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Sunday, March 31, 1940 THE C A MPUS ECHO Page Three PORTS WITH PORT BUG Eagles Bow 62-38 To Virginia Union Norfolk, Va., March IS.—(Spe cial)—The lanky Panthers of Vir ginia Union college subdued N.C.C. N.’s Eagles before a capacity crowd that jammed the city auditorium. The score was 62 to 38, and the out come of the tilt, which featured the outstanding Negro college quints of Virginia and North Carolina, was never in doubt. Knighton, gangling center, swished in eight field goals while his running mate, “Soupy” Campbell, accounted for 11 more points for tne winners. N.C.C.N. (38) G F T Peerman, f .. 1 2 4 D. Mack, f .... 0 0 0 Brown, f .... 0 0 0 Ennis, f .... 2 0 4 Warmick, f .... 0 0 0 Colbert, c 8 0 16 Todd, c .... 0 0 0 Downing, g .... 6 2 14 G. Mack, g .... 0 0 0 Anders, g 0 0 0 Totals ...17 4 38 Virginia Union (62) G F T Hyde, f .... 3 1 7 Campbell, f 5 1 11 Knighton, c .... 8 1 16 Daughtry, c .... 3 3 9 Glover, g .... 2 0 4 Frazer, g 6 2 14 Totals 77 8 62 Score at holf: Union 27; State 19. Officials, Lacy and Butler. Tall Players Beware! It has been definitely shown that the basketball team with height, and pWnty O? Kqlc. • Q.'W VvdL* which results in their having great success. This fact has been demon strated from coast to coast this year as never before. In our C. I. A. A. the same things prevail. We have made it our business to watch the facial expression of rival coaches when Downing or Colbert of Eagle fame would take the ball off the back board time after time, or these same two would be parked under the basket to “chunk” in shots. In every case these expressions were ones of absolute disgust. This was especially true of a coach from Richmond, Va. \\'ell, what does these coaches want to do about it since they can’t land none of these skyscrapers. In the C. I. A. A. we don’t know, but we are trying to find out. Up in Con necticut, Ken Loeffler of Yale Uni versity and head basketball coach has come out for a “No man’s land” around each basket. He would mark off a semi-circle with a fourteen foot diameter-seven feet on side. After each shot a player would be per mitted to remain only about three seconds. How does it sound? Dr. F. C. Allen of the University of Kansas has suggested drawing a 16 foot cir cle with the basket as a center. He would permit players to dribble in or out of the circle but they could not drive in and shoot if another player were in the ring. A team could however, place a stationary guard in the circle to block scoring shots with in the so-called safety ring. How does this sound to you? Being no authority the writer holds no brief for the coming controversy. Some coaches want the goals made two feet higher, but you will still have the same problem. If you take the tall fellows from around the bas ket they will still pass the ball over the heads of the opponents and also shoot over their heads. CIAA Sports Lane By Burnette Bryant Since basketball season has ended, we can review with satisfaction the excellency of performance as exhib ited by the C. I. A. A. cage teams. Due to the large number of first division teams last year, the going was very rough and the results of which is a much larger second divi sion. However, N. C. College and X'^a. Union seemed to be the cream of the crop—each team having won 15 from C. I. A. A. opponents and lost 2; however, of these victories and defeats, one each was non-con- ference. Both cage battles between the Eagles and the Panthers were tough games and although the teams split in the contests played, they definitely established themselves as the Con ference leaders. As to which is the better team, there is still some ques tion in the minds of quite a few fans, and the comparative scores offer no criteria for measuring the better team. However, until a third game is played between the two teams, which would not necessarily estab lish the better team, I am inclined to remain adrift from those biased and dogmatic critics who are prone to string along with a team merely be cause they have built it up as their “here,” as the average child has George Washington, due to the cher ry tree fable, or to those who base their selection upon the pecuniary benefits derived from the school when comparative schedules and results show differently. Reginald Ennis Chosen Most Valuable Man On Eagle Quintet Reginald “Hawk” Ennis was chos en the most valuable man on the 1940 edition of the North Carolina College Eagles by his teammates and will be awarded the R. L. McDougall Trophy. Ennis proved himself to be a capable captain, a consistent scorer, a primier ball handler and an ex cellent guard. He is one of the only two North Carolina boys on the team, and incidently, both boys are from Smithfield, N. C. Record of the Five H Conference Teams Played Harold C. Colbert Bluefield 5 1 11 Va. State 4 5 13 Shaw U 6 3 15 J. C. Smith 8 4 20 St. Augustine 7 6 20 Shaw U. 4 3 11 Bluefield 3 1 7 St. Augustine S 2 12 St. Paul 3 13 Va. State 0 3 21 Hampton 7 1 5 St. Paul 5 6 16 A. & T 6 16 J. C. Smith 7 3 17 Union U. 8 3 19 A. & T 7 1 15 Union U 8 0 16 Conference Totals 98 51 247 Non-Conference Teams Played W. Va. State 4 6 14 Wilberforce 1 1 3 Ky. State 5 2 12 Morristown 3 0 6 Fla. A. & M 14 6 34 Ky. State 2 0 4 Fayetteville Teach. 2 0 4 Fayetteville Teach. 4 1 9 Non-Conf. Totals 35 16 86 GRAND TOTAL 133 67 333 X—Did not play in these games. Note: In scoring 34 points again: by an individual in one game. This record does not include the Boricaii Fails in K. of C. Meet Ex-Virginia State Athlete Unable to Keep Pace Johnny Borican, who hails from Virginia State College and one of the few athletes of Negro colleges who has been able to make the big time, came in a slow fourth at the recent Knights of Columbus mile re lay held in Madison Square Garden recently. John, National 1,000 yard Champion, was to have set the pace for the three-quarters that wjould pull either Chuck Fenske, the na tion’s ace miler, or Glenn Cunning ham or both into a new world mile mark—a blistering 4:03. Borican started out like a sprinter, while the mile field lagged along at a normal gait. He got so far out in front that there was something like 35 yards between him and Fenske. So he lagged and the field not only caught up with him but passed him, with Fenske winning his seventh mile of the year in a disappointing 4:13.2. Cunningham in his farewell indoor mile, was second and Gen Venske, third. The very tired but still cheer ful, Borican was last. Instead of 3:03 for the three-quarters, Borican had run only 3:14.4—and when he was caught downstairs later, instead of feeling badly (as he should have) he just grinned and said: “Why I just ran the first quarter too fast.” He did it in 0.58.2 seconds while the crowd howled with glee. “But I like that mile run and I am going in for it next year and I’ll beat them too. Why, I would have beaten them tonight if they’d kept up with me.” The point being that the old heads vveic too smart to^eep up with the limber-legged John when he started out. They let hm wear himself out and then beat Mm at the tape. He was checked in 4:15.8, a time that hardly will make Fenske lie awake nights with worry. Johnny Herbert of New York Uni versity made a new world record for the Casey 600. His time was 1:10.8. His face was wreathed in smiles. Herbert was little short of titanic himself as he wheeled around the grey boards to make his record. He est Scorers of N. C. Reginald Ennis William Peerman 2 0 4 6 0 12 6 3 15 2 0 4 2 1 5 3 0 6 1 0 2 2 1 5 3 0 6 4 1 9 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 11 4 0 8 4 1 9 0 0 0 4 0 8 2 1 5 7 1 15 0 1 1 2 1 5 2 0 4 1 1 3 5 3 13 1 1 3 2 1 5 2 0 4 2 0 4 4 2 10 2 2 6 2 0 4 1 2 4 — — — — — _ 47 13 109 39 12 90 3 0 6 2 0 4 5 1 11 0 0 0 2 4 8 2 0 4 x X x 2 0 4 4 0 8 3 0 6 6 2 14 5 2 12 2 0 4 1 1 3 1 2 4 6 0 12 23 9 SS 21 3 45 — — — — 70 22 162 60 15 135 Fla. A. & M., ye believe Colbert ;ame played witi the Green Wave N. C. College Tops A. & T., 46-33 Those elongated North Carolina College Eagles journeyed up to Greensboro and took the A. & T. Aggies to the tune of 46-33 before a capacity house. It was the last con ference game for both teams and from the beginning of the game to the last whistle, it was the thriller that only the intense rivalry of the two sister schools could produce. The first half was very closely played with the Eagles holding the upper hand; however with the be ginning of the second half, the Eagles began to pull away from the Aggies who fought desperately but in vain to halt the surge of N. C. College offensive power. To Colbert went the top scoring honors of 15 points and Ennis came second with 13 points. Roan of the Aggies was the outstand ing man for the Greensboro team. Eaglettes Defeat Barber-Scotia Playing their last game of the present season the North Carolina College Eaglettes surprised everyone by completely outplaying and de feating the highly touted Barber- Scotia team of Concord, North Car olina. Phillips opened the scoring for State with a beautiful crip shot. The next play, Phillips to Colston, back to Phillips then to Moore who also made a beautiful set shot. This gave State a lead that they never relin quished. The score at half time was State 16 and Barber-Scotia 7. Playing their last games for the Maroon and Grey were N. McLean, Capt. Jerman, and C. Goins. All three played an outstanding game. For Barber-Scotia, Massey was the outstanding star of the game, surpassing her teammates in scoring and floor work. had to come from behind to whip National Champion, Charley Belch er, and Manhattan’s John Quigley, but he did it, as an appreciative home town crowd gave him a fine ovation. ;e Basketball Team Norbert Downing Richard Mack 4 1 9 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 2 2 6 3 2 8 3 0 6 X X X 0 1 1 4 2 10 1 0 2 1 2 4 5 0 10 2 0 4 5 3 13 5 1 11 1 0 2 3 2 8 2 1 5 1 2 4 2 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 10 4 1 9 0 0 0 4 3 11 0 0 0 3 5 11 2 0 4 2 1 5 3 0 6 6 2 14 0 0 0 45 25 115 32 10 74 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 4 0 8 3 2 8 1 2 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 10 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 15 6 36 8 2 18 70 31 151 40 12 92 a season record of points scored Rocky Mount, N. C. CHANGES Final Decision With National Committee This week the National Conven tion of basketball coaches, and the committee on rules are meeting si multaneously in Kansas City. Sev eral changes in the basketball rules will be proposed at both meetings. Several coaches want something to be done to eliminate the present ad vantage the tall player holds over the short one. Some want a zone es tablished around the goal to keep players from parking under the bas ket. Others want to cut out the pres ent rules which allow the team scored on to take the ball out of bounds: They want the return of the “jump ball” after each score. We have contacted some of the leading men in the C. I. A. A. in order to find where this organiza tion stands on such a question. So far the reaction is overwhelmingly against any change. One of the ques tions asked was: Would you like to see the basketball goals higher than the present 10 ft.? Here are the an swers: Coach Henry B. Hucles of Vir ginia Union University says, “My reaction to the suggestion that the basketball goals be placed higher than the present 10 feet would be NO.” Coach Gideon E. Smith of Hamp ton Institute says, “Personally, I prefer the rule governing the height of the basket to remain as stated in the 1940 rule book. The tall man will have the advantage over the short man no matter what the height of the basket is. The short man must make up for this in speed and ac curacy in shooting. No school will have a monopoly on tall men every year. Coach H. R. Jefferson of Virginia State College for Negroes says, “The C. I. A. A. has never been inclined to change the rules of any sport. This is done by the Rules Committee of the N. C. A. A. I believe the game should be left alone.” “In case the question of raising the baskets above the present 10 ft. height comes up, I will oppose the proposition.” C. A. Smith, St. Paul’s Normal and Industrial School. Coach Jas. H. Roland of Bluefield says: “I am satisfied with the pres ent height of the baskets and would contest a change strongly if given an opportunity.” Eagle Quint Ends Successful Season The N. C. College Eagles ended their cage season by dropping a fast game to the Virginia Union Univer sity Panthers in Norfolk, Va., 62-38. Out of the 26 contests played by the Eagles, they were victorious in 22 and lost 4, one of which was a con ference tilt. This season was the most successful in the history of basket ball at the Eagle’s lair. In the course ofl the piling up of the 22 victories, the Eagles defeated such sectional “champions” as Ken tucky State College, W. Va. State College, Florida A. & ]\I., and Va. nion University. They suffered isses to Wilberforce University, .entucky State College, Hampton istitute and Va. Union University. 1 these 26 contests, the Eagles ored 1093 points to their oppo- ;nts 789 points. W’ith two years of experience be nd them, the Eagles bid fair to ;come one of the most formidable lints in the country.
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