Evening star., 1929-01-02
STAMINA OF TECH
| TEAM SURPRISING
Georgians Refuse to Wilt
and Are More Powerful
Late in Clash.
BY L. C. OWEN.

~ ASADENA, Calf, January a.
- Corn pone and hot biscuits
proved themselves more en-
i during diet for athletes than did
mush and milk in Georgia
Techs defeat of California here Tues
day. Coach Bill Alexander's Rambltn'
Wreck outlasted Coach Nibs Prices
Golden Bears just at time when their
stamina was supposed to wilt owing to
climatic changes, water and d1etetic
practices.
Ever since the Georgia Yellow jack
cts hit Southern California their morn
ing food has been the subject OF gas
tronomic arguments. The Atlantans
that Coach AlexanderS men might have
their morning portion of hot biscuits
and corn pone. According to this i'm
ported chef the corn dodger was "wob-
bled" in bacon fryin's to make it more
succulent and strengthening. Health
experts out here decried it as being
more dyspeptic than energy-building.
Meanwhile the Berkeley warriors
breakfasted daily on mush and succulent
cream. That became known when the
chef in the big Pasadena hotel, where
the Golden Bears were quartered, spilled
huge pot of it over his pedal eXtrem-
tiles. Forthwith the dietitians who
criticized the Southerners' morning
menu gave the mush diet their hearty
o. K.
So much for the matter of diet. The
close score of to in favor of the
Atlantans does not tell the true story.
Neither does the fact that the Californ-
ians scored another touchdown that
looked as though it should have counted
or that Roy Riegels, next seasons Bear
captain, pulled one that will be tabu-
lated in years to come as one OF foot
balls famous boners.
Tech Really Good.
The Ramblin' Wreck outcharged, out
passed and out-intersepted the Berkeley
ties from here to there. They could
not make appreciable gains through
California's line, but they showed the
far West how to coordinate ball-carry-
ing, interference and end running. The
way that Dixie interference took would
be Bear tacklers out was thing of Joy
and beauty to look at. Thomason, ,Durant
and MiZell-particularly the latter
were the fastest starting backf1eld seen
in this seasons Offering on coast grid
irons.
The stamina part of it, however
whether diet had anything TO do with 1t
or notr-was of outstanding importance.
During the first half the two teams
played pretty much nip and tuck foot
ball. If anything the Gold Coasters had
a slight edge.
At the beginning Of the third quar-
ter the Georgians were supposed to
commence whiting. not being used to
the climate. California at that stage
was supposed to step out and show
how far superior Western foot ball was
to any other sectional variety. The
Georgians, however, refused to wilt. In
fact they stepped on the throttle as
soon as the second half began and kept
bearing down on it until the last
three or four minutes Of the fourth
quarter. California in those three or
four minutes connected with a couple
of long passes that earned them their
only touchdown.
Not First Wrong Run.
Capt. -elect Riegels' faux pas, in which
he ran the wrong way with the ball, was
cne of those instances of overhaul
nerves. opposed to Pund, Georgia
Techs all1America center, the Bear
pivot man played an otherwise top
| notch game. It isn't the first time q
| player on a Golden State team has car
ried the ball toward his own goal line.
| A couple Of years ago one of Pop
| Warmers star Stanford backs commit
ted the same kind of an error.
| However, the Atlanta Yellow Jackets
beat the Golden Bears and In the
language of base ball, all their tallies
were earned runs.