Duke at Georgia Tech

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  Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, October 19, 1937, page 1

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  ’4bL ACK-EYE” FRAT FORMED At DUKE Practically Every Linesman of Devils Boasts Nice Sinner Durham, Oct. 19-Duke’s Blue Dew lis of football have organized “blackeye’‘ fraternity and practically every man in the forward wall has been TAX en- into membership since the games with Tennessee and Georgia Tech. the slogan of the fraternity is charge and duck” Fred Yorke, regular right tackle, has been made president of the lodge he suffered a possible fracture OF the jaw against Tech when he charged and failed to duck last Saturday he replaces Herb Hudgins, star left end, who was made head after he failed to duck against Tennessee and showed up with the blacklist Sinner” of them all. Coach Wallace Wade has won only two games by the margin of an extra point in his 10 years of coaching -. the first was the Rose Bowl game of January 1, 1926 against the University Of Washington = the score 20–⁠19 80. the second was against Georgia Tech last week and it was the same score . he kept the football used in that 1926 game as momento and in the dressing room after the game Saturday Captain Woody Lipscomb prescented him for the squad the football used in the Tech game -. he will place it along with the 1926 ball that lie has had treated and reposes in his den at his home. Although he willingly admits that the goings-on of last Saturday had him right well aroused, Coach Wade retained his widely-known reputation of keeping firmly to his seat on the bench -. he is rated the coolest coach in the country during a game. Best upspoken praise of Gilmore (Honey Boy) Hackney is the tribute paid him by Coaches Bob -Neyland OF Tennessee and Bill Alexander of Tech in instructing their punters to “kick .he ball away from Hackney. the Georgia Tech Kicker slipped three times last Saturday and Hackney made returns of 35, IS, 10 yards -. he only three punts he was able tic get his hands on.

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Georgia Tech leads 57–⁠35–⁠1 in 93 meetings, counting the 88 since this game.