The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-12
BIG PLANS BEING MADE FOR BATTLE
Two Big Parades To Be
 Staged Before Game, While
 Teams Already Are Looking

Parade plans for the big Birming- ham-Southern and Howard football battle, which will take place at Rick wood field Saturday two weeks away, November 24, are being worked out by the committees in charge and football fans are promised the biggest and most unique parade of the year. The Baptists are keeping their stunts secret, and the Methodists are not giving out any information eithers other than that the biggest parade in the history of the two schools is be- ing planned for Saturday morning as a forerunner to the game.
 Styled "the Marne of Football" tho annual Howard -Birmin gham South@ rne classic has always lived up to it's name. Ever since the two schools have enjoyed athletic relations there has always been hard-fought foot- ball battle, a contest that evolved into one of the bloodiest conflicts of the year. Real football fans, getting hen to this fact have swollen the attend- ance from year to year. and for the past two calendars 1t has been one or the best attended and most thrilling games of the year. The coming bat tie promises to be no exception, even though the dope at this angle would point to Howard victory.
 From what could be gleaned or the parade dope for the big day 1t was understood that the two student bodies would stage separate parades for a time during the morning and that the two parades would then be merged and the downtown streets blanketed by bowling. rowling mass of collegians, furnishing stunts aplenty for gaping public.
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 Relations Most Congcnial.
 Another thing that has won the fans of Birmingham and Jeffersor county over, is the fact that even though they are bitter rivals and "a spite of tho fact that the two colleges are situated in the same town, there has never been a breach or hint of d breach in athletic relations between the two schools. Sportsmanship pre- vails, and even though fist-fights done the same thing at times, after the actual conflict is over those with grievance have packed up their troubles in the old kit bag, or forgot ten them entirely and the two schools have done the same thng at tms, aft- way, booking each other annually and fighting each other to the last ditch, but always remaining sports manlike enough for the relations to be of a genial and friendly nature. Biz Games In Row.
 Birmingham football fans have come into their own at last. They have been starving for football menus all year. only one big game having been staged here-the go be- tween Sewanee and Alabama. Now they are to get three big football bat ties hand-running. First will come the Auburn Centre game at Redwood field next Saturday. Then week fol- lowing Birmingham Southern and Howard, will furnish the thrills and Immediately after that FloridS and Alabama will come here for Thanksgiving tilt.
 The thousands of circus seats which have been placed parallel to the gridiron at Rickwood field for the AubLrn-Centre game will be kept intact for the Panther-Bulldog scrap the week following. This was thought advisable when 1t was re- membered that rain and bad weather prevailed on the day of the Bulldog Panther fight last year, but that in spite of the disagreeable weather some 1000 fans braved the inclem- ency and were repaid for their ven- ture by witnessing the topnotch bat+ file of the year. With 6 pretty day for spectators this year, the commits tee in charge forecasts that the crowd will go well over the 10000 mark.
 For the benefit of the unititiated who wish to tune up in colors for the fray 1t is stated that the colors for the Bulldog are red and blue, whlle those who wish to encourage the Partners must doll up in old gold and black.