Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W. D. Melton Fostered Good Sportsmanshij REMEMBERED BY MANY Made Possible New Athletic Fieh -Wished to Balance the Student Program The state of South Carolina, the Uni, versity of South Carolina, men and wo, men from every walk of life lost a goo< friend in the passing of Dr. W. D. Mel ton, president of the University of Soutl Carolina but especially will the athlete: at the University feel the blow of hi! death. Dr. Melton was a true lover of sport in every form. He was ever present a all athletic events participated in by th< University's re'resentatives. Indeed, i was one of the features of every gam< for Dr. Melton to enter the field or gyn before a game or meet. He backed th< Carolina teams, win or lose, to the las minute and he enjoyed thoroughly every game that he attended. It was Dr. Melton who was instru mental in securing for the University th< new athletic field and stadium. He wish ed to see the University expand in every line and bent his best efforts to ai' athletics at Carolina ta take a promi nent part in South Carolina. Thanks t: his untiring efforts, the University o: South Carolina will boast of an athletic field that will be second to none in the state. The athletes of the University mourr his passing deeply as to them he was al ways joyous in their victories and a deer sympathizer in their defeats. His mem ory will always be cherished as a ont hundred per cent, red-blooded sports. man. -USC Popular Queen Killed By Being Hurled Three Flights IRATE STUDENT DOES IT Does Not Have Rheumatism and Resents Bees as Roommates -Hurls Them Out "The queen is dead; God help the queen." They say bees are good for rheuma. ism if they sting you. But maybe John ny didn't have rheumatism; or, maybe, be didn't feel like running. Anyway he resented a hive of swarm ing bees being put in his room on the third floor Elliott college and threw them out the wi.ndow. In the fall the queen was killed. A few days ago the campus in front of Elliott was a scene of mad excite ment. A swarm of bees was in the oak tree in front of that building. Every body who knewv anything at all about bees wvas there along with a wvhole lot who knew nothing. Amid .zi rattle of tin pans and the shouts of the~ mob, Leroy Griffith climb ed the tree and sprayed water on the swvarm. After killing about half of them he finally got them to the ground, cap tured their queen and housed them in an empty nail keg. Then the difficulty of quartering them arose wvith the result that the queen was killed. After several futile attempts to get someone to share his quarters with them they wvere housed in William Hur sey's room. The next morning Leroy and Dr. A. C. Moore, scoured the country in ar attempt to get a newv queen. They did not get one right away, but a small pack age came to the canteen the other day, which has probably never before been duplicated. It consisted of a little wire cage with a hole in each end large enough for a bee to pass through. It was divided inte three compartments. In the first were a few drones, in the second a supply of food, and in the third a queen. The holes were covered with pasteboard. A queen bee ia practically helpless. WVhen the drones had eaten through the food supply andl gotten into the queen's apartment, they ate through the paste. board and the hive was complete. The latest report says that the bees are busily making honey and that here after the bread stolen from the mess I DM'ON _INGLES FURMAN HAS WON the state title in baseball for the 1926 season ap parently. Billy Laval's crew have a record that is one to be proud of. Not but one South Carolina team can cliam victory over the Purple Hurricane this year. FURMAN HAS SEVERAL men who should make the grade in the pro fessional circuit this year. Min nick, star Hurricane hurler, was one of the outstanding Southern boxmen this year. He will, in all probability, sign up with some fast professional team, as he completes his course in June. Then Hipps, first sacker, is due to go to Connie Mack. THE GAMECOCKS LOST only two state games themselves. Both of the games marked in the lost col umns go to the credit of Fur man. Captain Bill Jeffords led a team that could give anybody trouble this year and he should have had only one state game chalked up as a loss against him. WITH THE COLLEGIATE baseball season closed the majority of the fans are either holding post mor tems or looking forward to the King of Sports, football. Pro fessional baseball is taking up a good part of the limelight, also. THE STATE TRACK title also went to the Purple clad men from Greenville, with Clemson second. Furman has had a successful year in sports without doubt, failing only to annex the title in basket ball. COACH ROOSTER McFADDEN did wel with his track team when one takes into consideration the diffi culties under which he labored for the greater part of the time. THE CINDER PATH was not in good shape until the season was practi cally over and this caused a num ber of the men to drop off the squad. Rooster put the old spirit in the material he had though, and they made a good showing. WITH THE TRACK coaching staff remaining intact for next year and the prospects of a good track to work upon, McFadden is due to produce a team that will be hard to beat. He worked hard this year and everyone is expecting him to come into his own in '27. Baldwin Will Lead Cheers Another Year Jimmy Bal'dwin, "best cheer leader in the South," will again lead the Game cock attack from the bleachers in the football and basketball games next year. His reelection wvas expected because he w"as only a junior this year and will be a s'enior in the school of commerce next year. Cy Young was the only opponent in the election, Charlie Cuttino and Cur tis Brock being nominated but declining in Baldwir"s favor. At the same student body meeting on Tuesday morning, the following names were sent up to the advisory board for baseball manager: King, Smith, Edens and Seideman. -USC To Elect Sophomore Officers Tomorrow The freshman class will have a meeting in the chapel Saturday morn ing at 10:30 to elect officers for next year's sophomore class. All freshmen are expected to come out to this meeting so that the result will showv the true choice of the class and not merely the pick of a majority of a small number present. The queer thing is that no one has been stung yet by these bees, a:zd yet, Prof. McCutcheon had to miss some classes a few days ago because a bee stung him in the eye. Perhaps another story may be told when some half sleepy visitor kicks over the hive in the middle of the night Tennis Team Ends. Season Of Successes HAVE ONLY THREE LOSSES Netmen Win Five of the Nine Matches--Withdraw From State Tournament The Gamecock tennis team has com pleted a season that may be termed suc cessful taking into consideration its sche dule. Meeting some of the best racquet combinations in the Carolinas the Bird netmen came through with a record of five wins, three losses, and one tie match. It was hard luck that prevented the Birds from taking another crack at the team that held them to a tie as that team fail ed to show up according to contract. This team was the University of North Carolina. The Tar Heels were due to meet the Birds last Wednesday and wrote that they would be present but when the time arrived they had not shown up, nor had they notified the Car olina manager that they vould be unable to conic. The Bird netmen entered the state tournament and made an auspicious start but were unable to play the first round on account of the death of the president. Billy Coleman, playing num ber 2 for Carolina had eliminated Hewell of Furman in the first round, who won the S.I.A.A. singles title last Tuesday, when word was received to discontinue play. As Fate would have it, the team to reach the doubles was that of the Cita del, and the cadets had been defeated by Carolina only a day or two previous to the state tournament. The team for 1926 was composed of the following men: P. A. Wilson num ber 1, Billy Coleman number 2, Hern don Fair number 3, and Ham Beattie number 4. The doubles combinations were Colemani and Fair number 1 and Wilson and Beattie number 2. Calhoun ..Thomas is manager of the team. The individual records of the players was Wilson, won six, lost three. Cole man, won five, lost four. Fair, won seven, lost two, and Beattie, won four, lost five. In the doubles Wilson-Beattie, won five, lost three. Wilson-Fair, won one, lost none. Coleman-Fair, won six, lost two. Coleman-Beattie, won one, lost none. The record of the team for the season is as follows: University of South Carolina, versus: Furman at Columbia, April, 1926. Furman won ............... 4-2 Davidson College at Davidson on April 10, 1926, Davidson won 4-2 Clemson College at Clemson on Ap ril 13, 1926, Carolina won ....6-0 Furman at Greenville on April 14, 1926, Carolina won ..........4-2 Davidson at Columbia on April 16. 1926, Davidsoni won........4-2 University of N. C. at Chapel Hill on Ahrir 19, 1926, Tie ....... 3-3 Wake Forest at Wake Forest on April 20, 1926, Carolina won 4.-2 Clemson College at Columbia on Ap ril 24, 1926, Carolina won .... 5-1 The Citadel at Columbia on May I, 1926, Carolina won..........5-0 withdlrewv from state tournamen.t af ter wvinning first round matches. --USC Schumpert Is Champ New Campus Sport Many Conme to Mock But Remain to Play 'lii Unique A new intra-mural sport has devel oped on the campus. It looks easy, but it isn't. Many come to mock and re main to play. On the rear of the older buildings arc some old fire escapes, consisting of steel rungs about 18 inches apart, im bedded in the walls. The idea is this. Take a tennis ball, stand four feet away, and throwv it through each successive rung, begin ning at the bottom and working up. If you start at the first one and start over when you miss, you'll hardly get above the sixth. If you start at the one above the one you missed when you play again you can get as high as the thir teenth rung. Osborne Schumpert, of Columbia, holds the championship at present. Headquarter . University Text Fountain Pens Note Book Cov Fillers, Etc. Remington Port THE STATE B STATE NEWSPAP SMART STYLED CLOTh - Sold COGGINS & Boyd B. John 1300 Main rJ Youth Will ] And Life, Lil the Pursuit just natural a call for Coca healthy refr iT HAD TO nBE GOOD TO GET WH. For Books ;rs able Typewriters OOK STORE ER BUILDING A QCo/tme! ES FOR COLLEGE N JOHNSON son, Mgr. 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