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...stand, Burnett stuck to his story. He had been trying to make an other call when he found himself listening to a conversation between the two coaches. He had heard Butts give Bryant "detailed information about the plays and formations Georgia would use." Georgia's present coach, Johnny Griffith, and his assistants testified next; they claimed that such information would almost surely have been helpful to any opposing coach...
...that he had turned out the story without ever seeing Burnett's notes. Although the article accused Butts of telling Bryant that the Georgia quarterback tipped off pass plays by the way he placed his feet, Burnett said that he had never heard Butts mention that fact. Coach Griffith added that his quarterback was better than that, anyway...
...more he was questioned by Butts's attorney, former Notre Dame End William Schroder, the more mistakes Griffith remembered from the article. He denied that he had ever used a play called the "88 pop," a maneuver Butts was accused of reporting to Bryant. He denied that his team took a "frightful physical beating" from Alabama, as the Post article claimed. He denied ever telling University of Georgia officials that he would resign if Butts stayed on as athletic director. He denied that his players had come to the sidelines during the game and claimed that they had been...
Even the article's final lament-" 'I never had a chance, did I,' Coach Johnny Griffith said bitterly . . ."-was pure fiction, Griffith said...
...Last week everybody celebrated-inlanders and outlanders alike. Bearded men and crinolined ladies bounced through the streets in horse-drawn carriages; diamonds glistened like dewdrops of Saratoga Vichy at black-tie parties. Sousaphones harrumphed, fireworks whiz-banged, and chicken sizzled to a crunchy golden brown. Welterweight Champion Emile Griffith was signed for a nontitle fight; Arnold Palmer and Gary Player were booked for an exhibition golf match. All in all, just the sort of shindig that would have delighted John Morrissey-the man who started the whole bawdy binge a century...