The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-27
Walker County Hi
Wants Chance To
Proue Prep Claim,
BY HENRY VANCE

where the yare at they feel
they've grabbed off a state high
school championship. Personally. l
have never hankered after contro-
versies between the props. On the
face OF things it would seem. how
ever, that walker probably has the
best claim to the title or any prep
team Her record for the season is
unblemished, and it does not seem TO
me that a post-season game is neces-
sary. Post-season battles are passe,
anyway And, then, too it must be
remembered that should Walker be
called upon to battle any team Tor
the title, that just as soon as that
game was over, no matter how 1t
wound up, other Chalmers would
spring up, and the matter would
never be really settled
The Walkerites say they have a
good claim to the state title. In my
opinion it would be best to let 1t go
at that. Claiming titles is about as
far as a team ever gets. It's seldom
that any team is ever presented with
any championship by reclamation. No
crown or trophy is ever presented in
football. Therefoi-. to claim a title
and have record to back It UP, is
just as good as battling for myth
ical title.
Undeniably Coach Christopher had
a great prep squad over in Jasper
this year. They have made name
for themselves. The people OF Jas
per are proud OF them, and Justly so.
On the walker team there are at least
three men who will make name for
themselves in college football later
on. Coming from walker, as / do,
prejudice might get the better OF me,
should attempt to make a flat
footed statement as regards the myth
ical state title. Therefore. my advice
to the Walkerites is to let the mat
ter drop. anent post-season games.
and claim the hi out Of the title.
w. 1. Powers of walker Hi has
written the following argument in
his claims Tor the state title:
Through the columns of The Age
Herald Walker county wishes to lay
claim to the state prep title. Their
claim TO this high honor Is based on
the results OF the nine games played
this season. record Of this follows:
Walker County HI 10, Marion Coun-
ty HI 0; walker County HI rs, JEFF
ferson County Hi Z; Walker County
HI IS, Double Springs o. walker
County Hi 81. Franklin County Hi o.;
Walker County Hi IA, cullman Coun-
ty Hi z; Walker county Hi so, ALI
ance Hi O.; Walker County Hi I. Cen
trail Hi D; walker County Hi 10;
Florence Hi tCoffee) 0; Walker Coun-
ty Hi IA, Simpson Hi 6. Total Walker
County Hi 1854; opponents 20.
The above record shows that Wal
ker county has not only not been de-
feated but has won every game
played. The statement has been made
that Walker did not play but one
strong. opponent and won that. game
by flake. If intercepting a forward
pass and running for so yards, fol-
lowed by line buck of five yards
and an end run of Is for touch
down, be "fluke" then it is a fac<
that Walker won from Central on. a
"fluke." 1t might be added also that
the fact that walker held Central
FOR downs three times within the
eight-yard line is another "fluke,"
Such 'flukes' maks Centre the cham
pions of the south and Georgia Tech
the champions of the S. /. A. A. wal
ker has defeated with ease teams
coached by such men as Hovater of
Marion county, Bryan of Jefferson
county, Majors of Florence Killings
worth OF Cullman county Greene of
franklin county, Neese of Simpson
and Meyers of Central. And yet Wal
ker' has won from only one strong
team.
So far as we know only one other
high school team in the state has
won every game played this season
and that team is coffee County HI
of Enterprise However. they were
able to defeat Dothan Hi by the close
stpre of to 8. while Sidney Lanier
earlier In the season piled up some
thing over 40 points on Dothan. Cof-
fee Hi and Dothan are to play a post
season game for the championship of
southeast Alabama. Thanksgiving
morning there were four teams in the
state who had won all games played,
Walker County Hi, Spring Hill Hi of
Mobile, Albertville Assies and coffee
Hi of Enterprise. But in the Turkey
Day game -Albertville was eliminated
by the Hamilton Aggies by 20 to I
SCORE, while Spring Hill was held to
a tie, ~, BY Grove Hill. EARLY in
the season Hamilton was defeated
by Fayette Hi but Fayette Hi. was
defeated by Gordo. Tuscaloosa HI,
in giving the reason why the title
should go to her, stated that they had
not been defeated nor had her goal
line been crossed this season. al
though they played some of the
strongest teams in the state. The
correspondent failed to state, how
ever that of the three games played
with strong teams the Black Bears
won only one, her games with Besse-
mer and Central ending in scoreless
ties. The third strong opponent was
Jefferson county whom they defeated.
IL to 0. the same team which Walker
defeated 26 to l.
Walker county feels that she has
Just and fair claim to the title
w. /. POWERS