Georgia at Oglethorpe

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 25, 1920, page 8 (results column)

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  TWo Southern Teams Return The Victors Pittsburg and Tech Sever Ath- letic Relations, Is Rumor. University of Georgia May Play Pitt Next Year |. Atlanta, October 24.-South- ern football teams furnished the most spectacular games in |the country during the week when four of them invaded northern gridirons and two re- turned victors. Centre College against Harvard and Georgia Tech against Pittsburg Uni versity could not emulate the we’ll earned victories of Virginia Military Institute over Pennsylvania University and Virginia over Rutgers, but both the Kentuckians and the Georglans proved themselves foes worthy of the countrys best. On southern fields the outstanding game was that between Auburn and Vanderbilt, in which the Plainsmen put the Commodores out of the run ming for 1920 championship honors by adding a 56 to ( defeat to the A to U victory of Georgia Tech over Vandy week ago. u WAS NdHuSl pAAt eiiNt PA vented Auburn from coming through last season with clean slate of VIC tories. Entering the game strong favorites. the heavy Auburn Plainsmen charged hard and low and smashed to a clean ly earned victory against Vanderbilt machine that is not the equal of those of previous years The other games in which south ern elevens met foes worthy or their efforts likewise came out much as had been expected Alabama University romped over Howard for s3 to vic tory; Mississippi A. & M. trounced Louisiana State 12 to q; Tulane beat Mississippi University S2 to 0; Tennes- see University defeated Clemson 26 to 0; Georgia University beat Oglethorpe 27 to 3; Washington and Lee downed Roanoke IA to ‘. and Sewanee tied with Kentucky State. All of Saturdays winners among the big southern teams have come through the day without being defeated Dy Dixie team with the exception or rem nessee University. which went down before Vanderbilt, and the University of Virginia. which was humbled py Virginia Military Institute Centre and Georgia Tech had not had q point SCOTeu dlnStt tHclh sNN’ r>-->f’ Saturdays game, leaving them a clear record so far as southern title claims go North Carolina state. which played Tufts, has yet to be defeated by southern eleven, while Sewanees only failure to win was Saturdays tie game Several of the clean records are due to be wiped out within week. Ihe powerful V. M. l. machine. which Kept up it’s victorious record against south in every department of the game yes in every department Of the gome yes terday and winning 27 to :. will meet the strong North Carolina State eleven and Georgia and Auburn clash in the annual game. with odcs favoring “ M. I. and Auburn. f. Aside from fthe spectacular game played by “ M. l., Centre and Georgia Tech, the surprising feature of the week was the improvement shown by Virginia University which trounced Rutgers [ to O.. The New Jersey team is not regard ed as one of the more important east ern tens. but neither had the Univer- sity of Virginia’s early season record given it such rank in the south. As an aftermath of the Pittsburg- Georgia Tech game. reports were pub lished here today that Pittsburg offi- cial had announced Severance of ath- letic relations with Tech because of objections to several Tech men hav- ing played more than four years Tech’s reply as given out here was tc point out that the Southern 1ntercolle- giate Athletic Association had ruled the s. A. T. c. season of 1918 did not coun in athletics years of playing T~ same dispatches indicated that Pitts burg might come south next year for a game with the University of Georgia which is coached by Jimmy Dehart former Pittsburg player.

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Georgia leads 7–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.