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THE MAROON TIGER
February, 1954
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SPORTS HERE AND THERE
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by ALFRED WILLIE
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As you can observe in the cartoon, the ole Bum is on his
way to the S. I. A. C. tournament in Tuskegee. Well he will
not be all alone, because basketball fans from all over the
Southland will soon be journeying to Tuskegee also for this
great event. Xavier, Clark, Morehouse, Fisk, Alabama State,
Florida, and Morris Brown will probably be the top contenders
for the tournament crown. Xavier emerged as champs last
year.
Other interesting features in basketball concern the Ken
tucky Wildcats, the Minneapolis Lakers, and the big disagree
ment over the rules of basketball between Abe Saperstein,
boss of the Harlem Globetrotters, and Arnold Auerback, coach
of the Boston Celtics. First, let’s take a look at the unbeaten
Kentucky Wildcats who are moving toward the capture of a
conference championship and a possible national championship.
This is a sign of tremendous progress on the part of the Ken
tucky coaching staff and players, especially after a full in
active year due to suspension for unfavorable practices. The
Minneapolis Lakers, often referred to as the Yankees of pro
basketball, are steadily moving toward the capture of their
sixth title in seven years in spite of all pre-season opinions
that the Lakers were getting too old to win.
As it was pointed out earlier the owner of the fabulous
Harlem Globetrotters, Abe Saperstein, and Arnold Auerbach,
the Boston Celtics’ coach have established opposition in their
opinions concerning some aspects of basketball. Saperstein
contends that the unlimited offense in the game, as it now
stands, is causing basketball to become one-sided and less
interesting. Therefore, Saperstein has proposed three im
portant changes in the rules in order to remedy this situation.
Now in direct contrast to Saperstein’s statement, Auerbach
claims that “offense is not killing basketball . . . Leave the
rules alone.” He further states that a tighter defense and
frequent changes of the rules would do more harm than any
thing else. These statements are essentially the arguments of
two top flight basketball authorities. It’s all up to you, sports
fans, to determine who’s right or wrong.
Since the cold days are slowly passing by and old man
winter is creeping away, everybody soon will be hearing the
old familiar cry, “batter up” on the field, and the sound of a
gun out on the track. There isn’t much to speak about out on
the diamond yet, because it is only contract-signing time at
present. However, you should be reminded to keep your eyes
on Coach Joseph Echol’s product, big first baseman Tom Al
ston, during the coming season. Alston, who recently visited
the campus here, was purchased from San Diego for $100,000
by the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League. In the
S. I. A. C. Conference, Florida, Morehouse and Alabama State
are expected to be top contenders for the baseball champion
ships this year. The Florida Rattlers from the sunshine state
were champs last year.
Before closing, this interesting fact should be mentioned
even though the grid-iron season has passed. Frank Leahy,
immortal football coach at Notre Dame, has resigned on the
advice of his doctors. In thirteen seasons, Leahy coached 129
games, won 107, lost 13, and tied 9 for a .892 percentage. He
will be succeeded by the young and highly-touted 26 year-old
Terry Brennan as head coach of Notre Dame.
SEE YOU IN TUSKEGEE
Chesierfield Sponsors
"Pick The Champions"
Contest On Campus
William Dease, the newly ap
pointed campus representative tor
Chesterfield cigarettes, has an
nounced the most recent Chester
field sponsored contest, to “pick
the champions of the S. I. A. C.
basketball tournament.” M r.
Dease states that this will be an
excellent opportunity for the
fellows “to match their wits with
top sports writers in picking the
winners”. The rules for the con
test can be picked up in the col
lege recreation room. The a-
wards for the winners will be
cartons of Chesterfield cigarettes
and the deadline for all' entries
will be March 1, 1954.
Dease warns that there will
be other contests during the se
mester and if you want a chance
to win some free “smokes” of
one of America’s most popular
cigarettes “stay posted”.
Rough House Trophy
Awarded During Nai'l
Negro Newspaper Week
The Maroon Tiger sponsored
the observance of National Negro
Newspaper Week here February
24-25.
Mr. William Fowlkes of the Ne
gro weekly, The Courier, was
the speaker for the first day. He
centered his emphasis on “Cen
sorship and the Collegiate Press.”
The second and final day a
panel of local collegiate editors
contituted the program. With
censorship still the theme they
concerned themselves with “Cen
sorship and the Collegiate Uress”.
William Duncan, Morris Brown,
Editor of the Wolverine Observer
and Ezra Davidson, Jr. Morehouse
Editor of the Maroon Tiger made
up the panel.
The culmination of the program
and the observance featured Al
fred Willie, sports writer for the
Maroon Tiger, making the first
annual award of the Roughouse
Trophy, which is sponsored by
the Maroon Tiger. The trophy
will be given annually to the
intramural football champions.
The sophomores walked off with
the honors this year.
Bynum Paces Tigers
As High Scorer
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Threatening to shatter Wiley
Jackson’s all-time mark of 395
points set in the ’51-’52 season,
Ozzie Bynum had scored 359
points up to Feb. 20, for a 19.9
average. Bynum, a freshman
from “Flatbush” in “New York
City, leads the squad in rebounds
and field goals.
Bynum has a 51.4 field per
centage and a 10.0 rebound aver
age. He is followed by Don Cl-
endon who has a 40.2 field goal
percentage, 9.0 rebound average,
and a total 297 points for an aver
age of 15.6.
Ronald Johnson has a 46.6 field
goal percentage, 5.0 rebound averi
age, and 177 points for a 9.8 scor
ing average.
John Simmons and Donald
Richardson have 5.1 and 4.7 aver
ages respectively in the rebound
column; Simmons has scored 130
points for a 7.2 average.
The team as a hold has a 39.7
average in rebounds, 38.03 per
centage in field goals 8.8 for in
terceptions, 9.4 on jump balls re
covered 8.0 violations per game,
2.9 on fumbles, 5.6 in wild passes,
and 16.0 in assists.
These figures include all sea
sonal games except two. The
final statistics for the season plus
the tournament results will ap
pear in the next issue.
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by PAT McCLAIN
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Season Highlights
The Morehouse Maroon Cagers
closed their home basketball sea
son with an impressive 9-2 won-
lost record. The classy Tigers
have an over-all 13-7 record with
4 wins and 5 loses on the road.
The Maroon Basketeers have
played both great and mediocre
ball in “The Barn” this campaign.
Superb ball-handling, accurate
shooting and hustle and dash, by
the Maroon Cagers produced such
thrilling victories, as the 93-71
riot of Florida A. & M., the 65-62,
thriller over Fisk University and
the 65-62 triumph over Alabama
State.
However, ragged passing and
ball-handling, poor shooting, plus
inefficient officiating provided
such mediocre basketball games,
although the Tigers won, as the
68-47 triumph over Dillard, the
77-45 shellacking of helpless Tus
kegee, and the 78-57 and 77-53
victories over South Carolina and
Fort Valley, respectively.
Oddly enough the Maroon Ca
gers lost their opening home game
and their final home game. They
dropped the opener 81-62 to pow
erful Texas Southern University
who was touring the South. In
the final home game the Clark
Panthers caged the Forbesmen
and swept the Tigers for the
second time this season by win
ing 73-65. Roman “Doc” Turman,
Clark College’s brilliant center,
bucketed 40 points to harass the
Maroon Cagers all evening.
The Maroon basketball squad 4s
composed mainly of freshmen
and sophomores and this could
probably account for the some
time brilliant and sometime medi
ocre ball playing. Despite their
youthfulness, they possess the
best won-lost record in the city,
although they won only one game
and lost three in the city series,
yet they remain a top contender
in the S. I. A. C. standings.
Outstanding for the Maroon
Cagers has been Ozzie Bynum,
stellar freshman forward, from
Brooklyn, N. Y. who leads the
squad in scoring. Don Clen-
denon and Captain Ronald John
son who sparked the Maroon Cag
ers with their accurate gunnery,
rebounding and hustle. Don Ric
hardson, Ben Silas, John “Rip”
Intramural Quints
Have Tight Race
The Intramural leagues are by
no means runaways this year, and
the fellows playing in the campus
circuits have shown real ability
this season.
Out of the sixteen teams in
volved in campus competition,
the Crusaders and the 604’s re
main undefeated. The 108’s
spoiled a perfect record by for
feiting one game.
The 108’s, seeming have
an edge on the other teams by
snatching two Ohioans who en
tered here the second semester.
The new additions, Bobby Adams
and Benny Avery, both transfer
ers from Akron University, de
monstrated their skill in a game
against the Sigmas. Bobby scor
ed 51 points while Benny ac
curately placed 46 to give their
team, the 108’s, a 100-point mar
gin win.
Tournament play will be soon
and the Wildcats and Mavericks
are two other teams to watch.
Simmons, David Saunders and
Ronald Mimms, have contributed
greatly to the success of the
Tigers. Other members of this
year’s Maroon squad are Jule
Jones, Robert K. Jones, Bill Pen
man, Ronald Huntley, Chuch Wel-
ton, Alfred Junior and James
Teal.
The Tigers can be expected to
give plenty qf trouble in the
S. I. A. C. Tournament during
March 3-5. The Maroon Tigers
should be top contenders for the
next two or three years because
of experience combined with their
basketball ability and teamwork
if this young squad stays together.
The Tigers will terminate their
basketball campaign with Fisk
University on March 6 in Chic
ago. Then, the Tigers will pre
pare for the Conference Tourna
ment to be held in Tuskegee.
We expect to see the Maroon
and White Cagers near the top
when the dust of tournament ac
tion settles. Here are congratula
tions for the Maroon Cagers for
a good season.
Mike Olatunji Is
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S. M. I. Representative
Michael B. Olatunji has been
selected by the Student Market
ing Institute of New York to be
the LUCKY STRIKE Representa
tive on the Morehouse College
Campus.
As Student Representative, he
will be presenting members of
the student body with sample pac
kages of LUCKY STRIKE ciga
rettes throughout the school year
to acquaint the campus with the
qualities of this product of The
American Tobacco Company, and
will be glad to cooperate with
campus organizations in planning
college floats, decorations, dances,
parties, smokers, carnival booths,
etc . . . using a LUCKY STRIKE
theme. The Representative will
also cooperate with local campus
stores to increase their cigarette
sales. The current campaign, one
of the most intensive ever con
ducted in the college field, is
aimed at maintaining LUCKIES’
status as the most popular ciga
rette in the-nation’s colleges, as
established by a nationwide sur
vey conducted in May 1953.
As LUCKY STRIKE Repre
sentative, he will be participat
ing in a professional, national
campaign in which he will “earn-
while-he-learns practical techni
ques of business to supplement
theory learned in the classroom.
He was selected on the basis of a
presonal interview by an SMI
Regional Supervisor from appli
cants recommended by the cam
pus SMI Faculty Supervisor and
has been carefully trained in the
activities he will conduct.
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