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1 UftMlA I A* fERNQQN, NOVEMBER 17, 1953.Bulldog-Cairo - jiame WinnerTo Receive Syrup PitcherJunior High TrimsQuitman, 26-6, in Final Game of YearQUITMAN—-Striking 1 for two touchdowns in the first period and two in the second, the Thomas-vlile Junior High football team ' defeated the Quitman Juniors, 26-6 here last night.The game was the final one of I the 1953 season for the Thomas-ville team and gave coach Ronald Ellison’s charges a 3-2 mark for the year. The win was the second this year for Thom as v tile over Quitman.Quarterback Link Forester had a hand in three of Thomasville’s four touchdowns. He scored one after catching a pass from fullback Walter Whitehead on a play which covered 50 yar’ds.Forester scored again on a 30 yard gallop and passed to end Dan Singletary., on a play which covered 40 yards for another TD.Halfback David Miller raced 40 yards for Thomasville’s other score.After building up a 26-0 lead in the first half, Thomasville threw up a stout defense which stopped Quitman on all by one drive in the second half. Quit man drove for its only score in the third period and was at the Thomasville 25 yard line when the contest ended.Eilison praised his entire team, especially the line, and said it was one of the best games his crfarges have played this year.Wheii the Thomasville Bulldogs and the Cairnwni jn {*£ her-e Friday night a perpe 1 trophy S will go to the winner of the annual football contest each year wil be put into competition for; the first time.The trophy, donated by JuliasM * *Bulldbg-Cairo Game Tickets Now on SaleAdvance sale of tickets for the Thomasville-Cairo football game to be played here Friday has begun at both Thomasville and Cairo.Tickets for the game may be purchased at Wayne's Smokehouse in Thomasville and Oliver’s Clothing store in Cairo.Regular and reserve seat tickets are both on sale at Wayne’s Smokehouse. All reserve seats are in the Thomas-viile section.A capacity crowd is expected for the game.AUBURN PLAINSMENLEAD SEC IN TEAMU. S. And Britain Agree on Revision Of Some Golf RulesRoddenbeiy 0f ^airo, will be »' silver Syrup - Pitcher made ~S0~tfrar the name of the winning schooi each year may be engraved on it.The trophy will be held by the winner of the game ui\til that team is outscored by the other team, and then exchanged.Competition for the silver Syrup Pitcher is expected to add even more glamour and interest to AJbe. ft°tball rivaliary which began M1922.OFFENSE, DEFENSEBIRMINGHAM Wt-^-The Auburn Plainsmen were right back on top of the Southeastern Conference today in both team offense and defense.Official figures released by SEC Commissioner Bernie Moore showed the Plainsmen jumped ahead of Mississippi again on total offense.Aiiburh rolled for 406 yards against Georgia Saturday while Ole Miss was haltered in its 38-0 loss to Maryland and dropped back to second place.The Plainsmen-now have an average of 340.5 yards for each of their eight games. They have coupled a team rushing average ofNEW YORK W — The United States Golf Assn. and the British Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, the world's principal ruling bodies of golf, have agreed on a number of minor revisions of the rules of golf, to become effective Jan, 1, 1954.They also have agreed that there will be no further changes in the rules until representatives. of the two bodies have had personal conferences. These likely will take place when the U. S. Walker Cup team visits Britain in the spring of 1955.The USGA and the R A established a uniform code of rules two years ago after a series of conferences.The principal changes concern hazards and checking scores in stroke play-the latter designed to help eliminate the occasional mix-ups that occur when a player signs a card on which a mistake has been made.The change makes It obligatory for the player to * ‘ensure that the marker has signed the card.” The rule now calls for the marker to sign the card and hand it to the competitor and for the competitor to check his score, sign it and turn it in. But the competitor, who is solely responsible for the correctness of the score, has not been required to accept the responsibility for the failure of the marker to sign.Tn rOfTQ 4a Vinnn - t___Since the series began the two teams have played 23 times. The annual Cairo-Thomasville game is one of the finest and keenest grid rivalries in South Georgia and the two teams usually counts the season si success when it'defeats the other no matter what they may have done the remainder of the year.This year. is no exception. The Syrupmakers will go..into..the contest, with a 5r4 rpcord and -the Bulldogs have a mark, but interest in the coldest is still very high.In a letter to E. O. Garner, Thomasville High principal, and J. H. House, supervising principal of the Cairo Schools, Roddenbery told why he was donating the trophy. His letter reads in part as follows:”1 have for many years observed with pleasure, and yes, pride, the spirited and wholesome rivalary blended with ■ fine sportsmanship the young men on the Thomasville and Caffo football teams demonstrate in their annual game. It is a fine .thing to see, and I dare say many, are the Thomasville and Cairo fans who enjoy the game as.much as do the boys who entertain us with their skill and determination.“The game is becoming to be traditional, and. no doubt will be more so in years to come. I believe the^game deserves a Trophy ... r cdfisider -it a privilege, with the approval you have given, to give the Trophy,“As proDably you know, Grady and Thomas Counties lead by fat all other counties in the entire Southeast in the production of the South’s sweetest and most delectable food—good ole Georgia Cane Syrup. It seems to me to be jmst appropriate our Trophy by a Syfup Pitcher, and the contest for its possession for the Ilist year to be the game this Friday.“A suitable Trophy Syrup Pitcher will be especially made in a size large enough for engraving thereon the score of eaeh years game. Should jr not lie. ready by game time, it will' be ‘ ready 'soon thereafter.”
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