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Sport Chants TYURING the past severa ** months, and especially sine the close of the late gridiron sei son, talk along the football rialt has been turned mainly into coi troversial channels over the advis ability of splitting the Souther conference into two separate div sions, with the Northern teams i the present group forming on division and the elevens in tli Southern sector composing t li other. Those who favor this proposal poir out that there are entirely too man teams in the conference as it stand today and unless something is don to narrow the list of members, th organization will eventually become a unwieldly as the Southern Interco' legiate Athletic association, which i undergoing dire trials and tribulation at the present time. Due to the fact that football ha taken such a firm grip on Souther institutions in the past few year there is little possibility of any team dropping out of the conference voluii tarily and the only solution to th problem is to divide the organizatio into two groups, declare the origins tors of the split proposal. Teams Scattered THERF. is no reason to believe th? such a division would not be sue cessful. The schools comprising th conference, as it stands today, arc to ' , widely scattered over a great area c territory to bring about the compact ness and full cooperation that the 01 ganization was primarily formed t do. In failing to do this, the basi purpose of the whole proposition i lost. A South Atlantic conference migh easily be composed of the followin teams: Maryland, Virginia, Washing ton & Lee, V. M. I., V. P. I., Nort Carolina, Duke, N. C. State, Sout Carolina, Clemson, Scwanee, Tennes see and Vanderbilt. In the extrem Southern group there would be Floi ida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabami Auburn, Tulane, Mississippi, Missis sippi Aggies and Louisiana State frot which to shape a football league. ? Furman Surprises FURMAN University has leaped 11 to spring a genuine surprise i Southern basketball circles this yes with the exceptionally brilliant pla of its basketball team, a quint boas ing of only one regular back from la: season's varsity, this being Watsoi hard working center. Dizzy McLeod, coach of the Hurr cane hoopsters, deserves great gob of credit, for with a team compose of one veteran, three sophomores an a substitute from last year's s(jua< he has turned out a team that ca hold its own with the best the Sout has to offer, with the possible excel tion of Duke University. There is no doubt about it, Coac McLeod must have a classy outfit t take the measure of the Georgia Bui dogs and then walk away with an eas victory over the Davidson Wildcat one of the strongest teams in th North state and recent conquerers < the North Carolina Tarheels. ? Watts and Wilson IN THEIR initial meet of the seasc against Presbyterian college Tue day night, Coach Jack Alliston e: hihited two fighters on his team < Gamecock mittmcn that bid fair 1 create a sensation in conference bo: ing circles this winter. Watts an Wilson are the two young scrappei in question and it is with extren difficulty that suitable phrases can 1 written to describe the impressioi they made against the Blue Stockit: battlers. Watts, a lightweight, is one of tl prettiest working men ever seen in local ring, and the boxer that can el out a decision over him will have 1 be the best obtainable. A terrif puncher, Watts is about as clever i they make them, and with a bit moi experience should win the conferem crown in a walk. Wilson, a welter, is a fighter of tl Dempscy school, believing in gettir in closc and slugging with the otli< fellow until somebody falls. Tl hardest punching welter ever seen this neck of the woods, Wilson c?' take just about all that anybody el: has to offer and almost invariabl its the other fellow that takes tl tumbles. 1 KEEN RIVALRY SEEN IN INTRAMURAL TOURNEYS I Much Interest Shown As Big :e Athletic Program Gets l" Under Way o iby john Mcknight n Keen rivalry will exist at Caroi_ lina for the next few weeks, when n intramural sports take their [e places on the sports calendar at ie the University. Hundreds of stue dents will take part in boxing. wrestling, archery, swimming, lt fencing, and other minor sports y during the small gap of time bels tween football and baseball. ie The University is well equipped for e all these activities except swimming. |s In order to include swimming among its sports the Y. M. C. A. and the ls Pacific mills pools have been borrowed 18 for the use of the teams. Intramural football will begin at s top forcc this week. Games have al" ready been scheduled between teams s that caught the Christinas spirit bes fore the holidays and practiced early. A great handicap will face the tournac inent this year as exams will soon II start and games will have to be played L" at an early date. Therefore it will not claim the interest and time that it has in past years. BASKETBALL POPULAR it A large number of students will participate in the intramural baskete ball tournament this year. This is the o most popular of all intramural sports, if Around twenty-five teams are expected t- to enter the tournament this year. - Last year twenty-four competed and 0 tenement twenty won the Sylvan c trophy for a year by winning out in is the matches. Medals were also given to each member of the winning team, it The wrestling team will be started g immediately after exams. A new ofr ficial wrestling mat has been purh chased by the athletic authorities. If h enough interest is shown Carolina will 5- attempt to put out an intercollegiate ie wrestling team. A tournament will be held in April along with boxing i, and the winners of first and second }- places will receive medals. ii Archery, the most ancient of all sports, is also being installed. This (Continued on Page 7) ;; PALMETTO TEAMS FACE HARD WEEK y College Quints Swing Into Action i, As State Race Waxes Warm ?- South Carolina court teams, having >s just completed a week that saw them d pitted against some of the strongest d basketball quints in the South, again '? face a strenous campaign this week J1 that will take them against a number h of out-of-state foes. >- Pour of the nine teams are slated to plays Monday night. Carolina's h Gamecocks head the list with an im:o portant engagement with the formid1 able Atlanta Athletic club at Atlanta. \y Clemson clashes with Sewanee at Ses, wanee and Krskine and the College ie of Charleston meet in a state game at )f Charleston that should considerably boost the Seceders standing in the state race. Tuesday night, Carolina plays the Jewish Athletic club in Atlanta in the m last game of an extensive road trip s- while Clemson draws a tough assign-1 <- ment in the Vanderbilt Commodores :>f at Nashville. Newberry plays Pacific I to mills in Columbia. FURMAN PLAYS rs Newberry will also tie up with the ,e undefeated Purple Hurricane of Fur,c man Wednesday night, playing the inls door Wind at Newberry. 1 GAMECOCK GRIDDE a ? te Aspirants for Carolina's spring training football squad, will report at the ,c Field house this afternoon in reply 18 to a call issued yesterday by Coach re Billy Laval for a preliminary meeting ce of the men expected to turn out for the spring drills. ie Actual drills will not commence ig until after examinations it has been rr announced and the meeting today is ie thought to be mainly for the purpose in of enabling coaches to get a line on m the material they will work with later sc on. y, Coach Laval announced some few ie days ago that his teams would engage in two full scrimmage games each By JULIAN KRAWOHEK CAROLINA Mini PRESBYTE GAMECOCKS DROP PAIR, GRAB ONE Birds Defeat P. C. But Lose To Georgia Tech And Auburn Fives After winning handily from the Presbyterian College Blue Stockings here last Tuesday, 44 to 19, Carolina's varsity basketeers exhibited a complete reversal of form Friday and Saturday to drop the first two games of en extensive road trip to Georgia Tech and Auburn on successive nights, 31 to 16 and 30 to 22 respectively. With Rembert, Lillferd and Bedenbaugh leading the attack, the Gamecock hoopsters rang in shots from every conceivable angle to smother a hard trying Presbyterian college quint under an avalance of field goals and win overwhelmingly. After his varsity five had worn the Blue Stocking team down to a gruelling duel that lasted for the greater part of the game, Coacli Norman injected his speedy second string quint into the fray in the second half to complete work of destruction. This team, composed almost entirely of members of last years' freshmen five, were entirely too speedy for the fast tiring Calvinist courtmen and succeeded in running up a score that more than doubled the sum total of their opponents. LOSE TO TECH Unable to command the accuracy which had marked their play in previous games of the year, Coach Norman's proteges were unable to cope successfully with a powerful Georgia Tech team, losing 31 to 16 in a hard fought game Frinady night at Atlanta. Journeying over to Auburn the next night, the Gamecocks were turned back by the fast Plainsmen team, 30 to 22, after they were unable to maintain a desperate second half rally that had succeeded in knotting the count at one stage of the game. The Roosters are scheduled to face the Atlanta Athletic Club Monday night and the Jewish Athletic club Tuesday night on their return trip home. U.S. c. FAIR TO SKETCH OLD MAYA RUINS Tropical wilds will he invaded by Herndon ("Hcinie") Fair, University graduate of l<)28, Mr. Fair goes to Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico, as one of an expedition to study the architecture of Maya ruins there. Since graduation from the University, I? air has been studying architecture at I ulane University, which is fostering the exploration. With one other student, he was chosen to accompany the party and make sketches and drawings of the ancient Indian structures shrouded by the jungle. While at the University, I*air was active in athletics. He captained the basketball s(|uad in his senior year, and won four letters in that sport He belonged to S. A. E. and O. D. K. leadership fraternity. I hursday night, Presbyterian and Krskine mix in a hot scrap in Due West and Wofford treks to Charleston for a game with the Maroons of the College of Charleston, thus giving two intrastate fights on the same night. Friday night's card will be an allstate affair. Carolina engages the College of Chrleston, Citadel is host to Wofford, P. C. journeys to Clemson and Newberry takes on the high geared Krskine Scceders. RS REPORT TODAY week during the spring drills and that these scrimmages would commence just as soon as the men get into full physical condition for them. In striking contrast to his policy of practicing behind closed gates last fall, Coach I,aval will throw Melton field open to visitors all spring so that the players will get accustomed to performing before spectators. Among the men expected to report at the meeting today are all the members of last years' varsity squad who are slated to return to school next fall and practically the entire freshmen squad of the past season. MEN JOLT RIAN SLUGGERS WIN MEET, SIX BOUTS TO ONE Watts, Wilson And Brailsford Impressive In Initial Meet Of Season By JULIAN KRAWCHEK Opening their season in an auspicious manner, Carolina's varsity mittmen encountered little opposition from a game but woefully inexperienced band of Presbyterian college fighters Saturday night at the University field house, winning six bouts to one before a large gallery of local ring enthusiasts. The Carolina glove artists, fightmg minus the services of two regular men, exhibited a well coached team of scrapping fighters and with the lone exception of the bantamweight bout, had little trouble in disposing of the Blue Stocking boxers. Three technical knockouts were registered during the evening's festivities, Watts and Wilson accounting for two for Carolina while Truesdell turned in one for Presbyterian college over Kenemore, Gamecock bantam. TECHNICAL K. O. Wilson for Carolina and Fortson, P. C., welterweights, furnished the most thrilling bout of the meet, both men mixing it freely until the third round when Wilson was awarded the fight on a technical kayo. Wilson, forcing the fighting from the very start, had Fortson on the defensive throughout the opening round and dropped the P. C. battler with a jolting right just before the gong sounded. Still dazed from the blow, Fortson took a bad beating during most of the second round but rallied suddenly near the end of the session to drop Wilson with a terrific i ight hook that apparently came from nowhere. Undaunted, Wilson came back in the final round and with both fists carrying withering fire, had the P. C. fighter helpless. When a flurry of sort rights and lefts dropped Fortson for the count of five, the referee stopped fifiht, awarding the decision to Wilson. SHORT BOUT In the lightweight clash, Watts of Carolina made short work of Williamson, P. C. mitt slinger. Watts staggered his opponent with a long right soon after they met in the center of the ring and from then on the P. C. fighter was reeling constantly from the dynamic lefts and rights of the Carolina man. After taking an unmerciful beating during the opening moments of the session, the P. C. seconds tossed in the towel, ending the fight after only a minute of fighting. i?.T,he. heavyweight bout between Blakely of P. C. and Eatmon of Carolina, was awarded to the latter after three rounds of comical milling that kept the gallery in a constant uproar. hatmon conceded something like 24 pounds to the Calvinist heavy and then proceeded to make him miss so often that the result of the battle was never in question. Blakely, a football tackle, resorted to wrestling tactics most of the way and several times the two men grappled to the floor locked securely in each other's arms. HEAVYWEIGHT With the first two rounds revealing little action, both men awakened from their lethargy in the final round to ?,al?e, a trifle interesting. Blakely lunged forward at the opening of the round with a blow that stung Eatmon slightly but the lighter Carolina battler kept at a safe distance thereafter and the round closed with Blakely unable to follow up his temporary advantage. In the bantamweight class, Truesdell of P. C., proved to be too experienced for Kenemore, Carolina boxer, who was u; iblc to dodge successfully the continual flurry of heavy blows that the little P. C. man kept shooting in. Kennemore went down early in the first round after a series of jolting rights and lefts had found their way to his body and face. Up without a count, he covered up for the rest of the round and managed to stay on Ins feet until the gong sounded. The second round was a thriller with both fighters scoring knockdowns hut the referee stopped the fight near BIRDS DEFEATED BY ATHLETIC CLUB OF ATLANTA Passing Accuracy And Unerring Aim Enable Atlantans To Win Game, 50-24 Accurate passing and the unerring aim of Cv Bell, gigantic center, enabled the Atlantic Athletic club to take the lead from the start and defeat South Carolina's hard trying basketball quint at Atlanta last night, 50 to 24. With Bell ringing in shots from every conceivable angle, the Athletic club ran up a 23 to 11 score in the first half and in the second half substitutes continued the pace. Bedenbaugh, elongated center, Dupre and Schwartz led an uphill attack for the Gamecocks in the second half but they were never able to threaten seriously the big lead of the Atlanta five. REMBERT TOPS Rembert, with ten points, topped the scoring for Carolina while Bedenbaugh ran second with a total of five. Bell chalked up eighteen points for the Athletic club while Moore rang in a sum total of twelve. The defeat last night marked the third consecutive defeat for the Gamecocks on an extensive road trip that carried them into Alabama and Georgia, the Birds having lost to Georgia Tech and Auburn in previous eniraKemcnts. Carolina will stay over in Atlanta tA?"I{?h* for a scrap with the Jewish Athletic club, this game completing the list of visiting engagements 011 the present road trip. The lineup: Atlanta A. C. (50) South Carolina (24) Moore (12) f (10) Rcmbert Lassiter (4) f (4) Dupre Bell (18) c...(5) Bedenbaugh McCrory g (;{) pritchard Bynum g (2) Schwartz Substitutions: A. C., Player (9) for Lassiter; Hudson (2) for McCrory: Strickler (5) for Bynum. U.H.C. VARSITY QUINT TO CHARLESTON Play College Of Charleston Friday And Citadel Saturday With one more game yet to be played on a disastrous road trip that took them into Georgia and Alabama, Carolina s varsity hoopsters will arrive in town Wednesday only to check out again Friday on another trip that will take them to Charleston for games with the College of Charleston and the Citadel. The Maroons will be played Fridav night while the Citadel courtment will be met Saturday night. The Birds have already played the College of Charleston once this year, winning in Columbia by a sizeable margin hollowing their return from Charleston, the Birds will rest up a couple of days before going into the upper state 1 uesday for games with WolTord i'ies<i?y and Furman at Greenville Thursday night. The game with I?urmati is expected to be a tough tilt with the Hurricane holding the edge because of their remarkable play since the first of the year. After the game with Furman, 110 games are scheduled for the Gamecocks until after examinations, Clemson being slated to appear here for a game l?ebruary 7th. the close of the round when Kcnneinore was helpless 011 the ropes. DUNLAP LOSES Brailsford, Carolina, earned a three round decision over Dunlap, P. C. fighter, in the featherweight clash, the Carolina man winning in a walk. Brailsford was entirelv too clever for his opponent and continually poked a long left to the face that worried Dunlap greatly. Gcttys, Carolina, and J. W. McQueen, P. C.t put up a slow and uninteresting fight in the light heavyweight battle, neither man being able to land any clean cut blows during the entire bout. Gcttys forced what little milling there was from the start and got the decision because of his aggressiveness. Callahan and A. II. McQueen, middleweights, put up the most evenly matched bout of the evening, the decision being awarded to Callahan after three rounds of close fighting. 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