The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
COLONIES PREP FOR BIG BATTLE
WOOdlawn In Good Shape For Shelby Saturday
 Morning

Woodlawn's Junior Colonels will meet in open combat the Shelby county high eleven at Redwood field Saturday morning at 9:45 sharp. According to the team statistics, the two are about evenly matched, so a rare encounter can be expected. Woodlawn has won every game this season, defeating Eldridge Baptist Academy with a heaping score, the Moundville Aggies easily, Phillips with good margin, Coffee High in Florence, and Tuscaloosa at the Druid City, while on the other hand the Wild cats from Columbiana have also had a victorious season. They easily de feated Jefferson county, who turned around and whipped Bessemer with a score of z to 0. The Ensley Yellow jackets won from Bessemer by z to 6.
 Out at Woodlawn, the suburban team had long afternoon of signal drilling on a dusty field, with the coaches run ming all three teams. Several changes have taken place on the line, but the backfield is the same. Captain Tom Jones has been shifted into guard, while Rhudy, one of the best of the squad, and big gun in the line, has been put at tackle. "Pig" Allen, who did so well in the game against Phil lips, has been wedged off of end by the on-rushing Chandler. The full eff feet of these changes will show up in Saturdays game.
 The fellows have given the backfield consisting of "Pots" Levvy, Griffin, Nunnally and Burns the nickname the dashing iron mans -Four Horsemen." Several members of the team take print ing and they have printed several hun dred cards with Levvy's name, the school and "The Dashing Iron Man" printed upon them. "Pots" won his name when he marched through the en- tire Phillips team on the kickoff and has lived up to it ever since.
 Shelby Coming Strong
 Coach Lillie has added a veteran of all sports to his staff to help him whip his Wildcats into form. The veteran is no other than the farmed Baron of two years ago and late of the Chattanooga Lookouts, Sumter Clarke. Clarke made All-Southern at the University of South Carolina at end. These two coaches have one of the best men in the state in Finley, their 200-pound end, who is captain of the team this year and made all-state last season. Finley does his stuff in all phases of the game, but when it comes to going down on punt, he is all there. Another one of the Wildcats big aces is Roony, back field man, who has done well all sea- son and is veteran of last year.
 The Shelby county Wildcats were runners-up in the post-season State High Schools Athletic association cham pionship, being beaten by the champion Cullman high school eleven in a ter rife battle. The Columbiana eleven has practically the same team back this year and they are out for killing. If the Colonels can whip this team from down south, they have a mighty good rating for the championship, which would probably rest on the results of their clash with Ensley Thanksgiving, but if they are not careful the suburbans may lose some of their dignity.
 COIOnels Work Hard
 As to the work out on the field at Woodlawn, Coach Hood says: If we don't win Saturday, I have no alibies. We are in good all around condition and we are working hard. I'm not giv- ing them anything extra, just keeping them hard at it every day." In the practice Wednesday, Burns was calling the signals, but more than likely Levvy will call the signals in the clash Satur- day. All three teams were given hard signal drill during the afternoon. The Iron Man, as Levvy has been named, is doing good work kicking, passing and receiving at the practices and he is in rare condition for the game Burns, too, is going strong, while on the line, Jones, Rhudy, Chandlsr and Chapple are all at their best. Since recovering from his illness, Griffin has been giv- ing all corners a fit and is hitting the line like block of stone. He is said to be one of the heaviest hitters in the whole squad.
 This coming game Saturday morning at 9 :45 o'clock at Redwood promises to be one of the hardest fought battles in the high school schedules this season, and as it will have a good deal to do with the high school championship. It is expected to draw one of the largest crowds yet to attend a high school game.