Oglethorpe at Georgia Tech

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  The Birmingham age-herald, September 28, 1924, page 11

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  |OGLETHORPE IS HARD TO BEAT Tech Downs PetreIs 19 To 0 On Wet Field At Atlanta ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 27.-(Special) As solid defense as one wants to ses in the middle of the season, and . sketchy offense that centered in just ons man, Doug Wycoff, fullback, seut the Golden Tornado of Georgia Tech to its first victory of the “A season at Grant field today, when Oglethorpe was beaten, 19 to o. ef The offensive was between Wyeoft and Adrian Maurer, speedy captain and halfback of the Stormy Petrels. As they were able to gain, so was the score sure to be. Wycoff hammered, plunged, pounded and battered the Oglethorpe line for three, four, five, ten yard gains and punted to Oglethorp’s 10 and 20-yard lines time after time. Maurer tried his hand at the same kind of work, but where Wycoff had pushed through fairly good offense, Maurer failed against II yellow jackets set and ready for him. Both teams were fighting an uphill battle, with the mud and water on the field giving them insecure foot ing and keeping the ball slippery as an eel. Petrels Outplayed The Petrels were unable to make . first down, while Tech made six. Dur ing the first half Tech wasn’t able to get away for a touchdown, but did snatch five points from the Peaehtrea road outfit by a safety and placement, kick goal from the S2-yard line. Teel( was always threatening the Ogleth1op goal line, but didn’t have the steam v push it over, especially on the wet fieldt The safety came in the first qusrterS with the placement kick in the second. N1av Dc hndtv Maurer, who was ready to punt from Oglethorpe’s 10-yard line, and Maurer was tackled by Poole, center, and Joe Usry, guard, behind the posts for the first two points. Dan Williams kicked the placement goal in the second guar. ter. Tech went scoreless in the third quarter, but in the final period broke loose for two touchdowns, adding . point after each. The first touchdown went over on straight football. Seady driving, with Wycoff doing most of 1t, from Oglethorpe’s 18-yard line carried the ball to Oglethorpe’s 5-yard line for first down. Wilton, quarterback, smashed through left tackle for two yards. Bob Reeves failed to gain, and Wycoff, the player responsible for the, first down, was sent up to score. He did He hit left tackle and when thg pile of yellow and black persies separated the ball was over. Willi gained the extra point after touchdd by a placement kick. Tech scored second touchdown just before the of the game. Oglethorpe had the b on its own 20-yard line, one yard gaines by Maurer and Kilgore weren’t taking the ball out of dangerous territory and pass was signalled. Carroll, 0gle- thorpe end, took it. but lost Is to Con. nally, Techs substitute fullback, bafore it touched the ground, and Connally sped across 20 yards for the touchdown. Angley kicked for the extra point. The Lineup and Summary Tech (19) oglethorpe (0l

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Georgia Tech leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the four since this game.