Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
CAME At PONCEY
ANTI-CL|MAX
AF F AIR
BY Fuzzy Woodruff.

" n II GILMAN games Will
~ never pay in Atlanta, or any
where else. Tech athletic au-
thorities probably realize the fact
today. For with a perfect football
day, a holiday, and practically no
rival attraction. SO meager throng
witnessed the Thanksgiving strug-
gle between Clemson and the Vel
low Jackets that it was lonesome
out at Ponce DeLeon park.
And, by the way, the score was:
Tech 20, Clemson Q. But the score
has nothing to do with the case
just like the flowers that bloom in
the spring, tra-la.
The crowd-"gathering' would be
better word-had the opportunity
Of seeing the first football battle
ever waged in the snow in Atlanta,
but football fans seem rather to
prefer the comforts of a coy fire.
side to the pigskln pastime, with
any sort of trimmings.
Anyhow, they weren't on hand.
Even the Tech roofing section was
noitceably small. while the rest of
the outpouring consisted of Il few
policemen and some forlorn indi-
viduals who didn't have any other
way of spending a THANKSGIVING
afternoon.
No pep" For Tech.
Though the Tech team played
their usual machine like game, the
anti-climaX spirit was present in
their ranks with vengeance. When
they trotted ON the field and warm
cd up. Captain Leuhrman was com
PEELED to eXhort them time and
again that the season wasn't quite
over, that there was a need Of
glory in trampling on Clemson's
carcass, before he could engender
enough pepper in his cohorts to
season a hard-boiled egg.
It's true that when the team
started playing it worked with the
same old dash that has made it
formidable, despite its miniature
size. But they went about it as If
1t was days work instead of an
afternoons play. Their hearts had
been left in the Georgia game. So
mad the hearts of the Tech stu
dents. SO had the enthusiasm Of
the Atlanta patrons of the pastime.
There wasn't as much enthusiasm
apparent at Ponce as there would be
in prohibition convention in
Louisville, Ky
Nothing to It but Tech,
AS far as the game went, it was
practical procession for Tech.
Clemson fought some In the first
half, but then seemed TO lose spirit
and allow Tech to parade. The
South Carolinans seemed to out
weigh Tech by wide margin, es-
pecially in the backfield, and at
times the Tiger backs successfully
bucked Techs line Their work
was never consistent, though, and
Whenever the Jackets line was i'm
periled they braced wonderfully and
held for downs.
Webb, the Carolina fullback,
proved a powerful bucker, but his
sloWness in starting frequently per-
mitted the Tech men to get through
and halt his advance.
Techs entire team played splen-
did ball. Mcdonald and Moore made
sensational broken field runs time
after time, while Leuhrman hit the
line for substantial gains. The
Jacket offense was as varied as a
Thanksgiving celebrant's path
homeward, which made the game
pleasant to watch, even If those
present would have appreciated a
yell or two or some other sign Of
life.
Ball Wet-Little Fumbling!
Though the ball was wet and
slippery, the game was practically
free from fumbling, and it was
striking fact that whenever either
team let the ball slip that same
team recovered.
a high school inclination to
wrangle married the last two quar-
tiers, but by that time nearly all
the spectators had left the park,
and it didn't make much differ
ence.
But the Tech authorities. when
they make their next batch of con-
tracts. will in ali likelihood re-
member the Thanksgiving paucity
in attendance and arrange their
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