The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-20
INDICATIONS POINT TO BIG
 CROWD AT ANNUAL BATTLE
Ticket Sale To Be Second Only To That Of Auburn Centre On Towards Southern Game

Indications are that the Howard Birmingham-S Southern football battls at Redwood field Saturday will rank second only to the Auburn-Centre game of the past Saturday from an attendance standpoint. Big signs went up across the sidewalks from several downtown stores Monday, and it so happened that the signs were placed before the tickets. Owing to d little delay in the printing of the tickets they were not available.
 T bave never seen anything like 1t" said pr. C. l.. Hagan. The boys came along and placed the signs. but didn't leave the tickets. All day long patrons dropped into the store and inquired about the tickets. We were forced to tell them that they. had not been placed on sale. They then pointed to the sign and were nonp]ussed. So many inquiries this carly leads me to believe that big ger crowd than saw the Sewanee- Alabama game will be on hand Sat- Irday for the AIarne of Football.1 I understandt the Partners and Bull dogs played to about, eight thousand fans last year and this in spite of the fact that a cold winter rain fell the greater part Of the day and was still falling when the game got go- ing. With a sunshiny afternoon the crowd mark should go much beyond ten thousand"
 Beach Cnenoweth was in much the same predicament as pr. Hagan. They came by for the tickets and l had none,,' said Beach. If every body who asked about tickets Mon- day Is going to that game, I know they are going to have a crowd" said Beach. T have been following that game for years and have never seen the interest so high as this year. The man who named 1t thetMarne of football knows his stuff. Six of the battles. since 1908 have been won by two point margins, in 1914 and 1915 they ended in 6-6 ties, and Howard has won seven and Birmingham Southern five of the games. I don't believe there are any two colleges in the country who can match that for consistency and closeness of scores."
 The same seating arrangements as was used in the Auburn Centre game of the past Saturday will be used for the Panther Bulldog scrap, but the reserved seat idea will not be used. The seats will go on first come first served basis, with the student body of Birmingham South ern occupying the circus seats on the eastern side of the gridiron and the Bulldog rooters and student body in the concrete bleachers running parallel with the gridiron on the west If every available seat Is taken for the Saturday game 15,000 reople will see the game.
 nulIdogs Back From Game.
 Coach Harris c. Cone and his Howard Bulldogs returned from Chattanooga Sunday feeling their oats and sore spots. It. is under stood that the batteriifg ram tactics used by the powerful Chattanooga chargers left the Howardites much sthe worse for wear--so much in fact that report came from East Lake Monday that Coach Cope would be very light with his men in prepara- ation for their supreme test of the season at Redwood next Saturday. | The ex-Sewanee mentor realizes that lnuch harm can be done in wearing flown bruised and sore football auskies with stiff scrimmages. As fresult no scrimmaging will be done at Howard this week, signal drills Sand the like featuring the work. | Ham Stevens will start at quarter For the Bulldogs Saturday, but he may be forced to relinquish the reins tto the brilliant Tinklepaugh later in the game. Mccarthy. who is one of inc best offensive backs in the How ard roster. will probably start at halfback job from the jump Saturday.
 Birmingham Southern certainly profited by the rest :5iven them last week. They were booked to play Union college. but owing to the death of W. HSStockham, trustee at the college, the game was called off. This will give the Panthers two weeks rest before they enter against the Bulldogs and any one who knows the workings of football realizes that a two weeks rest at this stage of the game will work miracles with a football outfit. The Partners are expect d to show more dash and color saturday than at any tim this sea son when the lseerees whistle starts tlH two men off on the "Marne Of football' Saturday.
 The bre thi' spell has given Hoss Candy. Red Farr and Red Richardson a chance to nurse their injuries along and they will be in the pink of con dition when Panther and Bulldog line up before,the greatest crowd that ever saw the annual scrap between the two colleges at Redwood field 70