The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
GEORGE YARBRO OUCH TO HAVE CHARGE OF BULLDOG QUINT
Crimson Baske keteers Put In ], Initial Practice Of Season
 Al Central " Monday

The initial practice in the cage game held by the Baptists Bulldogs Monday brought out many things fer the Howard cagemen on their first fryovt. Coach Cope announced that the basket squad wAs to be in the hands of Coach George Yarsrough' who was in charge of the gfrfis bAs- lnetball team last year. >Frem hence on for the. year being in basketbau it will be Coach Yarbroughs se- Monday afternoons eracties also brought out the fact that the new mentor of basket activities has . world of worry before him. Only one letter man around which to- Ppld his team is no small task for any coach for that matter. And aside from that he will have very few men to select from since the s. I. A. A: ruling has barred freshmen.
 Toby Stubbs was the only letter man to report to practice Monday aft ernoon, and around this lad will be built the structure of the 1928 How ard basketball team. Toby furnishes . wonderful nucleus for. a team, but right there the team almost stops. Toby is all. He is valuable man, . wonderful pivoteer and feeder. a fine shot and good floor man, having several years oe experience back of him.
 Of the. new men. Ham Stevens is the most likely ,candidats to report Monday. It Is probably a dead cer- tainty that Ham will win his spurs on the Bulldog maehine.. as he won his letter, at the B. A. c. last year, and Ham is known To be e sterling aji-ropnd athlete. 1s Dawses Cut rsS feaw. .t
 Gene rs, Son aothsr of the new eon> VI at ayil 'oake a strong bid <sf as ,<eam. l. vas forward on ..av Iscaioosa 7h ei teaun back in h.a5 <ays. and :s 5TreFted lts push So. ,.,,s l9ody for sass .,s s..l 9, the years stand lNida. sssi com petition Mon- day aftensaoous acticA brought out no greater prog ;ts than tb% ones nnentior,ed, although Marvin .;Car- thy, of the gridiren, Is tg..sfag his First s4iot at the courting game.
 Affythet surprise that was sprung sn tb s.gGn4ts. .of ths cage men Mon- day was the announcement that Frapk Pierce had left school to be- eoy11S beaedict. This leaves the job oe s2askstbsQ laaaager open, and it Coleltnitee vii post nominations for the piace left vacant by the with dr aysl from sche0l~of Pierce.
 TAs election of basketball captain wth not cowe of until the team takes Yrtor6 deGnite s1ape, but at present ite, looks as if T TUoy Stubbsis the most prominent for t,,e job. Being the only letter man tp have made his let ter tn that branch sf sports, and al-
 Bays preVen valuable tQ all forms of RHllaog sports, ' seems that Toby is the logical rnan. for, the .place sprias Rossbaisf csp.
 Coach Cope ais, anIsune2s Nanday that right after exam rega week Al the East LaiFe sahod he yysild in Ss9snrats spring fdetAsit ''tt:a k Naeesssitatea by ne teeGs4{ rule pa s cd by thse S.s1s ssTi, 4harTinag. 3ressiI., zsan1 sse that ne St .year the hopes of fife sridiron will lie in the upper classmen. Mana ger elect Fred Car fer, of football, wifi he expected about the last ef the Iaonth to drag out the old eieats, upies and dummy for fhe'b nsnt of tEe men that expect to las 6e the team next year. 1na foS ball. This will inelu6e all men v ,. are not out ier bask@tball, and gttl., ones who want to so tout next year and eave Hever been out before. It is expected that by this means good line can De gotten on the material for next year, while the fundamentals of the game will be imparted to the candidates, thus saving lot of the preliminary work of the fall.
 So with the beginning of basket ball Monday under Coach George Yarbrough, the election 6f new baskefbali manager, and the spring training offootball men, it looks like the Kennel is in for a few things athletically. ... ......f,..
 The girls basketball team will also begin practice Wednesday afternoon, and since George Yarbrough has been promoted to coach of the varsity quintet, Coach Bob shelton will have oh arpa of tho o;rIc