The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-16
FAMOUS TECH.
 TEAM READY FOR BATTLE.
By CLIFF wHEATLEY

Atlanta, Ga., October 15.-
 Especial. )-Amid the resound-
 ing strains of their famous old
 b tile song, Rambling
 Wreck" and the shouts of a
 Thousand enthusiastic students,
 the Golden Tornado pulled out
 of Atlanta Thursday night
 bound for Vanderbilt.
 Two special coaches carried the Tech
 brigade, and the sides of both cars were
 literally covered from one end to the other with crayon pictures and signs. The team went straight to Nashville, ar giving them ample time to Timber up before the big battle tomorrow after
 boon.
 + Some thirty-odd persons made up the official Tech party. including two
 ;oaches, two faculty representatives, two |9nanagers and twenty-five players. It
 xas gala crowd that left town, and
 70 the last man they seemed bent on a single determination-that of soundly whipping Vanderbilt and establishing a neat stranglehold on the S. I. A. A. title tor 1920
 | Heading the crew of Tech players was Buck Flowers, the captain of this years s cam and peerless halfback of the south. |Judy Harlan, fullback; Red Barron, half |back, and Jack McDonough. quarter, |constitute the other regular backfleld men. Besides this well-knowl quartet, Hive other backs will serve m the ca |oacity of reserves.
 LINESMEN IN ABUNDANCE The line goes to Nashville sixteen |strong, and from end to end will stack |ap about 1S2 pounds average. every man |of them a good six feet iH height, too (The seven regulars of the line, Dad |Amis at center, Lebey and Davis at |guards. Al Staton and Bill Fincher at Etackles and John Staton and Ratter- Fnan on the ends, form an exceptionally |strong defense for the sturdy backfield. |There are nine reserve linesmen going |along on this trip, and indeed Tech Will fbe just as well fortified on the Vandy !gridiron in the way of players as if |shey were playing at home.
 K The Tech team goes to Vandy fuu oI Dconfidence and high-spirited hopes A (victory over Vandy means an excellent |claim on the championship or the souln Ehis fall. A defeat is something that Ffhey cannot allow themselves to thlnK Iof Needless to say. defeat at tnls Lstaee of the season, with such strong krames as those with Pittsburg and Gen. Ire to follow immediately afterwara' fuould play havoc with the team In more |ways than one
 Dispatcbes coming in to Atlanta this |veek from Vanderbilt would indicate that |Tech is in for walk-away and that |yandy has no offense and even less de- |fense Such talk has influenced the |rech team very little, if at all. Head k-oach Alexander of the Golden Tornado, land his dependable corps of assistants, have not slackened on the work in any way whatsoever, and are ant1clpatlng d |Etrong opposition from McGugin's eleven lall the way. IN BEST SHAPE
 Tho Tornado just now is in the best |shape of tho year and there is not a single member of the varsity on the sick |nst It has needed little other than kLtraisht football in three games played |so far this season and. except for little |ca ssinr in the Davidson game, nothing |.lse has been tried. Tomorrow in Nash |yiIle, though. there will probably pc an |er rtfreiy different form of attack pre- [,ented, judging from the amount of time but out in practice this week on the |moyn intricate plays and formations. Tech goes into the game heavy fav- |prite, despite the fact that the Com- |modores have tho advantage of playing lon their homo grounds. It is the Tor |nado's first appearance this year on for |eign soil and really it's first match with |h dependable foe. The outcome will be watched with interest all over the south, kor the predictions have been freely made
 khat the team this year is going to come near to the wonderful record |of the 1917 Tornado that swept the