The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-29
STEVENS AND GRAHAM
 LIKELY TO HOOK UP
Dope Is Twisted As Auburn Beat Howard, But s Latter Has Best Record

The Hrst gaxne of Birmingham's er- Ausl college classic Of the diamond will be played Wednesday afternoon on Berry field. Howard college. at 3 escIock. With both teams having played Auburn here during the past week and Howard iosing to them iu an upset gaue. to 2. and Birminsh Southern Manutng an equally close one from the fa rather twisted. .--s
 Throughout the season the Dogs have put up "a better brand of ball than the opponenfs of Wednegday. Auburn, Florida, Gtetson and Thurman are among thoee taken in tow by the RulldOgs, and behind Ham Stevens, "snake" Bains and rody stubbs lthe Bulldogs have certain clement is imbibed in the com ing encounters when one considers the tendency of the Bulldogs to blow up in the pinch. This has happened on one or two times, and though the East Lake nine has a decided edge on the Owen cur In one of, the games and the RAnthers cop. even if outpiayed.
 Graham To Pitch
 Babe Graham, who won the only game that the Panthers copped from Howard last year, will probably work the first game Wednesday. while "Dukie. Hamilton, who pitched to vic tory over Auburn Saturday. will likely be saved until the Friday game.
 rhe personnel of the Panther team Wednesday will be very uncertain. ssEullo" Williams, star outfielder of last year who hos been playing third ..I base T. {: Richardson, q scrub, may not be in the game Wednesday. With Williams out, the team will lose a lot of itsr offensive power as well as the presentation of a gaping hole at third
 Tn the outfield, Aubrey Miller, also . veteran. was out of the game satur- day. Yerman Kifnbrough, hard-hit- tins player. was in right and obtained two-ply swat in two attempts. Whether Kimbroueh or Miller will play Wednesday, however. is still undecided.
 With these exceptions, the team will line up as usual. with Mickey o'Brien behind the plate, "Skeebie' Caldwell on First. Captain Ben Engieberf on second and Flash" Mitchell and Mike Nor t top in the other two outfield posi- tions. s esg
 Bulldogs Train 4
 For the past two weeks. Coach Cope has been working his team at top speed to get them in the best of shape for the Panther game. The one big failing of the Bulldog outfit this year has been base running. They very seldom have any trouble in getting on base, but throughout the whole season they have had trouble in getting around the bases after they got on. Coach Cope is giving the players quite few pointers this week on the art of running around the paths, and his team is expected to show more improvement in this line when they meet the Partners. i. Despite the fact that the Bulldogs are decidedly weak in some departments of the game, they have been strong enough in others to hang up q good record with the teams that they have played. They have lost only one series to any college team. and this one was to the University of Alabama. They have beaten Florida four straights and they also took two out of khree from the Auburn Tigers beside breaking even in a two-gaine series with Stetson university. When sone considers the strength of these teams t can easiy be said that the Bulldogs have had a pretty nice year. a. Net 0xereoRfidens
 However, this has not made them one bit overconfident in regard to the SC. rles to be played with the Panthers. The Bulldogs seem to have an edge in the records for this season, but they can't get away from the fact that Au- burn beat them Friday. thing which they failed, to do to the PantherS on Saturday. 4s48f
 The biggest asset that the Bulldogs have ia q good pitching staff it the per- I sons of Stevens, Bains and Stubbs. N Stevens is generally considered to be N the best of this trio on account of his N great work this year. However. that Ia \ not saying that Bains and Stubbs are not good hurlers, as both ok them A have had a nice record on the mound. Al # these three men can get right for the Panther series, the Southern bats II men are in for quite a bit of trouble. \ Regardless of the outcome of the se- \ ftess the games are sure 10 Be hard fought and large crowd Is expected \ to watch the two teams have their an nual diamond clash. aSFTt