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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
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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
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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
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