The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-02
PAINTERS WILL
NOT Use RATS
Vandy Game Is Likely To
Be Played BY Varsity
With No Freshmen

The Pied Piper of Hilltop ran over
the stops Of his bag pipe Tuesday and
called in all his Rats. When the Biz
mingham- Southern Panthers battle
Vanderbilt in Nashville next Saturday
the eleven win be simon pure and 100
per cent eligible. No Freshmen will
make the trip. Coch Harold Il. Drew
received notification Wednesday that
the Conimodores could encounter no
mixed combination, so the Panther
mentors tactics were changed. Coach
Clay jackson called in his Rats, whom
Coach Drew has been working on his
SQUAD and the class distinction was
again marked.
The director of Panther destinies on
the gridiron had planned to fill up
few weak spots with some exceeding
ly promising Freshman material for
the tough yandy scrap. Accordingly ne
had been running. several OF the lead
ing members of the first, year squad
in with the Varsity. Now, however,
his squad has been shorn of reserve
material from. the Rat eleven and the
same team which battled Auburn, prac-
tically, will start against Vanderbilt.
Conference rules prohibit Freshman
participation.
It was thought until Wednesday
that Freshman would be permitted to
play on the Varsity against the Com
modores. The McGugin men, in In
dulgent mood, complied last season to
the Panther directors request that Rats
be allowed to play. Now the Com
rnodores were looking for a nice little
practice tilt and these rugged athletes
were seeking q nice comfortable place
to fall and something softer than a
dummy to tackle. So they picked on
the Panthers. To their surprise they
awoke to find their chosen tackling
dummies grown -lip over night to an
aggressive combination of football play
ers and a gridiron machine of no mean
merit under the relentless coaching
of a demon slave driver, Harold Drew.
So the rule barring Freshmen will be
timely for Vandy. 0
While the McKugins were battlRg
tooth and toe nail to down insign-
ificant visitor from Arkansas, 1S to o.,
the Painters had freed the Auburn
Tiger after the latter had plucked a
7-point piece OF hide of the Feline's
back and fled. So Mr.. DAN McKugin,
after deploring. the fact that he had
overlooked a bet in not using his micro
scope a little more carefully in his
examination of, the toughness of the
Painters hide, probaly lost his big
r-to-little-brother attitude toward
Birmingham- Southern's Gold clad men
and decided that maybe after all his
men would fall on harder ground that
he had figured on.
j Meanwhile Drew is driving on. He
brought the entact Rat combine onto
Munger Bowl Saturday and turned the
Cats loose on them. They battled for
about two hours and a half to a draw,
the Freshmen showing a strong front
against the Varsity. The Rats had
score of Is to the Varsity's II. Childs
scored the Rats counters and Mauar
and Williams for the, Varsity.
The Panthers will be in good shape
for their game at Nashville. Although
Turner Scott and Curly Black, the
big stars of the Auburn game last
Saturday, are suffering with bad knees,
both are expected to be back in the
game with Vandy. The lineup will be
practically the same as the one which
faced Auburn last week. sy4.