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CAMPUS MIRROR
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The Sixth Annual
Basketball Tournament of
The Southern Inter-Colleg
iate Athletic Conference
Claretta Scott ’40
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
February 23 to 25, will be remembered
by sports fans as the sixth annual bas
ketball tournament of the Southern In
tercollegiate Athletic Conference. Thir
teen teams—the complete membership
of the conference—were present and
in good form at Tuskegee, Alabama, on
these dates.
The four outstanding teams were
‘‘nicked” to be seeded long before the
actual tournamenet took place. The
general concensus of opinion was that
the Clark University team should have
the championship, with Xavier second,
Alabama State third and Morris Brown
fourth. All of these teams have strong
claims to fame. Clark had lost only one
game this season out of 14. Xavier one
out of seven, Alabama three out of 15,
and Morris Brown five out of 12. Who
wouldn’t expect serious trouble from
teams with records like these? Besides
Clark and Alabama had good records
in the S. I. A. C. tournament. In 1935
and 193(i Alabama State won the titles
and Clark boasted a three-year finalist
record (1934, 1937, and 1938). Xavier
had won the championship only once
before.
Clark (the No. 1 seeded team) met
Knoxville College at 2:30 o’clock
Thursday afternoon and emerged vic
torious, ready to meet Morehouse at
10:30 that evening. Here it is interest
ing to note that everyone seemed to
have sympathized with the Tigers for
receiving such a “death blow” in
drawing Clark for their initial oppo
nent. Kven Coach Forbes, they say,
when it was suggested that the draw
was terrible, could only grin wryly and
say, “Any draw in this tournament is
about the same.” Mr. Howard Archer,
with him at the time, seemed to think
“Things don't look so good.”
Then came the surprises! Morehouse,
despite Clark’s lead at half time, de
feated her city-opponent 39-35, in tin*
second round. By the same token as
the Tuskegee Tigers had chipped Mor
ris Brown, 49-43, it was due time to sit
up and take notice of the runner-up
teams. Morehouse's defeat of Clark
certainly upset things and started
tilings rolling for “the men of the red
hill.” For the Tigers, we are told that
Isaiah Sloan, “Ike” Blocker, played
the finest game of his athletic career,
tallying eight of the 18 points with
brilliant grace as only “Ike” can.
Still, it appeared that Morehouse
was probably inspired for some reason
or other and that in the semi-finals
with Tuskegee would be defeated.
Xavier also was up against Alabama,
and on Friday, February 24, success
fully “put them to flight” by a score
of 47-28. “Inspiration” was still with
the Maroon Tigers for instead of ful
filling the prophesy of defeat, the tide
turned and favored them in their spree
with Tuskegee, 25-24. This time Leon
Harris, Morehouse guard, was high
scorer, making 11 out of 25. “Junie”
Cobb is said to have played a good
game. Though George Coffee fouled out
late in the game, his playing Avas daz
zling in its calmness and accuracy, so
we’ve been told. At any rate, the scores
were a witness to the fact that the
team was good enough to play Xavier
for the finals; but shouldn’t they also
have been told that Xavier was too
much for our “brothers”? None-the-
less, Morehouse, ’ ’dear ole More
house, ” went in against the New Or
leans team as Walt Disney’s “Mighty
Hiawatha” went bear hunting armed
only with invincible confidence and de
termination. Contrary to Hiawatha.
Morehouse suffered defeat against hei
mighty enemy amid a host of enthusi
astic fans, by a score of 55-24. Close
observers, so it has been reported, no
ticed that Morehouse did a Avonderful
job to score as many points as she did
against such tall opponents as Xavier.
Coffee registered five of the points for
Morehouse Avith support from Earl
Smith, Alvin Swartz, and Leon Har
ris, each scoring three points.
Speaking of Personality
(Continued from Page 3)
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Sports
Genevieve Parks ’40
The question “Who are the Lone
Rangers?” Avas asked again and again
without an ansAver. The Lone Rangers,
incognito, had challenged the Esker-
bibbus (a team of Spelman students)
to a basketball game for Friday after
noon, March 10. Time did tell (as it
usually does) Avhen the fans assem
bled, for the Lone Rangers team Avas
composed of the folloAving members of
the faculty and staff: Miss Edith Diggs
who demonstrated by her playing that
not only atoms, electrons, and protons
combine to make chemical composi
tions, but also that the necessary pass
es and shots make baskets; Mrs. L. B.
ToAvnes found also that one needs a
recipe to make a basket as Avell as a
cake; Miss Jenson shoAved that she
could register on the scorekeeper’s
pad; Miss Carolyn French enjoys ac
curacy in other places than in keeping
records; Miss Shirley shows that bas
ketball history is very interesting from
the standpoint that the ball be found
ed in the basket; Mrs. Pierce enjoys
teaching basketball but she seems to
prove that actions speak louder than
words; Miss Callahan not only tells
you hoAV to play basketball but demon
strates it for you in the real game.
Three cheers for the Lone Rangers!
The Eskerbibbus team are: “Kat”
Toomer, Margaret Creagh, Georgia Os-
well, Gladys Beverly, Candace Hill
man, Martha Mainor, “Buckwheat”
Parks, and Frankie West. They have
learned that if they do not keep in trim
they Avill be in danger of being las
soed by the Ranger techniques at the
game announced for March 18 in More
house gym. That will be a game to see.
Don't miss it.
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