Pga-? Two
THE UNIVEEtrTTY STUDENT
Febi-uary, 1929.
SPORTS
LAMPS TRIUMPH OVER
Amid yells and glamors the Lamp
Five clashed with the Sphinx which closed
the intra-murial contests. This was indeed
the most exciting and thrilling game
throughout the contests, both teams and
rooters showing high spirit.
Shortly after the game started the
Sphinx were leading by a score of 6-0
which aroused keen spirit on the part of
both teams. This v.'p.s shown by the way
the Lamps rallied m the last five minutes
of the half. Such terrific passing and ac
curate shooting from odd angles has nev
er been displayed before in our “Gym.”
Captain Leak shot and passed as never
befoi'e and with the aid of Bros. Flanna-
gan Hargrove and Fowlkes the half
ended with the Lamjrs leading by two
points..
The second half began with the Sphinx
figthing hard to catch up. Their passing
was superb with Crawford and Dockery
starring; as a result of this, at the expira
tion of the time the score was 13-13. The
teams, decided to p'la> five minutes long
er to, break the tie.- It was the Lamps
time to star again and they did. The '
brother.s- started a red hot rally irt'AVhi'ch'’
the opponents' fruled frequently fhu^ '
breaking up their combination by loosing
Bill Crawford. When the fatal whistle
blew the Sphinx had met their Waterloo.
The Lamps had brought the' bacon home,
16-1.3.
SPORT TALK
With the State base ball and foot ball
titles safely tucked away at Charlotte, the
Smith basketeers are preparing to invade
the den of the Saw Bears and the lair of
the Brick Tigers in quest of ;he third
straight title for Smith during the year
1928-1929. The Bulls should be able to
take the measure of both Bricks and Shaw
with comparative "ase in view of the fact
that Shaw has beaten Bricks and Smith
has decisively trounced Shaw in previous
games. Should the “Bulls” win from
these two teams, there will be no question
as totheir claim to the State title.
After the “Bulls” have settled their little
business concerning the State Title, they
will grab a rattler for the Capital City
whore they will take on the Howard Bi-
sons; then they will journey to the City
of Brotherly Love and meet a profession-
.al team; and from there to Trenton, N. J.,
to contest with the Bordentown Industrial
School. Then the “Bulls” will turn their
eyes homeward.
On the way back they will stop over in
Lynchburg long enough to match skill
with the C. I. A. A. champions. At Dan-
\'ille they will play a strong professional
team. The “Bulls” expect to find the go
ings a little tough on this trip, but feel
that they will be able to hold their own,
and make plenty of trouble for the North-
•erners.
By the way, Coach Scales, the silent
base ball mentor, was on the campus, the
other day. The very sight of him brought
ba’:k memories of the sensational base
team that he tutored last seaosn.
The students of Johnson C. Smith are
not asking what are the prospects of the
1929 base ball team, but are already sat
isfied that the “Bulls” will lick Livingstone
I'taster Monday, win the State champion-
shin, and trounce all opposition that they
will meet this seasoto
The writer must admit that the pros-
fvect of the base bail team looks unusually
K0«)d. The team will lose the ser%Tce of
cKeithan. veteran catcher, who gradu-
aved last summer. But this shouldn’t be
any bug-bear to the “Bulls,” with “Beef”
Martin, “Hog Bear” Massey and “Red”
Blue hanging around. The strength of
the team will be greatly bolstered by the
airi of “Mose” Ellis, veteran moundsman,
who has returned to school after having
dropped out last year.
Coach Scales will call practice as soon
as the weather permits. He is expecting
ten letter men and an array of talented
rookies to respond to the call.
SMITH
ONE TO
Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 19.—The More
house College basket ball cagers tonight
romped away with a 24 13 win oyer John
son C. Smith Bulls at the..,|Iartle,y. ,\Ypods.
Gymnasium. .. ... .
The Georgians started the fireworks-, in the
first two minutes of play, when Hawkins
sank one .from beneath the rbasket.^j,This
lead was quickly boosted. ..-ivhen Grawljord
and N. Archer clipped_ thg. ..strings from
the center in rapid succession. ... , ^
The Bulls - were able to tally .Only; once.
during the entire first half. ■ -This lone
marker came as the result of a beautiful
■shot by “FOmp” Hoyne, 'after a series; Of
.well executed plays. The half ended with
the visitors leading Uy a- 13 to 3 count.
The “Bulls” came back strong in the
second half, but passed up several chances
to score. The game was featured through
out by the clever guarding of “Red” El,-
lis. Smith’s right guard, and the excellent
floor work and passing of both teams. N.
Archer, Traylor and Hawkins were the
best for Morehouse, while Pride and Avant
showed up W'ell for .Smith.
Smith
R. F. .
L. I'.
C. . -
- R. G.
L. G.
Summaries
Smithfield Smith
Dancy F Mebane
Green I’’. Goodwin
Morgan C. Houston
Bryant G. LaSaine
Cannady G. Horne
G. - Clement
Score; 36:28.
Shaw Smith
Bass F. Christian
Armstrong F. Plorne
Yeargan F. Avant
Walker C. . Jones
Baker G. Ellis
Black G. Tucker
Long - . G. - House
Flagg - G. - - — Pride
Score: 33-12.
Lytle and Diamond officiated for the
two games respectively.
This week the Bulls leave on a planned
successful invasion, of the North.-
Jones, C.
La Saine, L. G.
Tucker, L. G.
Pride, L. G.
Ellis, L. G.
SHAW HALTS SMITH’S
CHAMPIONSHIP MARCH
CLARK UNIVERSITY DE
FEATS SMITH BULLS
Christian
Avant
Jones
Ellis
Pride
Substitutions:
Morehouse: Bank.s, Gwyn.
Smith: Horne, Tuoker.
Morehouse
L. Archer
T ray lor
N. Archer
Crawford
Hawkins
SMITH BULLS PULL IRON
MAN STUNT
WHIP NORTH CAROLINA STATE
CHAMPIONS ANT) SMITHFIELD ON
SAME NIGHT.
Unleashing a swift and aggressive at
tack that left it.s opponents bewildered
and lost in the fury of the impetus, the
Smith Quint subdued, the Shaw and
Smithfield Fives in veteran style on last
Monday.
Coach Randy Ta^'lor turned loose his
Junior Varsity Bulls against the Smith-
field aggregation and it was not long be
fore the smart floor work of LaSaine and
Mebane had crushed the spirit of the in
vaders. The game ended -with a score of
36 to 28.
Immediately after this game the Shaw
Five hurled itself r gainst the Bull cagers.
But an invincible passing attack coupled
with a fighting spirit heretofore unknown
in a demoniacal aggressiveness equaled
only by a, superb and well calculated de
fense of the part of the Smith floormen,
spelled an ignoble defeat for tte Shaw
men.
Avant, Ellis and Jones played a fine
and consistent game for Smith. Arm
strong and Black showed up well for
Shaw. At -the close of the game the score
was 33-12.
Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 1, 1929.;—In a
game that was . replete with , thrills the
Clark Panthers emerged; .victorious after
engaging with' thfei 'fighting- Smith -Bulls.
Although the Clark Panthers were out
played on the court they were on the long
end of the.', score when the game ended. It
was only the long range shooting of Squat
Johnson and Dalton that kept the Clark
team in the front. These two men scored
44 of the 54 points piled up by the Clark
warriors. And there lay the tale of the
battle.
Smith presented a bewildering passing
attack that the Clark team could not stop
and soon after the game started the score
stood 6-1, Smith in the lead. The Smith
defense seemed impregnable and they in
creased their lead until the score stood
15-6. It was here that the Clark men be
gan their long shooting attack. Johnson
and Dalton began to find the rim and Clark
tied the score at 15-16. They drew away
and the score went up to 18-15. Smith
came back and knotted the count again,
score 18-18. At ’naif time the game ended
with Clark 23, Smith 18. After the rest
period the Clark team came back bent on
carrying the game back to their Georgia
lair, and after a deluge of long shots sunk
eight baskets in quick succession before the
.Smith team could get its breath. The Smith
team, fighting like mad bulls, were unable
to stop the shots of Johnson and Dalton.
Clark steadily increased its lead so that at
the end of the game the score stood, Clark
54, Smith 34. The game was the best
seen this year on the Smith gym floor. The
shooting of Johnson and Dalton was un
canny. In fact, they were the whole works
for the Georgia team. Jones, La Saine,
Christian and Avant showed up well for
the Smith Bulls.
Clark
G. F. P
Dalton, R. F. 10 1 21
Wadley, R. F. 0 0 0
Johnson, L. F. 11 1 23
Calbert, C. 0 0 0
Cummings, R. G. 0 0 0
Hassard, R. B. 2 2 6
Dupree,- L, G. 2 0 4
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Christian, R. F.
Horne, R. F.
Avant, L. F.
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 23.—The Johnson
son C. Smith basketeers took a 40-29 drub
bing from the Shaw Bears at the City
Auditorium here tonight. This was the
Smithmen’s first defeat at the hand of a
Conference team this season.
The Bears out-played and out-generaled
the “Bulls” in every department of the
game. They obtained a comfortable lead
early in the first half and held on to it
until tbe end. “Phil” Pride, sensational
Smith guardj was banished from the game
in the first few minutes of play; ' and
Tucker, another Smith guard, was forced
out on acbcunt of injuries.
The score at half time was 18-11 in fa-'
vor of Shaw. The “Bulls” were never ih '
the lead. They played hard all the way,
but could not' get’’a^hi'fek.
Bass, A'rms&ong A&i 'l^alker were the
shining lights for' Shaw; ‘ Jone^,'Avant
and Elli's' did soml "e'xceflent work for
Smith ah*d ft was la’rgely due to this trio
that the “Bulls” were kept in the run
ning.
BULLS PUT STATE BAS
KET B,«LL TITLE ON ICE
Rocky Mount, N. C., Feb. 28.—The John
son C. Smith Bulls clinched the State basket
ball title by defeating the Joseph K.
Brick Tigers, in the tin can here tonight^
The score was 21-1S
The game was featured by some of the
best defensive playing on the part of both
teams that has ever been witnessed in
these parts. Neither team was able to
break through the other’s defense during
the entire first half.
The score at the end of the firsi half
was 5 to 3 with Bricks on the big end of
the count. But the Bulls came back in the
second half and corailed nine baskets
while the Tigers collected four. Christian
and Avant, Smith forwards, p’ayed a
great game. The pair was directly re
sponsible for the bulk of the Smith s’ore.
BISONS NOSE OUT BULLS
IN THRILLING CAGE GAME
■Washington, D. C,, March 1.—The How
ard University basket ball cagers were
extended to their utmost to nose out the
Johnson C. Smith Bulls 41-40 in the How
ard Gymnasium here tonight.
The Bisons amassed an early lead and
had an advantage of 15-6 at half time.
Then the Bulls came back in the second
half and got busy.
“Red” Ellis, clever running guard, and
Avant and Christian, a pair of phantom
forwards, were a continuous menace to
the Howard defense. This trio ran the
Bison’s secondary ragged, and hit the
hoops with persistent regularity.
Both teams played a great game, fu]--
nishing the large crowd of students and
patrons, who came to ■svitness the game,
with many thrills. The game was really
anybody’s until the final gun ended the
battle -with the Bison.s leading by a score
of 41-40.
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