The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27
TWO LlNE-UPS FOR
ALL-S0UTHERN TEAM
Mobile Is Champion of the South, Al
Though Only One Man, Haas,
is All Southern
Timber.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING.
BY BURR BLACKBURN.

Mobile won the Southern league cham
pionship by defeating the Young Mems
Christian association last night in a
hard fought battle "a to Is. The local
team, which was lighter by 20 pounds,
put up a great game, and came very
near defeating the giants, but were over
powered by the big fellows.
Mobile takes her place not only at the
head of the Southern league but is be-
yond challenge the champion of the
south, and is the only team which has
won every game at home, and a large
percent on the road Suffering but one
defeat in the season, and that at the
hands of the Athletic club in very
close score, Mobile can claim the strong
est team this side the Mason and Dixon
line
This is true, too, although the team
has but one really scientific player in
the whole lot Haas plays the game
as it was meant to be played and be-
yond question makes the all-southern
team. Maiden, while tower of strength,
uses his force entirely too much making
fight of what ought to be an open
game Martin at center, is a conner, but
is outclassed by Bob Ware who is all
southern material for this year.
Picking from the teams which have
visited Birmingham this year the ten
best players are Susong, Meyers and
Washburn of Montgomery, Gosnell. Wom-
ack and Nesbitt of Nashville, Peddy and
Newman of Columbus, Martin and Nicely
of Vanderbilt.
From the exhibition Atlanta put up
here. it was impossible to decide which
man showed the worst form.
From the local teams it is hard to
make a choice. Thomas, Woodruff, STREET.
and Hilty, Lambert, Bermeister, Estes
and Strange, have all showed fine form.
However, when boiled down to the writ
er's opinion, the All-Southern squad
should be composed of the following:
Light Team-Thomas of Birmingham
and Peddy of Columbus, Ga, forwards;
Peacock of University of Georgia, center;
Estes of Birmingham Y NJ. C. A. and
Nesbitt of Nashville A. c., guards.
Heavy Team-Haas of Mobile and Nicely
of Vanderbilt. forwards; Ware of Biz
mingham A. c., center; Hilty of Birming-
ham A c., and Susong of Montgomery,
II Is IdTQ 10 choose between
Martin of Vanderbilt and Hilty of Biz
mingham Martin probably deserves a po-
stion.
The game last night was a fitting close
for the season in Birmingham. While
Mobile took the lead in the very be-
ginning and the first half ended 12 to
In Mobiles favor, the boys put up
great scrap and never lost their heads.
At the beginning of the second half, the
association jumped in with a will and
tied the score at 16 but allowed the Wis
itors to slip away from them in the last
five minutes of play. All the association
boys acquitted themselves well. Bermeis-
ter and Lambert played straight basket
ball and got in fine pass work. Strange
hung onto big Maiden like a leach, while
Estes played all over the field and made
a sensational goal from center. Marshall
got in a goal and some good pass work.
Had Haas been out of the game, as
he was Wednesday night Birmingham
would no doubt have won. Here is
the detailed score: