The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-18

A holiday trip on which they will play the soldiers of Camp Bennlns ana the Y. M. c. A. quintet of Albany, Ga.' on December 29 and 30, respectiveiy, has been arranged for the Blues or the Birmingham Athletic club, Coacn Erwin announced Wednesdaye'n1ght.
 This cage jaunt into Georgia will follow immediately after the opening basketball clash of the season for the Clubbers, when they tackle the Baylor Bears, many times champions of the southwestern conference in recent years, on the B. A. c. court on Friday night, December 26.
 Fine Schedule
 The scheduling of the two battles with Camp Benning and Albany Y, two of the strongest independent cage combinations in the southland, com pletes probably the best basketball menu arranged for the local club in several years. The Blues will play 16 games: an exceptionally large number, II or which will take place on home courts. Fans believe it to be the niftiest sched- ule in many season, with the regular Auburn, Alabama and Atlanta Ath- letic clubs, in addition to battles wlth Mississippi A. & M., Vanderbilt, oe- vance and the two local colleges. And the Blues will have team which will handle the heavy schedule arranged by Coach Erwin and Manager Leighton in great style. Many cage season has come and gone since the E. A. C. ltas had the prospects for great quin- tet as that which will represent the Blue this year, according to critics and fans who have watched the practice | easp,opc nf tho 1oca1 CluhharS
 Many Additions
 The addition of Jesse Duke and Fred Hahn from the ranks of the Auburn Tigers, Tom Anderson from the Ala bama Crimsons and Ham Stevens from the Howard Bulldogs, together with tho return of practically every member o the quintet of season back. has caused the members and followers of the Blues to believe their favorites will certainly go strong this year.
 There is plenty of defensive materia
 as we'll as some excellent floor mel
 and basket tossers in the group wh' are working out daily at the Athteti
 club, but Coach Erwin is finding tfoubl in getting pivot man who can get tn
 tip-off. The two Hahns, Hub ant Fred. are being used as centers. al CnOuSU tIelT HtlSHL anu AoSAA ities are not as good as could be. How
 ever. both men are excellent basketeers
 and will make good on the quintet. The
 would make fine forwards should tn
 B. A. c. mentor not be in dire nee'
 of a center.
 Quartet Of Forwards
 At present, there are four forward
 who are standing out in the practic sessions-Tom Anderson, Ollie HilburI Norman Mandy and Ham Stevens. A of them are star performers and will SC ,, considerable service, although it doubtful at present which of the qual tet will get the call. The first tw
 named seem to be going great, however.
 Fred and Hub Hahn are holding dow P the pivot job, and are playing excelleI 7 basketball. They will be valuable cos ? in the B. A. c. machine, and may l used alternately.
 Armistead Leake, Jesse Duke, Hug Montgomery and Martin Ferguson for . strong quartet of guards in the fol : and all of them will be used extensivel
 Montgomery is probably the best O Q fensive man of the group, but Ervi e has long used a pair of back guart
 in games on the local court, due