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THE MAROON TIGER
February-March, 1943
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The Maroon Tigers, from the
’House on the “Red Hill,” ended their
visitation period of the 1943 basket
ball season with four conference wins,
seven losses and one non-conference
the first game of the season, the
Tigers topped the Y.M.C.A. Big 6
bv a 50-43 count. This game was re
garded as a test game in which the
team measured favorably up to expec-
ta Following this game, Morehouse
met Morris Brown, Ala. State, b. in
state and Clark in the Morehouse
Kym . The scores were for the wins
over Ala. State and Clark, 40-38 and
38-33 respectively; for the losses to
Morris Brown 30-33 and S. C. State
41-43. These games saw the Maroon
qintette improve considerably and be
came a dangerous foe for any S.I.A.C
team. , ,,
The next two games were held
against Alabama State at Montgom
ery. where the “ ’Housemen” won the
first game 30-26 and lost the second
game 33-35. Both of these games
were closely contested as competition
was keen.
Returning to Atlanta, Morehouse
locked horns with Morris Brown at
Sunset Park and came out on the
short end of the score which was 50-
44, but the Tigers returned to the
win column when they trounced the
Lane Dragons mercilessly at a score
of 58-32. The Morris Brown fans
saw an improved second half per
formance by the Tigers through
which they at one time came within
two points of knotting the count.
Following the Lane game, the
“‘House men” met the Tuskegee
Golden Tigers and forced them to the
limit of their abilities before they
went down in defeat from the hands
of the Golden Tigers. After a game
of see-sawing count the “Skegeeans
finally eased out ahead to win 45-43.
The next contest was against Fisk
University which the Tigers lost by
a count of 37-49. I may easily say
that the “ ’House men” were “oft” de
cidedly that night.
The next week the “’Housemen”
returned to Sunset Park only to be
downed by the fighting Clark Panth
ers 33-44. Clark kept well ahead all
during the game. The Tigers never
came within five points of the Panth
ers but showed gallant fight all dur
ing the game.
In probably the hottest game play
ed in the city this season, the Tigers
led the Xavier Gold Rush cagers un
til the end of their close contest and
eventually lost in an over-time period
by a score of 48-45. This game saw
one of the super-players of the sea
son in Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clif
ton of Xavier, who, with his sensa
tional one-hand shots and ball-palm
ing, brought the whole house to its
feet repeatedly.
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Twenty-one members of the 1942
Maroon Tiger football team received
awards at a banquet given in their
honor. Coach Frank L. Forbes made
the presentation at this time because
several of the players were slated to
be called into the armed forces. The
list follows:
Seniors: Paul Hyde, Charles Sim
mons, George Jordan, John Turner,
Anthony Robinson, and Clarence An
derson, captain.
Juniors: John Moreland, Clarence
Henderson, Edmond Kemp, Wilbur
Jones, and Warren Parsons, alternate
captain.
Sophomores: Harvey Beech, Samuel
Chatman, Hozelle Smith, Stanford
Smith, Robert Jenkins, and Homer
Hill.
Freshmen: Robert Scott, Preston
Wilcox, George Jett, and Roland
Pearson.
Here are the members of the 1943 Maroon Tigers basketball team.
Left to right: John Lewis, Oliver Brooks, Robert Kennon, Albert Williams,
Preston Wilcox, Nathaniel Tillman, Charles Simmons, Samuel McMath,
Roland Pearson, George Jett, Jerome Harris, Charles Pierce, T. Herman
Graves.
Cain Leads Intramural Scorers with 68;
Moore Boasts Highest Point Average of 18.33
N. P. Tillman
Lief James Cain is the leading
scorer for the intramural season with
69 points in seven games. He boasts
the third highest average of 9.71
points per game. A member of the
Omega Five, he has four times scored
over ten points and three times over
five in the seven games he partici
pated in. His scoring marks a sen
sational note in the basketball pro
gram. His scores read 5, 13, 11, 14,
6, 11 and 8 for a total of 69.
William “Bupsie” Moore, of the
Seniors, has the distinction of holding
the year’s record for the two highest
scores in two games, having made 29
against the Kappas and 18 against
the Omegas. He has participated in
only three games but boasts the
second highest total points at 55,
giving him the highest ponit average
of 18.33 points per game.
Alving Wardlaw, Independents;
Scott Lewis, Omegas; Arthur Owens,
Omegas, and Horace Braswell, Inde
pendents are the next four high
scorers in that order with 41, 33, 31
and 30 points, respectively. These
men have contributed greatly to the
brilliant records their respective
teams have made.
Editor’s Note: These statistics were
computed without including the games
played during the week of Feb
ruary 21.
INDIVIDUAL
SCORING STANDINGS*
Rating Player Team
Games Points
Point
Total
Ave.
1. Lief Cain Omegas ..
2. William Moore Seniors
3. Alvin Wardlaw Independents
4. Scott Lewis Omegas
5. Arthur Owens Omegas
6. Horace Braswell... Independents
7. Frank Wilburn Omegas
8. Ison Whatley.... .Seniors
9.5 Wilbur Jones .Raggedy “5”
9.5 Jerome Williams... Kappas
11. Fletcher Coombs... Independents
12. Charles Goosby Independents
13. Horace Dunn Beaver Slide Fr.
14. Alex. Fitgerald Seniors
9.71
18.33
8.20
5.50
4.42
6.00
9.67
9.33
8.67
6.50
5.00
4.60
11.00
5.00
First Division
Name of
Team Standings*
Name of
Second Division
Team
W.
L.
Pet.
T.P.
O.P. Team
W.
L. Pet.
T.P.
O.P.
Independents
6
1
.859
145
76 Kappas
2
3 .400
72
121
Seniors
6
1
.859
121
7fi Raggedy “5’
Soph. Comets
1
1
4 .200
5 .167
60
97
71
168
Omegas
5
2
.714
196
*46 Beaverslide
Hungry “5”...
2
2
.500
19
28 Frosh
0
5 .000
51
65
*This does not include the games played during the week of February 21.
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Xavier Tops ’House 48-
45 In Overtime Period
The famous Gold Rush Quintette
from Xavier University came from
behind to nose out the Maroon Tigers
48-45 in an extra-period contest at
the gym, on Friday, February 19,
1943. The Tigers could be said to
have out played the Xavierites with
Harris, Wilcox, and Williams as Ma
roon standouts, who forced the Xa
vierites to the extreme of their abil
ities. It was only by super-effort that
the Gold Clad cagers nosed out to
win.
“Sweet - water” Clifton, Xavier’s
sensational center and trick artist,
started the scoring with the first
points of the game but Wilcox, Wil
liams and Harris scored to put the
’House ahead 5-2. Clifton’s foul shot
and Ward’s field goal tied the score at
5-5, but again Wilcox and Williams
put the Maroons ahead with foul
shots at 7-6, second after which Ward
evened the count at 7-7.
Wilcox and Harris for Morehouse,
and Clifton for Xavier racked up
point after point to bring the half
time score to 26-19 in Morehouse’s
favor. Also figuring in the scoring
at this stage of the game was Mc
Math and Williams for Morehouse,
and Wright and Ward of Xavier.
Xavier came back into the game
with the start of the second half and,
due to shots by Clifton and Ward,
knotted the count at 26-26. The
smooth, hardwood combination for the
Tigers kept popping from all angles
and eased ahead 38-30. Morehouse
kept her lead until less than five
minutes remained when Clifton knot
ted the count at 43-43. At this point
Harris’ sensational floor shot gave
Morehouse the edge at 45-43. Then
came the heart-breaking Ward of
Xavier, whose two gratis tosses tied
the score at 45-45 as the clock ran
out and the game ended in a dead
lock.
In the extra-period, Morehouse was
held scoreless. With a foul goal by
McBee and a field goal by Savery,
the Xavierites iced the game and
won 48-45.
The highlights of the game were
Jerome Harris’ and Wilcox’s effective
and timely shots which kept the
Xavierites behind most of the time,
and A1 Williams’ all-round perform
ance. For Xavier, the most outstand
ing player was easily Nathaniel
“Sweet-water” Clifton, who took in
dividual scoring honors with 22
points. Equally in accord with his
shooting was his sensational ball han
dling and coolness which classes him
as one of the greatest visiting per
formers ever to play in that gym
along with Holden, of S. C. State,
Carlos Parker of Ala. State, the im
mortal Xavier Championship team of
1939, and Johnson, Henderson and
Pemberton of Clark.
HIGH SCORER
Xavier—(48)
Wright (9)
Ward (10)
Clifton (22)
Savery (2)
Spain
Henderson (2)
McBee (3)
VanKrenker
Blanc
Morton
Pos Morehouse (45)
McMath (7)
Harris (16)
Wilcox (14)
Williams (7)
Lewis (2)
Brooks
Officials: Referee, Joe Johnson
(Clark). Umpire, J. H. Robinson
(Morris Brown).
Jerome Harris, sensational guard of
the Maroon Tigers, whose superb ball
handling and sharp shooting have kept
the Tigers in the race for the S.I.A.C.
Championship. Harris has consistently
proved to be a thorn in the side of his
opponents.
Independents and
Seniors Lead
Intra-Murals
N. P. Tillman
The Independents and the Seniors
are tied for the lead in the Intra
mural basketball league with six wins
to one loss each. The Independents,
however, have the highest total
points with 145 to the Seniors’ 121.
Their opponents both have 76 points.
The Seniors boast the highest in
dividual scorer with “Bubsie” Moore
leading in points average with 18.33
and having the second highest total
points at 55. Ward and Braswell are
next in total points, that is in com
paring the two teams, with 41 and 30
respectively.
The Independent roster includes:
F. Coombs, A. Wardlaw, Silas
Abrams, Otis Smith, C. Goosby, and
H. Braswell.
The Seniors include “Speed” Mas
sey (now in the army), “Alex*’ Fitz
gerald, Harold Marion, “Bubsie”
Moore, Sam Sampson (now in the
army), Wesley Sawyer, “Marble” Ar
nold, Paul Hyde, Ison Whatley,
“Rocky” Sullivan, Frank Owens and
Robert Smith. These fellows were
defeated, outplayed and outclassed by
the Washington High “Bulldogs” to
the tune of 53-31.
Other first division teams are the
Omegas (.714) and the Hungry “5”
(.500). The second division includes:
Kappas (.400), Raggedy “5” (.200),
Soph Comets (.167) and the Beaver-
slide Frosh (.000).
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