The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-02
Texas Aggies Drive To l4-l3 Win Over Tulane
Tech Battles Missouri
To Win Bowl Fray, I'll
Engineers Muffle Christman
Ison. And Mates Turn In
Long Brilliant Runs
BY r ROLLINS


MIAMI. Fla, Jan. 1.-lR-Geor.
gia Techs magicians dazzled Mis-
souri's football team and $4,000
spectators with magnificent decep.
ton today to humiliate the Big Six
champions, 81 to Z, in the eighth
annual Orange Bowl game.
After the mighty Paul Christman
had pitched Missouri to al early
touchdown, Tech muffled the big
bonds aerial shots and countered
with three scoring sorties. two of
them on lengthy runs by Bob Ison,
the Engineers All.Southeastern end,
and Earl Wheby, a substitute half.
back. Ison's 50 yard touchdown
dash on an end.around stood out in
a game replete with flashy plays.
1t was tiny Johnny Bosch, how
ever, who started Tech on its vim
ming surge. His bullet losses spark
ed a 64.yard drive that tied the score
in the first quarter.
Missouri, clearly out-played, made
a valiant but futile gesture in the
waning minutes, only to lose the
ball on downs two yards short Of a
touchdown.
Tech proved its superiority IN vir.
tually every department.. outrushing
the Missourians 210 yards to ISL and
outpassing them 81 yards to 76.
The game was scarcely five min
utes old when Christman unlimbered
his strong right arm and sent Mis-.
souri, on the way to first blood.
Bob Waldorf had recovered Howard
Ectors tumble on Techs 45.yard
line. and FuAback Bill Cunningham
had failed to make any Roadway
through Techs hard.cracking line.
Pitchin' Paul Immediately rifled a
21.yard pass to Blaine Currence at
end. and three plays later he
whipped the ball to him again for
Is more to reach Techs s.
From there the M~issourians
pounded over, with Christman hit
ting guard for the final yard. Gun.
bingham place-kicked the extra
point on his second try, after Tech
drew an offside penalty, and Mis-
souri, appeared. briefly to have the
situation in hand.
The boys from Atlanta received
the kickoff and didn't give up the
ball until they had swept 6S yards
for the tying touchdown. On the
first play after the kickoff return
Bosch whirled the ball to Paul
sprayberry for a first down. Little
Bobby Pair picked up another
through the line and then Georgia
Tech pulled the play that, repeated
later, was to prove Missouri's down.
fall.
1son, taking the ball from Bosch
on an end.around, shouldered his
way IA yards to the Missouri 1S.
Then the tall end took Bosch's pass
on the Tiger s, and four plays later
Ector hammered over center for the
last few inches. Roy Goree, Techs
place-kicking specialist, converted
to even the game.
Missouri gambled on a fourth.
down pass and Tech got the bali on
Its own SO. Pair made five yards
c. a reverse, a pass by Bosch didn't
click.
1son, pulling out Of the line, again
grabbed the ball from Bosch and set
sail wide around right end. He
crashed through Missouri's secon.
DAIRY, lodged the last threat 80 Yards
from home and breezed down the
sideline as free as air. Again Goree
was called in to boot the point.
In the third period, Bosch whipped
the ball twice to 1son to penetrate
into scoring territory, but Jim
starmer recovered Capt. Buck Muir.
phys tumble almost on the goal
'ne and Currence punted out.
Bosch returned to the Missouri
81 n failed with a pass before
turning Wheby loose. The fleet
Tech substitute took the ball on one
Of Techs mystifying double re-
verses, went wide around his left
end, cut back sharply n sped to
the end zone. Goree once more
added the point and that was all the
scoring.
Lineups and summary:
w. missouri Georgia Tech
LIE Bud orr 1son
1t Wetzel Wood
LG Waldorf ---. cavette
90 MoseT Wright
ftG ------------- Aderhold
haas T,ackoy