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Page 4 MAROON TIGER October, 1948 I Sideline Slant£ 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.