The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
B. A. C.'SROADRACE
COMES SATURDAY
W AN ENTERED
Emory University Runners To
Represent Atlanta AthIet-
iC Club Saturday

The annual b. A. G. road race,
which comes off Saturday afternoon,
should be one of the biggest events
of its kind ever staged in the south.
and should bring more good runners
to Birmingham than any other event
has ever brought. A number of good
teams are entered in the race, but the
teams of the Atlanta Athletic club,
Mississippi A. and M. and the b. A, C.
look good to carry off most of the
honors.
A. and NJ. is bringing to Birming-
ham one of the greatest track teams
in the south and one that will fur
nish tough competition with any
team that will be here for the big
race. Cato, Murff, Spencer, Morrow,
Cochran and Robinson comprise the
team the Aggies are sending here
with the expectation of grabbing off
the big honors of the race.
Spencer Is FavOrite
Spencer, who is rated as one of the
best three milers in the south, is the
man to whom the Aggies are look
ing to to cop first place when the
runners cross the finish tape. Spencer
has landed first place in two big
events this year and many people
are betting that he will be right along
with the first man, if not first him
self, in this race. Aside from Spen-
GER, Murff and Cato are also being
counted upon to make a strong and
lusty bid for the place at the head
of the procession. The Aggles I'M
doubtedly have a great team and
have a good chance of taking the
lions share of the honors back to
Starkville with them.
Emory With A. A. C.
There is one team, however, that
looks even better than the A. and NJ
gang and this is the Emory univer-
sity team. which was recently
adopted by the Atlanta Athletic club,
and will run under the colors of this
organization. The Atlanta club ex-
perienced some difficulty in MAX
ing team themselves this year. and
they showed good head work when
they took the Emory gang in tow.
Stokes, who has won every event that
he has participated in recently, is
the main star of the Atlanta team,
and other runners in the race are
going to have to do some tall manipu-
lating of their ''trilbies" to keep this
boy from leaving them. There are
two boys, however, who should run
him a good race and these men are
Harper and Sanford of the same
team. With these three on the At
lanta A. C. team, there is a good
chance for the team from Georgia to
win the race.
b.. A. C's Prospects
The b. A. c. team is not being
touted as anything up to the team
that Atlanta will send here, but still
they are in the race. and, with the
gang that is representing the local
club, out-of-town entries are not
counting the race won yet.
Ellsworth Richter is the long gen
tleman that Coach Erwin is pinning
his hopes on. Richter is one of the
fastest men in the south, and while
fans are not figuring him in as win
ner of first place, they all believe
that he has a good chance of landing
a place in sight of the winner, any
way. Richter has been working
hard, as have the rest of the boys
on the team, and he is showing lots
of stuff these days. AS things are
now, he has a good chance to give
the winner a run for his money, re-
gardless of the A. and NJ. team and
the highly touted Emory boys. Hos
kins, Beatty, Chestnut and the Nc
Dougal twins are also expected to
give good account of themselves
Saturday.
Georgia Tech is not being figured
as a winner, but nevertheless they
are bringing good team to Birming-
ham and should make things inter
esting for their competitors. Cotton
and Dawes are the two stars of the
Tech team that are expected to be
we'll up in the race at the finish.
1t is hard to say just who will take
the trophies home but, with things as
they are now, there should at least be
a lively race