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THE MAROON TIGER Page 9 "Duck” Davis once again found his shooting eye and brought back memories of last year as time and time again he proved to be a thorn in the side of the visiting quintet. He was high point man for the night with an even dozen markers. His accuracy in shooting was only surpassed by his fleet-footed, scintillating floor play. "Franken- stein” Green was runner-up with 10 points. Other lumi naries for the home boys included Oslin, Archer, Ham ilton and Haynes. The second half of the conflict proved to be much faster than the initial one and the crowd was kept in an uproar. Time had to be called on several occasions to clear the floor of the enthusiastic on-lookers. The victory by Morehouse placed her one up in the series of three games played by these teams so far and gave her a working margin with which to enter the final game with her ancient rivals. Tuskegee won the final game, however, to the tune of 34-18. Summary: Morehouse (26) Positions Tuskegee (25 Davis (12) RF Brown (2) Baugh (2) LF Williams (4) Oslin (6) C Green (10) Haynes (1) . ___ RF Mackey (1) Hamilton (1) LG _ . Adams (4) Substitutions: Morehouse—Archer (4); Tuskegee— Thompson, Robertson (2), Martin (2). Referee, O. G. Walker (Lincoln). TIGERS NOSE OUT HORNETS, 32-31 Accurate shooting proved to be the deciding factor in a contest which pitied the Maroon Tigers against one of the most smoothly clicking aggregations in 41 ^-'xie when the Maroon Tigers eked out a 32-31 victory over the ’Bama State Hornets in the Morehouse gym on Tuesday, February 13. The fact that the Morehouse entry is practically unbeaten when playing at home is easily veri fied by this fact as well as by glancing over the results of the previous contests here. From start to finish it was a tight affair with More house holding the lead for most of the contest. Only twice did the Hornets have the lead and only for a short time then. In the second half they brought a ray of hope to the followers when for a few minutes they held a 2 point advantage, and late in the waning moments of the fracas they led 31-30. "Duck” Davis, diminutive Maroon forward, whose scintillating play featured the battle, walked away with scoring honors, tallying 11 markers by virtue of four double-deckers and three gratis tosses. He was closely pursued by Oslin and Johnson with 10 points each. Pivot and block plays by both teams did little good as both put up strong defenses. As a result many long and freakish shots were employed and mar"- "-ore made to the great enjoyment of the spectators. Of particular note were two overhanded, fade-away twin-pointers by Oslin from a position almost out-of-bounds just to the side of the basket. The “Duck” also cashed in an a couple of his favorite “freaks,” one of which was a left-handed overhead toss that all but clinched victory. The defensive play of the Maroon and White Jersied contestants was built around the elongated veteran, “Josh” Archer. His work at taking the ball from the back-board and intercept ing passes w-as superb. Sriefs The summary: Morehouse (32) Positions Alabama (31) Davis (11) RF Johnson (10) Oslin (10) LF Parker (4) Archer (5) . __ C Rowley (9) Hamilton RG _ . Scrivens Haynes (5) LG __ Beard (8) Substitutions: Morehouse—Baugh, McCurine (1); Alabama—Martin. Referee, O. G. Walker (Lincoln). SENIORS CAPTURE ANNUAL TILT WITH ALUMNI IN EXTRA PERIOD, 36-34 The Morehouse Seniors, led by “Josh” Archer, took the Morehouse Alumni into camp on Monday, February 19, in the Morehouse gym to the tune of 36-34. The game climaxed the Founder’s Day activities. In all fairness to the Alumni it must be stated that they were without the services of "Big Boy” Hubert and Mr. Walter Chivers, two stellar defensive men, the former having been declared ineligible for participation in ama teur battles and professional engagements, and the latter having been forced to leave town just as he w'as about to don his togs. Luckily also for the candidates for gradu ation Dr. Nabrit was attempting to determine whether the basketball belonged to phylum Terebratulinasepten- trionalis or whether its Strongylocentrotusdroebachiensis was symmetrical with its Polygordiiesappendiculatus, and therefore couldn’t be available for duty in the conflict. The starting line-up for the Alumni included such luminaries as Alvin Reid, bursar of Atlanta University, who halted the game on several occasions to ask the offi cials if they were straight with the Administration. Coach Ellis, tutor of the women’s team of Atlanta University, must undoubtedly have been under the impression that the feminine regulations were being employed because he remained at one end of the court throughout the fracas. President Archer had to wield his authority in the waning moments of the game as his two little boys, “Hank” and “Josh,” began to get naughty. The “Pres.” almost had to resort to spanking tactics to quiet the situ ation. In all seriousness, the game was closely contested throughout, with the Seniors leading most of the way. The score at the half stood 17-13 in their favor. After the intermission the going became tough and the outcome became very doubtful. “Duck” Davis and “Josh” Archer, the most outstanding players for the Seniors, fouled out, and “Rip” Maise made his only basket of the afternoon to tie the count at 3 3-all at the end of the regulation playing time. In the extra period “Lighting” Curry shot a beautiful double-decker to clinch victory. The summary: Seniors (36) Position Alumni (34) Davis (12) F Reed Chenault (5) F Ellis (4) L. Archer (2) C H. Archer Hamilton (7) G Clark (8) Kelley (2) G Mapp (7) Substitutions: Seniors—L. Curry (6), A. Curry (2). Alumni—Forbes (13), Maise (2). Referee—M. M. Jones.