The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-24
LOCAL HIGHS WILL HAVE b|G FOOTBALL SEASON THIS YEAR Old Men Are Returning and Many New Stars Out.
 All Local Schools
 Have Teams

This season should prove the best in the football history of local high schools, as many good players are returning from the army, and are entering their old schools. Those who have just left the service will not lack experience in football, as this game was one of the chief sports at the training camps last year. Another factor boosting the suc- cess of the coming season is that all schools are securing the best of coach ing talent, with which to put out win ming teams,
 Bessemer will have Red Harris back with them this year. It will be remembered that his team won the state championship last season. Cen tral will have Burbage, an Auburn man, with them this year. Burbage was coach in baseball, but this is his first year in football at Central. Ems 1 ley will have Coach Chaig, who was with Ensley before the war. His am bition is to defeat Central and Besse mer. Coach Clements will be back out at Jefferson county. This is his third year with the county boys.
 l At Ensley, Coacb Chaig has about ! 30 men out every afternoon, II of which ane old letter men, Coach Craig has 1 for his assistant Captain Walker, the heady little quarter back, and captain of last years team. Of his old men back, he has five back field men, two of which may be used either in the 1 back field or on the line On the line he will have six letter men back. There also are good many of last year s scrubs out this year.
 The following letter men are back: Captain Walker. quarter, M Rosenfeld, 1 halfback; Peck, end; Cook, 'fullback; Palette, guard; Kyle, guard Scholl center; Candy, halfback or end; Snapp, end; Smithson (of 1917). tackle and 1 Weaver( of Central, 191D, fullback or 1 tackle.
 The following scrubs and new men are making a strong bid for positions on the squad; D. Rosenfeld, Hanchey. i Murphy Whitehead and Bell
 These fellows are going to make a strong bid for the state championship 1 this year, and they say that Bessemer l is the only school that may stop them but Coach Craig is not too over -confi- dent about defeating Central. Red" Harris and his Bessemer cham pions say that they can't be stopped | this year Red" has nine of his last years men back this year, and about
 20 scrubs and new men to pick his squad from Most of his old men went to the wheat fields this summer, and are back, hard as nails Every after noon Red" is putting them through 1 strenuous workouts, and there is mol | a man who has his position chinched Coach Burbage has green bunch to
 work with this year, but hopes to turr out winning team. He also has two Auburn men helping him round" the squad into condition. This team will not be very heavy one but it will be 1 very fast. and if their line can hold
 the back field will do its share. Coach
 Burbage has about three or four mer around which he will have to build a team. These men are: Craine, quarter Robinson, guard; Gaylord. tackle, and Jones' end.
 Jefferson county has never had 8 | team that would class with the others in football. but this year they say thai they will class with any high schoo
 team in the state. They have severa x-army football players out this year and all of their last years men back but two or three.
 This school is young in athletics anG it has a long time in which to bring around a winning team.
 All things considered, the coming season promises to be the most sue cessful football year in the history ol
 the local highs. Each team in this dis trict promises to put out the best fean i in years, and indications are that they will Some great games will undoubt
 edly be pulled off when theAchools ge
 to scrapping for the championship.