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6 Athletics 1945.Pdf DR. BLAKE R. VAN LEER Chairman DEAN FLoyd FIELD Secretary-Treasurer PROf. A. H. ARMSTRONG PROf. W. A. ALEXANDER DEAN W. V. SKILES DR. D. M. SMITH PROF. H. A. WYCKOFF COACH R. L. DODD Alumni Members W. A. PARKER R. B. WILY R. T. (BOBBY) JoNEs L. W. (CHIP) ROBERT Student Members L. L. GELLERSTEDT J. E. DANIEL R. L. AUSTIN R. J. NOVEMBER P. R. TINSLEY WILLIAM A. ALEXANDER Director of Athletics and Head Football Coach After serving as head coach of Georgia Tech football teams for twenty-five seasons, Coach Alexander turned over the reigns of the team to Bobby Dodd at the close of the 1944 season. From now on Coach Alex will spend all of his time at the job of Head of the Athletic Department, which in- cludes the newly formed physical education branch. Although his last team on the gridiron was not as suc- cessful as some of those in the past, praise was heaped upon Alexander from every part of the nation when the sport lost one of its most colorful and popular figures. From now on the football team of Tech will miss Alex- ander, but he will continue exerting all of his genius and efforts toward making a better Tech. BOBBY DODD Former Backfield Coach and New Head Coach Acclaimed for many years for his work in developing the Georgia Tech backfield, Bobby Dodd will start the 1945 season as the director of the Jacket squad. The job is not altogether new to Dodd as he has been called upon at different times during the past seasons to coach the team when Coach Alex was confined to his bed because of illness. Dodd first rose to national fame while playing in the backfield of Tennessee. There his field generalship and ex- cellent passing arm brought him an All-American berth. While he served as Alexander's assistant, Dodd's ability to produce a fast-moving, tricky offense has been one of the major factors in many of the Tech victories of the past. KEITH . head basketball coach ... "B" team foot- ball coach ... football scout. DEAN . head track coach ... end football coach. MfLLER . line coach. PITTARD "B" team football coach ... track and cross-country coach. A NDRUS . assistant football coach . football scout ... Navy PT instructor. SANDLfN . Tech trainer. STODDARD assistant football coach. BORTELL . head tennis coach. THOMAS . boxing coach ... Navy PT instructor. KEYES . assistant swimming coach. GEORGE BARRON JOE DANIEL ED HOLTSINGER CHARLES NIXON JOE BASLER BOB DAVIS JOHN HOUCK CLEABORN O'KELLEY JACK BILLS DICK DomBACH J. T. LANDRY ROLAND PHILLIPS ALLEN BOWEN JIM DOROUGH MICKEY LOGAN GERALD RITTER LUKE BOWEN PAUL DUKE BILL MCCABE TEX RfTTER FRANK BROYLES R AY ENDERS A NDY MCGILL MAL STAMPER BfLL CAMP MAURICE FURCHGOTT JOHNNY MCINTOSH FRANK STROZIER TOM CARPENTER DEANE GAfNES GEORGE MATHEWS RUMSEY TAYLOR JACK CARVER JACK GLENN BOB MfTCHELL LARRY THOMPSON JIMMY CASTLEBERRY CHARLIE HELZER CHARLIE MURDOCK PHIL TINSLEY BILL CHAMBERS GEORGE HILLS GERALD MURPHY BILLY WILLIAMS BILLY COLBERT JIMMY WILSON At the beginning of the 1944 football season the members of the varsity squad chose two of the returning regulars from the previous season to lead them through one of the toughest schedules in many years, Phil Tinsley as captain, and Mickey Logan as the alternate. As the season progressed, it became more evident that the players made a wise choice as these two continually showed by their type of play and spirit that they were leaders. Tinsley, who came to Tech as a Navy student from the University of Alabama in July of 1943, held down a first string berth during his first season at Tech, and then during his second year proved to be the brightest star on the squad by his superb play in every game of the year. Logan, also a Navy trainee, who was playing his third sea- son for the Yellow Jackets—one on the 1942 freshman squad and two on the varsity—and was often handicapped by his small stature, weighing only 155 pounds and standing 5 feet 6 inches, but he was hard to top in spirit and fight. Only twice during the year were the passing arms for the team unable to find their marks and both times, against Duke and Notre Dame, the squad went down in defeat. Highlights of the 1944 season for the Jackets were their games with the Naval Academy, which was one of the most When Coaches William Alexander and Bobby Dodd first began hectic ever played on Grant Field before Bowen's toe provided drills in the spring for the 1944 football team, they had a the game-winning field goal; and the regular season finale handful of experienced players from the previous season and against their arch rival, the Georgia Bulldogs, when the pass- a large number of inexperienced material on hand to work ing of Tech reached its peak to give the Engineers a 44-0 with. victory. The biggest problem facing the staff at that time was to build a running attack and to fill the big holes in the forward wall that had been left gapping by graduation and Navy transfers. Sept. 30—Tech . 5 1 Clemson . 0 Throughout the year the answer to the first problem was never completely solved as none of the backs available were Oct. 7—Tech . 28 North Carolina . 0 able to produce on the ground enough to make the Jackets Oct. 14—Tech . 27 Auburn 0 very potent there. The Engineers were not completely inef- fective in this department, however, as the legs of Freshman Oct. 21—Tech . 17 Navy 15 Allen (Dinky) Bowen were able to churn off many yards during the season for the Jackets. Fullbacks Frank Broyles Oct. 27—Tech . 13 Athens Preflight . 7 and Billy Williams could usually be counted on also to gain Nov. 4—Tech . 13 Duke 19 ground through the line. Nov. 11—Tech . 34 Tulane 7 For their offensive power, however, the Engineers depended on their aerial game for most of their gains. With Broyles, Nov. 18—Tech . 14 L. S. U. 6 Tex Ritter, and Bowen doing most of the pitching to Phil 21 Tinsley, Jim Dorough, George Mathews, and Charlie Murdock, Nov. 25—Tech . 0 Notre Dame . Tech's passing attack put the team close to the top in the Dec. 2—Tech . 44 Georgia 0 national ratings for the year, and brought them the invitation to the Orange Bowl and the Southeastern Conference title. Jan. 1 —Tec h . 12 Tulsa 26 The Navy powered Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech opened their 1944 season against an all-civilian eleven from Clem- son College on Grant Field and came off the field with a 51-0 victory. A tricky defense set up by the visiting Tigers had the Tech team baffled during the first part of the contest, but once the formation was mastered, the Engineers began scoring almost at will. During this first game, the Tech running attack was the highlight of the day with Tex Ritter and Dinky Bowen leading the way. This duet was also the leading scoring threat for the afternoon as Ritter ran the ball over the goal three times and Bowen hit pay-dirt twice and added three extra points. Tech's other scoring came when Frank Broyles plunged over for twelve points and when Ritter completed a touchdown pass to Mickey Logan. Broyles also provided the biggest thrill of the afternoon when he intercepted one of Clemson's passes on the Tech goal line in the final period of play and then raced the entire length of the field with the aid of some very good blocking by his teammates for a touchdown. Although the visitors were defi- nitely out-maned and out-powered throughout the afternoon, they did present a formidable offense at times, but the Tech line, led by veteran Bill Chambers, was able to keep the Tigers far from t he Jackets' goal most of the game. Only twice did the Clemson team penetrate deep into Tech territory. Once they were stopped by Broyles' goal line interception, and the other time by a ten-yard penalty and a determined Tech defense. Playing half of the game in a downpour of rain and the second half under a bright fall sun, the Tech Engineers took their second game of the year, this time against the Tar Heels from the University of North Carolina, 28-0. Despite the wet ground and a slippery ball, the Yellow Jackets depended on their passing attack throughout the game to down the fighting opposition. Although the local eleven was playing against a big, hard-charging line, the Tech backs were able to gain 119 yards by rushing while the line was holding the Tar Heels to 42 yards, but the Jackets gained 232 yards through the air, and all four of the touchdowns were accounted for by passing. The Jackets wasted no time in showing their power as they took the opening kick-off and marched 60 yards for the first touchdown. The drive was featured by passing most of the way with Frank Broyles run- ning the ball the last 12 yards. Later in the same period Ed Holtsinger set up the Jackets second touchdown by intercepting one of Carolina's passes and racing 45 yards to the 15 yard line. After one running play, Broyles whipped an aerial to Mickey Logan in the end zone. For the next two periods the game was a stalemate with both teams failing to produce a drive that car- ried far into the other's territory.
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