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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