Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Carolina Tennis Contests Began Last Tuesday And Will Continue Into Next Week GAMES ARE FEATURED BY SEVERAL UPSETS Many Players Are Out Fighting Hard for Championships in Singles and Doubles The tournar,%ent held every spring at the University to decide the tennis champion, begin last Monday with the first round of men's singles. The men's doubles began Wednesday. practically all the matches have run true to form expected and only in one or two cases have there been upsets of the (lope pot. The finals will proba lily be held next Monday or Tuesday. The mixed doubles and Women's dou bles and singles began the last of the week. Considerable interest has been shown all the way around, and this was shown particularly in the "Baby" Cain, "Hick" Mills match. This drew quite a large gallery, and went three sets before Cain won, 4-6, 7-5, 9-7. - Other winners were: Thomas, W. J. easily won from Hearon, 6-1, 6-1. Beat, tie defeated Ready 6-2, 6-4, R. Gas fon from Joyce, 6-1, 6-1; Bell from Simpsop 6-0, 6-4; Swink from Green, 7-5, 6-2; Boyd from Coggeshall, 6-4, 10-8; Coleman from Hinnant, 6-1, 6-4; Fair from Cowan, 6-1, 6-4; Barbare from Polier, 6-4, 6-2; Clark from Fel der, 7-5, 6-1; D. Gaston from Godshall, 6-0, 6-1; Goodwin from Willis, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; T. Brice from Finkelstein, 6-0, 6-1; Westmoreland from Patrick, 6-0, 6-2; Jasciewicz from Jones, Wilson from Lumiansky, Cuttino from Wof ford and Varn from Summers. In the second round.through Thurs day, Beattie won from Thomas, 6-0, 6-1; Gaston from Criffith, 6-2, 6-4; Bell from Cuttino, 6-1, 6-3; Fair from Barbare, 6-1, 6-2; Wilson from Clark, 6-0, 6-2; Brice from Jazz, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1; and Westmoreland from C. Thomas, 8-6, 6-3. Varn and Swink drew byes. The men's singles in the tournament reached the fourth round Thursday with only one or two upsets. Some brilliant, flashy tennis play was exhibit ed during the hot matches. Probably the greatest upset of the tournament was the victory of flashy "Baby" Cain over the brilliant Charlie Fishburne, 9-7, 6-2. In two of the hottest matches yet played Beattie eliminated R. Gas ton, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6; and Win. 0. Van defeated Westmoreland, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. Wilson won from Fair, 6-1, 6-2,. In addition to the esseveral matches re main to be played in the second frame. - U.S.C. - LAST VARSITY GAME OF BASEBALL PLAYEDJ V. P. I. Winner in Last Act Freshmen Have Few More Contests Thue Gamecocic has laid to rest his favorite bats and mitts having used thenm for the last time this year in the game with V. P. I. His part sea son's schedule was played with little interference from rainy weather. No player on the squad is lost to Coach Bocock as all will return next year. The date for making the wards of letters~ will be announced in the near future. Beanie Smith pitched airtight base ball against Virginia Polytechnic In stitute in the last game of the season but he was given such shaky support by the infield that Carolina lost the game 4-2. Both teams amassed eight hits, three of Carolina's being triples by Swink, Jeffords and Hillard Dear, for the visi tors ot a home r-un. FOR OF ALL SORT FRED MINSHALL, Editor Tournament Go' D [AMOND. U S T I N G ONCE MORE King College Basebal has suffered his Annual demise. In the season just past, his rule was of a changeable and fickle na ture to the Gamecock. The var sity finishes without formidable record but the freshmen have put together a smoothly working ma chine. They should present some excellent material for the varsity team next year. BRANCH BOCOCK. varsity coach, comes to the end of his first year in the coop having trained the Birds in two major sports. He has proven himself a worthy mentor and his players have shown at all times the essentials of true sports men. MANY EXPRESSIONS as to the high order of the Carolina 1925 boxing tournament have been made by students and Columbia people. The fighters have been trained in a scientific manner. The instructors say that the present batch of box ers is the best that has ever been at Carolina. BILLY BASKIN can drop a post card to the boys back home telling how lie won his second wrestling medal at Carolina. Billy has wrestled for four years here and well deserves the honor. Emmett Gregg was awarded the gold Gittman boxing medal. He showed his grit when lie came through with flying colors in the welterweight class after be ing eliminated in the lightweight division. THE TENNIS BOYS are having a big time in the contests for the cham pionship of the campus. Seve ral upsets have occurred and many more are possible. V. P. I.'proved superior in the item of base-running. During sprinting on the paths accounting for at least two of their tallies. The game went for only seven in nings to give time for the Columbia league team's contest which followed. Score by innings. V. P. I. ........ 010 110 1-48 1 ~Carolina ......... 000 200 0-2 8 6 - u.s.c. - The Carolina freshman baseball team enided their season with a trip upstate. On the way they defeated L4aurens He, and Clemson and lost to Furman, Parker Hi and Wofford. One game with the Newberry Papooses w~as rain edl out. WIN FIRST ONE. Scott and Thomnas wecre called upon to pitch the first ganme against Lau rens Hi. They camne through nicely with a 9-5 win. Simms starredl. Score by innings. R Carolinia..............403 011 000-9 L,aurens .............. 202 000 100-5 - u.s.c. - LOSE HARD ONE. Although outhit two to one, the Furman frosh won the second game from the Biddhies two to one in Green ville. Lefty Godshall allowed no hits for six innings and struck out 12 men. In the seventh Furman bunched their several hits andl won. Farr and Mil ling got three hits each for the Bid dlies. Score by innings. Carolinia.. ...... 010 000 000-1 11 0 Furman ......... 000 000 11-2 -5 1 (Continuerd on npae 6) PS S ing. at Full Tilt Boxing and Wrestling Medals Won Friday GREGG AND BASKIN BEST Champs in Respective Weights Receive Awards in Gymnasium In the Carolina boxing and wrestl ing tourney at the university gymna sium last night the Gittman gold medal for the best boxer went to Gregg, champion in the welterweight class; the silver medal for second best boxer went to Bradley of the lightweight class, and third, a bronze medal, to Searson, also of the lightweight class. In wrestling first place went to Bas kin featherweight; second to T. W. Moore, lightweight, and third to Gregg, lightweight, the awards being made on scientific performance. In the bantamweight finals in box ing Parler won on a judge's decision, defeating Anderson. In the welterweight boxing Gregg, 133, got the referee's decision over Strickland, 135. In the middleweight boxing Hol combe, 160, knocked out Taylor, 160, in the third round. In the heavyweight boxing, Boyd won from Long on the judge's deci sion. Baskin got the featherweight wres ding title by default. Moore, 129 was winner in light weight wrestling over Gregg, 129, with a half Nelson and crossbody in seven minutes. In the welterweight wrestling Rivers, 133, was winner over Edgerton, 135, on decision. In the middleweight wrestling Wim berly, 152, won from Dennis, 141, in a minute and a half. Brewer won a decision over Fennell in the Igibt heavyweight wrestling, their weights being 164 and 167, re spectively. Pat Adams was winner by default (Continued on page 6) - U.S.C. - ADAMS AND KIRVEN MATCH TOMORROW Adams' Challenge to Strong Men of Campus Will Be Taken Up The much talked-of and longed-for wrestling match between "Pat" Adams and "Bull" Kirven will come off to morrow night at the Town Theatre. Both contestants are in the best of condition and are "rearing to go." Adams has gotten his weight dowvn to 174 pounds. The out'onme of this event has been the subjc.:t of much specu lation around the campus and no great majority is sure of either of the fight ers being able to run away with the bout. It ought to be a big show. As preiminaries sonme of the boxers of the school will engage in several fast rounds. T( 1 Head to I WINGF SAXON -CL Edwin CI 1508 Main St. UNIVERSITY TEXT BO OKS, FOUNTAIN PENS LOOSE LEAF NOTE BOOKS AND PADS, PENCILS ERASERS, WR ITING PAPER The State Book Store State Newspaper Building "Dress Well and Succeed" SPRING HATS AND SHOES Coming in - Going Out - Fast $5, $6, $7 $7.75, $10.00 Two-Pants Suits-$30 up Marshall-Tatum Company Corner Main and Hampton Sts. Columbia, S. C. THREE TAILORS Contribute to the Smartest Clothes for Men ( Stein Bloch Kirschbaum -~ -and Braeburn I These are the three tailors that 1 make the smartest clothes for I College Men -See them at our Store COGGINS * "rT".JOHNSON )M HOOK 526 Main Street -root Outfitters for the College Man 'IELD DRUG STOR E 1443 Main Street. JLLUM SHOE COMPANY app - - Walkover Columbia .S. C.