The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
PAINTERS ENTER LAST WEEK
 OF PRE-OPENING PRACTICE WITH FRIGHTENING OUTLOOK
Shifts In BackfieId At Bir-
 miggham- Southern Seem
 To Have Overcome Weak ness Of That Department


 Birmingha gham-Southern football team will open their season in Bir- mirigham Saturday when they meet the Jacksonville Normals at Rick wood field It was at first thought that Redwood would be unavailable for this date and the authorities kindly came through with the offer to give Berry field to the Panthers for this date. The generous offer would have been accepted, but for the fact that Billy West made room for the game at Redwood, announce ments to this effect being made this week.
 As tho first game of the season ap- breaches Panther stock shows a starting off of the football work there was a weeping and wailing and 8 gnashinG of teeth. The W. W. and g. of t. could be heard throughout the breadth and length of Jones Valley. "Yes, we have no backfield today" was the refrain of Birming ham Southern followers. A good line, kicking material of an unknowl, quantity and a woe-begone looking backfield about made up the analysis of the club.
 Recent developments, however, tend to show that the backfield is com ing through in good style and that Coaches Brown and Wingo are much better off in this respect that they had at first figured. The shifting of Red Farr to full was the thing that brought the rift in the clouds and emphasized the silver lining. Red Farr, & big man, is also fast man. And too, Red Richardson has been doing the best work of his career at half-back. It is beginning to look like Black and Godbee will develop sufficiently under the tutelage of Wingo to star later. If they come through as expected, the Panther ma chine will be rolling smoothly ana should experience little difficulty in annihilating the Jacksonvillians In the initial encounter.
 Coach Wingo's automobile was scrambled by freight train the past week and the popular mentor was in the car as the scramb1ing process started. They took him to the hos pital for repairs and junk man picked up the automobile in pieces' The coach had quite miraculous escape, and after sojourning at the fnfirnary for a few days he re- turned to the Panther campus nurs- ing a black eye and bruises and also Q hone that some of his backfield men would be able to treat the enemy this season the same way that the train had treated him. This ynioht he asking tCo much of the huskies, but Doug is living in hope nevertheless.
 The lineup Coach Brown will use against the Jacksonville boys Will trot out in this wise: :. old floss Candy and HoweH at lends. ,-,
 Weeks, Pritchard and Ashwander'
 Levie starting at center with Rawis to follow.
 Red Richardson at one-halt ana a toss up between Godbee, Black anu Yielding for the other halfoacK ooo'
 Red Pharr at fullback.
 Calhoun, who is fitting in nlcely at tackle. is a newcomer to Birmlng- He pastimed for four wears at Grove Hill and Andy Ja11e who coached that organization touted him as wonder.
 But two scrimmages have been neId +bus far by the Partners, and what bas been learned of the team mas been largely through hearsay, guess work and paper-flguring. The real fast will come Saturday and then +he sunporters of the Gold-and- Black . ers will know who's who, what's what and just what may be expected. StlIl, ~ ia rather encouraging to note that Coach Charlie Brown is smiling more ,,romIscously over the outlook TOT hackfield work than he was a week ayo At that time Charles race was ,nore full of gloom than Luis flrpo 5 ,nush is of whiskers-