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BIRDS SI Schedule Two Strong Teams On First Trip JAUNT INTO GEORGIA NEXT College of Charleston and Citadel Openers in Birds' State Title Race This afternoon the Gamecocks hop the rattler for the renowned City by the Sea for a two night stand. First the College of Charleston will be met tonight and tomorrow night The Cit adel will be engaged in battle. Not withstanding the setback received at the hands of Duke Monday night, the Gamecocks are confident that they will return victorious from the trip. The College of Charleston, hitherto a comparatively weak team, burst forth last Saturday night into the limelight by holding the speedy cadet team from The Citadel to a 29; to 20 score. At the end of the first half the College was leading the cadets. The Maroons have a veteran aggregation this year that has been playing to-gether for quite a while. In Mauro they have a guard who ranks with the best in the state. Seebeck is a fast forward who can find the basket from nearly any angle. Nantz is a tall rangy center who usually manages to get the tipoff the greater part of the time. Taylor is another speedy player. The Maroons have awakened to the fact that they can play a good brand of basketball and are determined to give the Game cocks all kind of trouble tonight. The College has been winning a majority of its games in the Charleston City League, in which can be found some of the best basketball talent in these parts. Citadel Looms Up The Citadel has lost only one man from last years team. It will be re membered that the cadets won the state title last year, losing only one game in this state, that to Carolina. In Douglas and Weeks the Blue and White boasts of a pair of forwards that can give trouble to any team. Doug las was picked as All-American for ward when in high school and has no: slowed down in the least since then. He was picked on many all state teams last year and was the outstanding star of the S.I.A.A. tournament held in Macon last year. Weeks, his running mate needs no introduction to the fans of this state. He works in perfect co operation with Douglas and can shoot a few baskets for himself. He was al so picked on many of the mythical all state teams last year. Sanders, running guard for the cadets, is a little, fast man who fills out with Weeks and Douglas. Weinburg is another man left from the championship team who gives a good account of himself. Gamecocks Prepare The Gamecocks have been working hard to perfect their passing and get teamwork down for this trip. Bocock has been giving his men rather stren ous workouts and they are in good condition. Rogers is being placed at forward with Fair and Clark. Seide man is at guard and Farr is, also. Hol combe has been shifted to center for part of the time. Swink is also at cen ter. There is a wealth of material on hand and if Bocock wvhips it into shape by the end of the week, the College and The Citadel will learn of the Gamecock's crow to their sorrow. Next week-end the Gamecocks be take themselves to the Cracker state to engage Tech and the University of Georgia in battle. 'rhey (do not make another home appearance until Jan uary 26, when P. C. comes to Colum bia. -U.S.C. -- SWEET T HING--I hear Dick has gone in for literature, and is specializing in poetry. SOUR D1TTO-Well, you might call it that. The last time I saw him he wus reading meters for the gas comn 'ORM'CHA Seen Between Baskets (By "Ge" King) THE GAMECOCKS LOST their first game to Duke but they showed that better basketball is due to come from them in the next few games. Teamwork was deplorably lacking in the play of the Garnet and Bla"k and but for this factor it is doubt ful if Duke would have gone so mer rily on its way. The team is ex pected to find itself against the Col lege of Charleston to-night. DUKE SHOWED A fast team that they could play basketball. The Blue Deviis were a well coached aggregation and knew the game. It will be of much comfort to the Game cock supporters to know that Duke breezed its way to a victory over Furman just before playing in Col umbia. Also it was the first game of the season for Carolina. YE SCRIBE IS NOT attempting to ali bi the loss of the game Monday night, he is attempting simply t, point out that the Carolina baskete ers were up against a hard propo sition when they played a team that had already played in several games with comparatively Iile pracitice, on their part. TH E BIRDS PLAY in the City by the Sea to-night and to-morrow night. Hard opposition will be encountered in Charleston. The College of Char leston and The Citadel have good teams and are expecting to trip the Carolina men in their stride. HOWEVER THERE IS many a slip twix the cup and the lip, if we know anything. Those Birds have been working hard to get right for this trip and they fully realize that they must be on an edge to come out of Charleston victorious. There fore it behooves the Charlestonians to watch out for the fury of a bird's attack. ''HE CRACKER STATE will be in vaded by the Gamecocks next week end. Georgial and Georgia Tech will be played in Athens and At lanta. 'I'HE AT'lHLETIC FIELD is under going a complete transformation.' A playing field is being constructed on the old freshmen field with stands on each side of it. The stands will have a seating capasity of six or sevn thousand. This field will be used for games only and will not be uisedl for practice purposes at all. The field will he laid off running the1 same wvay as the old freshmen field. TIHE OLD VARSITY FIELD wib cut up into two practice fields, one for the varsity and one for the freshmen. No playing will be done on these fields except for prac.ice purposes. A NEW CINDER TRACK will be laid off on the same lines of the old track. Across the two practice fields will be the base ball diamond. The new playing field is being graded and leveled off. It will be sown wvith grass after this. WIHCH MEANS that another step has been taken to further the inter ests of athletics at the University. It is with joy that we give forth these tidings for it places Carolina among the foremost in the matter of ath;etic fields. - U.s.c. TIN--Henry Ford should adopt part of the marriage ceremony as a trade mark. (CAN-Huh? TIN-Yehi, "let no man put asunder.'' JUNIOR-How about twenty bucks. Dad? SENIOR-No, son, you'd better keep it. You'll be henoee nae week. LRLESTON "Millionaires" Defeat Birds In Fast Game GAMECOCKS PASSING BAD Holcombe and Fair Show Up Well-Moss Stars For Blue Devils Perhaps a bad start means a good end ing and if that saying is true the Caro lina Gamecocks are due to have a most successful season in basket biall this year. For no one could call the open ing. game with Duke University an aus picious opening unless someone has been hanging around the Gameco<)cs ioost whispering the above saying to them. The Duke team, which goes under several congnomens, among which th.e most enviable is that of the "Million aires", brought t,o Columbia a fast, shifty team that had a good defense and several good shots as the Gamecock de fense learned to its sorrow. While the Gamecocks fought nobly and hard. they just couldn't get that old teamwork down as has been seen demonstrated by former Carolina teams. Occasionally a flash of form would be shown by the Gamecocks and it would look as if Duke's chances of taking home the bacon were slim but every time the team work and artistic defense of the Blue Devils would come into its own and they would draw further ahead. Coach Bocock tried several combinations during the night and the one that finally seemed to work was Rogers, Seideman, Swink, Hol combe, and Fair. Many other players were given a chance to do their stuff and most of them did well but the abovc named five seemed to have the best coo pgration, if it could be called that. Individual Work For the Garnet and Black, Holcombe and Fair did their work well. Holcombe led in goal shooting and played a good floor game. Fair, who is a product of Stoney's freshmen squad, played a good1 game for his first varsity attempt. Rog ers and Seideman threatened on a good number of occassions to break up Duke's hopes. Moss, capt'ain and center of Duke, was that team's most outstanding player. Moss opened the game with a pret:y basket and the game rocked along until it was a tie at seven all. From this point the Blue Devils began to draw ahead. The Gamecocks, however, were right on their heels and the half ended with Duke leading 17 to 15. Duke began the second half in a business like manner and took a lead that thq Carolina men could not get within five or six points of, despite their best efforts. With only a few minutes of 'jay left Duke had a lead of eight points. Buster Holcombe, who had been playing a good game all inight, decided he wasn't through yet, though and rang up two more baskets before the pistol shot to cut it down to four points. The game ended with Duke holding the thirty-six of a 36 *o 32 score. Excellent Promise The Gamecocks have a team that is a good one potentially. If Bocock can iron out the rough spots and get better team work from his men he will have one <.f the best in the state. The passing was weak and the Duke players solved the Gamecock defensd too often. It must be takeii into cinsideration, however, that this was the first game of the sea son for the Gamecocks and Duke had several games behind it already. Line uip and Summary: Duke (36) Carolinia (32) Hartness (7) ... .F ....' Clarke (3) Bullock (12). .. ...F.. Holcombe (12) Moss (14).......C ... Swink (9) Weaver (2) .. ... Seideman Benneto (I)..G .. Rogers (4) ,Duke subbtitutions: Wagner for Hartness. Carolina substitutions: Farr (I) for Rogers, Fair (3) for Clarke, Wise for Swink, Rogers for Seideman, Holcombe for Wise, Clark for Hol combe, Swink for Holcombe, Holcombe for Clarke, Seideman for Farr. Berry (Y. M. C. A. physical director) referee. Time of halves 20 minute Collegiate! Well I Reckon-"Walk Over" $7 to $10 Balloon Type Oxfords for, the Oxford Balloon Pants What We Say It Is-It Is ! Is"a MAIN S'. COLUM BIA.S. C. Phone 7308 Rent a New Car Drive It Yourself Special Rates to University Students WHERE TO GO - HOW TO GET THERE - AND YOU DRIVE IT - FORD AND NASH CARS OPEN AND CLOSED MODELS of Columbia, Inc. Centrally Located 1216 LADY ST. PHONE 3386 Coggins & Johnson 1300 MAIN ST. BOYD B. JOHNSON, Mgr. Season End Sale At the end of every season, we put a big reduction on our Suits and Overcoats in ordre not to have any left over when the new season starts. Therefore we call our sale the Season Eend Sale. You can now buy any of our fine Braeburn, Stein-Block, and Collegian Clothes at a big bargain. Come early. 60 TWO-PANTS SUITS They formerly sold for $25 and you know what a good value they were at the regular j price (9 72 TWO-PANTS SUITS $26.75 Each 'rhese are our famous two trousers suits made by Kirsh baum and Braeburn. You are no doubt wearing one similar nowv. They were selling for $35.00 $45 andl $50 OVERCOATS Now $34.75 These are our best overcoats and topcoats that we have specialized on this season You will buy one whsen you try it on and see the big re dluctions we nowv have on them MANY OTHER BARGAINS BESIDES THESE THAT ARE ADVERTISED Patronize Our A dvertisers-T hey Patronsize UsT