The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
PHILLIPS TEAM WINS CITY
CRIMSONS OUTLAY JUNIOR COLONIES AND WIN, IA TO 0
Captain Holder Stars For
 Phillips In Last Game Of High School Career

w OOQldWn sCHOOl lOSb lhSAl r Annual game to Phillips High school
 today by the score of 14 to 0, after
 holding the Crimsons to & 0 to tie
 in the first half. The Crimsons out
 played the Junior Colonels in the first
 half and missed scoring by a narrow g margin. z
 Rickwood field presented a very i1 different aspect to those who went 'aout to see the game Saturday aft 9oernoon from what it had on Thursday
 afternoon. The ponds of water had lebeen drained away and the work of stwo days sunshine had brought about .ra wonderful change in the field, talk s8ng away the slime and slippery mud :; v but it was still 8 bit heavy.
 loE The game was scheduled to start a it.2 o'clock and by 1:45 the students @were getting the stands well filled .uand beginning to give their yells. The
 Woodlawn team came on the field first led by their captain, Billy Ban
 croft. By the time Bancroft had i7sotten away a few punts and Moore ohad kicked a few drop-kicks the a Phillips squad came in and took its place on the east side of the field g for little warming up.
 s Referee Giliem called the two cap o tains to the mdidle of the field for the toss which was won by Captain
 Holder for Phillips, and the two '. teams lined up for the kickoff. Holder
 kicked to the Woodlawn 25-yard line 
 Woodlawn player and Anderson re- covered. Grill made four over right
 tackle. On the next play a Phillips
 man fumbled and Woodlawn recov- *ered on their own 24-yard line. Wood
 lawn was unable to make first down ~'-snd punted to Phillips and the ball was downed on the 38-yard line. On five successive first downs the Phillips team carried rne ball to the Woodlawn five-yard line; but the d1ou fy1,t hafr da. fense here and the Crimsons were un- able to score. The ball went over Bancroft punted out to his 30-yard line and the Junior Colonels managed to keep the ball well away from their own goal line the rest of the half. Just before the half ended Ban croft tried his second forward pass , of the game and Moore received 1t, making about seven yards on 1t. Second Half.
 In the second half Holder opened the period by kicking to the Wood lawn five-yard line. Woodlawn was
 unable to mako first down and Ban
 croft punted. Holder then made nine yards around left end on the first
 play, and few minutes later tore off
 long H-yard run around right end
 placing the ball on the 15-yard line. On two bucks by Grill and two by Holder the ball was taken over for
 s touchdown. The goal was kicked by | Holder.
 Holder kicked to the 15-yard line and Levvy returned to the 33-yard line. Bancroft and Levvy gained only five yards on two backs and Ban croft attempted a pass, but it was in tercepted by Grill and carried to the 33-yard line. Holder and Grill made three yards on a delayed pass around right end and Grill made two over the line. Holder then tore off 19 yards putting the ball on the Wood lawns 10-yard line. Grill went for
 three and Holder for three more.
 Grill failed to gain on his next at
 tempt and Holder carried it four
 yards for the touchdown. Grill
 kicked goal. Score. Phillips 14,
 Woodlawn 0.
 From this time on there was very
 little possibility of a score by either
 team and most of the play was well
 out of the danger zone. The Wood
 lawn team allowed the Phillips
 team to get near enough for Grill
 to try a place kick, but the ball went
 wide of it's mark and Woodlawn took
 up the play on the 2o-yard line.
 Woodlawn did not open up their for
 ward pass attack as was expected,
 but confined their attempts to line bucks at which both Moore and Burns did we'll but not sufficiently well to make first down. and Ban croft was forced to resort to his bunting to keep the ball ou of his danger zone. WoOdlnwn Outplayed. The Crimson and White clearly out played the Junior Colonels, making II first downs to the Gold and
 Whites two. Their greater weight was an important factor in their superiority and they took advantage of this fact and confined their eff forts to a style of play that made their weight count to the greatest extent. They resorted to forward passes occasionally, but only two of their six attempts were successful. Bancroft had the edge on Holder In his bunting, his punts averaging all most 40 yards, but Holder outplayed the little Woodlawner when 1t came to his runs, at which Harry excelled. Holder, playing the last day of his high school football career, turned In the greatest game that he has ever played and so ended his 1 fareer by covering himself with sglory in great game at the close bf great season by coming through Tor the gains that were the deciding factor in an otherwise closely con tested game.
 great game, especially Jim Smith and Bob Bowden. Cy Anderson put tip great game at end. doing some Heautiful blocking and tackling. EThe game was an exceedingly clean game and only four penalties were inflicted, these being for off side.
 The sportmanship of the contend ing players was excellent and the Hacking that the student bodies gave their teams was worthy of mention. MThe combined band of the two