The age-herald., 1898-11-05
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FIRST FOOT BALL
 OF THE SEASON
South Highlands Team Defeats
 Taylor School Boys.

The first football game of the season was played yesterday in the field near Lake view where the old baseball park used to be situated between the teams of the Tay- Tor school and the boys of the South High lands The game resulted in a victory of 1T to in favor of the South Highland team. The game was not played to the finish because of an accident which happened to Captain Tom Taylor, of the Taylor school team. He was not looking where he was going and ran into a post, which prevented his playing the remaider of the-ga The game had already been won, so that 1t was called off.
 The teams lined up as follows
 Taylors-Clifford center; Alexander, right guard Pinckard, left guard; F. Taylor, right gaurd; c. Mccormack, left tackle; Marks, right end; Roberts, left end; B. Mc- Cormack, quarter; Cullom, right half Mohns, left half; T. Taylor, captain, full back.
 South Highlands-O. Watkins, center; N. Jones, right guard; Fies, left guard; J. Caldwell, right tackle; Dangerfield, left tackle; Williams, right end; James John ston, left end; zac Smith. quarter; Mont gomery, right half; Hardy, left half; W. Caldwell. captain, full back.
 The South Highlands team was much. the heavier of the two and had several old experienced players on it, but the plucky Taylor boys tackled them anyhow, al- though they knew they were going to cer- tain defeat. Montgomery and Hardy play ed the best game for the winning side, the former making three touch-downs and the latter one. Only one goal was kicked The new rules of the Southern Intereol- legiate Athletic association were used. and under that system of scoring it gave them seventeen points Tom Taylor played the star game for the Taylor team. but as stated his men were at big disadvantage.
 Fred Underwood ump!red the game, John Donaldson was referee, and ex-Cor- poral Tom Bowron, and ex-Private Sid Cowan, of the First Alabama, were the 1inemen.
 The Age-Herald is authorized to chal- lenge for the Taylor school team any other school team in the Birmingham district of similar age and weight to be played two weeks from yesterday. If enough teams are organized, a city league will be formed and regular schedule of games arranged.
 Athletic Club Team
 It now seems probable that the Birming- ham Athletic club will put out team this fall For several months past this has been thought to be impracticabe on &C.,  the game in this part of the state But now all of sudden a great deal of inter- est has been manifested in Birmingham, and at the annual meeting of the Athletic club next Tuesday night, 1t is very proba- ble that a team will be organized.
 Letters have been received from several athletic clubs asking for games with Bir- mingham, and 1t seems that they will be accommodated. The officers of the Third army corps. stationed at Camp Shipp An niston, have organized team composed. they say. almost entirely of West Point graduates. and are exceedingly anxious for a game before they leave for Cuba. The University of Alabama, whom everybody thought dead to foot ball this year has suddenly revived and has written for a game. Montgomery has had team organ ized for several weeks, and say they won't do a.thing to Birmingham if they get a chance. Then there are numerous athletic clubs in Tennessee and Kentucky, all of whom are anxious to come further south, and to play Birmingham, among other cities.