Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-21
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TECH TEAM
As ROW
BRE.: MS
Star Athletes Temporary Suspen-
sion Threatens to Develop
Startling Countercharges.

Italy has been rocked by an erup-
Ion rom the crater of Vesuvius, San
francisco has been shaken by an
earthquake, and just now an explo-
sion i'm the' camps of Georgia and
Tech football teams is impending that
is likely to terminate in the grandest
it,.e. piece Of rsr1Giron scandal that
Ee South has ever heard.
Jim Preas, noted for three or four
Years as the greatest schoolboy ath-
."tc In the South, is the keystone
around which scandal is being con-
strurted. Young Preas entered Tech
his TAN, and was looked upon as Il
most valuable backfeld candidate.
lie was making rapid progress under
The tuition Of Coach Heisman, but he
has been knocked off temporarily"
by the Tech faculty
charges have been made against
Preas that he is a professional, He
said to have accepted Tuition at
Bingham Military School, of Ashe-
Vile, \. c., in return for which he
gave the school his athletic qualif-
.a,ons.
Tech Men Accuse Georgia.
And Tech men claim that Georgia
men We're responsible for these
r.1rges. In turn Tech alumni declare
they win unearth professionalism
within the ranks of the Georgia
team, claiming they very easily can
prove that there are players on the
Athens eleven who have taken money
for athletics before they went to
Georgia or during their vacations
a number of prominent Tech men
..'n they can easily produce the
goods that Georgia's best lineman
paved professional baseball in or
tnd Cordele. and that this charge
"'o be their first volley If Georgia
oan't keep its hands off"
The Tech admirers claim the charge
'''HSat against Preas was irstigated
'' an eX-Georgia man who is now af-
hIs'ed with the Bingham school as
7h assistant coach They declare this
coach ried to get Preas to 60 to
GEORGIA, but that the young athlete
Preferred Tech. Hence, "sorehead,"
quotes the Techite.
Preas attended the Bingham school
To-. three or four years, where he es-
.an.saed a wonderful record in all
branches of sport for a schoolboy
.'Hlas We're penned about him, and
'."'# college in the South was anx-
...s to secure him. OF that there is
''7"'1ely no doubt
- Chose Tech Out Of Seven.
u. .Has admitted that representatives.
." seven different schools visited
. @l his home in Johnson city.
. .io trying TO induce him to go to
respective college or university.
' I7lms that finally It came down
Wv. cen and Virginia. His father,
ro.'. physician and surgeon, wanted
S,.' % 80 to Virginia to study meGi-
t,. Aut the young man desired to
4, 49, an engineering course, and finally
w '.ed 10 enter Tech.
~ Immediately, according 10 Tech
",a Georgia began to look for
-, S5.'net1lng on Preas. II Is the claim
" .le Iechnites that the ex- Georgian
.r. coaching at the Bingham school
.".ged President Bingham to make
i,.. "ai'ayit that Preas took an "ath-
N.l" course"
,t .ading an investigation Of the
t. 5, Preas has been "benched"
NJ ne Tech faculty. which intends to
~ we The case thoroughly, Tech adj
,, 's claim that the charges win go
~ " smoke and that Preas win be
.raIed and ready to play in the game
's''nst Florida Saturday.