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1 FLYING HI
I WITH BLYE
The ’House Falls
To Clark 50-43
By D. C. Collington
The Clark College cagers returned
to their home court at Sunset Ca
sino to crtSsh the Mighty House, 50-
43, in a heated hardwood tilt. The
Panthers lost to South Carolina State,
21-24, and took the Benedict Tigers
in stride twice.
In the Morehouse game the Pan
thers took the lead in the first five
minutes of play and never were sur
passed by the Maroon Tigers. James
Dearo sank a free throw and Pho-
necia Morris came through witha one-
hand push shot giving the Panthers
an early three-point lead. Leroy
Barnes and Raymond Williams tal
lied for the Panthers, while Irving
Tompkins and Albert Williams
scored for the Tigers, making the
score 11-4.
The Panters’ lead was cut several
times in the first half, but the com*
bination of speed, excellent floor
work and sharpshooting enabled the
Panthers to hold a ten-point lead at
the half.
The strong veteran Maroon Tigers
came back in the second half, paced
by Oliver Brooks, Irving Tompkins,
Theodore Fleming and Robert Swain
to match shots with Raymond Wil
liams, brilliant backboard retriever;
Leroy Barnes, JamesDearo, and Pho-
necia Morris of the highly favored
Panthers from Clark College. Both
teams began to find their ranges in
the second half, but the Panthers out
classed the Tigers, 50-43. This vic
tory gave the Panthers the lead in
the race for the city cage champion
ship.
Leading the Panthers in scoring
were Leroy Barnes, 17 points; Ray
mond Williams, 15 points, George
Gray, 7 points, and James Dearo, 5
points. For the Tigers were Irving
Tompkins, 22 points; Silas Davis, 7
points, Albert Williams, and Robert
Swain, 6 points each.
The Florida clubs of Clark and
Morehouse clashed in the preliminary
with the Clark club taking the con
test 23-21. The Clark club almost
shot the Housemen out of the gym in
the first half. The Morehouse club
made a sensational comeback in the
second half, but was forced to take
the short end of a 23-21 score. Cecil
Blye and Herman Hunter led in scor
ing for the Clarkites and Gainey and
Johnson for the Housemen.
Florida Rattlers
Defeat Panthers
45-33
By D. C. COLLINGTON
The “Men in Orange” of Florida A.
and M. College handed the Panthers
their first conference defeat before a
home crowd this season, 45-33, in the
curtain-raiser of a doubleheader at the
City Auditorium. In the second game,
the New York Rens scored almost at
will in defeating the Atlanta Clippers,
53-37.
The first 15 minutes of the Clark-
Florida game was a typical see-saw
affair. Raymond Williams and Ellwood
Britt made free throws and George
Gray and Wallace Hawkins sank field
goals to tie the score, 3-3. Nathaniel
Powell and George Gray hit the hoops
to even the count again, 5-5. Hawkins
came through with two points to give
the Rattlers a two-point lead, but
Schley Williamson hit the hoops twice
to reverse the order. Th,e Rattlers
started to speed the game up a bit
with superb passing and a series of
field goals by James Williams and the
Rattlers’ pivot man, Nathaniel Powell,
to lead the Panthers at the half, 26-20.
George Gray dropped shots from all
angles of the court in an effort to put
the Panthers in the lead. The all-
around playing of Powell, Williams,
Britt and Hawkins enabled the visitors
to defeat the hard - fighting Panthers,
45-33.
George Gray led' the Panthers in
scoring with 15 points, followed by
Raymond Williams, 7; Paul Sweeney
and Billy Barnes, 6 points each. Na
thaniel Powell and James Williams
paced the “Men in Orange” with 12
points each. Ellwood Britt took run
ner-up honors with 11 points.
In the second game, Reginald
Haynes, of the Atlanta Clippers, and
“Hank” Dezonie of the New York
Rens, both former stars of Clark,
matched shots. The Rens took an
early lead and then began to display
their razzle-dazzle trickery of “now
you see it, now you don’t.” The
Rens outclassed the Clippers, 53-37.
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HONOR SOCIETY STUDENTS
HONOR SOCIETY STUDENTS
ATTEND ARM MEETING
(Continued from Page One)
and the conference address by Dr.
Christian Gauss, president of the
United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa
Honor Society.
The social activities of the confer
ence included an educational tour of
Tallahassee, the capital city of Flor-
Thoughts In a
Psychol
Classroom
Oh, well, here I am back in Psy
chology again. The discussion this
morning is to deal with emotions.
That ought to be interesting. I might
find out what love is. I think I have
a good enough definition for myself,
but psychologists are seldom wrong,
so if I get a definition from one I’ll
always be right.
What? . . . 8:15 and he hasn’t
called on me to recite yet. It never
pays me to study my lesson. Marian
Anderson is here Saturday night and
I don’t know where I am going to get
money to take that cute little girl to
hear her. I don’t see why I am wor
rying about that because she hasn’t
said that she would go with me yet.
She looked kinda like she wanted to
say yes when I asked her the other
day but I guess women just like
to keep you in suspense. I wonder
if I will see her at lunch today ?
She’ll probably get there before I do
an dl can’t cut line without the host
ess seeing me, an dthat would cause
a lot of trouble.
She sure did look fine at the con
cert Sunday night. I wanted to get
up from where I was and go sit be
side her, but there were no vacant
seats. Gee, I just happened to think.
If I can’t take her to hear Marian
Anderson I might be able to take her
to the concert this Sunday. That’s
free and I don’t mind that a bit. Ac
cording to phychology, we would en
joy a free concert better . . . less
worry, less liability, more expedient,
less emotional strain.
What was that the teacher just
said? Love is some binding force of
affection? Shucks, my definition was
as good as that. There might be
something to that though; I feel 'as
if my day is incomplete if I don’t
get to talk to her.
It’s too *bad the basketball season
is over . . rFll see less of her now.
What? The bell? Gee, this class
sure does pass quickly. With all that
ida, sponsored by the College; a ban
quet session at which time the guests
enjoyed beautiful renditions by the
Male Glee Club of Famcee and a
delightful repast; and a dance on
Thursday night sponsored by the Pan
Hellenic Council of the College.
The representatives are both sen
iors: Miss James, a major in the
Chemistry Department, and Miss Wil
liams, a major in the Social Science
Department.
Clark’s Fighting Panthers jour
neyed to Washington, D. C., March
7 to engage the Morgan College Bears
of Baltimore, Maryland, in a Capital
City attraction, featuring Morehouse
College vs. Howard University and
Cark College vs. Morgan College.
Sterling Poole, feeling qualified to
officiate a basketball game, went to
Marietta, Georgia, as an official with
his home tern (Athens, Ga.) on Feb
ruary 18th. Forty-five minutes later,
Poole and his Athens aggregation
were back in Atlanta bearing marks
of a hasty departure. Evidently
Poole called the wrong foul, on the
wrong person, the wrong day, and in
the wrong game.
College.
Sterling Poole, feeling qualified to
officiate a basketball game, went to
Marietta, Georgia, as an official with
his home team (Athens, Ga.) on
February 18th. Forty-five minutes
later, Poole and his Athens aggrega
tion were back in Atlanta bearing
marks of a hasty departure. Evi
dently Poole called the wrong foul,
on the wrong person, the wrong day,
and in the wrong game.
In the SIAC Tournament at Tus-
kegee, Clark battled savagely against
the vaunted Lane Dragons and went
down in a 41-42 defeat.
Beta Psi Chapter of the Omega Psi
Phi Fratenrity and “Sunshine” Chap
ter of the Florida Club share the
honor of being the only undefeated
hardwood combinations on the cam
pus.
Chapter of the Florida Club share
the honor of being the only unde
feated hardwood combinations on the
campus.
Coaches and students of Clark are
expecting Joe (Judo) Brown to bum
the “cinder paths” again this season
as he has done in previous seasons.
The present track season finds Brown
I learn in this class I’ll probably be
a great psychologist some day like
Frog or Fraud, or whatever his name
is.
40 STUDENTS WIN SCHOLASTIC
HONORS
*
(Continued from Page One)
Xanthene Sayles, Paul Sweeney, Myr-
tha Thompson, and Lawrence Wash
ington.
According to a report from the of
fice of the registrar, 15 per cent of
the 777 students enrolled at the col
lege are doing above average work-
five per cent having maintained aver
age of 2.4 or above and 10 per cent
having maintained a B average or a
2.0 to 2.3 average. Sixty-two per
cent of the total enrollment are doing
average work, having attained aver
ages from 1.0 to 1.9. Eight per cent
fall below average with point aver
ages from .8 to .9, and fourteen per
cent are failing.
Report From The
S. L A. C
Conference
The eight-man squad, which repre
sented Florida A. & M. in the finals
of the basketball tournament, went
back to the Peninsula State as cham
pions of the S. I. A. C. Tournament.
A thrilling display of ball-handling
and impossible shots by Florida led to
the defeat of Alabama State Teachers’
College. The eight-man squad, which
represented the State Teachers’ Col
lege, went back to the Cotton State
defending his record of 9:8 in the
100-yard dash against conference
competition.
Old-timers (just guys from last
year) are still talking about the con
ference track meet last year when/
Clark, led by Joe (Judo) Brown, Tal-
madge (Fox) Owens, Raymond
(Hawk) Williams, Jeffery (Count
Fleet) Jennings, Hornsby (Slim)
Howell, and Eugene (Ned) Prater,
came from behind in the last few
moments and won the SIAC track
championship for 1946. According to
Henry Formey, “Some motors came
from somewhere.” M
BASEBALL TEAM or no BASE
BALL TEAM? Yes, that is the
question — Never could answer ques
tions.
Softball season is here and where
will the dormitory students play ?
Ask Mr. Wilson.
Talmadge Owens, All - American
end of 1946, is not only a football
star but a cage star as well. The
“Fox” enjoyed a successful basket
ball season on the west coast playing
in professional circles “second to
none.”
In Clark’s last two home games,
Johnny (The Bird) Colquitt was not
in the line-up or in the gym. No com
ments can be made at this time. He is
missed by the student body as well as
loyal followers of Clark.
Edward Chatman and Joe Brown
gave the boys on the second floor a
lesson in boxing tactics on February
9, when they boxed twenty thrill-
packed minutes without resting. Both
boxers retired possessing a TKO over
the other.
In the intra-fraternal basketball
tournament held at Morehouse, Wil
liam Hunter represented Kappa Al-
phat Psi from Clark. Alpha Phi Alpha
of Clark was represented by George
Tate and Jimmie McCollum.
In Retrospect
By Cecil A. Blye
This year’s basketball team per
formed brilliantly in conference and
non-conference competition but lacked
the precision, teamwork, and effec
tiveness of last year’s cagemen. The
reason can easily be attributed to
the fact that newcomers had to be
seasoned, and with only a few vet
erans of the previous season on hand,
the coaching staff of Clark did a
commendable job.
Many basketball observers through
out the conference contend that com
petition was at its height last sea
son and at its minimum this season.
As far as Clark is concerned, the
above statement holds true. In the
basketball season of 1946, the sharp
shooting Panthers of Clark College
defeated each of their opponents and
by virtue of excellent ballplaying,
copped the 1946 S. I. A. C. crown.
The S. I. A. C. is the leading con
ference in Negro intercollegiate sports
and the Panther teams of today must
emulate the Panther teams of yes
terday if Clark is to remain among
the nation’s best.
not as champions but with the thought
that only our team defeeated them,
and proudly the team that was de
feated only once carried the second-
place trophy back.
The consolation champs of Lane
College from Tennessee, the Big Bend
State, defeated Morehouse College of
Georgia, the Empire State of the
South, for the third-place trophy of
the SIAC Tournament,
the S. I. A'. C. Tournanjent. The
sensational ball-passing and pointing
for Lane enabled them to rate third
place in the S. I. A. C. Tournament.