Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-02
tech DEFEATS
BEAR 81 IN
FREAK GAME
Californian Stopped
\ On LIZARD Line AS
lie Heads For Own
Goal; Costs Safety

PASADENA, Cal. Jan. 2.-tP-
h Golden Tornado of Georgia Tech
today held a claim 20 the n~stion's
mythical football championship hon
ors because Of is strangely wrought
: r. , victory ever the Golden Bears
Of California n the Rose Fowl New
Years Day classic here.
olecns victory was due IN part. II
at, TO q spectacular hiunder by
-, kicgels. center and c~aptain-elcct
the estcra eleven, who, "a the
.cond PERIOD, ran - yards IA the
srony direction. giving the Dixie
tornado an Advantage which vas
turned into q safety and j lead that
Won the game.
A play that has been the subject
OF many gridirou plots and the basis
oil many a magazine thriller but sci.
dogi seen on a football field was
tstf Which Rieyels made inadvcrtent-
~ When he lost his hesrinrs.
Neither aide mad scored. Tech had
the ball on its own 25-yard line.
"Stur-py" Thomson. Tech ~hsifback,
fumbied. Hiesels snstehed up the
ball and started for the G~eorgian's
goal. He progressed a few steps,
then wheeled about and headed Tor
his cTn gael line.
Fans Amazed
Seventy thousand football fans
watched in amazement as Rfcgcls
streaked down the field.
Riegels had zone perhaps twenty
yards toward the California goal
.Uner hfu t.ap, y,.sr E.,-. -
1irst to realize what Vas happening
started in pursuit.
Not until Ricgcls reached the ono
1oot mark did LON overtake him.
LON then pulled Riegels hy the
opposite goal. Riegels STOPPED, snd
at that instant two Georgia Tech
players tackled him and threw him
ever the goal line. The referee
chilled the bail down at the place
where Riegels had been stopped By
his tesmmate.
Standing with his back slrost even
with the zaol posts. Lcm then at
tempted TO punt out Of danger. But
Vance Marco. Techs tackle, crashed
through to block. Stanley Barr.
California ~halfback. fell on the oval
behind the rsol line after a mad
scramble, and Tech had tVo points.
Tech Storms Over
Demoralized By the freak break
the Bears fell victim to a Yellow
jacket attack in the third period.
The stalwartS Of Californi, stiffencd
to hold on their own Vineyard line.
but the Tornado returned with even
greater fun q few plays later 70
storm across the Nesterners' goal
line for a touchdown. Sunny"
fhomsson. packed it across from the
15-ysrd line. Georgia failed in the
txy for point.
A touchdown in the final minutes
of the game MAS sweet fruit 20 Cali
fornia's gridders who faced a shut
out defeat. although they had out
gained their foes almost two yards
ally throughout. California made H.
yards on aerial plays against 35 for
Tech and l69 from scrimmage COM
pared with i64 hi the Southerners.
Mizsll proved the best ground gamer
in the game, making 1876 yards in
eleven plays. Lom. Cslifornis's best
ball carrier, made 1912 yards in Is
plays. LON. the backbone Of the
California Bear offensive. passed
usk& uncanny accuracy in this last
drive that carried so yards, tSo
passes to Captain Iisine Phillips. on
one of which the star end scored,
and one to Lee Eisan, slippery quar-
terback, accounted for most Of the
advance. Bars lofeyt kick for the
extra point was successful.