Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

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Sharkey chest. a Jeffries neck,
a Mccoy waist. a Fitzsimmons pair
OF shoulders, a pair of Corbett legs
for fieetness. and head-well, head
not unlike that of the athletic hero CT
dime novel. is the backbone of
Techs football eleven this fall.
That's Gene Patten.
Georgia boasts of its McWhorter.
Tech will be Boosting in just as loud
tones OF it's Pat.en within the next
few weeks.
And Patten is not unlike McWhor-
ter physically In fact, they resemble
each other enough to be twins.
McWhorter is a great offensive man.
Patten will be every bit as good at
gaining ground this year, or yours
truly will declare himself a bum
judge.
This Patten is going to be a tough
man to bring to the ground. Any
young tackler who thinks he can
down him by grabbing him below the
knees will have another guess COM
ing to him. He will have to be
pounced on, actually jammed to the
earth before he is "fioored."
I WENT out to Tech yesterday after
noon and enjoyed two hours Of
good solid practice by the yellow
Jacket candidates. But the work of
Patten held my eye most of the time.
1t was his work in running back
me- the
He grabs the ball exactly the same
as McWhorteT, is much faster get
ting underway and just as difficult
to ge- hold of.
He displayed a corking stiff arm,
something that McWhOrter doesn't
know any more about, or didn't last
season, than a cat does about Atlanta
politics
He can shift his stride when car
rying the ball to perfection when a
would be tackler looms up to get him.
And maybe he can't shake off arms
once they seem to be knitted around
his underpinning!
The good old pep just bubbles out
OF his veins. too. Coach Heisman
was forced to caution him yesterday
time and again to slow NJ. And
said advice listened well, for the am
bilious young footballist often grabs
| himself an unpleasant Charley
Horse" when his muscles are not
properly hardened.
! CEWANEE is trying to have this
- same Patteu ruled out on a
charge of professionalism. Gene de-
MES that he ever did anything that
takes him without the bounds of anna
teurism
Sewanee wanted Patten to go to
| Sewanee. Sewanee lost Patten.
1t sure looks to be somewhat out
of the ordinary run of craftsmanship
| for Sewanee to try 10 secure Patten
and then, after they lose him, to enter
a protest.
Seven Southern colleges wanted
this boy. And among them was Van
derblt My old Side Kick. InniS
Brown former Commodore captain,
camped on Patterns doorstep for some
time, but Heisman beat the genial
Innis to it,
And yet. Vanderbilt isn't trying to
pull a Sewanee" just because Tech
landed a man that they wanted.
IL EISMAN has another new man
who is going to make good. His
name is Jim Preas. and he hangs his
hat when at home in the good viii
| lage of johnson city, Tenn.
| Preas is the former Riverside boy
who has been hailed as another Jim
| Thorpe, the Indian marvel who set
all the universe agog at the last
| Olympiad in Stockholm
This Preas looks like A regular"
football player He is put up a lot
! like Thorpe is possessed of a wonder
ful pair of legs and an even more
marvellous pair of shoulders. He did
| little yesterday outside of passing the
| ball and some light gymnastics.
| But from reports he is going to be