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MAROON TIGER
October, 1948
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iBy 'iP’izi.kon c^fmoi.
Has a “new look” in pigskin tactics come to the Red Hill? We
must face the fact that something new should be added. From all
indications, better days on the gridiron are in store for Morehouse.
The prostrate and winless Tigers seem destined to recapture the
SIAC spotlight. With new blood injected into their veins by fresh
men, along with the return of veteran lettermen, the Forbesmen
should experience a year typical of the victorious days of old.
A “bold look” in school spirit has also been created at the
House. At last, the “grandstand quarterbacks” have decided
to assist the cheerleaders in encouraging the Tigers rather
than condemning them from their nice, clean seats in the
stands.
Those “even-I-could-have-done-better-if-I-were-out-there” guys
are no longer in power on the Hill. Good riddance. Suppose some
of these guys try making some of the varsity teams at the college
instead of criticising the teams on the corner and in the “dorms.”
The results would be interesting.
With this bolder look in spirit, even the power teams may take
a timid bow when the Tiger onslaught heads their way. It’s the
job of the sideliners to make the team think they are doing great
even if they are behind in points. Then, too, other spectators, not
associated with the college community, will have to follow suit.
Suppose we give it a try and revive the days when school spirit
was something more than a hackneyed expression. Ask some of
the old-timers; they are in a better position to tell you than I.
SINGING FOR THE “M”
The popular words around the campus now are “why get scarred
and battered on an old football field when you can join the Glee
club and be awarded an ‘M’?” News reaches this desk that a cam
paign is being launched to restrict the wearing of the sacred letter
to Morehouse men who earn it on the gridiron, hardwood, cinders
and diamond.
Personally, I have nothing against music or its artists but
the coveted “M” should remain a symbol of athletic achieve
ment.
If the music boys have the privilege of wearing the letter, why
not extend that same honor to the YMCA, NAACP, MAROON
TIGER, frats and other campus organizations? It’s all the same.
Why not return the “M” to the men who deserve to be distin
guishable in any gathering?
THE TIGER’S ROAR
No greater guy could have been chosen to spearhead the Tiger
attack than Raymonde Odom. . . . Duke Foster is looking good
after having been sidelined by injuries most of last season. . . .
The old reliable, Elisha Paschall, is putting the badly-needed
punch in the Tiger line along with Sam McKinney, George Brown,
Clarence Littlejohn, and other powerful linemen. ... Ike Jones’
passing and punting are causing the opposition sleepless nights
while Edwin Thompson, the speed demon, seems slower but he’s
still playing great ball. . . . Boone, Adams, Pearson and other
backfield aces also display extraordinary form in handling the hide
of the pig.
MEET THE TIGERS
CAPTAIN RAYMONDE ODOM
. . . eight letters
Newly elected captain of the Tiger football squad is Raymonde
B. Odom. Better known as “Little Goat”, Odom is a senior major
ing in business administration.
The 22-year-old football captain, who carries 180 pounds of
body and is five feet ten and one-half inches tall, is a perfect speci
men of a man.
During his high school days at Gadsden, Alabama, Odom
earned a total of 8 varsity letters in
football, basketball, and track.
Directly from high school, “Little
Goat” continued his athletic career
at Morehouse by earning a varsity
“M” for football as center on the
1944 squad.
While serving a one year hitch in
the Navy, Odom played center on
the Bainbridge eleven.
Returning to the “House” in 1946,
he furthered his
watchful eyes of
career under the
Coach Forbes.
The writer, as well as many
other former and present team
mates, has benefited from the in
fluence of this dynamic player.
Odom possesses all the traits of a
good player; he has spirit, charac
ter, a sense of responsibility.
EDWIN THOMPSON, fleet Morehouse back, is seen receiving Ike Jones’ pass as Dillard’s Woods manuevers Into position.
Thompson eluded all opposition as he dashed the remaining yardage to ring up the second Tiger tally. Morehouse ended
the battle with a 12-6 win over the New Orleans visitors. Thompson, a Birmingham, Alabama lad, is a product of Parker
High school. The overall play covered approximately 60 yards as the Tigers drove toward the Dillard goal. Experts con
sider this the most spectacular play of the entire game.
Morehouse Edges Dillard, 12-6, In
Thrilling Grid Opener On Local Field
By Preston E. Amos
The old bell atop Graves hall again resounded as Morehouse’s
powerful Maroon Tigers edged out a 12-6 victory over the Blue
Devils of Dillard university at Harper field. The conquest in
augurated the current gridiron season for the Forbesmen.
An estimated crowd of 4,000 spectators saw the men of
Morehouse slash the New Orleans eleven. The Tigers’ first tally
came in the opening minutes of the first quarter when Jerry Adams
scooted across the Dillard goal aft-
er John Hyler’s recovery of a fum
ble on the Blue Devil’s 4-yard line.
Elisha Paschal missed the cross bars
as he attempted the extra point from
placement. The Tigers went out in
front 6-0.
The Forbesmen were again re
warded with a tally in the second
quarter when Ike Jones hit Edwin
Thompson with a bullet aerial. The
speedy Thompson snatched the ball
on the Dillard 40-yard line and bat
tled his way through the remaining
Blue Devils to pay dirt. Paschal’s
second try for the extra point went
for naught as the Tigers "led 12-0.
Out of 200 first year students
Dillard s lone bid for glory came queried, only 1 per cent said they
came to Southern because of the
well known basketball
in the second period after they re
covered a Tiger fumble on the 46-
yard line. Jackson’s pass to John
son was complete to the Morehouse
36-yard line. Wood dotted to the
’House’s 7-yard line after Penn had
dashed from the Tiger’s 13-yard line.
Woods finally crashed across the Ti
ger line to score. Duke Foster
blocked Jackson’s kick from place
ment as the Tigers remained in front,
12-6. The half ended shortly after
with the score remaining 12-6.
The Morehouse band, under the di
rection of student bandleader, Wil
liam Sterling, took to the field to
lead the half-time activities, • The
traditional “M” was formed by the
student body after which the “More
house Hymn” resounded throughout
the park.
The men of Coach Armstead Pier-
ro, former Morehouse star, monop
olized the entire second half of the
tussle. They repeatedly knocked at
the Tiger’s goal, but to no avail. The
stalwart Morehouse line consisting of
Foster, Brown, Odom, Littlejohn, Hy-
ler, White and Paschal repelled the
Blue Devils’ bid for a tally after
Reynaud and Penn had spearheaded
the attack to the Tiger 2-yard line.
The entire second half was played
to a scoreless climax.
The game’s most spectacular play
was Jones’ pass to Thompson who
dashed to the Dillard goal line for
the second Tiger touchdown, Hyler’s
recovery of three Dillard fumbles
saved the day for the Maroon and
Whiters while the punting of Pear
son and Christler brought cheers
from the spectators on hand.
Officials: H. A. Johnson, Fisk, ref
eree; R. Benjamin, umpire; J. H.
Brown, Morris Brown, head lines
man; T. R. Wright, Baker, field
judge.
Morehouse 22
Tuskegee 14
Sports Drawing
Power Is Low
CARBONDALE, ILL.—(I.P.)— 1 The
popular conception of the drawing
power of a good athletic team may
have been blasted here at Southern
Illinois University as a result of the
poll conducted by two graduate so
ciology students. So was the “coun
try club” reputation of college life.
University's
team! Another 1 per cent said they
came to join a fraternity or sorority!
The students questioned were
asked to check the three most impor
tant reasons or factors influencing
their decisions to go to college. Their
answers, in percentages, follow:
Preparation for vocation other than
teaching, 67 per cent; parents want
ed you to go to college, 39 per cent;
to earn more money, 36 per cent; the
pursuit of knowledge for its own
sake, 34 per cent; to prepare your
self for the teaching profession, 31
per cent; increase your range of vo
cational choice, 27 per cent; to learn
to appreciate life more fully, 23 per
cent; to find out for what you are
qualified to do, 14 per cent; to im
prove your social standing, 13 per
cent; attractions of the G. I. Bill of
Rights, 25 per cent (answered only
by veterans); you had nothing better
to do, 6 per cent; to enter into
sports, 4 per cent; for the social life,
3 per cent; your boy friend or girl
friend went to college, 3 per cent;
to find a desirable mate, 2 per cent.
Leroy Haines Is
Coach In Germany
Leroy “Roughouse” Haines, former
all-American football star for More
house college hack in the “good old
days,” is now coaching a mixed foot
ball squad in Kitzingen, Germany.
Warrant Officer Haines is coaching
a team in the Eucom, Class “B” dis
trict. His immediate superior is Lt.
Lloyd Jones, who was recently ap
pointed head coach of the outfit.
Haines played football for More
house back in the “early thirties”
under Coach Franklin Forbes. Dur
ing the ’46-’47 season he served a
brief stint as assistant coach of the
Morehouse Maroon Tigers.
Intra Mural Items
By Henry Rice
Coach Marshall B. Arnold dire.'tor
of Intra-mural Sports at Morehouse,
recently announced the complete
program for intra-mural sports for
the current school year.
In an attempt to answer questions
confronting him about the program,
Coach Arnold has compiled the fol
lowing questions and answers:
WHY INTRA-MURAL
SPORTS?
This program is planned to give
each MOREHOUSE STUDENT an
opportunity to participate and to de
velop skills in various leisure time
or recreative sports.
HOW MAY ONE ENTER
THE ACTIVITIES?
Watch the bulletin boards and lis
ten for announcements in the chapel
for information concerning each ac
tivity. For each activity, individual
and team, entrance procedures, play
ing rules and regulations, etc., will
be posted and announced.
WHO MAY ORGANIZE
A TEAM?
Fraternities, clubs, classes, gym
nasium sections, independent groups,
etc., may enter teams in our activi
ties.
ARE AWARDS GIVEN?
Awards are given to the partici
pants for the following reasons:
(1) For winning Individual Cham
pionships; (2) For winning Team
Championships; (3) For winning In
dividual-Point race; (4) For winning
Team-Point race; (5) For winning
Most-Activities race.
WHO DIRECTS THE
PROGRAM?
Coach M. B. Arnold is the director
of the INTRA-MURAL SPORTS pro
gram.
1947-48 CHAMPIONS
Football—Sophomores
Volleyball—Rattlers and Tigers—
Co-champions \
Ping Pong—Harry B. Smith
Basketball—Be-Bops
Checkers—Arthur Smith
Softball—Scalina Nine
Track—Juniors
Schedule of Activities
(1) Volleyball—Week of October
10; (2) Checkers—Week of October
17; (3) Table Tennis—Week of Oc
tober 24; (4) Dart Throw—Week of
October 31; (5) Billiards—Week of
November 7.
TOUCH FOOTBALL GAME
a. Freshmen vs Sophomores—No
vember 5; b. Juniors vs Seniors—
November 12; c. Championship Play
off—November 19.
Cross Country Run—November 13
REGULAR FOOTBALL GAME
a. Freshmen vs Sophomores—No
vember 25; b. Juniors vs Seniors—
November 27; c. Championship
Game—December 4.
Basketball—Week of January 2;
Foul Shotting—Week of January 16;
Badminton—Week of February 27;
Handball—Week of March 13; Soft-
ball—April and May; Tennis—April
and May; Horseshoes—April and
May; Track—May.