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forth Carolina Champions of Dixie Basketball;
Mercer Lands Second Place in Atlanta Tournament
TARHEELS DEFEAT
MERCERCAGEMEN
IN FINAL FRACAS
Baptists Fight Hard But Are
Clearly Outplayed.
ORANGE AND BLACK DYNAMITES THE TECH TORNADO
MERCER MAULS MOCCASINS MONDAY
HARMON IS MERCER STAR
North Carolinians Exhibit Fast
and Clean Machine.
THIRD WON FROM (BAPTISTS TROUNCE MERCER DEFEATS
CENTREQUINTET KENTUCKY STATE
Smith and Harmon Are Stars 1921 Champions Meet Waterloo
For Orange and Black. ,in Orange and Black.
CHATTANOOGANS
25-18 Tune of Baptists’ Victory
in Tourney Monday Night.
By C. E. Baker
Au<litorium-Armory, Atlanta. Mar.
. Inhibiting a wonderful brand of
askctball, a marvelous passing ma-
him- and clearly outplaying their
pponenta all the way, the University
f North .Carolina Tarheels defeated
lercer here tonight and thereby an-
lexi'ri the basketball championship
if the S. I. A. A. and' S. 1. C. The
inn) score of tonight’s struggle was
10 to 26 in favor of the Chapel Hill
Kiys ■ and the visitors from up coun-
ry deserved their victory. They
•roved the better team and a fitting
lurccssor to the crown worn by the
Kentucky State basketeers for the
•ast year. " •
The Tarheels kept possession of
he hall for a great portion of the
imo which, with their amazing pass-
dk and splendid goal shooting pro
clivities-, always kept them in the
eail of the hard-working Mercerites.
The North Carolinians got away to
their usual lead. They were at the
top of their form and displayed in-
irincihle ball at all times. Mercer
fought hard and always gave the
Tarheels a struggle. After North
Carolina had gotten away in the first
half for a 21 to 10 tally, the Baptists
rallied gamely at the opening of the
W’nd half when Coach Cody shifted
his entire team and soon pulled the
marginal lead of the Tarheels down
to a six-point margin. Three times
M,ereer did this jn the first few min
utes of the second half. The terrible
pace told on the Baptists before they
tied the score and with “Consuelo’ -
Smith banished on personal, the ma
chine '. seemed to wither . before the
driving, sensational attack .of the
North Carolinians. ...
fat cannot be said that Mercer was
off form or anything of that order,
lor the Codyites looked mighty good
Little George Harmon had more suc
cess tonight in his goal shooting
than any time during the tourney
and made eighteen of the twenty-six
markers made by the Orange and
Black outfit. George was in great
form obtained six field goals and
shot six fouls out of twelve attempts.
Harmon, by his brilliant perform
ance tonight, ended the tournament
as the high-point scorer of the tour
nament. The little guard tallied up
points during the meet while Captain
Carmichael, the center of- the North
Canfanians, was second with 72,
having added sixteen to his previous
total of 56 by tonight’s' contest.
Mercer in Lead'Only Once
' Mercer led the Tarheels only once
in the ■ entire game. This was in the
first, four minutes of play, when the
Baptists, with two field goals' by
Harmon and another by Pope, topped
the Carolina outfit 6 to 6. From this
time on, however, North Carolina
ffas too much.
. TwA Macon Bauds There
The Mercer and Lanier bands com
bined as one were oh hand for the
hnip and rendered several selee
tiona, winning much applause front
fandom in general, but their efforts;
u well as those of the students and
the Mercer team were in vein for
Mercer was pitted against an
usual foe. The Baptitts’ grit •«*>
determination just simply could not
.(Continued on png* four)
MERCER INTO SEMI-FINALS
Mercer beat Chattanooga 25-18,
and North Carolina took > in Georgia,
33-26, in the.S, I. A. A. tournament
Monday night. Mercer started out in
the lead in Her game with'the Moc
casins’, and never relinquished it, al
though she was closely pushed at
times. Smith and Gamble were the
Mercer stars, although the floorwork
of George Harmon entitled him to
much - praise. Bubber Pope again
played the .-whole game, and is prov
ing an excellent running mate for
Smith.
At the end of 15 minutes hard
playing the. Chattanoogans had
scored only one field goal while Mer
cer had assessed."12 points. -The Moc-
asins, terrified by the fast work of
the Mercerites,'took time out for
consultation, and came back into the
game determined .to win. Their rally
however did not last, very long, and
the first half ended Mercer 13, Chat
tanooga 8. . • ‘ ;
At the beginning of the second half
Harmon dribbled the ball down the
floor and passed it to. Gamble, who
dropped in a pretty one. This, started
some fast hasketball, both sides scor
ing some pretty shots, but Mercer
scored just a few more than did the
Moccasins, the game ending 25-18,
Mercer.
Bill Redd seemed to be over half
the team for the Chattanoogans, and
scored 12 of their 18 points. He was
in almost every play hnd was far and
away the best man on - the losing
team. The summary follows:
M£rcer(25) Chattanooga! 18)
Pope (2) RF Winger(2)
Smith(8) LF .....Guthrie fa)
Gamble!8) ! C ... Redd (12)
Harmon<7) RG Dyer (.0)
Barper(O) LG .......;.Cate(0)
By F. R. Nalls, Jr.
' Completely outclassing the “Pray
ing Colonels’’ in every department of
the game, Mercer Friday handed
Centre College the drubbing of their
life, to the tune pf -12-16. The Ken
tuckians shot the first point, a foul,
but after that they' never ' even' 1
threatened ,the Mercerites.
The Baptists showed the best team
work which they have evidenced this
season, passing so swiftly as to be
wilder the followers of “Bo" McMil-
1 in. The Kentuckians were unable to
penetrate : the defense of the Mercer
team, while Mercer’s offense seemed
to go through Centre at will.
Smith and Harmon were the indi
vidual stars of the game. Harmon
was at his best in the foul line; shot
ting eight out of eight tries. Coach
Cody took him out in the second half,
saving him for the Kentucky State
game the next day. As he left the
floor he was loudly, cheered by the
crowd. Smith was high point man
of the bout, shooting six field goals
and one fold. He seemed to locate
the basket from any angle. ’/
Gamble was too closely guarded to
shoot, but. his pass-work had much
to do with Mercer’s victory. Harper
played his usual unbeatable game at
standing guard, and scored one point,
Something that he as standing guard
rarely- does.
Pope, Smith’s new rufining mate,
showed up so well that it. was gen
erally conceded that he would play
in the rest, of Mercer’s 1 games. He
did not shoot, much, but he' fed them
to Smith, who did. The lineup and
summary of: the game is as follows:
SURPRISE OF TOURNAMENT
Upsetting all dope, Mercer Satur
day night defeated' the Kentucky
quintet, winners of - last year's S’. I.
'A. A., by a score: of 35-22. With the
whole team. playing at its best, the
Codyites ran rings around the feared
Blue Grass team.: At the end-'of the
firit half Mercer was leading, 18-10,
and from then on they Were never
threatened with defeat.
George Harmon, Mercer’s great
running guard, was the star of the
game, making 21 of Mercer’s 35
points. . His marvelous dribbling,
through the entire Kentucky' team
repeatedly aroused cheers from the
spectators. He shot 12 out of 21
fouls. ' '
The Blue Grass boys were never in
the lead', and only once did' they’have
the score tied, 1-1. Harmon shot the
first point, and King of Kentucky tied
the score. Mercer was far ahead be
fore they tallied another point.
At the end of the first half, with
the scare 18-1.0, the Crowd went wild
with delight, cheering Harmon and
the Mercer team repeatedlv. The
Codyites had almost iis much support
as if they had been playing on their
home court! Their wonderful work
In outplaying the Kentuckians made
them popular with all the Atlantans.
Harper was banished from the
game in the first half, and Manley
McWilliams took his place. Later on
I-McWilliams .was also put out- ,«.« per
sonal fouls and Wilkes toon tos place
Wilkes, who- is a forward, says he
was scared, half to death, but he ac
quitted himself very creditably, nev
ertheless. After McWilliams was
(Continued- on page four)
GOES INTO FINALS
BY SUPERIOR WORK
baptists Burn ’Em Up in Semi-
- Finals of Tourney.
In her fourth straight win of the
tournament -Mercer University de
feated Tech by a superior class of
basketball in Atlanta Tuesday night.
The score-of 29-14 discloses the rel
ative strength shown by the two
teams in the clash, v .' .
Mercer gained a wide lead in the
first few minutes' of play and were
never seriously threatened by the
Yellow Jackets. Tech was appar
ently “off her game,’- to some extent,
but' this alohe did not account for the
'difference ip the tally, Th.c ■ Orange
and Black boys were simply going
like dynamite and early wrecked the
Tech Tornado beyond repair.
Harmon's work was the chief il- -
lumination from a Mercer stand
point, 'ringing goals, both foul and
field, dribbling, guarding, dashing
meteor of speed and fire. Time and
time again he burned his way
through the Tech defense and hurled
the sphere through the iron hoop.
Harper, Pope. Smith, Gamble, all ‘
the Mercer players were in the thick
of the fray without let-up. The old
drive and .endurance- that- it takes to
win the game was, there at all times
For Tech, Eckford showed up welt
until he was: yanked for personal
fouls. A monster crowd witnessed
the contest, and the supporters- of
-both" teams kept up a continuous din
of encouragement for their respec
tive teariis.
The lineup and summary follow:
Mercer(20) Tech(4)
Pope fa). RF ,Mathesori(3)
Smith! 41 LF Jenks(3) -
Gamble!4) C . Eckford
Harmon! I”) RG Roane (6)
Harper ... .. LG . Staton
(Continued on page four)
Substitutes: Mercer, McWilliams.
, “Grpat minds have purposes, others
have, wishes.”
MERCER .BASKETBALL SQUAB W**ICH BEAT CENTRE. KENTUCKY STATE. CHAITANOOGAA^D TECH IN TOURNEY