Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

PAGE FOUR CLARK PANTHERS, MARCH 19, 1951, ATLANTA, GEORGIA Clark Mauls Xavier To Win Third Place In SIAC Tournament Five hours after falling by nine points to Florida the Panthers re turn to Logan Hall to meet Xavi er University who had lost to Mor ris Brown by three points four (rours earlier. Xavier came into the game with their second team starting, facing Lowe, Burress, Turmon, Phillipte, and Trice. Piling on the coal after Xavier had picked up a four point lead, Avery Burress began throwing on point after point for a total of 18 points when the game ended. Bur ress scored from all angles With his unique “hook” shot and scored more this game than in any other of the season. Xavier was out-classed from the early stages of the game and at times the Panthers held 30 and 32 point leads. Robinzine, who had scored over 25 points in an earlier game was able to score only three times on free throws. Thompson who scored 13 points for the “Gold Rush” was high point man for the losers. As in the other games the entire squad saw action. Robert Phillips Panthers Top Lane College In Quarter Finals In the second game of the quar ter-finals the Panthers met Lane College in what was destined to be one of the most thrilling games of the entire tournament. The men from Jackson, Tennessee were of the impression that they should be seeded ahead of the Panthers -tneir opinion was soon to be changed. The game started out in slow fashion with Lane scoring the first two baskets. The first half was Lane’s all the way with Bonds, Jer- negan, and Guice scoring 8 points each toward what was soon to be a usual did their scoring to keep the lost cause. Lowe and Turmon as Fanthers in the game, but it was Lowe who made four points in less than one minute to bring the Pan thers within two points of Lane when only seconds remained. Then with 15 seconds left in the first half, Trice at the half court line sent the ball toward the goal for the tally that sent the Panthers ahead 26-25. From then on it was Clark all the way. Coming into the second half tha Panthers led by Avery Burress and James Trice eased slowly farther ahead as Bonds and MeMehon did their utmost to tie up the score. By this time it was definately clear that the fans were not for Clark but despite their cries for Lane retaliation the Tennesseans were unable to come behind as Coach Epps used his entire bench in defeating Lane for the second time this season, 59-52. Panthers Out score Tournament Foes The Panthers scored 245 points in four games for an average of 61.5 points per game while their oppon ents scored 202 points for an aver age of 50.2 points per game. Roman Turmon scored 97 points in four games for an average of 24.1 points per game. Turmon was named “All SIAC” Second Team Center. Turmon was also top scor er of the tournament. played his last game with the Pan thers—and what a game it Was. Phillips will certainly be missed next year. Perhaps we’ll be miss- more than Phillips, Lowe, Ellis and others may be gone next season. Roman Turmon scored his 97th point of the tournament in this game and set the mark for scoring in the 1951 Tournament. Eppsmen Eliminate Alabama A & M In Final Round Going into the game highly favor ed according to comparative rec ords the Clark Panthers soon proved that they were a team to watch in the tournament. Ala bama A & M was, of the three Clark Tournament victories, the easiest won, by far. What tension there might have been among the Clark players was done away with during the first few , moments of the game as A & M soon fell behind a shower of points by Roman Tur mon who scored nine of the twelve points made by the Panthers dur ing the first quarter. At half time the score read Clark 31-A & M 13. The second half began with the Alabama team scoring first and seemingly coming to life. This how ever, Was the extent of the Ala bamian’s brilliance for Lowe came into his own and hit the hoops for twelve points during the second half. In the guard spots Bob Phil lips and James Trice held the Bama forwads at bay and allowed only long shots. Blaine Waynes went in for Turmon during the sec ond quarter and scored two points toward the Panther cause as did William Powell and Alfred Ellis. The entire team played in this first contest w(ith everyone scoriftg ex cept Leon Carlton and Freddie Jackson. So effective was the Panther de fense that the score with 13 minutes remaining in the game was 47-15. Turmon Tournament High Scorer Rammin’ Roman Turmon rammed in 97 points in the SIAC Tourna ment to be named “All Tournament” second team center as Clark left three teams defeated in the first round, quarter finals, and consola tion game to win third place in the Tournament. Scoring records for the four games played by Clark College in the SIAC Tournament. FG FT Totals Lowe 23 13 59 Ellis 7 0 14 Burress 14 4 32 Powell 1 0 2 Turmon 39 19 97 Waynes 2 0 4 Phillips 4 4 12 Jackson 1 0 2 Trice 7 8 22 Carlton 0 1 1 98 49 245 Mid-Semester Exams March 26-28 Support Clark Endowment President Brawley presents third place trophy to Captain Bob Phillips at Logan Hall after the Panthers had defeated Xavier. Looking on is Coach “Sonny” Epps. Left to right; Avery Burress, Leon Carlton, Freddie Jackson, Bennie Lowe, William Powell, James Trice, Alfred Ellis, Blaine Waynes, and Roman Turmon. Mid-Semester Exams March 26-28 Support Clark Endowment Panthers Fail In Semi-Finals to Florida A & M The Panthers were unable to maintain their half-time lead in the Florida A & M game on Saturday, March 10, and fell in the last quar ter of this semi-finals contest at the hands of the Rattlers, 57-66. The contest opened with Florida leading off on two quick goals by Pittman and Bostic and a Florida lead of 8 points at the end of the first quarter. This period saw Tur mon and Lowe miss shots that us ually make for Panthers points. Early in the second quarter the Panthers, led by Tunmon who scor ed 11 points during the period, knot ted the score at 15-15 but were soon once again out-scored by the fast moving Rattlers who piled on a 20- 15 lead before the Panthers could get their wits together. This 5 point lead was short lived though for just as quickly as Florida had gained the lead the Panthers, with Trice at the helm, knotted the score once more at 20-20. From then it was all the Rattlers could do to keep 5 points behind. At half time the hard playing Panthers had piled on an 8 point lead over the dumbfounded Rattlers who had not expected such brilli ant play by the Eppsmen. But sure ly they could not have expected an easy time. When the second half began the Panthers returned to the court con fident of victory and assured that they would face either Xavier or Morris Brown in the finals. Their confidence was quickly turned to distress, for before they could make Claflin Wins SEAC Tournament Crown Claflin University of Orange burg, South Carolina, triumphed over Savannah State College in the finals of the SEAC Tournament at Claflin’s Gymnasium on Saturday, March 3rd, to win the conference championship 63-50. The Georgians who held the Carolinians at bay throughout the first half were unable to stave off a second half rally and fell by a shower of goals in the last few moments of the game. The men from Georgia had the opportunity at least to tie the count in the last few moments with free throws but missed their chance and let the Carolinians escape with the con ference crown. Paine College of Augusta took third place honors. a single point, before even the mighty Turmon, who had scored 15 points in the first half, could regis ter a goal the Rattlers had come surging back to turn the Panther lead into history. Turmon finally Lose To In an overtime period that fea tured everything including prayers by supporters, the Panthers man aged to defeat the Fort Valley Wildcats 73-67. The scoreboard changed with every shot as both teams made bet ter than 42 per cent of their field goal attempts. The score, with seconds left in the game, was 63-63. Turmon was in control of the ball. Realizing the remaining time Turmon, from 25 feet from the goal let go with a tally that registered but was nulli fied as the time keeper claimed the regulation period had ended be fore Turmon released the ball. The spectators yelled, whistled, and did tricks with their mouths in accord ance with the decision or against it. However this did not change the situation one way or the other and the players went to their coaches to concentrate on strategy to be used in the overtime period. The Wildcats registered three points before the Panthers could get started. Captain Phillips took advantage of the remaining time and cooled off the situation. Once the Panthers closed the gap they were never behind. Turmon hit for four points and immediately after ward registered his fifth personal foul as did Burress soon after. This proved to be of no help to the Wild cats’ cause as Patterson, Ellis and Carlton kept playing the same game, and when the final whistle, blew the Panthers were ahead 73-67. The Clark Panthers played per haps their best game of the season on Friday night, February 16th, when they met Tuskegee’s Golden Tigers, but despite their brilliant performance the Panthers fell by one point to the highly rated Tigers. In the first period the Panthers took an early lead when Bennie Lowe and Roman Turmon hit the hoops for four points and from the looks of things in those few mo ments the Panthers were on their way to an easy victory. Leroy Por ter, Tuskegee star, found the range started hitting again and Lowe hit for 10 points, but it was too late. Bostic, Pittman, and Irwin did the damage and when the final whistle sounded the Panthers had fallen Tuskegee Institute in the middle of the first period and from the left corner of the Logan Hall court kept the Tigers in the running; and at half-time his efforts tore the Panther lead down to three points. The half-time score, in Clark’s favor, was 32-29. During the second half the two quintets played so close a game that spectators forgot that they had seats and stood throughout this the final period. Unfortunately the Panthers lost the services of “Doc” Turmon who went out by the foul alley with six minutes left in the game. With three minutes of play re maining the score read 64-64. Jackson, Waynes and Phillips con tributed five points to the cause while Porter operated for Tuske gee to the tune of six points from the left side of the court and put ’Skegee ahead 70-69. The game ended with the ball in ’Skegee’s possession and Clark behind at the final whistle by one point. A Letter To The Editor Dear Editor: I believe that loyalty to one’s school is important to the school and the student. Most young men and women of college age should have a thor ough knowledge of loyalty to their school or the institution they might be attending. However, it is found that most students do not really display a true sense of loyalty to their school. Loyalty to one’s school means far more than cheering at football and basketball games. It means acting at all times in a way to avoid dis crediting or injuring the good name or the property of the institution. I think if more students would understand and try to be more loyal to their school, America and Amer ica’s students would enjoy a better school life. (Signed) Helen C. Bentley 66-57. PANTHERS’ CORNER By William (Fuzzy) Breeding Eppsmen Out-Score Fort Valley,