The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23

This morning at o'clock the sec O1d annual state championship bas- ketball tournament will begin with 42 teams entered to compete for the prep title of Alabama. These teams repre- sent every part of Alabama, and the champion of this group of basket teers will be a real champion of Ala bama.
 Leeds withdrawal from the tourna- ment yesterday cut the field of en- tries to 42 teams, and cut off one of the scheduled game for today. As 1t is, 2e games will be played today, reducing the field of entries to Is teams at the close of today's tourna- 7 ment play.
 Friday 12 games will be played, re- ducing the field to four teams and play to the semi-finals. Saturday, the semi-finals, finals and play-off for third and fourth places will take place, or four games.
 Games will be played straight through today until about o'clock tonight. The schedule of games, as prepared by c. W. McEachin, chair man of the B. A. c. basketball com mittee, calls for two games an hour, one pair of teams playing while am other rests between halves.
 Approximate times of each game were announced by Manager Me Eachin. Today's program calls for two rounds of play, the morning and afternoon. Some teams must play two games today, when the field is cut to A teams in the second round, which begins at { o'clock this alter noon.
 wsV Am Aw ad to the games, to help out on the ex- penses of bringing these teams to the tournament Price of admission for the balcony is 50 cents, or 75 cents for the floor seats These admissions en- title their buyer to witness one ses- sion of play, or ten games. The floor will De cleared twice today, at l o'clock and o'clock, afternoon and evening, respectively.
 Today's schedule brings together some of the strongest teams, and means the elimination of several Of the strongest contenders for the title.
 The feature battle of the first round will be the Baldwin county Barton academy game, which means the elimination of one of these two South Alabama representatives. This game will begin at 1915 o'clock this afternoon.
 Another feature game will prop ably be the Greenville -Sneed Semi nary battle. Sneed, of Boaz, has a strong team. and is expected to give the Greenville lads a hard struggle.
 Simpson Meets AbbeviIle
 Simpson will meet Abbeville at noon today, while Jefferson county plays the winner of the Coal City Jackson county game in this after noon's round.
 Bessemer high meets Fairfax at 11:15 o'clock, while Alliance and Shelby county meet at 2 o'clock. in one of the days feature battles.
 c. W. McEachin has completed ar engagements for the tournament, and all that remains is for play to be- gin. bureau of information has been established in the lobby of the B. A. C., and an official will be there all today, Friday and Saturday.
 Amusement for Players
 George Driver, of the Motion hotel, and B. A. c. member, has ar ranged for the housing of all the visiting players, while B. F. Cheno- weth local sporting goods dealer, has made arrangements for amusements for the cagesters. Today tomorrow and Friday the Strand theatre will have certain hours during which the visiting basketball players can view its pictures free Of charge. From 1o:so in the morning until o'clock