The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-21
ATHLETES ARE COMING
AUBURN TUSCALOOSA GAME
 HERE FRIDAY.
GAME
Much Interest Manifested by College Men and Great Crowd Is Ex- pected at Highland
 Park Gridirof.

Tomorrow night, about forty young atn, ietes from the University of Alabama ana the Alabama Polytechnic Institute nt VII, reach Montgomery to do battle tne Lso,, MeM, for the championship of Alabama.
 In the meantime, enthusiasm Is running high among the alumni Of the two A A,a- bama institutions and healtny nvsrs exists. which will make the footbail game Friday afternoon an epoch in the history of the great college game in Alabama
 When 1t was definitely announcer Sun. day that the big game would l d,. pc ,pareS paireSS from the position of innocuous desuetude, which 1t has occupied from footoali viewpoint for two years and once more regained its position as the S toUsDa tmo samss sUS which are of the most interest to Ala barna enthusiasts, the Auburn Sewanee and tho Auburn-Alabanla. were piayeo III Birmingham. Early this season tns man. sh. best policy to bring the Auburn Sewanee game to Montgomery and Sunoay. aItef a hurried consultation between b. 9. Hazard, manager of the Auburn team sity eleven. 1t was agreed that Mont gomery should see the contest for the State championship.
 Since the fall of 1898. Auburn has held with unquestioned' authority the State championship. At the outset of football in 1892, Auburn captured the champion ship in a hard fought game with the of Issa they held the titie At that time however, the University with Ell Abbott. Jim Shelley, and others. whose names have been engraved in the history or Southern football. wrested the champion ship from Auburn by the disastrous score
 In 1895 owing to the death of vonGam- mon of the Georgia team. there was no football in this State. In iSss, however; was dead at the University from that time, until 1900, on account Of facuity rules against athletic teams travelling. In 1900. however. the teams again met with re- suit disastrous to the University, S3-5. In 1901, owing to the hard work of Coach Harvey. the University played Auburn close game, 17-0, but last year the Au- burnites again showed their superiority University of Alabama. 23-0. e
 This year the contest promises to be close. Both teams are light. but both have been worked conscientiously by able able result of this work.
 Auburn outweighs the University by a small margin, but was weakened last week. when fullback Allison. the star of on account of injuries. The boys from Tuscaloosa have had more experience this year than the Auburn men. Their first game was against Vanderbilt, one South The University was beaten. 300, but showed to experts that although light, they were plucky and gained ground repeatedly on their heavy rivals.
 Last week, with a crippled team, the University men went against the A. and M. of Mississippi heavy and we'll trained team. Their showing was great ly improved. not allowing the Mississip- plans to score until the last ten minutes of play. when Il points were rolled up.
 These two games will give the Alabam- ians much experience, while Auburn has which they defeated by huge score oi 57-0. and an Athletic Club team from Montgomery, which they defeated, 1-O.
 The sponsors and maids of honor of the two teams will be announced later, as will the officials.