The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-24

Magic City on Basketball Jag
 Basketballing the jack at the s. A, C. Gosh,1 what day. Att tendances? You said it. First day far bigger than last year from a crowd standpoint. En- thusiasm? You know it. If that big guy hits me on the back one more time I'll get so sore I'll send him comic valentine next year. The big stiff Teams, screams, dreams Busted knee caps. el- bows out of focus, eyebrows swept from their moorings, chins knocked awry, noses akimbo. And, yet they say boxing is bru- tai. If l had an enemy, nothing would give me more pleasure than to see him get in a basket game Officials, look at em. There's Clover Pearce. What does he know about officiating? Never heard so many air-splitting shrieks gathered under one roof before. They'll raise it in "a minute. Coach Erwin. Wonder where the Alice Blue sweater is? He looks happy. Who wouldn't with 42 teams competing Twice as many as last year. double the enthusiasm, too Who said hard times? ] just saw geek get a twenty dollar bill changed at the box office. Wish l was a dip. I'd have the change in few minutes. Aha, there's Grady Kflgore over from Jasper 10 pull for Walker. Member when Grady was a col- lege boy with one of those little doggone-it caps at Auburn made of orange and blue. Now a busi- ness man. Tempus is the best little furgiter in captivity. Schools l never heard of. Talk about education being econom- ical, but a prep course comes Hi No backs to these seats. Oh, well, what's tn odds. You can hang your feet off
 
 Timely Tips From Tommy
 Tommy Tompkins, the prize fight impresario. Believe I'll sit close to him. If some bloke wants to start a rough house Tommy knows how to use his dukes. Tommy's not a painter, but he has put some good men on the canvas. Gee. he's got the en- thusiasm bug, too, Shouting and yelling like a freshman. We'll any way man is just as old as he feels, and as Methuselah once remarked the first thousand years are the hardest on the eyesight. Tommy was telling me to watch Barton or Spring. vile. Hes touting 'em pretty high. l can't bet though. Played the roll on the piano last night, and lost. If 1 could shuffIe cards like l can feet I'd be a millionaire. Wonder what John Mccormack thought about little Mathflde. anyway? Tommy didn't say about my old county Walker. If they could handle the globule like they can the oval oh. boyi There's Colonel Quack Smith. I swannyI Didn't know Sir Quack knew basketball from a setting of eggs. When the ref yelled foul, Col onel Quack wanted to know if the boy struck at it. Politics to Brother Smith. He's got a farm up near Springville and he's pulling for the Water Babies to win.
 7 Shelby Springs Surprise
 Somebody's always low-ratir.g shelby county. One man wanted to know how many gallons of corn they raised to the acre down there? But the Shelby team will get you worse than the shell game, if you don't watch out. There was Alliance, frinstance. Everybody was expecting Ali ance to wade through Shelby like . flock of seals throug crate of sardines. Did they? Nope. The core was tied when the hardware exploded. Then in five minutes of extra play Shelby won out 15-14 That was a close one. Seemed to be more Alliance al- lies in the audience than Shelby shouters. But Shelby took the trick. And look at that double disc smile on Proff Kimbrough's face. One of those ear-to- ear smiles. l bet if I hit him for