The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-05
TWO PASSES
SPELL DOOM
OF BULLDOGS
Mizelrs Brilliant Kicking Is
Sensational Factor in
Dope Upset
THOMSON LEADS FIGHT
Georgia Outrushed Tech, But
Muddy M0rass Swallowed
Hopes
THOMSON LEADS FIGHT
Nv ALAN ]. GOULD

the "Ramblin' Wreck" that they
sing about, Georgia Techs football
tt am Saturday turned out to
be a wrecking crew. With
few ular thrusts
it demolished the championship
hopes of the higher, unbeaten
University of Georgia eleven by the
decisive score Of IL to 0 while q
record-breaking southern crowd of
$4,000 watched one Of the biggest
upsets of the year.
In slashing, bitterly fought bat
tie through the muddy inorasses Of
Grant field, Techs wreckc knocked
the advance dope" into a cooked
hat, put an abrupt end to Georgia's
march of triumph and simultaneous
~ lifted themselves to the top Of
the Southern conference heap.
Georgia Caught by Surprise
To the establishment 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 defensive barrier that
blocked all counter efforts Of the
mighty Bulldogs to turn the tide.
Techs twin terrors in the spark
ling drive that overcame the handi-
caps of muddy gridiron and over
threw the .yaunted Georgians were
Warner Nell and Stumpy Thoma-
son, a pair of halfbacks who dis
played an utter disregard Of condi-
tions, betting odds or the heralded
fame Of their opponents.
Score on Sensational Pay
It was Mizelps brilliant kicking
that repeatedly pulled Tech OH. Of
difficulties, while putting Geor-
gia lin the hole" and it was this
halfback trusty right arm that
hurled the pass to Durant, quarter
back, for Techs first touchdown on
q 43-yard play that brought the
crowd to its feet in the second quar-
ter. Durant plucked the wet and
slippery pigskin out Of the air and
splashed Is yards to cross Georgia's
goal with the points that were suffi-
Gent, as it turned out. to settle the
argument, then and there.
This sensational play, with Geor-
gia's supposedly best weapon turned
against it and her defense complete
" outguessed, seemed to break some
Of the spirit of Gebrgia's game,
while also accelerating the Tech at
tack. Tech came close to tallying
again before the half ended, as
Mizell galloped 80 yards after in
tercepting a pass, and through most
of the last half it was Tech that
held the upper hand.
Injured Star Leads Attack
Thomson, 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.
Thomson, grabbing Georgia pass
out Of the air deep i'm his own ter
ritory on the dead run, cut across
the field and dashed SO yards, the
most spectacular open field run Of
the game, before he was brought
down on the Bulldogs 22-yard line.
It took only three plays to put the
pigskin across the goal line again,
Thomson skirting Captain 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
gridirOn as the teams wallowed in
there was slight chance Of sustain
ing any advance.
|. The closest Georgia came to scor-
ing was early in the second quarter,
when the Bulldogs passed and bucked
their way from around midfield to
Techs seven-yard line. But there,
the big Georgia fullback, Herds Nc
Crazy, failed by narrow margin ia
make first down. Tech took the ball
on downs, Mizell's ever-reliable toe
booted the ball out of danger and
Ceorgia's best opportunity to break
through went glimmering.