The Washington times., 1929-01-02


But Eddie Riegels, center o
immortal fame at the. annual
which Georgia Tech won, 8 t.
The chance that comes once in
4 century to the snapperback pre-
sented itself to Eddie in the second
quarter OF the game. The teams
were battling on even terms near
rnidfield. 1t looked ike scoreless
tie. Eddie was ready to die for his
Alma Mater the moment the oppor-
tunity presented itself. Within his
breast stirred the urge to do some
thing that no other center had ever
done before him and that no other
center ever would do again.
And then came the break. Out OF
4 mass OF squirming legs and arms
there came the bounding pigskiT.
Eddie, who disengaged himself from
the pile. bounced on it and some
thing told MIN his supreme moment
had arrived. Looking neither to the
left nor the right, he started off to-
ward the goal, with ten-league
the $4,000 fans. It was music 70
Eddie's ears. Yard after yard, the
turf flew under his feet.
The white chalk marks came
up I'd meet him, one by one,
and then faded into the retreat
ing BACKGROUND. Looking over
his shoulder. he saw several
men pursuing him, yelling
wildly at him.
"I'H do or die for Alma Mater"
said Eddie, grirnly, as he urged on
his weary legs and strained his
bursting lungs to the utmost The
crowd was not frantic. Fifty
sixty-seventy yards Eddie had left
behind him and there were only six
more to go before the coveted
touchdown was his.
Only q few more strides and then
something struck him from the
rear. He tried to throw his falling
body over the goal line. but two
players fell on him like an elevator
and brought him down just six
inches from the goal. Then two
strangely familiar voices poured
forth such b. torrent of yituperatiOn
that Eddie was stunned He looked
at his detractors and found himself
staring into the faces of two Of
his teammates. i
what's the idea of spelling my
beautiful run?'' sasped the puzzled
Eddie.
why, you poor sap, you've
been running toward your own
goal and we've Just prevented
you from scoring . touch.
down for Georgia Tech" they
screamed, almost IN tears.
----
Poor Eddie's dream castle crashed
all around him. The stern coach
called him Off the field. a nav
center was put in and he made Il
poor pass to the California full
hack, trying to get off q kick be-
hind his own goal. The kick was
/ blocked. Parr recovered 1t but was
| thrown behind his goal for b safety.
| So poor Eddie's 6O-yard run will
go down in athletic history as q
more famous boner than that
pulled by Fred Merk1e. Of the
| Giants.
| Al center II only q center, but
Eddie Riegels d bloke.
Georgia Tech blocked kick on
Ca1ifornias nine yard line In the
third period, and after rushing the
ball to the six-inch line, was held
for downs. Then California booted
| to its 44-yard line. Tllomason rip
ped off d 20-yard run before being
forced out of bounds and then on
1 the next place, reversing his field
i on an end run. he skirted left end
for i touchdown. He missed the
/ goal.
With only two minutes to go
Lon, standing on the 15-yard line
tossed a pass to Phillips behind
the goal line for California's touch
down. Then SchWartz kicked for
the extra point. making the score
ST, but with only d minute LEFT
to play, California had no chance
4 to redeem the game.