The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22
strength of football champions
they once were.

AHty OHct were.
Speaking of football and plans
for advancement in the game,
Ensley High school must come in
for it's share of comment and
praise. One glance over the
schedule to be played by the 1928
Yellow Jackets is enough to con-
vince fandom that Coach J. II.
Bryan and Athletic Supervisor II.
Il. Smith are planning ambitious
things for the Ensleyites for noxt
fall.
The Jackets are facing a col
lege schedule. in matter of trips
to be made, and comprehensive
lining up of opponents. In fact,
it might be said that En3ley is
setting a precedent in scheduling
games with teams from five
states. namely: Alabama, Ten
nessee, Mississippi Georgia, and
Arkansas. The Jackets will visit
three states. Tennessee. MISSISSIPPI
pi and Arkansas. Looks like
clean sweep for the Jackets next
year would mean something that
pionship.
1t has been reported in local
sport circles that southeastern
high school athletic association,
including only the major prep
schools of the south, is being con-
sidcred by certain high school
athletic officials of this district.
Could it he that Ensiey'S an
nOuncement of the most repre-
sentative schedule ever Under
taken by y Dixie High school is
the fOrerunncr of actual develop
to hat n<,s u
sitiOn.
Bet your boots we're going
to play some football next sea-
son. Just can't help it. now that
were started. And, blame your
ornery little time, you better be
back here next September, ready
to hit that tackling dummy
hard, cause we're going to
cooked his head on one side.
squinted his left eye and grinned
grinned-as only a lanky, cocky
little Irishman can grin.
1t was Coach Harris G. Cope,
of Howard college, bidding
some of his battle SCARED,
broken toothed Bulldogs fare
we'll for the summer months.
The dapper little 1rishman
leaves Howard Tuesday for his
home at Gainesville, Ca, and
Monday he was making the
rounds to eXhort all those scar
red and battle weary Bulldogs
of his to make the best of the
summer months in sharpening
their dulled molars for the meat
the fall will bring forth.
Fellows" he said to the
group of Bulldogs and friends
loafing around the campus
waiting for senior class eXer-
cises to begin Monday morning,
I'VE have got to take this thing
seriously. Have any of you chaps
read over that schedule we are
facing this year," Well. just take
a squirt at it, and you'll either
want to quit the game right
now. or feel the impulse to
plunge into break neck training
right away Man! That's some
chedule.
Take that Sewanee game. for
instance" and the voice or the
little Bulldog chief took on a
new note of seriousness and de-
termination-som thing akin to
the tone with which last fall he
sent his Sridiron warriors on the
field to face Birmingham South
ern, every one of them with
tears streaming down his face
We have got to make good
showing against those fellows.
Sewanee never has run over
Howard and | don't believe II
in you men to let them do II.
Coach Cope said quite a few
more words before the day was
over, hut they were just ordi-
nary words of farewell. The
keynote of his message to his
hogs, on the eve of his depnr-
ture for the summer was cN-
pressed in this terse sentence OF
his, "Ne'rc going to play some
football next fall" And those
who know the dapper iittie
coach hest realize that the foes
of the Bulldogs of 1928 will face
n battle mad, victory seeking
aggregation. Coach Cope has hnd
n wonderful year mt Howard
considering the handicaps of his
first year and the unsettled con-
dition of athletics at the East
Lake Institution when he took
chnrge-and not man VINO
VIZ. associated with Cope can
help but feel n tinge of regret
at his departure and look for
xxprI to his return next faii.