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THE MAROON TIGER
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October 16, 1953
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SPORTS SLANTS
by PAT McCLAIN
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We don’t know what it is or what is causing the change,
but there seems to be a revival of the traditional Morehouse
spirit among the sports’ enthusiasts here at Morehouse.
This rejuvenating spirit has been seen on the athletic
field where thirty-five to forty Maroon gridsters whisked
through brisk practice sessions long before the return of the
student body. There was keen competition for backfield and
line positions which resulted in a hard-hitting unit. Every
athlete blocked and tackled with the intent of moving his
buddy, regardless.
This resurge of spirit is emphasized in the action of the
Morehouse student body. Throughout the campus the class
room quarterbacks and coaches are predicting a winning
season for the Tigers. The campus echos with “This is our
year” and “Watch out Clark”. . /
Further emphasizing this spirit, the students have not only
suggested that the freshmen hgve the traditional “crab” cap
but have decided to wear the Maroon and White caps, also.
This vitality was further expressed in the great send-off the
band and student body gave the Maroon gridsters before they
departed for Normal, Alabama, for the opening game with
Alabama A. & M. Prior to the team’s departure the band
played several marches and concluded with the Morehouse
hymn. , x
The Morehouse spirit is sweeping the campus and with
such enthusiasm the bell will ring out football victories.
The cause of this rejuvenation of schopl spirit is built on
the shoulders of last year’s returning lettermen led by Captain
Jackie Sheftall, hard-charging back, and other Morehouse
Stellars who are returning to school, such as Joe McCoy,
quarterback, and John Lester, fullback. Coach Joe Echols
in his fourth season at the helm of the Maroon Tiger football
machine is gunning for that all important year.
There is also the determination of the Tigers to beat such
old rivals as Tuskegee, Clark, Alabama State, and Fisk. The
Tigers are anxious to avenge last year’s lickings administered
by Knoxville, Tuskegee, and Fisk.
Futhermore, the Tigers will be out to tame the newcomer,
J. C. Smith.
With the return of one-platoon football, the 60-minute man
and the rejuvenation of the old Morehouse spirit the once
mighty Tiger is again hanging out the danger signal.
TIGERS BOAST
.500 AVERAGE
Taking advantage of almost
every possible opportunity, the
Maroon Tigers football squad
scored a slashing victory, 26-0,
over the Dillard University Blue
Devils in New Orleans October
10, 1953.
The fireworks all started when
Morehouse’s halfback, Daniel
Stevens, intercepted a pass on
his own 17-yard stripe and
streaked 83 yards for the first
touchdown. The try for extra
point was no good. Later on, Mc
Coy passed 8 yards to Clendenon,
the left end, who was standing
and waiting in the end zone. The
try for extra point was made
good by McCoy.
The third score came on a pass
from Wade to Clendenon. Wade,
the stellar Morehouse quarter
back, plunged over from the one-
inch line for the final touchdown.
First Downs 6
Attempted Passes 9
Completed Passes 5
Intercepted Passes 4
Yards Lost —Penalties 55
Yards Gained—Passing 96
Yards Gained—Rushing 215
Punting Average 27.0
Shown here are the figures of
the game with Alabama A & M.
Morehouse dropped this one 20-
34.
First Downs
8
Attempted Passes
16
Completed Passes
6
Intercepted Passes
3
Yards loss—Penalties
50
Yards gained—Passing
60
Yards gained—Rushing
235
Punting Average
30.5
Beat 'Bama Tonite
FIRST NOVEL BY
PULITZER PRIZE
WINNER OFF PRESS
NEW YORK—The first novel
by Gwendolyn Brooks, Negro Pu
litzer Prize winner in poetry,
was published this week by Har
per and Brothers of New York
City. Titled “Maud Martha,” the
story centers around a Negro
daughter, wife and mother who
live in the Bronzeville section of
Chicago.
According to the publishers’
statement, the novel tells in viv
id, poetic prose, “the fear that
underlies every moment - - fear
that beyond the safety of the
neighborhood world the person
born with a dark face will be
looked upon as an intruder.”
Miss Brooks’ first volume of
poetry, “A Street in Bronzeville,”
was published by the same com
pany in 1945 and in 1949 she won
the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for
her second volume of poetry,
“Annie Allen”. The novel is her
first book of prose, and sells for
$2.50.
The author was born in To
peka, Kansas, and has lived in
Chicago since infancy. She was
graduated from Englewood High
School in 1934 and from Wilson
Junior College in 1936. After
doing newspaper, magazine, and
general office work, she married
Henry L. Blakely in 1939. They
have a son and daughter.
She has received four Poetry
Workshop Awards given by the
Midwestern Writers’ Conference
(1943, 1944—two, and 1945). In
1945 she received the Mademoi
selle Merit Award as one of the
ten women of the year. A thou-
sand-dollar award by the Acade
my of Arts and Letters followed
in May 1946 and two Guggen
heim Fellowships in 1946 and
1947.
U3G EXPANDS ITS
PROGRAM OF RE
LIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
NEW YORK—The USO has
adopted a new religious program
which seeks to provide for mem
bers of the armed forces, in the
civilian communities adjacent to
their military stations, the same
religious ministration as would
be available to them in their
home communities.
Authors of the program, which
extends USO’s activities in the
religious sphere and which will
soon be placed in effect in the
294 USO clubs and centers in this
country and overseas, are three
clergymen representing the ma
jor religious faiths. They are
Monsignor Paul F. Tanner, Dr.
John H. Gardner,, and Rabbi
Aryeh Lev.
In meeting its responsibility for
fostering the spiritual develop-
“ment of the nation’s servicemen
and women, USO plans to under
take active efforts to interest lo
cal clergy in the day-to-day
operations of its clubs. Wherever
possible, members of the club’s
religious advisory committee will
be available for consultations,
personal conferences with indi
viduals or religious ministration,
ening the faith of members of
An important role in strength-
the armed forces is assigned to
religious literature and religious
articles, and it is suggested that
kits of USO stationery, religious
literature and religious articles
should be prepared by local USO
committees and presented to
members of the armed forces who
are leaving the area and to those
confined to hospitals.
In addition to providing infor
mation concerning local religious
services and encouraging mem
bers of the military to attend, the
USO will seek to provide trans
portation to nearby concregations,
and will arrange for baby sitting
service for married couples who
otherwise would find it impossi
ble to attend services.
An essential element in USO’s
current religious program is home
hospitality, through which ser
vicemen are invited to visit at
the homes of civilians living n
communties near their military
stations. Also, the desirability of
hospitality extended on a group
basis by a synagogue or church
in connection with special re
ligious services is also empha
sized.
USO services are financed by
United Defense Fund which seeks
support through the Community
Chest and other united communi
ty campaigns.
DEBATING SOCIETY
PLANS ACTIVITIES
The Morehouse College, Deba
ting Society, otherwise known as
the Chi Delta Sigma, met October
6, with Mr. Wilbert Washington in
the chair and Mr. Francis Barber
serving as Secretary. Professor
A. Russell Brooks of the English
Department was present as facul
ty adviser.
After a general discussion of
projected plans for the year’s ac
tivities, which may include an in
ternational debate with India
(that is, students from India), spe
cific plans were made for a panel
discussion by the Society on
Western Germany and the pro
blem of re-armament, this panel
to be given in Chapel during the
last week in October. Most of
the intercollegiate debates during
the year will be concerning the
subject of free trade. Any More
house College student has the
privilege of attending meetings of
the Society and of competing for
a place on the Debating Squad.
Mr. Washington says, “even if
you don’t compete, come out and
beat up your gums—or, in other
words, chew the cud with us.”
If you are wondering what the contents of this article
may be, then, just relax and focus your eyes and attention on
some of the important sports-happenings on the national and
international scene.
As the time passes by and an end has finally crept upon
the thrill-packed baseball season, sports fans everywhere
have started turning much attention to the gridiron, the hockey
court, and a little later, even the hardwood court for basket
ball. However, before beginning to talk about the game called
football and.others, it may well be worth the time to salute
and express appreciation to the “Bums” from Brooklyn, and
the “Bronx Bombers”, better known as the New York Yankees,
for winning the pennants in their respective leagues. Also,
these two teams can be thanked very much by sport fans all
over for presenting a fine, spectacular and thrilling World
Series preformance.
Working back to the subject of fodtball, it has been found
that possibly a very important question lingers on the minds
of most inter-collegiate football fans in the nation today. That
question is probably this: Will the One-Platoon System cause
any harmful effects on football by making the game slower
and less interesting? Now, probably a complete answer can’t
be given to this particular question until the season ends or
progresses futher than the present stages; but in order to aid in
resting a few doubtful minds for a short time anyway, just
take a glance at opinions of some top-rated football
coaches. Coach Frank Leahy of Notre Dame, a gentleman
who has coached preformers like the superb Johnnie Lujack,
versatile Jim Martin, the super Leon Hart, Six-Yard Sitko, Bob
Williams, and many other greats in football, believes that the
extraction of the Two-Platoon system is wrong because it
shuts off the benefits of the game such as sacrifice, sportsman
ship, lessons in courage, and team play which should be made
available to everyone possible.
Now a different and contrasting opinion of the previously
mentioned coach. Coach Bud Wilkerson of the University of
Oklahoma, admits that better technical efficiency can be gain
ed from the Two-Platoon system—that is the boys with all
’round ability—from playing all the time. “They have to sit
it out either on defense or offense”, says Wilkinson. Many
other views could be expressed here on the subject both pro
and con but as it was stated earlier a better conclusion of the
question can be created as the season nears its end.
It might take the sports fan all of the football season to
form a tentative conclusion about the new rule; but it didn’t
quite take that long for Rocky Marciano .to retain his title as
heavyweight champion of the world. His series of rushing left
jabs and torrid right hooks kayoed the college kid La Starza
in the tenth round of a scheduled fifteen-round fight on Sept
ember 24 at the Polo Grounds. Victorious also but finding it
very tough, Kid Gavilan defeated Carmen Basilo at Syracuse,
N. Y. in their Sept. 18th scramble. The bolo-punching Gavilan
from Cuba was introduced to the floor of the canvas for the
first time in many years after experiencing a hard blow from
Basilio. Although later the Cuban went on to win the fight by
a very close decision.
The Dallas Eagles representing the Texas league emerged
victorious over the Nashville Vols of the Southern Association
in the Dixie Series. The Eagles won by a margin of four games
to two in a best four out out of seven series.
It was quite disappointing when Mr. Alfred Vanderbuilt
announced sometime back that his lightening-fast colt, Native
Dancer, could not race against the highly touted Tom Fool of
Greentree Stable in the fifty thousand dollar Sysonby Mile.
Man, oh man, what a showdown that would have been! Tom
Fool was successful in winning the stakes, while Native Dancer
suffered an injury.
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PERSONALITY PORTRAIT
by HOWARD MOORE
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W. ROWAN SANDERS
Three years ago amidst the turm
oil and chaos created by the out
break of the Korean War, Wen-
del Rowan Sanders came to
Morehouse College under the
pungent influence of Rev. Sam
uel Williams of the Philosophy
Department. Rowan, a diminu
tive, inconspicuous freshman from
Vicksburg, Mississippi, was as
tonished by the sights of a big
city but not by the onerous class
assignments.
At the end of Rowan’s fresh
men year he had compiled a very
impressive scholastic average of
four points, and he was an active
member of the Glee club.
Over the last three years Ro
wan has amassed a handsome
academic record: sporting 29 A’s
and 5 B’s, aside from working as
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