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BIRDS COME BACK TO DEFEAT TECH JACKETS TAKE OPENER Gamecocks Play Different Brand Of Ball To Win Last Game a FT El? BEING nosed out in the " opening: game of a two game series with Georgia Tech, 2 to 1 the Carolina Gamecocks came back in the second tilt to eke out a 5 to 4 victory over the Golden Tornado and even the series. The first game was very close and not until the last out was made in the ninth inning did Georgia Tech down the spirited Gamecocks. Althougn the Birds made several serious threats they did not score until the final frame. Harley was first up in the ninth and he singled to left field. Porter, pinch hitting for Barney Smith, grounded to shortstop and Harley was cut off at second. Porter went to third on Stoddard's double to the left garden and scored on Nolan's single. PITCHERS DUEL The game was a beautiful pitchers duel between Strickland and Stoddard. The Yellow Jacket hurler got himself into bad holes many times but was given first class support by his mates and managed to keep the Birds from scoring until the last frame. Harley, Gamecock left fielder, led the batting for the day with three hits out of four trips to the plate. Nolan received a great hand from the grandstand in the ninth inning when he nabbed Harper's long fiy with one hand while he jumped over two feet in the air. PLAY GOOD BALL In Saturday's fray the Gamecocks came back to play a different brand of baseball and nose out Tech 5 to 4. Brigham started on the mound for the Birds but was relieved by Stoddard in the sixth. He was later ejected from the game when he wrenched his ankle in making a quick throw to the infield in the eighth. He got credit for the victory. In (lie time Stoddard pitched he allowed only five hits. The Gamecock pitching ace was in good condition in spite of the fact that be went the entire route for the Birds the day before. Carolina drew first blood in the second. Laval was walked atid was forced to second when Harley drew n base on balls. He scored on Smith's bunt. Harley crossed the home plate a moment later when Vaughan grounded to short. In the fourth and fifth frames the Gamecocks scored three runs to take the lead and from then on never gave it np aga<n Terrell, of the Jackets, captured the batting honors for the day when he clouted a triple and two singles out of four times at bat. 1 he two teams were evenly matched and furnished first class baseball to the many fans that gathered at Melton field to witness the two games. u.s.o. CINDERMEN WILL MEET HURRICANE Coach A. W. Norman is grooming his tracksters for their dual meet with the Furman Purple Hurricane and Little Wind next Saturday afternoon in Greenville. Last week the varsity lost an affair with the Presbyterian terrians 76 1-2 to 10 1-2. It was held in a heavy rain and the men on both sides were hampered considerably, however, the Gamecocks showed marked improvement over their form in the first meet with Davidson. Denny, Cardwcll, and Buie placed several times in the runs and dashes of the P. C. meet and they are expected to give the Hurricane speedsters some tough opposition. Kennedy and Bostick in the hurdles, and Hughey, Brown, and Kennedy in the field events, arc all placers in the P. C. meet that will oppose the Hurricane Saturday. Carolina's frosh made their debut against the Blue Stockings along with the varsity, and lost their part of the meet by only two points, f>:i to 01. They are drilling hard for the Little Wind and should give the Furman freshmen something to run after Saturday. "Did you take any precaution before you crossed the track?" asked the lawyer to a witness in a railroad accident. "Just a little" answered Howard King, "not more than two or three swallows." BIRDS I Sports Parade BY JOHN McKNIGHT ^AROLINA and Georgia Tec! furnished first class baseball t( the many fans that gathered or Melton field last Friday and Sat urday to see the Gamecocks and Yellow Jackets split a two game series. Both teams were so evenlj matched that each game was won by a lone tally. The big guns of the Birds wer< silenced in the first contest by the masterful pitching of Strickland anc the Gamecocks met their first colle giate defeat of the season. Carolina came back in the last game to nose oui the Jackets and even the series. Although the Gamecocks did not make ? complete recovery of their batting slump which they went into the da> before, they did connect with enough bingles to win the game. This week the Birds face one of the hardest Schedules ever attempted al the University. With their pitching stall very weak because of the lact of material, the Gamecocks will de pend mainly on their hitting power anc if the regulars get their eye on tilt apple it will he just too bad for tin opposition. And as for the opposition, they will have plenty of it Carolina engages in a game everj afternoon this week and will start oil again next week by taking on Woffort in a return game at Spartanburg. ? Kennedy and Eostick Hunter Kennedy and Frani Bostick, star Carolina trackmen have represented the University in al the conference track meets held this year. In these meets one or the othei lias placed himself. Therefore thej will in all probability go to the Birmingham contest to enter the thirc Southern Conference track meet o: the year. Kennedy is a senior and will end his career at the University in great style During his four years at Carolina In has placed himself 011 the track team He was a freshman star iti his firsi year here and has continued to keej up the good work. Bostick is only a sophomore and has already shown great skill in the meets that he has entered. He tied for firsi place in the high jump at the Southert Conference indoor track meet at tin University of North Carolina. Bos tick is a good broad jumper also, bu the high jump is his specialty. Swimming Team AST YEAR Carolina was well rep L* resented by a swimming team. 11 has not, as yet, been announcec whether the University will have 1 team this year or not. There is nc reason why they should not have one as the material is plentiful. Most of last year's men are back anc waiting for a definite announcement If the answer is not given in a few days it will be too late to do anything about the popular water sport. U.fl.O. GYM TOURNAMENT THURSDAY NIGHT The annual intramural gymnastic tournament will be held Thursdaj night, April 17, at S o'clock in the University gym. Gordon Tucker coach of the team, decided to have tin meet just before the spring holidays Twelve promising candidates have entered the tournament and all are con fident of winning one of the three prizes. MEDALS TO BE GIVEN The winners of first, second and third places will be awarded with handsome medals. Exhibitions on the paralled bars, the low and high horizontal bars and the mat will furnish the show card for the night. Aftei this the candidates will be given ar opportunity to show their skill b> giving any two exercises they wish. The tournament last year was a complete success and this year's promises to be even better. Judges from the local Y. M. C. A. will give the awards. Those who will be seen in the tournament arc: Kal Berkowitz, M. L. Hicks, Buck Bradley, T. C. Hankins, Robert Truluck, John White, Buster Keaton, Dermond Sox, Charlie Barnes, Boh Rogers, R. A. Johnson and John McKnight. ?OUT W< KEELS INVINCIBLE AS GAMECOCKS POUND OUT VICTORY i Carolina Snows Under Terriers > With Overwhelming Barrage i Of Hitting l by john Mcknight With Keels pitching in great form J and their bats working in great order, r the Gamecocks slugged their way to a 11 to 3 victory over the Wofford l Terriers yesterday afternoon on Melton field. The Birds collected 12 hits to score 11 runs. ' Keels, who pitched for the first time 5 this year, held the Methodists hitlcss 1 and scoreless for five innings. In the sixth he weakened but allowed only i 5 hits and 3 runs the rest of the game, t The Gamecocks counted early in the - first frame. Edens, first man up, sent i a sizzling grounder through second. ! He stole second. Sikcs fouled out and 1 Stoddard singled through shortstop, i Edens went to third and on an attempt steal home was out. Laval and i Harley drew free passes to fill the t bases. Hicks was hit by a pitched ball and Stoddard was forced in. : Vaughan grounded out and Laval was - retired at the home plate. 1 BIRDS RAMPANT - In the third frame the Birds went on : a rampage and scored six runs. They counted once more in the fourth and . three times in the sixth to end their ' scoring. f Hicks played good ball for Carolina 1 behind the bat and was a menace to the Wofford pitchers by getting two hits out of three times up. Laval also played well for the Birds. The box score and summary: Carolina j AB R H PO A E | Edens, ss 5 0 l o 2 l ] Sikes, lb 5 () o 15 0 () Stoddard, rf 2 :* 2 1 0 0 ' Laval, 3b 4 2 2 1 5 1 j Harley, If 4 2 1 3 0 0 ' Hicks, c 3 1 2 :i 1 0 ' Vaughan, 2b 4 1 2 :i 3 1 Boincau, cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 Keels, p :i o 0 o 4 <) Donclau, rf 1 l l l o 0 Totals 34 11 12 27 15 3 1 Wofford ' AB R H PO A E Potts, rf 4 0 0 2 0 0 ' Kennedy, 2b 4 1 1 2 7 0 5 Dul're, ss 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 Willis, c 4 0 0 6 1 2 1 Taylor, lb 4 1 1 8 0 0 ; Wolfe, 3b 4 1 1 3 1 0 Jackson. If 4 () 0 () 0 1 1 Rogerson, cf 4 0 1 2 0 1 Hall, p 2 0 0 1 1 0 Crouch, p 0 0 0 0 0 o Totals 34 3 5 24 14 4 t Score by innings: j Wofford 000 001 101? 3 j Carolina 10fl 10.1 00*?11 j Stolen bases, Edens, DuPre, Kennedy, Taylor 2. Sacrifices, Crouch ' Double plays, DuPre to Kennedy to . Taylor. Left on bases, Carolina fi, Wofford 5. Base on balls, off Hall 4, 'f off Crouch 1. Struck out. by Hall 3, r by Keels 3. Hits, off Hall, 11 in five ' innings; off Crouch, 1 in three innings. Hit by pitcher, by Hall, Hicks and Boineau. Wild pitches, Hall. Losing pitcher, Hall. Umpire, Clark. Time of game 2:00. tT.S.C. : FRESHMAN NUMERALS All freshmen football players who ; were awarded numerals can get them by applying at the office of : the director of student activities. Only two or three freshmen have gotten their numerals, stated Dr. R. K. Foster Friday. He would : like to give all of them out as soon as possible. 1 AVERAGES SOAR HIGHER i After two weeks of hard baseball the old batting eyes of the Gamecocks i arc still looking over the ball with ' alarming ability and the hatting average boosters arc falling thick and i fast against all shapes and forms of twirling. i Hicks forged ahead of the field by : slugging two out of three in the Wofford game and running his average up : to .500. Vaughan, last week's leader, is not far behind with .478. ' Name AB R H AVE Hicks o l 3 .500 , Vaughan 23 5 11 .478 > Laval 28 8 10 .357 Stoddard 21 3 8 .333 Harley 27 f? 8 .290 DFFORD CAROLINA FROSH BEATJFLORENCE Outz Pitches Great Ball As Biddies Down Hig-h School Nine Backing up the effective slanters of Outz, freshman pitcher, with 14 timely base hits, the Carolina Biddies won their second ball game in as many starts by defeating the Florence High school Yellow Jackets Saturday afternoon in the Pee Dee city. The score was 9 to 4. The difference in the final score was the direct result of the difference between the pitching of the two teams. Outz, star Biddie hurler forcing 17 Florence men to miss the third strike and yielding only 6 safe blows while the combined efforts of Cooper and White for the Gate City lads gave up no less than 14 base hits. White relieved Cooper in the thid after the Biddies had scored three runs. CORRELL HITS HOMER Dickson, of the Jackets, was the leading batsman for the afternoon with four hits out of four times at bat. He also scored two of his team's runs. Jenkins, of the freshmen, secured a double and three singles in six times at the plate. Blair got two hits in four trips while Outz poled out the same number in as many times to tlie bat. Correll hit a home run over the left field fence in the eighth inning. Musselwhite and King showed up best for the Biddies in the field. These men handled the ball like veterans and should make themselves known before the season is over. Score by innings: Carolina Frosh 003 Oil 211?-9 Florence 100 020 010?4 U. 8. O. Charleston Invades Bird Tennis Courts Holman, Allen, And Crum Will Oppose Strong Team From Charleston Carolina's tennis team, with a victory over Clemson in their first meet of the season, will mix serves with the highly rated College of Charleston netmen this afternoon. College of Charleston brings a trio of veterans from the city by the sea. Two of the men, Beckman and Baker, have won recognition all over the state in amateur tournaments and in college competition. By mutual agreement and by request of the Charlestonians there will be only three Carolina men entered in the meet, because of the dearth of expert material in the Charleston institution. HOLMAN FIRST Marion Holman, Carolina's first ranking man, will probably oppose Baker in the first match. Holman has a hard driving game that is hard to solve, but he will find a package full of trouble in the little nctman from Charleston, who is remembered as an outstanding forward on the College of Charleston basketball crew last winter. Oscar Allen's steady game gave him an easy victory over his Clemson opponent in the first match last week, but when he takes the court against Beckman of the Maroons he is opposing one of the best courtmen in the state, and it should be a close match. Elliot Crum is another artist of the University squad who will take part in the defense of the Carolina courts against the strong invaders, lie won his Clemson debut in two straight sets and is expected to repeat this afternoon. THREE SMO BY MELVIN Smoking three cigarettes a day during training without breaking rules may be all right for men on the hockey team, but it probably will not set an example for other athletic teams at Boston University to follow. This seems to be the essence of opinion of the various athletic coaches who were interviewed for their opinion of Coach Wayland C. Vaughan's recent notice that athletes on the hockey team may have three cigarettes a day. Coach Vaughan thinks that it is more harmful for habitual smokers to quit puffing cigarettes abruptly than to HUNTER KENNEDY WINS AT RELAYS TIES FOR SECOND PLACE Bostick and Kennedy Represent Carolina At Georgia Tech Saturday TN THE EIGHTH annual southern relays hold at Georgia Tech, 011 Saturday, Hunter Kennedy, of the Gamecocks tied for second place with Davis of Mississippi A. and M. for the high jump honors. Both cleared the bar at 6 feet. Kennedy, who is a star member of the Carolina track team, showed great skill in clearing the bar and won honor for himself and his school by winning this position. Stars from all over the south competed in the annual affair at Atlanta. Sanford, Georgia entry, set a new record in the high jump, although he only jumped less than an inch higher than Kennedy. Hunter also took part in the javelin throw. BOSTICK LOSES Frank Bostick, another star on South Carolina's track team, represented the University in the broad jump and also in the high jump. By not winning in the high jump contest, Bostick was defeated for the first time this season. This trackman, who is only a sophomore, should develop into one of the south's leading men on the track field before he ends his career at the University. He tied for first place in the high jump at Chapel Hill a few weeks ago and took part in the broad jump. U.8.O. Schedule Bolstered; West Virginia Added Two games with the University of West Virginia have been added to the Gamecock's present baseball schedule, announced Dr. Ralph K. Foster last Tuesday. The games will be played in Columbia on Thursday and Friday, April 24 and 25. Other than the new dates with the West Virginians the complete schedule of the University includes nineteen other games, seven of which have already been played. The two tilts with the mountaineers will come after a trip to Furman and Wofford and on April 21 and 22, and right before a home series with Clemson on April 28 and 20. With the addition of the contests with West Virginia Carolina has increased her out of state opposition to five teams, Duke, Davidson, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, and West Virginia. All of these except Davidson and West Virginia are members of the Southern conference. U.H.O. HARD GAMES ON WEEK END CARD For the first time departing from (he home lot to play this season the Gamecocks will journey to Greenville Wednesday and meet the strong Purple Hurricane. Before this trip the Gamecocks will play the Columbia Comers for the second time, Tuesday, April 10. While in Greenville Coach Laval will give his squad another crack at professional competition when he sends it against the Greenville Spinners on Thursday, April 18. From there the Gamecocks will jump over to | Clemson College and play two Faster games with the Jungalcers on Friday and Saturday. KES A DAY KARESH continue with the time-honored custom of a smoke after meals; therefore he gives them a leeway of three cigarettes a day?one after each meal. If the other coaches agree with the Boston University mentor and adopt the one - cigarette - after - each - meal measure to take care of the smoking problem there may be some interesting changes in the familiar roadside cigarette slogans very soon. Some of these slogans may appear something like this for the benefit of the three-a-day athletics: "I'd eat a meal for a Camel," "What a whale of a meal a little cigarette takes," and "Reach for a Lucky after you eat."