The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-01
CITY CAGE LEAGUEI WILL RESUME PLAY
 WEDNESDAY, NIGHT
"Y"- -SIoSS Game and Bulldog Panther Scrap to Fea-
 ture Program

The City Basketball league. which has been idle for the past two weeks on account of the Christmas holidays. will spring into unusual activity again Wednesday,. when three fast games will be played. The first night of the season was success, the teams showing more stuff than they showed last year, and the league promises to be a much faster cir. cult this year than it was last That is not saying that it was not a good league last season, but the teams seem to possess such unusual speed and ability this year that they are almost sure to eclipse any past per formances in the league.
 SlOss Tcnm Meets the @Yo
 The biggest game on the program ednesday will be the clash between the Sloss Sheffield and Central "Y' teams. Both of these teams are not only the most ancient of rivals. but they also fought it out for the first place in the league last year. The Sloss team won first and the "" five came out close second. This year they are both going in with the same friendly but keen rivalry that characterized their games of last year.
 The Red Shirts" are pinning most of their faith on Hilburn, Davis an3 Brunson, while the Sloss team is fig urine on Montgomery, Walldron and Whatley for their best work. These six stars are as good, If not better, than any other six men in the City league, and with them being equally divided on opposing teams there is bound to be a hard game staged when they get together. Aside from the above named star performers, there are also some other good men on both teams to furnish fans worlds of entertainment This game alone should be good enough to go miles to see, to say nothing of the other two games on tap for Wednesday night.
 Bulldogs Versus Panthers
 There will be two rivals even mora ancient than the Sloss and .Y" teams clashing on the same program. These teams are the Birmingham Southern reserves and the Howard reserves. This game doesn't need any "bally- hooing," as every one knows what is bound to happen when Panthers and Bulldogs get together. but it might
 
 this scrap is going to be so spirited. First of all, 1t might be mentioned that the Panthers have no varsity this year, and it will be Howard g only chance to get even for what the Hilltoppers did to them in football, and the Bulldogs are certainly count ing on getting even with Charley Brown's boys. On the other hand. the Panthers are equally as anxious to keep things in their favor, so they will fight just as hard as the Bull dogs.
 Stevens n Star
 Ham Stevens is the star of the Howard aggregation, with Cummins trailing close behind him, and fl 1 these two boys are right" they should be able to give the Partners tussle by themselves. Aside from these. however, there are some other mighty good men in the Bulldogs camp, and the Ranthers will have to go some to beat them.
 Caldwell and Richardson are the Panther mainstays. and as both ei them not only know how to play the defensive, but are also good on the offensive, the Bulldogs are going to have a hard battle If the remainder of the Panther team is in shape. IL { Is not easy to say just which team looks best, as both of them lost theIr first games, but the game Is bound | to be a good one, regardless of the 1 outcome.
 The third game will be between North Birmingham and Wocdlawn and. as both teams look about evenly matched. this game should be nearly as good as the other two games. With three good games like this on the program Wednesday nights cage 1 card should be one of the best ever l served to cage fans of Birmingham