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TUSKEGEE BESTS MORRIS BROWNS WITH HARD LINE CHARGES, 22TO T
Ric Roberts, EDITOR
‘Melancholy’ Jones
Wilson L. Driver
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1931
Lucius Jones Names] His Ali - Southern -- Edward Waters Beats Fla., 2-0
Thay Call It Homecominc
—— By ‘Ric' Roberts——o—_
WHIl,l'l I am tempted to devote this column to an xposit.on of the
method which has so far cnabled me to predict the bLig winners
of the year, | realize that 1 owelit to my public to furnish them with
" details of a highly sensational nature having to do with
P the yearly crop of Homecoming football game: Fin sure
- you'll like it because it is plenty brillient and quite re
W‘*‘ vealing. One of the signs of a Homecoming affair is the
k‘"‘«fi‘ amazing ruthlessness with which the at-home teamn be
{ “,é comes purged. FKvery father looks forward to the day
'3 when he will go back to college and see hig son carry
on the family school traditions of sport. KEvery grad
: [ looks forward to the time when, with immaculate garb
“RIC" and colors in hand, he will venture badk to Alma Mater
and see his successors to plory of Felton jump on a foe and pound
him down, down, down! For our Old Felton! The emotional response
to such inspiration usually causes the visiting team to find itselt hope
Jessly entangled in a maelstrom of insurmountable oppositions,
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The stronger team does not win a Homecoming game un
less it is the at-home team. Take 1931 for instance. More
house ran into two Homecoming engagements with teams con
sidered far below her grid status. What was the result? Why,
she didn't win cither of them. Benedict clutched her in a
scoreless tie and 'Talladega beat her three touchdowns to two.
Prairie View rushed into a 21 to 0 Homecoming shellacking at
Tuskegee. Morris Brown stalled before a happy Homecoming
throng at Knoxville. If I were a coach I would try and ex
clude 2all engagements that smacked of Homecoming possibi
lities. I'd get out of it somehow.
IIOMEC()MIN(} football teams are crusty and tough. A body ot
T adolescents, gathered ostensibly to display for the pleasure ot
alumni and parents a rugged and brilliant brand of football and
thorough sportsmanship. comports itself like a gang of tenth ward row
dies rolling in the gutter over ten or fifteen cents. I usually feel sorry
for the nice young fellows who arce thus jeopardized. There they are
out there bent on playing a normal game of football and those cleven
Homecoming bullies won't let them. They are out to win and 1if It
takes a good old-fashioned bone crusting style to do so, then why not!
Atlanta university .in:..pin-d by a Homecoming crowd, despite twenty
first downs managed to bash Morchouse 13 to 0. That happened in'24
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And if you aren’'t sharp, Homecoming can get you; can
make a monster of you. You can lose all the fine qualities
of curture and refinement at a Homecoming watching your
colors wave. You can actually revel in human suffering and
punishment when the other fellow is getting it. Your team
may start a devastating march downfield towards the enemy
goal and suddenly an encmy youngster is down and out
Water is being poured on his brow and the doctors are running
out there. “On with the game!” “Take Him out!” Let's go
on for a touchdown!” You'll say all those and more. Then
the fallen youngster may squirm around and gaze at you, or
toward you by chance, with glazed and unseeing eyes out of
his bloody face. 1lis mouth open, his gummy teeth exposed,
and his breath whistling out of his throat. The hell uf a
Homecoming. Under ordinary circumsiances you would pity
the chap or offer aid.
/\Nl) this poor lad. quite a horrible, pitiful sight, but not unpleasant
: to you withall because you are pulling mightily for the school
team. He just had that coming. [If some of the iron and ruthlessness
of a Homecoming cleven were manifested in every game, I do not
Suppose [ would have a point. but the fact that it usually isn’t sus
ilins me. Colored footballers are very seldom fatally injured but they
are usually battered and kicked around quite freely in these Home
coming and “grudge” affairs Nicks claims very steadfastly that the
Knoxvilles would have croaked Shag Jones on that October Knoxville
Homecoming if he (Nicks) had not removed the boy from the game.
I think something ought to be done about this Homecoming tendency
It hurts betting and shins and heads and ankles.
l'l‘ IS different with a Homecoming. Usually the milifants are tra
ditional rivals. They would rather win than live afterwards. T'he
failure of success of a season is planted in that ONE battle. Here is
the culmination of a season’s success, and the rooters of the Home
comers are in a different than usual mood, a stauncher one and an
uglier one. They are there to WIN, to stick to their team, do or die.
The emotional madness is projected into the team and then, my pals,
you have your perfect’ formula for trouble. Plenty of trouble.
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McPherson and Mebin
Run Scores as the
~ Aikens Win, 13-0
RAINY AND COLD
- CHARLOTTE. N. C. Dec. 6—In
a steadvy downpour of rain ac
companied b y almost freezing
temperatures and a thirty mile
‘Rale, Clark’s Black Battalion of
Death got past the Johnson C.
Smith Bull for two touchdowns
and one extra point here this
dreary afternoon to win, 13 to 0
The playing field was almost
uniformily hidden beneath four or
five inches of mud and slush. The
players were almost frozen and
their own identities were often
confused as the yellow m u d
spreaded over their bodies and
made them all look similiar
Smith took the jump and backed
the Clarks back to their 2 yard
line. Baker got a nice punt away
and. after holding, Clark had the
ball on her own thirty-five yard
line. McPherson then blasted come
thirty odd yards through for 2
first down. Arnett picked up
twenty-two more on four tries.
Smith held momentarily and kick
ed, Clark started the march again
and it ended with Mebane circling
the left side of the Smith line for
a score. A line buck failed to add
the extra point.
The ball was becoming difficult
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: SMELANCHOLEY ! JONES' AlL-SOLTHERN :
: TEAMS FOR 1931 |
(Picke Solely From S. 1. C. Conference) |
| See Wi dinesday issue tor re run of these picks aind explana
vons thereof. :
| FIRST TEAM 2
| PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
| REEVES LEFT END CLARK
- E. ADAMS 1EFT FACKLE TUSKEGEE
) HOCKETT LEET GUARD TUSKEGEE
MAW ROBINSON CENTER CLARK
i BRANCH RIGHT GUARD ALABAMA
- LASH RIGHT TACKLE ALLABAMA
- PIGROM RIGHT END TALLADEGA
BAKER QUARTERBACK CLARK
MC CARTHY LEET HALEBACK TUSKEGEE
LASSITER I"IGHT HALFBACK KNOXVILLE
SHAG JONES FULLBACK MOKRIS BROWN
SECOND TEAM
PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
TINY SMITH LEFT END MORRIS BROWN
MC KINNEY LEFT TACGKLE TUSKEGEE
BIG ARMSTRONG LEFT GUARD ED WATER
RED SMITH CENTER MOREHOUSE
PACE RIGHT GUARD KNOXVILLE
PUCKETT RIGHT TACKLE CLARK}
PINKNEY RICHT END CLARK
CRAWFORD GUARTERBACK FLORIDA A. & MI
SEVERN FRAZIER LEFT HALFBACK ALABAMA |
- SILVEY RIGHT HALFBACK TUSKEGEE
~ SPURLOCK FULLBACK MORRIS BROWN
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i THIRD TEAM
I PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL |
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f WELLS LEFT END KNOXVILLE:
" CANNON LEET TACKILE TALLADEGA |
tCOGAR . LEFT GUARD AL.ABAMA{
' HARRIS CENTER MORRIS BROWN |
GATEWOOD RIGHT GUARD TUSKEGEE |
STANFIELD RIGHT TACKLE MORRIS BROWN |
MAXEY JONES RIGHT END FLORIDA A & M.
'DUCK FRAZIER QUARTERBACK AI_ARAMA;’l
EVERETT LEET HALFBACK ED. WATERS |
JAMES RIGHT HALFBACK MOREHOUSE |
ARNFETT FULI. BACK CLARK
| ENDS —Tennille and M. Brown (Alibaima); Mc Lemore
(MB.U.) Evans and Sam Johnson (Morehouse); Belcher and War
ner (Tutkegee); Baugh (Xnoxville); Hall (Fiuk).
f TACKLES—Simor and T. Staplefoote (Clark): Robinson (Ala
; bama); Davis and Reid (Mcrehouse); Jim Reid ind Foots Williams
' (M.B.U ); A, Gaither (Knoxviile); Coleman (Fla. A. & M.) Devauit
[ (Edward Waters).
i GUARDS—Walker (MBU.); Claytor (Knoxvi'le); Tyson
- (Morehouse); Cosby and E. Staplefsote (Clark).
| CENTERS—Drake (Alabama}; Cevy (Kuoxville); Camp (Tus
| kegee). e e
QUARTERBACKS —Moberly (Tuskeg o): Nic Pherson
(Clark); Smith and Hubbard (Kuoxvilie): K.il, (Morehouse); Mit
chell (Talladega); Rat Williams and Credell (M B.U))
HALFBACKS-—Dyke Smith, Red Moore. and Bowens (M.B.U.);
Jeffries (Morehouse); King (Tuskegee); Perkins (Knoxville); Elzy
Wright (Talladeza); Fisher (Fisk); Ellerbe (Fla. A. & M.); Lar
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Me¢ Carthy, King, And
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Silvey Display
Nice Form
REID, HARRIS HOT
T.aching the Purple line with one
of the most powerful runnine at
tacks this section has seen Coach
Cleveland 1. Abbott's might Tus
kegee Tigers romped over the
Morris Brown Wolverines by a
22-7 scor> at Spiller Field Satur
dav before more than three thou
sand fans.
~ The Purple line, unscored upon
until the Tuskegee clash, vielded
three times last Saturday. Herhert
King, fullback, went over for the
first touchdown early in the first
Louarter with a neat sweep thru the
line on a deceoptive spinner. The
boint trv was wide. Tuskeree 6.
Morris Brown 0
| The second tally came whon a6
:(‘I' a drive from near midfield
onarterback, rammed hi A
thre yards thru the lne for tho
tally. McCarthy annexed the ex
tra point. from nplacement Tu
kegee 13, Morris Brown 0
In the middle of the seeond
auarter Morris Brown recovored n
Tuskerce fumhb!e on the T - 18
vard line, which was followed by
1 15 yvard penaltv acainst the Ah
bott men for Belcher's palnahle
slugging, and the ball wo: the
Purple’s on the one vard 1line
Successive rams hy Shag Jone:
netted the score. Dvke Smith wic
vood for the aftev-noint on n dron.
kick that played tar with the croo:
bar. Tuskegen 13, Morris Drown 7.
The half ended that wav
Coming back into the third
quarter, a neat see-saw ensued for
a while with both teams offerine
stubborn defense. Hockett and Me
Kinney, of Tuskegee. and Big
Reid and Harris of Morris Brown
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L.ots of Height
Should Wilke F inney Teturn
from home apain by the opening
of the seasan, Clark will return her
old combination of Donald Reeves
and Kinney, forwards; Brick
Jobhnson, center:; and l.eRoy Me-
Neil and Carl Ray, guards. Ralph
1 ong. Robert Stowut: Ted Johnson,
Arnett: dnd Jazz Pharrow, who
composed of other combinations,
vwhich boasted an average of five
feet. ten and a half inches
It is felt that Hog Maw Robin
<on. former A. U -and Fisk star;
Lucius Jones, former A. U. and
Morris Brown luminary, Bates
Blackbiirn: former. A U puard:
and Rochelle Johnson, former
\iorehouse performer, will more
than displace some of the former
mninstays Aiken particularly likes
Jone second high scorer of the
930 IFral meet and one of last
r's leaders (reat things are
cpected from Walter Tate from
Dunbar High. and Hamilton, Ed
aur Kinney. Ripert Bell Doug
Robinson. and several others.
Purple Alarming Too!
Morris Brown. getting off a lit
"Hog' Mosely
J. C. Chunn
lAndy' West
tie later, will’ return a squad min
us "Fits” Carey, Bill Daugherty,
Rhine Miller, and Canute Richard
son, Murdock, who like Runt Pul
lins and Fits Carey lIs here with
advance ‘‘rep”, is recommended by
many Wolverine folk as the peer
of the absent Carey. while Del.oss
Berry, also a Baltimorian, plays at
the pivot positicn
Red Bradley and Dratfon Roberis
will resume their work in the for
wards, Abe Walker, last year's
captain, will romp at center. Spects
Bright and Big Jim Reed will take
guards anew, presumably. Of
course, Murdock. Berry. Red
Moore, Dyke Smith, Credell, Runt
Jackson. Stanfield, Shag Jones,
Hidum MclLemore, Frank Nelson,
Honey Smith and others, have lots
to say about that.
As -far as the public goes, the
favorites here until some new stars
spring up will be Drafton Roberts.
Red Bradley. Spects Bright, and
Jim Red of Morris Brown, Josh
Archer and Red Smith, of More
house and Lefty Reeves, Grass
hopper McNeil, Brick Johnson,
Melancholy Jones. Carl Ray, and
Red Kinney of Clark.
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