The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-08
HEISMAN MAY NOT COACH
 GEORGIA TECH NEXT SEASON
RUMORED THAT YELLOW JACK EFT COACH MAY GO TO PENN SYLVANIA-HAS OFFERS FROM GEORGIA, TEXAS AND OTHER COLLEGES

Atlanta, November 7.-John W Heis- man, coach al Georgia Tech for the past several years may not be coach of the school next year.
 This startling information was brought to light by the receipt of the following telegram from Philadelphia here today:
 Philadelphia, November 6-It is ru- mored here that J. w. Heisman. coach of the Georgia Tech football team. is be- | ing considered for the place of head coach of the University of Pennsylvania for 1913. Heisman is an old Pennsylvania gridiron and diamond starr
 MT. Heismsn does not deny this tele- gram In fact, he further complicates the situation by admitting that he has tenta- tive offers from several colleges to coach their athletic teams next season.
 Among the teams mentioned that want him are Clemson, whom he coached be- fore he came to Tech, Georgia, and col lege in Texas. All are said to be fiattering offers, too.
 Heisman's five year contract with Geor- gia Tech expires at tine close of ,he base ball season next spring. Tech still has an option on his services and may exer- else that option, but it is a strong hunch here that Heisman will not have charge of athletics at the local school next sea son.
 Heisman has not been satisfied with his berth at Tech for some time. He has no complaint 10 make over the treatment he has received at the hands of the authori- ties there but over the lack of material and the harder work caused by no profll- islng material being on hand.
 That he has accomplished wonders with the small amount of material that he has had to work with goes without saying. No one, outside of Atlanta, who is not in close touch with the situation at Tech, can properly realize just the tremendous job there Is there. Faculty objections t. athletes are more strenuous at Tech thar at any other southern school.
 Hcismans statement regarding the con- ditions as they exist is as follows:
 "I do not know just what I will do until my contract at Tech expires. Yes. l have had some tentative offers from southern colleges. This offer from Penr- sylvania has not been made direct to me, and I am not at liberty to talk on this subject until I receive some kind Of an official offer Before 1 signed my present contract with Tech they did make me an offer, but turned 1t down. as had other business interests in this city that needed my personal attention I should really like a change at that. You newspaper boys know just what I have been up against in the way of lack of material and faculty objections and l would like to try it once where I had some corking good material to work with and little more leniency in other respects. Stringen- cy as to professionalism in amateur ranks is all right; I am heartily in favor of it, but sometimes things can be made worse than they really are"
 Georgia is Heisman's worst enemy. Yet they respect his prowess as coach, and if they could secure his services they would fall over themselves in doing so, it is said.
 The straight tip to the whole situation is that either Pennsylvania or Georgia will have Heisrnan as coach in 1913.