The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-08

and Jones. The Fayette towers or strength are Jeffries and Shirley.
 OPEN PLAY TO FEATURE No doubt, open play will predominate. Central uses the wide end runs fre- quently while their many open and shift formations have proven an unsolved puzzle to over a half-dozen teams this season. Fayette uses the end runs, but
 not to the extent of Central The chief power of the farmers lies in their abil.s ity to plough through the line Thus, Centrafs fate may rest on how their linesmen can stand the continuous plug-
 ging of hefty set of backfield men. Central has bewildering forward pass attack, but has not uncorsed it in a sim gle contest this year. Whether they will ] find the Fayette defense stiff enough to require their scoring power to be placed l On the success of the aerial attacks re- mains to be developed. Central follow CTS, however, believe their flashing little , backfield will run away from the heavy Fayette defense.
 i Fayette has a dependable drop kicker l in Jeffries, giant tackle In a game Thanksgiving Day he booted the pigskin across the bars while standing on the i dJ-yard line. The game may be decided | by lone field goal, and Fayette has l the margin in this respect, as Central has 1 nos single man to call upon for a try at d 5Oeit, dlu Ou WDO1n dny IedSOtldDlO amount of dependency can be placed. WHO WILL WIN? 1 As to the final outcome of the contest, conditions of the field and the nature of the start gained by Fayette will have much to do with the capturing of the | honors. Should the field be wet, Cen 1 tral will be placed underza great handi- 1 cap as practically all of their plays are worked better on dry and fast field. Should Fayette get off to flying start, i Centrals fighting spirit, which is above 1 par as demonstrated in several previous | encounters, will nose to the front ana l the local boys should then give the farm l CTS all they can stand. On the other I hand should Central snatch the lead, 1 over-confidence is liable to cause them to l play loosely, and thus lose the lead and l victory.
 l Central has the better team of the two, 1 it seems, on a rough comparison, but
 Fayette will enter the contest favorite 1 in betting. The farmers have undoubt- edly powerful aggregation, as shown l by the fact that over 450 points have been | tallied to comparatively none for their opponents. On the other hand, Central
 has scored almost 300 points to their op- i pOnents' none.
 BETTING FAVORS FAYETTE 1 Betting yesterday favored Fayette on a 5-to-4 and 3-to-2 scale Football enthu- 1 siasts who have seen the two elevens in l action lean toward Fayette as the l stronger.
 1 But Central is going into the strife pre- l pared to give the Fayette boys the battle l of their lives, and will not discontinue l scraping until the referees whistle has ceased the hostilities. There's this much l about the whole affair: Central will be l outweighed, outclassed as rated by crit I ics, and generally fighting on the short end of the argument. Whether they will be outfought remains to be seen.
 K An enormous crowd is expected to wit ness the fracas.
 I Centrals delegation will occupy tho
 concrete bleachers on the right hand side I of the grandstand, and led by a trio o1
 1 especially selected cheer leaders, vii
 | lend all sorts of assistance to their team
 l The Fayette ''rooters'' will be situated or
 the opposite side of the field in tht
 1 wooden bleachers, erected for the past bis
 games of the gridiron season.
 l Neutral fans will scatter over the park
 the majority occupying the main grand l stand.
 | Bill Streit will referee the game, witf I George Watkins as umpire. Head lines
 man has not been selected. An admis
 l sion of 25 cents to children and 50 cents
 to adults will be charged.
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