The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-25
AGGIES TO PLAY
 HOWARD COLLEGE

Albertville, October 23.-(SpeciaD Now that the game with the strong reserve team of the University of Alabama is over, and another clean cut victory re- corded in favor of the seventh district have settled down to hard grlling again in anticipation of their heaviest game of the season, which will be played in Birmingham on November 3, with How ard college. The Aggies bid fair to be the strongest this year of any team that has ever been turned out here, and ex- pect to finish the season the third best team in the state, or at least be de- clared champions of all teams outside of the $. l. A. A Their apparent strength has made it difficult, too, for the man agement to arrange games with the schools of its class and in order to get a schedule the manager has been forced to book such formidable opponents as Birmingham college. University reserves and Howard college, the first two hay ing been defeated by decisive scores of 30 to 0 and 2 to respectively, and the general opinion is that if Howard has not
 
 vember 3, they will have to go some to get look in on that date. The Aggies defensive so far has been well nigh im- pregnable, while their offensive work. has been of the most aggressive type. The fact that the Reserves only made first down but one time Saturday shows the strength of their defense. After the game with Howard the Birmingham Med ical. college will come to Albertville, and then the team goes to Jacksonville to uled with Chic Hannon's .Preds," bunch. As yet no game has been scned-
 uled with Chic Hannons' "Preds'' which represent the Alabama Presbyter- ian college of Anniston. All efforts to do so proving unsuccessful on account Of the bitter rivalry existing between the two teams. Hannon has made the statement that he would not play in AL bertville on account of some unpleasant ness here last year. and the local man. ager refuses to play in 1inniston because | of the sane and other reasons. The man ager here has offered to meet them in l Gadsden, playing on neutral grounds. and has offered to pay all expenses of | the game, including park rent, satisfac- 1 tory officials, expenses of both teams and l besides give them cash guarantee, | WHICH WAS more tnaD 1 he could make in Anniston, and, too, 1 spectators would not hide the players | for forward pass, which has occurred | in Anniston. This proposition covers the | financial side, unbiased officials guaran. | teCd ana the city of Gadsden has always 1 furnished officers at a football game to | keop spectators off the field. thereby guaranteeing each team q fair showing
 which can't be had playing to d parti.
 san public. The lovers of football in l this section of the state want to see
 these two rival teams get together, as all realize that the championship of the state for this class of teams rests be. i tween these two aggregations. Coach | Noojin stated today that he would make l all efforts to bring these teams together, 1 for If Albertvile had the best team he 1 wanteG to know it. and if the Preds dem.
 onstrated their superiority over his Sand Mountain Tigers he wanted to be the first l to congratulate thenl