The Phoenix index., 1940-02-10

IT IS BECOMING more and more evident that the 1910
STAG basketball tournament at Tuskegee Institute Febru
ary 222324 will be wide OPEN There nine tough ball
clubs in this loop to date considering the recordsAavier
Clark Morehouse Morris Brown, Iuskegee, Florida S. c.
State, Alabama, and Lane Eight OF them will be in the
forthcoming oust S. c. State will be playing New Mexico
University during the meet and won't be represented
Coach Frank Forbes Of Morehouse thinks Tuskegee
the to beat in the 1910 tournament Following Sat-
urday nights game Coach Billy Nicks said he considered
Warehouses; chances good anybodys. Coach Ralph
Robinson of Clark still has lofty opinion of Xavier
but Thinks like Forbes that Tuskegee is the team which
to keep sumberless eye. Even before his Panhers
nOsed out by the Golden Tigers Hog Maugh rated uskegee
dangerous outfit.
Morehouse demonstrated number Of things in satu1
lays 4843 win the Purple Wolverines. First of all
she proved upset by dominating the contest 80
completely the first Is minutes of both periods (holdng IA
lead in the opening stanza and 1925 lead in the last)
that everybody looked almost Incredibly You may mag
how much increduity added to the whole thing
when it reflected that all the bserng done
minus ke Blocker senior forward who had been the team
leading point-getter until recent injury
Among other things the NIaroons James (Pinky)
are over He's natural provided he continues to
shoot jump defend and handle the ball dety as he did
The game further proved that George Coffee all
to the Morehouse nmaed by the column at previous
the points He likes to the ball Saturday night he
worked as generator. Hanes Junie Cobb Sonny Krtey
and the everreabe Daniel Earl Smith "a lad the column
has never known to play a bad game) did the rest
But in spite of the fact that the MarOons white
paved the way the Purple Wolverines late rally
by giving UP the ball with flurres of shots they pulled in
determined effort TO hike their point total to So the fight
ing spirit of Norris Brown simply admirable The col
umn has never before seen any Morris give
more heroic performance There nothing dsgracefu
about losing to Morehouse Saturday night The Maroon
Tigers playing the ball. would take anything in the
Tuskegee, Clark and the other bules
barred That explains the misgvings Rc Roberts told
you he the faces of Hog Maugh Robinson and e.
Johnson Dunn who present at the battle they know
they job cut for them if they run afou of
that Forbescoached aggregation anywhereand of course
Robinson will whether not Dunn does any more
Yes sir you have to give it to John (Kildee) LAWSON
Gerald Bg) Brown and Herbert Deacon Wiles in partlc
ularand all the Wolverines, for shat matterthey never
gave up Warehouses; bewderng, almost unearthy doings
afoor caused Nicks change his style of attack entirely
The pressure of time made folly to try to Whtte the
Maroon lead by moving the ball all the way in with time
wasting passing orgies that often intercepted He
had to Deacon and Sunny Wies in there with Jesse
Jack Pot Bryan with orders whack EN- from set stances
and squas whenever the occasion presented Itself This
was fetching of drove of ategame goals as the Maroons
gave up the ball continually in their lust Tor those
coveted SO points In other words the hitherto defensive
minded Maroons conference leaders in the guarding depart
ment were suddenly loose" and for that particular
NIGHT had nothing but attack the minds and hearts.