Bill Eastman (35) running the option was the only thing the defense did not solve.
Though the new defensive alignments were under wraps, the T-night game convinced most observers that things will be different this fall
THE PARTIAL UNVEILING OF A NEW DEFENSE I IKE a man winning the biggest pot ^ of the night without exposing his hole card, new defensive chief Bud Carson dominated the T-night upset 17-6 victory of the Whites over the Golds and never once let the multitude of college scouts in the press box see the real defense Tech will be using this fall. Carson—who coached the Whites to the victory and in the process handed offensive chief Jack Griffin his first defeat in 13 coaching assignments on a T-night—was the main topic of post-game conversation among the 15,000 plus fans who turned out to see this triumph of defense over offense. Bill Eastman, top defensive back of last season who was rushed into the quarterback position the final two weeks of practice when it appeared that none of the applicants for the job as Kim King's understudy was going to succeed, was the leader of the Whites' offensive charge. Following the opening kickoff, the Columbus, Mississippi junior moved the Whites from their own 32 to the 46 before a pair of missed passes forced a punt. Johnny Duncan, a sophomore linebacker switched from the Golds at the last minute to start for injured Claude Shook, got off his only bad punt of the night, but the 26-yarder was a blessing in disguise. It was fumbled by Newton of the Golds and Bill Moorer fell on it at the Gold 28. Eastman hit full36
back Johnny Weaver for four and then picked up nine himself on a nifty scamper to the 15. Tailback Lew Heller managed four more, but Eastman was thrown for minus two and then overthrew Mike Fortier in the end zone. A field goal attempt by Larry Davidson was wide and the Golds had a chance to show their offensive powers. Lenny Snow carried on the first play and was rudely halted after a two-yard gain by former fullback Tommy Carlisle who has turned into a defensive end of awesome capabilities. Then Kim King, who along with Snow was rusty from a complete lack of contact work during the spring, missed badly on a pass play. On the next play, Carlisle came in and threw King for a three-yard loss to force a punt. Tommy Chapman, another sophomore, punted poorly to Jimmy Brown who made a fair catch at the Gold 43. The ambitious Whites were back in business. This time, Eastman came out throwing. He hit tight end Steve Almond for ten but a personal foul after the play moved the ball back to the Gold 47. After an incompletion, the little Dean's List student hit Fortier for 14, Almond for 13, and Almond again for nine to place the ball on the Gold 11. On the next play Randall Edmunds, voted the best player of the spring, and sophomore starting de-
fensive end Eric Wilcox broke through and put Eastman down for a five-yard loss. After Eastman missed Fortier, soccer captain Tony Ginatta tried his first field goal under contact conditions and missed from the 22. The tiny Ecuador native never missed again during the evening. The Golds finally managed a first down on the next series on a King to Snow flair pass for seven and a pair of Snow rushes for three more. King then missed on a pair of passes and was thrown by John Lagana, a greatly improved tackle, and Pat Cain, a sophomore end, for a 17-yard loss. Chapman again kicked short, and the Whites were back at the same old stand at the Gold 32. The third time around had come up for them. This time Eastman was not to be denied. He sent Heller off tackle for two and then hit Fortier for four as the quarter ended. On the first play of the second period, Eastman scampered 27 yards for the first score of the night and Ginatta added the point to give the Whites a 7-0 lead. This obviously injured King's pride, for he and Snow came out moving the ball. Snow returned the kickoff 22 yards to the 32 and then went nine on the first scrimmage play. King missed one pass and then hit his former Brown High teammate, Lamar Melvin, for 29 down to the White 30. But on the next play King tried a long one into the end TECH ALUMNUS