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THE MAROON TIGER
ATHLETIC CHATTER
By Hobart C. Jackson
The recent victories in intramural events by the Sopho
mores leaves the staff of officials in a tough spot with
reference to making a final winner’s award at the conclu
sion of this year’s sporting activities. The Seniors have
been marked as the gridiron “Champs”; the “Crabs” cap
tured all the honors afforded by the hardwood activities;
the Sophomores emerged victorious in the Cake race and
copped the intramural track meet; while the baseball
championship seems to be a dispute between the Frosh
and Seniors. The Juniors, alone, have failed to present
a representative aggregation in some particular branch of
the interclass contests.
Although it is not at all customary for the writer to
make predictions, he feels reasonably sure that the Soph
omores, with two first places and a runner-up position
in basketball, will receive the cup when the death knell
is sounded on the current campaign.
Coach Forbes’ initial call for track practice was an
swered by a number of veterans and rookie aspirants.
The “Vets” were represented by “Georgia Boy” Wide-
mon, who has yet to display his form, stamina and speed
of last year; James “Rockdale” Adams, another example
of a country boy making good when given a chance in the
city; “Pluto” Scott, who dashes the century in 10 flat;
“Josh” Archer, the idol of Gate City track enthusiasts;
“Lightning" Curry and "Stuhenville” Jones, the gold dust
twins; and “Teddy” Chenault. Among the rookies were
included such prep school luminaries as Robinson, Green
and Tabb of Booker Washington High School; Dendy
from one of the Carolinas, and Johnson from the Lone
Star State. Lamar and Boswell, Juniors, are also doing
the daily dozens as outlined by the mentor Forbes.
Chances for a formidable team as our representative
at Tuskegee have been greatly enhanced by an abundance
of first-year material. Men like Green, Robinson and
Lamar should prove valuable additions in the oncoming
relays.
U. L. Robinson Wins Cake Race
By virtue of a strong finish, U. L. Robinson was able
to nose out Giles Baugh and capture this year's cake
race. The race for 1934 was sponsored by the pledge
club of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.
Baugh, who also finished second last year, should prove
to be a very capable cross-country runner if given the
proper training and conditioning. It was revealed to the
writer in an interview with Baugh that he attributes his
success to his unorthodox method of training, strange as
it may seem. Much credit is rightfully due Robinson,
who covered the entire distance of four miles in 18 min
utes. Robinson will be remembered as a member of last
year’s championship Booker Washington combine.
Widemon, last year’s winner, came fourth despite the
fact that his competitors, excluding Robinson, were prac
tically the same as those of 1933.
A field of fourteen men competed. Each were awarded
a cake donated by some of the Morehouse Auxiliary.
The order of finish:
1. Robinson—Freshman.
2. C. Baugh—Sophomore.
3. I C Adams—Sophomore.
4. G. Widemon—Sophomore.
5. J. M. Robinson—Junior.
6. W. Pullin—Sophomore.
7. J. Deney—Freshman.
8. G. Johnson—Freshman.
9. R. C. Kenedy—Senior.
10. H. E. Morrow—Junior.
11. R. D. llambeau—Senior.
12. E. Scott—Sophomore.
13. O. Toomer— Freshman.
14. H. Ellison—Freshman.
Juniors and Freshman Cop Initial Baseball Tilts
Taking advantage of six Senior errors, the Juniors led
by Coach Forbes, who played by agreement, trounced the
candidates for graduation by a 9-4 score. Both teams
were guilty of many mental and physical errors which
contributed, to the slowness of the contest. The game
was called at the end of the fifth inning on account of
darkness.
Batting honors for the day were divided between Coach
Forbes, B. Graham and Pierro, another Junior participant
by agreement. The "Coacher” and Graham had two for
two for their day’s work at the platter. The former reg
istered two clean singles to left center, while the latter
recorded a triple to deep left and scratch hit past short.
Pierro had a double and a walk for his day’s efforts at the
slants of “Judge” Woodward. “Big” Jones had two for
three, including a double, but the “Bigun” contributed
three miscues to aid the Junior attack.
The fielding gem of the day was contributed by Coach
Forbes who made a beautiful circus, one-handed stab of
a line off the bat of Beavers. Greenwood showed up well
on the mound for the losers in the latter frames.
Summary:
R. H. E.
Juniors 4 4 1 0 0 . —9 8 2
Seniors 2 1 0 0 1 _ _ _ _ —4 6 6
Batteries: Juniors—Woodward, Reid and Webster;
Seniors—Fields, Kelsey, Greenwood, Graham and H.
Watson.
Led by the effective hurling of “Tiny” Haynes, who
limited the Sophomores to two hits, the Freshmen de
feated the second year men, 8-2. Haynes also led the
batting attack of the “Crabs” as he shellacked one of
Baugh’s offerings over the right field barrier for a circuit
wallop. The best that he did thereafter was to line down
deep to the pastures for three sacks.
Summary:
R. H. E.
Sophomores 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 —2 2 2
Freshmen 2 0 4 0 2 0 * —8 8 4
Batteries: Sophomores—Baugh and W. Watson, Chris
topher; Freshmen—Haynes and Jones, McMeen.
Sophomores Capture Intramural Track Meet
Giles Baugh, an Atlanta boy, spent last Saturday after
noon shaking his legs on behalf of his Sophomore mates.
He entered four events—the maximum number—and reg
istered two first places. He also coasted home in the
gloaming as anchor man on the Sophomore one mile relay
team
The meet was decided as expected, save in the discus
throw. Boswell sprang a surprise by beating “Time Be-