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THE MAROON TIGER
Page Fifty-five
AtJJetics
Basketball
Clyde L. Reynolds, ’29 -
Morehouse Comes Back To Life
On January 15th, in one of the fastest games
ever witnessed on a local court, the Morehouse
Lightning Five came back to life and reduced the
Morris Brown Whirlwind to a midsummer wood
land zephyr. The game went about six minutes
before either team was able to score. However,
Morris Brown jumped off to a two-point lead.
Morehouse caught up and the affair was a nip and
tuck until the end of the first half, the score be
ing eleven to eight.
Morehouse literally ran wild in the second half.
With Brown at forward, with short shots and
follow-ups, and the elongated Howard Archer,
sinking them from every outlandish angle, the
Morris Brown lads were overwhelmed before the
onslaught of such a powerful, well-timed ma
chine. However, in the last few minutes of play
with a ten-point lead to try to overcome, Red
Bradley began his shooting episode, but the shrill
whistle of the timekeeper made the affair history.
For Morris Brown: J. Word at forward, George
at guard and Bradley at centre were the lumin
aries; Bradley capturing high point honors with
twelve markers to his account. As luminaries for
Morehouse, the entire five played as one, but the
spectacular shooting of Ahmed Brown, the tena
cious guarding of the Archer brothers, and the
excellent floor work of Dobbs deserve particular
mention. Brown captured high point laurels with
16 while, H. Archer followed with 6.
The lineup:
Morehouse
Morris Brown
Dobbs _ .. .
R.F.
_ _ McElmore
Brown
L.F.
Spruill
Crawford
. C
Pearson
N. Archer
R.G.
Robinson
H. Archer
L.G.
Richardson
Substitutions: Roberts for McElmore; Spruill
for Word; Bradley for Pearson; McClaren for
Robinson; George for Richardson. Morehouse:
Foster for Dobbs; Traylor for Foster.
Referee, Gunn (Hampton; Timekeepers, C. D.
Clark (Morehouse) and W. Brown (Morris
Brown) ; Scorer, Reynolds.
MOREHOUSE MARCHES THROUGH
ALABAMA
The Morehouse Lightning Five returned to At
lanta on the morning of January 25th after hav
ing marched through Alabama sweeping every
thing before them like a whirlwind. The first stop
chanced to be at Talladega. Since it was the first
time, Morehouse has played basketball in T. C.’s
new gym, Coach Robinson thought it proper to
christen it in due manner, as a consequence his
basketeers ran away with the long end of a 25 to
5 score. Harris of Talladega made the only bas
ket from the floor late in the second half. Dobbs
carried away the high honors cup with seven
tallies while Crawford at guard was on his heels
with six.
The Morehouse Five arrived in Tuskegee the
home of the southern football champions, early
Friday. Here the poor lads mound something they
had never seen before, a team composed of five
men, and a team composed of six posts, which al
most completely blocked the playing court. How
ever, the Maroon Tide overcame the Tuskegeans
with a dazzling passing attack, as dribbling and
pivoting were impossible, the game ending 22 to
22.1n the extra period with Archer making good
a technical foul try for point, and Crawford sink
ing one of his overhead shots, Morehouse came
out with a 25 to 22 victory.
For Morehouse, Brown and H. Archer were the
outstanding stars, Brown making six and Archer
three, while for Tuskegee, Kitchen at forward
and Robinson at guard were outstanding.
Having become accustomed to the 11-man team
of this great institution, the Morehouse team en
tered the second conflict determined to win. Pil
ing up a large lead early in the game, they fought
hard until the end, the Tuskegee team at no time
threatening seriously. At times the going was ex
ceedingly rough. Fouls were numerous, there
were few thrills, save for the hard useless strug
gle which the ’Skegeans put up. The final score
was 24 to 16.
LIGHTNING QUINTET INVADES
CAPITAL
Coach Robinson then led his Bengal Tigers into
the capital to avenge the wrong done him during
the football season. Here the Tigers feasted on
the fat of the land, triumphing in a 27 to 15 fray.
The Normalites started off with a flash, but were
unnerved when H. Archer sank one from mid
floor, and Dobbs sank a couple of overhead shots.
Wilson at centre and Garner at forward were
outstanding. So obdurate was the playing of Gar
ner that he was ejected from the brawl in the
secon half on excessive personals. Burns went to
the showers in a few minutes after for the same
offense. Captain Archer scored six and captured
high honors while Crawford followed with four.
CRIMSON HURRICANE CEASES
The oft-talked of Crimson Hurricane ceased to
be disastrous and became a valuable wind in help
ing to sail the Morehouse boat toward a cham
pionship. The game had gone nine minutes before