The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-02

Following the tie game at Redwood on Thursday morning between Central High and Bessemer High which left the championship of the Alabama Interscho- lastic association in doubt, gridiron fans in the Birmingham district are unani- mous in the desire to have the two teams clash again. There is no doubt but that the game was the best played in Bir- mingham between high school teams in the history of the game, and should aR- other contest be staged an even better one would be the result.
 Central and Bessemer are the only two elevens in the conference who have not suffered defeat from a high school team this season. The Marion County High school claims the state championship, but the honor of winning the championship of the conference is much more. The two teams are evenly matched and neither team could be placed to a disadvantage
 in playing a second game.
 Officials of the two schools or of the conference have not been asked for their opinion on the subject but it is thought it will meet with the approval of all.
 The Age Herald only offers this as suggestion. In our opinion, 1t is much better to decide a championship by play ing rather than squabbling over a bunch of scores and the real champion never decided It is hoped the proposition will meet with approval.
 Coach T. L. Smith of Marion county is claiming the championship of the state. IT; oIo hoIn
 Sporting Editor of The Age Herald:
 As coach of the Marion County High school, l want to lay claim to the cham pionship of all Alabama high schools. l will present my claims in brief sentences as follows:
 Scored 330 points in five games against points by opponents. Won every game using subs and scrubs frequently. conformance to every rule of Alabama Interscholastic association. Score of Guin team and opponents: Guin 6l, Fayette ~; Guin 120, Alabama Prep. school of Tus- caloosa 0; Guin 72, Moulton O.; Guin 46, Centreville 0; Guin 3l, Guntersville O.. Comparative scores give Marion High S team state high championship by large margin. Guin and Bessemer both played Bibb High, the former defeating Bibb 45 to o, the latter defeating Bibb IS to O.. thus giving Guin 27 points the lead over Bessemer by that route Guin defeated Fayette 61 to T. which defeated Tusca- loosa High 9 to 0. Bessemer won over Tuscaloosa High 32 to 0, thus placing Guin 47 points ahead of Bessemer by that route. GuntersvilIe defeated Eto- wah High 45 to 0, and later 27 to o. Central High defeated Etowah 26 to O. Guin defeated Guntersville 31 to o, thus placing Guin 50 points above Central High by first game, and 32 above in sec ond game Central High won over Tusca- loosa High 34 to Q, thus placing Guin above Central High by 45 points by that route Thus, regardless of the outcome of the Bessemer- Central High game on l Thanksgiving, Gun's team still leads by a good score for State High school cham pionship. From another angle the score 1 may be ascertained Guin ranks 24 points above the strong Baylor, Ten nessee, team, judged by teams they played in Alabama. Baylor defeated Jackson High 13 to 0. which was defeated by Guntersville 6 to 0, which lost to Guin 31 to O. giving Guin 24 points over Bay