The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
TWENTY THREE TEAMS FROM ALL PARTS OF STATE TO COMPETE LN
 THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
1894 High School Athletes in Magic City to Compete in
 B. A. C.'S Tournament

With B teams, representing all parts of Alabama entered, everything is in readiness for the opening of the first Alabama high school basketball championship tournament. Drawings for pairings were held yesterday and Il games, the first to commence at 10 o'clock this morning, were sched- uled for today. The games to be played today, as follows:
 SpringvilIe meets Warrior at 10 a. m.
 Collinsville meets shawmutt at II a. m.
 Langdale meets Sidney Lanier at 12 m.
 Greenville meets Ensley at D. m. Ozark meets Marbury at 2 p. m. Simpson meets Fairfax at ; p. m.
 Gordo meets Ianette at D. m. Haleyville meets Central at p. m.
 Mobile meets Shelby at p. m. Walker meets Choctaw at p. m. Alliance meets Tuscaloosa at p. m.
 Disque drew bye. It can be seen that each pair will be allowed one hour in which to play its game. With 20-minute halves and a 1o-minute intermission, only 10 min utes will be available for time out, etc. To warm up for it's game, a team must take the floor during the 1O-minute in- termission of the game which pre- cedes it.
 1S4 MEN ENTERED With 184 high school athletes in Bir- mingham ready for the. activities to commence the city will be turned over to the tourney for the rest of the week. It is probably the greatest event of the kind that the south has ever staged and surely the biggest that Alabama has ever had. The 1S4 high school lads entered in the meet represent one of the largest entry lists for any athletic meet the south has ever staged. All three local schools entered in the meet will play games today. Ensley will be the first local quin- tet to take the floor, meeting Greenville at 1 o'clock. Simpson meets Fairfax at 3 o'clock, while Central will encounter Haleyville at o'clock.
 FIRST GAME AT 10 O'CLOCK The doors to the B. A. c. court will be opened few minutes before 10 o'clock this morning. From then on until about 10 o'clock tonight basket ball will be played on this court. Eleven games, each requiring one hour. with an hour off for supper. makes 13 hours, which will be occupied in play ing off the first days games of the tournament.
 There will be four referees for the games today. They are John Bryan, Hotchkiss, B. c. Marshall
 and T. O, Young. Two of these of ficials will work in each game.
 Young and Bryan will handle the
 first two, with Marshall and Hotch- kiss officiating in the next two. From then on throughout the day
 these four officials will alternate
 at handling the games, each pair working in two before giving away to the next pair. MEET A SUCCESS That the tournament has already proven a success is evidenced by the unusual amount of interest shown in it.
 
 proves that there is statewide interest in the tourney. The teams entered are a representative group and the team winning this meet will be recognized as the true state champion. The twenty third and last team to enter was Walker County of Jasper. which came in yesterday Admission will be charged for each entrance to witness the games. No pass-out checks will be issued and a spectator leaving the gallery must pay to enter again. This policy Is necessary to prevent any person from borrowing his fiend's pass-out check and using it awhile, then passing it along. The expense of this tourna ment Is enormous and the gate receipts must be great to repay the B. A. C. for the trouble and expense gone to in promoting the affair. Gadsden Disque High drew bye and will not play today, but the other 22 teams will play games.