The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-04
B. A. (. BASKETBALL TEAM IS LOOKING
 GOOD IN PRACTICE
With Large Squad Out, Cage Prospects Are Bright for
 Big Year

Coach Erwin is working his bas-
 to get them in shape for the first
 game of the season, when they meet the Baylor university team from | Texas here on December 23. The lo-
 calls have been working hard now | for nearly two weeks, and. while not
 much real basketball has taken place during this time, they are go - , ing good and a few have already
 shown promise of starring this year for the B. A. c.
 The material out for the team this year is good and if hard luck doesn't overtake them. under the tutelage of Coach Erwin, the clubbers should be
 one of the most formidable teams
 that ever represented the B. A. c.
 Good Men at Center The fight for the job at center is hotter this season than it has ever been, and as the practice continues, it
 Is getting hotter. Holt, Hobo" Ba
 ker and "Highpocke Bryan are the
 three aspirants for the center job,
 and are just naturally burning the court up fighting for the place. "Ho-
 bo" Baker is an old face to the ba-
 ketball fans of Birmingham, as he
 has played basketball with the B. A. V. lOT several ytdTSt dHus W OuC or two exceptions, he has always had
 great year Last year, however,
 he did not play up to his usual form
 but. he is looking good this season.
 and great things are being expected of him before the team goes very
 far with it's schedule.
 Bryant played center for the 3.
 A. c. most of the time last year, ard
 in every game he played good bas-
 ketball, being an able goal shooter
 and a good guard. Bryan is look ing good this season, and is anx- ious to do even better than he did last year,
 Holt, the third man out for center, has never played much basketball in Birmingham, having done the major | ity of his playing with the Univer- sity of Colorado. He looks like a good player and is expected to give i Baker and Bryan a merry little battle
 for the position at center.
 Prospects at Forward With Gillie Chisholm, Bill Mough- on, Jerry" Thomas. Stapleton and
 Montgomery all out for forward, Coach Erwin should have little trou- ble in getting a couple of good goal shooters from the bunch. Gillie ! Chisholm played with the B. A. .. last year, and the brand of basket | ball that he played was one of the outstanding features of the work of the R. A. c. team. Chisholm is good at both long and short shots and IS | also a good man on the defensive. MOugh0n Veteran Bill Moughon is also a veteran, hav- ing performed with the B. A c. for the past two seasons at forward. Bill 1 is faster than chained lightning on
 the floor and knows how to locate
 the goals at all angles, so he should
 make the B. A. c. a mighty valuable
 man again this year, as he has done
 in the past.
 The most promising looking new man out for the team is Jerry ! Thomas, who played in the City | league last year. Thomas hung up
 a mighty good record for himself in | the City league, and if he keeps on | like he is 'started he Is going to fur nish his opponents some tough com
 petition for a place on the team | Aside from the above men Stapleton | and Montgomery are showing some
 nice work at forward.
 1 Good Men at Guard
 Probably larger number of
 good guards are out for the team this year than ever before. Laugh
 inghouse, Smith, Shugerman, Mandy, l trent. henneuy anu DOOlH SD | the ones who are doing their best
 to get Coach Erwin to give them a | job at guard. Laughinghouse, Smi h 1 and Shugerman all played guard for
 the E. A. c. last year.
 Trent looks like he will show some | thing before the season is over, as he has been going good of late, and | is anxious to make things interest," | ing for some of his many competitors | for the place at guard. Trent per i formed in the City league last year | and was rated as one of the best men | in the league. With the array If material out for guard the B. A. C. should have a good defensive team. | If they don't have anything else. | The First Game | The first game, which is with Bay ! Tor, Is looked forward to as a real
 struggle for the team, as the Texans
 are touted up as being mighty good bunch of basketeers.
 The schedule Is not complete yet,
 but games will be played with Ala | bama, Auburn, Vanderbilt and the At | lanta Athletic club. Aside from these | games, officials of the club are try | ing for three or four more tough games, so the team will have enough h work to do for one season any way.
 Basketball prospects at the B. A. | c. are good this year. with the splen- l did material on hand. and if every thing turns out as they are expected l to, the B. 4. c. team should have a | big year in basketball.
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