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Full S p Baseball In Full Swing Few Lettermen Back Schedule Of State Games Will Be Made At Meeting In Olinton Monday With the first official practice of the season on Wednesday afternoon. the baseball team has gotten down to real work for the 1936 season. Un der the direction of "Dutch" Stamman, the small group of lettermen returning from last year and a large number of promising recruits have been work ing determinedly on Melton Field. . Heartened by the appearance of J. J. Kneece, Bud Alexander, Wilburn Clary, Jim Good, Bernard James, Clint Brogden, Fred Ellis, Tom Crawford and Don Tomlin, all members of the past season's squad, the candidates for Carolina's baseball nine have been having spirited practices and keen competition over some of the positions is forecasted. The infield that has been sown with grass is growing rapidly under daily care and should be .ready for play by Monday. Much work has been put forth on the field this season and it is expected to be in fine condition by the first game. All uniforms will be issued the coin ing week when Coach Stamman picks his squad. Although quite a number of aspirants have reported already, the invitation is extended to all others who are baseball players to report for the squad. The absence of many let termen should give encouragement to many players. who are reluctant to come out. The state schedule will be made up Monday afternoon at Clinton. Coach Lester Stamman will represent Caro lina at that meeting and the complete schedule for the entire season will be published next week. The complete schedule will be the exception of the games within the state league is as follows: March 30-Mars Hill at Columbia March 31-Mars Hill at Columbia April 1-Michigan State at Columbia April 0-Rwli1s College at Coulum, April 9-Rollins College at Columbia April 11-Florida at Gainesville April 13-Rollins Col. at Winter Park April 14-Rollins Col. at Winter Park April 17-Florida at Columbia May 2-N. C. State at Columbia D- . B0 GRIDDERS ENGAGE IN SCRIMMAGE GAME With the addition of eight men from the basketball squad, the Gamecock football roster reached a total of 52 this week. Bob Johnson, Goody Tray lor, Porcher Hopkins, Jack Lyon, Larry Craig, Don Tomlin, and Bill Simpson moved from the court to the gridiron. Leroy Martin also reported this week. Saturday afternoon at 3:30 the first scrimmage of the year will be held on Melton Field between the Red team and the Black team. Order Your Spring Suit Now Get in the Easter Parade early and bec sure you have the right style. You will be assur ed of the right style if you buy it from Boyd Johnson 12 ARCADE BLDG. ring S1 Leading B. James C. Brogden Betty Horton Dink Gaines Oct. Amato C. White S1 01' Man Jinx There has been much comment on the campus as to what was wrong with the boxing team at Charlottesville last week when all the Gamecock fighters lost. After hearing what the members of the team and Coach DeMars had to say, the conclusion has been reached that the team was jinxed from start to finish and knew nothing except hard luck. Jenkins. who was undefeated when lhe wvent to the Conference tourney, w'as defeated in the first match by Cary of Virginia after the Gamecock fighter had sprained his ankle in the first round and again in the third round. Rex Williams, the Potential dlark horse of the tournament was stricken with influenza and had to forfeit before fighting his first match. In the seedlings, "Nut" Taylor had to fight three tough bouts almost to gether and after winning the first two in a superior manner, was given out in his final bout and was finally de feated. Ray Haskell, after fighting a master ful battle for two and one-half rounds was hit in the nose which started bleed ing and the referee gave Gormley, his opponent, a technical knockout after 3t5 seconds of the third round. Carolina's boxing representatives hav~e iet this same jinx for the past several 'years. Dame Fortune, where art thou? Track Degins Next Monday Intra-mural track competition will start Monday afternoon at 5:15, and basketball tournament will start Tues day, March 10, at 7:15 P. M. An nouncements about the schedule will be made on the b)ulletin boards. All the teams are asked to report to the track promptly at 5:15. Events will be run off two or three each af ternoon until all of them have been run. Six basketball games will be played each night. Trhree will be played at the gym and three at the field house. Every team will play every other team, and the eight teams in the lead at the end of the games will play an elimina tion tournament among themselves. Columbia men not rooming on the campus who wish to play in the tour nament must see Mr. Crawford before they join a team, "orts SAthieti D. Tomlin D. Vaughan Here are pictured some of Car Bernard James and Clint Brogder captain of the cage team. Next is ball star and Dinky Vaughan, sp< the baseball manager and Bud A captain of the football eleven. H in the Clemson game. On the si lina's pretty cheerleaders form th backbone of Carolina's school spit On the bottom row, Octavius A He won second place in the Nati has also aided the cheerleaders < Crawford White, one of the, forei looking longingly toward the sta track flash, Ray Riddle, who as distinguished himself and much is son. Next to him is Harold Maui that won the state championship t last two pictures are of "Nut" Ta hitting tennis player, of whom no for itself. R. Riddle H. Mauney ORTC By Dinky VV Needed: Tennis Courts It is a beautiful Spring day. warm, balmy weather has cau young men's (and women's) fancie, turn lightly toward thoughts of lov and tennis. Everyone interested in I nis gets his racket from among moth balls, gets out the old sneal and white ducks and saunters f< to have an enjoyable game. But I is where the beautiful day is mar Every tennis court is filled by la school players, grammar school pui and many Carolina students. Notc that but many players are stanc aroundl waiting for their chance play. The harrassed player t rushes down to. the Woman's Built where all the courts are filled players who are endeavoring to I with a half-torn net and a court surface. Discouraged, the: dent returns to his room, not succ< futl in playing because of the r courts and numerous outsiders. Can't something be done about situation? Can't outside players barred from playing on courts wi the students have the right of p ing on by paying their athletic f< Can't the courts be fixed up in orde to taken care of the great numbei players, both boys and girls, who showing interest in tennis this seas The large number of players I proven that tennis is a growing orite among the students, that it is Gamecocks Wir Final Cage T' Playing their last basketball gain the year with Reddy Mitchell on bench, the Gamecock cagers put a last minute spurt to wvin their Conference victory from the V. M~ Cadets 37-34. With Bill Simpson subbing Mitchell, Carolina took the lead ei in the game and despite erratic sh< ing had the Cadets 13-10 at the Coming back in the second per Virginia tied the score at 20 all later went ahead 34-30. Simpson it again at 34 all with two g< Mitchell came into the game and n a goal,. andI Bernard James san free throw just as the game ende This game did not decide wl team should get a bid to the Soutl Conference tournament because nei renu Be o Figures J. Goddard B. Alexander olina's leading sports figures. Above are , both are baseball stars and James is the Don Tomlin, basketball, baseball, and foot edy baseball infielder. James Goddard is lexander is a baseball outfielder and was e was also voted the most valuable player de, Dink Gaines and Betty Horton, Caro e backbone of this C besides forming the it. mato represents Carolina's tumbling stars. onal Gym meet at Annapolis in 1934 and luring the past few seasons. By him is nost members of the golf squad who are te championship this season. Next is a a member of the frosh squad last season expected of him on the varsity this sea ney, head coach of the frosh football team his season and he also aids in track. The ylor, boxing hero and Louis Bryan, hard thing need be said, as their record speaks N. Taylor L. Bryan )PICS illiams on the few sports that all the students ['he are able to take part in and necessary s facilities for the furthering of this to e_ pastime should be provided-at once! :en the Petoskey Makes Good cers A boyish, smiling face first appeared f wrth at the good old University of South ere Carolina last fall during football prac red. tice to aid Coach Don McCallister in igh pils his football duties. This former All mly American player at once was recog ing ized as a valuable aid on the football to menu and he proved a valuable asset hen during the remainder of the season. ling At this point, he was supposed to be b)y released until the next football season >lay but the resignation of A. W. Norman bad from the position as head cage coach stu.. left a large vacancy which wvas filled ess by this same person, Ted Petoskey. He oor took over the cagers in the middle of the season which had been only fair this and made a basketball machine that be grew in strength at each game. By lich the close of the season, the Gamecocks1 lay- were winning almost every night and1 :es? they finished 'the season in second r to place after a final whirlwvind of vic of tories. Ted has made good at Caro- I are lina in a big way and he has been I on? recognized as an indispensable coach.I ave He will leave soon to play with Macon fav- but wvill be back next season. Much one luck and hurry back, Ted. Frosh Netters it Stavt Practlce of Under the direction of "Dutch" the Wagner, who is acting as varsity ten on nis coach, the frosh net men have or irst ganized, and nine men have reported - L for the team. Courtney Carson, Randolph Brad for ham, Johnny. Campbell, and Robert irly Shaw, of Columbia; Charlie Owens, >ot- from Sumter; Harold Prince, from ialf- Easley; Moultrie Paulling, from Bates iod, burg; Charles Lee, from Asheville, And North Carolina; and Sam 'Price, from tied Owego, New York are the candidates. >als. Practice will begin within a few ade days, the men will be ranked tenta k a tively, and each player will have the d. right to challenge the one above him iich for his place. tern Matches with Columbia High and ther with frosh net teams all over the State ins_Thii Cinder Men Run In Meet 1 !Lt Chapel Hill Today 1 Prof. Meeks Is Assisting Coach a Frank Pauly In Work With Track Squad With fifty men reported for varsity and freshman teams, the cinder men v. are working out daily under the tute- 2 age of Coach 'Pauly. The track is w being re-cindered and rolled this week. at Professor Meeks, a former Carolina el rack man is assisting Pauly in his n, vork. There are a few transferred te tudents who will not be eligible to ompete until next year. V Although he is pleased with the at howing, Coach Pauly is anxious that vi nore men report for track. There are s, nany on the campus who would find t< he results gratifying if they would n five this sport a try-out, says Pauly. si C'rack, according to him, is one of the tr est sports for all-around physical n levelopment; the systematic exercise b vill build up those who are under- o veight and taper off those who are p >verveight. rc Coach Pauly say. that he still has lenty of track uniforms for those m vho are considering reporting for gl his sport. As yet the freshmen have tI rot been given track shoes, but this d< vill be done in the near future. te Carolina is planning to send three se !arsity track men and two freshmen tt o compete in the Southern Conference r ndoor track meet to be held at Chap- te I Hill, March 7 and 8. The meet c. vill be held in the "Tin Can." Those chosen to represent the Uni- cl 'ersity are George Epps, 60 yard dash; h, 3asil Pettit, 50 yard high and low hur- ei lies; and Ralph Turner, half mile. s( ['he freshmen are Dick Little, 60 yard 3 lash and high hurdles, and Johnny ampbell, 60 yard dash and high hur- 0, Iles. ec LOYEMEN LOSE el CONFERENCE BOUTS t fc [aylor Is Finalist tc A jinxed Carolina boxing team re- ai urned from the Southern Conference tc oxing tournament Sunday after hav- al ng placed one man in the finals and 01 wo others in the semi-finals. vi Rex Williams drew a bye in the at irst round and was booked to fight 4ann of Duke in the semi-finals, but ti e caught the flu and was forced to w orfeit the bout. ni Frank Jenkins .was matched with n lary of Virginia and was leading in g >oints when he sprained his ankle in s< he second round. The referee gave Ii; lary a technical KO because Jenkins E :ould not continue the fight. is Rhea Haskell lost to Gormley of si daryland in the third round by a tech iical KO. Rhea had fought on even ci erms with Gormley for two rounds,V >ut when Gormley bloodied his nose n the second, he could not continue.E laptain "Nut" Taylor reached the fi-L ials, but was defeated by Koger of )uke by a technical KO in the second ound. --u. a. 0. During the Russian revolution over ,080,000,000 acres of land belonging o tjie landowners were acquired by he peasantry. *UUUUUeUUUUme 'DEPENDABLE. . 1AX1p Trucking : Taxi . IA ' SERVICEI Telephone 3189--3183 U :Checker Cab Co. * The White Cars --NEW ARRIVJ OF SPRING CI SHO] SHIRTS FREFEMAN SHOES--EU] XANHATT'AN SEIRTI -COME IN-LOOJ COPELAND 1409 Main Week! Vetmen Begin Work Monday 'agner Is Optomistic )mplete Schedule, Improved Ten nis Courts And Letters Are Arranged For Net Team "Official practice will start on the trsity courts Monday afternoon at o'clock and the elimination matches ill begin on March 14. The courts e being put in top condition and rery advantage will be given the tmen. This marks a new era for nnis at Carolina." This is the words of Coach Yeaton lagner, head of the 1936 tennis team a meeting Friday afternoon in Da s College. The newly elected coach >outed with enthusiasm for the net am and was heartened by the large imber of aspirants reporting for the iuad. "Dutch" went on to outline aining rules for the team and an unced that the varsity courts would private this season. Only members the tennis team will be allowed to ay on these courts, the nets being moved after practice. Nine matches will be played in each eet with an opposing team, six sin es and three doubles tilts being on e card. Coach Wagner said that the ubles game was the best phase of nnis and that it was not given its de rved place. He also pointed out at the doubles game had made Wil er Hines, Carolina's gift to bif-time nnis, a prominent star and a possible indidate for the Davis cup team. The ladder system of each player iallenging the man above him that s been used here for the' past sev -al years will again be used this sea mn. Number 1 will play No. 2, No. will play No. 4 and so on. Regular practices will be held daily i the varsity courts with one practice ich week being staged at the Ridge ood Country clb. A ban on all iminations ematches until March 14 is been placed in order to give all e players a chance to get back in rm. "I am neither a tennis player of a p calibre nor a great coach but I n a tennis enthusiast and I intend build up tennis to its deserved place Carolina," Coach Wagner pointed it in a burst of oratory that con need the tennis players listening that last they had a leader. For the remainder of the season, e courts will b? sprinkled daily and ill be kept in a good condition. Ten s balls for practice as well as atches are also on the schedule. The ving of letters at the end of the ason has also put tennis in a new ~ht. This progressive move by Win. .Harth, the new athletic director, another example of his all-around orts program he is advocating. The official rankings for the first imination series made up by Coach lagner is as follows: 1, Wesley Walker, Captain; 2, Sam aniel; 3, Fred MacIntosh; 4, Guy ipscomb; 5, John Hussey; 6, Dinky (Continued on Page 1; Column 3) $WEET ~ THE ONE HONEYAND ONlY Smokes Swoot Stays Sweet NO0TINiG ELSE HlAS1 R' FAVOR A. fmauJdeYeN. Be.s $1.50 A.LS DAILY -:-. .OTHING SHATS. PENHETMER SUITS --STETSON HATS [ 'EM OVERN Street4