Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-13
Georgia Plans to Batter Down
Tech Line With Heavy Forwards

friend to the grave.
Admit Georgia's weaknesses. Re
member the early setback Of the
Vanderbilt game, which was enough
to have broken the spirit of the
hardest fighting force. Hearken to
the stories that are whispered from
Athens that fraternities are playing
part in football. Grant that
Georgia's physical fitness will not
measure up to that of the Heis-
NANTES. Consider it unlikely that
Cunningham has planned any STRAIT
egg that the willy Heisman has not
prepared for. Then let the words
ring out, But remember Georgia's
weight" and they chime with a
cheeriness that would make a
Christmas carol sound like the foot
steps of bill collector on pay day.
Threw Weight on Line.
And so on Saturday the thou
sands of football enthusiasts who
will journey to Ponce DeLeon for
the fray will see Georgias great
heft thrown time and time against
the slender forwards Of the Yellow
Jackets. Gradually it is the Geor-
gia plan. to batter the Tech
strength down and then sweep on
through a game but hopeless de-
Tense to victory.
OF course, Heisman will try TO
obviate this, but when the question,
How can hep" is propounded Sol
ONION could probably not answer,
nor can the Tech coach. A line OF
170-pound men will move q line of
800 pound athletes If it sticks to
the work long enough.
This years football rules have
given an added premium on weight.
Four downs are given a team to
move forward ten yards, and with
difference in beef and Drawn 1t is
difficult to see how the lighter
fighters are to stop the attack.
Last years clash between the
Yellow and White and the Red and
Black gives a valuable object les
son. and In 1911 the weight dis
crepancy was not so much in Geor-
gia's favor as it is this year.
In the first quarter Techs speed
fairly dazzled the Athenians. The
ball was constantly in Georgia's
territory. The thousands of yelling
alumni of the state university were
dumbfounded with the showing.
But Cunningham had planned his
game well. He kept battering away
at the line.
The second quarter still found
Tech playing the better ball but it
also found the Georgia defense
strengthening 1t was not so much
Georgia's Improvement 1t was
Techs weakening under the terri
BILE bombardment.
Team Finally Played Out.
And in the third quarter Techs
doom was plain to every one. 1t
was only a question of seconds be-
fore a Georgia back would cross the
goal. Once more the signal was
given for a line attack and Nc
w upIlSI WAS sent over Jackie, he
Tech forwards We're spilled Nc
Whorter logged by the first defense.
Then time and again he was tao
killed.. but the Jackets were too
weakened to hold runner Of Nc
Whorter's strength. He threw them
off with the ease of profession
al burglar casting aside conscience.
The game was Georsia's
If this was the proper attack last
year-and it proved all of that
this year it should be doubly effec-
tive.
Techs sole chance seems to rest
in playing Georgia off her feet with
a series Of tricks and forward
passes in the early stages that will
pile up score than the Athenians
can not overtake when the midget
linemen are crushed.
And, therefore. ii wouldn't be
surprising 10 see both sides scor-
ing repeatedly, but whatever the
result it Is sure to be'a game worth
going miles TO see. battle for
blood, "a meeting Of rapier and
broadsword, a duel between siN-
shooter and Hrupp gun