The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-14
ENTRY LIST COMPLETE FOR
BIG B. A. c. RACE SATURDAY
Fifty Runners Enter Race For
Trophies And Champion
ships Through Streets Of
City

The Birmingham Athletic clubs
thirteenth annual road race which
will be run Saturday afternoon,
starting at o'clock from Sixth
avenue and Twentieth street. Will
have so runners from seven colleges
and universities competing for the
four trophies to be awarded winners.
The complete entry list and per-
sonnet of teams has been filed with
Coach i. S. Irwin of the Athletic
Grub, and everything is fixed for the
start of the race Saturday after
noon.
Two local teams will compete in
the race, the Athletic club and Bir-
mingham- Southern college. The B.
A. c. team will be badly weakened
by the loss of Ellsworth Richter,
who has won the race four times in
succession. and of jenkins, who
finished third last year. However,
Bill Hoskins, John McDougall, sam
Chestnut. Chancey, Sam Weisman
and McHale will take up the Blue
and White colors and attempt TO
carry them to victory.
The other local team, Birmingham
Southern, will enter team that de-
feated Chattanooga earlier IN the
year and should make good snow
ing. Tate and Shivers and also VIII
son are good distance runners whlle
Watkins, Johnson and Sapp are
good for a place near the front.
Alabama. will send a strong dele-
ga ton which will be led by George
Irons. who finished second uring
the last two years and who is doped
to come in first this year. irons
finished couple of blocks penino
Richter last year and made goou
run, but some erroneous accounts
have been given of the race in when
Irons was alleged to have run flve
blocks off the course in the last run
and thereby lost. This seems to pc
mistake as members of the starr OF
officials that followed the race IN
the referees car saw no such ae-
tour. Kooner and Cottle are also
star distance men for the Crimsohs
and the Alabama teams stand a goou
chance to win. -. oa
Georgia Tech. VINO won lhe 80
last wear. will again send a strong
team to Birmingham, led by Dawes;
Mississippi A. & NJ. has also entered
a strong team. ~,
Four cups will be awarded in the
race One will go to the winner, re-
CARELESS of class, one to the. south
ern intercollegiate conference team
that finishes first. one to the oou.'-
ern Interscholastic Athletic associa-
ton combination that leads ana one
10 the Southeastern Amateur Athletic
association team that wins. Birming-
Southern and Chattanooga are
the ONLY two teams than can COM
pete for the S. ]. A. A. cup, whlie
Alabama, Auburn, Georgia Teen ana
Mississippi Aggies can compete 1or
the other three. All teams can WIN
at least two cups.
The personnel of the teams foi-
lows: -,
Georgia Tech-G) r. S. Cooper, (2)
p NJ. Dawes. 90 B. A. Goodburn. ca
II. Barton. 90 L: Roberts; 'e) j, l.
Barrett. CD T. n. Mitchell.
Chattanooga-(S Martin +. Edwin,
(9) Leon Garter, (10) L. B. Headrick,
(lD ]. d. Settle, G2) CLYDE Meath
erford, (1S) John Shrader, CD Rice
Gilbert.
Birmingham southern-(15) J. B.
Tate, G6) Floyd Wilson, ,GO l.. ID.
shivers. GS) Malcolm Watkins. (1O
Russell johnson, 600 r. w. Sapp.
Auburn-(2D Stockelberger, t2)
Belcher, (23) Armstrong, (24l reeves
$3.50 Boyd, $3.50 Whigham.
Mississippi A. M.-(27) S. Robin
son. (2S) r. Robinson. (29) r. A.
Hogan. 900 f. A.. Smith. CID X. H.
Banks. (32) Worthington.
Birmingham A. C.-(33) Bill Hos
kins. t34) John McDougali, $3.50 Sam
Chestnut $3.50 Chancey. CD Sam
Weiseman, (3S) McHale.
.Alabama-(39) George V. Irons t4o)
Blaine Kooner, (4D w. A. Mcdonald,
(42) Lonnie Parsons, (43) Obie Cot
tie, 44 A. l.. Lilley, (45) preston
Clayton. (46) smith
(4O James Coleman, unattached.
(4S) Connors, unattached.