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BY L. T: WALKER
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GAA Tourndment Cuff N^tes
Durham really rolled out the carpet during the week
end of February 25-27. The second most successful CIAA
basketball tournament (financial net) was staged in the
North Carolina College sports arena. (The most successful
tournament was staged last year at the same scene). And by
far the tournament’s most successful social calendar was
reeled off during the three day dribble derby.
The breath taking finish of the ninth annual tournament
was almost an exact duplication of the 1953 event in which
Winston-Salem edged the Saint Augustine’s Falcons in an
overtime contest won on a “buzzer” basket. The Rams en
tered the finals against Virginia Union after an overtime
victory over Morgan in the semi-finals. (Morgan was their
victims in last year’s semi-finals.) Spared defeat by two
unsuccessful field goal attempts by Morgan in the last sec
onds of the regulation game Friday, Charlie Robinson of
Virginia Union wbs not so kind in the finals as he sank the
last two attempts from the free throw line to knot the score
at 55 and give Union the 56-55 victory edge.
Virginia Union is the first team to win three tournament
championships in the nine year running of the event. All of
these (1951, 52, 54) were won under the tutelage of genial
Tom Harris, who, by the way, has walked off with more
“Outstanding Coach” plaques than any other coach . . . West
Virginia (1948-49) and North Carolina College (1946-50)
follow as the ‘winningest’ teams.. .Virginia State (1947) and
W. S. T. C. (1953) share the remaining titles . . . North Caro
lina College (1946, 47, 49, 50) West Virginia (1948, 49, 50,
51) and Vigrinia Union, (1946, 51, 52, 54) have been in four
of the nine championship games . . .
The number one-seeded “Eagles” and the number two-
seeded “Trojans” were knocked out in the first round on
Thursday. Again proving the difficulty of annexing the
Visitation and Tournament Championships. Only West Vir
ginia in 1948, Union in 1952, and W. S. T. C. in 1953 have
been able to win both crowns . . . Not since 1946 when North
Carolina College knocked off Lincoln has the number one
team, the visitation winner, been eliminated in the first
round . . . Union won the crown in 1951 and 1952 and could
not make the tdurnament in 1953, but returned to win it
again in 1954. ^
All of the individual scoring*records were broken this
year. Ernest Garrett pf Morgan re-wrote the book. His 41
points against North Carolina College broke Burks (Saint
Aug.) record for a single game and his 111 point total for
three games set a new record (37 pts. av. per game), and
his 18 free throws in one game is tops in that department.
Two other players in the tournament moved int6 the charm
ed 30 pt. circle. Ellis of Hampton hit 32 against Virginia
State and Harris of W. S. T. C. hit 30 against Morgan in this
cournament.
Orchids to Charlie Ray of the North Carolina College
News Bureau and Alex Rivera of the CouRiER-Tournament
publicists and Ray’s assistants H. G. Dawson and L. A. Mer
ritt. As tLJesult of their efforts the tournament receive its
most esMBnsive coverage since the event was innaugurated
in 1946. Every media was utilized: Radio, TV (North Caro
lina College’s Brown and Winston’s Gaines were on Har-
vell’s show WFMY-TV) daily and weekly newspapers. In
the press box were: Germino, sports editor, Herald-Sun;
Casey, Durham Sun; Jack Williams, Marvin Francis, Morn
ing Herald; Johnson, Charlotte News and Observer; Jacox,
Journal and Guide; Rivera Pittsburgh Courier; Lacy
(A-Z) Afro; a Globetrotter scout and some 30 other visiting
writers and commentators.
Virginia Union left by plane Sunday morning for Nash
ville and the NAIA At-Large-District tournament. The
North Carolina College “Eagles” had already departed Sat
urday. The winner of the Nashville tournament which was
played in the Tenn. A. and I. gym will go to Kansas City for
the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Basket
ball Tournament.
Sportsmanship of an unusual nature: ' Howard Jones of
Virginia URio» was voted the Most Valuable Player Award-
by the participating coaches, and a great ball player he is.
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Union Wins CIAA Tournament Crown
E2ZARD CHARLES TO REFEREE CIAA BOXING AND
WRESTLING MATCH AT A. AND T. MARCH 5-6
GREENSBORO
■’ Ezzard Charles, former
world’s heavyweight champion
and currently No. 1 contender
for the crown, will referee at
the CIAA Boxing and Wrestling
Championships to be held at A.
and T. College this weekend,
Friday and Saturday, March 5
and 6.
Acceptance of the invitation
by Charles was confirmed on.
Tuesday afternoon in a tele
phone conversation with Bill
Bell, director of athletics at the
college. Ezzard will have his
hands full lor the two-day-meet,
not only in keeping the “simon
pures” fighting, but counseling
with them on the finer points of
boxing.
Bell told reporters immediate
ly following his talk with Char
les that the latter readily accep
ted the invitation and the for
mer champ was happy over the
assignment. “Working with
youngsters is just my dish and
I hope to do a lot of this type
of work once I have hung up my
gloves”, said Charles. He did
not elaborate on the time he
expected to do this.
A total of 14 boxing and
wrestling teams will participate
in the event. Hampton Institute,
Howard University, Morgan
State College, St. Augustine’s
College, Shaw University and
Virginia State College have en
tered one team in each category.
Lincoln University (Pa.) is en
tered for wrestling and A and T
College will participate in the
boxing events.
The conference champion
ships have taken on new impor
tance in recent years by reason
of the fact that on the basis of
performances held later in the
Spring.
According to Matt. Brown,
boxing coach at A and T and in
charge of arrangements for the
meet, some outstanding boxers
will be se^n here Among them
are two conference champions
and NCAA semi-finalists, Don
Quarles, light-heavyweight, Bal
timore and Roland Walton, Nor
folk, Va., 125 pound champion
both of A and T. Robert Reid,
also of the Aggies and a new
comer to boxing, has shown real
promise this year in the welter
weight class in winning two
bouts in as many starts.
Other outstanding boxers sla
ted to appear include: Nelson
Alverez, 165 pound middle
weight of Hampton Institute,
undefeated this season and Con
nie Stamps, 147 pounder, also of
Hamirton and conference champ
in the junior welterweight divi
sion. Howard University will
FLO¥D H. BROWN
Brown Named
President Of
Cage Mentors
Coach Floyd H. Brown of
North Carolina College’s 1954
CIAA basketball champions,
was elected president of the new
organization of conference cage
mentors. Eddie L, Jackson of
Delaware State College was
named secretary—treasurer and
Talmadge Hill of Morgan State
College was elected public rela
tions director.
The official name of the new
organization is Central Inter
collegiate Basketball Coaches
Association.
Present for the meeting were
John B. McLendon, Jr., Hamp
ton Institute; Mark Cardwell,
West Virginia r Thomas Harris,
Union University; Shelton Mat
thews, Virginia State College;
bring Gil Benson, the confer
ence middleweight champ for
the past two years.
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Date For A Surprise You’ll
Long' Remember.
Shaw School
Holds 'Parents'
Class Night'
STOVALL
The Shaw High School PTA
of Stovall sponsored a PAR
ENTS’ CLASS NIGHT on
Thursday, February 25. The
large number of parents who
were present went through a
regular school day routine
(shortened), assembly, classes,
lunch, activity, etc. The parents
were the children for the night.
The evening was one of much
interest as well as enjoyment for
both parents and teachers.
This event was one of the
means by which Principal G. £.
Wood and his faculty used to
acquaint parents with school and
school life as lived by their
children.
NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE
Roberta Dixon
James Dixon
THE ABOVE NAMED DE
FENDANT, James Dixon, will
take notice that an action en
titled as above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of
Durham County, North Caro
lina, by the plaintiff to secure an
absolute' divorce from the de
fendant upon the ground that
plaintiff and defendant have
lived separate and apart for
more than two years next pre
ceding the bringing of this ac
tion; and the defendant will
further take notice that he id
required to ap{>ear at the office
of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Durliam County, in the
Courthouse in Durham, North
Carolina on or before thirty
days after the 3rd day of April,
1954, and answer or demur to
the complaint in said action, or
the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This 1 day of Mar. 1954.
Jas. R. Stone
ASST CLERK SUPERIOR
COURT, DURHAM COUTNTY.
M. HUGH THOMPSON, ATTY.
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BLENDED WHISKEY 86.8 PROOF, 65% GAAIN NEUTKAL SPIRITS
iJ'loyd H. BroWn; N. C. College;
James Stevens, A. and T. Col
lege; John Brayboy, Johnson C.
Smith University; William ‘Gus’
Gaines, Fayetteville State Tea
chers College; Alvin Brown,
Morgan College; Talmadge Hill,
Morgan College; Roderick Price;
Clarence “Big House" Gaines,
Winston-Salem Teachers Col
lege; N. Taylor, Maryland State
College; Eddie L. Jackson, Dela
ware State College.
A spokesman for the organiza
tion said it would “work for the
improvement of basketball in
side the association and through
out the country.”
The gro.up plans to study ways
and means of improving officia
ting and to make occasional sug
gestions to the conference’s rules
Conmittee.
One of the organization’s im
portant emphases is expected to
be on research that will aid the
instruction and training of ath
letes.
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'Men From Mars'
At Fort Bragg
Exercise FLASH BURN, Fort
Bragg, When green-clad troops
with ridged helmets swarm
through the North Carolina
countryside this Spring, Jon’t
get the idea that “Men from
Mars” have landed. These sol
diers will be Aggressors from a
mythical alien country taking
part in the Army’s biggest and
latest atomic maneuver—Exer
cise FLASH BURN,
To give our soldiers experi
ence which will resemble actual
combat as closely as possible,
the United States Army iias
created an enemy to oppose our
troops. These Aggressors, as they
are known, wear different uni
forms and are organized in a
manner foreign to the Ameri
can Army. The participating
troops are thus given the feeling
of facing an actual enemy. No
live ammunition is used but
prisoners are captured and other
aspects of real warfare are main--
tained.
Originally, the Army simply
divided its troops into Red and
Blue teams but this did not give
the men experience in dealing
with troops who were different
fro mthemselves in uniform, tac-^
tics and organization.
VMAS COP ViaOKV IN
USIIWENIY SECONDS OF
NINIU ANNlUl lOIINREY
Coach Tom Harris’ Union
University basketball team scor
ed a last second 56-55 win over
Winston-Salem Teachers Col
lege here Saturday night to cop
the Ninth Annual CIAA, Bas
ketball Tournament.
Charlie Robinson, Union's
standout sophomore forward
from Baltimore, put the game on
ice in the last 20 seconds as lie
netted two free throws that first
tied the count at 55-55 and later
put the Panthers out front by
one long vi;tory-bringing point.
The Panthers, playing a squad
largely composed of converted
gridders, went into the fracas
on the short end of the betting
odd that favored the Rams,
f953’s defending champions,
Morgan College won the con
solation match with Hampton
78 to 53.
In the semi-finals held on
Frjday, Union eliminated J. B.
McLendon’s Hampton Pirates
65-59 and Winston Salem wlup-
ped the Morgan Bears 99-86.
One of the meet’s great sur
prises came on Thursday when
Visitation Champions NCC fell
before Morgan 87-66. Fifth
place Hampton upaet second
place Virginia State 98-81.
Winston-Salem scored an easy
70-55 victory, over We»t Vir
ginia in the opening match
Thursday afternoon. Union beat
3 C. Smith 76-70.
Two of the CIAA’i clubs par
ticipated in the NAIA playoffi
at Nashville on Monday, Tues
day, and Wednesday, March 1,2,
and 3. The clubs were Viiritation
ChampioQS NCC and Union’*
Tournament Chamiuons.
At the end of the tournament
Saturday night. Coach Tom Har
ris was named outstanding
Coach and Howard Jones, senior
guard from Brooklyn, N. Y.,
was named Most Valuable Play
er
Coach Clarence Gaines of the
Winston outfit was presented
the Runner-Up Trophy which
was awarded by the N, C. Mu
tual Life Insurance Company. G.
W. Cox„ vice president and
agency director, made the pre
sentation.
Sam Lacy, sports editor of
the Afro-American Newsi«per
and Cal Jacox, Guide sports edv
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