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Gamecocks In New Clothes - HitBallHard PITCHING STAFF SHAKY Home Runs Galore on Davis Field in Practice Sessions Burke Leads The crack of the bat and the ball has been resounding right lustily this week from Davis Field. Coach Bocock has had his charges working until late in order to get them fit for the ap proaching season. And that crew out there is beginning to look like a real ball club! It is safe to make the pre diction that Carolina will have a, better team on the diamond this season than last year. The new uniforms for the Varsity are right nifty. They consist of bright red and white stockings, light gray trousers, a gray cap with a garnet brim, and a gray shirt with garnet bands around the edges of the sleeves with the block letters "S. C" written across the chest. Coach Bocock's men will be well equipped this season. So far only twelve uniforms have been issued. The men who are now sporting the new spring "togs" are Captain Jeffords, Marion Swink, Rogers, and Reaves from last year's varsity. Gene Webster from the team of 1924, and Sam Burke who was inelligible last year, are also fitted out. From last year's freshman team the following men have been is sued suits: Red Swink, Adams, Rig gins, Lamar, Wimberley, and Salley. The remainder will be issued the last of this week. Catchers Ready At present it looks as if the catching department will be taken care of by Webster and Swink, the "Red." Jackson from last year and Bill Boyd are also working hard fo; a job on the battery. The selection of pitchers presents a hard problem. It is difficult to predict the outcome. Reaves from last year will he one of the "Big Four." God shall looks pretty good and if he can come across with some of the stuff that he showed last year he will make a berth. Riggins has been alternating at first and in the box. This big left hander has a tendency to knock the ball to the far corners of the lot and it is a safe bet that he will be some where around when the season gets under way. Leo Thomas has been burning them across with some of the speed that made him dreaded in the days when he helped to pitch Columbia Hi to the State Championship. Scott has also been pulling the hitting act as well as pitching. This stocky fel low has a peculiar delivery with a very deceptive knuckle ball. May and Youngblood have also been puzzling the batters with their stuff. It will be quite a merry b)attle to select the reg ular pitchers but at the present writing it looks like Reaves and Godshall with a toss up for the other two jobs. Jeffor~ds at Third At third base we find "Cap" Jeffords. This lad from Orangeburg has been fielding them in big league style and is holding up his end with the willow. Jeff was one of the leading college third sackers in the state last year and it is a certainity that he wvill be on he job. Sam Burke has been holding dowvn the short stop position in good style so far. His favorite trick seems to be knocking the ball over the fence while playing against Coach Stoney's fresh men, as he has put three of them over for the circuit in the last week. Billy Lamar seems to have the sec ond b)ase job well in hand. As a pivot man on double plays he is one of the best there is; he also shines with the stick. Billy Miller, last year's second sacker, is being used in the utility role by Coach Bocock. HeI has been play ing all of the infield positions except first base. At first base "Red" Adams has been doing good work. This boy from Pickens has the ability to move, and (Continued to pagre seven) IAMONDI INGLES THAT SPRING feeling is beginnig to evidence itself, and out on Davis Field the athletes are putting out some hard work in preparation for coming contests. THE VARSITY players look nifty in their brand, spanking new uni forms, but as one player said, "We can't play well until they get dirty." WOFFORD VS. CAROLINAl The first intercollegiate contest in sev eral weeks, and right welcome it will be ! The cinder path experts are ready and rearing. ROOSTER McFADDEN has been driving his men hard for the open ing meet with the Terriers, and the flying Birds have improved a great deal. VARSITY AND FRESHMEN de defeated the Terriers here last year in a double meet, but who can tell what the outcome will be tomorrow? Go to it, Birds. A MURDERER'S ROW on the Caro lina team seems to be the predict ion from the way the Gamecocks have been slamming the apple on the nose this week. OVER THE FENCE is not out but a home run, and a number of men, led by Sam Burke with three, have been proving this fact to some THE FRESHMEN team dosen't look at all bad, and promises to do well. In a scrimmage scrap this week the varsity barely managed to nose out ahead. THE TENNIS STARS seem to ha% begun twinkling steadily, and down on the co-ed courts some pretty matches may be witnessed each afternoon. THE GAMECOCK NETMEN meet Furman here in their first match, April 6. Last year the Birds were victorious four matches to one. -USC SCHEDULES FOR 1926-27 FOOTBALL TEAM ARRANGED FRESHMEN AND VARSITY Thanksgiving Game Left Off of Schedule-Play Nine Games -Five Here The varsity football schedule has been arrangedl for next fall and was published tentatively in the Gamecock sometime ago, but the dates have now been com pleted for both freshmen and varsity. The varsity wvill have nine games this year instead of the customary ten. This will include four games away from the University Field, counting the annual game wvith Clemson at the State Fair, October 21. The other trips are to Orangeburg, Chapel Hill, N. C., and Richmond, Va., to meet the Citadel, North Carolina and Virginia Polytech nic Institute. Games to be played on Davis Field in elude Erskine as the usual opener, with Maryland, WVofford, Furman andl North Carolina State following. Although the schedule is one game shorter, that (does not make it one bit easier for the fast flying Birds, who will meet stronger foes than ever before. The difficult schedule with three games in nine or ten (lays is a thing of the past. The (amnecocks do not play on Thank sgiving (lay this year, as they arc hold ing the Turkey (lay game open for the University of Maryland in 1928. This may become an annual affair with~ the dlates alternatiang. The freshman schedule as usual calls for five engagements, the largest num ber that Southern con fe--::ce rules will allow a first year eleven to play. This includes three games here with Clemson North Caronan nnd the Citadel; and Trackmen Are Prepared For TerrWer Squad DAVIS FIELD TOMORROW Track in Better Shape For Meet -Birds Won From Wofford Last Year Tomorrow the fast flying Birds en gage the Wofford Terriers in the first track meet of the sc.ason. The contest will begin about 2::0 and promises to be ex:eedingly close. Last year the Terriers brought a var sity and freshmen team to Columbia, and both were victims of the Carolina varsity and "rat" team. This year they return with added hopes of a victory as a sort of revenge Throughout the past week things have been humming as Coach "Roos ter" McFadden has been putting the finishing touches on the varsity squad. This meet will break a long period of inactivity in the collegiate sport world and should draw a large crowd. The Gamecock speedsters have been laboring under extreme difficulties in getting ready for this match, due to the conditions that the track has been in thruout the year. There has been almost no track until recently, and it is just now getting into some kind of shape. Men are still working hard on it, and even tho it is not in good shape for tomorrow they hope to have it in fast condition soon. The meet with Wefford should be a close one, as the Terriers always put, out a fast biich on the cinders, and this year's squad is not expected to be otherwise. The Birds are not at 'a11 discouraged over their difficulties, and intend to do their best to win the first struggle of the spring calendar. Coach "Roostei+" says that every man that is left on the squad will have his chance to show what he can do in the meet Saturday. No time trials have been heid, and he has no idea what his runners cai do; neither have tests been given to the weight throwers or jump ers. He believes however, that his men have the ability and speed to go out and winl. A good many veterans will be present in the various events to give the team a steadying touch. Few of the men. however, are new at the running game, but are being counted on to come thru No definite line-up for the various en trances has been announced, due to the fact that the men have had no chance to show their real ability. The follow wig seems to be something of a guess: 100 and 220 yard; dashes-Hope, Verner. Cooper, Dickert and R. Thomas. 440 yard dash-Gaston, F. Thomas, But Ier andl Cooper. 880 yard dash-Van and Boyce. I mile-Frierson and Ballenger. 2 mile-Rowe, Hearon and Ulmer. High Hurdies-Gaston and Brewer. Low Hurdles-R. Thomas and Josey. High Jump-Gaston and Shanid. Broad J ump)-Brewer. Pole Vault-Osborne and Thompson. Jevel in-Seideman. Shot Put--Brewer and Seideman. Discus-Jaskiewicz. trips to Furman and Wofford. Following are the schedules with the dates: VARSITY F.rskine-Sept. 25--Columbia Marylaund-Oct. 2-Columbia North Carolina-,Oct. 9-Chapel Hill Wofford--Oct. I5--Columbia Clemson-Oct. 21-State Fair Citadel-Oct. 28-Orangeburg V.P.I.-Nov. 6-Richmond Furman-Nov. l3-Columbia N.. C. State-Nov. 20-Columbia FRFESHMAN Clemson-Oct. 16-Columbia. North Carolina-Oct. 23-Columbia. Wofford-Oct. 30-Spartanburg. Furman--Nov. 19-Greenville. Citadel-Nov. 25-Columbla. -USC Seniors at the University of Wash ington recently turned bootblacks and collected over $500 by shining shoes. The money went towards the establish nient of a permanent fund for the aid of students in ill halth. A test conducted by the University of Minnesota proved that the students who elect to sit in the front rows of a classroom are better students than those who sit in the back. 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