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Tental jgt.. ,* , ,'"""- ; I * * * ' Varsity Carolina Cagers Engage Four Worthy Foes Tennessee, Kentucky, Sewanee And Vanderbilt Met; Laval New Coach Carolina's Gamecock basketecrs left Wednesday for Knoxville, Tennessee, where they met the crack Volunteer Quint last night and moved to Nashville today to play Vanderbilt University tonight. Four games with Southeastern Conference foes will be played. Sewanee will be met tomorrow night at Sewanee and the trip will end with a game against Kentucky Tuesday in Lexington. This is the only extended trip the Birds make this season, they have scheduled nine home games in a row after this trip. Coach Laval took 14 men with him, and will probably start the same first team he used Monday against Dallas, composed of last year's frosh team as follows: Laurie, Tompkins, Ray, Rowland, and Henderson. The reI serves are Hart, Gooding, Killingsworth, Powell, Captain Smith, Nevergold, and Taylor. The conference tournament has been moved to Raleigh February 25-28, due to the split in the old conference. Florida May Cut Athletics Students at the University of Florida are violently protesting the complete curtailment of intercollegiate sports this spring, advised by Edgar Jones, the Florida Director of Athletics, to take care of a four thousand dollar deficit incurred during the past football season. Athletic fees were paid with the understanding that a complete athletic program would be carried out. Should the curtailment occur, it is thought that students will vote not to pay the fee. This, it is thought, will cause the complete suspension of all athletics at Florida. n. a. c. State Basebali League Certain Assurance that the South Carolina Baseball College league would be continued was had this week from coaches of teams throughout the state. Only the Citadel, through Tatum Gressette, head coach, and Woflford, through Tommy ScafFe expressed the opinion that they would be unable to enter the league. Clemson, last year's champ in a post-season series with Carolina, Carolina, runner-up, Newberry, Erskine, Furman and P. C. will form the league unless unexpected events occur. A meeting of the coaches will be held Friday at Clinton to complete the organization of the coaches and all plans for the coming season will be made. Coach Laval, one of the most prominent backers of the circuit is out of town with the basketball team, but will be represented at the meeting. u. 0. o. Norman Leads Biddie Quintet Freshman basketball practice began Wednesday when Frosh responded to a call from Coach Norman for players. A schedule of local teams will probably be played, similar to the one last year, when the Biddies wonder squad captured 14 consecutive games averaging 55 points a game. It is probable that games will be arranged immediately to be played when the varsity is not playing in Columbia. Coach Laval, the former Frosh cage mentor, has turned his job over to Coach A. W. Norman, formerly varsity coach, taking the varsity over himself. rr. m. o. t Wife: "The couple next door seem to be very devoted. He kisses her every time they meet. Why don't you do that?" Husband: "I dont know her well enough yet." / tive 19 ? Baske Gamecocli Left to right, Earl Clary and Ai for 1933, and Joe Shinn, alternate cap! a junior from Gaffney is a half-back, Memphis, Tennessee, made several Allsucceed Harry "Fuzz" Freeman, of D lina has had co-captains of a varsity t S. Conference Splits In Two At the meeting of the Southern Conference held in Atlanta in December, thirteen of the Southern-most members withdrew, to form the new Southeastern Conference, leaving South Carolina the school farthcrest south in the new conference. The teams resigning were Alabama, Mississippi, A. & M., Louisiana State, Tulane, Florida, Auburn, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Sewanee, Kentucky, and Vandcrbilt. . The new Southern Conference, composed of the remaining teams, South Carolina, Clemson, North Carolina, N. C. State, Duke, Virginia, V. M. I., V. P. I., W. & L. and Maryland, will meet in January at Raleigh, and it is reported that Furman, Davidson, Wake Forest, Georgetown, Citadel and Richmond University will be considered fqr admission. The new Southeastern Conference is headed by Frank L. McVey, president of the University of Kentucky. President Miles of the Southern Conference is from V. P. I. The original conference of 23 members was originally founded in 1920. U. 0. o. Varsity Pugs Will Fight P.C. Carolina's varsity boxing squad opens its season here against Presbyterian college January 14, according to Coach Frankie DeMars. The schedule, announced in a previous issue of The Gamecock, included P. C., Clemson, N. C. State, and Citadel, but the Citadel meet has been cancelled due to curtailment of athletics at the military school. Additional meets are therefore being arranged, possible opponents being Louisana State University and Newberry college. The conference meet late in February will be held at Charlottesville, Va. Several members of the varsity football squad are candidates for pugilistic berths; among them Tom Craig, Nolan Raby and Joe Johnson, heavyweights, Henry Willard, light-heavy, and others. Grayson Wolf, winner of the middleweight intramural crown last year will be out before the opening meet and is a candidate for the middleweight berth. In the other weights, prospects are: middleweight, Wolf, Bill Callahan, varsity letterman in 1931, Jack Nathan and Stoney Hartin of last year's squad. Welterweight; Bill Humphlett and Meadors, both intramural products. Lightweight; Rivers, Bruner and Sims. Featherweight; Moore and Cuthbertson, the participants in the future match of last year's intramurals and bantamweight, Geddings and Mishew. 33 Gri * * steers il i Captains And j "thur E. (Buddy) Morehead co-capta tain. They were elected at a meeting o and received AU-American mention I State selections, as did Shinn, center, acula, Georgia and Bill Gilmore of Coli earn. College Scribes Discuss Split As far as Southern college sports editors are concerned it seems as if the recent split in the Southern Conference carries with it the blessing of all concerned. Representative papers from both sides of the split seem to have nothing but praise for the break though there is much laughing com- | mcnt on the fact that the new Southeastern Conference is located in the deep South, while the Southern Conference is located on the Southeastern seaboard. In the deep South the Tulaite Hullabaloo, after admitting that the split was due to long standing differences in regard to policy finds pleasure in : the fact that it is now in a more compact group made up principally of c schools of like scholastic and athletic standards. The Kentucky Kcriial remarks that , "this move is the result of several ( years planning on the part of this , group of southern schools and it is hoped that it is for the good of all \ concerned." It does, however, have some minor criticism to make about the new Southeastern Conference. At the other end of Dixie the Duke Chronicle has nothing but praise for the break and announces to the world that Duke will no longer be hampered by excessive obligations to the conference, but will be able to make valuable intersectional friendships. Outside the conference the Davidson Davidsonian is glad for the division but on purely selfish grounds. Davidson has been applying for entrance . into the conference for several years i and in connection with this it remarks: "Davidson teams in the past decade have hardly been so strong as several of the teams which pulled out of the S. I. C., and probably for that reason we have not been admitted before. But Davidson teams have long been on a par with the ten teams which remained in the conference, and every year more than half of the Wildcats' games arc played with schools which compose the group. For this reason we think Davidson will be in the S. I. C. in another year." < tJ. 8. O, Salaries Of Coaches Cut Carolina's entire coaching staff took salary cuts last month when Ralph K. Foster, director of student activities, made known that the athletic association was seeking to cut expenses to the bone it was announced lately. Coaches Norman and Rawl were ' given the alternative of accepting cuts or losing their positions as Foster announced that the association could not possibly meet their present salaries. Head Coach Laval is on contract until January 1934, but he voluntarily took a reduction after what Foster characterized as a "family discussion" between the two. Foster in a statement shortly before the agreement claimed that he had no power to reduce the salaries of assistant coaches as such matters are left in the hands of the head coach. He d Care L * Make h Alternate ins of the Varsity Football team f lettermen held in December. Clary, :his year. Morehead, a guard from from Ben Wheeler, Texas. They umbia. It is the first time that Caro. Varsity Plays Practice Tilts Carolina's varsity basketball squad in four pre-scason games have trounced three opponents decisively and have lost a one point decision to the crack Royal Cord team from the Winnsboro Mills, whom they had jeaten in an earlier game. The basketeers whipped the strong Charlotte Y team 4 to 24, then came home and walloped a weak team from Dallas, N. C. 81 to 8, allowing only one field goal to be scored against them. In the first game of the season they had beaten Winnsboro 31 to 24 after being outplayed and outscored during the first half. The most startling change of the :urrent season was the sudden decision Df Coach Laval to handle the varsity basketball team and let Coach Norman tutor the frosh squad. Before this Dr. Foster had announced that the entire coaching stafl had taken a :ut in salary. Coaches Rawl and Norman had been given contracts until January 1st, 1034 when head Coach Laval's present contract will expire. Coach Laval has been using two separate teams in the two games during which he has been in chargc. The first one consists of last year's crack frosh team with B. Tompkins and Rowland at guards, Dana Henderson, center, and Ray and Laurie at forwards. The next team is made up of last year's varsity squad, with Capt. Buck Smith and Powell, guards, Ed Nevergold, center, and Killingsworth and Hart forwards. Reserves arc Gooding and Taylor, guards. Freddy Tompkins who will not be eligible for varsity competition until February has been practicing with the team. U. H. O. 24 Gamecocks Get Block "C"s Twenty-four members of the varsity squad was awarded block "C" 's in football by the athletic advisory board upon recommendation of Coach Laval at the last December meeting. Jerome Bihari was awarded letter as manager. Those receiving letters arc: Grayson Wolf, Charleston; Harold Mauney, Columbia; Earl Clary, GafTney; Walker Yonce, Johnston; Fred Hambright, Clover; Harry Hamilton, Hinton, Va.; Allie McDougall and Pott Brown, Columbia; Henry Willard, Spartanburg; John Epps, New Zion; Tom Craig, Central; Nolan Raby, Macon; Henry McManus, Lancaster; Joe Johnson, Spartanburg; Freeman Huskey, GalTney; Dave Mcers, Waco, Texas; Captain Harry Freeman, Dacula, Ga.; Lester O'Dcll, Malakoff, Texas; Ernest Correll, York; Deane Fowble, Dayton, Ohio; Buddy Morehead, Memphis, Tenn.; Nelson frortson, Ashcville; Joe Shinn, Ben Wheeler, Texas; Bill Gilmore, Columbia, alternate captain. XI. 8. o. said that all he could do was to say how much money was available each year for coaches' salaries and the rest is left to the head coach. 1 Anne * * * Ixtende "n ooster /t amblea By AL SCHAFER A Big Fish Now, with the Southern Conference reduced to ten schools, South Carolina looms as a big fish in a little pond instead of a little fish in a big pond, flic Gamecock basketball, football and baseball teams should rank with any of the members of the conference. The basketball tourney in Raleigh will prove the Birds' mettle, when they meet Duke, North Carolina and Virginia, the three favorites (with Kentucky) to take the old crown before the split. A Thought Looking over a list of all the AllAmerican teams since 1889, we find only six men placed on the mythical elevens from below the Mason-Dixon line prior to 1029. Four of these are from Georgia Tech, one from Georgia and one from Vandy. Strupper, Tech in 1917; Day, Tech in 1918; Fincher, Tech in 1920; Bornar, Vandy in 1923; Nash, Georgia in 1927, and Pund, Tech in 1928 were the players. Since 1929 this number has nearly tripled. Recognition Time, National weekly magazine, in the issue of December 12 has the following to say about the Auburn-Carolina game: Quote: Auburn, ready to clinch the Southern Conference championship against South Carolina at Birmingham ran up a comfortable lead of two touchdowns in the first half. South Carolina made a GO-yard march to a touchdown jn the third period, but it did not seem Important; Auburn scored again soon after the kick-off, then in the last quarter, after a weak Auburn punt, South Carolina ompletcd two passes for a touchdown, and Auburn fumble opened the way for another. South Carolina's quarterback, Hal Mauney kicked the goal that ended the game 20-20, first time that Auburn has been tied this year. Doubtful Glory A retroactive consideration . of Southern Conference standings, omitting games played with members of the new Southeastern Conference gives V. P. I. the crown with four victories, South Carolina the only other undefeated team with one win and a tie. Prediction? Dillon Graham, A. P. Sports writer out of Atlanta, in a story of January 2, predicts that in the Southern Conference South Carolina, Duke and V. P. I. will lead the pack in 1933 football. The same article gives Duke and North Carolina the edge in the February cage tourney, with Virginia and South Carolina strong contenders. And, might we add, if Coach Laval gets, his cohorts clicking in 1932 frosb style, that South Carolina's quint will be there when the last basket is shot and the last whistle blown. Why Not Follow Duke? Sports writers on the Duke weekly paper states that the Blue Devils left in a weak conference by the withdrawal of the 13 teams now forming the Southeastern Conference, will be from now on, the "Notre Dame of the South." A wide intersectional schedule will come soon, with few games with local foes. South Carolina while not exactly in a weak conference, will certainly gain little, if any recognition by whipping fellow-conference teams. Perhaps the Villa nova and Temple games are the beginning of an expanded football program. Obviously, the Gamecocks are above local competition, and they should rightfully be so, being the state university of a great State. Have Your Next Banquet At THE ROSE MARY TEA ROOM 1128 Hampton Ave. Phone 3207 Catherine W. Oalllard?Hostess p. H. LACHIC0T 1424 Main Street SILVER' AT MOOEf WATCH AND JEW! .January tj. 1933 >unced * *. *1 </ 7Vip Ten Games On Proposed Bird Grid Schedule Wofford, Temple, V. P. I. And Auburn Added To First List Ten games have been placed on the ' grid card of the University of South 4 Carolina is revealed by an unofficial listing of foes of the Gamecocks next season. The completed schedule has not been announced. Opening with Wofford September 23, the Birds on the following Saturday journey to Philadelphia where they engage in an intersectional battle with Temple University, which is under the coaching of Glenn S. (Pop) Warner, lately of Stanford. It will be Warner's first eleven at the Philadelphia school and Carolina's second trip in two years to the Quaker city. The Gamecocks entertain Coach Harry Stuhldrcher's Villanova team in Columbia October 7. Last season the Birds downed the Wildcats, 7 to 6. The Carolina team will rest a full week and a half then before taking on the Clemson Tigers at the State Fair classic on , October 19. After a year's leave of absence to make possible a Carolina-Tulane game, the Birds return to Orangeburg October 26 to resume hostilities at the county fair grounds with the Citadel. Virginia Poly, one of the outstanding elevens in Dixie the past season, forms the opposition for October 28 in a game at Blacksburg and on November 4 the Gamecocks meet N. C. 'tate in Columbia. L. S. U. will battle the Birds at Baton Rouge on November 11. The Furman game is set for November 18 and a Thanksgiving day battle will be fought with Washington and Lee in Columbia. A game with Auburn for December 2 is pending. The uncompleted schedule: Sept. 23?Wofford at Columbia Sept. 29 or 30?Temple at Philadelphia Oct. 7?Villanova at Columbia Oct. 19?Clemson at Columbia Oct. 26?Citadel at Orangeburg Oct. 28?V. P. I. at Blacksburg Nov. 4?N. C. State at Columbia Nov. 11?L. S. U. at Baton Rouge Nov. 18?Furman at Columbia Nov. 30?Washington and Lee at Columbia Dec. ?Auburn (pending) U. 0. o. 1932 Crowns Many Champs New champions were crowned in many sports in South Carolina in 1932, the most notable being Furman*s upsetting win over South Carolina to take the grid crown. In track, South Carolina whipped P. C. and five other state teams to take away the Presbyterian's chief honor. In tennis and boxing, Carolina retained its state crown, though the Citadel disputed the Birds' pugilistic crown. In bascbajll, Clemson took the championship from the Lavaliers in an exciting post-season series, after the Tigers had beaten out Newberry. In basketball, Furman retained the cup, Carolina taking second place. There were no champs in golf or fencing or archery. TAYLOR'S BARBER SHOP 902 Main Street Just Off Campus POPULAR PRICES COLUMBIA OFFICE SUPPLY CU. 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