The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-02
'BAMA WILL HAVE ONE OF GREATEST
 TEAMS OF CAREER
Tom NeWton'S Absence Will Weaken Line, But Good
 Men to Fill Place /

UNIVERSITY, Ala, Sept. 1.-Be- fore many moons have passed, Denny tleld will be burdened with close to 100 youn gsters some varsity men of other years but the vast majority of them subs, scrubs and last years freshmen, seeking to show enough ability to earn a place on the Uni- Yersity of Alabama's football eleven, Alabama, on paper, faces hsr greatest year on the gridiron. De- spite the loss of four of her stellar players, the Crimson Tide is expect ed to place on the gridiron against ten foes as good a team as she had last year. Better, some say. for 1t Is hoped that Wallace Wade, mentor obtained from Vanderbilt when Ken Scott resigned. will be able to curb the fumbling that characterized the play of the backs last year.
 Alabama opens the season against Union university at Tuscaloosa on September 29. Next comes the Uni versity of Mississippi at Tuscaloosa. Tn rapid succession, Alabama plays Syracuse at Syracuse, Sewanee It Birmingham, Spring Hill at Mobile, Georgia Tech at Atlanta, Louisiana State university at Baton Rouge, Georgia at Montgomery, and Florida at Birmingham. Such a schedule will demand many substitutes, and Wallace Wade is confident of devel- oping as many as will be needed.
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 Will Have Almost Same Team.
 If all men return except Bartlett, quarterback; Hovater and Cooper, tackles, and Wesley, guard Alabama will have practically the same team as last year. All are expected back but no one can be certain until they don their spangles The absence or Bartlett will give Wade his biggest task, for this punter, passer and o11 D To fill his place, Wade has Tom, An derson, Birmingham lad who played quarterback on the freshman team; Winslett, Salmon and Gillis. Others are certain to be tried out there. Uuu of the four and others Alabama ex- poets dependable signal caller. Were Anderson a little heavier, he would fill the bill.
 The remaining backs are not troubling Wade. Pooley Hubert Is counted on to continue his hard plunging of the past season. Mac Cartee and Whitaker are troub1e- some runners, and hit with terrible lunge. Then there is Baty, Oliver and McClintock of last years Tide, and Rosenfeld of the year before, From the freshman eleven will coma Johnston, Brown, Dodd and Cohen, all good mSn but not expected to trouble the letter men.
 Wade expects Clemens to guard lis Hanks, but Newton will y be out on account of operation. The pair rank with Dixie's best; both can tackle fiercely and ward off end runs; both can grab the spheroid neatly from the air. Brakefield and Jones are freshman ends that many count on to fill Newton's shoes.
 Clyde N Shorty" Propst will be back for what is forecast to be his greatest year. This lengthy snapper back was out most of last year be- cause of illness, but it is believed that he is fit and sound now. With him steadying the rest of the line, it will no longer be a thin red line" but one of weight and speed.
 Ben Compton. weighing 215 pounds, plugs one berth alongside of Propst. Big Ben Is one of the most improved football players ever to wear a Crimson jersey, and is suitable All Southern material this year. The only other letter man expected to play regular Is Jack Langhorne, who subbed some for Cooper. Jack is counted on to take Coopers berth as permanent.
 For the rest of the line, Wade will have much experimenting to do be- fore it is formed. Camp, goo pound youngster, is expected to fight hard for one berth, while Buckler another freshman player. is certain to earn a berth. Then there are Hudson, Haas, Ennis and just dozens of others.
 Bartlett was elected captain for this coming year, but due to the fact that he is not eligible to play, some one will be chosen at the start or f t,a