The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-15
PanthersAnd Bulldogs Are
 Rearin to Go
By MARVIN m,cARTHY

Calk aOOuJ the great lOOCDati schedule which Birmingham has enjoyed this season, but in reality, the best of these games will be staged Saturday. It's a comparatively small battle, at least from the standpoint of the outsider it is, but viewed by the local bug, it assumes immense proportions.
 Before we get started on any kind of best to name this battle. It's the anngal Panther-Bulldog clash. one of the niftiest little scraps each year that local grid irons can produce.
 Regardless of how the dope points, re- sardless of how weak or how strong the when thoy meet is always an affair to be talked about the remainder of the winter. One team may be so weak that fans consider 1t a piece of inhumanity to let the stronger team get at 'em, but
  upset with a resounoing thump and the pitied under dog" forces its powerful rival to the limit to win, or else the abused creature turns completely around and routs his adversary. BirminS- ham-Southern-H Howard football battle can't be doped.
 HARD TO DOPE OUT
 This year, as in many years before, it's a hard matter to decide which team is the favorite. True the Partners have made much the more imposing showing but one must consider that the Bulldogs have been handicapped by one Of the hardest schedules ever undertaken by a team of Towards ranking. This sched- ule included games with Auburn, Ala bama, Centre College and Mercer. Au- burn and Centre battered the Bulldogs unmercifully, but Alabama was able to win by the comparatively small score of 33 to 0.
 Birmingham-Southern has not lost to d secondary college, defeating such strong elevens as Mississippi, Marion, SprinS
 Hir Chattanooga and Hamilton Agri- cultural.
 If the Panthers win the game with Howard, they will have a splendid claim to the secondary college championship of the south A victory ever Howard
 would give Birmngham-Southern an
 edge over Mercer, which could in turn
 be converted into an advantage over other Georgia elevens. By defeating Spring Hill, the Partners captured the Alabama championship. with the eXcep tion of Howard, of course, while the victory over Mississippi gives them hold on Mississippi. Again, by deteat- ing Howard, the Panthers would have an edge over Morgan school of Tennes- see which held the Bulldogs to tI9' and Morgan school has been making lsplendid showing in Tennessee secondary college circles. Then the victory over l Chattanooga Strengthens the Partners hold on Tennessee.
 All of the above is merely conJec- 1 ture. for the Partners have not defeated Howard vet and they are likely to find quite a bit of trouble in doing so
 SOME MORE "IFS' l By defeating the Panthers, Howard l would wind up one of her hardest sea- sons in glorious fashion, and the de- ! feats at the hands of Alabama, Au- | burn and others, while to be eXpecIcu, would be wiped out by the thoughts oA victory over their bitterest of rivals, the | Birmingham-Southern Partners AS above, this is merely a conjecture. The Partners will have their sayso in this matter.
 l A comparison between the two teams | is a hard thing to make. By cofnpara l tive scores, the two teams seem to DC about even. Both met Alabama. HOW ! ard held the Crimson to B to V, whie Birmin gham-SOuthern was beaten os I much larger score. Then both met Au- I burn also. Howard was beaten sS to V,
 while Birmingham-Southern held the Plainsmen to much lower score. iheso ! two comparisons offset one another Then there's another game in when the Panthers and Bulldogs may DO com | pared That is the clashes With Maf,o' Institute Birmingham-Soutnern deiea. 1 ed the cadets, r to G. while Howard ,vhinned Marion, 2l to 0, which would l give the Bulldogs a slight edge over the Panthers. It must be considered, now ] ever, that Marions varsity oackfieid wa" l out of the Howard game with in5uries' LOOKS LIKE TOSS-UP If certainly looks like a toss-up be- tvrea,, the two teams, but then you never ca, tell until the battle is won or lost. 1 Roth teams have powerful offensive. Tn cantain Lewis Brinskelie, Miiler' Morton and Burney the Partners nave
 set of line-plunging and end-skirtlns backs that will prove hard for the ''ui'- dogs to stop. , ,.,. of Acton and BlacKwelder and the end running of Gaylord, not to nention the alI-round good work of Walker, may n-ove too much for the Panthers Walker, by the way. is about the eias- sest little quarterback in the south, par ring none. If 'Peahead," as Walker IS famiIiarly known by his associates. was m a big college eleven he might De heard from when all-soutnefh ano "e. picks come out. , Iast wear the Bulldogs defeated Bir- noingham-Gouthern, but it was victory hard earned The score of this battle was only to 0, blocked kick behind inc goal scoring the winning two points for Howard.
 \ BULLDOGS HANDICAPPED I The Bulldogs are handicapped this year by a lack of veterans of iast sea- son. but many new men have been de- yeloped who should be able to step to the fore to ward off the Panther al- | tack. Among them are "Juinbo' Lam beyt. q i95-pound guard; Shane, ianky char who plays tackle or guard; Wheel or another guard, and several others. 1 Of inc veteran line5men, Head and Al | ford have little trouble in holding down ] an end and tackle, respectively. Mc- Lane at end is veteran backfieid man who is making good at his new posi- tion. Brindley, although light, IS hiIIy ! little center one who will give ohorty propst a whale of a battle at center. The Panthers' line with Propst, Baker, staton. Candy, Neese, Green. Hodges. richardson and others to hold down the | seven positions is tower of strength. l x,,;II ,roro blv ptItVef the