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Track Tennis 41ARRY LIGHT NEW FOOT Branch Bocock ResigD% as Caro lina Pigskin Coacl*- To Go Into New Work STONEY IS PROMOTED Freshman Coach to Tutor Var sity Baseball and Besket ball Teams Harry McKinley Lightsey was ap pointed last week by the Athletic Coun cil to take over the position of head football coach which was left vacant by the resignation of Branch Bocock. Lightsey was supposed to have been the line coach next year, having been se lected for the place last fall. Burnet Stoney, freshman mentor, will take over the reins of varsity baseball and basketball coaching. He will hold his old place also as the "rat" football coach. "Rooster" McFadden will con tinue as head track coach and as back field coach. '"Si" Seideman, all-state tackle and captain of last year's baseball team, which led the Southern Conference and went to the semi-finals in the Atlanta tournament, will assist in coaching the line. Cqlder Seibels and Harry Can tey will keep their places. The resignation of former Coach Ba cock came more or less as a surprise to the student body. He gave, as the basis of his decision, the purpose of entering a new and more lucrative field of work. During his regime of two and a half years the records of the team's that he tutored are excellent. Carolina regrets keenly the loss of a man of the hight type of Branch Bocock and wishes him the best of success in his new line of endeavor. Lightsey's fine record at Columbia high has been told and retold many times. He is recognized as being one of the most successful high school coaches in the South. The new mentor is the youngest college head coach in South Carolina. He is 25 years old. He attended Brun son high school before coming to Caro lira. While at the University, he played on the varsity for three years. The first year he was a "general utility man," taking turns at guard, center, tackle, or anywhere he was needed most. But finally settled at tackle, he landed on the mitchical all-state eleven-. Graduating from Carolina in 1922, with an A.B. degree, went to Columbia high to become coach of the football team. In 1923 his team won the lower state championship, but lost in the titular contest to the "wonder eleven" of Thornell orphanage, which boasted such stars as Jimmy Stamps, Charley Wilson. the Dunlap brothers, and other lights. For three consecutive years Coach Lightsey led the Capital city team to staie championships. In 1924. after de feating Gaffney for the South Carolina title. Columbia met Tech high at Augus ta and wvas beaten 12 to 66. The winners claimed the secondary school champion 'hip of the South. In the last three years Columhia has not lost a game within the state and only two outside. Tehe University of South Carolina is especially fortunate in being able to se cure the services of a first class coach such as Lightsey. With the capable e'a# of assistants that he has. Carolina is bound to ascend to her rightful place in the state and conference rankings. 'rho 1927 football season should be a banner one. Brock Cbosen as New Cheer Leader At a meeting of the student body hetd in chapel on Thursday of last week. J. Curtis Brock, of Union. was unaninmounsly elected cheer leader for the ensuing scholastic year. Brock is a sophomore in the school of E.ducation, and has served as as sistant cheer leader for two consecu tive years. He succeeds "jimmy" Bald ,win, of Greenwood. SF0 SEY WILL BE BALL MENTOR BIRDS SHOW STRENGTH IN STATE MEET Carolina Nosed Out by Furman's "Flying Hurricane" for Third Honors at Clinton PRESBYTERIANS WIN Boyce Shatters Stf te Record in Mile and Magilk Betters Old Mark in Shot Put Carolina threw a scare into the "big three"--Clemson, Furman. and P. C., in the opening events of the State Track meet when she grabbed three first places at the start. But as the afternoon waned the runners and jumpers of the Presby terian College and Clemson forged their teams to the lead, and the Gamecocks were relegated to fourth place, Furman getting third by virtue of a six point advantage. The preliminaries in the hurdles and hundred yard dash were held at the be ginning. Thomas failed to qualify due to a poor start, but Rubenstein went to the century finals. The mile was the initial final event on the program. McLeod, captain of the Clemson team, sprinted off at the report of the starter's gun. He ran the first lap in 60 seconds and led Roberts of P. C. by 30 or 40 yards. Boyce, Carolina's hope was running in fifth place. For three and a half laps, the Clemson star he'd his long lead. Boyce sprinted beau tofully. He passed Roberts on the curve and came up even with McLeod as the two swung into the straight-a way. For several yards they ran neck and neck, and then Boyce drove past him and as the crowd stormed hearty ap plause, increased his advantage to win by ten yards. The time was 4:39 2-5 and gave a new record. The old mark was 4:46. Tom Magill won the shot put, estab lishing a new record also. Slim Carson won the discus handily. Cannon, of Clemson cracked the two mile record when he loped over the eight laps in 10 minutes 35 and 2-5 sec onds. Gene Keels, though he toola third in this race, made a faster run than the state champioi, in the Furman meet, as he ran the distance in 10: 35 flat. Floyd Thomas placed a good third iii the 440 yard dash. Moffatt, Presbyte rian runner, and Willie Morgan of Fur man finished in a (lead heat for first place. 'Tie hlaif-mile was taken by Carter Newvman, of Clemson, holder of the Southern Conference record. Hutchison, of Wofford, placed second, and was followed closely hy Marion Boyce, wvho after running a fast mile beat out Fzell of Fuirman for third place. He pushed Hutchisonl and( wvas rapidly moving up On him at the finish. Summary: Mile Run: Royce (C). first; McLeod, (Cl), second; Roberts (P.C.), third; Vrinlcent (F), fourth. T'4me: Four min ui'es 39 2-5 seconds. (New State rec ord.)~ Shlot-Put: Magili (Ca), first: Carsor (F). secodl(: Griffith (P.C.), third: Funtderburk (F), fourth. Distance: 4 feet 10 inches. (Newv State Record.) 440 Yard Dash: Moffatt (P.C.), an<l1 Morgar' (F) tied for first; Thomas (C) ~hird ; Stevens (P.C.), fourth. Time: 52 seconlds flat. 100 Yard Dash: Hogrefe (P.C.), first; Lawtoni (F). second: Gibsoni (F). thlird; Turnler (C). fourth. Time: 10.1 see Pole Vaullt: O'Dell (C). first; Jones (WP 'errond; Rogers (C). Adams (C), :snd 'Sewall (P.C.). tied for third. Hoivht - 12 feet 4 and 3-8 inches. (New Ctate Record.) 120 yard high hurdles: Timmons of (P C '. first : Link (C). second: Lache e'te (Ci. mfd Wolfe (P.C.) tied for 'rd 'If:me: 16 seconds. (New State Recnrd). RTS Harry Wolfe Wins Match From Keels Scores Knockout in 20 Seconds -Five Other Boxing Bouts Held Harry Wolfe's sensational knockout of George Keels 20 seconds after the opening gong of the heavyweight bout was the feature of the University box ing championshipo, held in the gym last night. Thie program opened with a fast and furious bantam tilt. "Fogey" May won a two to one judge's decision over Scott. His hard rights to the face won the fight for him at the beginning. "Yonkers" Silberman outboxed Jimmy Neal to win the feather-weight medal. His carefully placed lefts and rights to the face were delivered with telling ef fect, especially in the final round. The lightweight medal was taken by Pamebianco Ramsey gave him a merry battle. The welter match was a perfect slug ging exhibition, marked by many misses and few hits. Glover was beaten by Phillips. In the grand finale, the heavyweight hout, Wolfe slammed Keels to the mat with a slicing right hook to the jaw, a second after the opening of the round. Kells rose to his feet only to meet an other of Wolfe's jawbreakers. He drop ped like a log and was out for five minutes. Discus: Carson (C), first; Carson (F), second; Wilson (P.C.), third; and Smith (C), fourth. Distance: 119 feet 9 1-2 inches. High Jump: O'Dell (C), Beasley (F) Shand (C), Timmons (P.C.), and Rob inson (P.C.) tied for first. Height: 5 feet 9.7 inches. 220 yard dash: Hogrefe (P.C.), first; Turner (C), second; Lawton (F), third Gibson (F) fourth. Time 22.5. (Equal led state Record.) 880 Yard Run: Newman (C), first; Hutchison (W), second; Boyce (C), third; Ezell (F), fourth. Time: Two mitutes flat. Broad Juma: Hogrefe (P.C.), first; O'Dell (C) second; Wilson (P.C.), third; Boker (C) fourth. Distance: 22 feet 9 1-4 inches. Mile Relay: Furman, first, Clemson, second; P. C., third; and Carolina, fourth. THEY'RE HERE! Ten Knock-Out FRIENDL]3 I SAxoN-CULLUM 6 1513 Maii A Barber Shop One B For Men a1 ISTATE BAll Ground Floor Sta COLUMI Under M.n.gement of tls and Baseball Herndon Fair Takes Tennis Championship Columbia Boy Wins Hard Sin gles Match From William Cain Thursday Herndon Fair, of Columbia. won the singles tennis championshiy of the Uni versity Thursday by defeating Willian Cain. The final match was close and hard fought, with Fair's powerful serve outstanding. It played a large part in his winning 6-4. 1-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. Cain paired with Sam Ready, defeat ed Bell and Foster Wednesday in a four set match for the doubles chain pionship. Besides being singles cnampion of the University, Fair also shares tlhe inter-collegiate doubles championship of South Carolina. He and Billy Cole man won that title by defeating Clem son in the finals of the state meet held in Charleston May 9-12. Fair was there elected president of the South Carolina Inter-Collegiate Tennis association which will meet here next year. Ht is a Columbia boy and captain of the basketball team for next year. Bill Coleman was winner of the cam pus championship last year; P. A. Wil son in 19245, and W. T. Elliott in 1924. All of these are columbians. Block "C's" Banquet at Jefferson Hotel Dr. Douglas' Name Added to List of Honorary Members Last Wednesday Night A banquet will be given the Block "C" club tonight at the Jefferson ho tel. It will be at seven o'Vock. The regular and honorary members of the club are invited together with the mem bers of the athletic council and the coaches. Five 'tiew members were initiated to the club Wednesday night. They are: George Silberman, A. V. Smith, Hubert Nolan, Max Rubenstein. and Edward Ballenger. At the meeting a measure was brought up and passed upon to add the name of Dr. Davison McDowell Doug las to the list of honorary members of the organization. Spring Styles ' FIVE --$ HOE Co. lock from University ed Women EBER SHOP te Office Building IIA, S. C. Palmetto Raera Skop Union Tailoring Co. HATS CLEANED AND BLOCKED Suits Cleaned 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 barbers Your patronage highly appreciated -Special attention to University men-Ladies' and children's hair bobbing a seecialty. 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 Worm Welceme Akhays CAPITAL CITY LAUNDRY 1119 Gervais St. Phone 9711 CAROLINA STUDaNTSi A Good Place to Eat MRS. L. K. 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