Wake Forest at Georgia

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, September 30, 1944, page 1

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  Wake Forest Defeats Georgia IA To z In Bulldogs First Game Deacons Victorious In See, ond Game OF Season nAi’.No’ 1a.’ eept’ @-A-A determined Wake Forest eleras led by plunging fullbacks ni.,’ and Buck Mabry. n,r,s ed out a 14–⁠7 win over ceors;, here tonight as the bulldogs ons’ 90 ed their season. Neither side was able to mu,... much of an offensive during W. first period, with most Of the s .a ton in Georgia territo,y, W.T.. Forest stuck to straight footh sH’ Nick Ognovich doing most Of fl. running, while the Bulldogs c.m. w. out with a mixture of end runs e sns passes, with Rabbit smit, sns S Pearl handling the ball. On E ~. final play of the quarter, ps. ‘ Spiraled a punt to the Deacon i, yard line, placing the visitors =, a disadvantage for the first finn The Deacons worked the hall past midfield as Nick Ognovic, completed short, bullet passes IN Bob Smathers, John Bruno and Dock Brinkley but the attact begged On the Georgia 81. Then Brinkley, from Norfolk, Va, member of Georgia squad last year, set the Bull Dogs back kirk, ing out Of bounds on Georgia’s ?. yard line. Al Perl retaliated with a booming punt that bounced OUT on the Deacons’ Al. The half end. ed scoreless after several punt exchanges and meager ground gains. Perl kicked off to ognovieh at midfield. Tom Fetzer, 15O-pound tail back, and Nick Sacrinty, the Deacons ace, came in and the visitors pounded to the Georgia ii. Duplicating the statue-of liberty play which set up the score against North Carolina, Smathers ran IS yards to the eight, and Mabry plunged to the one. On fourth down, Mabry knitted through cen. ter for a touchdown and Clittn Hobbs converted. Returning the kickoff, Perl fumbled at the Georgia Is and Bob Feniello recovered from Wake Forest. The Deacons, led by Ma. bry, punched out two first downs to the Georgia three, as the third quarter ended with Wake Forest leading 10. The Bulldogs held Mabry 10 two yards in three attempts but Brink. ley plunged over from the one On fourth down and c. Hobbs again kicked the point, giving the Dig cons a 14–⁠0 lead. After the kickoff, Georgia scored from their own 81 as Don Wells took l over the line pass and sprinted down the sideline. Billy Bryan, a freshman guard rom Waycross, kicked the point A tumble gave Wake Forest NE ball on the Georgia %, but Perl intercepted a pass at the eight and ran it out to his 81. After punt exchange, Ken Mccall, sub quar- terback, picked up Is yards 10 as own IS, and Billy Rutland ran % to the Wake Forest 40. Inc LEA cons stiffened and held four downs and a few plays later the game ended with the visitors winning 14–⁠7.

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  Evening star, October 3, 1944, page 12

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  Air Defense, Blocking Needed by Old Liners It’s safe bet that the Maryland football squad during its toll this week for its visit to Wake Forest Saturday, will get double doses of pass defense and blocking. Despite their manifold errors of every sort, the Old Liners might not have taken that stunning 12-to-0 wallop from Hampden-S Sidney in their opener last Friday night If their aerial defense hadn’t been full of holes or if they had given any blocking help to their own ball carriers. AS it was, the Tigers might easily have had two more scores, dropping passes with clear going ahead. Maryland needs to come out of the dofdrums before meeting the Deacons, who will be looking for revenge for a 1877 upset beating at College Park last year. In fact, unless the Old Liners show much greater power, the chances are they’ll take a drubbing from brilliant Wake Forest team that has licked North Carolina, TO, and Georgia, 14–⁠7.

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Wake Forest leads 2–⁠1 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.