The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-29
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And now that Walter Camp.
daddy OF football" has announced
his 1922 all-American selections,
scribes over the country are bursting
forth with another edition of the
Anvil Chorus. which chirps as regu-
larry as Walters selections come
forth.
AT that. Mr. Camp does make some
pretty slaring errors, and at times
the Anvil Chorus loses its metallic
ring of vehemence for one of uncon-
trolled mirth. For instance, in the
Atlanta Georgian, Guy Butler. speaks
Of this years prize mistake by Wal
ter as follows:
The classical error of Mr.. Camps
this year, as we see it. was in Sc
lecting that grand old footballer.
owen Reynolds. formerly of Univer
sity of Georgia, in his honorable
mention column.
MIR. Reynolds was a great foot
ball player in his time, but it seems
that his time ended year ago.
owen was not even attending the
university this past season-yet he
Won honorable mention from Mr..
Camp"
And MIR. Guy Butler goes on to
point out the other mistakes OF
Mr. Camp in placing Cashier,
Notre Dame, on the third tenn;
failure to mention three or four
Georgia Tech stars. and other
ways In which the "silvery
haired MIR. Camp. as Guy puts 1t,
has erred.
Nittany Lions of Penn State, who
at present are on the Pacific coast.
ready for New Years game at
Pasadena. have undertaken an am
lbitious schedule for 1923, including
another game with Georgia Tech, and
one with West Virginia. Bezdek,
who recently turned down an attrac-
tive offer to pilot the Philadelphia
National league club, announced he
had gone in for football for fair, and
| IT seems he has Bezdek is coach of
the Penn State eleven.
Notre Dame has a representa-
| tive menu for next year, meeting
| Tech Of the south; Princeton and
| Army Of the east, and Nebraska
| Of the west. An undefeated No.
tire Dame team next year would
almost win recognition ms Amer
= lean champion.
| News comes from Portsmouth. va.
that Gil Meyers, former Southern
league baseball player, has been
' signed as a catcher. Meyers was
coach of the Birmingham Central
High school athletic teams for two
years. and has hundreds of friends
here. Meyers left Central athletic
circles to report for early training
at New Orleans last season, but
landed at Nashville later in the sea-
son. He didn't finish the year. as a
bad spike wound forced him from the
line-up of the Vols.
Dixie basketball circle. are
feeling the effects of the Indiana
Cyclone. Wabash colleges
Uuint IL touring the south. and
has just finished cleaning up
Georgia. In addition to scoring q
1O.-11 victory over the Columbus,
Ca. Y. NJ. G. A. Tuesday night.
wabash succeeded IN defeating
the powerful Mercer quintet
last night, 20 to IS.
Reports from Atlanta have it that
Glenn Killinger, former Penn State
grid star; who led the Nittany Lions
to victory over Georgia Tech in
1921. will refuse to report to the
Crackers after having been sent
south by the New York Yankees.
Killinger states that he wants to quit
baseball and devote all his time to
coaching football. Atlanta scribes
write. and Prexy Corbett of the
Crackers, fears he will lose the serv-
ices of the Yankee recruit fnfielder.
Young stribling. who fights At
the Birmingham Athletic club to-
night, IL star OF the L1nier
High basketball team Of Macon,
helping HIS team with the cham-s
pfonship Of the Georgia Inter-
scholastic Athletic association
last season. However, Stribling
may not be allowed to compete In
q. j. A. A. athletics any RnOye. ~
Tech High officials want to pfO-
test His eligibility. due to hts
ntatus M = professional boxer.
Union university's cage quintet,
which plays at tho Birmingham Ath-