The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
FIRST BASKET
BALL GAME FRIDAY
Opening of Seventh Season at
Athletic Club
HAND BALL TOURNAMENT
Now In Progress, BiddIc and 5ddIe
Leaoing-Season of Great
+ Activity Now On at
Club. r.


The Birmingham Athletic club will be-
gin its seventh year in basket ball Friday
night at the gymnasium with a game be-
tween two of the local teams, the Whites
and the Fellows. No admission will be
charged, and all the members of the club
and their friends are invited. Theater
chairs are being placed in the spectators
gallery overlooking the gymnasium, and
the game can now be witnessed in thor
ough comfort instead of on the circus
seats, which were used in the old gym
rasium A splendid orchestra will be on
hand Friday evening and after the game
there will be dancing.
The following are the groups from which
the two teams will be selected.
Whites-underwood (Capt). Embrey
Shute, Jordan. Massey, r. Hunt, With
chen, Bullock and Griggs.
Yellows-Biddle (Capt) Berry, McCar-
tin, Tutwller Rucker, Ansley, Cooke and
Ira Hood.
The other two teams in the local series
are Reds and Blues. They will play their
first game next week. and are grouped as
follows:
Reds-Perkns (Capt), johnson, Ware,
Drake, Byrd, Hunt, Spencer and Wilson.
Blues-Chalrsen (Capt), Wellman, Dom
Ohio Hansman, Lawney, Blocker, Gibson,
Schmitt and Baker.
News of Players.
A notable event in connection with this
seasons outlook is the return to the game
of Joe Biddle and Fred Underwood They
were several years ago considered among
the very fastest guards in the south, but
have not played for several years, Biddle
having been in ireland and business hav-
, ing interferred with Underwoods playing
1t is expected that they will both do
much toward giving Birmingham cham
pionshlp team.
Chairsel and Perkins of last years
regular team are again playing, but Fer
guson, who for five years past has played
right forward and captain, has dropped
out and joined the has beens' The
Jones brothers of last years team are
also unable to play again.
| There is some talk at the club of getting
up has been" team, composed of War
rem, Ferguson, McDonough, Redd, Done-
son, possibly Huey, and one or two others,
| in order to give the youngsters" a
scrimmaee, but they say they cannot lin
Der up In a day and definite announce
ments, II any, will be made later.
DR.. j. e. Dedman will be the official
umpire and Ed. Warren, Jr., the official
referee this season.
| 1t Is not known yet list what outside
games Birmingham will play, though they
will probably begin as usual about the
middle of February In the meantime the
local series of games will be played ac-
cording to the following schedule:
January s-whites VS.. Fellows.
January 15-Blues VS.. Reds.
January 22-Blues VS.. Whites.
January 29-Reds VS.. Yellows.
February 5-Blues vs. Fellows.
February 12-Reds vs. Whites.
HandbaII.
Great interest is now being taken In
the hand ball tournament which is being
| played at the Athletic club. The follow
ing are the contests which have been
played to date:
Biddle and Bidde VS.. wertheimer
Brothers, Ellis. 21-1s.
Bidde and Biddle VS.. Ross and Downey.
21-2, A-7
Biddle and Biddle, VS.. Burns and Higgs
21-17 21-16.
Biddle and Biddle VS.. Kestly and
Schmitt, 21-12 21-20.
Burns and Higgs VS.. Ross and Downey
21-7, 21-10.
Burns and Higgs VS.. Kestly and
Schmitt 21-12. PIT.
Ross and Downey vs. Thompson and
Winkler, l7-21, 21-13. H-4.
Wertheimer Brothers VS.. Ross and Dow
ney 2l-17 S-21, FLIP.
Wertheimer Brothers VS.. French and
WILSON, 21-20, 21-14.
The following is now the standing of the
various couples: