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MAROON TIGER
Wednesday, December 18, 1968
Albany State Outslioots Tuskegee, 75-62, To Win G. I. T.
Ft. Valley. 89-83
M’House Loses To re ^ ectivel y-
j Morns Brown defeated Fort
Valley State 77-74 to keep the
| consolation crown in the city.
Clarence “Cowboy” Ellis lived : Jerome Brown led the Wolver-
up to his name as he outshot I i nes ’ attack with 27 points as
William Gillman scored 25 points
in a losing cause for Fort Val
ley.
The Jackson State Tigers nip
ped Clark College 74-62 to be
come champs in the losers’ col
umn. Jackson, G.I.T. champs for
’66 and ’67, were tournament fa
vorites until upset by Tuskegee
85-82 in the first round.
Other tournament scores were
as follows: Fort Valley 89—More
house 83; Morris Brown 92—
Savannah State 75; Albany State
74—Clark 54; Jackson State 92—
Savannah State 62; CLARK 77—
Tuskegee Institute to give Al
bany State a 75-62 victory and
the championship crown in the
finals of the G.I.T. Albany re
turned from a 26-26 half-time tie
to take an early second half
lead that remained throughout
the game. Ellis led Albany in
scoring with 28 while teammate
Wilbert Jones followed with 16.
Dewey Varner led Tuskegee with
12 points. Tuskegees’s top scorer,
Kendell Mayfield, couldn’t find
the basket as he ended up with
7 points for the night. Mayfield
scored 23 and 28 points against
Jackson State and Morris Brown, MOREHOUSE 74.
SPORTS
As The Ball Bounces
By D. Bernard Ball, Sports Editor
Officiating Poor
The Maroon Tigers, along with other teams, have been the
victim of some of the worst officiating in the city of Atlanta. A
recollection of the Georgia Invitational clearly supports this state
ment.
When the Tigers were playing Fort Valley
State a false call by the official actually determ
ined the outcome of the game. Clark defeated
the Tigers, thanks to the officials. Jackson State
lost to Tuskegee because of an overlooked foul
in the closing seconds of play.
Perhaps some officials accept some sort of
remuneration for calling the game the way they
do in the city of Atlanta. I have yet to find
a justifiable reason for calling an unfair game.
Maybe a confrontation with the officials of the
G.I.T. can explain the reasons, but I will not attempt to question
a man’s integrity.
This is not an attempt to make excuses for the Tigers’ losses,
but the truth must be spoken, written and heard.
Kendall Mayfield Forgotten
Kendall Mayfield’s performance did more than just fill the fans’
appetite for fine basketball in the G. I. T. but he literally put Tus
kegee into the finals against Albany State. The artistry shown by
this fine athlete was overlooked by the Exra Point Club as a mem
ber of the first All-Tournament team.
Unbeaten String Extends to 40
D. Ball
Kenneth Martin
G.I.T. Introduces
Future Cage Stars
By Kenneth Martin, Ass’t. Sports Editor
Not since the 1965 visit of Winston-Salem’s
“Earl-the-Pearl” Monroe has the G.I.T. seen such
outstanding personal performances as given by
players in the 1968 tournament. The crowd was
kept on its feet by the dazzling performances of
Tuskegee’s Kendall Mayfield and Mallory Chest
nut; Albany State’s Wilbert Jones and Clarence
’’Cowboy” Ellis; Morehouse’s Michael Vick,
Thomas Woodhouse, Fred Daniels; and Jackson
State’s A. W. Holt and James Barnes.
Kendall Mayfield, an alumnus of Dunbar
High School, Chicago, Illinois, literally “turned out” the gym as he
scored a sizzling 18 points in the final four mnutes to give Tuskegee
a 85-82 victory over tournament favorite Jackson State College.
In three tournament games, Mayfield scored 58 points for a 19.5
per-game average.
Clarence “Cowboy” Ellis of Albany State turned in 79 points
in three games for a 26.3 per-game average to earn himself the
G.I.T. Most Valuable Player award. Wilbert Jones, the other gun
of the running, gunning Rams of Albany, scored 61 points in three
games and a 20.3 per-game average to earn himself a spot on the
All-Tournament team. Jones, an All-American prospect and future
draft choice, is the brother of ex-Albany All-American Melvin
Jones, now playing professional basketball with the New York
Astronauts of the American Basketball Association.
The line-up of the 1968 All-Tournament team is as follows:
! Perry Simmons Morris Brown
j Dewey Varner Tuskegee
Wilbert Jones - — Albany State
James Anderson Albany State
♦Clarence Ellis Albany State
♦Most Valuable Player ,
The Morehouse Tigersharks
picked up where they left off
last season as they defeated Ten
nessee’s LeMoyne - Owen Col
lege 69-25 and Tennesee A & I
712-20.
Although pending official con
firmation of the records at the
date.
The Tennessee State encounter
LeMoyne-Owen meet, something
was added to the Tigersharks’
attack. Ronald Stewart, a fresh
man diver, captured first place
in his specialty at Tennessee. Un
fortunately there was no diving
Franklin Huff
Right, No. 55
Huff Named
To ALL-SIAC
The Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference has released
its official report for the 1968
football season. Congratulations
were extended to Tuskegee for
capturing the title as “Division
Champions” for the second con
secutive year as they defeated
Alabama State 23-21 on Turkey
Day. The Golden Tigers went un
defeated and untied in conference
games.
Also released was the All-Con
ference teams. Morehouse’s
Franklin Huff was named All-
Conference center. Huff, one of
the four captains on the More
house squad, was the only Ma
roon Tiger selected on the first
team; however, four other Tigers
made the second team. Seniors
Vinson Moore ard Robert Williams
made the second team as the de
fensive end and offensive guard,
respectively. James Wilson was
named to a defensive tackle spot
as George Satterwhite and Joseph
Marshall made corner linebacker
and middle linebacker, respec
tively.
In the individual pass-receiv
ing department, Roger Bell took
third place as he grabbed 31
tosses for a total of 517 yards
and a 64.6 game average. John
ny Palmer rounded out the cate
gory as he caught 27 passes for
328 yards and a 41-yard per game
average.
Andrew Smith listed second in
the individual scoring department
as he totaled 60 points by way of
10 touchdowns. Roger Bell scored
six touchdowns and scored two
P’oints after touchdown (PAT) to
make his total 38 points.
In the punting department,
Michael Floyd kicked the pig
skin 43 times for 1,392 yards and
a 32.4 average.
facility at LeMoyne-Owen Col
lege.
Probably the most determined
assault was made on Tennessee
State’s records. Juan Lieba, More
house’s undefeated senior,' slashed
14 seconds off the 1,000 yards
freestyle record with a sizzling
12:16.0. Charles McEntee, Tiger
sharks’ sensational sophomore,
cut 19 seconds off the 500 yards
freestyle record with an un
contested 5:47.0. David Watkins,
surging sophomore flyer, lowered
the 200 yards butterfly record to
2:119.0, his best official time to
was completely dominated by the
Tigersharks. The Morehousers
won first place on the 12-event
slate, finishing first and second
in five events. The two meets
ran the Tigerharks’ unbroken
string to 40. They have also bro
ken six pool records in two
meets.
Outstanding—but non-record
breaking—performances were
turned in by Adolfo Santiago,
Wigberto Cintron, Lewis Collier,
Captain Micheal Clark, Jeffrey
Goldson, Rene Davila, Ignatius
Sanders, Dennard Fobbs, Charles
Davis, Richard Allen, Robert
Garcia, Joe Ruscito and Rafeal
Francis.
As the major portion of the
Tigersharks’ season is yet to
come, the Maroon and Whites
are quite appreciative of the
newly acquired depth.
Tigers Nip Lemoyne, 102-99
Laroy Vaughn and Fred Daniels
poured in 25 points each to lead
the Maroon Cagers to a 102-99
victory over LeMoyne-Owens
College in their season opener.
The first half saw the Tigers
pulling out in front to lead at
half-time 48-35. LeMoyne-Owens
came back strong in the second
half as they led the Maroon Ca
gers 95-94 with 3:30 left in the
game. Fred Daniels took charge
and scored three consecutive field
goals to preserve a victory for
the Maroon Cagers.
The Tigers used a balance at
tack as the five starters reached
double figures. John Mitchell
shot 18, Thomas Woodhouse hit
10, Fred DeVaughn had 12 and
Larry Pettis and Stephen Lang
scored 6 points each.
Leroy Megeett and James Hos
kins paced the losers with 25
and 24 points, respectively.
Fisk Wins 93-82
Despite a 27-point effort by
Fred Daniels, Fisk was able
able to use ball control in the
to use ball control in the
the Maroon Tigers their first de
feat of the 1968-69 campaign by
the score of 93-82.
Fisk compiled a 43-33 halftime
lead that the Maroon Cagers
were never able to overcome.
Both teams placed four men in
double figures. Vernon Lesley led
Fisk with 18 points supported by
Richard Harris’ 15 and Carl
Brantley’s 14 points.
Thomas Woodhouse followed
Daniels’ 27 points with 15, and
Leroy Vaughn scored 13.
The Maroon Cagers are now
1-1 and await conference com
petition.
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