Evening star., 1921-11-13
HMLTOPPERS> NO MATCH.
FOR ATLANTA MACHINE
Make But One First Down Against Twenty One
For Golden Tornado Score Due
To Byrnes 90-Yard Run
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
A TLANTA, Ga, November Il
~ down to brave warriors def
resistible and versatile attac
The score was 2l to and it was ia
the two teams as exhibited in their
foot ball fans in the horseshoe at
It was a clean, hard-fought ma
team won, although during the hrs
keenly the presence OF their running
the Hilltoppers look more formioa
period, when they kept their goal
plunges of Techs great fuiloack, =
the greatest offensive contest OF hi'
With the issue practically settled,
Byrne. who was substituted satan 9rrnishaG IN baG
the real thrill Of the afternoon when
he scooped up the fumbled oval on
his own lO-yard line and ran TO" a
touchdown. A fast Tech man was
closing in on Byrne near midfeld, and
it seemed certain that he would be
overhauIed until Wertz. the visiting
center, shot out of the melee. and
cut down the would-be tackler by as
neat a piece Of interfering from De-
hind as has been seen here in years
While Byrne made the score, Wertz
got the lions share OF the applause
from tho stands.
Georgetovxn's Failure PUSHES.
The visitors went upon the field ia
vcrites and not without substantial
support among the stands, whose
greatest puzzle was just why their
offense did not get started ana why
their heavier and swift trush line
charged 50 feebly and was unable to
stop the lighter yellow-jerseyed lines
men Of Atlanta, who were helpless
before the Penn State backs a mute
and expressive explanation OF the
game comes with the statement that
during the afternoon to Georgia
Techs twenty-one. and the lone down
of the visitors came near the end or
the last period.
Capt. Harlan's consistent plunging
through the gray line was easily the
flashes Of his brilliant running, on
several ions. notably in the third
period, when he skirted left END ror
23 yards and q touchdown, out tne
wings Of Exendine's eleven were wen
taken care Of by o'Connell and Flor
enoe, Formosa and King, the last two
substitutes for the first after the
second quarter. The work OF George
towns ends and Flavin In the oack
field was consistent throughout, the
e>sA~
minor injuries In the last period. Bar
ron and Amis were cuckooed IN the
last quarter, each having to be car
ried from the field on account OF IN
duriea
Georxetown Fumbles Hurt.
Capt. Flavin won the toss and chose
to defend the north goal Win
strong wind at his back: hehyon as
yard line by a pretty piece OF run
ming. Flavin and Kenyon were sue
cesSively thrown for losses on AZ
tempts at right and LETT enos ana
Flavin punted out OF danger. ,oLss lse'
town lO-y a ID line ana the visitors neld.
The play of the first period was CON
tinuously in Georgetown's territory,
and although they held for downs
,o.. swes sbs wss Sa 1heas tMcs s0o
backs behind the line OF scrimmags,
not gaining q single yard except
through the longer punts OF flavin;
Tech opened Up the second Peraoh
yard line, and pushed It to the l6-
yard line again to lose it on tumel.:s;
The Hilltoppers fumbied again ana
Tech recovered on their 4.yard line;
from which point Harlan smasneo
once for the flrst score of the game.
Thereafter the ball ses-sawed back
Thereafter the ball seesawed back
the half ending with the ball IN the
visitors 1-yard line. In Techs pos
session with four downs to make 1t
In.
Fierce Play In Third Period.
The fiercest and prettiesr foot ball
of the day came in the third quarter.
Tech received the kickoff and in
sustained attack consisting or end
runs. a pretty forward pass. and
straight line bucks marched from
the marker being accredited 10 Bar
ron, who completed the assault With
spectacular end run OF 23 yards. A
forward pass, Ferst to Mitchell, net
ted 80 yards. Both teams were play
game. with the locals getting the bet
ter Of the argument. although they
were penalixed 80 yards TO: rough.
ing it. Is for holding and twice
for being offside. A brilliant pass on
the third down with Is yards to go
netted Tech SO yards and hrst down.
and thereafter 1t seemed question
Of how much distance Harlan and
Barron would gain on each attempt
OF tackle and through the line.
nished the brilliant run Of Byrne and
the entrance of McQuade into the
game. He replaced Flavin, who was
Worn down from his ceaseless tao
king OF the toW-funnlng darlan De-
hind the scrimmage line.
Georgetown got possession of the
ball in the final quarter and executed
one forward pass out Of seven ef-
forts, made one first down and was
given the distance of a forward pass
when the: referee ruled that q Tech
tackle had interfered with the re-
ceiver OF it &C..
Coach Exendine Disappointed.
Coach Exendine was disappointed In
the showing OF his men. He had ex-
pected Tech to be the same team
which was crushed by Penn State.
but instead found 1t to be the power
full eleven. which Is ranked every
year among the best in the country
and which has been beaten only once
on Grant Field in five years. The
coach expressed dissatisfaction over
the Tech shift as executed and de-
olared 1t illegal
A remarkable tribute was paid by
Tech to Mike Thompson, the referee.
Thompson is a Georgetown man, but
was agreed on as fair man by both
Tech gained se4 yards during the,
game from scrimmage and George
town 6l >,