Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-12-27 | Page 12 | Vic Bottari Leads Bears to Triumph

Vie Vic Bottari Leads Bears To Triumph J BERKELEY Gal Cat Dec 27 INS The The final score core goes down in the record books as California 13 Georgia Geor Geor- gia Tech gia-Tech Tech 0 but what should go down I is Vic Bottari California left halfback halfback halfback half half- back 13 Georgia Tech 0 O. For three and a half quarters th the two teams battled on even terms but from then on it was all VicHe Vie Vic He led ed two late drives of 60 anc and 66 yards for touchdowns scoring the first himself and sending Louis Loui Smith across the goal line lino for the final tally with only half a minute of play remaining Bottari rolled up yards from scrimmage on 27 plays for an average average aver aver- age gain of 36 yards per try and on at least 10 of these plays everyone in Sn the stadium knew was going to carry the freight The Bears' Bears attack failed to move against the scrappy until Bottari took matters into his own hands From then then thenon on there was Vas no Ho stopping him The Georgians put up a stiff battie battle battle bat bat- tle tie all the way but they did not have the pow power to crack the Bear middle middle- and they met just too much football player in iri irl one man Once during the third period Tech moved down as far as s the California Califor nia yard 18 line but they fell short of making a first down by inches Tricky plays especially runs runs runs' from punt formation on second and third down gained good yardage for Georgia but the lack of power down the middle gave the Bears the chance to spread out and take care of every potential ball handler Thirty thousand fans watched the game in perfect football weather er