The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-21
\ NJ c, 4, Squad Plays Crack
Squad from Columbus, Gay
on Local Gymnasium Floor
ASSOCIATION TRAINING
FOR VERY HARD GAME
Athletic Club First Team VIII Get
Busy Tomorrow Night With
Great Squad-Have Fine
Schedule.

The basketball season will begin the
day after Thanksgiving. The old pigskin
VIII be stored away and the energy of the
athletes will be turned to the fastest in
door game in existence.
The Young Mems Christian association
will tie up with the crack team from Co
lumbus, Ga, next Friday night, Novem-
Der 20, on the local court. 1t will be
game for first blood and will no doubt
be one of the hardest fought contests in
the history of basketball ever witnessed
on the local floor.
The Columbus team Is returning this
year with all Its old stars, Peddy. Dozier
and the boys who defeated every team but
one that played on its home floor last
year. They were defeated by the Athletic
club here last year in a very pretty game.
but returned the compliment in Column
bus 1t is light, fast squad with a
reputation Tor good clean basketball
The local bunch has been quietly at
work and by Friday night will probably
be in great shape. 1t is believed that
this years association team will be the
fastest in several seasons. o. @. Ber-
meister, who played on the last years
squad toward the latter part of the sea-
son, was elected captain by the team FRI
day night. Claud Estes is in better con-
dition and playing q better game this
year than ever. Caspar Hilty, Alfred
Balsam, Henry Weber. Bestor Brown.
John Bethea. Luther Strange. Melville
Davis and Albert Strange have all shown
fine form. making up a squad from which
1t is believed a winning aggregation may
be drawn.
The team has shown well in practice
and is ready to go into Columbus to win.
This will be the first of full season.
The association entertains the Central
University of Kentucky on Thursday, De-
cember %, this being last years cham
pion of Kentucky. Other aggregations
which will meet the association or the
Athletic club during the year are Auburn.
sewanee, Vanderbilt, Montgomery, Mo-
bile, New Orleans. Atlanta and dozen
others, among the strongest teams in the
south.
The outlook is bright for a good sec
ond team to enter the proposed city
league which promises to stir up intense
local rivalry.
At Athletic Club.
On Monday night the candidates for
the Aethletic club team will report for
regular practice. The prospects for the
season are bright and the club should
be represented by fast and clever team.
There is plenty of new material from
which to select strong team and the
old men are all back with the excep-
ton of Thomas, who is now playing on
with Auburn. Last years combination
was a hard one to beat, but this year
should be a still harder one. There Is
material enough to carry two teams
a light, fast one, and heavier one.
The years schedule will include a big
variety and the use of two teams Will
be clearly demonstrated.
OF last years bunch there are four mon
who can be counted on: Woodruff, Ware,
STREET and Hilty. These men need no
Introduction to Birmingham basketball
fans The team would be good one
with these men alone, but the new men
are pushing the older ones and at pres
ent It is toss up as to VINO will play
regular. OF the new ones those who
have shown UP SO far are Jones. Orr,
Bartlett, Woodruff. Moss. MCGOWAN.
Wharton, Porter and many others VINO
are playing fast ball.
The regular season will start at the
club on December when the strong
team from Bessemer will be entertained.
This game will be a good opener, az
Bessemer is much stronger this year than
last and will put up a hard fight Other
games have been scheduled with Auburn,
Vanderbilt, Columbus and the Y. M. G. A.
when the seasons list is completed the
team will have its best schedule.
Two teams from the boys classes nave