The Phoenix index., 1940-12-21
National Basketball Tourney, Track Meet
Proposals Sounded Out" At STAG, SW
Coaches C0nfab At Xavier u Dec. 1914
By LUcus Melanchozy Zones

Xavier University at New Orleans was host to joint
confab of coaches of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference and Southwest Athletic Conference Friday an
Saturday, December 1914 Colleges represented MGR
ris Brown Morehouse Clark Tuskegee, Alabama State
Talladega LeMoyne Knoxville Lane Fisk Florida. 5.
State Benedict Xavier of the STAG with F Valley al
mitted one years probatonand from the southwest
Prairie View, Southern Bishop Wiley, Langstor Texas
College, and Arkansas State.
The Iustrious list of head coaches numbered Arts P.
Graves of Norris Brown Frank L. Forbes of Morehouse
Ralph c. Robinson of Clark Rufus A. Lewis of Alabama
Gordon H Kitchen of Talladega Cleveland L. Abbott OF
Tuskegee, w. p Adkins of LeNoyne, Wallace o. Hawkins
of Knoxville Henderson A. Johnson of Fisk William M
Bell of Florida Oliver Dawson Of S. State Leslie Stall
worth Benedict Theodore A. Wright of Xavier William
A. OShields of Fort Valley Samuel B. Taylor OF Prarle
View, A. W. Mumford Southern James Stevens of Bsh'
op Fred Long of Wiley, FELTON, Gayes of LangstOn For
ney Mumford of Texas and William Taylor of Ark. State
Georgians at the Crescent City pow-wow included aside
from the aforementioned head coaches Professors g.
Athletic Director A. J. Lockhart, and Coaches William
Exum and S. H. Archer Jr.
number of interesting proposals discussed among
them:
() national intercollegiate championship basket
ball tournament restricted to the No. and No.
teams of each of the four major loops; and
(2) national intercollegiate championship track and
field carnival restricted to outstanding teams OF
the four major conferences
Morris Brown formally awarded the 1910 STAG
football championship However the group endorsed
plan for its basketball champion There will be regular sea
champion based upon visitation campaign performance
The STAG tournament will be posseason feature with
different champion possible in this event. 1t provided
title fails to attend the conference cage tournament
the eventual tournament winner will be declared confer
champion for that year.
lions share of the STAG panel discussions
tered around the question of eligibility rules and regulation
and Interpretation of the In the final analysis
committee set up having the functiOnf of settling egi
bty issues submitted The STAG constitution whole
also reviewed.
Forbes will have brand team out at Morehouse
this basketball but you'd think it from the
schedule he has booked for his boys The Maroon Tigers
will have to step lively all the way escape early
paign "bzkreg, what with such challenging opposition
Clark 1910 STAG champion; Florida 1910 finast Tus
kegee, 1910 semfnalist Xavier 19381939 champon and
Morris Brown 1910 first division outfit popping right off
the bat.
Other opponents include Lane, Benedict Talladega, and
possibly Kentucky State. Morehouse opens her 1941
pagn in the Maroon gymnasium January and shows again
at home against Lane January 10.
Morris Brown had home football schedule, but things
even in basketball The coming campaign will find the
Purple Wolverines providing there further changes
in the present card playing II regular battles, 13
of which will be on the road.
The Purple brigade opens January at Sunset Casino
against Lane faces Alabama State January 10 in MontgOm
Florida January II in Tallahassee Morehouse in At
lanta January b. Florida in Atlanta January II, Fisk at
Nashville January a. Lane at Jackson January 25 Fl Ben
ming at Columbus February l. Clark in Atlanta February g.
MOrehOuse in Atlanta February T. S. State in Orangebug
February g. Benedict in Columbia February 10, Knoxville
Knoxville February 112, Buefied (pending) in Blue
field Febraury 3, West Virginia pendng) in Institute
February H. WberOrce (pendng in KAMA February Is
Benedict in Atlanta February IT, Clark February Tus
kegee in Tuskegee Febraury 22 and c. State in Atlanta
February "a.
The 1871 STAG basketball tournament in Tuskegee
operates the last Thursday Friday and Saturday in Feb
ruary.