Arizona sun., 1950-01-20
Monarchs Lose Three
Games Basketball
By COACH FLIPPER

Monarchs dropped games to Ajo
Red Raiders and Class A North
Phoenix Mustangs on successive
nights after having compiled an
impressive winning record of six
games. Both encounters were lost
by only two points; Ajo, rallying
in the latter part of their game to
win 1851 on the Monarch court on
Jan. 6, and North Phoenix repelling
last quarter Monarch rally to win
49-47 the following night at Phoe-
nix Union High School gym.
Against Ajo, the Monarchs looked
very impressive and amazed cap
acity crowd by running up 1924
half-time lead. Carl Hammons,
scoring IL points in the first half,
and Jesse Jackson were leading the
Carver offensive, while Houston
Turner was holding down Ajo's
Jim Cordy to one point. Cordy had
scored 80 points against Carver just
before Christmas at Ajo when Car
yer won, 56-52. The little iron men
from Ajo played a strong second
half and emerged victorious over
the taller shots from all over the
floor. Monreal, with 16 points,
was high scorer of the game. Mo-
gales, Jackson and Hammons fol-
lowed closely, each with IA.
Tired from the Ajo game, the
Monarchs displayed a poor brand
of basketball on the unfamiliar and
large Phoenix Union court for the
first three quarter against North
Phoenix, as the Mustangs passed
the pellet around and commanded
a ten point lead throughout. Re-
specting Carver potentialities the
North High mentor, Billy Mann,
was forced to use his also tired first
five throughout most of the game
which terminated in the final
stanza with a smoking 20 point
Carver rally which nearly turned
ragged contest into a Monarch
win. Hadie Redd led Carver with
IA points; while Sutton and Mac
Mullen, with Is and II points re-
spectively, paced the North High
offensive.
Carver boosted its current cage
campaign the following weekend
with an easy 1910 win over Litch-
field Park Owls at Litchfield.
Shooting well over an Owl zone
defense, Carver was ahead 25-11
at half-time. When Litchfield
switched to a man-to-man, the
Monarch hoopsters spent the sec
ond half working plays and for the
first time this season looked like
trained ball club. Ray Stewart,
Ronald Craigo and Ken Wood 81
multaneously were closing the gap
with beautiful follow-up blackboard
shots and tried to make a. game of
it. Hadie Redd, with Is points, was
the games high scorer.
On Jan. IA at North High gym,
the st. Mary's Knights, rated as
underdogs, outclassed their cross
town Carver rivals, 1914, in a
rough bruising contest which re-
corded 48 personal fouls. Unable
to hit any long shots over ST.
Mary's tight zone defense, the Mon
archs trailed 11-24 at the half.
Carver'S three tall rebounderS,
Kemp, Redd, and Jackson, were
at the mercy of eft. Sin. "Stretch"
Carlson, knight center, who single
handed controlled the defensive
blackboard. Carver, as usual, played
a strong second half, scoring 33
points; but poor defense play en-
abled the knights to score 81
points, Hadie Redd, Carver's one
man offense, paced both teams with
10 points. Phil Russell, in spite OF
Kemp's defensive efforts, contrib
uted II points for the visitors.
Carver's record at present is sew
en- victories against three defeats.
Though at the bottom in the city
race, the Monarchs are hopeful of
maintaining respect in their West
Central District League. Carver
plays host tonight to Phoenix In
dian school and tomorrow night en-
cages Phoenix Union Coyotes, the
only city team Carver has never
defeated in it's long basketball his
tory.