The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-15
AUBURN FIVE FALLS BEFORE GEORGIA'S QUINTET, 31 TO-22I
Five-Man Defense Is Impor- tant Factor in Victory of
 AthenianS
By CAREY J. WILLIAMS

Athens Ga, January 14.-(Special')- Meeting their first real opposition in one of the most nerve wracNing games
 ever played in the classic city, Mike
 Donahue's Auburn Tigers went down
 in defeat before Coach stegemans
 Georgia Bulldogs by the score of S1
 to 22.
 To say that it was a crackerjaek
 game would be putting it mildly. Geor-
 gia jumped into the lead a few min
 utes after the fracas was under way,
 and all during the first period it was
 nip-and- tuck, the initial stan2a end- ing II to 10, with the Red and Black demons in the lead.
 During the intermission Coach Stegeman must have injected some hot
 stuff into the Georgians and murmered some magic words, for the red Jersey warriors came back and led the visitors during the remaining stage of the game by comfortable margin. 1t will be a game long remembered by the sporting element and students in Athens. Enthu- siasm at all times was at fever heat USE FIVE-MAN DEFENSE The five-man defense used by the Athenians played an important part in | their victory. It compelled the Tigers | to do practically all of their shooting i from mdfield .'Billy" Anderson the 1 lanky Bulldog forward, was the of fensive star of the game. Anderson
 covered the floor in jam-up fashion, and several of his shots were spec tacular. Although the Macon boy was a little off in dropping the free throws through the net in the first period, he found himself in the second stanza and delivered the goods in ttptop fashion.
 CHEEVES STARRED Buck Cheeves played the game of his career The fiery little Georgia leader seemed to be all over the floor at one time, and the like of his defense play ing has never been seen in Athens be- fore. Cheeves was the outstanding scintillator of the performance. Page Bennett put up wonderful ex- hibtion at center, while Red owens was close on the heels of Cheeves as a defensive star Eddie Rawson's spec tacular shots threw the Georgians' sup | porters into delrium of joy. ! When it comes to dropping the agate l through the net on free throws, Auburn 1 has a man in the person of Wade who
 hits the bullseye every time. Wade dropped 10 foul goals through the hoop during the evening.
 HUB" HAHN STARS l Hub Hahn played a brilliant game | for the Plainsmen. The Tiger forward proved to be arsenic on tossing baskets and starred, despite the fact that the l Stegeman lads kept him covered as much as possible. Hahn is one of the best forwards in the S. I. A. A. | The red-jerseyed warriors kept the l ball in their possession more than the | Blue and Gold. The passing of the l Bulldogs was superb, and they out classed the plainsmen in this respect Yates, who refereed the tournament games in Atlanta last March, had
 charge of the game and administered
 many fouls on both sides He refereed a jam-up game and both teams were ] satisfied
 The Red and Black quintet leaves i tomorrow morning for Macon, where 1 they will meet the Mercer five. Though Mercer was defeated by Auburn re- | gently the Stegeman lads are expecting a hard battle from Joseph Cody's clan Auburn will leave Saturday morning for Atlanta, where they meet the At lanta Athletic club. 8