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Va. Union Tops Va. State 1926;
Plavs Harlem Globe Trotters

Bob Daughtry dropped in a field
goal from center court TO begin
the scoring; Glover shot a short
one to make it 4. Powell and Brown
scored to even the count and State
took the lead, 5-4, when Powell
made good a foul attempt The
Trojans' solo advantage of the
game was short lived as Mel
Glover broke through the center
of the zone defense and hung up
q lay-up shot, making the total, g.
5.
The dead-eyed Panthers pulled
away, dropping lay-upS when pos
sible and swishing beautiful mid
court goals when easier shots were
unavailable, Eagle-eyed B b
Daughtry, FroSh Garnet Blair,
and crack Captain Mel Glover led
the Panther score parade in the
inaugural period.
So intense was the Union Scor-
ing, even with reserve material,
that the Country famous HUGS
BOYS led 31-14 at the half.
The Trojans found themselves at
the beginning of the second half
and their scoring machine rolled
up to the short end of near
threatening 44-28 count. Again, the
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BY CHARLES L. DE LAY

NEW ORLEANS. La.-(SNS)-
Two more One-Sided victories
Morehouse Of Atlanta, Ga, bowed
40-9 Feb. II and ,Tilltson vaunted
Eagles of Austin Texas bowed 54-
% Feb. 18, both games played
here at the University GYM gave
the Xavier University Gold Rush
of Louisiana an undefeated record
of twenty-seven consecutive VIC
tories.
The Xaverites will place their
unblemished record on the floor of
the Tuskegee gym in the annual
STAG basketball tournament Feb.
q, % and March l in an effort to
win the tournament title a title
which the Xavierites have held twice
in the past three years, being
champions in '38 and '39. The Gold
Rush has already won the vista
ton championship of the STAG
for 1041 ispo facto; by virtue of
their undefeated record.
The XavieriteS claimed the ma
tional basketball crown in '39
when the Orleanians had conse-
cutive win streak of forty-five
games. Last year, Xavier dropped
three games out of twenty-five and
if they should come through the
tournament undefeated the Gold
Rush will have a clean claim to
the National Cage Title of Al.
Six seniors complete their ca
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Negro Aces
Win Races
Indoors

NEW YCRK-(Ar,P) - John
Borican of the Shore A. C. and
Bill Carter of Pittsburgh turned in
Championship performances Satur-
day night before $4,000 in Madison
Square Garden at the New York
A. c. meet.
Rorican, displaying the form
that made him a sensation two
years ago, won the Matt Halpin
half mile in 1:52.6, breaking the
meet record of 1923, set in 1881
and equaled last year by Long
John Woodruff. His winning mar
gin was 10 Yards over Charlie
BectEam, white star.
A newcomer, Carter defeated
Thomas East of Cheyney Teachers,
recent conqueror of Ewell of Penn
State, in 6.3 seconds to cop the SO
yard dash. Eulace Peacock, former
Temple star, was entered but was
eliminated in the semi-finals.
Ed Dugger of Tufts, favorite in
the so yard high hurdles, was up
set by Allan Tolmich, white, who
won in IA seconds. Dugger, how
ever, took his preliminary heat in
73. Jim Herbert formerly of New
York u, finished third in the Buer-
meyer 500 behind Robert Sim
mons of Nebraska and John Camp
bell of Fordham, both white.
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Florida, if she gets the assign
ment, will be beaten almost as
badly-perhaps worse. Xavier has
murdered the Rattlers four times.
Morris Brown would be tactically
inadequate, as she was against
Clark last week, and Lawson
would find himself in a mortar
mixer if he tried his old stuff from
the circle Crozier and Reeves
would sew him up. Ask Pinky
Haines. With Lawson sewed up, the
immediate future for Senor Graves
would be very, very gloomy and he
knows it.
Clark, of all the contenders,
would fare best against xavier. Ted
has yet to meet team with the
scientific movement, the breaking
speed of the Cardinal club kings of
1910.
Because of Clark's rather tepid
defense, Xavier would defeat Clark
by a nice margin; but outside OF
Clark, look for no other team to
even show.
Bryson led his team by run
ming up IL points. Pinkston led
his team to victory by running up
a total of % points. The game
ended with Fort Valley winning the
score 1924.
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We see by the newspapers where
Ted Wright,s invincible gold-white
garbed Gold Rush. is out to cop
its second STAG basketball tourn-
ament title in three seasons, the
third in four.
Among us beginning in row No.
and back to the last tier, there
isn't the slightest doubt that he
can do it. His famous team has
raided both the STAG and the
Southwest with more than 25 con-
secGtive wins.
Smooth as one of these power
pouring 1941 streamlined autos,
the Javiers, like Old Man River
Mississippi that flows through New
Orleans, keeps rolling along.
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0anthers opened up the scoring
full force and the contested vic
tory developed into a rout.
While Va. States star Percy
Smith has seen better evenings, it
took Mitchell Powell, Sophomore
forward, to harness the State
scoring offensive. Short and
swift, Powell led the visiting shot
makers with 13 points besides be-
ing a terror on the defense. Big
Willie Hurst, guard, turned in a
fine performance for a team that
was no match for the CIAA
champs.
This coming Wednesday, the
talented HUGS BOYS take on the
st. Paul Tigers at the Community
Gym here.
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Lowell Strony> Who Made Big
Hit In Atlanta AAU Matches
Last Year. Wins In G.G.s

A young Tennessee boxer, SYM
bol of the Tri-State's Amateur
Boxing Association work among
Memphis boys, Lowell Strong,
heavyweight, fought his way to
the championship of his division in
the mammoth Golden Gloves bouts
held in st. Louis, Missouri, Feb
ruary 1915, under auspices of
the Globe-Democrat, newspaper.
Young Strong who excelled the
best boys of his weight in Mem
phis in various Tri-State Associa-
ton tournaments and shows, was
carried to st. Louis by Harry 7.
Cash, head of the Memphis or
ganization, to take part in the
Globe Democrats tournament.
Strong fought under the colors of
the Slaughter Athletic Club.
Before a record-breaking crowd
of 1881 bowling fans, the Mem
phis fighter belted out decision
over a white boy, Ed Posage of
Belleville, Missouri. Strong's
overland rights that caught Pos
age and sent him reeling once or
twice in the first and second
rounds provided the slight differ
ence in voting.
Posage had the advantage on
infighting but missed his mark
frequently when they fought at
longer rnage.
The Belleville fighter replaced
James Whiteside, to whom he had
lost in the semifinals, when the
latter reported with an injured
hand.
Strong was added to the roster
of open division champions who
went to Chicago last week to par
ticipate in the Western Gloves
Championship fights. The fighting
in the Windy City begins Febru-
ary "a, lasting through February
26. These three nights of fight
ing will bring the tournament
down to the semifinals. The last
two rounds of boxing are sched-
uled Friday night, March z.
Young Strong's picture appear
ed with other champions in lead
ing St. Louis papers. He was also
the recipient Of one of the tro-
phies offered for winning in the
bouts.
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Tournament Gnxes

Clark went to Tuskegee favored
to win in the Inauguration of the
event back in 1884. The team got
to the finals as predicted. She drew
Tuskegee as an opponent and
smiled confidently because during
the visitation stretch, Clark had
beaten Tuskegee four in a row by
comfortable margins. Tuskegee
beat her that night, 44-28.
Alabama came to TuSkegee as
favorite in 1885 and 1886 and did
not fail.
The most amazing tournament
of history, the umderdog ClarkS Of
1887, put Xavier in civilian clothes
in 1897.
Xavier put two years together in
1888 and 1899, as per the script,
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tend that the Al championship
match will make it the most bril-
liant tournament of the series.
TUSKEGEE, flying high and
handsome behind the scoring twins
Thomas Hornburger and Wilson
Smith, is favored to garner second
place honOrs. MORRIS BROWN
and CLARK or vice versa, for third
and F l. o R I d A for fourth.
We, like all writers, want to make
it. known that we do not pretend
to be infallable in our deductions.
but it looks that way at this writ
ing. Clark looked mighty goo0
beating Morris Brown Friday night.
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Naming A Winner

This year, as in 1887 1888 and
1910, I pick Xavierl In 1889 l pick
ed Clark because, as / have said,
the Cardinal had it that year in
the surplus.
Tuskegee, if she gets the assign
ment in the finals, will never han
die Xavier and deep down in their
hearts, the Tigers realize it. They
1on't have the style or the physical
advantage to give the gold team
any bother. Xavier has defeated
Tuskegee, 81 to 16, in Logan Hall
this year and this was pre-dated
by three other decisive wins.
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Coaches Ollie G.. Dawson and
Paul r. Webber brought the most
technically brilliant combination
the iodine State ever dispatched
to- the Gate City. 1t won the
crowd right off the bat. 1t was
also one CT the cleanest playing
teams Atlantans have witnessed
all year.
STRATEGY BY GRAVES
Coach Arts P. Graves, a keen
student of whatever he teaches
learned on the recent Carolinian
invasion the Dawsonmen were
dynamite, so he went into his
'...bag of tricks" and pulled out
a few rabbits.
Graves strategy against S. G.
State was to throw two different
hustling fives out there against
her, figuring on extending the
visitors to the point where de-
cisive "pay-off'' would result.
SCHEME WORKED
This plan paid big dividends,
because State, even after carry
ing the fight to Clark, only three
and a half hours earlier, match
ed the Wolverines basket for
basket through most of the first
half, but weakened near the close
of the period and the Gravesmen
spurted from 1915 to fat 32-
'18 halftine margin.
BALANCED ATTACK
Morris Brown, aside from dis
playing capable reserve strength,
had equilibrium as we'll. She
popped" plenty of them from
way out, but she also had de-
cisive punch under the basket and
her following-up game was the
best evidenced the entire season.
BROWN "STEALS SHOW"
Big Gerald Brown, football cap
tain on the famous triple cham
pions, almost took the play from
the "headline" cast of Lawson,
Herbert (Deacon) Wyles, Will
liam wild Bil) Dowell, and
William (Showboat) Carter. He
was hanging fire from the floor,
batting 'em in at short range, and
swinging from the foul arc. His
six field goals and foul shot
came the hard, spectacular way.
Right behind "Stick'' Brown
with Is points were Captain Law
son, Dowell and the smaller Wyles
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reers as baSketeers On the Gold
Rush squad: Captain Frank (Blot-
to- Crozier, from DuSable High
Chicago who was all-SIAC choice
during his first and second years
and is the greatest ibal!-handler
ever to carry the Gold and White
Lucfls Guscious) Thomas, from
Tilden Tech of Chicago who was
all-SIAC and lAll-Assoctk ted Ne
gro Press guard in '39; Allen
(Chuck) Summers from Sumner
High School Of Cairo, Ill. whose
play on the cage team has been
equal ito his performances on the
gridiron where has starred at every
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CIV GENE McANULTY

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-(SNS)-
The LeMoyne College Mad Magi-
clans basketball team brought to a
close the current basketball sea-
son last weekend when they drop
ped their final two games
On Thursday night, the highly
rated Fisk five from Nashville
handed the Magicians a 41-36 lac
ing. Carey provided the spark for
the LeMoyne cagers by registering
a total of 10 points Ridley of the
Bulldogs proved to be their main
threat. He was high point man
with Is points.
LEMOYNE LOSES IN
FINAL MINUTES
The following Saturday night,
the LeMoyne five dropped a close
decision to the Knoxville College
Cagers by a 42-39 count. This
contest proved the most thrilling
that Memphis fans have witnessed
recently.
After commanding a l-point lead
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Xavier Brings Record OF II In
Row To SIAC Tourney This Week;
Six Seniors On ION an Ensemble

position on the line and won all
American honors in '39 and 40;
Eldridge Dizzy) Williams Of Kan
sas City, Kansas, whose brilliant
floor game has made him an indis-
pensable reserve; Henry Trees
Harris of East st. Louis, Ill
whose six feet seven inches of
height have placed him in a posi-
ton to save marry games and pre-
serve the consecutive win streaks
of Xavier; and Eugene CBut
Greem Saffold of Chicago whose
ability to pull his shots in clutch
spots has made him a desired man
to have on the floor many times.
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Maroon Tigers Heroic In Great
Bid For Victory But Lose 51-44
ATLANTA. Ga..-(SNS)-

ATLANTA, Ga.--(SNSl-
Collegiate basketball Snowman
ship VIII reach its zenith in the
country's greatest sepia sports eX-
travaganza, the eighth annual
STAG tournament which begins at
one o'clock Thursday afternoon in
Logan Hall, Tuskegee Institute,
Alabama.
This grand finale to a colorfui
basketball season assumes the gar
gantuan aspects of Roman hoii-
DAY" for the spectators. For the
players, +. is the years halcyon
event in which they merit the. ex-
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LeMoyne Cagers Lose To
Knoxville In Last Game

in the last two minutes, the
Magicians finally folded before
the onrush of the Bulldogs when
Mosely and Jackson scored the ty-
ing and winning baskets reSpec-
lively.
William Hall and James Carey.
of the Magicians, occupied the
spotlight. Each played an all
around good game and registered a
total of IS points each.
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AGENCIES IN
COMMUNITY CHEST

OAKLAND, Cal.--(ANP) - The
Linden Branch YWCA and the Fan
nie Wall Children's Home and Day
Nursery, the two colored agencie;
included in the benefactions of the
Community Chest here, sent repre-
sentatives to annual meeting at the
Hotel Oakland Monday. Three
thousand volunteers, group OF
them colored, served the Com
munity Chest here this year.
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By Ric ROBERTS
Clark, Only SIAC
Cast With Style
10 Worry Xavier

According to my deductions, and
those of most the other guessers,
the defensive masters from Louis
lana will kick the stuffings out of
any team that dares a venture to
Tuskegee this week.
Already the chant is-'Let's go
to Tuskegee to the basketball tour
nament for a look at the sure
Winner-Xavierl
so, for the fifth time in five
straight years, Xavier comes TO
Tuskegee with the wise money on
her side. The tournament is now
in it's eighth year so it is easy to
discern that Xavier has been the
big parade, the Mr.. Big of the
greater portion of its history.
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and walked to glory. Last year she
ran into an accident from Talla-
hassee, five deadly Rattlers. under
the tutelage of Squire Jake Gath
er.
I have seen great combinations
move into Tuskegee these past
seven years and 1 have seen fate,
chance and tournament officiat-
ing' trip them.
Bray Rhodes Cole-McQuitter-
Cant in 1885 and 1937-quite the
finest STAG team, all things con-
sidered, I ever saw. They failed.
What about Clark's greatest team
of all time. 39-Younger- Coates
Pemberton Henderson Watson.
They failed. Boy, those two teams
had rhythml
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RICHMOND, Va.-(SNS)-In the
mythical Battle of Richmond"
here last Friday night, Coach
Henry Hucles' fighting Virginia
Union Panthers swamped the
mighty Va. State Troajans, 72-35,
on the stage of the Mosque Thea
ter before over 5000 fans to hang
up their IL conference win of the
season. o
In the preliminary contest. The
Trojan JayVees eked 1928 win
from the Union JayVess.
During the halftime period; the
huge audience sang the "Alma
Mater" songs of Union and State.
PLAY HARLEM GLOBE
TROTTERS
The Va. Union Panthers and
the Harlem Globe TrOtters are
booked for game here in
Richmond, Va. OH March &-h,
at the Blues ArmOry, il was
announced last week by Gum
my Proctor, white sports pro-
mOter.
Opening up a WhirlWind passing
attack designed to smother the Va.
State zone defense, HUGS BOYS
took the lead early in the game
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HAMILTON TO DUTY MARCH :

Orders to proceed to Camp Dew
ems, Mass, for military duty March
8 have been received by Colonel
West A. Hamilton of the 428th
Provisional battalion. Originally
ordered to duty for February. the
War Department cancelled that or
der and has instructed the popular
Washingtonian to report on Mon
day, March 8.
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1911 mterfrat Tourney
ATLANTA, Ga.--(SNS)-

ALLAN LA, Ga.--t ON NSp-
Voting in a business meeting
Sunday, The Atlanta Interfratern-
al Basketball Council elected the
following men to serve as officers
this years play: President, Jerome
Mgr, Benjamin Scott. Alpha
Norehouse; Treasurer, John Mer-
hessen, Sigrna-MorriS Brown; and
Secretary, Lee Jett, Kappa, More
Jones, Omega, Morris Brown; Bus.
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XAVIER Is
III FAVORITE

That tickle goddess Dana For
tune has placed the ominous wreath
of favor on XaVier's head. Clark,
l940 tournament champion. and
she was all the word implies. is
expected to bow before the mighty
Gold Rush that will pour out OF
New Orleans, Louisiana. Xavier is
the unanimous choice of pre-tour-
ney prognosticators who also con-
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DaWsonmen Shine Even
In 15-Point Defeat
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-

sons performance to 236 points in only 19 for an
impressive average of 1914 points outing Morris Brown
bounced back with gusto from successive 5146 and 1896
setbacks by Clark Tuskegee to throttle smooth fast
breaking S. State quintet 6146 The win gave the Pur-
pie 11-6 for the year in STAG play.
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house

Council members are Earl Ken
nedy, Alpha; Grover c. Dye,
Sigma; William jones, Alpha; Ma
thanial Smith, Sigma; Elbert Dud-
ley, Kappa; j. Budges, Omega and
C.. M. Patrick, Public Relations,
Sigma. The Council has set March
IS, 10 and % as dates for this
Years plaV.
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with IL, II, and nine respective
ly. Eddie (Luke) Williams and
Jesse (Jack Pot) Bryan dazzled
afloor along with the popular
"Jake" Carter.
CAPT. COPELAND GLITTERS
But S. C. State produced the
games top "hot'' man in the per-
son of Captain Copeland, eagle
eyed "on-a-dime cutter" who
roped six field goals and five
free tosses for II points. Team
mates Holden and Penn, with 13
and nine respectively were next
best. Stith and Armstrong turned
in their usual scintillant floor
game.
TOO MUCH ADELPHI
In a preliminary made enter
tanning for the fact that Adelphi,
seeking her ninth straight victory
and 18th win in the last Ia
STARTS, was in more of a ball
handling than a scoring mood, the
Purple and Gold, sported smart
new varsity jackets and trimmed
East Point for the second time
this year 1926. Adelphi led at
intermission 24-10.
CHIT PARADE"
Marion Eugene (Red) Grimes,
Howard (Brer) Long, and Wen
dell (Woo WAY Cunningham
were the point-makers villains
with 13, 13, and eight apiece.
Captain James (Bud) Carter
Jerome (Caesar) Hubert were
tops afloor. William (Geech)
Mitchell starred in a relief role,
with Nathaniel (Tick) Tillman,
Harry (Red) Murphy and Ed
ward (Brer Goober) Echols also
figuring in the attack. Marion
Woods was the whole show for
the losers, roping IL points
nearly half their entire total.
S. c. STATE (46) MBC (61I
Copeland (17) Lawson, f (12)
Holden, f (13) Mapp, f CD
Armstrong, c ca Brown, (13)
Stith, g J. Wyles, g CD
Stanley, Williams. g ca
Penn (S) ii. Wyles (9)
Lewis CD Dowell (1I)
Huff Cd Carter (2)
Biisen Wilson (z)
Bryan (0)
OFFICIALS-Lucius Jones, Joe
Johnson Clark.
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Social School Noses
Out Ft. Valley
Tutors. 1881

FT. VALLEY, Ga.-(SNS)- Aft
er dropping a heartbreaking game
to the Invincibles of Morehouse
college for intramural honors, the
Atlanta School Of Social Work
basketball team rebounded by beat
ing a fighting faculty team of Fort
Valley college 1881, the past week.
This game, beginning a friendly
athletic relationship between these
two institutions was witnessed by
a capacity house of Fort Valleyites
and visitors. The game, hotly con-
tested from start to finish. brought
to light the shooting genius of Joe
Roulhac, scholarly captain of the
Fort Valley School faculty team.
Joe Roulhac, shooting Is points
for the home team, gave the Wis
itors no end of trouble trying to
break up his down-the-middle
shots. 1t was lucky thing for
both teams that the mo foul'' rule
was on or else both teams would
have fouled out in less than 15
minutes Of play.
Along with the fine playing Of
Roulhac, great floormanship was
exhibited by MesSrS. Ford, TWitty
and our own Bertram Ellison for
the Fort Valley teachers. James
Hill, teamed with his brother Hugh
Hill, Brazier and Robert Washing
ton starred for the Social Workers.
A. S s. w. Eft. VALLEY
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preston ''personification of brill
lance" on the hardwood
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FIREWORKS ILLUMINATE
SECOND HALF PLAY

Paced by their respective sharp
shooting demons, Clark and S. c..
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Officials-Lacy and Gary
Halftime scOre-Unibn "a State
IA.
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Clark TakesS
Carolina, 56-42

State played a whale of second
half game. State has more stuff
than her record shows and she
used it effectively. The Dixie
Champions resorted to their harmen
scarem hokus-pokus ball and State
matched it effectively. From 1925,
Clark the score crawled to 1880
in States favor. Clark called a
time out. The Cardinal guards
throttled States offensive while
Younger. Henderson, Jacok and
Braithwaite went to town. The
score read Clark 80, State 80 after
seven hectic minutes of ball
handling wizardry, the likes which
aren't seen in Atlanta every day.
State came back brilliantly, their
efforts bordering on desperation
but Clark was not to be denied or
TepulSed. The South Atlanta
cagers adorned robes symbolic of
the Dixie Champions and turned
back a great team of S. c.. State
cagers. The 56-42 score does not
tell the story of this gigantic strug-
gle between two teams that are
thrilling to watch in action. Pass,
dribble, pass and shoot was the
breath-taking routine used so ef-
fectively by both quintets while the
fans went beserk. The daring of
both teams brought forth cheers,
loud, long and lusty, not for the
winners or losers, but for the bas-
ball genius that was put on dis.
play by both winner and loser.
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ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNs)-

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
Two neutrality-suspicious., deli
cately balanced quintets, repre-
senting Clark and South Carolina
State put on one of seasons great
est Clark gym shows Monday after
. noon and kept the fans on edge
until the closing moments when
Clark staged a brilliant game
clnching rally to win 56-42. Bill
Copeland, State forward, scored IT
points to lead the parade of
si1arpshooters Clarence (Sonny)
Younger was second with 16, and
ALBERT (Alby) Henderson capped
third place with Is, total of 81
points for Clark.
STATE TAKES
EARLY LEAD
Copeland put State ahead with
beautiful overhead shot from
under the basket. The visitors en-
ployed the same ogensive tactics
that have enabled Clark to ap-
parently perform miracles. Henry
Holden, State center, was fouled
by Braithwaite. The free throw
was good. The Panthers increased
the tempo, took 6-5 lead and n
creased it to 1875 before State could
stop them. State held Clark for
wards in check and scored three
baskets to come within a point
Of catching up.
Younger flipped a pair of bas-
ketS before State solved their fast
breaking wheel offensive maneu-
verS. State broke it up and took
the lead when Holden and Cope
land made basket apiece State
led 1914 for moment. Kara
Coates came through with a long
one. Henderson duplicated foy
Clark. Charles Penn, State for
ward, made a basket and came
within a point of catching up as
the score board read 1917. Hen
derson, Youngers and Coates made
a basket to go with Donald Braith-
Waiteis free throw swelling
Clark's total to Is. State rallied
behind John Armstrong to cut
Clark'S lead to 25-22 at the half.
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