WILLIAM Athletic:, - Georgia Institute of Technology

WILLIAM A. ALEXANDER , Head. Football Coach and Director of Athletic:,

For many years Coach "Alex" has won high praise not only from the Ga. Tech admirers

but also from all the outstanding sports-lovers all over the country. This was proven this

year when he was voted the coach of the year. This year Coach "Alex" finished his
twenty-third year as head coach at Georgia Tech by taking his once defeated Yellow

Jackets to the Cotton Bowl. As usual, Coach "Alex" devised new plays to utilize the

available material, and suprised everyone with one of the best teams in the country.

ROBERT L. Dom, Assistant Coach and Backfield Coach

"Bobby" Dodd, All-American quarterback for Tennessee, has been backfield coach at Tech

since 1932. During these years Coach Dodd has never failed to produce an outstanding

backfield. This year proved no exception with many of Tech's backfield men gaining

national reputation.

ROBERT MILLER, Line Coach

Coach Miller, who was an All-American at Ohio State, did a swell job in his first year at
Tech. H e began where Mac Tharpe left off and built one of the finest lines in the country.

Incidently, he teaches in the Chemical Engineering Department also.

NORRIS C. DEAN, "B" Team Coach

Coach Dean has been coaching at Tech since his graduation in 1936. He is the man who

patiently works with the "scrubs" to make them varsity material, but few fans realize his

true worth to the team.

DWIGHT KEITH, Freshman Coach

Coach Keith served as assistant coach and backfield coach at Boys' High School in Atlanta

for many years. This year he started his first year at Tech and has won the high praise

of everyone with his wonderful ability and his pleasing personality.

SENIOR MANAGERS

R. A. BROACH P. WOODRUFF

JUNIOR MANAGERS

L. T. BARBER R. G. ST. JOHN
J. S. LASETER E. 0. RANI)

G. A. EWING SOPHOMORE MANAGERS
J. C. WEBB T. T. TALLEY

W. L. WILHOIT

FRESHMAN MANAGERS

F. H. DURANT K. L. ICENOGLE

D. S. RUBIN M. L. WEISS

SCHEDULE, 1942

Sept. 26, at Atlanta
Tech 15 Auburn 0

Oct. 3, at South Bend
Tech 13 • • • • Notre Dame 6

Oct. 10, at Atlanta
Tech 30 • • • • Chattanooga 12

Oct. 17, at Atlanta

Tech 33 Davidson 0

Oct. 24, at Annapolis

Tech 21 Navy 0

Oct. 31, at Durham

Tech 26 Duke 7

Nov. 7, at Atlanta

Tech 47 Kentucky 7

Nov. 14, at Atlanta

Tech 7 Alabama 0

Nov. 21, at Atlanta

Tech 20 Florida 7

Nov. 28, at Athens

Tech 0 Georgia 34

T. G. ANDERSON J. A. HELMS W. P. McHUGH
F. R. BEALL J. P. JORDAN P. F. PAGE
C. D. CASTLEBERRY R. J. JORDAN R. A. PLASTER
R. O. DODD J. KUHN E. S. PROKOP
S. P. EAVES W. W. LOGAN A. E. RYCKELEY
I). C. ELDREDGE R. 0. LOWREY R. W. SHELDON
A. J. FAULKNER J. K. LUCK R. L. SLATEN
H. 13. HARDY G. MANNING W. STEIN
W. R. HEALY J. A. MARSHALL W. P. WEST

When the first signs of Fall began to appear below the
Mason-Dixon Line, football experts immediately began
their annual predictions of this year's Southeastern Con-
ference hopes, but with little realization that the Nineteen
Forty-two season was going to bear so many thrills, spills,
and champions right in their own backyard. After scan-
ning the gridiron horizon, their report was generally:
Georgia strongest, Alabama with her usual power team,
and Auburn pushing into third place. The closing sen-
tences of these masterpieces usually mentioned Georgia
Tech also being in the Conference. The result was that
Tech would be a breather for the Auburn team—so it was
predicted.

That cool, rainy late September afternoon brought a
different story to the fans of the great game though.
From the opening whistle to the closing gun it was Geor-
gia Tech's ball game, despite the rain which seemed to stop
only at the time-out periods. The victory over the
Auburn Tigers naturally brought the usual joy to the
Tech fans, but to the followers of the game is portrayed
power, excellent coaching, and the markings of a winning
football champion. Fans were introduced to a new sopho-
more by name of Eddie Prokop who can deliver a pass
with uncanny accuracy when tacklers were dangling from
his limbs. It was the initiation of freshman Clint Castle-
berry into the realm of college football, and his running
was beautiful despite the wet field. The Auburn victory
was the first stepping stone in the path leading the 1942
football squad into the Cotton Bowl.

GEORGIA TECH 13—NOIRE DAME 6 GEORGIA TECH 30—CHATTANOOGA 12
The opener with Auburn had no doubt set a spark glow- After .t hard earned victory over the Irish the week before
ing in the Engineers football squad. There were, however, at South Bend the Jackets were expecting a breather against
the usual lot of conservatives who wouldn't believe any- the Moccasins. However, the Chattanooga team was one
thing except that the Tech team had met Auburn on an of the scrappiest, most spirited teams the Golden Tornado
off-day and taken advantage of the breaks. On top of ran up against this season. The Engineers, sparked by a
that, rumors from the North were to the effect that the sixty-yard run in the first half by Castleberry, and con-
Irish were a sure champion up there and they would have sistent gains by Plaster on line plunges, soon proved too
no trouble with a Tech team which had never beaten them much for the gridders from Chattanooga, and the game
on their own soil. All in all the crew which journeyed to assumed the predicted onesidedness. Sheldon also guided
South Bend was picked to lose, and the tales of the Irish the Jackets through several plays which led to a touch-
power had some effect on the jackets. down. To give the credit where it's due, the Chattanooga
The first four plays of the game resulted in the Irish passing attack was one of the best the team had run up
having the ball deep in Tech territory by the use of strong against to that date, and the Engineers gained valuable
power plays. With their backs to the wall, the Engineers experience in air defense. The second team took over in
set up a forward wall which could have resisted a tank. the last quarter of the game and the varsity rested for the
Notre Dame could not, no matter how hard they tried, next contest with Davidson.
find any play which would carry them over for a score.
After Tech had taken possession and moved back up to
the midfield the game began to take on a new light. The
team played as though fired by some spirit which was de-
termined to break the jinx that had followed other Tech
teams to the South Bend stadium.
The first touchdown came as the result of a long pass
from Prokop to McHugh. The pass was almost inter-
cepted, but as it slid off the fingers of the Notre Dame
defender, it was scooped up by McHugh and carried over
the lines. Even then the jackets were considered lucky in
spite of the brilliant playing which had gone before. The
second tally for the Golden Tornado came by way of a
beautiful running pass from Clint Castleberry to McHugh
in the end zone, and the Jackets fought on, allowing only
one Notre Dame score. The Tech "destiny squad" had
passed the second milestone in the road to national
recognition.

GEORGIA TECH 33—DAVIDSON 0 The second and third squad did most of the playing in
The Davidson team met Tech for the first time here on the last quarter, but they also managed to score against the
Grant Field. Even though Davidson had a fair ball club opponents, and the first team began to gird for the com-
for its class, it was no match for the superb Tech machine. ing battle with Navy.
The team, even though without much competition, showed
up with many fine points of football play, especially good GEORGIA TECH 21—NAVY 0
backfield play, for which Tech teams in the past years The Tech-Navy game this year marked the opening of
have become noted. The Davidson game also brought out a series of games with the Naval Academy. The first time
one fact which had been the basis of the shunning of Tech the Jackets met the Midshipmen was many years ago, and
as a champion by football experts. Tech definitely did the outcome of the game was a sad story for the Tech
not get the breaks in the game, but took advantage of team. This year, however, a strong, undefeated Jacket
opportunities which they had to make for themselves. The squad journeyed to Annapolis highly favored to win from
result was fewer people attributed the Auburn and Notre the Cadets.
Dame victories to lucky breaks in the play. Tech's mighty football machine was in smooth running
form and the masterful play soon had the Navy boys com-
pletely bewildered.
Prokop's passing was beautiful, and several long ones
were on the spot for receivers who took them for long
gains. Captain jack Marshall played his usual excellent
defensive game and Mutt Manning intercepted two Middie
passes. The thrill of the afternoon came when Clint
Castleberry, standing on his own eight-yard line, inter-
cepted a long Navy pass and neatly delivered the ball
ninety-two yards away for a Tech score—and the Jacket
"wonder team" made history by beating the United States
Naval Academy for the first time.

GEORGIA TECH 26—DUKE 7
After a hard, weary trip to Durham, the Tech team
came out in Duke's beautiful stadium, and were met by a
typical Duke power team. After only a few minutes of
playing time, Duke had scored with one of their powerful
off-tackle plays, resulting in a beautiful fifty-five-yard run
to the goal line. For the first time this season the mighty

Georgia Tech team was trailing, 0 to
7. From then on, however, Duke was
never in the ball game. A few plays
later a pass from Castleberry to Mar-
shall, and a reverse by McHugh had
advanced the ball to Duke's twenty.
Plaster then smashed right through
the strong Duke line for the remain-
ing twenty yards. With Duke lead-
ing, 7 to 6, the Yellow Jackets held
Duke deep in their own territory,
forcing them to punt. Then came the
highlight of the game: Sheldon, be-
hind beautiful blocking, and doing
some fancy side-stepping, returned the
kick sixty yards to the Duke eleven-
yard line. Prokop passed to Jordan
for another score, and Tech led, 12 to
7. From then on Tech was in com-
plete command and never allowed
Duke to penetrate into Tech territory.

Final score: Tech 26, Duke 7, running Tech's victory
string to six consecutive teams, and avenging the Blue
Devils for last year's shutout.

GEORGIA TECH 47—KENTUCKY 7
Nothing could go wrong as Tech's mighty Yellow Jack-
ets smashed a strong Kentucky team, 47 to 7.
Davey Eldredge was the big sparkplug in Tech's at-
tack— scoring on a beautiful Statue of Liberty play and
again on a sensational snatch of Prokop's long pass. Bobby
Dodd also came through with a beautiful performance by
smashing through Kentucky's line for two of the scores.
The highlight of the game was a beautiful run by Duck
Smith, who led the "B" team to a score while they were
playing late in the second half.
The Wildcats' only score came while the "B" team was
playing, but that takes no credit from Hurst of Kentucky,
whose amazing 93-yard run accounted for the score.
This one-sided show sent Tech hopes soaring, for earlier
in the season Kentucky had held the mighty Georgia team
to a mere 7-to-6 victory. It ran Tech's record to seven
consecutive wins, and the eyes of the nation began to turn
toward t he Southeastern Conference.

GEORGIA TECH 7—ALABAMA 0
The Yellow Jackets came into the Alabama game a
slight favorite due to the overwhelming victory over Ken-
tucky the week before and also because of the Alabama
loss to Georgia. After an equal exchange of punts, Clint
Castleberry brought the stands to their feet with an un-
canny run back to Tech's forty. On the next play the
freshman All-American reeled off twenty more yards to
keep the drive going. Then, with what looked like a typi-
cal reverse, McHugh passed to Castleberry, who ran beau-

tifully down the field to the Alabama nine-yard line.
Alternate Captain Ralph Plaster then crashed over in two
tries for the only score of the game. Rabbit Jordan
kicked the extra point and the Jackets led by seven
points. The next period saw Alabama holding the upper
hand, but the strong Jacket defense kept the Tide away
from the double stripes.

The final two periods saw both teams threatening, but
the strong defenses of both teams kept the other from
scoring.

It was a great game. Two of the nations strongest
teams fought it out for sixty full minutes. Especial praise
goes to Hardy, Manning, Plaster and Castleberry of the
Tech squad, and Moseley, Domnonovich and the whole
Alabama team. However, the man who deserves the
laurels was Coach Bobby Dodd, who did an excellent job
of substituting for Coach "Alex," who was confined to
his home because of illness.

GEORGIA TECH 20—FLORIDA 7
The most significant fact in the minds of the Tech fans
concerning the Tech-Florida battle was that it was the
last game before the Tech-Georgia game. Since Georgia
had beaten Florida mercilessly, the Tech team and stu-
dents were highly overconfident about the outcome of the
Florida game. The second squad started the game, and
it was generally concluded that the varsity would see no
service that day.
The Florida team, taking advantage of every oppor-
tunity, soon revealed that they were not the same team
which had crumpled before the Bulldogs earlier in the

season. They plunged and passed and several times pene- began to pile up on the jackets, and the Tech fans settled
trated deep into the Tech territory. They fought like quietly to watch the slaughter. Despite the odds, the
madmen, inspired by the fact that they had a possible vic- Engineers fought the Bulldogs throughout the game, and
tory over the second ranking team in the nation. The several times it looked as though the Jackets would stage
varsity took over, but even then the Gators showed undy- a comeback, but no such lock. The spirited Georgia team
ing spirit and fought on. The jackets scored. The put on a show which could almost be used as a criterion
Gators scored. The teams battled on to the half, but the for perfect football.
score remained unchanged. Gradually the Jackets wore
through the Gators and finally managed to open up a The team as a whole did not even approach the type of
scoring attack to cinch the game. Even though the football they had been playing earlier in the season, but
jackets won the ball game, it was the beginning of the Hardy, Manning and Marshall played their usual top-
slump which held the Tech team down when it met the notch defense games. The closing whistle found the Tech
Bulldogs. team on the sad end of a 34-to-0 score, and sight of the
Rose Bowl passed into the eyes of the Bulldogs.
GEORGIA TECH 0—GEORGIA 34
The football eyes of the nation turned toward Sanford The 1942 Cotton Bowl team beyond all doubt is one
Stadium this year to await the outcome of what was of the strongest the school has ever boasted, and, win or
expected to be one of the greatest games in history. lose, Georgia Tech's team will always be the best in the
Despite the fact that transportation was scarce, practi- eyes of the student body.
cally the whole Tech student body crammed into the
"Athens town" to witness the battle. The annual game is
always the season's greatest drawing card, but this year
the stakes were more than friendly rivalry. Georgia had
been thoroughly trounced the week before by Auburn.
Their only loss of the season. Tech had come through
undefeated, with a glorious record. It had already been
announced that the winning team would receive the cher-
ished bid to the Pasadena Rose Bowl and a crack at the
national championship. The tension before the kickoff
was terrific.
The first few plays of the game sent Tech hopefuls
skyward. Tech had recovered the kickoff and had the
ball on Georgia's twenty. But Dame Fortune frowned
on the Yellow jackets that fatal day in Georgia's bowl,
and even the first five minutes of play showed that the
Georgia team was working at its best. The scores soon

These arc the fellas that really work for the little glory that they
receive. There are a few Freshman games scheduled with other
teams, but the only one with any publicity is the annual Baby
Jacket-Bullpup tilt, in which we haven't been coming out on the
right end of the score. Many of the outstanding freshmen are
playing on the varsity this year as the result of the new confer-
ence ruling to permit freshmen to play on varsity teams.

It's almost amazing how a team can play different types of ball
every week and do it well. They learn all the future varsity oppo-
nents' plays and play them against the varsity in preparation for
the next game. Under the excellent coaching of Norris Dean, the
Freshman team always puts in their two bits before the game is over.

E. A. TAYLOR Captain
H. C . STEED Drum Major
A. J. GARING Bandmaster

L. S. COVEY W. T. McNUTT

G. S. ADAMS 1). R. GLASS I. MICHELSON T. A. SHANKS
B. BOBO W. M. GREEN J. MACDONALD R. V. SHARP
H. E. BOSS R. GRINER J. MAAS CS.INCLAIR
J. K. BREGER C. A. HAINES J. V. MANNING R. H. SMALL
IL A. BROWN J. R. HARRIS G. MARCHMONT A. R. SMITH
W. E. BROWN H. L. HORTON T. R. MAULDIN W. SPROESSER
J. R. BROWNLOW F. HOSS E. P. MAXIM E. L. STANLEY
W. J. BRYAN P. H. JOHNSON R. W. PADEN H. STEED
J. L. CAIN J. B. JOLLY H. PSOMAS W. I. STEELE
S. M. CAMPBELL R. P. JONGEDYK C. PAPPAS W. STRIPLING
I. CAPELOUTO D. KING L. D. PERLIS E. A. TAYLOR
W. J. CORDES T. KLEPATSKY L. J. PERLIS J. C. TICHY
L. S. COVEY J. C. McGAUGHEY R. W. PHILLIPS E. VANVOORHEES
R. M. COX R. D. McGAUGHEY R. B. REED J. VARNER
S. I). DEASON W. T. McNUTT G. J. ROEWE L. WALLER
J. R. DORSEY H. M. McWHORTER S. H. ROSENZWEIG R. E. WACHTER
M. A. EVENCHIK M. McWILLIAMS G. SELLARS D. WOOD
L. H. WILLIAMS





To have a good football team, a school must have
good coaches, assisted by an able trainer. We know
we have tops in coaches, and Claude Bond keeps the
players in the best possible condition to do their best.

Many think that football is a game played only
by two teams, but there is more to it than that, as
these snapshots show. What would a football game
be without bands, cheerleaders, pretty girls to be
whistled, and shirt-tail parades after the game?



The prospects for the Cross-Country Team this year arc excellent. In Borum and
Coughlin, Georgia Tech has two of the outstanding distance runners of the South,
closely followed by Sanders, Blank, Wilson, Baker, and Benning. Two of the other
men show particular development and should prove excellent runners, namely, Short
and Hope.

The schedule this year consists of only three meets, due to the present conditions.
Dual meets will be held at Auburn and Mississippi State, with the conference meet in
Atlanta.

With many members of the 1941 squad returning and some very promising new material to draw from, 1942 was one
of the most successful years in the history of the Tech swimming team.

Coach Lanoue, who is one of the outstanding swimming coaches in the country, produced a team that not only
defeated all opponents inside and outside the Southeastern Conference, but also won the conference meet by a large
margin of points.

Owing to the lack of collegiate opposition the squad only entered the amateur meet in Birmingham during the summer
and again proved its worth by winning several cups and medals.

A good schedule has been arranged for 1943, and although the team will be hit hard by graduation and the services,
the vacancies will be filled by capable men. Under the leadership of Captain Herbert McAuley and Manager Jimmy
Little, Tech may look forward to another successful season.

Keeping pace with the armed forces, the various or-
ganizations on the campus carry out a complete
physical training program. The military and naval
units emphasize the importance of a rigid physical
program in preparing the men for active duty.

The various forms of intramural sports include
softball, swimming, running obstacle courses, regu-
lar calisthenics, and gym work, rifle, bowling, bas-
ketball, fencing, golf, and tennis. Shown are scenes
from the Navy obstacle course, softball games, and
swimming.