The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-05
GILLEM WORKS
BULLDOGS HARD
Large Number Of Grip
pies On Squad Handi-
caps Howard

jerks Gillem, athletic mentor in the
camp of the Howard Bulldogs, is send
| ing squad of crippled but determined
Bulldogs through a week Of hard prac-
tice in preparation for the battle with
the Petrels of Oglethorpe Saturday at
Fleetwood field.
Some rather rough work Monday fol-
lowed by hard scrimmage Tuesday
afternoon greeted the Bulldogs in their
first two days practice, while the locals
will probably take things easier for the
remainder of the week in order to get
their long list of cripples in shape to
battle the stormy Petrol Saturday. A
varsity which contained but few varsity
men battled the scrubs Tuesday on Berry
field in a hard scrimmage. with about
four regulars unable to don the mole
skins and about as many more held out
of the rough stuff with injuries of a
lesser nature.
Kelly Has Bad Knee
Kelly, big tackle, who has been going
good, has a badly swollen knee which
than a week. He may be the only reg
ular who will not get into the fracas
Saturday, but it is practically certain
the Bulldogs mentor will be minus the
services of the big tackle. Ham Stevens,
captain. failed to take part in the scrim-
mage festivities. due to a broken bone
in his hand. Stevens appearance in
Saturdays conflict is problemattical.
Polly Scokel. halfback. and Toby Stubs,
guard, are two others who did not view
the practice session in their uniforms.
The trio of Bulldogs ends, Lollar,
Shepherd and Wilkinson. were all on the
sidelines when the scrimmage work took
place Tuesday. All three of the wing
men have injuries which is handicapping
their work this week. but all of them
will likely be in shape to play Saturday.
DOped To Come Back
Following their loss to Spring Hill.
the Bulldogs are doped to stage come
back against Oglethorpe, although they
will certainly have tough foes with
which to deal.
The Petrels' victory over Sewanee last
Saturday placed high in southern foot
ball circles. and victory over Howard
here next Saturday will be freely pre-
dicted Oglethorpe has been coming
along steadily in Dixie athletic circles.
and this year seems to have the best
gridiron machine of their history. In
Captain Maurer, the Stormy eleven. has
one of the best running backs in Dixie.
and local fans will be anxious to get a
glimpse at him at Redwood. He was
picked by quite few critics on the
mythical all-Southern last year, and it
is a very great honor for a grid warrior
on smaller college eleven to be named
for the mythical team. 1t stamps him
as all the more outstanding to gain rec
ignition.
Getting Hard Work
The Bulldogs are planning to sur
prise local fans and Oglethorpe in addi-
ton next Saturday. Judging by the
hard work which Coach Gillem has been
giving the squad, they certainly should
be ready for the Infusion of the At
lantans, provided they are not too Sc
riously handicapped by the large num-
Der of injuries on the squad.
The 'scrimmage Tuesday afternoon
was largely with the varsity clan on the
defense, with the Howard Freshmen car
rying the ball with Oglethorpe plays.
The varsity had considerable stopping
the rats with their repertoire of Petrol
offensive tricks. The latter portion of
the hard work was taken up with the
Bulldogs on the offense, at which they
showed up fairly well.