Duke at Georgia Tech

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 2, 1941, page 41

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  Davis Great Passes Get Blue Devils 14–⁠0 Triumph Seroppy Engineers Hurt BY Loss Of Bosch, Stor Tosser, in EorIy Ploy ATLANTA, Nov. l. - Unbeaten Duke showed aside an ever Scrapping Georgia Tech football team, 40, today and rolled on undefeated and united. The muscle-load Blue Devils convinced 27,000 customers that they are bowl bound and tech showed the folks it can play one gosh-awful ball game and still lose Two deadshot passes from the talented fingers of Halfback Tom Davis, tied into deft catches bv Steve Lach and Bob CAN’T, were the entire difference. If Techs passing ace. Little Johnny Bosch, had not been sidelined by a first quarter injury it might easily have been much closer. After Tech dominated the play through the first frame, Dukes first opening came midway of the second when one of Lachs many fine kicks combined with clipping penalty to shove the Engineers deep in their own territory. Charley Sanders punt-out travelled only 81 yards and Davis toted it back Is to the tech 80 Blue Devils Take to Air. Davis lobbed one high and hand some to Lach. He caught it on the 3 and stepped on across. Tom Prothro added the first of his 2 points after. The other counter came in the third when Bobby Sheldon-who did a grand job of filling in for Bosch was knocked loose from a Lach punt on the Tech 43 and Ralph Morgan grabbed it for Duke. Davis and Winston Siegfried ran and passed 1t in short takes TO the Tech Is. Two more bops at the line netted only one and Davis pitched to CAN’T. who took it on the dead run at the 3 and danced on across. With Sophomore Davey Eldredge dodging and prancing among and around the heavy Duke forwards and Ralph Plaster catching them off balance on many thrusts, Techs supposedly weak ground attack actually netted 201 Yards. against 159 for the mighty men OF Wallace Wade. But the visitors stole the passing thunder of the Boschless home club. hitting on of II for 120. The Yellowjackets made only So on like number Of catches in Is tries. Duke Intersections Hurt. In addition the Blue Devils killed two Tech thrusts with intercept tions by CAN’T, and Center Bob Barnett. Outstanding individual ground oainer was Eldredce Of Tech with SO on eight tries. Mcfet Storer ard Davis shPrcd honcrs for Duke with o,NI

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Georgia Tech leads 57–⁠35–⁠1 in 93 meetings, counting the 84 since this game.