Georgia at Yale

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 12, 1924, page 12

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  GEORGIA GIVES ELI HARD FIGHT Yale. Beats Bulldogs By Margin Of One NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct. 11.-Yale ran into tough opposition this after noon and had to fight hard to beat Georgia university’s flashy backs and heavy line, the final score being Yale ‘, Georgia S. Both teams scored tOuchdOwns, Geor- gia in the first period, and Yale in the third. Moore of the visitors failing to kick goal while COttle of Yale made his chance good. Three Georgia players were hurt. Roosevelt Day, center, Bass and .Ioseline, none seriously, the first named being laid up. with loose cartilage in the right knee. Georgia came here backed with two victories. In the first period the Red and Black ran the Yale team off its feet. In this period Georgia gained 72 yards by rushing against 9 by the Ellis. The southern Bulldogs made, six first downs against two for the Blue. Jones BOlsters Eli In the second period Jones sent in several new players to bolster up the tors score and only threatened the Yale goal once. 4.. e s.<. Yale entered the second half with new life. After an exchange of kicks COttle suddenly started off on a ram. page of line smashing which culminated in the ball being placed in Yale’s pos session on Georgia’s $ three-yard line and Bench took it over on line drive. In the final period both teams opened their forward passing attacks wide Georgia almost disdaining to rush the ball at all. e,.,. srf, Yale’s defense against this method of attacks was good and Georgia dit not get into dangerous territory. Tht game ended with the bah on the south erner’s four-yard line. Three players of the Georgia team were taken to the hospital after tn, game with Yale late this afternoon None were seriously hurt. The line m md summary

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1924, page 83

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  KICK FAILS AND YALE DEFEATS GEORGIA, rs NEW HAVEN, Conn, October Ii Yale ran into tough opposition this afternoon and had to fight hard to beat Georgia Universitys f1ashy backs and heavy line, the final score being. Yale, Z; Georgia. 6. Both teams scored touchdowns, Georgia in the first period and Yale failing to kick goal, while Cottle Of Yale made his chance good. Three Georgia players were hurt Roosevelt Day, center; Bass and Joselove, but none seriously. The first was laid up with a loose cartilage in the right knee. Georgia came here backed with two victories. In the first period the Red and Black ran the Yale team of its against 90 by the Ellis. The Southern Bulldogs made first downs, against for the Blue. In the second period Jones sent in several new players to bolster up the weak Yale line. and the visitors never scored again and only threatened the Yale goals once. Yale entered the second half with new life. After an exchange Of kicks Cottle suddenly started off on a ram page of line smashing which culmimated in the ball being placed in Yale’s possession on Georgia’s 3-yard line and Bench took it over on a line drive. In the final period both teams open ed their forward passing attacks wide, Georgia almost disdaining to rush the ball at all. Ya1e’s defense against this method of attack was good. and Georgia did not get into dangerous territory. The game ended with the ball on the Southerners’ 4-yard line,

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  Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., October 14, 1924, page 6 (results column)

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  GEORGIA 0|ITPlAYS YALE: Dit L..0|sl’IE!s’. 7–⁠6; Teen FLORIDA TIE Quite the outstanding event of Saturdays football games WAS the marvellous fight put up by the Uni iversity of Georgia against Yale, eastern champions last year. The IGeoreians outplayed their more ia nous opponents throughout the game, but lost by one pint, due to the failure Of Randall to kick gCal after touchdown. The score was Z to &. The premier contest in the south was the tie game between University of Florida and Georgia Tech in At lanta, each team scoring touch down and subsequent goal. Florida 0utgained Tech nearly two to one, but did not have sufficient margin of superiority to win. Auburn played listlessly against Virginia Polytechnic institute and neither team could score. University of Alabama ran roughshOd over Mississippi college, winning, 81 to o.. University of South Carolina, defe3 t. ed the Saturday before by University of Georgia, waIloped North Caroline State, II to 0, while Wake Forest was beating Washington and Lee, 10 to s, and University of North Carolina was beating Trinity by the slim margin of two field goals. Louisiana State successfully in vaded the north, defeating Universe ty of Indiana, 20 to IA, in a brilliant game. Other results of general interest: Michigan, 7; Michigan Aggies, O. Oklahoma, IA; Nebraska, Z. Mercer, “a; Furman, 0. Notre Dame, 81; Wabash, 0. Chicago, 10; Brown, 7. Penn State, 26; Gettysburg, 0. Army, 20: Detroit, o. Syracuse, “a; William and Mary, l.. Harvard, 1G; Middlebury, 0. Princeton, 0; Lehigh, 0. West Virginia, Z; Pittsburs, 0. Oglethorpe, 10; Citadel, Z. Clemson, IA; Presbyterian co.. lege, 0. Davidson, Z; Wofford, 0. Virginia, 26; Randolph Macon, s. Kentucky, AZ; Georgetown col lege, 0. University of Mississippi, Z; S. P. u, 0. V. M. T., %: Roanoke, 0. Tulane, AZ: Louisiana Tech, 0. Texas A. & M, Z; Sewanee, 0.

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Georgia leads 6–⁠5 in 11 meetings, counting the nine since this game.