The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-19
Recreation Boys Five
 To Resume Hectic Battle
 For City Championship
All Stars and B. A. C. Clash Tonight At the Athletic Club" Seniors Dispute Right to
 Title-Other Basketball Notes
By RICHARD F. l.USSIER

Basketball Is becoming the live sport topic of the city and public interest is increasing with every game. Tonight the Recreation boys or
 the All Stars, as they are better
 know, will again grappie with the quintet of the Birmingham Athletic
 club, and another fast and furious con- test is anticipated. The game will be staged in the II. A. C. court and a large crowd will attend.
 Tuesday night in the first game of the city championship series the B. A. .. won from the All Stars in close game. By many 1t was stated that the next time the same teams met the decision would be reversed. They meet tomorrow
 night and the sport fans will then know
 who is whoa in the local basketball world
 As Tar as the city championship is con- eerned the game tonight at the
 Birmingham Athletic club will not settia it If the All Stars lose. it will mean their elimination from the championship and If the B. A. C. falter, it means a third game on neutral floor for the
 honor of meeting the redoubtable Seniors
 eAfS ipAiiS &htil 1nTiSllan aSSOc1a- ton.
 Owing 10 the A. A r. athletic rules iS VII be impossible for the Central High school team to play the E. A. C. should the qnntette of the Athletic club dispose of the other eontenders for the city championship. However. as the High school team has been beaten decisiveiy by the Seniors of the Young Mems Chris fian association the claim of the High -h0NS ha f,jt p1,o ,,r,ir ul,it IS very weak, at best The real cattle for the championship would appear to be between the B. A. C.'s and the Seniors But will these aggregations clash?
 Up to several years ago the Birming- ham Athletic club and the Young Men Christian association teams played bas- ketball together, but owing to the zeal or the local boys to win. scrap ended one of the games and then athletic re- latlons between the two organizations We're broken off. Since then the athletic relations have in part been resumed and the friendliest of feelings exist between members of the Birmingham Athletic club and the Young Mems Christian as- sociation. Thus no trouble is anticipated in arranging a series of games to decide the city championship immediately fol- lowing the contest with the University of Alabama at the Athletic club next Mon- day night
 The Seniors of the Young Mems Chris tian association this season have beaten everything in sight and are generally conceded to have the most evenly ba.- anced basketball team in the city by the experts. Two weeks ago the Seniors defeated the High school by the score of 26 to 20, which was the closest score opponents of the Young Mems Christian association boys ever came to winning this season. The Seniors will play a return game with the High school next week.
 As for the B. A. C., their record this season shows several defeats and few wins. Still by this is not meant that the Athletic club has mediocre aggregation, for they have not. The B. A. c. team this season ranks well with other cham picnship qulntets of past seasons and their record this winter is mainly due to the infrequency with which the boys played together, and the fact that the teams combatted with were very much improved over past years. For instance, tha Atlanta five this season is of cham pionship caliber, while in previous years they had proved easy victims for the local boys. This winter, however, Atlanta trounced the Athletic club with ease in two games. Columbus also defeated the B. A. c. without trouble and is slated for return game next week.
 The schedule of the Athletic club is so arranged that the B. A. c. will either end the season in a blaze of glory or night the Recreation boys will be met