SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1943
MAROON AND GOLD
PAGE THREE
Rambling
Wilh Lacy Hagood
With the most colorful intramural tournament ever held on campus over,
and the winner crowned last night, we’ll attempt to outline the highlights of
l.he past cage season as we saw them.
Realizing the tedious job we are attempting, we give you the coveted
■superlatives of the recent cage race.
Biggest upset: East Eagles’ miraculous win over the top-place Alpha Pi’s.
Most exciting game: Kappa Psi’s extra-period-one-point win over a “hot”
Sigma Phi five.
Most disappointing team: I. T. K. Loss of Link Howard upset form of this
potentially top-place club.
Hardest Luck Club: Unanimously Sigma Phi, with I. T. K. running a close
•second.
Classiest team: North North, with three classy performers in Huntley,
Vi heless and Whisnant.
Most consistent team: Alpha Pi. Hot in all games but the Eagles and
I. T. K. affairs.
Best team work: Kappa Psi Nu. All working for one cause.
Best Rebounders: North North’s Denny Whisnant and Ike Perry of the
Eagles.
Best Set Shots: Kappa Psi’s Ed Watts and the Eagles’ dynamic little Jimmy
Roberts.
Best Hook Shots: Huntley of North North, Pierce Senter of Alpha Pi, and
I. T. K.’s Bernie Askins.
Best timed Field Goal: Brevitt Hooks two pointer against Sigma Phi.
Trailing and with ten seconds to go this shot forced the game into extra period
and a win for Kappa Psi.
Most Improved Player: Tex Lisman. Starting slow—bec(vning team’s
leading scorer in last few games.
Most Colorful Player: Lawrence Paige of Sigma Phi. Mixes fine play
■with fine sense of humor.
Funniest Shot: Jimmy Boone’s field goal in the comical North North-
•Sigma Phi affair.
Coolest Player: Pierce Senter of Alpha Pi.
The All Intramural Basketball Teams:
1st Team 2nd Team 3rd Team
-forward Watts Walker Hooper
Forward Askins Grev Wheless
Center Whisnant Senter Perry
Guard Zodda Huntley Lisman
Guard Roberts W. Perry Butler
Well, folks, there they are as we saw them. Now gimme my running
shoes and an early start and release your ole critic hounds. As the scared
negro running the proverbial race once said. "O Lord, if you 11 pick them up.
I’ll put. them down.” So—
ELSEWHERE IN THE SPORTS WORLD
In the biggest upset of the fistic year, up-and-coming Jake Lamotta
decisioned Ray (Sugar) Robinson, leading welterweight contender. Unde
feated in 130 starts, Robinson spotted Lamotta 16 pounds, and those pounds
were the deciding advantage in the last round, as Robinson tired to drop a
close decision.
Elon's Frank Hayes, former middleweight champion of the Carolinas,
leaves soon for the Navy Air Corps. Best of luck, “Frankie.”
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Interest in girls’ basketball has run high during the current cage season,
I with thrills and spills almost as numerous as points. Shown above is a
typical mad scramble for a free ball during a recent Tau Zeta-B. O. B. game.
Warren of Tau Zeta and H. Truitt and E. Truitt of B. O. B. are shown fighting
for the ball, while Jeffreys of Tau Zeta looks on. B. O. B. won the tilt.
NORTH NORTH NOSES
OUT EAGLES 18 TO 17
%
"WONDER WHAT THAT FEILOW
THINKS ABOUT ON THE
WAY DOWN"
The favorite cagers of North dormi
tory came from behind and did it the
hard way last Wednesday night as
they edged out the ever-scrapping
quint of East dormitory.
Taking an early lead on McCauley’s
two quick field goals, the Eagles com
pletely outfought the North dormi
tory boys.
With the start of the second half,
the North Siders began to hit the
basket consistently and forged into a
four-point lead. With four minutes
to go, flashy Jimmy Roberts threw in
a two pointer, but the North team
froze the ball to gain a one-point win.
Whisnant and Huntley with 5 points
each shared scoring honors for the
winners. Little Jimmy Roberts col
lected 7 points to lead the Eagles' at
tack.
NORTH NORTH THROTTLES
I. T. K„ 25 TO 14
Combining both floor work and
fancy ball-handling, the North Siders
of North dormitory edged out the
hapless I. T. K., 25 to 14.
Taking an early lead, the North
dormitory five was never headed in
the roughest game of the current sea
son, which was raggedly played by
both teams.
Denny Whisnant hit the baseket
consistently to rack up 10 points in
his best performance of the year.
Bemie Askin kept I. T. K. in
the thick of the fight, as he gar
nered 8 points, followed by Lis-
man’s 5.
With the loss of this game went
I. T. K.’s last bid for the intramural
tournament.
Tourney Tussles
KAPPA PSI BOWS TO NORTH
NORTH IN H.\RD-FOUGHT GAME
With two minutes to go and behind
four points, those “never say die"
cagers of North dormitory came from
behind to overcome Kappa Psi’s lead,
tie up the game and then walk off
with a 3-point edge in the extra pe
riod, to hand the classy Kappa Psi’s
their first loss in tournament play.
Taking an early lead Kappa Psi out
played the North dormitory cagers
until near the end of the game, when
Whisnant and Grey dropped field
goals to cut Kappa Psi’s lead to 2
points.
With one minute to go and trailing
by 2 points, Allen Grey sunk a mirac
ulous two-pointjer to tie up the game,
H-11. and force the game into an
extra period.
With Frazier sinking a quick field
goal at the beginning of the extra
period, the North Siders pushed
ahead. Kappa Psi made a desperate
last-minute spurt, but couldn’t hit
the basket.
Collecting 4 points, Buster Butler
copped scoring honors for Kappa Psi,
along with Ed Watts’ smooth floor
game. Frazier and Grey shared scor
ing honors for the winners with 4
points each.
ALPHA PI ELIMINATES EAGLES
SECOND NIGHT TOURNEY PLAY
Girls’ Sports
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Here is a review of happenings in
girls' basketball since the last edition
of Maroon and Gold:
The 2nd Floor West team toppled
the outclassed Tau Zeta Phi six with
the score of 28 to 6. The accurate
shooting of Towery and Davis could
not be stopped by the opposing
guards, and the Tau Zeta forwards
were not able to score any off the
guards of the winning team.
Then 2nd floor’s team turned
around and ran into plenty of compe
tition from the smooth-working B.O.B.
team. Top scoring honors went to
Green of the victors and Holoman of
the sorority team, each getting 7
points. The score was a zigzagged
affair, but finally ended 15 to 12.
Showing great improvement on the
part of both teams, Tau Zeta over
came Delta U with a timely score of
23 to 15. f’aced by able Warren with
14 points and Jeffrys with 7, the wm-
ners were never hard pressed. Rawls’
and Rumley’s shooting and floor work
failed to bring their team victory.
Rising from the bottom position in
the league, the same Tau Zeta six
showed great improvement by running
over Ladies’ Hall team 31 to 17. Minus
two veteran players. Smith and
Thompson, Ladies’ Hall used its sub
stitutes, Bounds and Holland, and
showed splendid teamwork with these.
The winners were never pushed, and
Warren continued the top scoring
honor with 20 points and was fol
lowed by Jeffrys with 11.
With teams already settled for the
play-offs, 3rd floor West and Tau Zeta
met each other, played, and the final
score revealed a 19-19 tie. An extra
period was not played, becaues a win
for Tau Zeta would no: entitle them
for a place in the play-off, and a los
ing account for 3rd floor would not
upset its rating. Both teams used
their substitutes, but they failed to
bring a lead for either. Albright
bagged 8 points, and Warren claimed
14 of her best team’s 19 points.
With this game, the tournament
ended—with the exception of the
play-off. All were excited, expect
ant and thrilled at the same time.
After all, stranger things have hap
pened beside losing a game, or even
having a third or fourth rating. The
four top teams were to play in the
semi-finals. These teams were, re
spectively: 2nd floor West, 3rd floor
West, B. O. B., and Ladies’ Hall. So
the play-off was begun when 2nd
floor’s league-leading girls found
their hands full Wednesday night
with the B. O. B. six. With the score
tied 10 all at the half, the 2nd floor
forwards passed the ball until the op
portunity came to shoot. They man
aged to keep the lead with one of
two points after the half, and had an
other win accounted for them with
the score 27-23. Flashy B. O. B. cen
ter, Holoman, led the sorority team
with 10 points, while Green played a
bang-up game and tossed^ 15 of her
team’s 27 points.
The next game in the play-off was
the one of Ladies’ Hall and 3rd floor
West. The favored West team failed
to show its previous form and Ladies’
Hall managed to run over them with
an account of 22 to 14. Hard-work
ing Thompson and Sprinkle showed
beautiful floor work and accurate
shooting, and maintained a lead
throughout the four quarters. The
top-story Dormitory six exhibited
cooperative playing, but couldn’t up
set the opposing team.
The finals were played last night,
the results of which are on the front
page.
East dormitory’s injury-riddled cag
ers couldn't stop Alpha Pi’s smashing
offense and dropped a one-sided con
test 23 to 7, in the nightcap of the sec
ond night of tournament play. It
was the Eagles’ second turnament loss,
eliminating them from further tour-
ament play.
Taking an early 4-point lead on
Roberts and McAdam’s field goals,
the Eagles stayed in front until near
the end of the first half, when Zodda
and Gerrett’s four field goals put the
fraternity five in front.
With the start of the second half.
Alpha Pi increased its lead on hard
working Vic Zodda's quick field goals.
Refusing to give up, the Eagles
fought back but couldn't stop Alpha
Pi’s Zodda, who personally collected
13 points to lead his team’s offence.
Dynamic Jimmy Roberts, playing
the best floor game of the night, led
the outclassed Eagles.
KAPPA PSI DOWNS TOP SEEDED
ALPHA PI IN OPENING NIGHT
OF TOURNAMENT PLAY
Those hustling cagers of Kappa Psi
started the intramural cage tourna
ment off with a bang Monday night,
edging out the top seeded Alpha Pi
cagers 15 to 8.
Pushing ahead in the eardy part of
the game on Hooper’s foul shot, the
Kappa Psi sagers fought and out
played the favored Alpha Pi’s.
Going into the third quarter ■Vic
Zodda, Alpha Pi ace, sunk a beautiful
two-pointer to bring his team within
one point of taking the lead. At this
point Kappa Psi broke Watts and
Nance loose for quick field goals to
increase their lead to seven points.
Alpha Pi fought back in the final
stanza, but couldn’t penetrate Kappa
Psi’s surprising airtight defense.
Edd Watts and Buster Butler with
five points each shared scoring for the
winners. Collecting 6 oints, Zodda
led Alpha Pi’s futile attack.
NORTH NORTH TOPS EAGLES
IN TOUGH TOURNEY GAME
ALPHA PI EDGES OUT
NORTH NORTH, 15 TO 11
Battling fiercely for undisputed pos
session of first place. Alpha Pi edged
out its closest contender. North North,
15 to 11.
With North North showing an ex
cellent defense, it was left to Vic
Zodda and dependable Pierce to come
through with 6 points and lead their
fraternity mates into the top spot of
the league.
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Scoring almost at will. Kappa Psi’s
smooth-working cagers downed the
hapless I. T. K.’s, 29 to 5, Tuesday
night.
With aggressive Ed Watts hitting
the basket consistently. Kappa Psi
took an early lead they never relin
quished as they completely outplayed
the losing fraternity five.
Flashy Ed Watts with 9 points and
Hooper with 7 led the winners’ of
fense. Askin and Lisman shared the
losers’ scoring honors with 2 points
each.
This win pushed Kappa Psi into
the number three spot of the hard
wood league.
In the second game of the opening
night of the intramural cage tourna
ment, North North’s sagers fought
off a hard-fighting Eagle team to keep
its turnament record clean.
Taking an early lead, the North sid
ers showed pnenty of class and form
as they chalked up a 27 to 13 win
over a fighting Eagle five.
With Denny Whisnant breaking
into the open consistently for two
pointers, the Eagle defense fell apart
in the final period to give the North
siders their initial tournament win.
Hampered by injuries to key play
ers, the Eagles never finished their
pre-tournament form.
Roberts and Perry collected 4
points each to share scoring honors
for the losing quint. Garnering four
field goals for 8 points, dependable
Denny Whisnant led the North dor
mitory five-s offense followed by
Huntley and Grey with 4 points each.
ALPHA PI ELIMINATES
KAPPA PSI FROM TOUR
NAMENT GAMES
Kappa Psi’s previously
ment team couldn’t get,
dropped a hard-fought tu^^,
Pi’s top seeded club, §
With both teams plaj/
defensive ball, the gan/
scoring affair. Alpha /
scoring and kept addin'^'
while Kappa Psi couldn't
ket with any consistency.
After a slow first quarter, Iv
left to the veteran Vic Zodda to pusli
in 7 points and lead his team’s of
fense, followed by Perry’s 4.
Buster Butler was the fair-headed
boy for the Kappa Psi’s with 5 points.
Ed Watts, smooth Kappa Psi mainstay,
kept his team in the thick of the fight
with his fine floor game. Kappa Psi
played the last half under a severe
handicap, as Hooper was banished
from the game, leaving his team
with only four players on the court.
I. T. K. TRIPS SIGMA PHI, 25 TO 18
NORTH NORTH STOPS
SIGMA Pin, 31 TO 13
Minus Steve Walker, Sigma Phi’s
hard-luck five dropped another loop
game to North North 31 to 13 last
week.
With both teams playing loosely,
the game was a low-scoring affair
during the first half, but the North
Northers began to hit the backet con
sistently in the last half to put the
game on ice.
Big-gun in the winners’ attack was
Riggs with 8 points followed by Whe-
liss’s 6 points.
Garnering 4 points each, Lacy Ha
good and Lawrence Paige shared
scoring honors for Sigma Phi.
Gaining revenge for their recent
losses, I. T. K. hit the comeback trail
Monday night with a hard-earned 25
to 18 win over the off-and-on cagers
of Sigma Phi.
Taking an early 3-point lead, 1. T. K.
pushed ahead until near the end of
the second stanza, when Sigma Phi
knotted the count at 7 all.
With the start of the second half,
the winners forged ahead to a lead
they never relinquished.
Garnering 8 points, Joe Whitaker
led the offense of the losers. For
1. T. K. it was Lisman with 11 followed
by Bernie Askin’s 10.
EAGLES DOWN CLOWNING
SIGMA PHI FIVE, 32 TO 19
Northwestern university's home
coming features a competitive pa
jama race in which each fraternity
participating must purchase a war
bond as an entry fee.
» * ♦
National fees of fraternities and so
rorities in the United States have
been estimated at $3,838,800.
Not since the House of David five
performed in the local gym has the
stuednt body witnessed such a com
ical affair as the recent Eagle-Sigma
I’hi game.
Appearing in long-handle under
wear and pulling some of the wittiest
pranks ever seen on the local floor,
the Sigma quint kept the house in
a hilarious uproar.
The niftiest shot of the night was
pulled by comical Lawrence Paige,
long underwear and all, as he sank
a miraculous field goal from under
his own basket.
Collecting 12 points, Ike Perry led
the Eagle offense. For the flanneled
Sig,ma Phi's it was Johnson's 11 fol
lowed by Whtaker's 4 points.