The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25
EYES OF GEORGIA
WILL Be ON GOOD
GEO. JERNlCAN TOE
Bulldog Place-Kicker Will
Give Tulsa Trouble In
Oil Bowl
Bv BURNS BENNETT
Tinted Press Sports Writer

United PreSS SpOTIS WIItcT
ATHENS, Ca. Dec. 2.-W.D-1f
the Georgia-Tulsa Oil Bowl foot
ball game in Houston, Texas, on
Jan. / ever reaches the "it-all-de-
pends- on-the extra point STAGE"
Georgia people will consider the
contest money in the banks"
In the 'possum and sweet later
country they make book on the
fac,le toe of George T. Jernigan,
Bulldog spare guard who ranks
among the national leaders in the
point-after department..
Georgia fans will tell you SOL
emn-faced that Tennyson was re-
ferring to Jernigan's place-kicking
proclivity when he wrote Gross
ing the Bar"
The 188-pound Junior fr m
Springfield, Tenn, ranked fourth
among the Georgia scorers this
season with 81 points. The records
| give him only two quarters of
actual play.
Jernigan automatically polishes
off his money toe and inducts him
self into the game when Georgia
touchdown is scored. He kicked
81 extra points this season. But
he didn't see one Of them cross
the bar. He keeps his head down
till the ball is in flight and then
turns and runs from the field with
out looking. Only the cheers Of
f, tn ecrowd or the scoreboard tells
: him whether he was successful or
not. And 81 out of 40 times
CHATS his average this year he was
accurate.
Although he is a better than av-
erage guard, Jernigan has hardly
had his hair mussed up this season.
A specialist, the "Springfield Rifle"
leaves the dough stuff to Herb st.
John, ]. P. Miller, and Charley
Furchgott, a trio of the finest
guards that has been on the Geor-
gia roster in several years.
Anybody can kick EN-" Jerni-
gan explains. Its all in the way
Rabbit (Charles SMITH holds the
ball and in doing like Coach Whit
worth showed me-"
Ears" Whitworth, the ex-Ala-
bama guard with the molasses in
his talk, was a better than average
place-kicker in his day, contribut-
ing a field goal in Alabama's 1881
Rose Bowl victory over Washing
| ton State. 80
''If it hadn't been for Coach
Whitworth and Rabbit I'd prob
ably still be missing thre out of
four as I did in high school," Jer-
nigan said.
Skipping over the hour day
which he practices all the year
round. Jernigan added that "most
kickers miss because they look at
the cross bar or the opposing line
that's why never look at them"
LET Charlie Trippi, Smith and
Johnny Donaldson do all the hard
work." he laughed, Il like light
work myself"
The ''hard-workers" in u d e
Trippi, with 81 points for the sea-
son. and ar-conference end all
Conference end Reid Moseley and
backs John Donaldson and Smith
in a three-ply tie for second scor-
ing honors with AZ points each.
Moseley 'yill probably rate good
deal of Tulsa attention in the game.
The slender six-footer gained the
national pass-receiving champion
ship for the second consecutive
vaer with 7e0 yards gained on 81
completed passes.
Coach Wally Butts starting line
up will probably include Moseley
or Joe Tere; t1inski and Dan Ed
wards at the terminals. For Ed
wards, who will probably be named
game captain, the Houston match
viii be a Homecoming affair. He
is from Gatesville. Tex, the only
Texan on the squad.
All-conference Mike Castronis
and Andy Perhach, who was out
the whole season with a knee in
i,,ry. will start at tackle The
guards will be st. John and Miller,
with Mike Cooley at center.
Trippi, Donaldson, John Rauch.
and Joe Chesna, a barrel-built full
hack from Wilkes-Barre, Pa, will
probably round out the Georgia
backfield for the Lone Star in
vasion.
The Bulldogs won eight losing
only to Alabama and LSU, this
year.