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THE MAROON TIGER
November 29, 1953
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The Maroon Tigers made a clean sweep during the last
three weeks of gridiron action. The Echolmen have a season
record of 5 wins and 3 losses. The Tigers have looked great
on a couple of Saturdays and more than terrific on others.
The talent-loaded Tigers began the 1953 campaign by
losing a scoring duel with flashy Alabama A. & M., 34-20.
The !Tigers displayed unusual scoring punch while losing this
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/The valiant Tigers rebounded and lashed their “cousins”
from Dillard University, 26-0. The Maroon gridsters seemed
ready to roll in high gear but were short-circuited the follow
ing Saturday by Alabama State, 7-0. The Maroon Tigers
fumbled away many scoring opportunities within the shadow
of the opponents goal and held the golden hornets scoreless
until late in the final period.
The following Friday night in Colombus, Ga., the Tigers -
explored with an array of hard-charging backs and a dazzling
passing attack to trounce Tuskegee, 32-13. It was the first
victory sonce 1949 for the Maroon Tigers over ’Skegee. The
brilliant plays were executed by McCoy, Wade, Smith, Holmes,
Clendon, Clark, Booker, and Copeland to mention only a few
standout for the Tigers. This game seemingly indicated the
Maroon and White had its greatest opportunity to snap its
losing streak against Clark. However, the Clarkites edged
the Tigers midway in the second period and sprang two
panthers loose; namely, Mel Brown and Robert Givens and
proceeded to humiliate the Tigers, 35-0. The defeat marked
the twelfth time in a row the panther has tamed the Tiger.
However, the spirit of the Echolmen wasn’t broken by
the Clark defeat. The Tigers topped the Knoxville Bulldogs,
13-7 to climax a gala Homecoming week. Inspired by Miss
Maroon and White, lovely Altona Johns, and her royal court,
the Maroon Tigers spotted the Bulldogs a 7 point lead, then
tied the score in the second quarter and won the game in the
third quarter on Joseph McCoy’s beautiful 37 yard jaunt around
the Bulldogs end for the winning touchdown. The victory
marked the first Homecoming Game won by the Tigers since
they defeated Lemoyne College, 9-0, in 1949.
The Tigers continued their winning ways by whipping
previously once-beaten Johnson C. Smith, 13-6. The stout
hearted Tigers surprised the Golden Bulls and the Tiger fol-
loweds by turning back wave after wave of touchdown as
saults. The stellar Tiger forwards stopped the Johnson C.
Smith scoring march five successive times within their five-
yard line. Tiger end, “Chick” Holmes intercepted a Golden
Bull pass and raced 86 yards for the first score. The Tigers
left the field at half-time leading 6-0. Early in the third period
Dawson Lewis took a pitch-out from Joe McCoy and danced
11 yards around the J. C. Smith forward wall to score standing
up. Quarterback Joe McCoy kicked the PAT to make the
score 13-0.
The J. C. Smith Bulls scored late in the third period and
the score read 13-6 in favor of Morehouse.
The Morehouse Maroon Tigers beat off numerous final
scoring attempts by the Golden Bulls, to join Alabama and
Wisconsin in upsetting the experts’ applecart.
The Maroon gridsters journeyed to Nashville to invade the
lair of the oft-beaten Golden Bulldogs of Fisk University.
The Tigers slipped pass the Bulldogs 25-21 to avenge last year’s
36-0 defeat.
The 1953 Maroon Tigers have played great ball on some
Saturdays while they hae played mediocre ball on other oc
casions. The Tigers have scored 129 points to the opponents
123 points while racking up 5 victories and 3 losses. This
year’s squad consists of 17 freshmen, 13 sophomores, 8 juniors,
and 10 seniors—which might explain why they have been
hot and cold. Here’s congratulations to the Tigers for a winn
ing season.
Yes, that ol’ Tiger is really hungry this year for first place in the
S. I. A. C. Basketball Conference. Last year’s Tigers finished second
in conference standing while taking third place in the tournament
which was held at Tuskegee. Watch out other teams, those tigers will
be eatin’ up everything in sight this season.
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GRIDION FOES
The biggest football event of
the year is rapidly approaching
our domains. This event is the
traditional intra-mural football
games between the freshmen,
sophomores, juniors, and seniors
on our campus for the campus
championship.
The Championship series ba-
gan Thanksgiving Day with the
freshmen-sophomore battle. The
sophomores won last year in the
opener, but the freshmen are rea
dy and willing. On Saturday
November 28, the juniors and
seniors will collide. The seniors
are out to win this one because
they have a 0-3 won-lost record in
the intra-mural series.
The championship game will be
played the following Saturday
with the winners of each preced
ing game locking heads. The site
of the games will be the athletic
field or as it is sometimes called
the “Blood Bowl”, because of the
furious play encountered there.
The “Maroon Tiger” this year
is presenting a trophy to the
championship team and the tro
phy is called “The Rough-House
Trophy” which is to represent
the hard and rough competition
demonstrated on the field and to
stress the good sportsmanship that
should grow out of this game.
The Maroon Tiger hopes the
“Rough-House Trophy” will cre
ate new interest in tra-mural
football.
GRID SCORES
NOV. 21, 1953
Morehouse ; 25
Fisk University 21
Notre Dame 14
Iowa —i 14
Allen University ~.L 12
Beihune-Cookman , 12
Illinois 39
Northwestern 14
Morris Brown .'..J. 40
Blue Field 6
Maryland 21
(Unbeaten or Tied)
Alabama 0
Prairie View 1 27
Langston 0
Michigan 20
Ohio State 0
Alabama A. & M. 20
Knoxville 0
Minnesota 21
Wisconsin 21
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Continued
a drunkard, another an atypical
Morehouse student, etc., simply
because these men have certain
convictions and are willing to ex
press these convictions is nothing
less than lowering the dignity and
integrity of the name-caller, rath
er than reflecting the character of
the accused men.
I firmly believe it is every
man’s right to express his opinion
or disagree with the opinions of
others. But to resort to name
calling with those who have
views different from yours is.
nothing short of McCarthy-like
toactics.
Such a person who reacts in
this manner impresses me as hav
ing a personality much like that
of Timothy in Lucian’s Zeus
Raves... When people have their
backs to the wall, they begin to
act illogically, and resort to emo
tionalism. Such a display should
have no place in intellectual cir
cles.
I wish to refer the name-callers
to the first few lines of Kipling’s
“If” in hope that they will pon
der them in their spare moments.
Many wishes for continued suc
cess.
Yours truly,
Louis W. Sullivan.
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