The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
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They will roll that football along as they say in the song, at City park, starting Monday. Tomorrow the Pan ther charges, 60 of them, with Coach Harold Drew and s. D. Runser in charge will gather at City Park for the first football work of the year isofar as Birmingham-Southern is con cerned. They start tomorrow in prepa- ration for their opening battle, which is less than a month away. Saturday September 27. they meet the Auburn Tigers at Munger Field.
 On that day the new stadium wall be opened and dedicated, and Tor that reason the scrimmages before the Iirst game and all the practice work wlil be staged at City park, which IS just a few blocks from the college. It was thought best to bar the candidates rom the new field, in order to give the turf a chance to spread itself ana grow before that opening game.
 As the Panthers 90 into the initial workout of the season the supporters of the Gold and Black are in quandary. New coaches take charge of the team this fall, installing new coaenlng system. The conservatives admit they'lF have to wait and see the can didates in action before they form an opinion as to how the Panthers will stack up this year. For. many years now the midwest style of football has been in vogue at Sunshine Slopes. The new order of things sees the shelving of this style of play both defenslvely and extensively, while Coaches Brew and Runser put the boys through the eastern style of football.
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 Another thing that is causing specu- lation is how the line will stack up this season. That Birmingham-South,, ern line is an unknown quantity and will probably remain so until the ac- tual test comes in a game. Runser, an old Penn State star, will have charge of coaching the line, while Drew, head coach, will take charge of the back field.
 The backs seen to give bit more promise than the line. Mitt' Greene and Greek Griffin, two star backfield men of the 1922 Panther machine, after absenting themselves from the campus for a year, will be back with the spangles on this season, and there will be a general rejoicing when they make their appearance at Munger Field to- morrow. Then, too, the old reliable Red Farr, who made a venture into the backfield last season and succeeded, will be there at full, while Bullo Williams, Black, Yielding Stead and Anderson will be there to add strength to be backfield.
 Birmingham-Southern will face an extremely tough schedule this season, and while Coach Drew realizes the strenuosity ahead of him and his men, he will tear into the schedule with a smile. The first three games of the season will find the Panther meet ing Auburn, Vanderbilt and Fort Benning in a row. Such three foes at the start of a football season is enough to throw fear into the heart of any coach, but Drew says with a smile : "Give us an even break in the luck, and we will not be disgraced in any of those three games"
 The new stadium is complete in ev- cry detail now, the finishing touches having been placed on 1t this week. The ground-keeper will seek to nurse it along and have it in excellent shape for that opener, Saturday, September 27.