The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-09
BREAKS OF GAME GO AGAINST GILMAN ELEVEN IN GAME
Championship Game To Be Played Here Next Saturday Between Coffee High And CulIman

The Cullman County High school
 won @ leg on the central and north
 Alabama high school championship
 by defeating Shelby County High on
 Berry Field Saturday afternoon by
 the score of to in the elimina-
 tion game of the State High School
 Athletic associations play-off tour
 nament.
 As the result of the outcome of
 the game Saturday and the one Fri
 day afternoon in Florence Cullman
 High and Coffee High of Florence
 will play for the title next Saturday
 afternoon in Birmingham. The Golf
 fee High team defeated Tuscumbia
 High Friday afternoon for the north
 Alabama championship.
 The game Saturday afternoon at
 Berry Field fell somewhat short of
 expectations and was marked by the
 apparent difference of the two teams
 despite the closeness of the score. It
 was evident from early in the game
 that the Cullman eleven had the
 edge and seemed to be couple
 touchdowns better in the second half
 but breaks against them held the
 score to lone touchdown. Two times the Cullman outfit crossed the goal line only to be called back and E penalized. On other occasions they Amade long gains but lost them on
 One penalty was especially un- $ Ssfortunate as it brought the ball $ back to the starting point after sPugh, flying Cullman halfback. had a raced 65 yards to score. It was
 tional one of the game. The ball
 was was well into Cullman terri Ha tory when on a fake end run, using assa criss-cross play, Pugh found wide open gap in the Shelby line
 and raced through it, eluding the secondary defense land stacking his a pace until Captain Richardson could
 cut down the safety man and then
 nj
 the line.
 -Pugh Star.
 Incidently this emaciated back of
 the Cullman delegation was fleet ss footed individual that counted for ,o many long gains. It generally took .g two and three men to stop him and
 his running back of punts was un
 usually brilliant He was the out star of the day, the sem au sation of the game, and carried in -his spindling legs the threat to score at any moment from any position. '' Callahan bucked the ball over the goal line once but it was ruled no
 goal and the Cullman delegation pen
 alized yards.
 Shelby resorted to defensive play
 during the greater part of the second '" half and in this department w. Fin s- ley and M. Barclay were proficient.
 Capt, simon Finley, who came to Bir-
 mingham touted as a mighty end, lived up to his reputation in all but
 one respect. He was always on top
 of his man on punts, but the elusive
 Pugh proved too fleety for him and
 he missed many tackles. However, - lie was in every line play and really Evshowed the form of great end. ~s : Williamson, great Cullman center s~ splaying with a fractured shoulder, ~eswas big man in all styles of play z in the game Saturday Williamson : was called back for end runs and 1~r punts and played a great game in ~sthe line. Mitchell, also injured, @ played good game, and Waller on ssss end was also a star. The passing of
 Johnson was the best seen on a local Iss. field in years for high school player and the husky Cullman guard once hurled the ball over 40 yards down the field into the arms of waiting end.
 CulIman Scores.
 It was in the second quarter that sCullman showed over her touchdown. After Cullman had been given a 20- ; sryard gain when Shelby man blocked a Cullman player attempting to receive a pass and Fisher had ! made a beautiful eight-yard gain rhrough the line Callahan was sent in ~for Ragland with instructions to hit the Hne In two bucks Callahan : .scarried the ball eight yards across i. the goal line. Waller kicked clean e , placement for point after touchdown. 4 , The Cullman delegation brought to 1. Birmingham more trick plays and freak formations than ever displayed by any one combination here this season. Using shift formation in which the linemen lined up behind center and filed out into line the