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THE INFORMER, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1M7 r,
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Viley Wins Southwestern Cage
tle
Wildcats Trounce
Langston 44-31 In
Langston Defeats
TO APPEAR IN TEXAS,
Louis 0
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bition
I Southwestern
I SPORT-O-GRAPH 1
J BT ROT E. DIXON
E Informer Sports Editor * 3
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Dark Horse Comes Through On The Courts
To Upset Pre-Tourney Basketball Dope
Tournament Finals
Arkansas To Gain
emi-final Victory
Tour Of Cities in
The Southwest
By R. E. DIXON
ARKANSAS STATE COLLEGE, Pine Bluff, Ark.-
Fred Long’s rejuvenated and inspired Wiley College Wild-
cats of Marshall. Texas rose to unexpected heights here Sat-
urday in the tenth Annual Southwestern Conference Basket-
ball Tournament by defeating four opponents in a row to
Lions Wrangle Lions
In A Thrilling
30 - 25 Tilt
Party Travelling In A
Chartered
Pullman
ARK STATE COLLEGE—Forced
win the coveted title of cage champ-
ions of the Southwestern Athletic
Conference over the very hardest
route. The Methodists came back
after sustaining a 31-22 defeat at the 1
hands of Arkansas State Friday |
night and bowled over Southern.
Bishop. Arkansas and Langston to
gain the throne room.
About 500 spectators witnessed the
finals between Wiley and Langston i
as the Gamely battling felines suc-!
cessfully stemmed the latter’s every
threatening surge to win by a com-
fortable margin of 44-31. Wiley’s |
Jesse Widemon, Captain Stretch
Byrd little Johnny Aiken. Neely
and Spiller stood the gruelling gaff
of four games in one day and came I
through with flying colors in the
clutches asking no odds nor giving .
any quarters to their sparkling and j
formidable rivals.
Wiley 44. Langston 31
Wiley drew first blood when Aik-
en looped a field goal from the rim
of the free throw circle. Jesse Wide-
mon went in fast to chalk up a crip
to make the score 4 to 0 Wiley.
Thompson counted for Langston
with a tip shot but Byrd of Wiley
quickly offset this with a field goal.
Twin pointers by Thompson and
Five soon knotted the score at 6 all
but not for long, as Widemon slip-
ped in a crip to make the score 8-6.
Homer made good at the foul line
and Widemon retaliated twice in
the same way to make the count
10-7.
In the last five minutes, Byrd and
Widemon each • garnered a pair of
doubledeckers and Neely added an-
STAR CAGER
ISKE
to play catch-up most of the route.
* “Zip” Gayles’ Langston Lions, de-
fending basketball champions of the
HAZEL SMITH, senior. Part Ar-
thur, Texas, Home Economics, star
guard on the Tuskegee girls’ vars-
ity basketball team, who closed a
briliant basketball carer last week
against State Teachers College, of
Montgomery, Alabama, In which
Coach Roberta’ hardwood perform-
ers defeated the Teachers, 37 to 21.
' Miss Smith will receive her degree
in June.
other to give the Wileyites a com-
manding lead of 22-11 as the half
ended. •
Lions Return With Rush
When play was resumed in the
second half. Weldon, Thompson and
Horner chalked up six points in
rapid succession with field goals
only to see Neely, Widemon and
Spiller duplicate the same to enable
the Cats to retain an II point edge.
Homer then rang up six tallies with
two from the field and a pair of
charity tosses but Neely. Byrd and
Widemon again hit in this order to
stubbornly regain their 11 point
advantage. Over the rest of the
route, the Long-men successfully
matched the Gaylesmen shot for
shot as the gallant orange clad ath-
letes literally played their hearts
out trying to break a battle weary
aggregation that simply wouldn't be
beaten when the chips were down.
Naming the outstanding players
on the winning team wouldn't be
doing justice to a courageous team
that righted itself from the basket-
ball doldrums and then battled to a
man every inch of the way to the
title Homer, Thompson. Pyle and I
Webb were outstanding for Langs-
ton. ,
The Box Score
Artie Brailsford
New President Of
Basketball Loop
Southwestern conference, earned
their spurs as finalists in the second
game Saturday morning by nosing
out "Skip" Hazzard’s
Arkansas State Lions 30 to 25 in a
fast and thrilling extra-period game.
Both teams employed a man-to-man
defense and electrified the fans with
the fastest brand of play witnessed
up to this point in the tourney.
Arkansas led at the half 11 to 9.
As the second half got underway
Crawford, Homer and Pyle found
the range with field goals that
forged the Sooners into a 15-11 lead.
Price’s gift loss, a pair of twin
pointers by Yates and Mack Robin-
son's field goal again sent the Ar-
kansas crew into an 18-15 lead. Pyle
made it 18-16 when he crashed in
an a free throw after being fouled
by Patterson of Arkansas. Mack
Robinson then sped down the side-
line and made a sensational shot
from the corner that put the Haz-
zard lads out front 20-16 with 8
minutes remaining to play. Yates
Arkansas guard, fouled out of the
contest and was soon followed by
Price. Webb shot a long one for
Langston and Homer came through
with a shot that knotted the count
at 20-all. Mack Robinson made a
field goal for State but Home'
matched it with a beautiful one hand
toss a minute later as the game drew
near the end of the regulation time
with the score still tied 22-all. Pat-
terson and Robinson made good or
a pair of free shots to give Arkan-
sas a 24-22 lead with less than 40
seconds to play. b
Weldon Comes Through with Pay-
off Shots
The situation liras looking disma’
JOE LOUIS udt
The famed Brown Bomber, or Detroit, who is scheduled to appear in
exhibition bouts in several Texas cities next week. Dallas, Houston, Fort
Worth, Galveston, San Antonio and El Paso are to be included in a barm-
storming tour of the South and West.
Game By Game Play
In Basketball Meet
By E. E. DIXON
LANGSTON,42, BISHOP 31— ad
In the opening game of the An-
, nual Southwestern Conference Bas-
Hazzard’s scrappy and ever-hustling
troop of Arkansas cagers with the
smell dr the Southwestern Confer
Wiley—44
Name.
Spiller. f
Widemon,f
Byrd (C) c
Aiken g
Neely g
Jackson I
fg. f.L pts.
1
0
■ Total
Langston—31
Name
Homer, f
Weldon. 1
Crawford, I
Thompson c
Pyle, g
Webb <C> g
Total
CHICAGO .—(ANP)—Joe Louis,
who hopes to lift the heavyweight
crown from the Irish brow of
James J. Braddock in June. left
here last week to do what Max I
Schmeling. who also has designs
on the same diadem worn by Mr.
Braddock, was supposed to have
started March I—tour the hinter-
lands and by exhibitions gather
loose shekels before the champion-
ship bout takes place..
The Louis party, traveling a-
board a chartered Pullman car, the
Asheville—which before Novem-
DALLAS, Texas.—For the first
time in history, the matter of who
would be the ultimate Basketball
Champions of the Southwestern
Conference wasn't an almost fore-
gone certainty as this year’s tour-
nament boasted at least four teams
that showed enough skill and abil-
ity to be tabbed as serious menaces
until some rival had bested them on
the court. Langston, Arkansas State,
Bishop and Wiley in the order
named constituted the quartet of
pre-tourney threats of Champion-
ship caliber with the first two teams
receiving about 98 per cent of favor
among the dopesters. Langston looked
like the good thing from home to
all the form players and surely the’
impressive record compiled by “Zip”
Gayles’ charges was quite enough
to rate them at the top.
The aggressive Arkansas State
Lions playing on their home Court
and before staunch supporters cer-
tainly looked like cinch runners-up
at the worst If clicking on all
cylinders when called upon, the
Bishop five looked like the team to
met every test and answered every
challenge with a spirited rally that
would not be denied.
Several championship teams of
past years could easily be called
superior to the present champions
but none could have surpassed the
latter in Spartan-like courage when
face to face with a crisis. “Hail the
new Champions!”
For the first time, this writer had
the pleasure of visiting picturesque
Arkansas State College up at Pine
Bluff, where the balmy spring
breezes were causing the stately
pines to murmur and sigh last Fri-
day and Saturday, but by nightfall
on the latter day, a wintry blast
from the North had these same mur-
muring pines crying out loud. Most
of our time was spent pondering
over a basketball scorebook, com-
piling players' records, and pecking
on a portable, but we did meet a
number of congenial and hospitable
people while there.
Shook hands with President J. B.
Watson and met his charming Mrs.:
spun a few yarns with Coach “Skip”
WHI
ber 3 carried Governor Alf M.
Landon of Kansas about the na-
tion disseminating unsuccessful
Republican campaign propaganda
—is making one night stands in —________- ___________-
the Midwest and South and will the call as the logical dark horse
end its tour in San Diego, Cal.
on or around April 1.
After appearing at Omaha last
Monday night, the party left for
DesMoines, Denver, St Joseph.
Mo: Kansas City, Wichita. Okla-
homa City. Guthrie, Enid, Tulsa;
Springfield, Mo., Dallas, Fort
Worth, Houston, Galveston, San
Antonio. El Paso, Tucson and
Phoenix. Arizona, then to San Di-
ego. From California they are
scheduled to go to Hot Springs
for a few days before returning
to Chicago.
In addition to Joe Louis, others
beat for third honors. Having lost
3 games to conference opponents
in the past month, while winning
only one, while their ace Byrd and
their spark plug Aikens were out
of the line-up or handicapped by _____
injuries, the Wiley Wildcats ratec. Itty” Dalton, "Bill” Gray, and Ross
Owens who did a very capable job
of officiation during the tourney.
Also A. W. Mumford, Cliff Purnell,
C. Felton Gayles, Fred Long, "Pat" . a
Patterson, E. Von Rettig, “Tod”: ,
Mumford, J. D. “Brute” Russell,
Marion "Mart" Smith, Jack Atkins, '“
Sam B. Taylor, William Booker, D.
C. Fowler, Allen Weatherford, and. ,
last but not least popular little
Frank Brown from Langston. "
Hazzard, a striking example of un-
affected calmness and poise; ex-
.‘hanged jocular ribbings and greet-
ngs with many luminaries in, the
.‘baching profession and other sport
enthusiasts. Some of them were,
of the meet.
This time, the dark horse came
through by outgaming and outplay-
ing their foes in the clinches and
forcing the pace through the tough-
est milling. Spurred onward by the
age old traditional “Wiley Fight"
that has brought out the best in
Wiley teams when the odds were
heavily against them, the Doganites
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By HULEN SMITH
JASPER.—Prof. Artie Brailsford,
principal of the Wiergate High
School, was elected president of the
Southwest Texas Basketball Con-
ference for the school year 1937-
38. Prof. R. L McGowan, principal
of the Hebert High School of Beau-
mont, was elected vice president.
Prof. A. L. Price, secretary of al-
most organization in Beaumont and
Principal of the Adams Elemen-
tary School of Beaumont, was re-
elected secretary-treasurer. Assis-
tant to Prof. Price is Prof. R M.
Mack of Wiergate. Sports reporter
is Hulen Smith of Wiergate.
This organization has grown from
three or four schools in the last few
years to many schools. The confer-
ence is divided into five sections.
Each section will hold a tournament
for the Oklahoma team until "lanky
Weldon galloped down the middle
and slung in an overhead toss that
tied the score at 24 all a few sec-
onds before the half ended. d
In the five minute play-off period
Weldon iced the torrid scrap away
for Langston with a pair of field
goals that followed each other ir
rapid succession. Patterson sank r
gift shot to cut the Sooners lead
down to 28-25 but Thompson settled
the issue definitely in Langston’s
favor by cutting in for a crip tha'
made the score 30-25 which wasn't
threatened any more during the re-
mainder of the game.
Idabel Cagers Win
Mixed Doubleheader
IDABEL, OKLA.—The Idabel girls
beat the Maple Springs girls team
and the Idabel boys defeated the
All-stars in a double header here.
The Washington High girls won
their game by a score of 7-3. The
boys downed the All-stars 23-17.
1 and will meet in some designated T ■ D fr 1
2 place and play for the champion- llunhar Ku-ralonc
16,1 hip of the conference. D CAVOK DuORUG
12 The final tournament held this
4 year in Jasper was one of the most
9 outstanding in the history of the
0 conference. Winners of their respec-
— live sections were as follows: Dis-
44 trict 1. Hebert boys and Charlton-
I Pollard girls: District "2, Jasper girls
L.g. f.L pts. j and Pineland boys; District 3, Mat-
10 i lox boys and Jamestown girls; Dis-
trict 4. Liberty boys and girls; Dis-
trict 5, Woodville boys and Chester
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girls.
In the boys section of the tour-
nament Hebert of District 1 and
__Mattox of District 3 met in the final.
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Officials: H. Dalton (Clark) and
W. H. Gray (Bluefield); Timers' E
V. Rettig (Wilberforce) and C. Pur-
nell (Southern); Official scorer: R
E. Dixon (Wiley).
GEORGE GARNER CHOIR AT
WHITE CHURCH
HOLLYWOOD - < ANP > —George
Garner and his colored chorus of
more than a hundred voices pre-
sented a half hour concert last
Sunday night at the First Metho-
dist church leading white organi-
zatio-’ preceding the sermon.
THE TEN LEADING SCORERS
Name School
Byrd-Wiley
Spiller—Wiley
Widemon Wiley
Stancil - Bishop
Burns—Southern
Price—Arkansas
Pyle—Langston
M. Robinson Arkansas
M. Robinson-Arkansas
Homer- -Langston
•Yates—Arkansas
“Thompson—Langston
* Weldon—Langston
•Neely-Wiley
“Tied for 10th place.
Games Pts.
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This was a clash of two good teams.
1 strong defense presented by the
Mattox team, against a fast breaking
offense presented by the Beaumont
boys. The Mattox boys emerged
.•ictorious by the score of 16-7.
The Mattox team is coached by
David Snell former Prairie View
flash, team mate to Ellwood Collins,
Iddy Dalton and the other basket-
ball flashes. The Hebert team is
coached by Marion "Doll" Lewis!
also a former Prairie View star.|
Coach Lewis is best remembered by
his plights in football as team mate
to “Bull” Bates and "Country”
Marks and company.
The girls section was just as in-
teresting. The Jasper team has the
most outstanding girls team in the
section. They would be a match for
any team in the state, high school
or college In the finals of the girls
section Jasper met Jamestown and
here we had two good defenses. Jas-
per proved its worth by coming out
on the long end of a 14-8 score.
Scores of other games are as fol-
lows: Boys—Mattox 21, Woodville
4; Hebert 32. Pineland 15: Mattox
23. Liberty 9; Girls— Liberty 27,
Chester 17; Jamestown 19. Charlton-
Pollard 2: Jasper 38. Liberty 6
Trophies and pennants were given
first and second place winners. In-
dividual medals were given to the
following players: Boys—J. L. Da-
vis of Hebert for best sportsman-
ship shown during the tournament.
Joe Willie Cade of Mattox, medal
for most valuable player to team.
Girls-Miss Leonia Lyons, most val-
uable. and Miss Alice Barrett of
Liberty, best girl sport
TEXARKANA, Texas — The
Dunbar Buffaloes defeated the
Marietta Cagers, 35-22 on a Thril-
ling and exciting, although rough
game played on the Texarkanian’s
own back yard, Friday, March
12h. This game contained many
football tactics which resulted in
many free throws and the suspen
sion of “Tall Boy" Thomas in
the first resulted in many free
throws and the suspension of “Tall
Boy" Thompson in the first half
who had played bang up game pil-
ing up 8 points.
Fast dribbles and bullet-like
passes featured the fray. The
Black Buffaloes of Marietta off
wih a very slow start netting only
points in the first half while their
opponents netted 20.
In the second half the Marietta
Cagers led by Captain "Big Joe"
Johnson, Edwards, "Lemon" Lee
and Snipper Mack Johnson prov-
ed that when Buffaloes meet Buf-
faloes there's "Bound to be trou-
ble.”
Cannon turned in a good per-
formance as he piled up 16 points
followed by Edwards of Mariet-
ta with 9 captain "Big Greer.”
Vaden and Houff contributed
their usual share of good play-
ing.
Horace “Little” Lincoln .trouble-
some forward of Dunbar ruined
the hopes of “Big Joe”, “Snipper
Mack" and others with his cons-
tant hustling and high jumping.
The Dunbar Buffaloes also de-
feated the Macedonia Mustangs
Thursday in a score of 35-26. The
Mustangs put up a very stubborn
game for the Buffaloes to face. At
one time the score was 22-22 but
the ferocity of the Buffaloes was
perturbed.
P Pl
ence Basketball championship ting
ling their nostrils, got away to a good
state, against Fred Long’s" Wiley
whacate th the initial gainke’Friday
night and were never-threatened
as theyswent on.to win handily, by
a 31-22. count. Wilbur Byid, the
Methodists scoring ace was off stride
and only scored 3 points. Robinson
and Price of Arkansas bagged 19
"Bill"
ketball. tournament
Langston Lions, pa-y-wa row
ny” Pyles with 19 points, took the
measure of Allen Weatherford’s
Bishop college Tigers in a lively
12 ta> 31 tilt. Charles Stanford
played a brilliant game for the Bap-
tists and was runner-up to Pyle for
high scoring honors with 15. Thomp-T and 8 respectively, while
son Weldon and Webb showed well
for Langston; Holiday, Hoard and
on the Asheville include three
sparring partners. Leonard Dix-
on, Eddie Malcolm and Ceil Har-
ris, Max Bauman, white wrestling
promoter of Kansas City. Mo, who
iso booking the tour: Co-Manag-
ers.,John Roxborough and Julian
Black.. Jack Blackburn, Cart Nel-
son: and a brother: Alonzo Bar-
row. U. J De ; * *
ieAMtionai Case
Tourney At Camden
The Texas State High School
Basketball Tournament is slated for
Bishop College over at Marshall,
Texas Friday and Saturday March
19 and 20. We’re sticking with the
form sheet again and picking John
Codwell’s Wheatley High Wildcats
of Houston and putting a small lump
of sugar right on their beaks. The
high school outfit that's capable of
kicking’s “Jawn’s” boys in the pants
and making them like it gets this
sugar—and boy won’t they deserve
it! . . . Occupied a seat across the
aisle from Mrs. R. B. Clemons of
Gause, Texas who was enroute to...
Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee
to visit her son, “Ox" Clemons, who
is head coach there ... Quote:
“Pops, you ain't been throwing
rocks in church windows have you?”,
was the solemn query put to Fred
Long by Johnny “Chuck” Jackson,
one of the, Wiley players following ,
the Cats’ 31-22 licking by Arkansas
Friday night. it 1 nA '
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Wyatt also shone for the Tigers.
Langston led at halftime 19-16.
ARKANSAS STATE 46,
SOUTHERN 37-
A. W. Mumford's Southern Uni-
versity Jaguars were off quickly to
a 5 to 0 lead in the second skirmish
f the meet but Price, Mack Rob-
inson, and company righted them-
elves and soon swung into serious
action with telling results in the
coring column. At halftime. State
ed 23-13. Burns, Mouton, Redfud
and Alston came back in the last
frame to play the Razorbacks on
even terms with a smooth scoring
attack featuring Mouton and Red-
ud. Price of Arkansas and Mouton
if Southern were tied for scoring
Minors in this one with 14 points.
Patterson and Robinson helped the
victors by chipping in with 9 and
1 respectively. Burn bagged an even
lozen for the Louisiana lads.
WILEY WILDCATS 48. PRAIRIE
VIEW PANTHERS 27-
Wilbur "Stretch" Byrd was in
-are form here Friday afternoon
when he led a one man assault
igainst Sam Taylor’s Prairie View
Panthers, scored 22 points himself,
ind steered the Wiley Wildcats to
in impressive 48 to 27 triumph in
he third game of the tournament.
Simmons and Blocker played steady
games for the panthers. John Aik-
ens, Spiller, Widemon and Neely
iccorded Byrd fine support in his
sensational scoring splurge.
LANGSTON 39, TEXAS
COLLEGE 23-
Although the Langston lions were
in the long end of a 38-23 score, the
Oklahoma entry was badly off its
morning form as Rettig’s and Tod
Mumford’s Texas College Steers
were taken to a 3 p.m. slaughter in
the fourth game of the meet The
Langston mentor started five reserve
players and in all 15 men (the en-
tire squad) saw service in the some-
what listless fray. Homer was high
scorer for the Sooners with 10,
Spiller carried the brunt of the
Marshall team’s offense with 8 points
to his credit. Mack Robinson's long
and sensational one-handed shots
down the middle rivalled those of
Pyle of Langston who had thrilled
the galleryites in the first game of
the tournament
CAMDEN.— An invitational bas-
ketball tournament will be held in
Camden March 27 for boys and girls.
The meet to not restricted to high
schools: college, all-star and se-
nior teams are also invited.
Two beautiful trophies will be
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BISHOP 53, TEXAS
COLLEGE 28-
“Stan” Stancil and Bee Bee Tyler,
Weatherford's point making twins
on the Bishop five were both "right"
. in the seventh game of the tourna-
ment Friday night and the Baptists
won with plenty to spare from the
Texas College Steers who were sub-
merged by the score of 53 to 28.
Wyatt, Hoard, and Holliday were
Vital cogs in a smooth working
Bishop offense that saw Stancil set
a new high individual scoring rec-
ord for the. tournament by amass-
ing 25 points. Hicks with 14 and
Bowens who registered 3 for the
Tyler outfit were the best for their
team. ,
WILLY 44, SOUTHERN 30-
"Stretch Byrd and “Bill" Spiller
were both on as play was resumed
Saturday morning in the Southwest-
ern Cage tournament, so Fred Long's
Wiley College Wildcats gained a
new lease on life by ousting their
Louisiana opponents from the pic-
ture with a 44 to 30 lacing. Besides
awarded to the winners of the tour = ,
nament and medals to theoutstand- } Set For Monday Night At 8 In Wheatley Gym;
ing players. Drawings will begin at; ____. 27 ____ A S
1030 a. m. and play at 11 a. m.
For further information write
Prof. Ed Robinson. Colored High
school, Camden, Texas.
Play Yates Friday Night In Yates Gym
WILEY 33, BISHOP 19-
The Wiley Wildcats returned to
the arena for their second game of
the day at 130 p.m. and Masted the
hopes of the Bishop College Tigers
by putting the elimination touches
on their home town rivals by the
decisive score of 33 to 19. Wiley’s
diminutive Johnny Aikens. the
“Little Man—Big Stuff” guy silenced
Sancil, the Baptists’ main scoring
threat by bolding the latter to two
points during the game. Byrd and
Spiller accounted for 13 and 9 points
respectively for the Long tutored
crew. Holliday and Wyatt each reg-
istered 6 points for Bishop. Bishop
led at the end of the first half 12-8.
WILEY 33, ARKANSAS
STATE 25--
playing a masterful floor game at
the pivot position. Byrd contributed
15 points to the Purple and White
cause before retiring early in the
second half. Evans and Burns with
11 and 10 points each did yeoman
duty for the Jaguars and did their
part to keep Southern in the run-
ning but the cats rated their op-
ponents well throughout as Aiken
and Neely kept the Jaguar scoring.-----.------...
threats from getting many close in a to one free throw. Wiley led at half-
shots. Itime 21 to 14.
while Bowens was garnering 9 for
the bovines.
SOUTHERN 34, PRAIRIE
VIEW 11-
Burns. Southern’s diminutive and
elusive forward, set a blistering
pace to lead the Jaguars to a 34-31
victory over the Prairie View Panth-
ers thereby ousting the latter from
the tournament. The game was un-
eventful until the closing minutes
when Marion and Blocker of the
Texas crew went on a scoring ramp-
age to come within 1 point of knot-
ting the count with his ninth field |
goal of the fracas and raised his
total to 18 points. Redfud trailed
his team mate Burns with 10 points
to take second scoring honors.
ARKANSAS STATE 11.
WILEY 22-
With the sterling playing of Mack
Robinson serving as an inspiration
A to the Arkansas State Lions, "Skip”.
Monday night when the Wheatley Wildcats, winners of ,
the City Basketball Championship, meet the formidable IN-
FORMER City All Prep Cagers in the new Wheatley Cym.
the entire contingent of sports lovers will turn out enmasse! ,
This game promises to be the most outstanding clash of the
current season and should offer thrills galore. The Wheatley
aggregation needs no introduction to the local fans, having
definitely established their prowess on the hardwood as they ,
went on to win the city championship as they pleased..The
All-Prep squad boasts of a galaxy of hoopsters, all stars in
their respective positions, who will offer you the spectacular *
and daring angles of basketball. The starting time has been
set at 8 o’clock and a capacity house is expected.
YATES VERSUS ALL-STARS FRIDAY
Friday night will be another
epoch making occasion when the
Yates Lions face a crucial test
as the make a last bid for a claim
to fame in their gym. The All-
Prep basketeers will afford the
opposition and a great game is
in the making. Coaches Holland
and Codwell are concerned over
After a two hour rest following
the Wiley-Bishop game, the harried
Wildcats with the odds heavily
against them, refused to give ground
to the determined Arkansas State
Lions and forced the pace the full. . u__
minutes to emerge victorious by the performance of their players
the score of 33-25. Spiller, Widemon— -
and Byrd bore the brunt of Wiley’s every ounce of strategy at the
offense while Johnnie Aiken and
Neely were throttling State’s siege
guns in the persons of Patterson
and Price. Mack Robinson had his’
hands full trying to hold Byrd in
check and this responsibility cut the
stellar pivot man's point score down
in these all important contests and
finger tips will be called into use.
The All-Prep cagers will play
a thrilling, breath-taking game for
the enjoyment of the fans who
have longed for just this oppor-
tunity. Every act on the court
will be in direct effort to pro-
duce the highest possible enter-
tainment. We can’t tell you too
much about how the games will
terminate but they will be the
last word in thrills.
LET THE POPULARITY
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Informer All-Conference
Basketball Team
By R. E. DIXON
After witnessing every player in every game in which he partici-
pated during the recent Southwestern Conference Case Meet and
then discussing the merits of the various athletes with officials and
other concise judges cf a basketball player’s ability, this scribe sub-
mits the following nominees as candidates for the Mythical All- South-
western Basketball Team Although two teams are being named, the
first team is really hard to improve upon.
First Team School Position Second Team
Byrd .......Wiley .......Forward .... Burns
Stancil .....Bishop Forward ...Spiller
Robinson (C) Arkansas State Center ......Price
Aiken ______Wiley ...... Guard ......Bowens
School
Southern
........-... Wiley
.... Arkansas State
Texas College
.... Langston
Weldon .... Langston ... Guard ......Pyle ----
HONORABLE MENTION
FOBWARDS: Widemon (Wiley), Hicks (Texas), Homer (Langston), ,
Patterson (Arkansas), and Tyler (Bishop)., •
GUARDS:—Webb’(Langston). Hoard and Wyatt (Bishop), Neely
(Wiley), Simmons (Prairie View), and Yates (Arkansas).
CENTER: Thompson (Langston). *
MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER: Wilbur Byrd (Wiley).
BEST FORWARD: Stancil (Bishop). > ■
BEST GUARD John Aikens (Wiley******* *
BEST SPORTSMANSHIP: Mack Robinson (Arkansas)
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