The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-01
East Lake Squad in Fair Shape For Union Game at Redwood Saturday Alter noon

Magic City fandom will have it's final opportunity Of seeing the How ard College Bulldogs in action Sat- urday, before the East Lake aggre- gation lines up against their Owen ton rivals at Redwood late in No- vember. The Bulldogs meet the Union University gridders at Rickwood Saturday and railbirds are expected to avail themselves Of getting a last line on the ability of Coach Copes squad before the all-important strug- gle With the Partners.
 The Bulldogs are in fair physical condition now, and will proba ply only be polished off in football Knowledge as the season progresses. Only light workout was gone through at Barry field yesterday afternoon but a light scrimmage will probably take place before the Union game Saturday.
 Three Hard Road Games.
 Coach Copes men have played three hard road games during the past three weeks. On their first road trip they badly upset the dope by fighting the Mississippi A. and M -idIObHS bll lItfI ittif ECbNih6 q eoreless tie. \ week later, at Jack son. Miss. they lost hard game 10 .li siSsippi college by momentarIly sAbeiag ept eff their feet in the first s@feW minutes uf play, Last Saturday, at Gainesville Fla, a combination of weight and almost unbearable heat iave the Florida Gators lop-sided victor. over Coach Copes men.
 X feature ef every game the Bull Al. t.la xtsft or two exceptions, has been the fighting spirit displayed by Coach Cope's men In every contest they have been outweighed from ten to thirty or thirtyfive pounds to the man. yet always they have fought to the end. and opposing scores have been greatly cut down thereby. e~ Linesmen in Good shape With one or two exceptions. Coach Copes squad is in good shape for Saturdays game Among the lines- men there are few injuries and none serious. Gaylord. Lasseter and Shell ton are going good at the ends, while Yarbrough and Britton are ready for instant service. At the tackles Bar field and Afford, who have been starting the games, are In fair shape. while Buckner, Sheppard and King are ready to step in when needed. At IH6 BudTuSt olupuSt lADIlldS tAu HUT sl are battling, with Red King coming in for some of the competition. King has started at guard some and all ways plays a fair amount of the games.
 Captain Bo Brindley has been doing practically all the pivot work. with Fats Thomas used at center when needed.
 In the Backfield
 In the backfield there is not a great abundance of material. Fred White. Russell Tinkelpaugh and Hu- Ian Whitehead have been looking after quarterbaelt,s duties. At full have been Norris. Clarke and Dendy. Dendy has been injured since the Ma rion game. and is not vet in shape for work. In the Florida game Norris was shifted to half. with Clarke and Mcintosh looking after fullback duties Jess Laekey, Mcintosh, Ham Stevens. Frank Norris and Marvin Mccarthy have been taking care of the halfbaclk positions this year. Stew ems is among the injured however. and won't be in shape for some time yet Just what Coach Cope's backfield quartet Saturday will be is proble- nautical. but it's probable that all of the above will have a chance to show their wares.
 The game Saturday should be 8 good one. Union university of Jack son. Tenn. has big, fast eleven, and is sure to give the Bulldogs trouble.
 Saturdays game will be played al Redwood. and goodly bunch of fans is expected to witness the Bulldogs Fin action. It will be the fourth time this year the East Lakers have per formed on home soil.