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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1(143
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san antow register
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Syms Gets 46 Points as SAACC Beats Fort Sam
Court Scoring Records
Tumble in Amazing
Flipping Outbreak
By U. JAY
IN the most amazing and devastating offensive display ever
witnessed on a local basketball court, Ban Antonio Aviation
Cadet center Lightnings sent two Alamo Athletic association
basketball league records into oblivion, Friday nigbt, at the
Recreation center, as Hank Syms, AAA high scorer last season,
amassed 46 points in pacing SAACO to a 116-15 victory over
Fort Sam Houston.
Syms surpassed, by 10 points, the
Irngue icorlng record of 30, Bet
two years ago by Rufus Wooten
of Register Tubllshere, and tied
only last week—Tuesday, Jan. 23—
by "Sonny Boy" Miles of American
■Woodmen. Previously, the most
points scored by a team was the
#3-9 score run up Jan. 8, 1943, by
Register Publishers against the
984th Quartermasters of Brooks
fleld.
Friday night's second game was
Just as close as the SAACC-Fort
Sam fracas wjs one-sided, with
Phillis Wbeatlejr High school de-
feating Kelly field, 32-27, in a
game that saw the lead change
hands 18 times, with the score be-
ing tied three times.
SAACC-Fort Sum Houston
In the SAACC-Fort Sam game,
fijuis was hotter thsn hot, hitting
them from all angles and positions,
fend with the fast, tricky SAACC
passing finding him open again and
■gain under the basket for setups.
He made 26 points In the first half,
With tho half score being 60-11.
He made only 20 in the second half,
iiut bis mates began Tinging the
hoop themselves in the last half.
"Long Jim" Matthews, for in-
stance, who bad only made four
points in the first half, cut the
cord* for 24 In the last for a total
of 28 points. Johnny Whltsett, &
lot taken out. of him by his recent
Illness, got a total of 13, 10 coming
In the lait half. L. C. Holman made
18, wlCi "Pappy" Weston connect-
ing for 11.
Strangely enough, the SAACO
feecond team, that played nearly a
quarter, failed to tally a single
point.
Throughout it all, Fort Sam never
•topped trying. Brown made eight
of Sam's IS points.
Kelly-Wheatley
Kelly field, with an entire new
team taking tho floor, for the third
time UUa atuon, waa untbl* to
■oak* good 11* ninny, mmny crip.,
and therein Mr tho tate of tbe nol-
fliera' defeat, 32-27, at the hand* of
FlUliia Wheatley High school, In
moat closely contested game
Second Half Court Play
Gets Under Way Tonight
"WITH the Ban Antonio Aviation Cadet center lightnings
W having"a strangle hold on.first place, with live straight
this season.
It was a dlng-donger from the
opening whistle, with the score be-
ing tied twice in the first quarter,
and the lead changing hands eight
times. After the first two minutes
of play, at no time did more than
one point separate the two teams
in the first quarter, and they al-
ternated in scoring. Kelly led at
the quarter, 10-9.
The second quarter was a repe-
tition of the first, with the lead
changing hands three times. How-
ever, for 20 seconds, Wheatley led
by three points, 17-14. The half
score was 17-10 in Wheatley's
favor.
In the third quarter, the lead
changed hands three times, and
the game score waa tied up once.
At one point, Kelly had a three-
point lead, 21-18, but the sensa-
tional work of Hartfleld put
Wheatley ahead, 22-21, at the end
of the quarter. Hartfleld stole the
ball twice and, dribbling sensa-
tionally one-half the distance the
floor on one occasion, and nearly
the floor's length a few moments
later, sank two spectacular tries
that brought the Lions to within
a point, and then a point ahead, of
Kelly.
The final quarter started out
like its three predecessors. Four
times in the first six minutes the
lead changed hands. Muse used his
height to good advantage to make
the score 20-25, Wheatley, and
then Hartfleld came through to
make It 28-25. Williams of Kelly
closed the gap to 28-27, but Muse
followed up to make it 80-27, and,
in the last minute of play, Hart-
field eanft through with another
spectacular two-pointer to cinch the
game at 82-27.
Wh««Uey did not use a single
substitute, with Moore, Hartfleld
and Muse doing the offensive
chores, while Price and Jones
played great games In the back
court en defem*.
Qua Taylor waa Kelly'* outstand-
ing pertirroer, not only lumlng In
one of his super games at guard,
bnt led his Inexperienced mates in
scoring, getting 10 potnti.
ff
BASKET
RESULTS
Last Friday night
SAACC 116, Fort Sam Houston
15.
Phillis Wheatley 32, Kelly field
27.
Tuesday Night
Register Publishers 29, American
Woodmen 25.
SCHEDULE
Tonight, Friday, Feb. 2—8 F. M
Kelly field vs. American Wood-
men.
9 P. M.
rhillls Wheatley vs. SAACC.
Tuesday, Feb. 6—8 P. M.
SAACC vs. Kelly field,
# P. M.
Register vs. Fort Sam Houston
Friday, Feb. -8 P. M.
Phillis Wheatley vs. Register.
9 P. M.
American Woodmen vs. Fort Sam
Houston.
Tuesday, Feb. 13—8 P. M.
Kelly field vs. Register.
P. M.
SAACO vs. American Woodmen.
Friday, Feb. 16-8 P. M.
SAACC vs. Register.
9 P. M.
Phillis Wheatley vs. Fort Sam
Houston.
Tuesday, Feb. 20-8 P. M.
Fort Sam Houston vs. Kelly
field.
S P. M.
Phillis Wheatley vs. American
WooJmen.
Friday, Feb. 23—8 P. M.
Phillis Wheatley vs. Kelly field,
9 P. M.
SAACC vs. Fort Sam Houston.
Tuesday, Feb. 17—8 P. Mf.
American Woodmen vs. Reglater.
*
ort Shots and
By V. JAY
X Mlua aeitly atoat Ruton baiktlball
wins at the completion of the first half schedule, this week
second half play gets under way tonight, at the Recreation
American Woodmen Upset
By Register, 29 to 25
REGISTER Publishers came into their own, Tuesday night
at the Recreation center, to slam a stunning 29-25 upset
center in the Alamo Athletic t association basketball league, defeat on American Woodmen in the final game of the first
' — ' jjaif 0f piay in the Alamo Athletic association basketball league,
and to break into the victory column for the first time this
with two stellar attractions,
In the first game, American Woodmen will play Kelly field
game that will have much Is one ..f tkMejjms that has an
In a
bearing on the league title race.
Woodmen must beat Kelly to stay
within hulling distance of the pace-
setting SAACC's. On the ether
hand, Kelly can't afford to lose
another game. This one will be for
blood. The first meeting of these
two clubs was a thriller, with
Woodmen eking out a 31-32 vic-
tory.
In tonight's second game, the
up-and-coming Phillis 1\ heatley
Lions will tackle the high-powered
SAACC aggregation.
The Lions are convinced that
they have what It takes to knock
off the cocky SAACC's. This game
should be one of the best of the
season. It's pretty certain the
Lightnings won't set up any scoring
records against the fighting Lions.
Many fans believe that Wheatley
excellent chance to kneck off
SAACC, anil nobody believes it
inure strongly than do Hartfleld,
Moore, Mus«., Price, Jones and com-
pany.
Action, Tuesday
Plenty action is in store for the
funs next. Tuesday, Feb. 0, also,
When SAACC nnd Kelly field
tanslo, anil Register and Fort Sam
Houston meet.
SAACC, of course, is a nil iked
team, with every other aggregation
gunning for the Lightnings. Kelly
is anxious to avenge the first half
defeat it suffered at the bunds of
SAACC, by a 40-32 score after a
rip-roaring battle.
Register will be battling to grab
Wither victory, and the Pub-
lishers' mueh-impioved team will
havu its best chance of the season
"against Fort Sam Houston,
season.
The lone game of the evening, only a small crowd saw the
heavily favored Woodmen bounced
STANDINGS
p.-,- ...
Team—
0!AACC
American Woodmen
Phillis Wheatley —
Xdly field
Fort Bam Houstori-i
Iteglster Publishers
♦-
1.000
.600
.800
.400
.2H0
.200
Kentucky State Announces
Fred Long Breaks Contracf,
To Stay at Wiley College
By T « Amwlsttil >>&ro Prr ■■
17RANKFORT, Ky.—Fred T. Long of Wiley college, Marshall,
r. Texas, has notified R. B. Atwood, president of Kentucky
State college here, that he cannot take over the job he haa
contracted for at the latter institution, it was announced last
week by the office of the Kentucky school executive
Coach Long's message to president Atwood stated that
although his wife signed the contract as his witness, she now
refused to move to the new place.
Thus came to an end negotiations
which began last August aDd re-
sulted in the signing of ft three-
year contract in October.
Several veteran school adminis-
trators who knew the details of
the contract have commented on the
attractive salary included and the
three-year provision, which was
something new in the realm of
Negro college sports.
President Atwood declared that,
Kentucky State will carry out II
basketball schedule as planned and
will play a fnll schedule of football
in IMS.
James B. Brown has bes^ia
as basketball
pal ot the MflJe Cudenvood HI*®
uobool ot thla ft nil Tor years
coached its team. In 1033 and 11H1
boys were state champions,
_ile on three other occasions
iey were runnersup. Added to his
;etball laurels, too, is a 33-31
for the Kentucky All Stars,
rhich he coached, over the Chicago
Stars In 1W0.
He has mado quite a reputation
the state, and should prove valti-
ble to Kentucky. Norman Pass-
oro of Dunbar High of Islington
ched the Thorobreds in football
1944, and basketball up until
le appointment of Coach Brown,
THERE NEVER HAS BEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT
AliAMO Athletic association basketball league fans have seen
a lot of just about everything in the way of basketball,
throughout the years, but it remained for the San Antonio
'Aviation Cadet center Lightnings, last Friday night, to uncork
a backboard barrage the like of which has never been seen in
the AAA—nor In many other
Jfengues. All SAACO did ngajnjt
always-trying Fort Sam Houston
.was dump in £7 field goals "and
two free throws for a total c4 116
. points! And Hank Syms, the AAiVs
. ' high scorer last year, accounted
for 40 of these pointy, eje'ry one
coming from the field—23 field
goals.
Had the starting SAACO five
played the entire 40 minutes, tie
total score would have probably
(heen 135 or 140. During the five
jpr six minutes that the SAACC
second train played, not a single
point was tallied.
Syms broke a record that was
first set by Ruf Wooten of Regis-
ter Publishers against St. Piljtlip's
Junior college, Jun. 20, 1043, when
that sharpshooter connected for 80.
Only la'st week—Tuesday, Jan.
23—"Sonny Buy;' Mil<$, American
.Woodmen, tj£d the 30-mnrk lp a
Sterling performance against Phil-
lis Wheatley. That gamTxvlis* plenty
close, and It was Sonny's ^work that
gave the Woodmen a 40-3i victory
Over the school lads.
The largest number of points ever
rolled up by a team, prjor to Frl-
Bay, was on Jan. 8, 1043, when
"Register blasted Brooks field's
iteth QuarU'rinastera. <3§J>. Syui.
|nd SAA<?C> records wiji^undmibt-
•dly Stand*for many, many years".
Scoring, in the AAA, like this,
tiappcns about enceja a generii-
lon. . . . The boys will have sonie-
tfcing to shoot at—anil talk about—
for a long, long <l£e.
Shurt ShiJt s—
REGISTER FI NNISHES
THE FlifeT "RiSpNirttSET
Register dwjTjt, Tuesday "night,
upsetting the Mgjfiy favored Ameri-
can Woodmen',* 2(?25,'': in u rugieS
game, nnd, fnci5entaily, the very
}a'st game'of the first half of'the'
AAA schedule of play. . •. . The
AAA always, during n season, lias
one or more upsets^-Register fur-
nished tlie first half dope-kicking
capers, to grab their first victory
of the see son. . . . The Newsmen
tried to see mj it that high-scoring
"Sonny Boy" Miles was well cov-
ered. Three men were on him almost
e'vyry time he breathed. , . . They
couldn't stop him completely, of
course, but he was slowed don n to
a'walk. , . , That won't be the last
game"the Newsmen will win, either
-—Short Shots—
TAgl.V 'EM OFT"
THE BACKBOARD
(jjus Taylor, with his third new
team of tie season for Kelly field,
came pretty close to dumping
Wheatjoy, pride; night. . . . Htfd
the" Kelly flippers been able to sink
Just sraue of the crips they had,
the score would have been very dif-
ferent. • • • We think that Wheat;
ley Is going to go places when state
tournament time comes around^
* • > In contrast to the rapid-fire
scoring of the SAACO starters,"
Friday night, the second team tal-^
lied not a point. . .. Sad SAACC's?
. . . The Dribbles has seen a lot
of basketball, in a lot of different
leagues, and many of America's
greatest players, but, until last
Friday night, we had never seen a
player score 40 poiiiis, or a team
run up 116. . , . Arid we've been
nilied up with the game for over
20,jyars now. • * • SAACC com-
pleted the first half if the schedule the
ivItlSu'-a rpwiing tip 292 • . .
points to the opposition's 112. . . .'
Even without last Friday night's
gnnie, n5 team had been able to
hold the Lightnings under 40 points.
. . . Bnt don't be surprised if
The
Scoring
Parade
By A. STATISTICIAN
In the most devastating display
of goal ringing ever witnessed here,
Hank Syms, last season's high
l>oint scorer, took a commanding
lead hi the race for this year's
honors, ringing up 46 points against
Fort Sam Houston Friday night to
send its total to 86 points so far
SAACO is upset during the second
half. . .. Our crystal ball says it's
going to happen. . , , And, lo, in
all these years, our crystal ball lias
not failed us. ... Of course, we
must admit, there is a first time
for everything. : . . Undefeated
teams in this league have been very, ]
very rare.
—Short Shoti—
A LITTLE OP THIS,
A LlfTI.E OF THAT
Gns Taylor of Kelly, one of the
outstanding defensive players in
this section, did not have a single
I>ersonal foul called on him during
the first half league schedule. . . .
Five games anil not a foul is a
record ta be proud of. * * * Kejly
field had fewer personal fouls
called on the team, In the first
half schedule, than did any ojlher
aggregation, with 24. . . . Anierioiu
Woodmen, with 50, committed the
most fouls. • • • Ami, of course,
the top scorer of tho first half pluy
was Syms with SO. * * • The SAACC
second team declined to go into
game again, against Fort Sam.
That's something new for the.
books, too. . . . Maybe • . ?.y were
just having too much fun seeing
Syms, Matthews and company cut
the cords with breath-taking ra-
pidity.
this season. The total gave him a
14-poiui WJ over his nearest rival,
"Sonny Boy" Miles who headed the
parade last week.
In third place and still to be
reckoned with in case he decides
to really make a race for the win-
ner's spot, is "Long Jim" Mntthews,
as dangerous n shotsman as they
c6me.
SAACC dominates the Parade
this wwt, Miles being the only
man of any other team able to
make the select circle.
Name—Team
Syms, SAACO ...
Miles, Woodmen .
Mat&ews, SAACO
Holman, SAACO .
Weston, SAACC .
(Includes games through Tues-
day nlglit.)
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Certainly not one of the best
played games of the season, It
lacked nothing In closenesB and
dogged play. The score was tied
on seven occasicras, and the lead
changed hands seven times.
The Publishers led at the end
of the first quarter, 7-6.
The battle raged up and down
the court through the second period,
the half gun finding the score dead-
locked at 12-12.
The third period saw the play
just as furious, with Register driv-
ing to a five-point lead, 21-16, near
the close of the period only to have
Bernard Willis connect with a lung
one, Miles two-point, and then
make good on one free throw when
he was fouled as he shot, and
Priestley connect for a charity toss
to push Woodmen in front, 22-21.
Just as the period ended, Dismuke
sank a free throw for Register to
tie up the game ul the quarter,
22-22.
With victory in sight, the Pub-
lishers bore down hard in the final
period. Gordon, Register, broke
the stalemate with a free throw,
and Dismuke sank one of the pret-
tiest shots of the evening, from the
corner, to make the score 25-22,
Register.
Miles sank a long one for Wood-
men, and L. Taylor made a free
throw to tie it up at 25-25.
Dismuke and Smith both made
good at the free throw line to give
Register a 27-25 lead. Then, in the
last 30 seconds, Minor cinched the
game, when, in some furious mill-
ing under the basket, he banked
one in to make the final count
29^25.
Minor made seven, Dismuke nnd
Floyd six apiece '■ Gordon, five;
Clack, three, and Turhon two, as
the Register scoring was well dis-
tributed.
"Sonny Boy" Miles, with three
men guarding him, was held to 12
points lor Woodmeu. Pi
made seven.
GIKLS IN
TIE GAME
In a nip and tuck game played
at Recreation center Monday night,
Jan. 20, the Girl Scouts and Wheat-
ley courts basketball sextets bat-
tled to a 7-all tie.
Very evenly matched, the girls
battled through the first quarter
with neither team being able to
chalk up a marker. The Scouts
jumped into a four-point lead early
in the second quarter when Carter,
who scored six of her team's seven
points, looped two field goals In
rapid succession.
Shortly after, Curtis of Wheatley
courts hung up a goal from the field
and made good cm a toss from the
charity line, making^ the score 4-3,
Scouts, where it stood when the
half ended.
During the final two periods the
girls continued the close fight with
another two points by Carter and
a free toss by White ending the
scoring for the Scouts, but with
Burleson and Osborne each making
one from the field to tie up thiu^s.
The final gun found them still bat-
tling, but still deadlocked at 7-7.
Another game to decide the issiie^
will be played In the near future."
GREEK S ALL
STARS MEET
TUESDAY
A meeting of the members of
Greer's All Star basebaU team will
he held at Club Eldorado, at 8
p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, and all mem-
bers are urged to be present, as
contracts for the season will be
signed.
liaxeiiall players interested in
becoming members of the team
are also invited to attend, as an
interesting session is in prospect.
Lonnie Greer, manager, reports
several offers from the outstanding
teams in Mexico for games during
the season, with the possibility
that one of these teams will be
selected as opponents for the sea-
son's (fierier.
The first skull session will be
held at this meeting, with actual
field practice to begin the latter
part of tins month.
zales.
Spurgeon Thomas and his wife,
Mrs. Etha Mae Thomas, and niece
of Spurgeon Thomas motored te
Weimar early Sunday morning. Mrs.
Etha Mae Thomas has recently re-
covered from a spell of Illness.
Taylor News
J. C. Dlllard and Mrs. Ilettie
Johnson joined in wedlock Wednes-
day, Jan. 24. Rev. L. E. Bowen of-
ficlated.
Mrs. Otis M. Senders was out of
town last week attending the fu- j
neral of her mother-in-law in Gon-
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