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

n NE hunored and elgnty-elsnt
~ pounds of man. possessing
Sharkey chest, a Jeffries neck,
a Mccoy waist. a Fitzsmmons pair
OF shoulders. a pair of Corbett legs
for fieetness. and head-well, a head
not unlike that of the athletic hero Of
a dime novel, is the backbone of
Techs football eleven this fall
That's Gene Patten.
Georgia boasts of it's McWhorter.
Tech will be Boosting in just as loud
tones of its Patten 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 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
bounced on, actually jammed to the
earth before he IL "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 nv eye most Of the time.
1t was his work in running back
punts that impressed me the most.
He grabs the ball exactly the same
az McWhorter, is much faster get
ting underway and Just as difficult
| to gey 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 W. 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.
SEWANEE is trying to have this
~ same Patten 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 sportsmans hip
for Sewanee to try to secure Patten
and then, after they lose him, to enter
protest.
Seven Southern colleges wanted
this boy. And among them was Van
derbilt. My old Side Kick, Innis
Brown, former Commodore captain,
camped on Patterns doorstep tor some
time, but Heisman beat the genial
Innis to it,
And yet Vanderbilt isn't trying to
pull a Sewanee" just because Tech
landed man that they wanted.
II 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 Press looks like a regular"
football player. He is put up lot
like Thorpe. is possessed of a wonder
full 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