The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-27
Game Slated For Thanks !, giving Morning Will Be
 One Of Best Of Season


 The Phillips high school and Wood lawn high school football teams went ahead with their customary practices yesterday afternoon in preparation for their game at Rick Wood Thursday morning in spite Of the fact that their fields were in very bad condition on account of the rain on Sunday night and Monday morning. This being the game that both teams have looked forward to more than any other game of the season, both squads went about their workout with greater willingness and enthusiasm than they would have under such conditions had 1t been one of their less important games.
 There is plenty of confidence in both camps and the two teams feel that the success or failure of their season is depending upon the out come oth the Turkey Day game. The result of this game is a mat ter that is difficult to dope out as the schedule of the two teams has been very different with the excep- tion of the game with Ensley which was given a great deal of considera- tion by both teams, but this game as played by Phillips was under such vastly different conditions from those that prevailed when Woodlawn played the Jackets. that it does not offer a really worthwhile basis of com | parison of the strength of the two 1 teams. PNllips played Ensley on a muddy fieH with quite a bit of rain fall during the actual playing time and came out with a nothing to nothing tie. Woodlawn played Ems ley on pretty day with the field in very good condition, played a 1 ia in, th.4 fl half allowed Ensley to score in the third quarter and then snatched the game out of the fire by putting over two -touchdowns in the final period and winning by the score of 13 to z.
 The schedules with the exception of the Ensley game have nothing of great value as means of comparison for while Phillips has played three strong high school teams other than has played three college reserve teams. three set-ups and Annistor high.
 Their Records.
 The schedules and the results arc as follows: Phillips 50, Opelika O
 Phillips 33, Anniston 0; Phillips 12 Columbus (Ga) 0; Phillips 20. Me ridian O; Phillips O. Ensley o; Phillips II
 Phillips 13, Central high of Chatta- nooga. 13; total points: Phillips, 140
 opponents, 20. Woodlawn 52. Pel City 0; Woodlawn AT, Disque 0; Wood
 lawn z, Birmingham Southern Re.
 serves 0; Woodlawn ', Howard Re.
 serves 0; Woodlawn 0, Alabama Re. serves IS; Woodlawni 49 Calhoun
 county high 6; Woodlawn 19. An.
 niston high IS; total points: Wood, lawn. 1S1; opponents. AS.
 The two teams have come througI , their season without an unusual mum Der of injuries and are in pretty } good shape for the game on Thanks giving morning. In the Phillips , squad the only ones that have an, injuries are McArthur, Cecil Ander son and Walter Gravlee. Out a Woodlawn Tom Jones is sufferins
 with his ankle and Brancroft has :
 sore side
 5 The Woodlawners put in, Ionge : practice Monday than the Phillip squad, but it was practically all sig nal work and an endeavor on tn, part of the coaches to workover man for the full back position a
 Burns has not been able to fill it sat isfactorily since the game with tn
 Alabama Reserves. English and Cav thorn changed places Monday an Higgins was worked at Clarl1's guard as Clark failed to go good agains i, the Anniston line Saturday. Peggy Allen is being used as general utilit
 man. having played every position O.
 the line and done well in all of then , The Phillips workout was of les duration than that of the Woodlawn CTS and was spent on the rudiment of the game, having the physica
 condition of the squad as an objec
 more than anything else. There wer about twenty-five out for the prac tice, all hoping that they would ge a chance in this final and most i'm
 portant game of the season. Ther , were no changes made in the ol
 lineup and the team will probabl
 go into this game with the same me } in the various positions that the l went into the Chattanooga gam : with.