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By. ~Melancholy~ ~Jones; vain Brown, N;'C. State, thai fis
_ View, Tuskegee, Florida, Langston Gain;
Gant, Moody, Jenkins Lead Scoring Derby

~(Latest National Standings)

TEAM Ww L 7 PH O.PTS Per
Motris Brown................ 6. 0 0 141 24 1.000
Ni State 5 0 0 146 12 1.000
BN Fos 4 0 0 ae. oe 1.000
Prairie View.......... eed 4 0 1 132 28 1,006
cg. ete: SUPT ROR RE rearare ~ 9 F 81 a. COL@Se
ce. 1. @ * 18 15 1.000
Tuskegee 0.02... 5 1 0 130 63 833. See S i:~ 2 8 lhCU8e
DR RRUO o2n peccc S F 7e 6.833
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Southern................~. oe 3 1 0 89 27 750
Ee ig aie 3 1 1 89 27, 750
WeHnertoree 2. 43... Adios care 72. 46 -750

THE:~NATION~S UNBEATEN, untied ~list of colored

football teams was~reduced to just three the past week as
Florida~s Men in Orange dynamited ~Lane~s Red Dragons.
48-0 and ended their brilliant early season winning streak
at. four in a row, The almost ineredible margin by which
Florida slaughtered: the Tenneésseeans accentuates the extent to which the Rattlers: were aroused and incensed over $
their humiliating 20-0 loss to Morris Brown a.week before,
Dropped from the unbeaten class the past week also was
Shaw~s once-tied Bears and Johnson C. Smith~s twice tied
Golden Bulls. Shaw was bagged by the high-flying N. C.

State Eagles, 16-0, for the latter's fifth straight 1941 win. |.

Meanwhile, Jap Hurt~s Morgan Bears ~went to town~ 12-2
over the. Bulls of Charlotte. The safety registered by Smith
against Morgan marred the Bears~ previous record of holding
every opponent scoreless, and removed the last unscored-on
team in Negro feotball.

Prairie View kept pace with Morris Brown, N. C..State,
and Morgan, trimming the Tillotson Eagles 33-0. Unbeaten
but tied Texas and Fisk were idle, as was once-beaten Southern. However; Tuskegee, Florida, and Langston all moved
forward. Tuskegee sacked up S: C. State 33-12 and Langston
squeezed through 6-0 on Xavier.

Morris Brown is the only club in the country to win as
many as six games to date. N. C, State, Tuskegee, Florida,
and Langston are the lone quartet to win as many as five
thus far.

Morgan and N. C. State share undisputed first place in
the race for sectional honors up in the CIAA. Wilberforce
scrambled back into the national standings by blasting Lincoln (Mo.) 19-6 and now has a numerical lead in~the Midwestern loop with two conference wins against no defeats,
while Kentucky State has one loop win in one start. Prairie
View and Texas are undisputed, undefeated leaders in the
Pt ale Morris Brown is in class by herself i in the tough
~ Morris Brown~s John (Big Train) Moody, 210 pound
triple threat unanimous-choice All-American fullback and
1940 high scorér with 109 points in eight games, is getting
Deck than he bargained for in the current individual scoring

erby.

Leading the point-making parade, for example, is Albert

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Gant, Florida~s mighty battering ram fullback, with 49}

points in five games. Moody is bringing up the rear for the
moment with 47. Week before last, Gant led with 37 points,
only to be overtaken by Moooody with 41. This time., it was
Gant who caught up with and passed Moody by a thin margin.

Close behind Gant and Moody is Jolting. Joe Jenkins,
Morris Brown halfback and teammate of Moody~s, who now
boasts 42 points. Morris (Stonewall) Leake of Benedict has
38. Gant made two touchdowns against Lane and Jenkins a
pair against Alabama State Saturday. Moody tallied once
ns a *Bama but Leake was held scoreless by the Thoro
reds.

The SNS sports desk had the usual number of bet-settling questions to answer the past Sunday evening after thiS
observer returned from a week-end officiating trip.in
Orangeburg where the host ~S. ~C; State eleven bowed
to Tuskegee in a wide open, free-scoring ball game.

The first caller wanted to clear up the question as to
whether either Louis or Schmeling was world champion at
the time they met for the first time and the Brown Bomber
was kayoed)

i The caller was told that neither Louis nor Schmeling,
*but Jimmy Braddock, was champion of the: world when
Louis and Schmeling met for the first time June 22, 1936 in
~Yankee Stadium with~ Louis being kayoed in the twelfth
round. He was told further that the bout was an elimination
~contest to decide the challenger~ deserving first shot at Brad-dock~s title. It was explained that Schmeling earned that
right, but, afraid of the effect a Nazi boycott might have
on the gate receipts with anti-Hitler sentiment raging. Mike
Jacobs and his Twentieth Century Sporting Club conferees
~derailed~ Schmeling, carried Louis over the comeback
trail, arid then:gave the Brown Bomber the shot at Braddock |
in Chicago~ Juné'22, 1937 when Louis won the world heavy~weight ~rown. When Louis met and defeated Schmeling in

reir~ "second battle June 22, 1938, it was explained that Loui*

_himself' the champion. ~*~

~Another caller desired to settle the question as to wheth }
er = Jobing Boseh, Ga. Tech~s brilliant pass-slinging field
general got back into the ball game against Duke Saturine ~after he was | removed in the second quarter because of
vi?

~Not Having seen the game and having failed to read an
oul t. of it berayse of the pressure of time after. getting

from murg the column checked by telephone with
We, ~Alexa r, Tech head man, who said Bosch did
~not reenter the =

are putting on the finishing totichés

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Captain Elam Goes Over For A Tally |

_ Captain Leon Elam, hard-plunging fullback of
the Morehouse eleven, is shown in top photo as
he plunged through center to mark up the first
ef two touchdowns Morehouse scored on LeMoyre of Memphis. W. H. Aiken, referee, can be

seen in center of pile signaling the score. At bottom Slate, LeMoyne~s fleet half, is shown being
stopped after sweeping around end for nine yards
and a first down, The game ended with Morehouse
in the driver~s seat 12-7.~(SNS Staff Photos.)

Morris Brown Outgained But

tries, and.Franklin, Keith, and
Arnold to minus. yardage in stopping the vaunted ~Morris Brown
ground game cold. Not a single
touehdewn was- a result of power
driving, and the Hornets _ starting
line of Sullinger, Sauls, Leftwich,
Mason, A, Jackson, Griggs and
White played a whale of a game in
bottling up the Wolverine ground
drive. Sullinger and White especially stood out at the Hornet termial, yielding very little ya*dage all

MONTGOMERY, Ala.~(SNS)~
Alabama State~s Hornets thrilled
the crowd for three quarters. by
carrying the fight to their highlyfavored adversaries but succumbed
to a three. touchdown splurge in
the closing minutes of the third
and last quarter to lose by a score
ot 26-6 ti Morris Brown's national champs here Saturday afternoon.

The score is no indication of the
caliber~ of battle which the aroused

Hornets put up as indicated in the | afternoon on the famous end
statistics The Hornets made 12 | Sweeps.
firsts downs to -six for Morris| Im the Hornet backfield the

great blocking of Tate, Cheatham,
and Ellis, and the running passing,
aud: kicking of Crenshaw were a
feature. Ellis~ power lunges thru
the center, of the MBU line, his
defensive tackling, and Cheatham~s
fine revérses should have earned

Erown, and completed five passed
good for 70 yards while the Wolverines made good seven passes for
100 yards, intercepted two Morris
Frown~ aerials es the ~Wolverines
took over three Hornet Keaves, and
zained a net of 83 yards from.
cerimmage to 69 for Morris Brown.
Fight Hornet. aerials* fel, ineomplete and five Wolverine _ tosses
were no good, Hornet backs lest
52 yards attempting t~ pass.

Pfter a ecoreless first duarter
~layed in Morris Brown territory,

Erown's starting line which hel~
thrice when the goal was threatened, and the alertness of her
starting backs in breaking up Hornet passes, and their passing game
were outstanding, although Moody
was stopped repeatedly.

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the Hornets scored their. lone A
touchdown on- a leer Bot saa es MORRIS ape ta:
ecuted lateral pass play, Crens re.
taking the ball from Cheatham to i lee Rohe
score standing up on fourth doWN | 1G "A Jackson W. Griffin
from the four yard,line. ~ C ~__ | Mason prow
A coffin corner boot by Moody | pq" ~Tettwich Shephard
gave Morris Brown an automatics | pp ~~ ~Gricgs Wysinger
safety a few minutes later as Cren- | pr suilinger Grimes
shaw. fumbled a bad pass from) q "Tate: vce
center while back to kick and step- | y 3, Crenshaw Jenkins
ned over the end zone. In the clos- n
ing minutes of the first half, Mor- | RH....Ccheatham ~ Mitchell
tis Brown took advantage of 8/F._. Ellis Moody

Substitutions: Morris Brown:

Turpin, Griffin, Keith, Don&ldson,

Around, Neilson Franklin Duffield,

Merkerson, et al.
Alabama State: R.. Jackson,

Wright, R. Young, B. Young, Du
Pree Crayton, Roberts, Wilson In
graham et. al.

SCORE BY PERIODS

1~23 4 Teal

fresh bunch of Hornet subs and
marched 60 yards via air to score,
Jenkins taking a four yard pass
from Moody to tally after ~the Horaets had stopped the Morris Brown
ace cold in his attempts to. drive
Hornet line.:

An early third quarter Hornet
drive died on the Morris Brown 12,
and before the quarter closed, a

Morris Brown linesman intercept- Ala. Mate oe. 2S 06 0 0-6
ed an aerial tossed. by Crenshaw | Mofris Brown...... 0 8 6 12~%
and lateralled to Moody whe Scoring Touchdowns: Ala. State:
behind quickly-forming inte Crenshaw.
ence for 55 yards to score. Morris Brown: Moody 1 Jenkins
A blocked Hornet punt on the | 2, Mitchell 1.
ene yard line, and a partially Scoring Safety: Morris Brown: 1
blocked Hornet punt around the | Conversions: Nore.
2 es UP the other, Morris Brows Officials: Referee: B. T. Harvey
scores. ~ (Colgate).-.
The hard. charging Hornet line Umpire: L. I. Gain: @forehouse)
heid Moody to 25 yards in eight} Linesman: T. R. Starr More
the Hornets a better score. Morris |

Bags Alabama Hornets 26-6

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Field Judge: Guy Trammeil
(Tuskegee)

Silver foxes are aaa by about b
1,000 farmers in the Province~ of
Ontario, Canada, the Department of
Commerce reported.

Expenditures for industrial construction this year is estimated by
the Department of Commerce at a
billion and a half dollars, an alltime high.

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TE;
Morris Brown................ 4 0 0 GS WF 1.000
~Tuskegee..........).......72... eg 4 0 104 56 -800.
I eo sf 0 90 ~= 20 750
lates a 8 1 0 Al 55 150
RU os 2 2 0 38 60 000.
WIMUGRE oo 2 3 0 45 87..400
Benedic~é..........1....-.....1 2 0 26. ~40.oa0
Morehouse _.............000.... 1 3 o. 2k 55..200
Tallageee 2... 3... GG ~ 4 0 0 -000
Pig 0 0 ~ 0 0 -000
Clark oe 0- -1 2 13 20 000~
Knoxville: 255.2315 h02. 0 I 2 - 12 36 -000
S. ~i State oe... 0 2 1 26 54 000
Le Mpym@:.3:-2.5). ee 0 3 0 19 36 000

vr mf Pace In SIAC Circuit

(SIAC Standinigs To Date)
W.~ L. PTS.

the past Saturday. The victorv

GANT LEADS SCORERS

Albert Gant. piston-leezed fullback. regained tha, individual scoring lead the past week end when
he chalked uv two touchdowns to
run his season~s total to 49 points
es Florida routed hitherte un~beaten, untied Lane by the almost
unbelievable margin of 48-0.
Moody~s lone touchdown made him
~unner-up to Gaht with 47: points,
but the 210 pound All-American
fullback of Morris Brown, last
year~s high scorer with 109 noints
in -eight~ games, ig seriously
threatened by his climax-running
teammate, Jenkins, who now boasts
42 points, hrving added two
touchdowns to his. grevicus 30
points in the Alabama tilt Saturday. Marion (~(Stonewall) Leake of
Benedict is fourth with 38 points.
TUSKEGEE ROLLS ON

Tuskegee moved along with the
current in the SIAC by ~ bagging
South Carolina 33-12 in one
of the most thrilling games seen: at
Orangeburg in ~years. |

In the only: other conference tilt,
Morehouse nosed out LeMoyne 12 -7 to spell a successful homecoming, LeMoyne kept clean her record of scoring on every. opponent,
but the hapless Mad Magicians
still can~t get the ~breaks.~ They
| have lost four close ones in a row
and yet boast one of the pest rolling offenses in the loop.
GOLD RUSH STUBBORN

Xavier stepped outside the con
By LUCIUS (MELANCHOLY) JONES
SNS Sports Editor
Sparked by Jolting Joe Jenkins, who tallied twice, John
(Big Train) Moody and Defoy (Little Train) Arnold, who
scored once each, Morris Brown~s mighty purple. Wolverines
roared on to a hard-earned 26-6 victory over Alabama State

the only unbeaten, untied. championship contender in the

Southern Intercolleziate Athletic Conference as the 1941
football race went into the home stretch.

| games closely, followed: by - Florida

ference to meet the~ powerful

made the men of Billy Nicks

Langston Lions at Oklahoma and
carried ~themselves with glory in
holding Zin Gayles~ men to a thin
$9 verdict. The Liong had been
the choice of the experts by a
margin ranging from: two to four
touchdowns.. Benedict showed stubborn resistance in ~holding powerful Ky.
State to a 6-0 halftime score before yielding 14 points in the closing period of their annual S.-C.
State Fair classic Thursday, Oct.
20, in Columbus,

WOLVERINES BEST
BALANCED:

Morris Brown still shows the
best: offensive average in the loop
with an even.24 ratio in four

with her 22.50 and Tuskegee _ wita
her~ 20.80.:

Morris. Brown also has the defensive edge, allowing but 12 points
in four conference starts for but
an: average of three points
per game. Florida is also~ Sener
this department, allowing but 20
points for an average of only tive a
game yielded.

Morris Brown~s remaining - conferenee foes are Xayier, LeMoyne,
and Clark in that order; Floride/s
last SIAC opponent is Xavier; and
Tuskegee is through in the loop éxcept for Knoxville and. Alabama
State. Lane has only LeMoyne and
Xavier left. No other clubs have a
He in~ at the 1941 SIAC grid

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S. C. State

By LUCIUS L, JONES

- (SNS. Sports Editor);
ORANGEBURG, 8S. C.~(SNS)~

Coach Cleve L.. Abbott~; Tuskegee

Golden Tigers won their fifth 1941

game and fourth in a row against
OMe setback here Saturday after
Zivic Gets a Face Full

~Skegee Tigers Claw

| beautifully timed pass, George

33 To 12

noon as they outscored the airminded 8. C. State Bulldogs 33-12,
but there were plenty of anxious
moments for the rugged Alabama
football juggernaut.

Ss. C. State outgained, ~Tuskegee

rushe, and passes. Bagging 10 first
dcewns to seven for the Abbottmen,
but inability to sustain repeated
hids from inside the Tiger 10-yard
line whittled ~ down the several
golden opportunities with which
the. men of Ollie Dawson, Paul
Webber, and DeLoss Berry were
represented.

Tuskégee drew first blood and
completely dominated the first
period, scoring twice. Arthur Sawyer,- ant-sized tailback from Tuscaloosa ~Alabama, intercepted
Hank McCullough~s heave on his
own 30 yard:line and raced 70
madcap yards alorig the East sidelines across the North goaj for a
touchdown. Marion Smiley, fullhack missed the conversion, but
Tuskegee led 6-0..The Golden Tigers struck minute, later when a

jods that S. C. State, which had

Xavie

211 yards to 155 on scrimmage |

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FOOTBALL
RESULTS

Morehouse 12 LeMoyne ~7 7
Morris Brown 26 Alabama 6
Tuskegee 32 Ss. C. pope sg
Florida 48 ~Lane

N, C. State 16 ~Shaw @
Va, State 6 Va Union 0
Morgan 12 5. C. Smith 2
Langston 6 Xavier ~
Prairie View 33 Tillotson 0
Wilberforce 19 ~Lincoln. @
Winston-Salem 0 Eliz, City 0
Miner 12 Fayetteville 6
Allen 24 Paine
Fla, Normal 39 =sxEd Waters 0
Claflin 348 Friendship ~@
Blueficld 10 W. Va, 6
Ky. State 20 Benedict 0
Av and T.. qi on
St. Paul ~ \

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Langston To
Lone route

GUTHRIE, Okla~ (SNS) ~The ~
Xavier University. Gold Rush of
Louisiana (New Orleans) bowed before an inspired Langston University eleven six-0: here Saturday on
the Langston University athletic
field.

The Gold Rush proved equal to

the task of breaking up the passing

attack of Langston~s sensational
triple threat senior halfback, Herpie

~shel King. However, the O

speedster managed to run back: a
Xavier punt 57 yards to place his
teammates within striking distance of the visitors~ goal.

The -first half was all Langston.

The Xavier line opened for 5 first.

~downs. Another Baier ucored on a
ma. eleven

Xavier"s Robert Jones ago crerdih

one of King~s passes in the end

zone to break up a concerted drive

of 45 yards carrying the ball to his

own eight yard stripe late in the
Both

second quarter. teams were
content to wage a kicking duel during most of the game, playing for
the break which would give them
an opportuinty to score.

Simon Rogers, Xavier~s brilliant
kicker, who plays safety dro
Langston~s punt which was recovered: on~his own 48 yard stripe by the
Oklahoma gridders.

Langston was unable to gain in
three tries and kicked. Xavier~s
Rogers sent. a 60-yard punt to
Langston~s~ 40, where. King took it
in for a 57 yard dash. ~Fhree attempts from Xavier's 3 yard: amine
yielded only two: yards.

-Langston~s ~Flowers went over fer
the only score of the Sane drome 9
ore: yard: stripe ~on fourth down.

Ray Johnson~s attempted~ conyersion via place kick was too wide.
pr kicking was superlative

46 yards in~ punts. Tate
stirs Johnson was tlose~ behind
with a 44-yard average in 19 punté,

verse for three yards and a. thina
touchdown...Ivey made g0dd on
the first of two placements ke a
Tuskegee. ahead 20-6, ~

But State came back like 1
ning to ~throw C catetaasee
the Tuskegee ranks shortly -af
the new. kickoff. ~Martin,
quarterback, intercepted Robinson~s
pass on the Tuskegee 32. Tuskegee
drew a 15-yard rough penalty to
the 17. Then a pass, McCu
to Columbus Stanley, was good to
the Tuskegee three. Next, Cornelius
Ford caught a pass from McCullovgh, but he was outside the end
zone and it was ruled incomplete.
On the folowing play, McCullough~s pes, intended for Stanley,

and felt across the goal line for a
touchdown, narrowing the count to
20-12 as the massive throng of
State rooters went wild. The half

| ended a few minutes later with

the score unchanged.:
The final half was a
contested affair, marked by
spirited: but not ungen
play. Tuskegee, on superior::
sourcefulness, managed to
pay dirt two more times in the remaining 30 minutes, but State Ba
just as. many opportunities. Simtly lacking the vital punch ~
from close-in. o).
Tuskegee moyed out in front

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