The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-14
FAYETTE : JASPER GAME 4 THRILLER
Plans To Bring Teams To- gether For Four eYarS
 Have Failed
JASPER BUREAU l THE AGE-HERALD !

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 For four years this question has been asked all over north Alabama why don't Walker and Fayette meet in football?" During this period of time each team has stood out far l above other big school teams in this section of the state and had game been scheduled between the two teams in any of these years it would have drawn large gathering of fans from four countless In 1921 the year that Walker was awarded the state championship their claim to this title was disputed by Fayette. Again in 1922 numerous efforts were made to have the two schools play each other but to no avail.
 The game to be played the after noon of November 16, between the Fayette Bulldogs and the Vikings is one in which it took four years to agree on a date and terms. This it is hoped, is the beginning of friendly athletic relationship with the Fayette county school Tor there is no reason why the two schools although intense rivals should not play each-other. It will be the fea- ture game for each school every fall The game will be alternated Walker going to Fayette next Thank sgiving and Fayette coming here next and so on. All games after this year will be played on Thanksgiving Day. Three men who are today wearing the gold and black uniforms were here last year. These are Captain Cliff Brown, Red Gibson and Bul Lawler. Fayette has only four men missing from the undffeated 1922 Varsity.
 The game will be played at Ki- Ro, new athletic field. The new field will be second to none in the state and all Walker county can justly be proud of the county high school athletic bowl The grand stand will seat almost 2000.
 All Fayette county will arrive on a special train at 10 o'clock Friday morning. They will bring with them their band of 30 teachers and stage parade promptly at noon At | o'clock monster parade will be i participated in by all of the 400 students of the Walker high school led by band under the direction of Prof. Merck The membership of the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs will march in body in this parade. | Walkers average weight of the football men is 155 pounds. Fay- cites average weight. is 152 pounds. Fourteen seiors appear on Walkers list and only five on Fayette. They come to Walker without having lost Ia high school game since beginning of 1921 season, and this was lost to a team which admitted afterwards $ that they played men who were not eligible. During Nlis same period the Vikings have tasted the sting of defeat only 4wice. Last year Sidney Lanier of Montgomery and this sea son to the flying Cullman outfit.
 The game next Friday promises to be thriller and will be witnessed by hundreds of fans, for no game could be scheduled by either team which would create more interest. committee of four, Bob Burton. and Sid Preston, of the Rotary club, and Wilbur Cole and Prof. Powers. Of the kiwanians, has been asked to prepare a program for the formal Iopening of the new field. The en- tire membership of the two clubs wlll take part in this and some good stunts will be arranged. This will take place just previous to the play ing of the game