Evening star., 1953-10-25
Notre Dame
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getting ineman from Brunswick,
Ca, who at 100 is pretty light
for a tackle, recovered two Notre
Dame fumbles and stopped a
couple of drives with jarring
tackles. Dave Davis, a lanky end
from Roanoke, Va, was stand
out punter whose average was
more than 13 yards better than
Lattner's
Leon Hardeman and Glenn
Turner, Techs most publicized
backs, also proved their quality
on occasion, but most of those
in the big crowd would agree
that the Engineers biggest wea-
pom today-and for some time to
come-was a freshman quarter
back from Atlanta named Wade
Mitchell, an 18-year-old who
already is 6-foot-3 and weighs
181.
Mitchell definitely has what
1t takeS-both as a passer and
at running the team. His long
touchdown pass to Halfback Bill
Teas early in the fourth period
was one of the most spectacular
plays of a game that was
little lacking in that respect.
Always Dangerous.
Mitchell completed onIv threa
of his 13 tosses, but he's the
kind Of passer that looks dan
gerouS all the time. The one
long, looping heave to Teas not
only netted SO yards and a
touchdown, but put Georgia Tech
only seven points behind at q
time when the Engineers cause
looked hopeless.
Mitchell also had accounted
Tor Techs first touchdown
which tied the score at TT after
nearly 7 minutes had gone by in
the third period. The big young
ster barged through center from
one yard out, not long after he
mad obtained the ball at mid
Held on the most misunderstood
play of the afternoon. Well tell
more about that later, although
most of the folks in the press
box still can't figure out Just
what the ruling was.
Besides the pass to Heap, the
Irish touchdowns were scored by
Lattner, Worden and Art Hun
ter, a lively tackle who shared
honorS in the line with his cap
tain, Don Penza. Hunter and
Penza barged through the
lighter Tech line at a time when
Center Jimmy Morris was get
ting off a bad pass to Punter
Davis. Penza took care of Davis
while Hunter fell on the loose
ball for the score that put the
Irish ahead, 21-7.
Menil Mavraides, the big
guard who handles the kickoff
and extra-point assignments for
Notre Dame, clicked on his first
three boots today, but missed
on the fourth for the first time
this season.
Doubt Quickly Removed.
The No. 1-rated Irish, who
were to pile up 323 yards rush
ing and make % first downs,
didn't leave the issue in doubt
very long after play got under
way under cloudy skies and
the threat of rain that never
materialized. Worden brought
Turner's kickoff back to the
Notre Dame 20 and the Irish
scored in just 10 ground plays,
most of them line SmaSheS over
the left side of Georgia Techs
line, manned by the three CO.
captains, Sam Hensley, Ed Cos
sage and Orville Vereen.
Worden scored from z yards
out, but it was Heaps 34-yard
dash around his own left end
that really got the drive under
way.
Notre Dame threatened again
near the end of the first period
and the Irish had a first down
on the 20 as the quarter ended.
Then the Irish Second-StringerS,
who had eclipSed the glamor
boys against Pitt. came in. It
wasn't their day, as later events
proved. Tom McHugh ended the
drive with tumble on Techs
5-yard line and Sherman made
the first of his two important
recoverieS.
After the Notre Dame first
unit came back in. Davis put the
Irish back on their heels with
. long kick that rolled dead on
their 1-foot line and they never
got completely out of the hole.