The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30

If the Bulldog of Howard col lege had campus bell, as the Bulldog of the University of Georgia. the East Laker would probably be oiling it's hinges and testing it's clapper, as the day of the first baseball game of 1923 with the Panther of Birmingham Southern dawns.
 There is a tradition at Georgia that has been handed down year by year, through generations of grads and undergrads, and al most makes ones flesh crawl to consider. Georgia has great. rusty bell, hanging from stee- pie towering over the campus, When Georgia triumphs over foe, that great bell tolls forth the news on the night after the victory. The thought of that rust-eaten bell, tol1ing it's story through a stormy night, as vic- tory Bulldogs tug violently on the rope, is enough to bring shivers to ones backbone, espe- cially to the enemies of the Bull dogs of Georgia. Throughout the ages, ghost stories have been told. dealing with tolling bells at midnight. and deaths that follow, and for that reason the story of bell that rings at night is al- ways a somber tale.
 Nevertheless, the Bulldog of Howard would be oiling it's bell if it had one, for the Bulldog is eager with anticipation of vic- tory over the Panther today.
 Ham Stevens. "The" Ham Stew ems of gridiron and baseball Il |, .tt,rr h tie for the Bulldogs. and the East Lakers are banking their all on Ham to come through this after noon.
 Meanwhile. undergrads of Sum shine Slope are not in a dOwn- cast mood, and the campus rings with that xOnG so well known to generations of Panthers'
 "Birmingham has n Panther,
 With long and grizzly hair. Howard has BulldOEs
 Now won't that make n pairf"
 And so. down through it's "rnmbling'' verses.
 It promises to be . great day in Birmingham, with pasttmers from the eastern side of town en- tertnining invaders from the west. when the Panther of Bir- minEham- Southern plays the Bulldog of Howard on Berry field Monday afternoon.
 Red Herring will probably be featured in the next headline bout at the Birmingham A. c. This information was given out Sunday by Dave Evans, who is handling matchmaking at the B. A. C. while Tommy Tompkins is awas with Claude Wilson.
 Dave stated Sunday night that he Is trying to secure the serv- ices of Battling Budd of Atlanta for a 10-round bout with Red here a week from Monday night. Failing to obtain Budd's sigma ture to a contract. he will prob ablJ import a good welterweight from New Orleans to oppose the popular sorrel-topped battler, he stated.
 Red Herring and Dave Evans left for Memphis late Sunday night. as Herring boxes Knock out Dugan at the Bluff City Monday night. They will return here Tuesday to wind up arr engagements for a fight show at the B. A. C. a week from tonight.
 It would hardly he appropriate to say thnt Johnny McGrnw picked . morning glory in Jack Bentley. for that little flower is m ewrIy biOOmer. Jack isn't m early blOOmer, for he hasn't bIossOmed forth with anything yet. still, If he doesn't start winning n few ball games for the Giants. Gotham fans will main- tain that he is n blOOmer. never theIess. Bentley was bumped off again yesterday, in his second stsrt on the mound for the Giants.
 FATE
 Why can't the Barons beat Dixie?
 Why do the Pels beat Bates? It's an unanswered mystery,
 So blame it on the Fates.
 Headline says BarOns md Pels were forced to detour n wreck somewhere down around Meri- dian. Maybe the Pels managed to detour 1t, hut Joe Dunn's men were in the midst of . smash-up the minute they started that game against Roy Walker. Bir- mingham pastimers stood as much chance of beating that guy as . toothless old woman In . chewing gum contest with some of the modern flnppers.
 Babe Ruth may not hit as many home runs as he once did. but he Is stip the king of them all as popular hero Sunday, at CHI ton. N, J., Babe hit a home run, and mob violence almost took place, as the crowd swarmed out 0&ho,. Cnn~&c pnrn 1(