The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
PAINTERS STAGE
 HARD WORKOUTS
Coaches Drew And Run- ser Preparing For Au-
 burn Struggle

Two of the busiest men in the Bir- mingham district this week were Head Coach Harold Drew and Line Coach s. E. Ruser of Birmingham Southern college. The cause of their animation was the fact that the Panthers have gone through their first week of train ing for the approaching season. The Saturday with a couple of steaming workouts. They broiled beneath fore noon sun and Saturday afternoon they went back for more. Very serious minded young men, those Birmingham Southern candidates, and quite an army withal Almost half-hundred athletes on hand for the first weeks training schedule. This week promises to be buster than ever for coaches and athletes alike, as the first scrimmage of the sea- son is due to start Wednesday. Rather early for scrimmages you say? Maybe so, but it must be remembered that the Panthers are supposed to dedicate their stadium Saturday, September 27, with the Auburn Tigers. With the opening game, at which they hope to play to about 10000 customers. just 20 days away, it behooves the Panthers to start their scrimmages as early as possible.
 There was little of real value to be gleaned from watching the workouts the first week.. The pencil and pad boys did note, however, that the Panther squad looked husky numerical ly and physically. They also noted drastic change in one department at least. Red Farr, the sorrel-topped fulback of last year, no longer graces a place in the backfield. Red has been moved back into the line, where he has alwayes played with the exception of last year.
 Ed Norton, president of the Alumni association, who was out to give the boys the once-over Saturday, stated that another re-openinS luncheon was to be held by the Alumni association in Greenwood's private dining room, on Wednesday at 12 80. These lunch cons have become the greatest get-to- gether propositions the alumni has ever enjoyed" said Mir. Norton, "and they should do much to help boost the crowd to the 10000 mark when the Panthers and Tigers dedicate the stadium Satur- day, September p. 1 understand the program committed has arranged an- other novel program for the "Wednesday luncheon and l want to urge as mnay members as possible be on hand"
 The Panthers are holding their pre- opening workouts at City park. It is a finished gridiron by no means, but it must serve the purpose until the dedi- cation takes place. The new field has been completed in every detail, but the caretaker is nursing the turf along that it might be in tip-top shape for the opening game. Therefore, no athletes will dig their spikes in Munger field until that eventful day of the opening.
 The list of athletes the two coaches have been working for the past week IS as follows:
 Linesmen: Rawls, Farr, Pritchard, Weeks, Ethridge, Echols, Ashwander, Cairns, Turner Scott, Bowden, Will liamson, Barnes and Ray.
 Backfield: Black, Williams, Griffin, Pace, Yielding, Stevenson, Stead. Kim brough, Lewis, Miller, Beck, Lowry, Childs, McRae, Long, Bradford.
 Ends: Whiteside, Howell, Rox, FL liott, Shelton, Thornton, Machado, Sapp, Allen, Levinson and Harrison.