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THE MAROON TIGER
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MOREHOUSE DEFEATS TALLADEGA
Talladega, Nov. 11.—Destiny turned the green light
on the Maroon and White jerseys of the fighting Ma
roon Tigers, and they romped to a 6-0 victory over
Talladega at Silsby Field on Armistice Day.
It was the first victory for the Forbes-coached clan
on foreign soil this year, and that victory was marked
by a return to form of last year’s veterans as well as a
complete change in the morale of the entire combine.
Morehouse tallied in the first quarter on a plunge by
quarterback Baugh, who played a beautiful game—his
season’s best thus far. Talladega was in possession of
the ball only once in Tiger territory due to the Maroon
forward wall which charged brilliantly and repulsed
everything that resembled a threat.
The entire aggregation from the Red Hill turned in a
stirring performance and no individual stars can be
picked. Of special note however, was the passing, punt
ing, and blocking of Boswell; the lashing end play of
Haynes, the Maroon candidate for all-Southern; the
all-round play of Jones, Scott, and Lamar in the back-
field. and the inspiring work of Booher at center.
Morehouse’s aerial attack beamed on several occasions
with Boswell doing the heaving and Lamar establish
ing himself as another Jack Heston with his neat re
ceiving.
The line-up:
Morehouse Position Talladega
Archer L.E Montgomery
Reid L.T. Long
McFall L.G Cannon
Booher C White
Watley - R.G . Pendergrass
McMeans R.T. . ... Cox
Young .... . . R.E. _ Pitts
Baugh Q.B Ransom
Scott ....... L.H. .... Hall
Lamar R.H. Dunn
Boswell .... F.B Stratten
FOOTBALL CHATTER
Morehouse has finally hit her stride! Linder the care
ful and excellent tutoring of Frank Forbes, Morehouse
has developed a team that has everything but a depend
able extra-point kicker. (The Tigers have scored eight
touchdowns but have made one extra point). These facts
were shown in the ’Dega game. Coach Forbes has a team
that combines a dazzling and varied attack with an
impregnable defense, a team that lias mastered football
fundamentals, and finally has acquired just enough con
fidence to give any national champion a run for her
money.
For the last year or so Morehouse elevens have been
known as the “punt, pass, and prayer” teams. That did
describe them fairly well. However, the team that de
feated Talladega Armistice Day depended neither on punt
nor pass. Every spectator was impressed by the slash
ing all-around play of the Gale City entry, and every
one left the game with cries of “Clark and Fisk, Beware!”
Two weeks before the opening game, Morehouse be
wailed the absence of a capable passer. Well, it is true
that Morehouse has no Benny Friedman or Harry New
man, or even a “Shipwreck” Kelley, but she does have
a better than average passer in person of “Blondy” Bos
well. With a little luck the forward pass attack would
have netted the Maroon and White aggregation two or
three more touchdowns on Silsby field.
Morehouse’s line outplayed Talladega’s forward wall
in every period. The Tigers had better ends, tackles, and
guards, and Booher almost made all-Southern “Sodi”
White plead for mercy. His slashing play brought re
peated losses to the ’Dega backs. He was in every play
and was beautifully supported by McFall and Watley.
Alex Reid and “Ting” Haynes were the outstanding
offensive linesmen of the day, the latter getting a larger
share of the tackles. Reid, who is one of the best tackles
in tbe conference, stood out like a moving fortress and
tore hole after hole in the opposing forward wall. He
opened the hole that permitted Baugh to slide through
for the sole touchdown. Archer, while not as spectacular
as Haynes, did a highly meritorious job as did McMeans,
Morehouse’s frosh tackle.
MOREHOUSE TAKES PAINE IN STRIDE
October 21.—Paine College of Augusta gave More
house a very hard fight in the first quarter, but in the
last part of the second quarter their defense broke, and
Kelley, standing on Paine’s 82-yard line, passed to
“Josh” Archer for the first touchdown of the day. The
extra point was missed and Morehouse led 6-0 at the end
of the first half.
The Paine defense was smashed in the next half. Dur
ing the third quarter, Morehouse recovered a fumble on
Paine’s 29-yard line. From that point Morehouse drove
for another touchdown.
Lamar was the most outstanding back of the game
He raced 33 yards from the line of scrimmage in the
fourth period. On the next play Scott fumbled and More
house lost her chance to score another touchdown. Thus
the game ended with Morehouse on the big end of an 18-0
score
The line-up:
Paine
Position
Morehouse
Baxton .
L.E.
Young
Wright
L.T.
Cage
Shanks
L.G.
. Watley
Anderson
C. .
Booher
Wyche
R.G.
McFall
Norris
R.T. _
McMeans
Bussey
R.E.
Archer
W. Bowman
Q.B.
McCurin
Robinson
L.H.
“Big” Jones
H. Bowman
R.H.
Sweet
Collins
F.B.
Boswell
MAROON TIGER IS SUPPRESSED
IN ALUMNI BOWL
Fhe “Pride of tbe South” suffered its third loss of the
1933 grid campaign at the hands of the mighty Tigers
of Tuskegee Institute, Saturday, November 6. The score,
26-6, is only a slight indication of just bow close and
exciting the contest really was.
Alert playing early in the second quarter by Miller,
end, who had replaced the ailing Haynes, injured in
the Morris Brown fracas, was directly responsible for
the lone Morehouse touchdown. Miller, a chap who de
serves a deal of credit for the Maroon Tigers’ formidable
showing, blocked a punt and scampered some 18 or 19