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Page 6-The Maroon Tiger-February 13, 1981
SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT
" Stevie Stays On Top’’
"From The
By Lerone Bennett III
The Morehouse Maroon
Tiger Basketball team stands for
improvement in the second half of
the season and there is no reason
why they should lose any more
games before the always tough
Tuskegee Basketball tournament
at the end of the year.
The 1980-81 season for the
Morehouse Tigers began on a
rough schedule as the Maroon
Tigers opened up at Alabama A &
M. They lost the contest 86 to70
and the tempo was set. The
Tigers would have to play catch
up basketball, and that’s exactly
what they did.
They came back home after
the Alabama A & M road trip and
won a “barn-burner”, in Archer
Hall gymnasium. The leading
scorer’s for the House were Karl
Bell, the team’s leading scorer
and possible pro prospect and
Duwayne Nelson. The schedule
after that got hard and easy as the
Tigers had trouble in the
Winston-Salem Tourney but came
back home to defeat soundly a
new arch rival to the Morehouse
Tigers, the Fisk University
Bulldogs. The Tigers then lost
their next two away games aginst
Benedict and Savannah State.
The Cagers of Morehouse’s
biggest boost was when they
broke 100 points against their
AUC arch rival Morris Brown, at
Morris Brown and defeated them
’barn-burner’’ behind Karl,
Duwayne Nelson, Adam Troy,
and Bobby Williams!!
I feel the schedule of the
Morehouse College basketball
team is really a deduction and not
an asset because when the
Maroon Tigers played Clark at
Morehouse, the Majority of the
students were still at home during
Christmas break, and I feel in any
ballgame the fans set the tempo
of the game!! This is one of the
main reasons why I feel we lost to
Clark the first time even though
our leading scorer had an off
night, Karl Bell!!
The Morehouse College
Basketball team has a lot to
improve on be fere the end of the
season because the team has
been criticized for playing the
wrong players at the wrong time
and the right players at the wrong
time.
There were a lot of
discouraged Morehouse fans
when the cagers of Morehouse
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lost to Savannah State in a game
they should have won, but if you
ask me, neither team wanted to
win! !There was turnover after
turnover, Point-guard Bobby
Williams picked up the slack for
Karl Bell as Bobby had a season
high 17 points in the final
minutes.
I feel an away game is just as
important as a home game
regardless of the home court
advantage. On Jan. 20, 1981 I
embarked on a road trip to
Tuskegee Institute and believe
me I saw every bit of a “barn
burner” but the Morehouse
Tigers fell short. I feel (and I
think the team feels they should
have won that game because even
though the referees were
cheating in the final minutes, the
Maroon Tigers had set the tempo
of the game. They played
excellent basketball in the first
half and they were winning the
game. Karl Bell had 23 points in
the first half, and believe me he
was scoring at will. In the second
half, Tuskegee gained a little
momentum but not enough to
take a substantial lead and the
Maroon Tigers kept the game
close. I feel the deciding factor in
the whole game was when the
game was tied at 80-80 and there
was 15 seconds left on the clock in
regulation time. Art McAfee,
guard for the Tigers brought the
ball down the court and
whiletrying in vain to pass the
ball, he lost the ball out of bounds
and the game went into
overtime!!
This was the turning point in
the game because momentum
changed the other way and
Tuskegee began to shoot better,
outhustle us, and get the rebound
This is how Tuskegee won with
execution. Tile Tigers lost the
game but they deserve credit
because the team seems to finally
want to come around. Karl Bell,
the team’s leading scorer and
fifth leading scorer in the
conference had 39 points.
Duwayne Nelson had 24 points
and played according to me, the
best game of the season so far!!
The Maroon Tiger Basketball
Team is 7-7 in overall standing
for the year and 2-3 in conference
play.
This is the meat of the
schedule for the cagers of
Morehouse and they must put
something together to improve
their record.
By George Espy
Entertainment Editor
.... On the right inside flap of
Stevie Wonder’s classically
acclaimed double album
“Journey Through The Secret
Life of Plants,” is a statement to
his fans. In the last sentence of
the statement he pledges, “For
waiting is not what I meant for
you, but to share with me the
images of life that God has sent
me through and if this life afford
me again the chance to share with
you through song, I will move as
swiftly as life demands, but never
so fast as not to give you my very
best.”
“Initially, the fact that Stevie
Wonder’s new LP “Hotter Than
July,” was done in only a year,
paired with its obvious disco
orientation, a conscientious fan
might conclude that Stevie
Wonder has for sale in his pledge
for the glittering economic
success of commercial music. His
past two LP’s “Journey Through
The Secret Life of Plants” and
Songs In The Key of Life,” were
three or two years respectively in
their release. Both recordings
were widely recognized for the
artistic excellence that has lifted
Stevie Wonder to legendary
status in the contemporary music
world. Both recordings as enjoyed
airplay on top 40 radio stations.
A second listening to
“Hotter Than July,” reveals side
one, as well polished, expertly
arranged array of disco love
tunes; The general quality of
which is inferior in instrumental
and lyrical substance, to Stevie’s
more recent music. The only
feature meriting any discussion
here is “All I do,” a disco tune
bearing the vocal talents of
Stevie, Michael Jackson, and
Betty Wright and which is mixed
in as the second track on side one
in the familiar non-stop disco
dance manner.
side two however, there
is a return to the social element as
well as the artistic quality of his
previous recordings. “Master
Blaster (Jammin)”, the first tract,
is a lively mixture or raggae horns
and rhythms with disco. It is
already a success on the top 40
radio networks. The Lyrics
describe the introduction of Black
America to the culture of the
Third World through the
irresistably danceable beat.
“Do Like You,” a brillantly
conceived narrative track, using
the voices of Stevie’s children in
the background of it’s
introduction and at the end of the
song, makes lyric of his baby son,
Keita’s early attempts at
dancing. ■ Driving with disco
rhythm and melodic chants,
“show me how to do like you!”
The piece breaks at the end with
the shattering of glass, an
accident of little Keita’s, and his
older sister’s “uh ohh, Tm gon
tell.”
“Cash In Your Face”
maintains the general disco
element characterizing “Hotter
Than July,” and yet presents an
urgent social Lacce_ptance that
professional blacks encounter in
society despite their ability to pay
financially.
“Lately” is a lush ballad
show-casing Stevie’s talent for
smooth romantic vocals. He is the
true instrumentalist, creating a
deep soft background texture on
keyboards. The lyrics present the
dd-age theme, the frustration of
a lovers doubt.
The final track is “Happy
Birthday,” a tribute to Martin
Luther King Jr., whose life and
times are depicted in photographs
on the album sleeve of “Hotter
Than July.” The drums and
keyboards rock with enthusiastic
danceable rhythm. Stevie’s
sunny heart felt lyrics chant the
urgency for a peace holiday
celebrating Martin’s birthday.
“Hotter Than July” is
indeed amidst the mainstream of
today’s commercial music
market. It still holds
nevertheless, the sdid quality
and high standard of J
entertainment that Steviei
Wonder’s music always has.
Take a little time and listen :
to Stevie’s new sound. It’s disco,
but it is hot, even “Hotter Than
Tulv!”
CHANGES
Life is a series of
changes,, which gof:om
day today. Although
some seem dreary, they
may change someday.
As you stride, through
life, go forward
CAPTIVITY
Fifty two brave men
and women were taken
hostage. They were abused
andmisused But throughout
the ordeal the ideals
that they were born
under grew closer to
them. Soldiers were killed in an attempt
to end the seige.
But with the smiles
and the freedom given
the fifty two, it helps
to alleviate the pain
of the deaths.
Tony Towns