Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23
Bv Charles E. Martin.

yesterday afternoon ana HoDerp LlS-
NON McWhorter walked off the Ponce
DeLeon gridiron, Southern football
saw the passing Of the greatest play
ar the University of Georgia ever
,roSuced and one OF the greatest half
backs in the country.
The great Georgia player has play
Cd the last college football game OF
5Is career. He has another season
If baseball, but has been cheered the
1szt time by thousands as he circled
,nDonents' ends at will or tore Off
aims off tackle or right through the
Although Bob has been a star ever
since he put on his first uniform, he
"a what coaches term find so
far as the beginning of his gridiron
career is concerned. Without ever
attending high school he entered
Gordon Institute direct from gram
mar school, and had never displayed
any ability at either baseball or foot
pail.
LIE entered Gordon Institute in the
II fall of 1907, but when the call
for football candidates was sounded
Bob McWhorter did not respond. All
hat he knew Of the gridiron game
was that he had watched the Red
and Black teams play q few games
n Athens and that his brother, Mar
Gus had been backfield man on one
Of the eleyens He didn't come out
FOR the team all season. When the
baseball season came on, however,
Bob was among the first to claim q
suit, for he had always liked baseball
and It was rather easy for him to
land the center field job. While q
prep player at Gordon he raped out
a total of % home runs during the
season
WHEN Alex Cunningham, the same
w Alex who is coaching Georgia
now, made the second call for foot
BALL candidates in the fall of 1908 Bob
decided he would try his hand just
FOR the fun of 1t, especially since
Hamp, his elder brother, was playing
regular end. Bob by this time de-
cded he could do whatever any 9TH
4r McWhorter could do OF ever had
done, so down to the f1eidhouse he
went to report to the scrub" squad.
When he got there he found but one
suit, or at least about all that was
eft of a suit that had been worn by
out trousers. But for even these Bob
found strong opposition, for that same
afternoon another recruit decided to
1oin the squad, and for the uniform"
these two matched. Young McWhor-
ter tipped heads and the suit was
his. With the assistance of the en-
ire squad he finally managed to get
RECALLED in his first uniform"
THUS uniformed, Bob was assigned
TO a guard position on the scrub
tesm and after the first afternoon of
scrimmage he was given position on
The first line where he remained most
Of the season He was q terror to
every man who lined up against him.
and never was there prep back who
charged the Gordon line that was not
thrown without advancing the ball
by the terror" McWhorter. Before
he season closed he was shifted to
The bacSfeld and then began his ca
rser that has carried him to premier
ship in Southern footballdom.
AT the close of the season, and
while still a sophomore, he was elect
ed captain Of the team, the first
sophomore I, ever have the honor,
and the next year he was rated the
best prep halfback in the South. He
carried his team to the Southern
championship by scoring the touch
DOWN that won for Gordon over
Mooney in 1909. In this game he was
severely injured and. though partly
unconscious, refused to leave the field,
and when he fully regained conscious
ness two hours after he scored asked
now the game ended.
THIS was the last instance that
time was ever taken out for him
IN game all during his football ca
rAer.
After having been elected baseball
'dptain at Gordon for his senior year,
ne entered the university in 1910, but
While at the GAINESVILLE prep he won
practically every honor available. He
was awarded the sophomore declama-
non medal, the junior impromptu
up, the baseball pennant and num-
Der Of medals in prep school track
meets beside being a senior captain
"a the battalion, and as an induce
ment TO return his senior year was
offered practically every honor that
The city of GAINESVILLE possessed, but
with Cunningham elected the head
zach at Athens he went up" TO
Aigher company and entered the uni
'elSlty as a freshman.
From the first afternoon that he
5ppeared on old Herty Field he has
oorne the bulwark of the Red and
Black offense, and in the first game
NJ the season scored five touchdowns.
ms first college game was against
Nanama, which Georgia won, ~ TO
Bob making two touchdowns.
During the four years that he mas
'ee1 at Georgia there has never been
zane that he didn't pay IN. and
De Red and Black has played a total
"' 33 games in thia time. Georgia.
.leoess has been synonymous with
hons, and, after giving his running
mates due praise for their part IN
IS success, 1t must be said that the
.0Fent OF Robert McWhorter n
Georgia made the university factor
ND the gridiron along with the
'tougest teams Of the South.
SINCE 1910, his first year Georgia
las lost but four games TO 5. l.
~ A, teams and one to Virginia
3nderbilt has been the only team
has faced the Georgians that has
suffered defeat, while Auburn anu
N'nea are the only others VINO
been able 10 win from the Gas
ince his debut.
Three teams have tied Georgia n