Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-17

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by the outcome of foot ball game. I
suppose that fcur-flfths of the coaches
in this section before the game Satur-
day would have guessed that Tulane
had only a faint outside chance against
Georgia.
Georgia had clearly demonstrated
that she has O splendid team, with
abundant reserves, stalwart on defense
and skilled In all weapons of attack.
Tulane had lost to Northwestern in an
early-season game by q margin OF two
| touchdowns, and Georgia, although tied
by Florida. had otherwise gone trium-
phantly Through an exceedingly hard
schedule, which included New York
University and Yale.
/ am very frank to say that I felt
that Tulane had neither the experience
nor the ability to stand up against the
speed, power and variety of the Georgia
attack. With fine coaching and excel
lent material, Georgia also had gath
cred wisdom from her hard but victo-
rious battles. She was veteran in all
that this word means both on the foot
ball field and in the Army.
Georgia Punch Missing.
On Saturday in New Orleans Georgia
appeared to be Just an ordinary foot
ball team, powerless to function. 1u-
lane had magnificent end play, bril-
liant blocking by the line, q poisonous
passing attack and binding backfeld
speed and gathered in IS points.
Georgia scored nothing and threatened
to score only once, and this demonstra-
ton by Tulane demands serious con-
sideration in the right to supremacy in
the conference But If Alabama mn
isheS the season undefeated. she will
have accomplished more. because she
has had more responsibility ana more
opportunity.
Practically all other conference teams
were engaged, with no surprising upSets.
Alabama's large squad enabled her TO
rest some of her men against /. 8. U.
Auburn came within one point Of q
much-coveted conference victory. In
Virginia there were some contests im-
portant because Of long tradition ana
| rivalry.
Maryland won from v. P. l. and Vir-
Rinia continued her consistent work
against the institutions Of her own State
| by gaining q very satisfactory victory
over Washington and Lee.
Important in this section because Of
| long tradition and rivalry was the con-
| test between Vanderbilt and Tennessee.
| Intense interest was expressed in a
| stadium filled to capacity, crowded
temporary seats and the use of all avail
able remaining space for standing room.
| Not only to the average spectator but
| to the close student Of foot ball the
game was intensely interesting because
Of new things done by Tennessee and
the astonishing Judgment and skill OF
the Tennessee quarterback, Bobby Dodd.
.s Hickman Il Fast.
Dodd has an excellent personnel with
which to work-frst-claSs forwards and
ends and backs Of great ability. His
most valuable teamnate Is lad named
Hackman, a boy Of abundant power,
but Hickman has much more than
power. Without close observation YOU
would totally underestimate his great
speed He uses an exceptionally long
stride, an elusive hip movement, fine
Judgment and Is exceedingly dangerous
field. He blocks perfectly, throws
passes well and Is an ideal pass re-
ceiver.
| Nobody likes to lose foot ball game,
and while Vanderbilt hates worse than
poison to lose to Tennessee, neveTthe-
| less Dodds remarkable ability and his
| good craftsmanship command q meas
ure Of admiration He reminds me very
much of Benny Friedman In his selec-
| ton of plays for position and In the
manner in which he lays his plans, play
by play TO lead up to a definite weapon
| of assault. He Is as good blocker as
Friedman. more capable running with
the ball. better punter and just as
good with forward pass.
To illustrate the novelty of his per-
I Torrance on Saturday, Tennessee had
the ball on her own 2l-yard line near
| the side lines. Dodd took the ball and
started as for run into the open field,
| perhaps with the idea Of continuing If
| the way were open for q good gain. But
expecting the way might be closed
against the difncult task of running
away from the side lines, he had post
| ed Hackman, who waited behind the
line OF scrimmage back near the side
lines. Dodd ran to the left and then
back. turned completely around and as
he started back toward the side line
/ shot pass TO Haekman as unerringly
as rifle shot into the ear of a squir-
rel.
With the Tennessee forwards gath
cred ahead and offering splendid inter-
ference Haokman ran something over
80 yards across the goal line.
Cool and SkillfuL
| Not one passer In fifty could be
| trusted while running around in circles
to throw pass across the face of de-
| fensive team to waiting comrade, but
such Is Dodd's GOODNESS of head and
skill that he has been trusted with
justification to do this thing a number
OF times in his college career.
vanderbilt showed her best offensive
! game of the year making a march OF
/ 80 yards in the first quarter, 10 Ten
nessees 6-yard line, where lack of ex-
! perienee and perhaps q certain lack of
organization for which coaches are
more responsible than team resulted
In the failure TO score. We found en-
| enlargement for the future in the con-
duct Of the SIX sophomores in the line
| up.
When witnessed the Tennessee
Clemson game two weeks ago, I re-
marked that the devil himself only
knew what Tennessee might do. / had
measure of hope that we might guess
and We did guess and studionsly pre-
pared against the things with which
Tennessee was most effective against
| Vanderbilt. But Tennessee used them
| effectively nevertheless, and / am
thankful that Vanderbilt will have to
| guess against Dodd no more.
But a sense of fairness requires me
to say that Dodd and Hackman have
played brilliantly against Wander
| for three years and have played
according to the code of hard fight
! ing young sportsmen with skill,
| determination and courage. And
| they are entitled to the respect and af-
lection of all friends and supporters Of
| the University Of Tennessee and are
entitled to the respect Of all opponents