The Phoenix index., 1940-01-27
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Dolly King of LIU Eyed by Renaissance;
Jackie Robinson of UCLA Real Wizard;
,Xavier's Giraffes; Case of Coffee

Rens with former Captar Clarence at Jenkins retired
is William Pop Gates Eyre Saitch, and Charles (Tarzan
Cooper forwards William CNee Wlie) Smith, center;
John Isaacs, Puggy Bell and Zack Clayton, guards.
Bruiser Saitch is sparkplug of the team; cooper is
the dangerous under the baskets Gates makes fewer
mistakes than all the rest Smith is the best Snowman;
Clayton the gifted defensive player; and Satch al
is the fastest the squad Bell and isaacs are
great shots and foOrmen well ideal "team players
Either an extra will be carried or else someone
will get his walking papers at the close OF TINS campaign
it is reliably reported because it sure thing that
Manager Bob Douglas giving job to Dolly King, sensa-
tiona of the Long Island University Blackbrds 1889
national intercollegiate basketball champions King gradu
ates this June.
weighs 21O pounds The big finished performer and
nearly every opponent of Clair Bees LU casabans pocams
him the greatest collegiate hardwood player in the country
today: 1,..,,..,-.. "a, ,on -.
ryng right end for the LU football team the past year.
turning in five touchdowns during the He is great
natural athlete and had virtually much football ability
as the famed Jerome (Brud Holland coaching at Lin
coin University, Pa, of the CIAA circuit.
Speaking of tOpnotch sepia athletes in major wnhe
universities that Jackie Robinson of the University of Cali
liant triple threat football stars developed the
coast Robinson is the handspring Of UCLAs crack
the coast that was made during his junior college days at
Pasadena when he bagged 33 in single game He has been
favorably mentioned in the breath with Standfords
famous Hank Luisetti graduated.
The column has been requested give the full person
mel of Xaver 1889 STAG championship squad and to state
which of those boys still at the Catholic stronghold
Here goes:
4 l. Fred Bluett center it. ms; 2. Henry Harris.
CENTER it. ms. B. Vince King, center, it. ins; a.
James Hail. guard, it. IA ms; Frank Crozier for
ward f. ins 6. Henry Blackburn, forward, it, 12
ms; Edgar Reeves guard ft Leondas Epps guard
eft; g. Allen Summers guard, #. IL 12 ns TO- Lucius
Thomas, forward, it., 9 ins.
Blotto Crozier halls Chicago Three ohter Xavier
ties are Inoisans: Chuck Summers from Cairo, Duck
Blackburn and Trees Harris from East St. LOUIS The other
six from California The only member of the group
missing this year Bluett There exceptional
Pryor nicknaned big Bil and Barton aiably
termed "West Virginia.
: Xaviers 1O-man squad thus had a collective height
of feet inches However the average height OF
her main starting five even with the shortest man Chom
as) in the lineup feet, inches.
RIG ROBERTS and the discussing the
Morehouse team late Saturday night January 20 following
Morris contest Roberts asked the column what
it thought really the trouble with the Morehouse club
It will repeat its analysis.
they also lacked it last campaign and yet gained the cham
pionshp round Of the STAG meet after visitation season
in which nine of sixteen games had been won 80 by em
nation, that is not the essential problem.
kie Blocker is going even better than ne went last
rs doing welIal four members of the 1889
starting team This then, eliminates reversal of form on
their part being the for the 1910 Maroon defeats
Pinky Haines is doing we'll novice at center but
alas has found that this year anyway ne can hardy nope
to fill the big shoes that were George Coffees
replace?" queried Ric. The column answered:
"Coffee of the best all-court players in the
conference he his height beautifully taking the ball
off both backboards and keeping moving toward MS
teams goal He fine defensive performer tire
less worker and the only man on the team with snots from
any angle of the court His floor shot as good as any
in the loop Cobb Blocker Smith and Harris have no such
accuracy from the floor and tell the truth not near
ly deadly under the basket.
"AnOther thing-COffee a team man. He inspired
confidence His teammates believed in him and felt that
achievement impossible with him in there know what
he meant to them in those Clark and Tuskegee games last
year in the tournament In fact, don't think MorehOuse
would have in 1887 without his aid "spOt'
for clutch situations.
"There's something tonic about successful long shot
for the team that it. On the other hand has de-
moralzing effect the opposition if thrown in at crucial
moment Coffee could produce em when they hurt Fran
els ed Bradley the old Morris Brown STAR used to do
the thing faced him several times and he ruined
pose with that stuff That's where Coffee
in He represents the "threa' in the MorehOuse team