The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18
Annual Magic City Battle To Come Off Next Saturday Afternoon At Redwood

A crew or Bulldogs with freshly honed teeth emerging from a fast of several weeks Is menace to be feared, and to be lodged, If possible. That's just what Coach Cope has done to his pedigreed Pit Bulls, which are Quartered in the Howard Kennels at the eastern end of the city Every tooth has been honed to a razor edge and the Bulldogs have been on star vation rations so that they would be that much more ravenous for Sat urday, November 24, which by the way. Is the earliest Saturday docketed on the calendar.
 Still, a pretty good way to combat such & bucuspid plague is to kick and cuff a menagerie of Partners into rage, gouge 'em at various and sundry places of their hides with salt soaked cant-hooki and say sic 'em!" as the tempestuous Bulldogs heave into view. The Panthers' claws are sharper than year-oid cider. their tempers are at their worst, and they promise to be far from the docile pets they have emuiated all season as the acid test approacheth.
 Thus old Kid Irresistible Force meets Toughguy Immovable object at Redwood field the coming Saturday in what has been appropriately styled Tho Marne of Football" BirmingA ham will be flooded by hecticity sev- eral rect ueep ana inundated WlLn college yells as the local colleges swing into action next Saturday aft ernoon at two bells.
 Eight thousand fans braved the rain and mud in 1922 to see Bir mingham Southern trim Howard. Birmingham-southe didn't. The Panther didn't exactly tuck his tail on that memorable occasion, but asfhe old negro says, The tuck his beatin.'" HHa u-1 Dull fa swim shoals of odds and then through a turbulent surf of doubt to grab off the 1922 victory, but they did 1t; Bwam until their heads swan; but swam- swan -swam. Also Diff bam- bam! The Bulldog, with enough odds against 1t to discourage the worlds champion optimist. nosed out a to ' victory over the Panthers. The writer once saw an unexpurgated edition of the Panther's remarks over that celebrated disappointment, trans lated from the Pantherese into ob scene English, but said edition no doubt has been destroyed through fear of the owner that he might have to spend several years in the Hotel de Leavenworth, should Uncle Sam find it In his possession.
 Howard Is Favorite.
 This year the tables have been turned from dope standpoint. Whether Birmingham-Sout can duplicate last years feat of Howard or not remains to be seen. The Panther, cocky and strutting his stuff last year, wilted before the end of the game and was forced to bow in submission before his canine foe. This year it is the Bulldog that is doing the strutting. He has been go- ing around for weeks with his chest thrown out at a forty-five degree angle, his tail hoisted and the odds on him by boaucoup margin. What Saturday will bring forth remains to be seen.
 It was thought that local fans would get pretty good line of com how the Psnthers stacked up against Joe Guyon's Union team Friday. It will be remembered that Howard held the strong Unionites to 0-0 score. But such an opportunity for com parison was knocked out by virtue of the fact that the Friday game was called off owing to the death of W. II. Stockham, a trustee at Birmingham- Southern. The calling off of the game gave tho Partners week more of rest than their Howard foes enjoyed, the Bulldogs Journeying to Chatta- nooga to do battle against the Moe casins.
 Old Hoss Candy. outstanding star and brilliant end of the Panthe. squad was all crippled up in the game against Chattanooga at Gadsden a week ago. So was Red Farr, the brilliant fullback of Birmingham Southern. The canceling of the Union game however. will give Hoss and Red two weeks rest and it is thought they will be fit as a fiddle | with all strings intact when the Marne-- of Football" gets going next Saturday at Redwood field.
 Stevens In shape.
 Ham Stevens, the star quarter at Howard, is said to be In the best of shape. However, if Ham should get jolt in tho fray that would send him to the sidelines, it Is said that he has an understudy in Tinklepaugh. who is just as good as Ham himself In generalship and offensive warfare. Mccarthy. another stalwart Howard back, is expected to oo considerable ground gaining against the Panther ferocious animals flying at each others threats next Saturday after noon.
 The main thing that has builded up the annual meeting of these two teams from a battle of obscurity to one of the best attended games staged hero each year Is the fact that it has always proven a battle-one Of the toughest and hardest battles of the season. The two teams have been meeting on the gridiron since 1908. At that time Howard had a stem : he warmly clasped tho hand of well wishers. When he finally composed himself Sinclair gave credit for the