SATUBDAT. riB. If. IHt TSE CAKOLPfA rAci wvrm Calhoun Wins Again; Cl A A Pairings Set Maryland Takes Over First Place In NAIA Hawks And Winston-Salem Hold Favorites Role In Dribble Derby In all things, including baa- ketball, there ar^ “lean” yean and “fat” years, as the pairings will show when the eight top leams of the ClAA »iuare off against each other in the i‘;ieventli Annual CIAA Basket ball Tournament in Durham, N. a, Feb. 23-2S., Pinal pairings will l)e made in special meeting of the Tourna ment Coipmittee at North Caro lina College on February 19, af ter visitation standings are de termined. Barring radical changes lie- tween now and then, the “fat test" team of the lot will be the powerful Maryland State Col lege Hawks, currently undefeat ed, and the youngest memijer of the Association. The greatest contrast between the “have’s” and the “have not’s”, however, will be reflect ed in the relative standings of tiie once powerful West Vir ginia State Yelluwjackets and the once obscure Winston-Salem Teachers College Rams. Last year Mark Caldwell and his “motutain men” could Isoast that they were one of few ag gregations in the conference to have made all ten champion ship tournaments. They twice copped the tourney crown (in 1948 and 1949) and were twice ruiiner-ups (in 1950 and 1991). This year, however, the Yel low jackets are buried deep in the second division and are ap parently completely out o£ the running. Much 6f the credit for West Virginia’s precarious plight can be attributed to such upstarts as the Maryland Hawks, Shaw University, and most of all, a quintet of red and white clad Rams from Winston-Salem Teachers College in the Tar Heel Twin City. An ‘■‘on again, off again” group until three years back, the Clarence “Big House” Gaines coached Rams have been on the upgrade ever sines and are hurrently holding on to second plHce in the visitation competition. The heretofore un known "miracle Whiz " kids” from Winston-Salem annexed the tourney championship in 1953, and would settle for no less than the second spot beliind the champion Virginia Union Panthers last year. Boasting one of the fastest and smoothest fast break attacks in the business, they are widely regarded as the team that Maryland State has to beat if the Hawks are to end up on top in the tourney as they have alteady served notice that they intend to do. And what about West Vir ginia State, Johnson C. Smith, Hampton Institute, and Vir ginia State? Like they say- “There are lean years and fat years.” Eagles Virtually Notch Berth In Tournament With A&T Win Floyd Brown’s North Caro lina College Eagles virtually clinched one of the eight berths io 111# jCIAA’^^ilth toitfnament when the NCC quint scored a 68-44 win over Cal Irvin’s A&T Aggies in Durliam Saturday night. The triumph was a sweet one for Brown who has l>een busy all season trying to mold a com bination into u five man unit. There was sweetness, too, *^n avenging thB^ Eagles’ loss to the Aggies in Greensboro earlier this season, when, for the first time since 1951, the A and T team defeated the Eagles in basketball. , A game with Shaw University in Durham this coming Satur day will wrap up the season’s play for the NCC quint. The Bears-from Raleigh upended the Eagles in the only game be tween the two clubs so far this season. A near capacity crowd yelled itself hoarse last Saturday as Charley Badger, the Peekskill, N.Y. junior who has developed fast since an early slow start, finished as high point man with 17 points in the NCC victory. Trailing Badger were James Sligh and Gillsert .Riley who tallied 16 points each for the NCC cause. Bill Smith with 15 and Joe Howell with 12 were outstand ing for the Aggies. Earlier during the weel^, the Eagles snatched two important victories from conference foes, stopping Morgan, 73-6ff, and de feating Union, 73-67. A non conference victory over S. C. State was avenged later this week by the Orangeburg crew when they defeated Beagles in South Carolina by the same margin, 69-66^ tiy which they had lost in Durham. A victory over Shaw here Saturday would give the NCC quintet an undisputed berth in the tournament. Final tabula tions of team standings and an nouncement of pairings for the tournament will be revealed at NCC on Sunday, Feb. 19 after a meeting of the tournament committee. Defensively, the Eagles are second, according to current CIAA statistics. Shaw ranks seventh, having permitted their foes 74.6 points per game. In other statistics, Shaw has the advantage, leading in field goal percentage, free throws and rebounds. Reginald Spears and team captain Ed Northing- ton are expected to lead the Shaw attack. * Team Won Lost Pet. W^HITE ROCK 3 0 ^ 1.000 BOYS’ CLUB P 1 2 * .333 BRAGTOWN 1 2 .333 W. D. HILL 1 JUNIORS 2 .333 Team Won Lost Pet. WHITE ROCK 5 1 .843 BOYS’ CLUB 4 1 .800 WHITTED 2 2 .SOO EAST END 1 4 .200 W. D. HILL 1 4 .200 ST. TITU» 0 1 .000 NEED PRINTING? We Do All Kinds PICK-UP AND DELIVERY Service Printing Co. PHONE 2-3412 504 E. PETTIGREW ST. DURHAM, N. C. WE HAVE MOVED TO 111 WEST PARraSH STREET BUILDING FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY CAROLINA MOTOR CLUB SAME PHONE 4959 PLEASE COME TO SEE US IN OUR NEW HOME Tlie Rose Agency, Inc. Most CIAA basketball fans believe that Nat Taylor, left, and Clarence Gaines, right, have a date to keep when their respective teams, enter the con ference tournament here next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Coach Taylor’s Maryland State team, the only major undefeat ed power among Negro colleges, rules a solid favorite to capture the tournament championship. However, the Gaines-coached Winston-Sittem Rams, who have taken the role of "giant killer’’ in past tournaments, may have just enough steam to put an end to the Hawks’ respectable fifteen game winning streak. At any rate, mAt folks feel sure that a head-on meeting between the two clubs would be a “natural ’’ Bull City League Standings BULL CITY SCHEDULE MIDGETS SATURDAY AT WHITTED WHITE BOCK vs. EAST END — 9:00 A. M. W. D, HILL vs. PEARSONTOWN — 9:40 A. M. TROOP 149 vs. BOYS’ CLUB — 10:20 A. M. ST. TITUS vs. T. A. GRADY — 10:40 A. M. STANDINGS SENIORS MIDGETS Team ! Won Lost Pet. TROOP 149 5 0 1.000 W. D. HILL . 4 2 .664 WHITE ROCK 4 2 .664 EAST END 2 3 .400 BOYS’ CLUB 1 4 . .200 PEARSONTOWN 0 5 .000 T. A. GRADY 0 0 .000 ST. TITUS 0 0 ;000 A. & T. Gagers Put Together Five Game Streak To Capture Berth aREENSBORO In a sensational drive for a spot in the CIAA Basketball Tourney to be held in Durham later this month, the A&T Col lege Aggies, bowled over five straight opponents during the Week. The berth was clinched last Tuesday evening when Morgan State College fell before the Aggies 85-79, here at the Char les Moore Gymnasium. The losers had played on even terms in the first stan/a, but the accu rate shooting of Billy Smith, who bucketed 20-points for the evening, was just too much for them^^ Holding, desperately to a bare two-point lead at halftime, the Aggies increased the bulge to 10-points in the first three minutes of the. second stanza closer until hopelessly out of the ball game Smith led the scoring and Jackson Rozier was best for Morgan with 21 points. On the previous night, Mon day, the Aggies had to come from behind to take a squeaker from West Virginia State Col lege, 60-54, also on the home court. The Aggies had blown a 12-point bulge held mttlway the final stanza as West . Virginia went ahead 54-5,3 with less than 2-minutes to go. Charlie Harri son, high scorer for the evening with 2& points, dropped the go ahead shot, stole the ball, pass- ,ed off to Billy Smith who dump ed an easy “snow-bird,” all of which threw utter confusion in (Please turn to Page Eight) ELEVENTH ANNUAL CIAA Basketball Tournament The Greatest Indoor Attraction In Negro Sports History 8 — TOP CONFERENCE TEAMS — 8 TOURNAMENT'SCHEDULE HIGH SCHOOL DAY Thursday Afternoon Thursday Night 2:30 And 4:00 P. M. 8:00 And 9:30 P. M. Students 9 .50 Students $ .50 General Admission $1.25 General Admission $1.25 Friday Night , Saturday Night Semi-Finals 7:30 And 9:00 P. M. 8:00 And 9:S0 P. M. Consolation And Conrtside Seats fl.OO Championship Games End Arena Seats fl.50 Conrtalde Seate $2.00 Side Arena Seats $2.00 End Arena Seats $2.25 Side Arena Seats $2.50 FEBRUARY 23 -24 -25 North Carolina College Gym. “NATION’S FINEST SPORTS ARENA” Hurdler Ties Record Again; In AAU Saturday Lee Calhoun, North Carolina College’s world tying timber topper in tliree events, is sche duled to run against ills old competitor Harrison Dillard and the nation’s top hurdlers at the Senior AAU Meet in Madisra Square Garden Saturday. A large student ovation met Calhoun and NCC Track Ciach L. T. Walker at the Raleigh— Durham Airport Sunday. The celebration was planned in hon or of the Gary speedster’s feat in tying the world indoor re cord in the 60 yards high hurd les at the NY AC meet last Sat. night. His Saturday night time of 7.1 marked the third time this sea son that Lightnin’ Lee had bro ken even with the record boolcs. Calhoun outraced Dillard at the Philadelphia Inquirer Games on Jan. 20 to equal the great “Bones” 6.0 in the 50 yards hurdles. , Running the nf,xt night, Jan. 21, in the Washington Evening Star's annual games, Calhoun equalled the world record in the 70 yards timber topping event.. In last Saturday night’s con test, Calhoun finished ahead of Charley Pratt, one of the na tion’s great stars in this event and Joel Shankle, formerly of Duke. Shankle disqualified him self when he knocked over a hurdle. Among the competitors in the AAU games this week are Shan kle, Pratt, Lou Knight and Jack Davis, in addition to Dillard. Dillard withdrew from the finals of the Boston AC and John (J. P.) Morgan has giv en Fayetteville State’s Broncos a big boost this season with his workman like rebound play this season. A former Hillside high school stand-out, Morgan can shoot equally/ well with both hands and has demonstrated considerable huxtle and team play. His 6'4" has made him one of the outstanding pivotmen in the conference, and he is being counted on to help the Fayette ville entry considerably in the tournament. didn’t compete in the Millrose games this year because of a leg ailment. Apparently Dillard now feels the leg is back in shape, for he’s entered the AAU meet and seems to have his eyes, as does Calhoun, on the Olympics. Tennessee Snaps Jackson College's Winning Streak At 22 Games NASHVILLE, Tenn. Tennessee State broke Jack son College’s 22 game.winning streak last week and toppled the Mississippians from their lofty perch at the top of the standings in district 29 ot the NAIA. The loss moved Maryland State into first place in the rankings, issued here this week from district 29 headquarters by its statistician J. B. McLen don. The defeat by Tennessee also left the CIAA’s Hawks the lone undefeated eager power among the district’s teams. Coach Nat Taylors’ Marylanders sport a 15-0 record for the season. Tlie young, fast breaking Tennessee team withstood "a last half surge by powerful Jackson at Nashville last week to take the measure of the top ranked Mississippi team 93-87. Tenn. led at halftime, 52-33. By virtue of their victory, coach Jolmny McLendon's bas- keteers moved from fifth to fourth place, and Morehouse edged up from fifth to sixth. Other changes in rankings saw Fisk drop from seventh to 11th place and .Grambling slide down a notch from ninth to tenth. Fayetteville State, ranked tenth last week, was not ranked this week. Little Knoxville College made the most dramatic surge In the week's play. The East TenneaMe cagcrs, leaden in overall scoring in the NAIA district, turned back their state rivals, Tennessee State, to move into seventh place in this weelt's standings. Howard also climbed tmck into the top ten, notching ninth spot in tlM rankinei. The only team wtwae rat ing remained unaffected by last week’s play was Texas South ern. The Texans are still com fortably ensconced in third place. Complete standings ot the top 15 teams in district 39 ot the NAIA, computed for gunes played through Feb. 9, includ ing position, won and loss re cords, in paraithesia, and Diclc- inson ratings, are as follows: Ist-Maryland State (19-0), 28.59; 2nd-Jackson College (22- 1) 27.91; 3rd-Texas Southern (19-2), 25.40 ); 4th-Tennesaee State (18-5) 23.75; Sth-More- house (13-2), 23.12; 6th-South- em (14-3), 22.77; 7th-Kna*ville (15-3), 22.27; 8th-Win*ton- Salem (17-3), 22.00; 9th-How- ard (7-3), 21.42; lOth-Gramb ling (18-5), 20.38; llth-Ksk (13-6), 19.73; 12th-North Caro lina A&T (14-6^ 19.25; 13th- Prairie View (12-5), 18.11; 14th-Savannah State (7-t), 18.98; 15th-Virginla XTnion (S- 3), 18.00 WELCOME TO DURHAM Officials and Guests To The Eleventh Annual CIAA Tournament BILTMORE HOTEL m m m Housework is easier ... because of advertising tjouseweric isnl acMyl dothaa moat ba watdied, meals must be prepared and cMdii can aOn make a two-mumte shamblea of a qiic and apan home. 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