The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-04
Leading Colleges In Dixie Will Enter Teams in Big Race Here

With one of the strongest cross country teams in its history. and the Aggies are famous for their distance runners, Mississippi A. X NJ. will be well represented in the B. A. C.'s eleventh annual road race. which takes place through the streets of Birmingham Saturday afternoon.
 Mississippi A. & NJ is sending the following runners to the meet here this week: Cato, Murff, Spencer, Nor row. Cochran and Robinson.
 Spencer n star
 Spencer is one of the best distance men in the south, and Is picked by many to finish among the first three Saturday. Spencer's teammates are not far behind him in running abil ity, and the Aggy outfit is doped to cop first or second place Satur day.
 The road race Saturday will be the eleventh annual event of this kind the B. A. C. has staged. In connec- ton with the road race will be the s l. A. A. championship, which will be decided with some of the largest colleges in the south represented. Teams from the following colleges are expected to be on hand when the starting gun sounds Saturday:
 Auburn.
 Georgia Tech.
 Mississippi A & NJ.
 Birmingham Southern.
 University of Alabama.
 Mercer and Millsaps may have teams entered. The decision of Bir- mingham Southern to enter a team came bit late. but that is not ex- pected to hinder the Panther rum ners any Saturday. Yesterday the local college runners took part in the Emory road race, and made a good showing.
 Atlanta A. c. Has Crack Team
 The Atlanta Athletic club will send about 10 men to the race Saturday, B. A c. officials announced. Stokes is the star of the Gate City outfit, and is picked by many to win the event here Saturday. Stokes won the southeastern championship event be- tween halves of the Tech Auburn game Thanksgiving, negotiating the course in wonderful time. If Stokes is in shape here Saturday, he is sure to finish among the first few, as he is generally conceded to be one of the best cross country men in the south today.
 Harper and Stanford are also stars on the Atlanta outfit These three runners are expected to finish well enough to give the Atlanta Athletic club an excellent chance of winning the event here this week
 Tech We'll Represented / Georgia Tech, with Cotton and Dawes leading the entrants, is being counted upon to finish within the money Saturday.
 Just what caliber teams Auburn and Alabama will turn out for the event is not known, but the two home schools" always send good teams to the B. A. C.'s annual event.
 Birmingham Southern has crack cross country squad. with Buddy DeYampert and Eddie Branscomb running in great shape.
 The B. A. c. runners are working out daily, and are being counted upon to furnish somebody some stiff com petition Saturday. Coach Erwin has the following men working out at the B. A. C.: Richter. Beatty. Wiley and John McDougall, Bill Hoskins and Bill Chesnut.
 The race Saturday will begin at o'clock, and will be run over a three mile course through the streets of Birming gham.
 Interest Growing
 Interest in track athletics is grow ing fast in Birmingham, and a biz crowd is expected to attend the B. A. C.'s event Saturday.
 A silver loving cup, given by the Birmingham News. will be awarded to the organization whose team fin ishes first. to be held by them for one year. It is to be defended by the winner from year to year, and when won three times by the same organization will become it's prop erty. The individual who finishes first in the race will be awarded a gold medal, the second man silver medal, and a bronze medal will be given to next eight men finishing. A silver medal will be given each mem Der of the winning team.
 The intercollegiate trophy given by the Birmingham Athletic club will become the property of the college winning the S. l. A A. championship