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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-20
BROTHERHOOD'S GOLDEN
ANNIVERSARY PICNIC SETS
MARK IN SPITE OFTORRENT|
BEST of AN." Sentiment Of $4,000 Who
Cram Idoro To Limit For Annual Picnic

FOR the third straight year rain attempted spoil Potters
Picnic Day, but aside from washing the ball game and
shutting down most Of the rides and amuseme for about
hour and half the torrent unable poers
after the cloudburst jolly crowd that again headed for
their favorite fun
With all available parking space long gone the huge
hall filled to overowing the ball field amed and all rides and
concessions doing business along the crowded midway doa
Park officials stated there approximately $4,000 poers and
their friends making the day the most enjoyable the his
tory of the annual outing Some three five thousand left during
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NC. State Upset By Hampton AS
Downing, 6'11", Is Bottled Up

ing duel that lasted fully one
minute and a half; then Allen
made one from the charity line to
bring the Pirates within a point
of the visitors, and followed quick
ly with hook shot to give the
Hampton quint 20-19 lead. At
this point the excitement increas-
ed and the Pirates started to
build up lead that was not Sc
riously threatened by the State
team.
jackson and Hudgins kept the
crowd roaring as they pushed the
lead up to 24-19. Reds Cooper
brought the already wild specta-
tors to their feet with a running
one hand shot that proved to be
the most spectacular one of the
day. Allen made the score 27-20
when he made another free throw.
Two charity shots by Ennis and
Downing to make the scor 27-22.
Hudgins, still pacing the Pirates
1922 and Allen ripped the cords
for two more points.
With eight minutes to pla-
Downing tipped a two pointer to
make the score 31-24. Hudgins
Swelled his total points to eigh-
teen as the score went to 1928,
with 4 I-2 minutes To play. Coop
CT made the final two points for
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Xavier Is
Favored In
SIAC Meet

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala
(SNS)-One of the most stubborn
ly fought basketball battles in
81 uthern Conference tournament
history will be waged here when
eleven teams entered in the Sew
enth Annual Tourney, clash in
Logan Hall on the Institute cam
rus beginning at loo o'clock
Thursday afternoon. February %.
The tourney will continue through
Saturday.
Members of the Gold Rush team
Of Xavier University, New orleans,
New Orleans, holders of the con-
ference title for the past two
years, are tagged again as tourna-
ment favorites, and in the opinion
of many hardwood authorities, viii
repeat. The Crescent City cagers
won IS consecutive games before
yielding to defeat.
The Clark University Panthers
of Atlanta and the Florida A. and
M. College Rattlers, co-leaders in
Conference competition for the
season of l939-1940, with nine vic
tories and two defeats each, are
regarded as teams to be feared.
The Golden Quint of Tuskegee
Institute, with nine victories and
six losses, will present a high
scorer in Thomas Hornburger, six
foot, three inch center, Carbondals.
Illi. ad in Wilson Smith, flashy
forward, Kansas City, Kansas. Both
Of these men are considered bas-
ketball wizards and they are in
rare form. Tuskegee is listed as the
threat team of the tournament
with an average of AZ points a
game.
Drawings will be held WedneS-
day night in Logan Hall.
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Ethiopian Clowns Eye
Another Big Season

being staged there, and it may bt
necessary to play the Easter Sun
day date away from home.
However, on Sunday and Mon
day, March 81 and April l, Miami
fans will witness one Of the most
sensational sporting events ever
staged at Dorsey Park, when Os-
car Charleston's Toledo Crawfordf
Of the Negro American League vii
clay hosts to tIty Ethiopians in Q
2-day series, plus the personal ap-
earance of the one and only Jesse
owens, Worlds professional track
champion ard Olympic star, who
will make his first visit to the city
Of Miami, and plans are in forma-
ton to give him royal welcome.
Sgd Pollock also announces that
he has completed plans with Hank
Rigney. manager of Jesse Owens
and owner Of the Toledo CraWfords,
for a transforming tour with the
Ethiopian Clowns, wrereby these
three attractions will combine and
present their extraordinary sports
carnival and baseball show COM
bined at various cities and towns
thru the South, during the months
of April and May. This tour will
be personally supervised and booked
by sgd Pollock, and promoters may
reach him by writing to his North
TarrytoWn, N. Y, office.
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ORANGEBURG, S. C.-(SNS)-
The Mexican basketball champions
from the Y. M. c. A. of Mexico
City who are touring the Unlteo
States, will play the South Caro-
lima Ctate cagers here Saturday
night, February "a.
South Carolina State is one Of
the four Negro colleges that vii,
play the Mexican champions ac'
cording to information that has
been received here.
The Mexican champions are MAX
ing an international goodwill tour
which is sponsored by the T. M
c. A. of Mexico City, Mexico. The
coach is also a Mexican, who claims
to have one of the best floor teams
ever produced anywhere.
South Carolina State cagers, de-
spite the absence of Coach O.. Z
Dawson have a good season, rec
ord. !. Coach Dawson returned this
week after an absence of three
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House Takes Knox,
Morehouse Snaps kC's Streak
In Loose, Bruising Game, AZ To 81

even affair until the final few min
utes when the frantic, intense Ma
rooms went ahead at the whistle,
% to 16.
The visitors got down TO business
in the second half and starte
smashing the HERETOFORE successful
Morehouse defense with breath
takers from every point Jordan,
the talented center, was simply
astounding with 8 big baskets and
high point honors for the even
ing.
This spurt soon had the game
deadlocked at 1888 with hundreds
of Morehouse people hanging on
the ropes under the punishment.
At this point 1 counted four dis
tinct errors by the deftly passing
Cobb who gave the ball up to the
enemy each of the four time it
was retrieved and put into his
hands.
ENTER MIR. COFFEE
1t was here that George Coffee
came in to save the house. The
score still read 1888 and Knox
vile was in a terrific hurry as the
ball sailed back and forth from
one end of the court to the 9TH
er. Daniel Earl Smith, for the
first time I have known, was alb
solutely without luck on his shots;
Cobb was missing a mile and
Blocker and Grant, who missed an
important Grip, and even Haines
was bungling shot after shot. The
house yelled out for mercy
Into the breach stepped hero
George Coffee. Out of the chaos he
batted in one and hooked another
to get the Maroon moving in the
final minutes-the clock shove
only two minutes remaining.
Here arrived the most ludicrous
plav of the season. Three More
house and four Knoxville perform
ers scrambled for the ball, had
possession of it and fumbled it
away. In a dizzy confusion q
Knoxville performer came up with
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The Ethiopian Clowns, one of
the biggest drawing cards and
money makers in colored basketball
ranks last season, are now getting
ready at Miami, Fla. for banner
1910 season. t. 81
sgd Pollock. of North Tarrytown,
N. Y, who. has been associated
with ,colored top-notch attractions
for the past Is years or more, is
financially backing the Ethiopian
Clowns this season, and besides
handling their booking tour, will
personally guide the 1910 deStinies
of the Clowns, through his manag-
er and partner Hunter Campbell
of Miami, Fla. Mr.. Campbell is
one of the organizers of the Clowns
and largely responsible for the
sensational rise this attraction has
made during the past several sea-
sons ON the road.
A new streamIined 21-paSsengeI
bus, With reclining seats, has been
purchased and delivered this past
week,
The Ethiopian Clowns will open
their spring season on Easter Sun
day, March "a, and home games
will be staged in Miami at Dorsey
Park, located at NV First Avenue
and nth Street There is stiH some
question as to whether the Clowns
can secure the park as early as
Easter sunday, due to boxing bouts
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it and tossed it toward a mate
only to have Smith intercept and
tumble it away himself as three
men dived for it.
ALI of them missed and a lucky
Knoxville stalwart shared it and
fired it high into the air above
and behind the blackboard This
one brought down the house
George coffee was still serious,
though, and erected a beauty from
side-court. A gift shot for both
sides made it 1914, for Morehouse.
The frantic visitors were still try
ing but erred aagin to leave
Blocker free for set-up. He made
it and the unpredctable More
houe team had tanned another of
the STAG visitation upperdogs by
the score, AZ to "a.
Knoxville could arrange no an
swer for the final three minutes
of play and scored but one point
while the winners were connecting
for nine. The teams play again
tonight and a loss by Knoxville
will remove her from the seeded
brackets in the Forthcoming
tournament at Tuskegee this week.
Haines was again high point man
g.,
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Florida Grabs First Place In
'SIAC With Close $3.50 Win

them at 44-M with six minutes left
to play.
Evidently, the blistering wolverine
pace against a better conditioned
Florida outfit proved the deciding
factor in the game, because, after
deadlocking the contest in. a most
dramatic rally that brought the fans
to their feet and pandemonium over
the entire house, the Purple defen-
ders begged down physically and
several times left Florida shooters
open by fully two or three feet OF
else fouled badly in futile efforts
to round up fast cutting Edmonds
and Leonard Hall, who, despite the
gruelling pace didn't even show q
drop of perspiration.
Briff had fouled out and Ed
monds had been checked like a
dangerous suspect up to the time
the Wolverines deadlOCKed the count
at all, but failure to bottle UP
Hall proved the difference. He
turned in seven clutch points in
those eventful six minutes that fol-
lowed. Herby Wiles, Lawson and
Walker tried vainly to curb the
imminent Florida puli-away, stab
bling at the hoop from way out
and connecting a third of the time,
but the Men in Orange, upon re-
trieval, found a loose Wolverine de-
tense and met the foe on better
than even terms.
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HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va
(SNS)-The Hampton Pirates sta
ged one of the biggest upSetS OF the
CIAh basketball season, as they
handed the N. c. tate Eagles It's
first conference and its first loss
in IA games. State entered the
game an overwhelming favorite,
but the spectators saw a great and
inspired group of Hampton cagers
completely outplay the Eagles.
They saw a thrill packed game
where tn score was tied four
times and the lead changed hands
five times Hampton won 37-33.
During the entire game the
crowd that was jamuned and pack
ed into every available seat kept
up a continuous uproar that near
ly shook the rafters in the gym
as they pleaded for Pirate vic
tory.
RUSHES IN BIG TEAM
N. C. State started the second
team and the Pirates jumped to
an early 81 lead and the first
team, composed of Colbert and
Downing, two of the tallest play
erS in CIAA circles, was rushed
into the anne After about two
minutes of play had elapsed Cap
tain Ennis and Colbert lied tn>
score at 9-all, From this point on
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the furious play of the two cage
teams has been unequalled on this
court Allen dropped a neat lett
hand shot to give his team a 2
pivot shot by the 6 feet 5 Incl.
pivot shot by thet 6 feet 5 nch
Colbert tied the score again. The
sizzling play kept the excited cage
fans on their feet yelling for a
score. Hudgins tipped in a two
pointer to give the Pirates a 1911
lead, and again the Eagles tied
tho score when Ennis dropped in
a long shot through the loops for
two points. A strong defense set
up by both teams tended to keep
the score down, but the lack OF
scoring was made up for by spec
tacular passing and classy bail
handling Of the fighting teams.
Thirty seconds before the halt
ended Allen hooked left hand
shot to give the Pirates u 1913
advantage.
HUDGINS, ALLEN LEAD BID
After the intermission the Pi-
rates. paced by Captain HudginS
and Allen, we're determined to
hold their slim margin of victory.
Allen started the second ha
scoring with two points to give
The Pirates "a 1913 lead. Tile two
teams entered into another pass
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ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNS)-

ATLANTA Ga.-(SNS)- -
A slight edge in speed, clutch
shooting, and defensive skill-the
very thinnest of margins-proved
the difference between the Morris
Brown quintet and the Florda
juggernaut here Wednesday night
at Sunset Casino as the Men in
Orange" turned back the Purple
Wolverines $40 in an exciting,
free-scoring affair. Florida led by
the score of 26-19 at halftime. The
vistory placed Florida in first place
in the STAG. half game in front
of Clark. The F'amcee record Is
now 10 loop wins, 2 losses. Clark s
is a victory less with the same
figures in losses.
Morris Brown, despite the Famcee
setback. has a .667 average and re-
mains high in the first division.
However. the Wolverines, as q re-
suit, dropped to fourth place with
Knoxville moving UP to third
notch. The Nicksmen's s SIAC
wins and 3 losses are overshadoW-
ed by Knoxville's II wins. 4 losses
for a 1873 average.
HEEEZY START
In Wednesdays thrilling encoun-
ter, the Floridians got off to a
binding start as Captain Harry
(Choker) Edmonds hurled in a
beautiful swing shot. Morris Brown
retaliated quickly as Captain John
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/ kAs. .f...
FratGanle,s
-
In Atlanta
Mari $40

ATLANTA, Ga (SNS)-
The 1910 interfraternal basket
ball tournament in Atlanta will be
held Saturday, "Wednesday ana
Saturday. March is, 20, and %,
according to an official announce
ment just released by the Tourna-
ment Committee. .>.. ..
AS usual, the four teams compet-
ing in the Greek Letter war will
be Phi Beta Sigma, defending
champion; Omega Psi Phi, runner
Phi Alpha. ,
The SigmaS have won the crown
three years running, 1887, 1898,
and 1889. They will be ruling
favorites again this year, having
a crack combination comprised OF
such stars as Joe Johnson, John
(Kildee) Lawson. Raymond Vain
wright, Lyle CGiD Citizens, and a
few others.
Newly elected officers of the 1910
Interfraternal Basketball Tourna-
.ment are Ernest Davenport, Kappa
Alpha Psi president; Matthew Car
ter, Alpha Phi Alpha, secretary;
William j. Faulkner, Jr., Omega
Psi Phi. business manager and
Joseph Banks, Phi Beta Sigma,
treasurer.
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(Kildee) Lawson found the range
and Alternate Captain George (Cof-
fin Corner) Walker SAINT a free
toss that put the Purple ahead
80.
But from that point in the open
ing period, the Floridians at almost
a 3-to-2 ratio over the Morris
Brown clan, thus piling up a seven
point 26-19 lead at intermission.
PURPLE GETS TOGETHER
In the second period, the Men
in Orange took a ten point lead at
1921 and it looked like Morris
Brown was in for one-Sided beat
ing. But Coach Billy Nicks and his
assistant, ART Graves. got a big
break when. after the dangerous Ell
wood Britt of Florida and their
own Joseph (Sunny) Wiles foule q
out. the Purple Wolverines moved
at faster tempo than did the
F'amceeans.
The slight difference. with VII
liam CWild Bill DoWell in the game
and aiding with his height. was felt
materially as the heavily fed
Herbert (Deacon) Wiles. Captain
Lawson, and Walker began pop
ping from all angles.
WOLVERINES TIE SCORE
In less than ten minutes the Pur-
pie Wolverines had outscored the
visitors exactly % to 13 to tie
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sc. State Ready TO
PLAY Mexican Five

weeks, due to illness. His pres
ence is expected to add new zeS
to the playing of the quintet.
The Bulldogs have played SONS
very close battles this season
They divided a pair with Florida
A. and NJ, won from Tuskegee
were nosed out n the extra time
period by Johnson c. Smith, de-
leated Benedict College, Alle1
University, Georgia State and las
week lost to Morris Brown College
They also played the worlc
champion Rens who drew the larg
est basketball attendance ever
known to witness basketball gamf
at any Negro college in South Car
olina.
Another record attendance is ex'
pected when the Bulldogs answer
the whistle at the start Of the
game against the Mexican Inter
collegiate champions. The game
will start at 7:30 O'clock.
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Savoy Five In
Another Victory
At Auditorium

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-(SNS)-
Bob Williams unbeaten Savoy
Five marched gallantly towards an
engagement with the worlds fa-
nous Renaissance basketball team
by swamping the Birmingham Boys
Club, 32-12, Saturday night in the
Masonic Temple Auditorium.
The Boys Club started the scor-
ing with Moore placing a long
rar.e shot in the basket a few
minutes after the game commence
ed. Conner came back to score with
another marker seconds later. Rut-
land and Levert cintaCted to give
the Boys Club momentary lead
The Savoy men Overcame the lead
by The hall time peilod ana led,
I'LL,
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Gold Rush Bags
6O-24 Victory
Over TougaIoo

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb
(SNS - Xavier University
Gold Rush cagers of Louisiana
defeated the Tougaloo College
Bulldogs of Tougaloo, Miss, 60
"a in the finale of two game
series here in Xavier gymnasium
tonight. The Gold Rush won ove1
the visito s by a score of 1927
last night. In last nights game,
"Trees" Harris and "Duck"
Blackburn shared high point hon.
ors for the Rush with six points
each via three baskets.
The Xavierites let 1877 at halt
time tonight in The final game as
Crozier of Xavier high point man
for the night making all eleven
of his points IL the first period,
played stellar game for the 18
minutes he played. Xavlerites
meet the highly touted Tillotson
Eagles of Austin, Texas in the
only game of the series of the
Texans tomorrow afternoon III
Xaxier gymnasium in an effort
to stretch their winning record
Of IL of Ia starts for season.
The Xavier cagers meet Lane
College of Jackson, Tehn., in a
two game series Monday and
Tuesday. The 24th Infantry Gag,
ers of Ft. Benning, Georgia, will
also be featured on a double
headers on the same nights. This
will close the Xavier season here
as the Gold Rush journeys to
Tuskegee for the tournament on
the "21st, 22nd and 23rd of this
month
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,VVN@ WINS SEEDING; BAGS FISK 58-22
Purple Wolverines In
Fourth Place Again

III view of the fact that she hadP
four men TO depart on excessive;
personals and was minus her ace,
William (BilD Ridley, a 1899 high
scoring forward; Blackwell, Will
son, and Bennett, a trio of highly
seasoned men, along with two
flashy freshmen newcomers due
to scholastic delinquerCies, Fisk
did a pretty creditable jon.. Several
of the lads in the game with Cap
tain Matthew Ousley and Bowman.
the only veterans, were drafted
from the intramural squad.
REGAINS FOURTH PLACE
The Morris Brown victory gave,
her seven STAG wins in IL starts
and hiked her back to fourth place
where seeding is certain at Tus-
lzegee tomorrow night. Fisk plays
Florida tonight and then moves
over to the scene of the annual
conference meet.
ADELPHI STALENESS FATAL
In the preliminary encounter
Manager Joe Mitchell's Varsity
Drug Store Peppermints took corrs-
plete advantage of the lack of CO.
hesion shown by the Adelphi Pur-
pie and Gold Dragons and out
fought them at every stage of the
game except the last three min
utes to win $500. Trailing 25-13
with less than three minutes to go.
Adelphi threw three goals and
foul shot in a row, but her start
and general play had been too list
less to preserve hithertoo un-
beaten record. Joe Mitchell led all
scorers with nine; William Cooper
Of the winners and Gilbert John
son of the losers, followed with
nipht aDiece
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BY RIG ROBERTS

ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNS)-
The widest, dizziest basketball
game of the visitation season hap
pened in the Morehouse gynnas-
iuln Monday night where the Ma
room pulled away in the fading
moments of particularly close
contest to win, 42 to 81.
STAG basketball is fast becom-
ing a product of various brands
of officiating. In Monday nights
tilt the Hawkins clan let up howl
about the loose, catch, ,as-catch-can
conduct allowed in this parts.
Morehouse. accustomed ID the
free-wlleel style of this city and
area, got nowhere under the pres
sure of the Dusty Lennon brand
preferred by Knoxville and lost
both games up there a week ago by
wide margins.
Knoxville seemed to suffer the
same overdose Monday night at
the hunger riddled Maroon cat
had himself feast at long last
The game was fierce. 1t had dives.
left hooks bronco-busting and
mad, bad sessions of bodily friction
which the losers considered foul
and contemplate.
Even the fans had to register
alarm and it became so viciou
that Referee FOslin was forced to
halt activities at one stage and
point his finger of warning into
the faces of the ten heavily
breathing, freely perspiring COM
batants.
MOREHOUSE IN FORM
Morehouse was nowhere near an
equal to the losers in shooting.
The F'crbesnen had no luck on
least score of ringers but they
kept the ball most of the time and
fshowered so m1ny ddots that
enough hit the mark to keep them
ahead every minute of the way.
The visitors flashed beautiful
sessions of passing, but the close
Maroon guarding hampered them
endlessly. The first half was an
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
NAMED

CHICAGO-(ANP N PAN execu-
tive committee of six members was
named Monday to work with six
members of Gov. Horner's commits
sion in laying plans for the Afrs-
Merican Emancipation exposition
to be held here July 10 to Septem-
her 20 under q special grant OF
$4,000 voted by the state leGisia-
ture last year,
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Clark Reserves
Bow To Butler
YMCA-5, 46-42

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)- ..
The Clark reserves were defeat
ed in the Butler Street YMCA GYM
rasium Monday night by the Y-Big
Five, As to 40. Tie winners led at
the half by a margin of 22-19 and
pulled away gradually in a ding
dong battle to exc the decision.
Hubbard had 8 baskets for high
point honors while F'errell was
est for Clark with six baskets.
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Lane Bows
TO Xavier,
60 To ~

NEW ORLEANS, Las n 81
XAVIER University of Louisiana
defeated the Lane College Drag
one of Jackson. Tenn, 5000 here
tonight at Xavier gym. The Tus-
kegee Institute lassies of Tuske-
gee. Alabama, bowed to the Xav-
Ter girls 25-19 as the local girls
outplayed an inspired Tuskegee
sextet. =
The Gold Rush men were nev-
er in danger, leading COX" Glenn
ons' Dragons 28-10 at half-time.
Coach Giles Wright lifted his
first five during the period and
sent i'm the reserves. Blotto CroZ-
ier, all-SIAC forward of '39, hav-
ing scored s baskets via three
baskets and two free throws, the
first five never returned to the
game, Xavier using ten other
men before the game was over.
Xavier's Leonidas Epps scored
8 points for the second five sent
into the game via four baskets.
Thomas of Lane was high point
man of the night with 9 points.
The Tuskegee Lassies played a
beautiful game in the prelim to
the the Lane game, however, the
Xavier sextet proved too much
for them leading 11-6 at half
time and never headed. Jessie
Abbott sank four baskets and
three free throws to take honors
for the Tigers with eleven points
E. Casey of Xavier took high
point honors of the night with
19 points via eight baskets and
three free throws.
Lane College plays Xavier in
the finale of the two-game series
Tuesday night. The Xavier
Wrights play host to the oath
Infantry care team of Fort Ben
ming, Georgia, in one of the pre-
Inns.
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Va. Union Noses Out
A. 81. Five 43-40

In the contest with the VIM
ston Teachers the Aggies were IN
able at first to get started and
trai1ed the Camel boys the first
five minutes of the game.
A. and r. finally pulled ahead to
stay and lead at halfti1ne, 30-t5.
From that point on 1t was a one
way, three teams being used by
the Aggies in chalking up the VIC
tory.
Queens l3 points led for A, and
r. while Ledbetter was high point
man for Winston's Teachers