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CLARK PANTHER, MARCH 31, 1950
Collington Says:,
Panthers Play Better at Home
Than on the Road
By
DAVID C. COLLINGTON
Statistics show that the Panth
ers play much better basketball
“at home than they do on the road.
Apparently the quintet doesn’t
possess the “drive” and confidence
before a hostile crowd that is
r initial Meeting of Q ar k Panthers Edge
YWCA Held Fort y all 53.54
The Young Women’s Christian J
Association held its initial meeting ,, , ,, * • •
in the early part of the school year. The Clark Colle g e Panthers set the Magnolia Court hoops
The following persons were chosen on fire the 28th of January to stage a hair-tickling surge
as officers: Marvaiina Bell, presi- Ai the final seconds of play to defeat the shot-happy Fort
dent, Ann Johnson, secretary, and y a u e y Wildcats, 58-54. For their third game in a row. Harry
honored to have our last years ad- Atkms ’ long ’ lean Pitman for the Panthers, came through
visor again this year, Miss Aikens. in the clutch when he was needed most.
The Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. With only two-minutes of playing
dSLLS! Mt *»« ^ NEW INSTRUCTORS
you bund very Interesting. «“ Wild- KMIllu ,. d ,„ m Pl „ Q „,
rrr. „ cats 49-47. Atkins took a pass from
l\r<amv-k ILofrvy.Tr TY7‘ 1 g at on sent an annual M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Rut-
fNegrO History Week Thanksgiving box to a selected Schley Williamson, faked to a
o J , . _ ,, gers University. His course offer-
needed family. We want to express couple of players, then shot a hook f
our appreciation to all who made thru the nets ings for tbe semester are modern
a contribution. physics, heat and thermodynamics,
By virtue of Atkins’ timely shot and radio.
Observed
Culminating a week of activities
devoted to bringing attention the
Saturday, December 10, 1949, the
Y. W. C. A. sent two delegates to the Same went into an overtime
Introduction to Business, Labor
widened beiore . cheering andi- ~»trltatio.» .( the Negro race to ^ *• «» ■*- Probleme ,„d Busin™ English
ence. Even when they are playing American life, the Social Science ’ utes of the overtlme Period the fans the new courses being taught by
an intra-city opponent there is Club Presented a chapel program ^ ^ gie * test OVati ° n ° f Mr ’ Robie who recently completed
something lacking when they are built around the theme “Strong tQ bring * yQU in the n J r f J ture the evenmg Mowffi g hls foul shot work for the Master of Business
trailing their opponent. Maybe it Men Getting Stronger.” The pro- which we hope you will enjoy. ’ fr ° m the free throw lane ’ ^ Administration degree at the Uni-
is because of the silence of their gram traced the histor y of the We find ^ there are only a P°mter of Atkins put the Panthers versity of Michigan. The head of
roosters when they are playing Negro from his appearance in few new members in the Y. W. C. A out in front, 50-49. From here the the division, Professor A. B.
“catch-up” ball. I was astonished America to the present. The nar- We, the present “Y” members wish Wildcats were no match for the Wright, has expressed delight in
at the spirit manifested by the rator related some of the outstand- to extend a cordial invitation to any Panthers. having Mr. Robie, one of the col-
Clark followers during the first half ing scientific, musical, religious and ^ung woman desiring to be a mem-
of the Clark-Morris Brown game. I educa ti° n al contributors made by
could scarcely hear the soundings Negroes.
of the official’s whistle during the Dr. Margaret V. Nelson, Chair
preliminary game and the first half man of the Department of History Negro in these countries today.
—BARBARA PHARR, Reporter
Bennie Lowe and Schley William
son poured 18 and 16 points, re
spectively, through the hoops to
lead the Clarkites in victory. Mel-
lege’s top graduates in business,
return to help broaden the de
partmental offerings.
During the overtime period Ben-
, tv • t>„ n ,, . vin Young was equally as outstand-
of the main event. Well, I don’t t Morris Brown College ’ ln an The African students of the Uni- j™, for the visitors as he racked nie Lowe went to work for the
have to mention the conduct we earli - gave a scholarly versity Center> in native costum0) mg 016 38 raCk6d
.jj.... , - - ■ up a total of 16 points. Williamson’s
displayed during the second half. aaaress on tne 1Ne gro in JNortn appeared on a spec i a i pro gram and , . , , ,, . ... . row. Low’s tallies came after At-
America and in Smith America ... ... . long set-shorts that caused the nets;
Panthers with three baskets in a
The same applies to the first half America and m South America. told of their customS; spo k e m sev-
She developed the slave concept in eral of their dialectg and
both countries and showed how
of the Morehouse-Clark fray.
The Panthers’ record for this sea
son is 5-8-0. Five of the eight
to sway were matched by Young’s
field goals from close range. After
piling up 12 points ill the first-
kins’ foul and Williamson’s field
goal. Hamilton Allen and Cowrtney
Brown scored the only points for
per
formed several African dances.
this concept dictated the role of the _
Planned by the Department of half , Young was held to 4 points in the Wildcats during the overtime
games lost were played away from talked with Referee Boswell con- Social Science, of which Dr. W. H. the seC ond half period,
home. The Panthers have lost only cern mg the overruling of Umpire jjale is Chairman, the program was
three games at home and won only Hambrick’s decision in the final under the general direction of Mr. The Panthers enjoyed an early
In last night’s fray the Panthers
played like a bunch of lads that
four. Their fifth triumph was their seconds of play. Mr. Boswell said E dward p Sweatt. Officers of the lead as large as 9 " 1 > but the visit- , . , , ,
only victory on the road. This that the Clark P la yer was push- Social Science Club are James ing Wildcats took over at 16-15 and nt wan ° e ^
writing includes the Morris Brown ing off. Mr. Hambrick was standing Woodward; pres i de nt, William coasted onto the intermission period e Y weren . is was eir r
game of February 13. Before a behind the play and didn’t see the Stanley, vice-president; Eula Jones, with a 27 ' 22 lead ’ A s the game stralght trlum P h on their home
foreign crowd the Panthers scored Clark P la y er Pushing off, but he secre tary; Sam Jones, treasurer; began t0 grow beards the Wildcats court in as many starts ’ Prevl0US l y .
a total of 209 points for an average could see the Morehouse player Ethel Watkins, reporter, and Cubell seamed like the team to beat. The Morehouse and Tuskegee have been
of 34.8 points per game. Their move his pivot foot. Therefore, he Johnson, chaplain.
opponents have a total of 257 points gave tbe bab to Clark, but Mr. Bos- .
and an average of 42.8 points per well ’ s fou l overruled the traveling
game. Now at home their oppo- called by Mr. Hambrick. Again, I Jo _ n ^ NAACp today
nents have outscored them 324 sa y officials sbould be screened
points to 300. Opponents have an for the intra-city games.
Panthers were still within striking victims of 11x6 Panthers on the Ma S‘
range but were unable to reach nolia Court in contests in which
the Wildcats’ few-point lead until tbne was an im P° rtan t element.
Atkins’ two-pointer rocked the
strings.
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average of 46.3 points per game to
the local cagers average of 42.9
points per game.
Coach Leonidas Epps has done
wonders with the team. Sports
scribes have labeled the 1950
Panthers as the most improved and
unpredictable team in the SIAC.
Regardless of their season’s rec
ord they will participate in the
annual SIAC basketball tourna
ment held in Logal Hall at Tuske
gee Institute in March. During the
conference held there in 1949 it
was agreed that all teams in the
conference would go to the tourna
ment. This means that the 1950
tournament will have a field of six
teen teams. The committee also
stated that the visitation champions
would be evaluated by the Dicker-
son Rating System.
The Morehouse-Clark game has
been considered one of the lousiest
games played by the two city quin
tets. In the first place alumni of
the school should not be allowed
to officiate any contest played be
tween the city teams. We all know
that the Morehouse-Clark game
was poorly cajled. To clarify my
statement Clark played the ball off
the spectators twice while the of
ficials looked on. Another incident
was the officials calling fouls from
the rear of players and looking
over several more obvious fouls. I
CLARK BASKETEERS—here the team poses for the photographers. Their 1950 record was nine wins and twelve
defeats. Reading from left to right they are: (seated) Captain Avery Burress, Robert Phillips, James Pace, Forrest
Patterson, Robert Collins, Clarence Williams, Co-Captain Schley Williamson; (standing) Robert Barham, Willis Elli
son, James Trice, Harry Atkins, James Roberts, Bennie Lowe, William Powell, and William Wilson.