The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
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With Preliminary Training Nearly Over, Pitts
 Plans To Labor Candidates

AUBURN, Ala, Sept. 6.-(Spe cial. .)-With the first weeks work fin ished in preparation for he1924 foot ball campaign the Auburn Tiger c;.ndi dates will launch into a more exten sive training period next week.
 The work for the week just passed has been of a preliminary nature. con sisting of various workouts incidental to conditioning and to familiarize the candidates with the extreme hot weather prevailing on the Auburn campus, which usually holds out through the month of September.
 Next week will probably be devoted to more fundamental work with longer working periods with considerable at tention being given to the advanced stages of football training. While the preliminary tactics will be indulged in almost exclusively for a time, the fact that the Tigers will run up to Birming- ham to open the season with tEe Bir- mingham-Southern Panthers on Sep tember 27, will not be overlooked. The Methodist institution is planning a great day on the 27th. when they plan officially to open the Birmingham Southern stadium with the Tiger Panther melee being the big event of the opening ceremonies.
 The initial weeks work, which closed late Saturday afternoon, has seen up ward of forty gridders taking part in the prelims. It is expected that Mon day afternoon will find practically the whole list of candidates who are ex- pected to return back on the campus and ready to get into the thick of the grid activities.
 While no indications have been made by the coaches as to who may be called on to hold the various posts on the team, few changes are expected, of a radical nature. At the pivot position Captain Fats Lawrence is expected to reign supreme. Three worthy assist ants might be named for the Tiger lead CT in the personages of Earl Lutz, Fats McNeil and Abe" Robinson. Lutz has weight and has had experi- ence in line playing with considerable work at center last year.
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 Robinson comes to the Pitts camp from last seasons freshman ranks, where he stood out as stellar per former at Center last year. McNeil, HICKS WelgHt, put Wltn nES experience should be ready for work at center.
 The guard positions apparently are in fair shape for the coming season, with "Swede" Sitz, "BulI'' McFadden, and Jelly" Self, as a trio that will form q neucleus for the guard lay out All of these huskies tip the beams around 180, while Self might go to the POO pound stalwart, will be strong contender for a varsity berth on the line and he may be considered for a guard by the coaches. Huckabe, with his weight and rugged style of play will make it interesting for those in the race with him for permanent jobs From the rat team come Hoffman and Lovelace, two husky ex-freshmen, the former weighing around POO, while the latter would reach the 230 mark, who are in the workouts for line position
 Red" Harkins and Minnie" Brice are the only letter men from last years tackle roster. Both these veterans will probably remain at their posts with the exception of Harkins' handicap of in- juries last season both turned in an excellent record last season. However,