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SPORTS
[As The Ball Bounces
By D. Bernard Ball, Sports Editor
Lane Bombs M’house
Andrew Smith, No. 44, rushes for yardage against Lane
32-17.
The Maroon Tigers were un
able to contain the aerial show
sponsroed by Alias Burton of
Lane College. Burton did more
than just sponsor the show; he
was also the executive producer.
Burton ripped apart the Tigers’
defensive secondary as though
it were made of wet tissue pa
per.
Coach Henry
Darlington left
the field deject
edly, for he an
ticipated a vic
tory; but instead
he suffered the
sixth defeat of
his career as
Head Football
Coach in his
second season. While things
seemed rather dim for the Ti
gers, there were bright moments
in the contest when Frank Eu
nice set a school record by boot
ing a 25-yd. field goal in his
first game as a Maroon Tiger.
Johnny Palmer put more light
on the subject when he was on
the receiving end of a 54-yard
touchdown pass from Jesse
Rowe. Another bright moment
was culminated by a 55 - yard
punt >by sophomore Michael
Floyd. Fullback Andrew Smith
churned up 153 yards as the
work horse for the afternoon.
The defensive line was laud
ed by Coach Merchant as they
held Lane to less than 100 yards
rushing. The defensive line con
sisted of Robert Brown, James
Wilson, Douglas Henry, Joseph
Glass, Vinson Moore and Walter
Houston. There’s room for im
provement though.
Weaknesses also exist in the
offensive line. Improvements
should be made on pass protec
tion and blocking. Not enough
emphasis could be placed on this
line.
Burton Rips
Tiger Defense
The Dragons of Lane College
spoiled the Maroon Tigers’ 1968
debut by defeating Morehouse
32-17 in a hard-fought battle.
Lane used their aerial attack as
Quarterback Alias Burton threw
five touchdowns, the longest con
necting for 60' yards.
Morehouse scored first as
Frank Eunice booted a 25-yard
field goal early in the first peri
od. Lane trailed the Tigers until
the last five minutes of the first
half when QB Burton connected
a 2V2-yard scoring pass to James
Stroman. The first half ended
with Lane leading the Tigers
6-3.
The Tigers came back strong
in the third quarter as QB Basil
Hall airlifted a 27-yard scoring
play to Tight End John Artis
for the Tigers’ first touchdown
of the game. Morehouse’s reign
didn’t last long as QB Alias Bur
ton led his team on a scoring
drive that ended in a 7-yard
toss to Jerry Lucas. The PAT
failed.
Morehouse regained the lead
Cross Country
Schedule
as QB Jesse Rowe took to the
air with a 54-yard bomb to
Johnny Palmer in the fourth per
iod, and also to Palmer for the
extra point.
Lane scored twice in the fourth
period on tosses from Burton
to Stroman and Lucas. This left
Lane in the lead by a score of
Football scouts from the pro
fessional ranks have been scout
ing football practice at More
house during the past few weeks
looking for a possible future
draft choice.
Morehouse led Lane in every
statistic of the game except in
total yards passing and scoring.
Fullback Andrew Smith led the
Tigers in rushing with 153 yards
in 20 carries and he sparked up
the game with a 47-yard sprint
in the third quarter.
better linemen in the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Confer
ence, being named to the SIAC
All-Conference team and the At
lanta Daily World’s AH - City
team for 1967.
Cross Country Squad
Loses In First Outing
D. Ball
NFL Teams Scout Tiger Workouts
The Cross Country team lost
its season opener to Georgia
State College 21-34. Steven
Johnson was able to cross the
wire second, but that was not
enough as Georgia State swept
first, third, fourth and fifth pla
ces.
The team is composed of sev
en official members and one in
eligible player, Alain Rogers,
transfer student from Lincoln
University of Pennsylvania. Ten
basketball players are also run
ning with the Cross Country
team at the request of Coach
McAfee, for the purpose of con
ditioning. According to confer
ence regulations, they can par-
New Coaches
Added
The Morehouse Athletic De
partment announced the addition
of three new coaches to its pres
ent staff.
Two of the coaches, LaMonte
Vaughn and James Sims, were
the co-captains of the 1967 foot
ball squad here at Morehouse.
They will assume duties as as
sistant backfield coach and as
sistant line coach, respectively.
Vaughn, a product of River
side High School, Chattanooga,
Tennessee, lettered in football
and track here at Morehouse,
while Sims, who propped at At
lanta’s Price High, earned letters
in football and baseball.
The third addition to the staff
is Coach David Walker (’65),
another ex-star of the Morehouse
College Athletic Department.
Coach Walker will assume the
duty of full-time instructor in the
Physical Education Department.
He will also coach the Cross-
Country team and become Di
rector of Intramurals here at
Morehouse.
During his undergraduate
years here at the “House”,
Coach Walker participated in
varsity football and on the Cross-
Country squad.
The Maroon Tiger congratu
lates and extends best wishes
to these gentlemen.
ticipate in two meets.
The team., coached by David
Walker, is spearheaded by Sen
ior Captain Steven Johnson.
Other fleeters are Senior Edgar
Thomas, Junior Raines Carroll
and Freshmen Pete James,
Clinton Young, John Brown and
DeVereges Jones.
Alumni Sponsor
Banquet
The Maroon Tiger Athletic
Banquet was held at Paschal
Motor Lodge on October 2, spon
sored jointly by the Morehouse
Atlanta Alumni Association and
the All-Sports Jamboree Com
mittee.
Speaker for the occasion was
the former Tiger gridder, “Bun-
ky” Mathis, atheltic director at
Bethune Cookman College of
Daytona Beach, Florida. Dr. Ma
this emphasized the importance
of the desire to win and the
need to win in order to gain
recognition in any athletic en
deavor.
Announced at the banquet
were the captains for the foot
ball squad for the 1968 season.
Jesse Rowe and Franklin Huff
were named as the offensive cap
tains and Vinson Moore and
George Satterwhite were named
as the defensive captains.
Dr. Haines Named
Acting Chairman
Dr. James E. Haines has been
named acting chairman of the
Department of Physical Educa
tion at Morehouse College for
the first semester. Dr. Haines
is replacing Dr. Franklin L.
Forbes, who is on sabbatical
leave.
Dr. Haines is a 1942 graduate
of Morehouse College and has
coached at Morehouse for sev
eral years. He is the present
coach of the swimming and
baseball teams. Dr. Haines has
directed Morehouse’s swimming
team to several conference titles.
He has also had much success
with the baseball team.
OCTOBER
5 Home
13 W. Ga. & Ga. State Away
19 Ft. Valley State Home
26 Home
NOVEMBER
1 Home
6 Away
9 Ft. Valley State Away
19 SIAC Meet Atlanta
In a desperate attempt to get
the Tigers in the winning col
umn and eventually the SIAC
Crown, the Maroon Tigers went
into the “hunt” and came up
with some fine and promising
catches, including several all
conference and all-city players,
eleven of which are expected
starters.
The first stop was made lo
cally and at Archer High. Draft
ed from Archer were Leo Pink-
ett, John Grant and Marvin
Hope. Then the staff stopped at
Washington High and obtained
Douglas Ramey. Across town
they chose Joseph Glass, Wallace
Thompson and Edward Weaver.
The main objective at the
workouts was to have a look at
Vinson Moore, a highly possible
draft choice for the future sea
son. Moore, a 6-ft. 2-in., 220-lb.
defensive end, has played an im
portant role in the backbone of
Morehouse’s defensive squad
during the past seasons.
A native of Harlem, Georgia,
Moore has become one of the
Price High was not to be left
out as Kermit Williams was
chosen. Then the staff remem
bered from whence Palmer and
Rowe came and brought along
Douglas Henry from West Fulton.
Then the Tiger staff went
abroad. At Albany, Georgia,
Monroe High School came to
mind first. Joining the Tiger
ranks from Monroe are B. J.
Brown, Robert Brown and Nel
son Dawson. Eugene Jivins and
Richard Gamble came from Spen
cer High of Columbus, Georgia.
LA—lovely Augusta, that is—
wasn’t overlooked as the Tiger
staff brought with them from
Lucy Laney, Gary Bussey and
Scouts from the Dallas Cow
boys, Minnesota Vikings and the
Baltimore Colts praised Moore
for his fierceness and agility,
which is so important in profess
ional football.
We here at the Maroon Tiger,
along with the rest of the More-
• house family, wish Vinson the
I best of luck in his dealings with
! professional football.
Frank Eunice, and from T. W.
Josey High, Walter Houston and
Lorenzo Thomas.
The Tiger staff felt the need
for out-of-state gridders and
made three important stops. The
state of Florida sends two play
ers, Kenneth Thurston from
Pompano Beach, and John Artis
from Fort Pierce. Tennessee adds
herself to the roster in Kenneth
Drinkins from Memphis’ Central
High School. Finally, the Tiger
staff recollected the outstanding
performance by players from the
Windy City last season and draft
ed Carlton Black from Emil G.
Hursch High School of Chicago,
Illinois.
1968-69 Maroon Tiger football squad
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