The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19
Atlanta, Alabama, Mississippi
 < Aggies And Many Others f Play Here This Season

# The basketball schedule announced Tuesday afternoon by Coach L. S. 1rvin of the Birmingham Athletic club for this season, gives the Blues IS games with some of the strongest teams of the south and brings to Bir- 5ningham the Atlanta Athletic club, Alabama. Auburn, Mississippi A. x I, Trinity college and several other leading cage quintets.
 ss The Blues will get into action on or about December 28. This date was originally scheduled for Baylor, but the Louisiana delegation were unable to complete arrang ements for the Christmas tour in this section of the country and were forced to cancel. However, the date will probably be filled by another strong team.
 The next game scheduled, on Jan uary 5, Is with the 1922 Dixie cham pions. The Mississippi Aggies, who, by beating Mercer in the finals of the tournament held in Atlanta won the southern collegiate championship last year, come here for the first big game the local club coul dhave. Coach Irwin Is particularly anxious to get a game on December 28 for the reason, if for no other, that this i'm portant game comes off so early in the season. The Aggies have their entire team back this year without the loss of a single man and should be far stronger than last season.
 The Birming ghaIn-Southern college Panther quintet. under Coach Charles K. Zeilman, will oppose the Birming- ham Athletic club five on the next date scheduled. This will be Jan ltary 12 With the material on hand the Partners should have a good tam this season and give the Blues agood game.
 The Irwin pupils will take to the road for the next game and play the Tiger five in Auburn. The Plains 10 en beat the locals In one game last year, although the Blues won a later victory Coach Wilbur Hutsell says his team is handicapped by short ness of statue this year, but that he expects to turn out a formidable ag- gregation nevertheless.
 On January B the Howard college Bulldogs meet the Blues in the BlL. mingham Athletic club gymnasium. This Crimson team will be a strong one this year, despite a lapse of a couple of years from cage activities. With plenty of material Coach Cope expects winning combination.
 The date of January 26 is still doubtful. but it Is likely that the Tennessee Volunteers will come to Birmingham on that date. Little is known of the Vols prowess on the court this year, but they generally turn out strong teams.
 The first game of the Alabama series is scheduled next, on January 2g The Blues go to Tuscaloosa for annually put up beautiful battle on the court and this year will be no exception.
 With hardly a pause for rest the Blues hop to Atlanta for the first game of the feature series of the nyN IzNnh rN D1a Atlanta Athletic club. This game is to basketball what the Auburn Georgia and Alabama -Sewanee game is to football. It is a bitter struggle annually and Coach Joe Bean of the Atlanta Athletic club again has a Wonderful outlay of basketball ma tarial for his five. S.On Februay the Blues meet How ard college in the second game, while on February 9 the Crimson Tide comes up from Tuscaloosa to battle the Birmingham athletic club on their own court.
 The Trinity college quintet come to Birmingham on February 12. The prospects at Trinity is unknown, but the team is coming Into this part of the south playing a hard schedule.
 Auburn Tigers will play on the local court on February Is.
 The final game of the year is with Joe Beans Atlanta Athletic club crew. The date Is February 23. This & a fitting wind-up of a tough schedule. It is probable that one or two more games will be added to the nenN as 1t now stands.
 The schedule Is admirably ar ranged so that the Birmingham fans will get to see the Blues run foul of some of Dixies best quintets when the locals should oe at their best. The last four games here should pe
 
 of basketball far above the kind the Birmingham fans are treated to on the average.
 Prospects are good for a strong team this year. Coach Irwin Is wroking his men hard daily and de- spite the fact that he is losing one or two stars he expects to win the majority of his games.