The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-22
Central And Ensley Meet
 On Thursday
By "PoNzp MILLS

A merry scrap will be pulled
 off in the Magic City this week
 when the Crimson team from
 Central and the Yellow Jackets
 of Ensley lock horns on Thurs day morning.
 This game will be the last struggle in
 which the followers of the two local elevens will see their favorites until next year. Then they may have to go to the
 college games to see some of them bat
 tie, because many of these grid war-
 riors are playing their last high school
 game.
 In this game it will be a test of the
 coaches, for Coach Hovater is using the
 Alabama system, while Coach Meyers
 uses the western conference system.
 Both have proven successful so far thls
 season, as neither team has been de-
 feated this year. One is due a setback
 Thanksgiving morning, unless the battle
 results in a draw
 If the Yellow Jackets win this strug- gle they will have clear-eut claim to
 the state title and if Central wins the
 game, the state title will be Tn the same
 muddle as 1t was last season.
 The two teams enter thls game with
 record of being unde1eated this year.
 Ensley has six straight wins as her rec
 ord, while central mas four wins and two
 ties. The tie games were the one with
 Marshal, the first game on the Crimson scheuuie, and the last game, the one with
 the Bessemer Tigers Enseys goal has not been crossed by an opponent, while
 the Tigers are the only ones to cross the
 crimson goal thus far this year. This game will be a battle for blood, for the Crimson team is determined that it will break the Yellow Jackets streak of wins and give them a dereat like the one of 1917. when Central beat Ensley. IS4 to 0. The Yellow Jackets, on the other hand say they are going to make It three in row and by bigger score than they have done the last two years. By comparative scores, the Ensley team seems slightly stronger than Cen tral, as Ensley has run up l25 points against the.r opponents 0, while cen
 tral has run up IA points against for
 their opponents. But, if you take the
 game with Jefferson as comparison, for each teanl~Aas met and defeated them, you find that the Crimson machine lS 29 points better than Ensiey There IS
 one thing in the way of this comparRon, and that is that the Yellow Jackets
 played thelr. scrubs in the game aSalnst the Wildcats, while the Crimson regulars played the entire game against them, so this game cannot be used very well as comparison.
 The Crimson team should enter this game in better condition than any game since the Jefferson County struggle, in which they were in the best condition they have been in this season. With the return of Jimmy Hood to the back11eld, they will have a backfield that IS sure to give the .oEnsley line trouble in stop ping them. The line ably demonstrated Thursday that it is as good as any in the state by stopping the hard hitting Tigers backs. There are few minor m juries to the squad from the Bessehef game but they are not expected to de- yelop into serious ones. The line showed Thursday that it was greatly strength ened by the return of McNeil, who played the last two quarters at guard with broken shoulder bone and stopped the Tiger attack at this place.
 The Ensley team came out of it's baI- tle with Jefferson with hardly an injury worth mentioning The Yellow JacketS were greatly strengthened in the line ny the return of Peck, all-state end last wear and who will be in great shape TOT inc Central-Ensley scrap. The AeiloW , Jackets will be outweighed little py inc Crimsons, but they will make up Ill fighting spirit what they lack in Weisn''