Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CAROLINA Birds Play Tonight at the Univ. of Va. FOUR GAMES LISTED Team Left Yesterday-to Play Virginia, Wash. & Lee, and V.M.I. Carolina meets the strong University of Virginia basketball team in Char lottesville tonight. The Cavaliers are rated highly in the Southern conference, having several impressive victories to their credit. The squad left yesterday afternoon. They practiced early in the afternoon and took a late train for Charlottesville. lhe following mon were taken along: Clark, Fair, Rogers, Lamar, Wise, White, Seideman, Farr, Windus and Chandler. Coach Bocock will take his charges to Lynchburg on Saturday night, and anpther game will be played with the Old Dominion's state university. Mon (lay night they meet Washington and Lee at Lexington. The Virginia Mili tary Academy five comes to Lexington for a setto Tuesday evening. The basketeers are to return on either Wednesdav or Thursday. Florida is to play here on Thursday and Friday nights. Football Men Again Don Moleskin Togs Dull Thud of Punt Again Heard as Practice Gets Under Way Spring football is again the order of the day. The first practice came Mon day afternoon, and workouts will con tinue for about six weeks. They are held primarily for the purpose of keep ing the regular players in condition, and also to give every student who de sires to show his gridiron ability, a chance to do so. Bad weather for the earliest part of the week has kept a few from turning out. But more will probably be on the field next week. The usual "condition ing processes" are being gone through with. "Rooster" McFadden gives theni a daily calesthentics drill. Kicking, pass ing, running with the ball, fall on the oval, side-stepping, and other forms )f gridiron routine are practiced. Scrimmages will be in vogue later on. Battles between the "scrubs" and the "varsity" brought good sized crowds to Davis field last year. To the rabid fan, they offer a "whiff" of real foot ball. Trre followving men were ordered to rep)ort on Tuesday: Fulmer, Beall, Joye, Guarino, Price, Lightsey, Topshe, Thomas, Rodgers, Wolfe, Watson, Hayes, Graham, Keels, Verner, Adams, McManus, Covington, Wingfieldl, Wim berly, Magill, Cooper, Swink, Griffin, Rhame, Lambert, Hiza, Glowke, Young, Carl Johnson, Charley Jones, Brown, anid Reid. Vogel andl Fair will report after bas ketball season. Stoddard, McCutchen, Zobel, Melton, and Pita, will be on the field after the "rats" lay aside their br.sketball togs. - U.S.C. - Gamecocks Lose to Furman Basketeers Large Crowd Sees Gamecock Lose to Purple Hurricane in Greenville Furman piled up a big score in the secondl game of the trip. "Mike" Byrnes amnd Funderburke shot too many goals for the Gamecock basketeers to keep account of. A large crowd filled the Furman gym to~ see the contest, which was considered to be one of the decisive battles in the state championship race. The purple Hurricane is yet undefeated. Coach Bocock gave Nolan a chance to "show his home town" something, and he acquitted himself admirably. Bi,l Rogers again starred, QUINTET Dribblets THE GAMECOCKS have a pretty tough schedule ahead of them on the Virginia trip. It was on a trip through that section that Carolina gained considerable notority last year. A good many game were won. It's time to repeat. ALL FOUR TEAMS are in the Sou thern conference, and the showing of the Birds in these games w'll de termine whether or not they will go to the Atlanta tournament. THE FLORIDA 'GATORS are here next week. They have beaten Geor gia, and she is supposed to have one of the best teams in the South. But why Worry? Tennessee de feated the Floridians, and every body knows what happened to the "anti-evolutionist" quintet in Co liumbia. IT IS ALMOST a habit for the Uni versity of North Carolina to be crowned Southern champions every year. But the Tarheels are hav ing a little trouble this time. Mary land beat them and the Navy team rallied to overcome a big lead and walloped them Wednesday night. TRACK PRACTICE has started. No meets are on the roster until the latter part of March. COMPETITIVE SPRING football is being talked up. Clemson and Georgia Tech may play a game or so. It is poss'ble that something really important may come of this. The pigskin game could be played in the spring as well as in the fall, even if the weather does become slightly torrid at times. U. S. C. Thirty Men Signed Up for Tennis Team Men Ranking Highest at End of Series Will Compose Varsity Team Thirty men have signed up for the tennis team and practice started this week with a progressive series. The, list of candidates with their respective series. The iist of candidates with their position,s has been placed in the chapel lobby with a schedule by which the (lay by day rating can be recorded. This series will last about four weeks. At the ond of this time the highest rank ing will be selected for the squad. Can didates have prior rights to the use of the courts. The rules for play are as folibws: Each man must play at least every other clay. Each player has the right to challenge the man above him, changing places with him if he wins, and remain.ing station ary if lie loses. The challenge must be aniswered with in forty-eight hours or match is for feited. The match must be two out of three sets. Tlhe wvinner always has the right to chiallenge of man next below. Trhe candidates for the tennis team follow ini, order as to rank: Coleman, Fair. Cain, Bell, Burke, Ready, Coker, Boyd, Averbuck, Holcomb, Ramsden, McDaniel, Karesh. Ketchini, Thomas, Jeter, Sheiton, Clark, Woodham, Thompson, Bushee, Jarman, Stewvart, Patrick, Porter, Farr, LeGette, and Griffith. Clemson Defeated Again by Carolina Clemson was heaten for the third time this year on the tip-state trip. hut the Birds wvere less fortunate at Greenville, as they were snowed under a 43 to 21 score by Furman. Bill Rogers camne into his own at tig ertowvn. HIe made as many points as the entire C'lemsoni team together, hav' inig 23 c'otmters to his credit. Carter Newman was the Clemson star. He was injutred inte~ i the game and had to re tire~ The final score was: Carolina 41. PLAYS IN Track Squad Begins Work For Season Twenty Varsity Candidates An swer Call on First Prac tice Day BOYCE IS HALF MILER Coach McFadden Has Most of Last Year's Team Back for Workout Track practice was initiated Monday afternoon. About twenty men answer ed the varsity call and a like number of new men responded. Some had not returned from home and severai were delayed by late registration, so that the full roster of candidates was not then filled out Captain Marion Boyce, -f Cross Hill. is the leading candidate for the R80 yard run. Jimmie Cooper will proba bly be his running mate. Cooper tried out for the sprints last year, but was shifted to the half mile late in the sea son. Ferrel and Williams are also as pirants for this distance. Jim Verner, regular sprinter, last year :s back and is expected to "show his heels" to all other competitors. Max Rubenstein, from the 1926 "rat" squad, is out also. Floyd Thomas turned out to be a star quarter-miler the latter part of the season, and he is assured a berth on the team. Power Rodgers and Drey fuss Griffin will fight for the other place. Gilbert Rowe, captain of last year's team, is the chief absentee for the distance running staff. He gradu ated in June. Eugene Keels, Jimmy Hearon, and "Yonkers" Silberman, will battle for two-mile places. Grimsley, F,llis, Ballenger and Walker are out for the mile. Dave Gaston, leading point scorer of the 1926 season, and state champion high juniper, is not back, and Coach "Rooster" McFadden will experience trouble enough in finding someone to fill his shoes. Gaston was the most versatile man on the squad, he high jumped, hurdled and ran the relay. Bob Thomas, letter man, will do part of the hurdling. Bud Baker is out for the broad jump and hurdles. Shavl an(d Vance are high jumpers. Vance and Power Rodgers are candidates as pole vaulters. Reid and Buyck are weight men from the old squad. Tom Magill, a fresh man last year, is rated as one of thew finest "iron tossers" in the palmetto state. He broke the state record in thw shot put. "Slim" Carson will prope I the iscus through the atmosphere. No heavy work has been attenmpte-l future. this week, but it will pick up the the - U.s.c. - Charleston's light, fast little basketball team gave the Gamecocks something to worry about ei the. first few minutes of the last pre-holiday game. But wveight anid brawnm triumphedl over speed and skill anmd the Maroons went dowvn, 64 to 21. Carolina BARBEl ONE E GROUND FLOOR~ BU IL "Special Service to 1 CLEMSON CUBS' RALLY TO BESt CAROLINA RATS Clemson Frosh Team Wins Hard Battle-Score is 31 to 23 STODDARD PLAYS WELL Biddies Take Slight Lead in Sec ond Half But Clemson Overcome, it Rallying strongly in the closing min utes of play, the Clemson "Tiger Cubs" won a sparkling victory from a fight ing Biddie team last night. The score was 31 to 23. Cathcart, a subst'tute, was injected into the Biddie line-up when the sec ond half was about half over. Clem son was five points ahead. Immediate ly the Carolina took the offensive. Cathcart got the sphere in a scramble and shot it quickly to Dave Rembert, who sent it through the wicker. In an other minute Cathcart snagged the ball under the goal and cut the Tigers down to a one po'nt lead. Pita soon put Ca rolina ahead. The big, rangy Clemson men had a fast, accurate passing machine. And their short passes under the goal was t'he dominant factor which enabled them to break the Carolina attack Asbill, Bailey, and McCarley tallied counters and the Cubs piled up a safe margin. Carolina's forwards were too anxious. They tr'-d shots from difficult angles, and a great many flew wild. Hugh Stoddard, Green, Rembert, and Cath cart (lid some mighty fine work. Stod (lard, especially, was in excellent form. The Biddies were fighting all the time, and really put up a fine exhibition. Citadel Tomorrow Night Jack Simmons w'll bring his "little soldiers" to the capital city tomorrow night and the Biddies will form the opposition. Thle Carolina freshmen ace going to Greenville for a return match with Furman on Monday night. Tues (lay iight they journey over to Clem son for another scrap with the Cubs. - U.S.C. - Pritchard Coaches "Hi" Cinder Artists Carolina Man, Former Union College Star, Starts Work for Coming Season Eddie Pritchard, of Charleston, a sen ior in the Academic School has been elected coach of the track team at Col umbia High School and he and his charges have already started work for the approaching season. The workouts are being carried out on University field. Pritchard was a star on the track team at Union College, Pen. and while lie was under twvo or three of the lead inig coaches of the country. This is his first year at Carolina. Thue team Pritchard is directing won the state high school track championship last year. Several men from last year's team, including Jimmie Green, Colum bia High's versatile athlete and high point man in the state track meet last year, are out for positions on Pritchard's team this season Students' 1 SHOP LOCK STA TE OFFICE DIfNG Jniversity Stnrdents" Union Tailoring Co. HATS.CLEANED. AND. .!BLOCKED . Suits Cloaned and Pressed. Altering Agent for NU-BORN Clothing 1211 Lady St. Phone 4913 Quality First--Service Always 1315 Main St. Phone 7421 Means Barber Shop Six experienced artistic barber& Your patronage highly appreciated -Special attention to University men-Ladies' and children's hair bobbing a gecialty. Polite Service Guaranteed DILLARD & NELSON, Mgrs. This Is to Invite You to The ROSE MARY "T" Room 1218 Washington Street Every Delicacy of the Season A Warm Welcome Always CAPITAL CITY LAUNDRY 1119 Gervais St. Phone 9711 CAROLINA STUDENTS1 A Good Place to Eat MRS. L. K. 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