Georgia at Auburn

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 22, 1914, page 14

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  AUBURN HELD TO SCORELESS TIE BY RED AND BLACK ELEVEN Thrilling Struggle in At lanta Ends in No Decision. Georgia Develops Unex- pected Strength Atlanta, November 21.--The PIains- men of Auburn today left a football field without the victory for the first witL the unexpected the Alabama to a scorceIess tie here by the repre- sentntives of the University of Georgia. The climax of the struggle came near the end. Playing desperately, Auburn ob- tained the ball on It’s own 25-yard line when Hairston intercepted forward pass Three minutes were left for scoring efforts. Line plunges by Hairston. Bidez and Hart gained three first downs in quick succession as the Georgia line wav- cred. A forward pass was then tried but failed of completion. Line Play Stopped Dining up quickly. line play was stopped by Auburn being off side and a five-yard penalty inflicted. A second for ward pass failed Georgia was penalized five yards for delaying the game. Then with barely a minute left the Plainsmen called upon Hart in a final effort to score. Three times the mighty halfback responded with five-yard gains. Then, with the ball 15 yards from the coveted goal line, the referees whistle sounded the end of the contest. Georgia employed an open attack much of the time, while Auburn relied almost entirely on line rushes and an occasional end run. The only forward passes att tempted by the Plainsmen were in the final minutes of play. Georgia. however. also proved unexpectedly strong at line rushing. Georgia several times threatened to score, only to lose the ball to the Blue and Gold by fumbling. Statistics on ,le contest show that the Red and Black gained slightly more ground than the Plainsmen. Georgia Strong Georgia’s strength both in offensive and defensive play furnished a surprise in the first period, the struggle during tnis quarter being principally in Auburn’s ter- rltory. Georg carried the ball early in the game to ,Auburns 10-yard line and later reached the Alabamians’ six-yard line: At these points, however, Auburn held. ,.- The game see-sawed up and down the neid Tn the second quarter Georgia con- lnuing to d.splaysan unexpected strength. Powell of Georgia made r yards, coming on line plunge. the longest single gain or the contest up to the end of the first half. The second quarter ended with the ball on Georsia’s 4O-yard line. Score end or half: Auburn 0. Georgia 0, Auburn started the third period with stronger offensive efforts. but Georgia s line and backs showed little signs of weakening. Tn this quarter Auburn for ne nrst time in the contest made a first down, Harris carrying the ball 1T yards. When the period ended it was Georpia’ s ball on it’s own 2O-yard line. ] Score end third quarter Auburn O. Georgia O. a Georgia lost another chance to score in the fourth period when. after car r’ ing the ball to the Plainsmen’s eight yard line. 1t was lost or tumble. Au- l rurn immediately punted During tbe : most of the final quarter the ball re- me!ned near the center of the field and changed hands frequently Near the games close Aub urn carried the oya, to Georgia’s 20-yard line by a series of desperate line attacks The whistle then sounded the end of the game with the final score to O. Lineup and summary: Auburn-Kearley, left end; Steed. left tackle Taylor, left guard: Pitts. center; Thigpen. right guard: Louiselle. right tackle; Robinson tcaptain), right end; Arnold, quarterbG elk; Hart, left halfhack; Prendergast, right halfback Harris fullhack Thompson. left end; Me Council. left tackle: Conyers left guard: Hinderson.i center: Garmany , right guard Garrard, right tackle i Hitchcock, right end: Paddock (cap- tain). quarterback; Powell, left half- | back: Peacock, right halfback; Thrash l fullback | Score by periods: !, Auburn ............... 0 0 0 0-C Georgia .............. 0 0-O 1 Referee, Wahoo, Carlisle; umpire 1 Williams. Virginia; head linesman Grebe, West Point; time of periods, 1i minutes each. Suhstitutions for Auburn: Hairston l for Prendergast: Bldez for Harris Sample for Thigpen. ] Surstitutlons for Georgia: Holdemar for Peacock: Peacock for Holdeman.

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  Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., November 23, 1914, page 9 (results column)

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  RESULTS OF SATURDAYS BIG FOOTBALL GAMES Tech High, “a; Steelton High, 0. Wilkes Barre High, 81 Central High Tech High, “a; Steelton High, 0. Wilkes-Barre High, 8; Central High 6. Highspire High, 6; Tech High Scrubs, 3. Harvard, Sc; Yale, 0. Army, 13; Springfield, G. Lehigh, II; Lafayette, 7. Penn Fresh, IA; Cornell Fresh, 0. Illinois, “a; Wisconsin, 9. Indians, “a; Dickinson, O.. Cincinnati. Is: Ohio T., 0. Purdue, %; Indiana, 13. Nebraska, 16; Iowa, Z. Oberlin, 35 Case, Z. Denison, ID; Western Reserves, o. Missouri, 10; Kansas, Z. Earlham, “a; Hanover, Z. Butler, 8; Franklin, O. Haverford, 8; Swarthmore, 8. Dartmouth, 40; Syracuse, 0. w. and j., IA; Georgetown, 6. Navy, SO; Ursinus, .. Ohio State, %; Northwestern, 0. Allegheny, rs; Carnegie r., Z. Minnesota, 13; Chicago, Z. Fordham, IA; Boston. 3. Wesleyan, 20; New York, IA. Rensselaer,, z; Rock, 0. Auburn, 0; Georgia, 0. Susquehanna, 80; Indian Res, 0. Louisville, 23; Rose Poly, 0. Nillanova, O; Muhlenberg, 0.

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Officially, Georgia leads 66–⁠56–⁠8; as played, 64–⁠53–⁠6 in the 123 games on file; the official count covers all 130 meetings, counting the 110 since this game.