The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-26
'BAMA STARTS
 SEPTEMBER 4 Shorty Propst Goes To End; Oliver At
 Guard

UNIVERSITY, Ala, Aug. 25.-(Spe- cial. )--0ne week from today, confer cnce rules permit football practice for the first time this season.
 Coach Wallace Wade, who made such an cnviable record his first year at Ala hama will call for the first varsity prac- tice, September 4. The first few days will, of course, be devoted to limber- ing up.9
 There arc no strangers on the varsity squad. Six weeks of intensive spring training served to acqusint all, includ. ing those from the Freshman squad with what would be expected this fall.
 Wade, who has, and deserves the con- fidence of all, is q strong believer in fundamentals. The squad has been taught football from the ground up." Alabama for that reason should be stronger this season than last. This does not mean a championship. The best eievens lose at times. Injuries and breaks of the game figure largely in the final count, as do wet ball, one fun. bic, penalty at critcial point, and numerous other things that cannot be figured in advance.
 Hubert Captain.
 Pooley Hubert, captain and fuIlback, should be one of the greatest offensive players in the south this year. Alabama was strong on defense last season. To become champions they must develop an offense. Gillis, Barnes, Cohen, Almon, Brown and McClintock are all fast backfield men. There is Whitaker. too, star in the games this spring who will probably start as a back this season, as well as Hussey and Wins lett. The backfield is well taken care of.
 Wade must find an accurate passer. MacCartee, who shot the forward passes last year, joined the matrimonial league few months ago, and will not return to the Capstone. Rosenfeld, who starred on the Freshman team will proba ply be sub quarterback.
 If Holmes. tho Fresh center comes through, he and Compton will fight it out for center.
 PrODst To End.
 Shorty Propst will probably go to end, and Jones will be shifted to the wing. Alabama lost her star ends, Clemens and Newton by graduation, as well as Rubber Baty of the backfield. All will be missed.
 Camp, Beckler and Langshorne are all good linesmen. Country Oliver too will probably be tried in the line for the first time this season. Other linesmen are Perry, Martin, Ennis and Pick ard. Caldwell, Kimball and Newton are god men coming up from the Fresh squad.
 Alabama, always strict on scholas- tic requirement, has declared Barnes and Johnson ineligible, unless certain conditions are worked off. Hustling Hank Crisp, Coach Wade's right bowc-, has reported for duty, after a strenu- ous season umpiring in the Kitty league. It is rumored that the fans caused him to take several fences on the run in any event Hank looks in perfect con. dition for the long grind.
 Russ Cohen. who will assist in coach- ing and do the scouting, will report September ]. Russ raises all the pea nuts that age sold in the ball parks throughout the country and holds the record for Burke county, Georgia.
 Open Sept. a.
 Alabama opens the season September 21 with Union on the campus, and the following Saturday jumps to Green vile, s. C., to tackle Furman. This game is sure to be q hard one, but Wade only smiles when he says, "If they beat us, 1t will be because they have the better eleven" Alabama will go to Carolina we'll prepared.
 Birmingham will see three big games in which Alabama will participate. The Sewanee game, always one of thrills, the super-strategists, Centre, and the Georgia Bulldogs, always fighting every inch of the way.
 Already reservations are being made for these games and if the seasons at. tendance justifies it, one of the large eastern elevens will be brought down next year for a game nr Redwood.