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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