The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-09
SYRACUSE BATTLE STOKES DIVORCE LOOMS UP BEFORE CASE COMES UP IN CRIMSON ELEVEN NEW YORK AGAIN
Team Will Leave Wednesday Afternoon For Game In
 Syracuse

UNIVERSITY, Ala, Oct. S.-(Spe' cial. .)-Coach Wallace Wade labored his Crimson eleven at Denny Field Monday, faced with a game Saturday afternoon against one of the great est elevens in the east, Syracuse uni versity, at Syracuse.
 This will be third intersectional clash Alabama has participated in, Case having been beaten a few years beaten last year. Syracuse has played two games this season and won both by handsome scores. All reports reaching the Capstone point them out as an eleven the equal of any in the whole country.
 For that reason. although Cap stone students have utmost confi- aggregation, little optimism reigns at the Capstone that Syracuse will be beaten by the Crimson Tide. There Is faith in Alabama, and even though expectations of victory would be too optimistic, a defeat by a low score-say, two or three touch downs-would be sweet to Alabama. If the breaks come, and Alabama has a chance to win, there Is no one at the Capstone who does not think the Tide will take advantage of it.
 Breaks that went to Alabama was one of the features of last Saturdays s gme. Ability to keep their eyes on the ball caused the Alabama players to receive possession of the ball sev- eral times on fumbles and short passes. They showed a keen ability to break up passes and intercept them. The few fumbles made were eXcusable.
 Coach Wade said Monday the work or the Tide was very much better than It was in the opening game. It IS true that much of this was be- cause of the fact that the Alabama line outweighed the Ole Miss line, put not any 20 pounds to the man as most persons thought. Ole Miss had two men who weighed more tnan 200 pounds, while the majority oI them averaged around 165 and ITO. Their backs were good. but useless With such a weak line.
 The Tide went through a light workout Monday afternoon and will have similar workouts on Denny fleld Tuesday and Wednesday. Coach Wade said he intended putting them through light scrimmage a short time each day. No one on the team Is in Jured to a serious extent. Baty has Just returned. and Is feeling fit Browns mouth was rammed hard one day in practice last week, and for that reason was not used much Satur- day, Jones has been suffering from slightly injured thigh. but is all right now. The rest of the squad are sore and bruised. but all anxious to be one of the first eleven against Syracuse next Saturday.
 The men to make the trip will not be known until Wednesday morning. Whether 2l or 22 men will be taken has not been decided. It is apparent that at least eight backs will be car ried, these apt to be Pooley Hubert, Allan MacCartee. Graham McClintock, W. c. Baty. Hulett Whitaker, Mack Brown, Lovelace Barnes and Grant Gillis. From this bunch. four men can be picked that will give labama two line plungers. two punters. two passers. three good interference men. three end runners and a pair of good defensive halfbacks. The greatest possible weight the backfield could have would be with Hubert, Mac Cartee, Gillis and Whitaker 'Bama S backfield may average close to 174 pounds against Syracuse.
 The men that played Saturday may be the ones to make the trip Coach