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. Then early in the last quarter Torn Carpenter started a Tech drive by driving up to the midfield stripe. On the next play George Mathews slipped out to the sideline on a sleeper play. The Carolina backfield discovered the sleeper, but in covering Mathews they left Jim Dorough open for a pass from Tex Ritter. Dorough ran the ball to the 30, and then when he was about to be tackled, he lateraled to Mathews who went the rest of the way for a score. Dorough was also responsible for the final score of the day when he made a great one-handed catch of a pass from Broyles and ran the ball over for the touch- down. Bowen accounted for the rest of the Tech points by kicking the extra points after each score. After being outplayed for most of the first three quarters by a band of fighting civilians from Auburn, the Yellow Jackets finally turned on their best pass- ing game during the final period to mark up a 27-0 triumph over the Plainsmen. Entering the tilt as the overwhelming favorite for the afternoon, the Engineers found themselves pushed down the field time and time again by an erratic offense that was determined to upset the dope bucket. Throughout the first part of the game the Plainsmen knocked often at the Tech goal, but each time an alert pass defense and fumbles in the Auburn back- field kept the opponents scoreless. Midway in the second quarter the Jackets struck first on a 26 yard pass from Dinky Bowen to Jim Dorough, but the Engineers had to be content with this slim lead until the closing minutes of the game. When the Tech passing finally did begin clicking, however, the touchdowns began coming like light- ning. After marching down the field with the aerial attack predominating, Frank Broyles began the parade by tossing a short pass to Dorough in the end zone. Shortly after this the Jackets were again approaching the Auburn goal, and this time a pass from Tex Ritter to George Mathews provided the score. Just as the time was running out, Tech's air game lashed out again for a marker, this time a toss from Broyles to Charlie Murdock. Although the jackets were outgained on the ground that afternoon, 72 yards to 49, the game provided a preview of things to come when Bowen put on one of the fanciest display of hall carrying seen during the season with several long runs, mostly on punt returns. The opposition also gained more yards through the air, but the Jackets got t heir ground when it counted most. Another heartening part of the game was the de- fense set by the Engineers in the backfield as it inter- cepted many of A uburn 's passes throughout the game. Battling against superior odds but with the will to win, the Tech Engineers ran their winning streak to four straight against a powerful force from the Naval Academy, 17-15, in one of the most spectacular games ever played on Grant Field. After spotting the Middies six points in the first eight seconds of play when Bobby Jenkins ran the opening kick-off back 83 yards for a touchdown, the Jackets refused to be beaten in the game which saw the lead change hands five times and which Grantland Rice described as "one of the wildest, wierdest and most dramatic games I've seen in over 40 years of football. . . ." Although the powerful team of All-Americans from the Academy ran roughshod over the Tech team during much of the game, it was the indomina- ble spirit of the Techsters that finally brought them a victory. It was the calm precision that freshman Dinky Bowen displayed when he placed the ball through the uprights in the fourth quarter for the game-win- ning field goal, and the magnificent goal line stand in the last two minutes of play when a stubborn line, composed of some second and third stringers, refused to let the big Navy backs through for a score that has marked the tilt as one of the greatest victories in Georgia Tech's long football history. After Navy's first score the Jackets drove twice deep into the enemy's territory only to be stopped, and it also stopped several determined drives before they got the ball on Navy's six on a clipping penalty. From there Frank Broyles drove the ball over the double stripes in two plays. It wasn't until early in the third quarter that an- other touchdown was marked up—this time to climax a long power drive by Navy. Not to be outdone, Tech opened its passing attack and advanced to the one, aided by an interference penalty, where Billy Williams plunged over. Early in the final quarter, Williams was caught in the end zone on an attempted punt, and two more points were marked up for Navy. Tech then took the ball and went down field on its passing to the twelve when Bowen was called on to provide the game-winning field goal. Again it was the passing accuracy of the Georgia Tech backs and the receiving ability of the ends that gave the Yellow Jackets their fifth game of the season, 13-7, against a strong team from the Athens Preflight School in a night game on Grant Field. Once again the Engineers ran into a superior ground force, led this time by All-American Pat Harder and Frank Stanczak; so they went over the line instead of through it for their two touchdowns and the mar- gin of victory. Throughout the night the hard-driving Navy backs plunged down the field, but on all but one of these occasions the Tech line, which was becoming noted for rising to great heights when the chips were down, and the alert secondary of the Yellow Jackets was able to cope with the opposition before the Tech goal line was reached. Although the Preflight team was set for the ex- pected passing attack of the Engineers, they were unable to cope with the accurate tosses of Frank Broyles, Tex Ritter, and Dinky Bowen when the Engineers were determined to score. Twice during the tilt the Jackets were able to produce sustained drives to march long lengths of the field for touch- downs. It was almost impossible for the Techsters to set a defense for the running of the opposing backs, but fumbles also helped the Tech cause when the Sky- crackers were getting close to the Jackets' goal. Fumbles not only aided the Engineers but also helped Preflight School as one of the Tech drives was stopped very close to the goal line when a Jacket back mis- cued. The game marked the last appearance of two of the leading linesmen of the year for the Tech team as Bill Chambers, one of the best tackles in the South- eastern conference, and Jim Dorough, who had been thrilling the fans all season with his unbelievable pass receiving, were transferred by the Navy after this game. The Golden Tornado rode into Durham on the crest of five straight wins to meet the Blue Devils of Duke on their home grounds, but the tide of good luck which had been with the Jackets thus far re- ceded and the first defeat of the season was marked up against the Engineers, 19-13. Suffering much the same fate at the hands of the Blue Devils as it dished out to Navy, Tech did every- thing but win as its usual timely breaks failed to materialize. Driving down to the Duke goal late in the final period, Tech was stopped only a bare five yards short of victory by a stubborn Blue Devil de- fense. Starting the game with a bang, Duke scored on its first play as Clark went around end for 64 yards. Tech replied immediately on its first play from scrim- mage with Frank Broyles heaving to Mickey Logan, who went 42 yards for a touchdown. Bowen added the point to put Tech ahead, 7-6, in the first two minutes of play. Neither team could get started again until late in the second period when Duke began to drive behind the running of Carver and Clark. A pass by Davis gave the Blue Devils their second score of the after- noon and a 12-7 lead. However, this lead lasted only through the opening minutes of the second half, when Bowen carried the ball all the way down the field and over for the score. Going into the final period Tech still led by a 13-12 count. Duke took possession of the ball by an odd decision on the Tech 25 yard line and pushed it over in four plays. The conversion was good for the first time and Duke was ahead, 19-13. With only a few minutes left to play the Engineers started a desperate drive for another score, but were stopped just short as Duke held and took the ball on dow ns. The Golden Tornado started as a gentle breeze against the Green Wave of Tulane at Grant Field but ended in a full gale as it blew and threw its way to a very convincing 34-7 win over the New Orleans eleven. The Greenies got the game off to a flying start by driving through the Jacket defense to score in the opening minutes. Tech had no luck with its own offensive, and Tulane took over control of the ball again and drove down to the Tech one before the Jacket wall closed tight. Finally getting started in the right direction, the Engineers moved from midfield to the Tulane five behind the running of Dinky Bowen and the passing of Frank Broyles. Stopped there momentarily, the Jackets finally scored on a pass from Broyles to George Mathews. Starting the second half Tech kept the Green Wave and its star, Dub Jones, well bottled up. Midway of the period Bowen got loose and moved the ball to the Tulane fourteen: Broyles passed to Billy Williams, who made a great catch and raced over for Tech's second score. Things began to look up for the Engineers then and they started again. Bowen ran five times and placed the ball on the Tulane ten. Broyles wound up again and heaved his third touchdown pass, this one to Charlie Murdock in the end zone. In the final period Tech took advantage of a costly Tulane fumble to score again, as Broyles unlimbered to Mathews for a 50 yard touchdown play. The final score of the game came when Tex Ritter broke off tackle to race 43 yards through the Tulane sec- ondary. Playing on a wet and soggy field in Baton Rouge, the Yellow jackets were held to a narrow lead by a fighting under-dog Louisiana State eleven for three quarters, but finally opened up their bag of tricks to score a touchdown in the final period and clinch a 14-6 victory. By virtue of a lucky break L. S. U. jumped to an early lead in the game. A Tiger drive was halted on the Tech 15 by a stubborn Jacket line, but when Tech's fullback, Frank Broyles, attempted to kick his punt struck Dinky Bowen and was recovered by L. S. U. on the Engineer's three yard line. From there two smashes took the ball over to give L. S. U. a 6-0 lead. Going into the second quarter the Jackets began to roll and struck back. Broyles and Dinky Bowen alternated in carrying the ball from the Tech 43 to the L. S. U. seven. There Broyles faded back to pass to George Mathews in the end zone for Tech's first score. Bowen added the point to send Tech out in front, 7-6. Throughout the third period neither team could get into a sustained drive on the wet field. At the start of the final quarter, L. S. U. made its last threat of the game by driving down to the Tech one. There the jacket forward wall braced in one of its familiar goal line stands and took the ball on downs. The Engineers salted the game away in the final minutes when Broyles and Mathews combined to pull a sleeper play on the tiring Tiger team. With Tech in possession of the ball on the L. S. U. 40, Mathews hid out on the sidelines, took Broyles' pass on the 25, and trotted across for the final score. Bowen added the point to make it 14-6 as the game ended. The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame invaded a wet and chilly Grant Field to meet the Engineers in one of the top intersectional meets of the day. Losing little time in unpacking their "T" to good effect, the visitors marched off with a 21-0 decision and handed the Jackets their second defeat of the season. Tragedy struck at Tech early in the game when Notre Dame scored on a 44 yard drive. The Jackets had little success with their own offensive and had to be content with holding the Irish in check. Tech's usual dependable aerial attack seemed grounded for the day, while for Notre Dame Dancewicz and Kelly were giving plenty of trouble on fast breaking plays. Late in the second period the Irish once again got into a drive which carried to the shadows of the Tech goal. Stopped by a brilliant Jacket stand on the tour yard line, Notre Dame began to back up as Fullback Frank Broyles started the Engineers on their first real offensive of the day. With Broyles and Ritter passing the Tech drive carried for 81 yards before finally bog- ging down as four passes failed. Starting the third quarter Notre Dame repeated its first period performance by scoring early on a pass from Dancewicz to Kelly. Throughout the rest of the third and into the final quarter a fine Tech de- fense held the visitors in check, but Jacket offensive thrusts also failed to gain. Notre Dame's final touchdown came on a reverse from Dancewicz to Brennan, after the Irish had gained possession of the ball deep in Tech territory by an interception. The Jackets had previously stopped a determined Irish drive on the goal line but had lost the ball quickly on an attempted pass. Minus the services of Frank Broyles, who was forced out at the half by a bruised hip, Tech's aerial offensive showed little of its usual power and could make small headway against the defenses thrown up by the Notre Dame squad. Spirit ran wild in the annual Georgia Tech-Georgia classic at Athens as a brilliant Jacket team ran wild over the hapless Bulldogs to win a 44-0 victory and break the jinx that had held for fourteen years over invading Tech teams at Sanford Stadium. From the very start Georgia was smothered by a passing attack too sharp to be denied. Lead by Full- back Frank Broyles, the jackets traveled up and down the field via the aerial route almost at will, complet- ing 28 passes in 39 tries. On the ground Tech was also very much in evidence, with Dinky Bowen and the hard charging jacket line keeping the Red and Black of Georgia in their own territory most of the day. The Engineers warmed up fast in the opening minutes of the game to launch a drive which carried 60 yards for a score. The touchdown came on a running pass from Halfback George Mathews to end Charlie Murdock in the end zone. Not content with this the Jackets immediately took possession of the ball to go 45 yards in seven plays and score again. This time Broyles passed to Mathews in the end zone for the touchdown. Going into the second quarter Tech was still play- ing in Georgia territory almost entirely. Bowen broke off tackle and twisted through the Bulldog secondary for 20 yards and a first down on the twelve. From there the Jackets took it over in two plays, with Broyles punching the line for the score. Techs fourth touchdown was added in the final minutes of the first half as Broyles and Mathews combined on two pass plays to carry the ball over. After the half the Engineers continued their ram- page by driving with the kickoff for 67 yards and another touchdown. Broyles once again supplied the finish with a plunge over the goal. Georgia began passing in desperation, but an alert Jacket defense and a charging line wrecked the Bulldog attack. Techs two final scores came in the fourth quarter, the first on a pass from Broyles to Murdock and the second on an interception by Nixon. Tech converted after only two of its seven touchdowns, and this made the only difference from the 1943 game played at Grant Field, in which another excellent Jacket team swamped Georgia by a 48-0 count. When Georgia Tech accepted a bid to play in the 1945 annual Orange Bowl classic on New Years Day in Miami, the school was beginning its second round of the major bowl games of the country. On the same day the year before the Engineers became the first team in football history to accomplish this feat, and the appearance of the Jackets in Miami marked the fifth post-season game for the Jackets and the third straight year for the team in a bowl game. The high regard of the nation for the colorful squad representing Tech on the gridiron during the 1944 season was displayed when the team was signed for the game when they still had two games left on their schedule. This was one of the earliest dates in bowl history for the signing of a team to play.

Depending almost entirely on their aerial game to bring them through the toughest game of the season Tech went down in defeat on the first day of 1945 to a definitely superior Tulsa all-civilian team to the score of 26 to 12 before an Orange Bowl crowd of 26,426. From the opening kick-off until the waning mo- ments of the game, the gallant band of Engineers were unable to cope with the mighty band of foot- ballers from Oklahoma that they had trounced the previous year in the Sugar Bowl. Though the Jackets were definitely stronger in the air than they were the year before, they were lacking in almost every other phase of the game while the Oilers were definitely superior in every part of the game than in the first meeting of the squads. In fact the Tulsa starting line-up was missing only two men from, the eleven who took the field in New Orleans. After spotting the opposition the first touchdown in the opening minutes of the game, a stunt that had almost become a regular feature of the last games of the Tech schedule, the Tulsa team took a fourteen point lead soon after this when a Jacket fumble on the 22 yard line set up the second score. The tide of battle shifted during the second period of play when the Engineers made two drives deep into enemy territory, only to have them both broken up short of the goal by pass interceptions. During the first five minutes after the second half whistle was blown, the Orange Bowl spectators were During the latter part of the Engineer's season—before the Orange Bowl committee signed the team for a repeat performance there—the squad was high on the list of candidates for each of the major bowls. Tech's bowl history to date is as follows:

1929—Rose Bowl Tech 8 California 7 1940—Orange Bowl Tech 21 Missouri 7 1943—Cotton Bowl Tech 7 Texas 14 1944—Sugar Bowl Tech 20 Tulsa 18 1945—Orange Bowl Tech 12 Tulsa 26

treated to a spectacular scoring parade. First a combined pass and lateral play with All- American Clyde Goodnight of Tulsa run- ning the ball the last 65 yards increased the lead to 20 points. Immediately after this Frank Broyles ran far to the right and let loose a long pass to Johnny McIntosh on the far side of the field, and McIntosh outmaneuvered the Tulsa backs for the rest of his 51-yard touchdown jaunt. On the kick-off following Tech's first score Camp Wilson ran the ball 90 yards through the Tech defense for Tulsa's last score of the day. From then until the final whistle Tech was in possession of the ball most of the time. Only once, however, were the Jackets able to drive to pay dirt. Broyles' passing and Rumsey Taylor's line plunging accounted for 76 yards on the drive with Taylor bucking it across the double stripes. A well planned defense for the vaunted Tech aerial offense was able to stop the Jacket attack every time the team moved close to the goal, but the Engineers were able to roll up over 300 yards through the air during the afternoon. On the ground. however, the opposition was too powerful for the Techmen to stop, and their own of- fense was unable to gain much of the time. Throughout the 1944 season two of the Georgia Tech per- the sports writers of the nation, such as the Associated formers who could always be counted on to lead the team Press Bill Stern, and N. E. A. first team, and the United Press second squad. in victory or defeat were Captain Phil Tinsley and quarter- Broyles followed his teammate in national honors as he back Frank Broyles. gained positions on many of the mythical teams as well as For his aggressive defensive play as one of Techs ends, receiving the Atlanta Touchdown Clubs award for being veteran Tinsley was placed on either the first or second the most valuable man to his team in the Southeastern Con- team of practically every All-American squad picked by ference.

UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS First Team Second Team First Team Second Team Rushing (Fla.) R E Webb (L. S. U.) Olfen (Tulane) E Jones (Ala.) Serini (Ky.) R T Little (Ky.) Horne (Miss State) T Perhoch (Ga.) Trapani (L. S. U.) ... . R. G ...... Arnette (Miss.) St. John (Ga.) G Furchgott (Tech) Warrington (A. P. I.) C Mancha (Ala.) Warrington (Auburn) C Mancha (Ala.) Dobelstein (Tenn.) . . . L. G. . . . Bourgeois (Tulane) Dobelstein (Tenn.) ..... G. . . . Bourgeois (Tulane) Wozniak (Ala.) L T. Garrett (Miss. State) Serini (Ky.) T Garrett (Miss. State) Tinsley (Tech) L E Wells (Ga.) Tinsley (Tech) . E Moseley (Ga.) Gilmer (Ala.) Q B Bowen (Tech) Stephens (Tenn.) B Gilmer (Ala.) McWilliams (Miss. State) L. H Stephens (Tenn.) McWilliams (Miss. State) . B Bowen (Tech) Jones (Tulane) ...... R. H. . Kuykendall (Auburn) Jones (Tulane) B Bevis (Tenn.) Broyles (Tech) F B Rutland (Ga.) Broyles (Tech) li Kuykendall (Auburn) Although the main job of the Tech junior varsity during of the game that the Tech eleven scored again, this time the season was to learn the formations used by the various with Rumsey Taylor going through the line for the marker. opponents of the varsity squad to give the team practice The final touchdown of the afternoon came on a long pass against these plays, the Greenies did find time to play two play from Carver to Enders. regulation games of their own, both of these being against The second meeting of the two clubs was almost a dif- the eleven from Sewanee. ferent story, however, as the Jackets were pushed hard before downing Sewanee before a Thanksgiving crowd of In the first of these tilts, the Tech reserves had little on Grant Field. This game was played for the trouble in taking the opposition into camp as they won over 20,000 the game, 21-0. Only once during the entire game did the benefit of the Scottish Rite Hospital. Baby Jackets have possession of the ball without scoring. Tech started off fast as they scored their first touchdown in the first five minutes of play, but the winning points Early in the first quarter of the tilt a series of well of the game didnt come until the last minutes of the tilt. executed plays took the ball deep into Sewanee territory to Grenga plunged over for the Jackets first marker, and set up the first touchdown for Jack Carver. Rumsey Taylor accounted for most of the yardage of the It wasnt until the opening minutes of the second half final long scoring drive and the touchdown.

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J. B. HOLLOMAN BILLY WALTON BILLY WILLIAMS

JACK KELLY, Manager

ED FRYER, Mauager Player Pos. Games Halves Time KC E.T.A. F.T.M. % P.F. T.P. Collier F. 17 33 583 72 47 29 62 41 173 Holladay G. 17 34 615 76 30 21 60 25 173 Williams F. 17 34 542 74 26 15 58 35 163 Broyles G. 14 28 498 49 38 25 66 32 123 Davis C. 16 30 504 43 27 16 59 43 102 Echols G. 15 24 221 21 16 6 38 19 48 Mathews G. 14 20 171 13 18 6 33 10 32 Stewart G. 12 17 128 12 7 4 57 9 28 Rogers F. 8 9 56 4 6 2 33 7 10 Others 8 14 82 1 6 0 0 8 2 - - - Tech 226 124 05 229 854 Opponents 274 100 SS 205 750 Tingle (Ky.) Forward Bell (Ala.) Walther (Term.) Forward Kemper (Tenn.) Campbell (Ky.) Center Barnett (Tenn.) Parkinson (Ky.) Guard . . . . O'Shields (Tenn.) Broyles (Ga. Tech) . . Guard . . Holladay (Ga. Tech)

Tingle (Ky.) Forward Kemper (Tenn.) Walther (Tenn.) Forward . . Williams (Ga. Tech) Campbell (Ky.) Center Barnett (Tenn.) O'Shields (Tenn.) . . . . Guard . . . Broyles (Ga. Tech) Parkinson (Ky.) Guard Bell (Ala.) After getting off to a slow start in the 1945 season, the Tech cagers rebounded towards the close of their schedule to become one of the most potent teams in the Southeastern Conference. Although the Jackets entered the tournament in Louisville with a league record of seven wins and four losses, the squad was rated with Kentucky and Tennessee when play began, and its stock continually rose until the semi-final game with Tennessee. In the first two tournament games, the Engineers had little trouble in brushing aside Georgia, 68 to 49, and Mississippi State, 60 to 43, as Freshman Billy Williams led the way in both games in scoring. Although the Jackets were beaten by the Vols, 41-37, the squad provided the tourna- ment spectators with one of the highlights of the week's play when they began a sensa- tional comeback in the final minutes of the game. Tech's starting forwards had trouble throughout the first part of the game in shaking loose from the Tennessee guards to score, and during this time the opposition ran up a 16-point lead. Then with less than ten minutes left a rejuvenated Engineer quintet began hitting the basket from all angles to reduce the lead to three points when the clock showed three minutes remaining in the tilt, but from then on the Tennesseans were able to hold their own. After playing several informal games with nearby service teams early in the year, Tech began its regular season against the Skycrackers from Athens Pre-Flight, and were able to run up a 46-41 score for their first win. Dick Collier was high man for the quint with 14 points. The Engineers hit the road for their next two games and showed that they definitely played better ball for the home crowd as they lost both of these tilts. Alabama put the first loss on the record by winning 31 to 26, and Preflight outscored Tech, 52-36, in a return game. Playing on their home court again before a capacity crowd, the Jackets had little trouble in winning the next one, 53-39, against the Plainsmen of Auburn. The next game saw the team put on its best game of the year against an overwhelming favorite team from Kentucky. Tech stayed right with the Wildcats throughout the game before finally being edged out in the final minutes, 64-58. Taking to the road again, Tech fared little better than before as they lost to Tennessee, (Continued on next page.) (Continued from previous page.) 44-26, and Kentucky, 51-32, while winning over the quintet from Tulane with another last-minute scoring rally. Again the tables were reversed when the Engineers got Tennessee on the Atlanta court, as they displayed the form that had been missing since the first Kentucky tilt, to sink the Vols, 53-49. The other two home games at that time found the Jackets seldom in trouble as they decisively trounced their ancient rivals, Georgia and Alabama. Bob Davis and Collier were the offensive stars against the Bulldogs as they accounted for 33 of Tech's 70 points between them. It took another scoring spree in the final moments of the tilt to down the Tide from Alabama, with Collier and Holladay leading the way. In the final two conference games of the regular season, the Jackets played return tilts with Georgia and Auburn and beat both of these without too much trouble. Georgia fell, 69-42, and the Plainsmen, 74-41. The season's finale found the five battling the Atlanta Naval Air Base through an overtime period before sinking the Navy, 51-46. Throughout the year much of the Engineers' offensive power came from Collier, who led the Conference in scoring for the regular season; Williams, and Holladay. The steady floor play of Captain Frank Broyles and Holladay rounded out the team in this department, and Davis' height added to the defensive weapon of the starting quintet.

HOWARD STONE MERWIN CLAPP FRANK GURRY L. J. DELANEY

JOHN BRINKS W. L. GRISSOM JACK. VANN C. M. GUNN

DAVE DURST M. W. CHESSON NICK V fKEN

CHIEF MATTHEWS, Coach

D. A. STIVERS, Manager

Tech . . . . 37 North Carolina 22 Tech . . . . 36 Auburn 19 Tech . . . . 96 N. C. Preflight 26 Ga. Preflight 29

Tech . . . . 26 North Carolina 29 Tech . . . . 81 Third Southeastern A. A. U.

April 7—Athens Preflight ...... Athens April 14—North Carolina Atlanta April 21—Tulane Atlanta April 28—Athens Preflight ...... Atlanta May 5—Florida and Auburn ...... Atlanta May 12—A A U Meet Auburn May 19—Southeastern Conference Birmingham Although many of the leaders of the 1944 Southeastern track cham- pions were gone when Coach Norris Dean began working for the 1945 schedule, enough of the lettermen from the previous season were on hand to form a good nucleus for the new team.

Captain Hunley Elebash had left for further Marine training, but Joe Richardson and Bill Brooksbank were on hand to handle the dashes. Techs leading distance runner, John Serrie, hurdler, Frank Nelson, and all-around trackman, Tom Carpenter, were not on hand for further competition, but men like Bob Seligman and George Hills in the weight throws; Bill Donahue in the pole vault and high jump; and Ray Enders, Frank Gurry, Dave Durst, and newcomer Allen Brown in the middle and long distance runs were enough to compensate for the losses.

A full schedule of seven meets faced the Jackets against the best track teams in t his section. B. L. BAILESS J. H. FOY F. G. MORGAN R. L. BAILEY M. GIANNATTASIO W. E. NEwtoN J. B. BENNETT L. H. GILBERG H. W. ORMAND P. A. BENSON R. P. GREEN C. V. PAGAN W. J. BROOKSBANK W. L. GRISSOM L. A. PAVLIS A. G. BROWN F. H. GURRY W. S. POTTINGER 1). V. CAD) R. L. HANSON J. L. RICHARDSON A. R. CAIN G. B. HILLS J. R. SAMPLES L. J. CHASEN J. W. HORNE. R. B. SELIGM A N M. W. CHESSON D. R. JOHNSON R. SEWELL W. J. CROSSEN E. KING F. J. SMITH W. A. DONAHUE D. C. KYKER K. W. SMITH L. DOWNS C. H. LEATHERBURY J. E. STEVENS D. DURST W. M. MCCUTCHEON J. H. THURMAN J. W. DYKES J. A. MCGOVERN N. C. TURNER R. C. ENDERS J. C. MCINTOSH M. UPTEGROVE J. E. EUSTIS J. R. MACPHERSON N. A. VIKEN J. E. FLOYD D. M. MITCHELL J. F. WALKER W. H. FOLWELL H. H. WHELCHEL

C. R. NIXON J. R. OLIVER R. VANDERHOOF H. WILHOIT W. C. SMITH Track practice began early in 1945 for some of the holdovers from the previous year in preparation for the University of North Carolinas invitational in- door meet in February. Although a very small team was entered from Tech in comparison to the other squads in the meet, the Jackets were able to take fourth place by winning one first, one second, four third, and two fourth places. Bob Seligman was the only winner for the Engineers as he took the shot put competition with a throw of 46 feet 5 inches. Allen Brown gave Charlie Beetham, former Ohio State star, a good race in the quarter mile before being edged in the last few yards. Tom Carpenter ac- counted for two of Techs thirds in the high and broad jump, while Bill Donahue was pole vaulting into a third place tie. Joe Richardson placed fourth in the 60-yard dash, and the Tech relay team of Richardson, Carpenter, Cady, and Brown won third honors in the mile event. V. BENATAR W. E. PAYSON

P. D. BRYAN W. S. POTTINGER

E. W. Korr P. B. Suhr

Tech 28 North Carolina . . . 47 Tech 36 Duke 37 Tech 29 Athens Preflight . . 36 Tech 29 Preflight 28 Tech 25 North Carolina . . . 50 Tech 49 Duke 20 DAVE ARMSTRONG SAM MARTfN

GORDON COLEMAN BRUCE PACKARD BILL COONS CHARLIE PAGAN

AL DEVRIES BRUCE PARSONS

JOHN EUSTIS DON PATCH RIP GREEN ED RENCHER

GEORGE HILES, Captain RIAL ROLFE ED HOLTSINGER JAMES SIMS HENRY LEVY LLOYD SMOOT CLAUDE SWIFT Beginning the 1945 swimming season with several holdovers from the Southeastern Conference champion team of the pre- vious year and a few new swimmers with previous college experience, Coaches Freddie Lanoue and Lynn Keyes began work to develop a team that was scheduled to meet three of the strongest teams in the South. In the first meet of the year in the Tech pool the Jackets were able to win only 28 points while the Blue Dolphins of North Carolina, who had won the Southern crown for five straight years, were running their score up to 47. Only two of the Techmen were able to win their events in the meet as - Dave Armstrong took the diving competition and Lloyd Smoot outraced the opposition in the 150-yard backstroke. Traveling to Durham for the next meet, the Engineers dropped the contest by a one point margin when the Blue Devils of Duke won, 37-36. First place points that day for Tech went to the Medley relay team composed of Smoot, Eustis, and Levy; Bill Coons in the 50-yard freestyle; and Smoot in the backstroke. On the following two weeks the Tech squad faced the Preflighters from Athens in abbreviated meets. The first meeting of the teams saw the Navy squad run up a 36-21 margin of victory, but in the return match the Jackets were able to edge out the opposition 29-28. In this second meet Smoot set a new Tech pool record by traveling the distance in the 100-yard backstroke event in 1:05.1. Tech fared little better in the second meet with North Carolina than they did in the first as the Dolphins again ran up a decisive score, 50-25, to take the meet. A return engagement with the Blue Devils of Duke closed the sea- son for the Jackets, and they took their second meet of the year by a 49-20 score. Rial Rolfe, Sam Mar- tin, Henry Levy, Smoot, and the 400-yard relay team brought in first place points for Tech in the meet. Prospects for the 1945 edition of the Georgia Tech tennis top doubles team for Tech and swamped all opposition in team seemed good at the start of the season, with three their '44 matches. lettermen returning from the undefeated '44 squad. Only other returning letterman from the previous season is Niles Millsap, former Florida State doubles titleholder. Leading the Jackets again in the feature position will be The prospects seem good, however, for filling the positions Frank Willett, ranking Southern amateur and former na- left vacant on this year's team. Tommy Tift, Atlanta tional boys' indoor champion. Willett was undefeated in junior star; Hilliard Burt, former Baylor ace; Howard Cal- team matches during the regular '44 season and was im- laway, high school doubles champion, and Ed Fryer will pressive in winning several local tournaments. all be counted on to strengthen the Jackets this year. Also returning for another season at Tech is Howard A tougher schedule faces the Tech netmen this year, McCall, co-holder with Willett of the Georgia State and with a total of eleven matches against some of the top Atlanta city doubles titles. McCall, a veteran of three years college teams. New additions which Coach Bortell's team on the Tech squad, was also undefeated in singles competi- will meet this season are Howard, Preflight, and the Cherry tion last season. Together Willett and McCall formed the Point Marines.

April I I—Auburn in Atlanta. April I 4—Cherry Point Marines in Atlanta. April 21—Duke in Atlanta. April 25—Auburn in Auburn. April 28—Tulane in New Orleans. May 2—Howard in Birmingham. May 4—Preflight in Athens. May 5—U. of N. C. in Atlanta. May 9—Howard in Atlanta. May 12—Preflight in Atlanta. May 19—Duke in Durham. Not satisfied with just ending the regular season undefeated in 1944, the Jacket netmen went on to further conquests. In the National Intercollegiate matches held in Chicago Willett and McCall provided several of the biggest upsets. Willett went to the semi-finals of the singles before losing to Segura in a close match, and together with McCall turned in a surprise by beating the top seeded team from Notre Dame. McCall, in his singles, was not to be outdone and further wrecked the tournament seedings by ousting the second ranked player. In several local tournaments the two Tech aces showed some of their best form in walking off with several titles. Willett captured the singles title in both the state and Red Cross tournaments, and Willett and McCall swept the series in the doubles by winning the state, city, and Red Cross tournaments. Southern rankings for this year give the number two posi- tion to Willett, even though he didnt compete in the South- ern tournament. Too spot in the doubles went to Willett and McCall on the basis of their fine record throughout the year.

FRANK WILLETT HILLIARD BURT HOWARD MCCALL HOWARD CALLA WAY NILES MILLSAP ED FRYER TOMMY TILT E. E. BoRTELL, Coach Boxing returned to the Georgia Tech campus as a competitive sport in the fall of 1944 due primarily to the efforts of Specialist (1/c) C. P. Thomas. The first step toward the renewal of this sport was an elimination tournament open to all Navy trainees on the campus. The winners of this tournament were awarded varsity letters from the Athletic Association, but then they became a team without a schedule as no other schools in this section had a squad to meet the Navy fighters. A home and home set of bouts with the boxers of Emory and Henry, who were the Virginia state champions for the season, was arranged for the team early in the new year, but several of the winners from the tournament had left school; so Thomas had to begin all over to put a team in the ring. In the initial match of the season in Virginia the Techsters were downed, 6-2, in a meet that featured several very close and question- able decisions, but when they met the same team in the Tech ring, they walked off with a 5 to 3 decision. Kemp Haskell won Tech's only match in Virginia, while Bill Ozanne and Ben Hutchison were awarded draws. In the return match Ozanne, Tommy Curtner, Mallory Kennedy, Hutchison, and Bob Cherry won their fights, while Bobby Foyle, Haskell, and Dan Kyker were losing. The Jackets' captain for both teams, Frankie Faughman, was forced to the sidelines a week before the first meet when he broke his nose in a sparring bout. BOBBY FOYLE BEN HUTCHISON PAUL RICHARDS Ro y HARDY KEMP HASKELL GENE COOK K. L. MCCELVEY JIMMY OWENS FRANKIE FAUGHMAN (C) BILL CHAMBERS MALLORY KENNEDY A. L. CARTER DOUG KERR EARLE HOLLIDAY (M)

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