The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
SIDNEY LANZER PA YS BESSENER HIGH FR
BESSEMER PLAYS IMPORTANT GAME WITH SIDNEY LANIER
Game To Be Played At BeSse- mer High Field Friday Aft ernOOn

The eyes of prep football fans over central and southern Alabama will be focused on Bessemer Friday, when Red" Harris Tigers meet Sidney Lanier of Montgomery in what prom ises to be one of the hardest grid games of the year. This will be the first test of strength between the 2 northern ce utral and the southern di- vision of teams of the Alabama High z School Athletic association, and while it may not be regarded as a cham : pionship struggle, it will afford the first opportunity of comparing teams : of the two divisions.
 Besse1ner has played a representa- s- tive schedule in the northern central
 division, W hile. Sidney Lanier has covered the southern field with games with the strongest elevens in that . section. The Bessemer- Sidney Lanier game each year is the classic or tne J association, always affording the ba- sis upon which comparative scores are arrived at. For the past decade .s practically. these two teams have met annually and on this long record there is not an incident to be recalled which has proven unpleasant in the z j,relations of the two schools.
 Bessemer will face her ancient ri- val this year with one of the best de- S fensive organizations the school has , produced, though up to the present her offense has been little off. She will have three last year all-state .. men in the lineup, Parsons and Arm strong, tackles, and Granger' 1ul- back.
 Both Sidney Lanied and Bessemer k have dropped a game this season The Poets fell before Barton of Mo bile last Saturday by a score of 10 { O, while the Tigers lost to Jones Val ley several weeks ago ' to D, on Z what has been regarded generally as { a fluke win. An interesting side blight on Fridays game is the fact ! that John Harris, former Bessemer star. and brother to "Red," the Besse-
 mer coach, will be in the Poets lineup.
 A large crowd of fans from all over +be district will probably attend the game Friday, as this will be the only opportunity they will have to see any ! in action here this season.
 I.aniers probable lineup will De: willis, left end; Turnipseed, left faclxle: OBrien, left guard; Pater- son center; Lutz right guard; Burns, tackle; Brunson, right end 2 s~Peanut'' OBrien quarter back; hirt- s land and Reaves, half backs; sawyer
 fullback.
 MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov B.
 1SneciaI Leased Wire. )-Twenty
 members of the Sidney Lanier Hlgh school football team will leave here Friday morning for Bessemer, where they will play the Bessemer algh lilsl school eleven on Friday aiternooh. DO Il. Il, The Bessemer Tigers are old rivals of the Lanier lads and the game IS always the hardest fought contest or the season. , .N
 Injuries will probably handicap the success of the Poets in their engage nent Friday. Rough treatment py opposing teams in the last two pat tles has sent a number of regular to the bench for the past two weeks yet yet they will enter the game with the Ressemer outfit almost up to con
 dition. Several players received
 bruises and twisted ankles in last
 Saturdays fray with the Barton academy eleven. Lanier was defeat-
 ed by a to score by the Mobllians and will try to take out her revenge against the Jefferson county gridders tomorrow,