The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-04
SUNS IF ALABAMA
 WILL HONOR TEAM.
Banquet Wednesday Eve ming At Country Club To
 Football Men

1 The most brilliant assemblage ever
 gathered together in the south to honor football team Will De guests at the banquet rendered the Univer- sity of Alabama football teams at | the Country club Wednesday evening at o'clock, according to alumni Tn charge.
 More than 500 plates will be set when Postmaster Jelks Capanlss opens the meeting. Wednesday atter7 noon at 5 o'clock 125 students of the university, including all members ot the varsity reserve and freshman football teams and the university band of 62 pieces, will arrive in Bir- | mingham at the Louisville and Nash-
 vile station on special train and | De escorted in automobiles by alumnl | to the Country club.
 | The special will bear, besides the football players and band, pr. George 1 H. Denny, president of the university; ]; Coaches Wade, Crisp, Cohen and i Vandergraff, Hugo Friedman, Champ and other members of the athletic council at the university.
 | Several gridiron stars of other days will come from nearby towns for the event which has stimulated Alabama grade to a high pitch of enthusiasm Local alumni have joined with unlver- | sity alumni from Bessemer in max a expected to attend from the lower end of the county. A special committee in charge of the Bessemer delegation composed of George Baumgartner, Ben Perry, Judge Guin, w. c. Baty, Dave Trotter and others has been ap- pointed.
 Robert McDavid, head of the alumni
 association, has requested all alumni | who haven't done so to get in touch | h i'm inn a q seating
 arrangements can be made. 1 It is understood that appropriate gifts will be rendered Goaches Wade. Cohen, Crisp and Vandergraft ana Iplayers-Al Clemens, Tom Newton and w. c. Baty who have served their four
 years on the varsity team.
 The program as tentatively ar ranged will include informal talks from team members, coaches, captains and a few alumni. No long winded speeches will be permitted from the grads" however, according to Chair Ian Latady of the program commit ltce, as the meeting is called primarily as a love feast" in honor of the grid iron heroes. Music by the famous university band that made such an impression here Thanksgiving is ex- pected to enliven the occasion.
 The transportation committee is anxious for all alumni having auto
 
 Nashville station promptly at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
 unique surprise is in store for
 the players and guests that will, ac- cording to Tram Sessions chairman of this feature, make the evening the
 biggest football gathering ever held
 south of the Mason and Dixon line. Brief speeches by former Governor
 B. B. Conner. Gen. Louis V. Clark,
 Hugh Morrow. Victor Hanson, Coach Homer l.. Thomas, the sporting edi-
 tors of the three newspapers, and
 other alumni and friends of the uni versity are on the program,
 Il Committees have been organized to
 raise funds to defray the expenses of the guests from university.
 The banquet idea grew out of an
 enthusiastic meeting of alumni held
 in the form of smoker at the Coun-
 try club last week. where the Ala
 bama spirit was said to be at high
 tide. Plans for honoring the "Thin . Red Line" was immediately laid and
 despite the brief time allowed, the committeeman in charge expect to } have everything in readiness at 6
 o'clock Wednesday evening. The executive committee in charge
 consists of:
 J. Motion Smith, charman; Hill
 Ferguson. Borden Burr, Ben F. Moore, Jr., J. K. Taylor, Roland Mushat,
 Francis Latady, Judge c. C. Ne
 Smith. Jack Frazer, Perry Turner, Frank B. Clark, Lamar Aldridge, Howard Fulenwider. Will Forman, Tram Sessions. Dr. W. P. McCrossin. Munro Lanier, Webb Crawford. Jr., Robert Hemphill, Jr., o. G. Gresham Merrill Pratt, Joseph P. Walker,
 Fucker Agee, Charles Comstock
 Walter Agee, Leslie Fulenwider
 Evans Dunn and Robert McDaYid.