The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
Ca. Tech Deserves Highest Of Praise
For Fine Showing During 1889 Season;
Tuskegee Looks Like Tough Customer
By LUc7nS Melanchozy Jones

THE BOWL CLASSICS are just pleasant painful
MISUNDERSTANDING how you lined up-and al
know the real lowdown The column had line
virtually every bow-excep the main one It's hunch tina
Tennessee would stop Southern California dub How
ever Ga Tech through with flying coors Texas Ag
ges eked out and Clemson by small margin in the
other classics to keep the corners prestige pretty well
tected
Ca Tech really brought satisfaction to the Gate City
Thousands of cored fans pu ling hard for the Ye
low Jackets their alumni The fact that Tech
is soothing But the decisive and coorful i'll
which the victory achieved is comforting
Tech was not figured any better than sixth
enth place club the Southeastern Conference this
year. but she along and confounded all experts by
carving triple tie for the title with Tulane and Ten
There those who venture Tech have
taken the Vols into camp One thing is certain: Tech
formidable than Auburn and the latter the Vols
Tulane and Texas Aggies may have the two best foot
ball teams the land while Southern California proved
clsveIy that she ranks with the best the nations
perts get around admitting that Ga. Tech far bet
Ter than the rating of No. 13 she given nationally Tech
than the sixth seventh best club in the
try. She ranks favorably with Texas Aggies Southern
Cal, TuIane, Tennessee, Cornell, and Clemson.
One thing about Tech which commands the respect OF
everybody is the fact that She had just about the smallest
backs collectively Of any major power in the country Yet
despite their smaness of stature the Tech pass defense
actually tops Few clubs have been able to penetrate the
Goden Tornado defense aeriay Johnny Bosch Bobby Pair
Earl Whebg Howard Ector and Buck Murphy simply don't
stand too much of that air raidng stuff.
another thing, Tech has of the best aggre@a
tOns of ball handlers in the country The entire bacfe1
department handles the ball like hardwood quintet and
Techs Bob sOu the mythical honor end is great pas
catcher well of the shest the entire
squad. His SO yard battling reverse high
light of the Orange Bowl Classic.
Tech was popular with the Miami folk-vlrtually To-
team in fact, pronounced the sentiment Tor
Tech victory The Jackets took advantage of the cordial
atmosphere and turned in dazzling exhibition of modern
warfare They kept the ball much that, at times the
fans doubtless thought they had it the end of strn
The bowl games gone and the athletic peOpe shOud
be about ready to sanity This pasme called fco
ball has had all the nation throwing ducs since
early September It's high time all of us were reganirg
normacy.
The sNs sports desk will return to normalcy. The
clerical staff finds itself too enwrapped in heated football
discussions they sft down the hall In full bast) most OF
the fall and winter to apply Itself effectively The
bookeepers stenographers cashier and switchboard Ope
ator welcome the of football To fellows like Rc
Roberts Russell Simmons Eme Scott Ben Hubert Oscar
Stokes Leslie Bell Felix Robinson, Bob Racffe, William
Fowlkes Jimmy Perry, and the rest it's nothing snort OF
DEATH It's fatal blow to all of them You know what 1t
means to the corner outside chum like Hubert jack
son. Squat Hamilton Louie Reese Howard Lndley Fred
Adams Big Smtty, Holley John Parks, Dan Robinson,
Clarence Chandler B Estes Fred Williams Bob Freeman,
and other Auburn Avenue personalities.
COL r. E. PharrOw Arthur L. Miller, and host of Oth~
ers are fit subjects the ast mile" with football season
gone But may well Otherwise the nations ut
ter insanity would have all in the bughOse before long
Football is second only to numbers"-but dangerous
rival at that. Don't let tell you football isn't pig
business
Speaking of basketball it's breaking out in the Gate
CITY in big way this week end Morehouse takes Bene
dict Friday night in the Maroon gymnasium and continues
hardwood fireworks the next evening what should be an
exciting stir against what looks like whtehot 1uskegee
quintet reports are accurate the Adams boys already
have come through with victories in every played 10
date The list includes double wins Southern University
and the oath Infantry The Tigers play A. and T. tomorrow
at Tuskegee.