Evening star., 1927-12-04

Tl.ANTA. December 3.-lnStead
n of the "Ramblin Wreck" that
IA they sing about, Georgia Tech s
1 \ foot ball team today turned out
to be a wrecking crew. With
few spectacular thrusts it demol-
ished the championship hopes of the
hitherto unheaten University OF
Georgia eleven to the decisive tune of
II TO while record-breaking South
ern crowd of So, 900 watched one of
the biggest upsets of the year.
In a slashing, bitterly fought bat
tie through the muddy morasses of
Grant Field, Techs wreckers knocked
the advance dope into cooked nat,
nut an abrupt end to Georgia's S march
Of triumph and simultaneously lifted
themselves to the top of the Southern
Conference heap.
To the astonishment of about half
the big crowd and hysterical delight
Of the. other half-depending upon
partisan feeling-Tech uncorked an
attack that caught Georgia by com
plete surprise, put over two touch
downs in sensational fashion and
erected a defensive barrier that
81 .lled all counter efforts OF the
mighty Bulldogs to turn the tide.
Techs twin terrors in the sparkling
drive that overcame the handicaps of
a muddy gridiron and overthrow the
vaunted Georgians were Warner
MfzeH and Stumpy Thomason, pair
of halfbacks who displayed an utter
disregard of conditions, betting ODDS
or the heralded fame OF their op.
ponents.
1t was MizeIls brilliant kicking
that repeatedly pulled Tech out OF diff
fculties, while putting Georgia in
the hole" and it was this halfback s
-l,A hot hIIrI 0d 10 &C
to Durant, quarterback, for Techs $
first touchdown on 4S-yard play that
brought the crowd to it's feet late in
the second quarter. Screened by
flock of interferers, Durant plucked
the wet and slippery pigskIn out or
the air and splashed 25 yards to cross
Georgia's goal with the points that
were sufficient, as it turned out, 10
settle the argument then and there.
This sensational play, with Georgia's g
supposedly best weapon turned against
it and her defense completely out
guessed seemed to break some of the
spirit of Georgia's game, while also
accelerating the Tech attack. Tech
came close to tallying again before
the half ended, as MiZell galloped 3S
yards after intercepting a pass, and
through most of the last half it was
Tech that held the upper hand.
ThOmason Strong Lame" Man.
Thomason, kept from the starting
lineup and supposedly handicapped
by an injured back and shoulder
showed no traces of disability as he
led Techs concluding onslaught and
carried over the second touchdown
" in the third quarter. Thomason,
grabbing a Georgia pass out of the
air deep in his own territory on the
cead run, cut across the field and
dashed So yards. the most spectacular
open field run of the game, before he
brought down on the Bulldogs 22-yard
line. IT took only three plays to put
the pigskin across the goal line again.
Thon1a son skirting Capt. Shiver's end
for the last II yards of the needed
distance.
Georgia outrushed Tech two to one,
rolling up nine first downs TO four
for their rivals, but on such grid
iron as the teams wallowed in there
was slight chance of sustaining any
advance.
The closest Georgia came to scor-
jng was early in the second quarter,
when the Bulldogs passed and bucked
their way from around midfeld to
Techs 7-yard line. But there. the
big Georgia fullback, Herds McCrarN.
failed by a narrow margin to make
first down. Tech took the ball on
downs, Mitzell's ever reliable toe boot
ed it out of danger and Georgia 3
best opportunity to break through
went gfimmering.