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Knight, Birds Off To State Meet Freshman And Varsity Coach Frank Pauly will take ten freshtmen and sixteen varsity men to the ,tate track meet in Clinton this Friday and Saturday. Clemson is the favorite to win the varsity title and the South Carolina liddies are cxpectel to win out over the other freshmen teams. Ten ten w ill leave today in time t enter the trials for the 2:20, 4-0, hurdiles. shot putt, discus. a(d javelin w hirh will he held this afternoon. The moilers, two milers, and jumupers will leave with the freshmen Saturdav af ternoon since there will be no trials in their contests. The event'. will ltegin at eight o'clock. This will lbe the first track neet ever held under electric lights in South Carolina. Coach P'auly expects I,arry Craig to show up well ini the shot putt and discus throw. Fletcher Spigner has improved in throwing the javelin, and Basil Pettit has aIrea(dy heaten the State record in the low lurdles on the wniversity Field. The varsity team is led by Captain Curry Farnumil, who is a good pole vaulter. George F.pps, who has been out because of a lame leg since the \\'otford meet. will he back today to try the 220, 100, and broad jump. jack Lyons will run the 220, 10t), and throw the javelin. Arthur Robinson will be in both jumps and in the relay. Par rot will be in the 44t0 and G harrit will run in the I40 and ss0. Ralph Turner will he the only Carolina representa tive inl the half mile. Robert Farle 1'enlan1d will reopen his fetid with Green of Clemson in the mile and . They fouled each other in the State meet last year and Penland was dis (Italified after lie had taken second place. Rufus Morgan and1 \\'. C. \\'olwe will run the two nuiile. 'ettit and Goodie Taylor are out to win in the hurdles. john Royster and Guy Lipscomb will be in the high jump and Lipscomb will also be in the javelin. discus, and broad jump. Sawn Cleland, manager. will acconpanr the teamil. HALF I ONE S Not a bit me/you sa H Amato, And Sigi SPOR TOPICS By DINKY WILLIAMS )iie of the s'-I)'s miiost t<isill))oinlting ail 111interestilg spee taeles was presentel at the Fiehl Ilouse MontlaV night before a sinall crow<l of 200 sI)ec'tators. This colossal flop was tle tennis exhibition given by Hill Tihlen andi his troupe Of pIyers. True it is that the c'ruw(1 was sma11 ilt was that aIple reasoni for putting on a show that failv reIkedl with carelessness and ilifferenlce? Tildenl coul iot help it because one of his clhief d-wa\ing cands was sick ant neither coilId he help the incidents that happened at the imattches butlt he con(hl have thrown iinself' into the gamite and put on an exhibition that he is capable of <loing an<d therebv. niake his stock ri-e in ('olutubia. Never again will Tilden uiake am'y mloley oil' of tennis exhibitions in ('olunbia! It was not the fault of his sponsors that the show was a flop. EVerything was (lone to make his stay a pleasure an< the niatches were well aIvertise<d. The only thing that can be said is that the harge nuajority of telnis fans that stave< away from the show, should tlink their Ilickv stars that they still have their mone' and a cher ished memory of tImt former great player, Willianm T. Tilden, Il. The walk aie rising rapi<lly. umlerneath all this great niovemillent, work and stctessfil enter)rising. staids one central figure. It was this sane ligure that took upon his shoulers tll the responsilility of Ilanning and const rlcting these mlighty walls. This small figure st:nais ino1itrlusiv'ely amidst all the work ani ImanlunOtii enterprises that are going forward with muich rapidity. In other w(rds. the walls at the stadimn are being constricted uIder the direction. care. supervision aid en(olragelelnt of Prof. 1 Roblert Ilewelvn Smiwalt. IIe Ims not been given the proper credit fr his work. It was lie who thought of the idea. It was lie wIio pushed the pllns from start to finish and it will be this same person who will stoitn stan on to1) of these mlighty hlIwarks of success antd sav. "Vell. I have done III best for 'the sc'hool. Regardless of whether I get credit, I :ii1 satislieil with a job that has been well Yes, lie will be triie in that. 1Wh1en the wails are finished. they will be strolfn:l hanIsomie. Tlhanks, . li. Siiiiiwalt. In the futlre. they will st:ani as the -ileit and inlnitortal iiieiiorial of that iliglhilicalnt tigrlle woi has doie miany tlinigs for the Uiti versity of Souithi Carolina. L HALF MAKES WELL SMOKE! You'll like the way Half & Half burns. Cool as a mother-in-law's wire. "tArrive Friday." Sweet as the news that she's changed her plans. Fragrant, full-bodied tobacco that won't bite the tongue-.-in a tin that won't bite the fingers. Made by our exclu sive modern process including patent No. 1,770,920. Smells good. Makes your pipe welcome any where. Tastes good. Your password to pleasure! of bite in the tobacco or the Telescope TIn, which gets smnaller and smaaller i-up the tobacco. No bitten fIngers as youa reach for a load, even the last one. Copyright 1936, The American Tobacco Company A L PmH AL F FOR PIPE OR CIGARETE Win In! Many Stu Atte High School Tennis Starts )n Varsity Courts oys Playing On Country Courts As Stars Fight For State Honors The State High School tennis tour iament for boys and girls opened yes erday in Columbia with two rounds f singles being finished. First round loubles will begin this morning at o'clock. The boys are playing on the Ridge ood and Forest Lake country clubs nd the girls are competing on the ourts in front of the Woman's build ig at the University. Drawings took place at Flinn Hall at he University of South Carolina for he boys and girls singles and doubles lay. Prof. Reed Smith, of the University nd J R. RTompkins, coach of tennis t Columbia IIigh school have charge f the tournament. Miss Nancy Pope ill direct the girl's tournament. Doll Hunt of Columbia is the de L"nding girl's champ while Heyward elser, winner of the boy's tourney st season, was graduated and will not efend his title. In the boy's event, Clarence Kibler f (oltunbia I iigh was seeded No. 1. ack Joyce of Spartanburg came sec nd with Rex Rice of Belton being iked third. L.ykes Boykin of Dar ngton was seeded No. 4. In the doubles, the seedings were as iows: I.--Kibler and Dupre, Columbia ligh. 2.-Joyce and erbert, Spartanburg. :c.-Rice and Rice, Belton. -1.--ioykin and Stogner, I)arlington. In the first rounds of the boy's play, + players drew byes. III the only first mild matches played, Donnely de .ated Abrams, 6-1, 6-4; Boykin de 'ated Kemp, 6-I, 6-2; Joyce defeated eignious,-Copy Skip. In the girl's tonriev, the results -erc as follows: In the first round, McI.auren de 'atcd Napier, .-7, 6- I. In the second round, uslihton de 'ated R hodes, 6-2, 6- 1. 1.ipscomb de 'ated Child, 6-4, 6-: , while 11111ut was 'inning from Benefield, 6--I, 2-6, 6-. he lcl .auren-Coggeshall match was oistponiedl beause of dlarkness. Theli 'inniter of this mtatclh will go into the mii- fintal r(oundi( tom ot-rowv afternoon ith IiI.ipscomtib, IIluint antd H ushitonii. 'lThe boy's doubles play will begin iis morning at 9 A. NI. The draw - gs arc as follows: 1Kibler and IDulI're vs. live. lI arry and1( Thiomason: vs. Smiythle antd nii1ionis. .'ltinter anid Ihuch;i vs. \'jl]ipigne nd( \layne. Owens and \\ade vs. H ice and l< ice. Joycwe antd II er1bert vs. I 'inis on antd (Gri ffin and IIa rri s vs. I ridges antd liradhly and I .yles vs. Hye. Hoybk in and Sto gnier vs. lIye. Thle represetfatives. frbom e'achl schll atetnnis are as fiolIlows: Bos:lelton.-- Hex H<ice, lIlair R(ice tid H arold ('linkscales; I )arlitigtion :hiiies: Chlarlestoi--Ilctery Smtthe,i 'amuel Silisbns anid ('hiatrles Kamup; I ayne an Geo ~crge \\'est;: Spuattanbdurg -Jack Joyce, Th'ad I Ierbert and Hill \'hiitmir--Abram. a nl l'rutitt ; IKinigs ree- I ill Seign itus; I'Trav~ellers liest - a ck I )otine(ly;: Columbad ia--Claretnce ibler. hhtck l)u l're, Th Iere'll; (reent :bud -lrwini G'rilfiin andi( lill Iliarris; 'ai inr--\ler isen tam sal(ar' caI)igon \\-alterHArol. Joaeph Inbuddietall arryl anda 1)o Thomwaie r)wells; Hulin- .litr Alternsan The g'irs n reeettvlae oggesh ll, an N. iz beh a.er lr a ellr list- fall. ith 'hbiidrss, ie JndiMa er t a idla: d s t'u i--1)or thd Crisplticieays. ey ra-Murals dents nd Events Sigma Nu Wins Cage Tourney In Flashy ComebacJ E. C. Knight Cops Track Trophy For Tenement 20, While Amato Wins Mitt Award With the finals of the boxing and basketball tournaments, the intra- ' mural sports program was brought to a close Tuesday night. Jack Crawford, who has been the director of the events, presented trophies to the winners im mediately after the games ended. Elwynn Knight was awarded the track trophy; Octavius Amato received the boxing award, and Wallace Mar tin accepted the basketball trophy as captain of the winning Sigma Nu team. Knight was voted the most valuable man on the track team of tenement 20 which won the meet with 45 points. Sigma Chi cane second with 38 points, and S. A. F. ran third with :32. In a last mintute spurt Sigma Nit de feated tenements 16 and 17, :31 to 27 for the basketball championship. The losers started off at a fast pace and led at the half 20 to 11. Villiam Wolfe, sparkplug of the team, fouled out in the third period, and Sigma Nu slowly overcame the lead. They succeeded S. A. -'. which was unexpectedly put e out of the running by an upset by tene ient 16. Dick Little was unanimously voted the most valuable maln on the team by a committee composed of John Rowland. Henry Gooding, and luck Smith, all former Carolina cage stars. Little led the scoring parade with 18 points to his credit, and Fouche tied with W. Vlbfe for sec.,ond place with 9 points. Rowland and Smith refereed the game, and flernard James and Ar thur Roberts were the scorekeepers. The wimning team was composed of 1 (Gnerard, Smith, F-'oche, M\ artin, Little, Sallenger atI (arson. Tenement 16 was represented by I'age,. \\ \Volfe, O. \Wolfe, .\rtmstrong, Crawford, and Keliv. 1.ouis Carleo earned an unexpected victory over \\'. \\'.lb, who seeited to have sote trotble getting started. IRoth of these men give promise of de veloping into excellent lighters. ien Jo Willians out pointed Joe I3elott in the 1-19 class. G(eorge Il;skell upset the bucket with his defeat of Jerry Hlughes in the 159 pound division. I lughes suc cum tIbedl tob thle coo01, heLady ly i ghttig of lIas.kell, wh Io was clearly tIhe btettr lblbx er. InI a biut mlarked Iby ala4badtedI punch i l towv ig, John11 i rurns dlefeated s F-ritz ITurner. N eithter tmanI sho(wed1 ally effectivye dlefetnse, an bo114 th too(k a lobt (bf punlishmltent. l:rantk I. rban wonll a tec7lhnical knock class. ReubenII htad htad a gteat dleal o4f expeLriencee as a tighlter ill inttra-mntlral to wVin htand(ily, ibut .lhan's ring cra ft pIro ved( too4( muicht for imu. Roly Johnison was sceduilitled to fight itt tIle itea vyweight td(iv~Iiion, bitt Ihe was unIaible tob dI s(o Ibecaulse of ant intjiury received int footlball last season.t Art Sribanyvi sublIbed for htitt andl lost ade Seve 'ral obf te fighters shobwedItl n utsual ability ill thtis touirnlamtent. Amonlblg thte'e are Alibert Green,l W\eIbb, iplannted tIhe jintra-Itmiral proIgr;ln, dec clard1( thIat mo1 re Iboys tioo k part iln the pbrogramt thtis year thtant int atny othler year pbrevious. "Next yeart we p lan to SWEET AS HONEY THE ONE AND ONLY * e Starts Sweet Smokes Sweet Stays Sweet NO0THING ELSE HAS ITSRFAVOR Also lmp.Ia Ven. nBoe 15 na Nu N. C. State Nine Here Tomorrow Tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock the University of South Carolina base hall team will meet the team from North Carolina State in their first meeting of the season at University lield. N. C. State has a strong nine from the accounts of it coming down from Raleigh. 'hey have won the majority of their games with little trouble. Rol lins College of Winter Park, Florida is the only out of state teati met by the Gamecocks this year. They played (ie game in Columbia and three in Winter Park. Two of the three games scheduled in Columbia were rained out. The Newherry Indians were in town to meet the Birds yesterday for the first game here since lrskine defeated Carolina 4 to 1 Tuesday to win the Palmetto State championship. J. J. (Country) Kneece, the Game cock star hurler, will pitch against the North Carolina Wildcats. Tennis Team Wins Match From Erskine' Seventh Straight Win Carolina's tennis team defeated Eirs kine Thursday to extend her number f of state victories to seven and leaving only Furman and the Citadel in the I way of another state championship. The net team has defeated I'resbv terian College twice, \otford twice. lurman once and received a forfeit from Clemson. This victorv marks Carolina as a heavy favorite to repeat her capture of the state title. r One of the best matches of the clav was the one between Sam )aniel and Greeg of Eirskine. The Gamecock player finally eked out a hard fought battle. Mlonday, the Carolina netmtten will go to Furman where t'ev will meet I urman in their second match of the season. The first tilt teriinated in a ::3 victory for Carolina with the rest 2 of the matches being called on account ri of darkness. I.rman is being led by Turner f Sothern. who is known all over the S state for hir steady game of tennis. lie extended Sam iDaniel. Carolina's ' undefeated No. I man to the limit in their first match before finally dropping fI the miatch and he hcopes f~r revenge this week. 'he state tennis tournament will be h hld ian Spartanhurg ontn a 7, 8 a "Id V 9 andc four Caroilinia netmen('i will vie for thle righit to pily ini it. Iwo dloub les teaiis wilIlprobcably imake thle trip. " Saii I )aniel will meet I )ibblle of the * ('itacdel niex t wveek ice fore thle touirnia menc lt. I )ibbile is tile wiinier of thle state toulirneyc last year and1( has not mlet i Taylor Is Given Chance At Fame Cla rece c Talr, "sophomoiicre v~ocals cf the G amiecock biacid, has bceen of feredi one half cif his ('exieses to New Ycork tcc appear ccl \l ajccr Itowes' A\nuateuir houir lbut has hadic tco decclinec tic cilfer beccaui'e cof his cocnmecticcns. ( larecec is no(w appehiarinig ocver \IS ccn the "'lciicin the Scenecs withi I )ean i-." raicl c prougramii each F rida y niighit. le is undicer contract for six teeni w'eek withi tis purogramli, ha.vinig pre "centedc six bcroadcasts alreadv. Ius ca reer extteics over a1 perioid o f five yea;rs. inicluinig bcroadcca't. ftcr more In1::.t his icopullar siniger, appecaredl ccl a niaticcnal N It( hooick-upj ccf 7s sta-t tionsl. A\s a resuilt oif this bcrccadcast. lie received his pocsitioni as '-olci'st with llister Spiannt andc his Gamei cock., tile pocsitioni lie still hohclc. \\'ith thlis oirchest ra, lhe spenlt 14 wee'ks thle past sunmmier at Sea I slandc Iteach ini G'ecrgia, one oif lie SonuthI's moicst tpopuilar resorts. Th le corc'hest ra will pirobhaly play the re agaill thiis summiiler or will go to NI yrtle licachi. lie bcegan his caree'r ill \\'ardlaw *:nior high scho'i! where he wvas dlis- ( covereud inmitatinig iig Crosby. NI ar- ' garet Rogers, a freshmni at Carodlin ma alsoi appeiared with ( larenice whlen lie I first biegan siniging operetfas. On Afonday aftericon,i this soloista was elected secretary atid treasurer of the rising junior class at Carolina. I Clarence is also a membecr of the Carolina Folktingers.., who..ure