The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-16
Panther Squad Looking ForWard
 To Big Battle
By JOHN E. HOLMES

Saturday, November 20-the biggest cay in the year in the opinion of the student body of Birmingham Southern college, The reason for this is the annual grdiron clash between the Partners and their time -honored foe, the Bulldogs of Howard college The local fans will forget about the classics of the south and other pal ts
 Of the country and turn out in full force to witness this great classic of Rirm mingham.
 This coming game recalls the battle of last year. Just as the score, ? to |0 indicates, the whole game was hotly
 contested from start to finish. How ard was the victor and the Partners
 have sworn vengeance upon them AL though the weather would not permit any outdoor practice yesterday after
 noon, Coach Brown has not for one minute during the entire season forgot ten this fracas so he has his crew in
 the prime of condition. With four
 more days in which to perfect his bunch. all the finishing touches should be applied in the best style.
 When a comparison of the scores
 made by these teams is made the odds point toward Howard. Every one has seen old man dope upset so many times
 this year there is very little confidence
 placed in such as this any more. So
 f&s, Birmingham Southern has beaten every secondary college team that she tas been up against, losing only to the University of Alabama. Auburn land Vanderbilt. Howard has been handed some pretty severe defeats this season, but she has had some of the largest schools in the south on her schedule.
 The Birmingham Southern team is r,ost proud of her line. It averages
 about 75 pounds and contains some
 very stellar material. Shorty Propst,
 who holds down the pivot position, is
 lad of large proportions as regards
 " idth and height. His previous ex-
 perience has aided him considerably
 and his work of this year will long be
 remembered. At one of the tackle po-
 sitions is one of the niftiest playing
 lads ever seen on 8 Panther team. This
 gentleman. Neese. has been handicapped
 for the past few weeks with various
 hurts but he has at last mended to-
 gether again and will be seen at his
 lest against Howard. He saw a. good
 deal of service in the game against Chattanooga last Friday and his old
 time style was in evidence. One of the most remarkable improvements is shown in the wingmen. Every since
 Bob Rowe the Panther star end man,
 was put out of the game with broken collarbone, his place has been hard to fili. But now there are two mighty Sood men at these places, namely, Paker and Staton. Both men have already shown their metal and in speaking of the Howard classic they repeated in unison: They shall not I.&ss.' Big Hoss" Candy well de- serves his nickname, for he looks like one to an opponent. He is vet eran at the guard position, having had good many years of high school experience and having served on the Panther eleven before. Big Un" Hodges halls from Gurley, the town made famous by one Lena Styles. base ball star. Hodges is new man as Firmingham- Southern, but he looks as if he will do his bit to Keep up the athletic renown of the aforementioned burg. He plays at guard and his 22o rounds of muscle and fat will serve to throw big scare into the Bulldog camp.