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Virginia State Trojans Defeat Hampton 65-41
THE SPORTS
BAZAAR
BY WILLIAM A. TUCK
THE H1LI*‘^IDE HlGk I6R-
NE're learned their lesaon over in
Giant Eagle
Guard Sets
Scoring Record
BT A. M. RIVERA Jr.
Returns To Alma Mater
(Norbert
sensaAioiml
‘»Le^”
6 foot 11
Downing,
ineh guard
Twkegeei f the North Carolina College
Henderson a fortnight. They,Eagl^ Quint, bmke all CIAA
learned that they really coujd .indiTidnal aeoring honors for the
season in s 66-40 massacre of St.
with
leamea tnat tney reaiiv couja oe, , , . ,7 . ,7 r^. ;
beaten after all and it‘took the
Henderson Tigers no short timelft^^’®
to ^ow them that they Happened opponents,
to be ji»t better that n^t. How
ever, the loral boyg took everv ad
vantage of that lesson and when
the Tigers invaded the Hoirnets'
stronghold last Friday night they
net an entirely different team.
Not only did the Hillside boys
look different in their new bine
and white suits, but from the
opening whistle, e%'erything was
clicking in their favor. Every
man felt and knew that he was
Henderson,
BENNEH’S
FIRST GAME
A VICTORY
Paul here Saturday night. The
Oiant of giants of the hardw.ood
rar^ »p 34points. HaroM Colbert,
All'CIAA Ekigles center, aided in
te assault with 12 points for show
plaee. ■ '! i'
Imprt)ving steadily as the sea.
•on ages, *‘Legs” has mastered a
finger tip control in both passing
And shooting that ev«n adds to his
colorful b«ight, and on many oc-
oaaions completes shots for his
mates that would otherwise fall
short of the goal.
Though the situation rarely
DURiHAM ■— With all the prec
cious of a well trained .basketball
teain, the Blue Bells of Bennett
on.” Henderson, on the other I defeated N, C. College of Durham
hand, was never able to get start- jiwith a •core of 38-22, Friday 'ever requires him to play a full
ed and seemed to be without thejuight February 1, at Durham. S**ne, individual scoring honors
usual fitting spirit that Hender-j The line up for the gam« was as j are becoming a habit with Slim.
Maybe it was follows: Kathryn Boibinson, CarrieiHoward University witnessed him
McDonald, and Dorothy Saunders ring up 20 points in 25 minutes,
aa forwards, with Edith Pas«,
Laurie Johnson, and Lorna Dixon
as guards. Sobstituting forwards
fwere B. Williams, A. Lamar, and
Evelyn McNeil; giMrds, D. Gedd-
68, Dwis Clark^ and E. Wright.
son teams show,
because Stigsll, star forward, was
ill and never really put himself
iiito (he game.
AT NORTH CABOLINA COLL
EGE, the Eagles are a TOO GOOD
to draw a crowd at every game.
When certain teams come to the
local gymnaainm, not even t^ie en
tire student body cares to see the
games because tiie EagW scoring
c.ttack has become so powerful
that unless the visitii^ team is an
exceptional one, it soon becomes
a listless game with the EUigles
a mile ahead in the number of
points scored.
The only thing that k^t the
fans’ interest up in that “always
a dull moment” game against St.
Paul Saturday night was the fact
that We were able to see Downing
of NCCN come into his own as
crack marksman. He scored 34
points in that game to break the
CIAA individual scoring record
which was set by,his team mate,
Colbert, last year. ' '
BenneM/s ' basketball schedule
for this season is as follows; At
home; February 21, Shaw; Fefe.
28, iScotie, March 1, N. C. State,
and Winston Salem Teacher C^1
ege at some future date. Away
Februray i, N. C State; February
7, Shaw, and March 8, Scotia.
and the following ^eek fans of
Johnson C. Smith Univiersity
thrilled as he made 18 points.
His achievement of Saturday
nig^t ip unique in the fact that
he found the buck«t 16 tim«>
made ^ood 2 out of three oharity
tora^.
NUMBO PETE
“Figurin’ Sam”
Add 365 - 923 . 115
301 -673-917
Subtract 103 - 777 - 802
and Divide Result by 321
Plus 688 and see what
yon get
Ooardinff A Standout
* Downing in defensive play is
'speciaoular and uncanny. Shoot
ing over him is next to impossible,
often opponents attempts are in-
terce)»ted on the way to the
basket and many sure shots »/e
virtually taken out of the hoop.
Sis baebboard work is brilliant as
jiie ofteds {eaves hlbfoe^elplessi
anddenioalized.
, r. For the entire selMon no player
^a^ i|;ade more 6 points
against his guarding and Haw-
ard’r ■captain Jones was held goal
less, A and T 'a Gfooden slipped in
one basket. Smith’s co captain
Oliver was held to one free throw
by Downing. :
Unconcerned, soft spoken, gen
ial Slim is always a crowd pleaser.
mws srAFT mom
TUSKEGEE
OUT-POINTS
S. C. STATE
TUSKEGEE, Ala. — Skillful
hadling of the ball by Ruby
Hockenhull, who i scored, 16 points
before going to the sidelines,
sj>arked Coach Robert's Tiger-
ette^ to a 32-15 victory over the
crack South Carolina Sexteette in
Logan Hall here Thursday after-
Tioon. Playing her first year on
the Varsity, this fast moving
forward the court well, demon
strated remarkable ball handling
as an
The Hit Of The Day
It Pays To Advertise
TEACHERS TO
MEET TEACHERS
FAYETTEVILLE, (Special) —
The Fayetteville Teadjers and
the Winston Salem Teoohera will
me^t Saturday evening in tihe
College gym* of the Twin City
institution. This game promises to
be one of tlie most hotly contested
battles among oageeni tiiis season,
ability as well as an ac-.urate‘botfi teams having made credit-
eye for the basket. She turned in ^le showings. The Fayetteville
11 points before the teams retired quintet treked to Salisbury Tues-
for the intermission, with Tuske- day evenii^ to win fiiom Living-
gee leading 19 to 3. Lucy Newell stone College on tibe preachew
flipped in four field gfoajs for a home ground—wJiile on the Sat-
total of 8 points; Jewell Handyjurday before the Winston- Sadem
scored on two of her trips to the Pedagogues bowed to them in two
net; Elizaibeth Campbell |dropped
in an easy marker when she was
left unguarded under the* basket,
and Mai^aret Peters handled the
ball for a tally.
Gladys Malloy and Geneva
Williams scored 6 points each for
State. The sextette from Orange
burg played a fast game, but the
Tuskegee forwards were too elu
sive, especially Ruiby Hockenhull
whose magic movements about the
court made it 4i^cult for tke
opposition to give her adequate
coverage. The lineu(>:
Hampton Frosh
Top State Frosh
By 22 to 17
HAMPTON, Va. — The Moi^an
State Bears eked out a 52 to 49
decision over the Hampton In
stitute Pirates, Saturday, February
8, on the Hampton court, in a
thrill packed game that had both
teams batling every second of the
way.
games (Boys and Girla) before a
cheering crowd on the guest
court. A capacity crowd w expect
ed because of the populiarity of
the two s^iiools and because of tlte
active and loyal Alumni Associa
tions of the two institutions in
the Cape Fear Section.
Sunday - Monday - February 16 • 17
DOUBLE FEATURE
and Seiliai
‘STRANGER FROM TEXAS”
with Ghas. Starrett
also “ALL THIS and HEAVEN TOO”
with Bette Davis
Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 18-19
VERY SPECIAL
“SOUTH OF PAGO PAGO”
witii Victor McLagrlen
also Serial
“DIGK TRAGY G-MEN”
Thursday, Feb. 20tfa«
BARGAIN 5 and 10c
TWO FEATURES and SHORT
“DARK JOURNEY"
wHh Cmrmd Veidt
al«o
HOUSE” with Ghas. Bickford
TO FIGHT BATTLE
OF RICHMOND
FEB. 21st
RICHMOND, Va. — Coach Henry
Hucles' fighting , Virginia Union
Panthers are all seat to defend
their CIAA cage crown against
the mighty Viiginia State Tro
jans in the mythical “Battle of
Richmond” February 21st on the
stage of the Mosque Theater be
fore an cxpected crowd of 5000
fans. The game is the laigest cage
attraction in the state of Vir
ginia.
JESSE OWENS
One time master of the cinder path, and
thriUer-diller of the last 01ympics> has re
turned to his Alma Mater, Ohio State, to con
tinue his studies towards a degree. He ex
pects to teach and Coach Ov^rens has applied
to A. A. U. for reinstatement to amateur
status again. He plans to attempt to lower
the world’s record for quarter - mile, if his
application is accepted.
Tuskegee Girls
Defeat State 32-15
half. The visitors led at the in
termissiion, 21-10. Four times dur
ing the brilliant battle the score
was even.
“Tiny” Thompson, star Hamp
ton forward who sprained his
ankle the night before in the
Virginia State game, drew first
blood with a'beautiful one hand i Tigers
shot from center court. In an in-}etep ahead 5.9
tant, Robert “The Spook” Smith,
stellar Morgan guard, retaliated
with a snowbirf that tied the
count.t From that point on, these
two players made it a personal
feud, finally tieing for scoring
honors with 18 points apiece.
Morgan led 33 to 20 at the
half. But the Pirates came back
strong to hold the Bears to five
field goals and out score them
29 to 19. Morgan’s margin of vie
tory came through the free throw
route, where they rang up a score
of 20 out of 26 attempts.
Uncoin Loses To
,West Virginia Five
In Close Contest
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri,
—The Lincoln University TlgeirB
ran into a fast breaking accurate
shooting West Virginia basket
ball five last Monday night and
lost a close contest to the visitors
53-47. . Handicapped by an eye
injury sustained point getter
“Chuch” Randol last Friday's
game with LeMojme the Lincoln
lads were Jrom one to seven
points behind their rivals the
major part of the game. The ht^f
ended 34-28 in favor of the visi
tors.
Goins of Lincoln and Sounders
of West Viiginia tied for high
point honors with 19 points each.
Lincoln tied the score and went
into to the lead liwiw during the
game, once at the start when the
overcame a 5-0 lead to
and again near 'gained
MORINE DIXON as MARY
GRAYSON, the petite dame who
spoiled the day, then saved it lat
er with her masterminding.
JAMES HAWKINS as JOHN-
SON, the staid, suave butler at
the Martin home. Strictly Eng-
liah. 'I
GENEVA TORRENCE a«
COUNTLESS DE BEAUEIEN,
the Fmeh swindler who got
$15,000.00 gratis—almost.
HARRY A. PLATER aa ROD-
LEY MARTIN, the shiftleas son
who conceived a half million dollar
id» from nowhere and was paid
for it. • J
JAMES M. HUBBARD as
CYBU8 MARTIN, the millionaire
soap king who paid and paid
plenty—^for whatf
GEORGE I. WOOODY as AM-
BROSE PEALE, vaudeville press
agent wbo knows all the questions
and more than all the answers.
HELEN SPAKKS as MARIE,
French maid at the Martin home
who can sling French slang.
JOHN t bpLLQW^y as liR.
SMITH) whom Rodney touched
for $10,000.0001 (so he thought.)
GLADYS A. DAWKINS a»
MISS BURKE, efficient *y««
clerk' of the 13 Soap Co.
JAMBS R. HOLMES as MR.
MpCHBSNEY, th® adverti{|ing
man who is really a tougb guy tp
I
be indebted to. '
W. S. TAYLOR as ELLERY
OltARK, matinee idol, with no^ f,
vthing to do and plenty time to da^
it. ' 1 . . ■ ' • i
JOSEPH CHRISTMAS as
CaaARLBS BRONSON, f r o m •
Marshall Fields’ who gets caught
in the draft, for a draft, that is s
draft.
a mere one point margiav
the end of the gatoe when Lincoln for only a brief spell.
Outstanding for Morgan were
“Spook” Smith, “Sugar” Cain,
and the freshman sensation, Oscar
, ' ' . I With barely 20 seconds, to play
SKEGEE, Ala. — The win^ trying desperately ,
, The Virginia State Trojans, ® Tuskegee, South -phe,Givens from Linden. New Jersey,
tutored by Coach Henry Jefferson IColl^ cage game -^jnning basket -fra^ made possible Tiny” 'fiiompBon. Howard Allen,
I have set an impressive record this I Hombuiger who, in a wild 1 and “Ace” Phillips
year hammering a win over SmiA, Tuskeigees se^ scramble beat off a mass of State
West Virginia State Yellcw players for the ball and passed to
Jackets besides taking many other ®® ® ® Sijiith who swished it through
contests. Of course, tbis matter,^ rally to
the net. It sank as the whistle
of wins and losses, wiU be in-if^ajd eam^ 36-34, vac
'Material when tbs Stat^ lost toj ^ rai ing State prac ic- tossed in
the Pantirers who were acclaimed [° ^ ^ ^ ua-ing e irs ^ ^otal of 8 points. Hombur-
the National Negro Coll^i Union basketball classic on the ger did not enter the game until
Champa by a single point. stage of the Mosque Theater, the the second half, but he turned i ■
Ha)irk eyed Pery Smith, all-'same one on wJiich Marian in- a sparking performance.
CIAA forward, will be the spark derson was awarded the Spingam Coipeland was State’s hierh point
plug of the invaders’ offensive Medal by Mrs. Roosevelt a few producer, buit it was Stanley who
and ■hotdd’' h« run aujiuck, the,summer ago, are assi|i%d of cush- stood out in long range shooting,
daszling victory string of CMoh ioned seats and a clear, oomplets Coach Dawson used only six
Huelss’ Panthers will be explod- view of the thrilling game. It players but each man was able to
wiH be a spectacle, much like locate the hosps for markers. The
seeing a movie, to see the two game will be long remembered
crack outfits stack up against each for its sensational and thrilling
other. . : . ending.
were
the
Hampton stars.
The Pirates go off campus on
Friday to take on the champion
ship Virginia Union quint in
played an 1 Richmond.
4 baskets I • •
liMt Wmrd In Sports ,
PNMatitlMi
Fuis iriio attend ths State-
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