The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-31
OLE MISS TEAM !.
 OFF TO BATTLE Eleven Will Be Crippled For Clash With 'Banla
 At Montgomery

UNIVERSITY, Miss, Oct. 30.-- Especial. )-The University of Missis- sippi football squad left tonight crippled with injuries for, it's game with the University of Alabama which is sched- uled for Saturday at Champion Bowl in Montgomery. Some 25 men comprised the Red and Blue squad which accom- panied Coach Barnard to the Alabama capital.
 The team scrimmaged hard Wednes- day afternoon for the first time since its return from Little Rock where the University of Arkansas was met last Saturday. A heavy workout was also the feature of the practice Thursday. Plays were run, signals polished up, and all put in readiness to give Ole Miss the best possible chance against the conference leaders.
 Line Intact
 Ole Miss will go against the Cap stone eleven with its line practically intact, except at end but with back field badly crippled. Captain Smithson while now playing is still far from well, removal from the game at any time. Totten, safety man and halfback, is still out with the ankle which was injured in the Aggie tilt, and Biles is still suffering with his knee.
 The Red and Blue will go into the fray with both its regular ends ab- sent from the game. Delma Simmons is nursing a bad elbow and will not be ready until the Sewanee game. John nie Muslin was hurt above the kidneys able to face the Crimson and White. His injury which was thought slight at first has consistently refused to heal. Just who will take the ends is q problem. Leftwich, Coers, Woods, Reid, Davis, and Armstrong are all possibil- ities. From these Barnard will have to select his wingmen.
 Strong Line
 The line which established its repu- tation at Little Rock by holding like a stonewall on several occasions should be in good shape to hold 'Bama If the regular ends were able to start, the Mississippians would present a strong defense against the slashing of the Crimon back. The weight of the Red and Blue line will not be much less than that of the Alabama eleven.
 At center Ole Miss is safe with the veteran Wayne Smith or Burke, first year man. At tackle the Red and Blue has two of the best line men in the south. Shed Davis, veteran of three years, is performing in his usual form and will make bid for All-Southern honors. Bob Davis, his mate at the other tackle, is winning his spurs in lis first year on the team, and his work is almost on par with that of s. Davis. At guard there are the veterans, Grain, Perkins, Keaton, and o, R. Smith; and Prince, first year man who has made his regular berth.
 HOff Kicks
 Art Hoff showed a great improve ment in his kicking in the Arkansas tilt, and if he holds up to form will materially aid his eleven Saturday. His kicks last season were unusually long, and in the early games this year the Ole Miss ace had failed to show his old form.
 The Ole Miss offense will be work ing we'll, and Coach Barnard has hopes that. his eleven will be the first to cross the Crimson goal line this year. If the backs are able to sustain their running attack the Mississippians may be able to do what TO other eleven has done this season. All dopesters concede victory to the Crimson by several touch downs, but the Red and Blue will put up the fight of its life to hold the cohorts of Wallace Wade. The famous Ole Miss spirit will exert itself in e good fight no matter what may be the odds.