The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-13
NASHVILLE TEAM
 WILL PLAY LOCALS
Strong Basketball Players
 Are Coming Tonight
TEN MEN TO BE HERE
The Birmingham Athletic Club Will Have to Hustle to Beat the Visitors Who Have Won
 Some Good Games

The basketball game at the Athletic club tonight will probably be hardef fought one than the one with Vanderbilt. Nashville has one of the very strongest teams in the south They expect to clean up with everything on their south ern trip. The Birmingham Athletic club is the only team tEey fear. They will come 10 men strong, and they are all big fellows and will outweigh the locals at least 20 pounds to the man. Below will be found an extract from the Nashville Tennessean, which shows how they are thought of in that neck of the woods. They claim they are much stronger than the Commodores and will be harder to de- feat. The Birmingham Athletic club does not fear them. however, and they be- lieve they can beat anything travelling shape. They anticipate one of the most strenuous affairs they have ever run against, however. Here is a clipping from the Nashville paper:
 With one of the strongest teams ever gotten together in this city, the Nash
 
 day trips over the south tomorrow morn- ing at s:30 o'clock. There will be 10 men to take the trip, with w. E. Metzger, Jr, as manager Of the nine players there are no substitutes. This may seem rather strange that a basketball team hould be composed of nine regular play CTS, but it is true. All of the men who &1. ,x,,II ,11a .-aA an equal length of time in order that the hardships of travelling may be offset.
 'The personnel of the team will be as follows: Forwards, Price Jones, Martin and Smith; center, Frog Metzger and McGehee; guards, Lockhart, E. Brown, men is in good trim for the trip and each is an expert basketball player Mar tih who is captain of the Commodore five this year and who is just back from the triumphal trip of the south with the team, is a great all-round player. He can play any position on the floor in jsm-up style. Price Jones is a forward who can be depended on all the time and will make a good running mate for either Martin or Smith. Frog Metzger and Me- Geehee are both excellent man at center. and with a pair like this to alternate in the middle position the Nashville Ath- lctic club will be able to put it over any ether centers in the south. McGeehee was formerly captain of the Vanderbilt basketball five and was a member of the | football and baseball teams of the same | institution. Metzger as everyone knows, l Is not only star at basketball, but can hold down any position on a football team. He played at guard last year for the Commodores and the previous year he performed at fullback. E. Brown is a fast, conscientious basketball man and
 was star of the Commodore eleven last fall"
 Petway has for many years played guard on the N. A. c. five and is one of the best in the business, as many of us who have played against him can testify. Pet Is on to all of the tricks of the game, and is, besides being a good guard (please pronounce the ''r'D a for ward of ability. Lockhart can play at either guard or forward. For the past few years he has played guard most of the time, although he played a great game Wlt1l lllt NdHutlDlll ilNt Ol lJui at forward He is a track athlete and a football player Hardage. who is now in Vanderbilt university, comes from Au- burn where he played at halfback and was used at guard on the basketball team He is ineligible to play on the college team this year on account of the one-year rule. but next fall he will be in harness for football and will be in other branches of athletics.
 With all due regard for the local col lege team this array of basketball talent has them beaten. It is true that the best man on Vanderbilt Is also member of the N. A. c. However that may be, the N. A. c. is better than the Commodore squad This being the case 1t certainly looks as though this five would clean up everything on the road during the coming week Their schedule follows: Monday night, Birmingham Athletic club; Tuesday afternoon, Birmingham High school; Tuesday night, Birmingham Y. M C. A.; Wednesday night. Bessemer; l Thursday night, Auburn; Friday night | Wetumpka; Saturday. Birmingham Attn letic club This last game has not been fully decided upon, but 1t will in all prob | ability be played.
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