gains Auburn kicks.
| Georgia carries the ball twelve yards
on short bucks, mostly by Dickinson,
through openings made by Mcintyre
at tackle. Ridley hurdles end for
twenty yards, and Harmon takes ball
10 1hY1r
burn gets ball on Beavers costly FUN
| BILE.
On Way to Another Touchdown.
Auburn makes short gains and kicks
fifty yards to Harmon, who muffs the
ball in the middle of the field. Auburn
| falls on ball, but loses on downs, and
Georgia carries ball to Auburn's 30
yard line, where time is called with
the ball in Georgia's possession. Time
of first half. IS minutes.
In the second half, after kick off by
Auburn, Georgia brings ball to 40
yard line by short bucks. Auburn, by
| tumble, gets ball, and Webb kicks
beautiful goal from the field from 3d.
yard line. Score, Georgia, IL; Auburn,
5. Time, minutes.
Ball see-saws up and down in Au-
burns territory, and game is called,
| with ball in Georgia's possession TWEEN
| ty yards from Auburn's goal. Score,
Georgia, ~; Auburn. 5.
Auburn played hard and pluckily, but
| was clearly outclassed at every point.
| Georgia was held for downs only three
| times, but made three costly fumbles
| losing chances for two more touch
| downs, and was penalized seventy
| yards for offside plays. Auburn gained
| the required distance but four times,
| did not make a tumble and lost forty
yards by penalties. Every Georgia
man, including Mcintyre, tackle, Har-
mon, half back, and Monahan, quarter,
all of Savannah, played through the
| entire game. Auburn used one substi-
| tute.
Was n Clean Game.
1t was a clean game and no one was
| hurt. Harmon and Ridley did the best
playing on the field, followed by Nc
| Intyre and Dickirs on of Georgia and
! Allison of Auburn, all of whom did fine
work. Coach Reynolds says Harmon
| is a wonder his lodging and
following interference being espec-
| tally fine. Butler of Georgia, and
Belden of North Carolina, were the Of
| ficials.
Manager George c. Hayward de-
| serves great credit for his splendid
management of the game.
Pandemonium reigns tonight In the
Kimball House, where the Georgia boys
are giving their yells and songs, of
| Team come from the West" "Au-
burma Delenda Est" "Give 'em L,
Georgia"
Gov. Terrell, who attended the game,
wearing Georgia colors. gave a recep-
fion q tho mansion fhe EoorOfa