The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
LOCAL BOYS ARE ATTRACTING
ATTENTION ON THE GRIDIRON
STREET, BADHAM, TAYLOR AND
MORRISON ARE SHOWING up
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MAX
ING GOOD START
BY ASA RouNTsEE. JR.

Struggling on collegiate gridirons en-
deavoring to gain recognition in the sport
ing world, many Birmingham boys are
giving good accounts of themselves and
are ably repres- .aing their home city At
Auburn, Sewanee. Iawrenceville and a
number of other universities and colleges
local boys are manfully battling against
heavy odds to gain a place on the varsity
team and to win the coveted letter.
From reports received from these vari-
Gus colleges. the Birmingham boys are
making their presence on the pigsl<in
squads fully felt for all have been play
ing with dash and grit that. has gained
the attention of the head coaches.
Probably the most reknown of Birming-
hams representatives big Bradley STREET.,
who Is carving for himself a niche in
the hall of fame by the splendid brand
of football that he is delivering at Prince
ton. Considered by the Tiger coaches,
before practicing began. as one of the
men around which to buiid up a new
gridiron machine, to take the place of the
old one, which was depleted by the gradu-
alton of a majority of the stars, STREET.
has not disappointed them and has han
died himself SO we'll in the practice scrim-
images that he is conceded place on
the varsity In fact SO good has been
his offensive tactics that he has heen
shifted from the line to the BaclSfield
where he will have ample chance to dis
play his great ground gaining ability. It
has been predicted in one of the New
York papers that STREET will prove one
of the finds of the season and that when
he lines up gainst Yale, Harvard and
the other big collegiate teams that he
will eclipse the performances of many old
Tiger stars. Streit made The team last
year, but was prevented from participat-
ing in any battles on account of the one
year iAle.
AT the University of Alabama three local
boys are enrolled on the football squad
They are Lawdnes Morton, yerbil Roach
and Harold Bowron. Morton and Bow
ron are candidates for end positions while
Roach is after tacklers job. All three
played on the varsity team of the Central
High school last season.
Birmingham representative at Georgia
Teck is Lovicl Stevenson, another high
school boy. Last year he was the ALL
Alabama Prep quarterback and was con-
sidered one of the best high School play
ers in the south. Stevenson is small in
statue, fast on his feet and possesses
many of the prime requisites OF good
quarter. He is making good in the early
scrimmages at Tech and is putting up
a stiff fight against the other candidates
for the quarterback position
William Badham is representing Bir-
mingham at Lawrenceville. Last year he
easily made the varsity eleven of that
institute and is expected to repeat again
this season. He plays end and gained for
himself last year the reputation of be-
ing a sure and fierce tackler and good on
running down punts
A A,,t1 ,l&oss IT, Ia L
mingham college star; Robinson of the
Central High school, and Maxim are put
ting up stiff fights for the varsity. Tay-
lor has already been conceded a place on
the team and great things are expected
of him this season. Some even go as
far as to predict that he will rival the
remarkable feats of Bob McWhorter the
Georgian cyclone. Robinson is making a
good showing, but inexperience is telling
against him. Maxim. who was a scrub
last year. Is considered a likely candi-
date and 1t is probable that he will land
on, the varsity.
The Magic City is represented at Sewa-
nee by Truman Morrison. He was on the
varsity last year and proved himself to
be a steady, hard working warrior. 1t
is anticipated that he will make the eleven
again this year.
Douglas STREET. a brother of Bradley.
entered Marion institute several weeks
ago and Immediately jumped into the
football calcium through his excellent
playing. Although he is opposed by sea-
soned men, Douglas Is expected to make
a place on the team for himself. Carter,
coach at Marion. stated several days ago
in a dispatch to this city that Douglas
had the most promising future of any
boy at the institute and that he was
developing in great fashion