Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'BI-RD R Williams Will Captain State Tennis Champs Led by Captain Dinky Williams, the 1938 varsity tennis team began practice this week under the tutelage of Prof. W. Y. Wagener. Eight men have reported for the team and are holding daily practice on the varsity courts. This year's team will attempt to re tain the state championship which has been won for three year's straight. Only one loss from last year's cham pionship team has been sustained: Sam Daniels, number one player and state singles and doubles titleholder. Candidates for the team have been ranked on the bisis of their past per formances and play for permanent positions on the team is expected to start this week. Heading the list is Captain Dinky Williams, state doubles titleholder for the past two years. In number two position is Guy Lipscomb, veteran net man of three yeras, followed by (Louis Bryan another seasoned player. Courtenay Carson is ranked number four, and Randolph Bradham five. Six and seven ranking go to aHrold Prince and Bob Greenfield, respectively, and Stanley Fisher is playing number eight. According to rules adopted by the team, men must play one ranking match every three days in order to keep their positions on the team. This week is expected to see some shake ups as the netters swing into actio1 in earnest. With a sixteen game schedule fac ing the netman. Coach V. Y. Wage ner predicts that virtually every mar out for the team will see action at som< time during the sason. The first match of the season wil pit the racketeers against Davidson on March 25 who tdok the measure o the Gamecocks in their first encoute last year; Elon will furnish the oppo sition for the seond encounter or March 26. Work on the varsity courts, whicl arc now in unplayable condition wil begin this week. New nets have beet ordered for the two courts to be usec by the team, and balls for practice ar being furnished by the athletic asso ciation. - -o-U... . WALSH "Personality development" was th subject of a recent talk to the Colum bia Y. W. C. A. Business Woman' club, by Kershaw Walsh, professo of psychology, University of Souti Carolina. ununn nn71 nIIuIuNO uoI u uhInI muIII nun IIou NNIDh I = I THINK OF COLUMBL Pro< SOLD AT T.1 BUSINESS Is Essential to Everyone, Women. Day, Nig1 DRAUGHON'S B 1218 Sumter Street : Frank W. Lykes, Pros. Mrs. D. T. Faulk SHANDON I 3013 Millwood Mhnaw M1L-10 ACKETE Successful Frankie DeMars, popular coach o the popular Gamecock boxing team has just conc'uded a very successfu season with the pugs.....The colorfu team which represented Carolina wa developed mostly through his har work and thorough knowledge of th game.....DeMars will take several of hi fighters to the National Tournamen in Charlottes ville the later part o this month. Intra-Mural Games Now In Progress Intra-mural basketball began Mon day at the University under driectio of Jack Crawford. director of physi i cal education. Sixteen teams are entered in pre tournament play. Each team mm - play several games during the pre-toui - nament competition, the 8 leaders t compete in the tournament. A games are being played in the fiel house, an dthe public is invited to wil I ness the contests. DELTA SIGMA PI Delta Sigma Pi, commerce fraternit - of the University of South Carolin claims credit for having the largest 1 brary of any professional fraternity i the state. Their library contains ov< e 100 books on accountinlg and marketin - which were donated during the fir s semester. r These books are kept in the fratern I ty quarters and are avaliable for ti use of all commerce students. NEHI BEVERAGE COMPANY Columbia, S. C. IIIIH IIilD I IIDIn IOIllHD IilIDHniInIIIIIIOIIIIIOQlllH illHll AT DAIRIES' lucts EIE CANTEEN TRAINING Particularly College Men and it, and Special Classes USINESS COLLEGE Telephones 5951 and 6317 Win. Lykes, Jr., V.-Pres. :nberry, Sec.-Treas. BREEN HOUSE Florists Best Place For Buying Corsages And Cut Flowers ERS 0 PALMETTI HUNT FO Simultaneously with the annot ment from Coach Vernon Smith the University of South Carolina I ball squad will get down to se vork next week comes similar from the other members of the metto College league. The loop year will include the same eight t who were listed last year-the Un sity, Clemson, Citadel, Erskine, ford, Presbyterian, Newberry, and man. Furman and Wofford are being as the dark horses of the coming son when each team will play fou games against state opposition. 1 berry is making few statements the strength of the diamond macl that will represent the Lutherant it is probable that she can be depe on as a constant threat to the strc teams of the circuit. At Presbyterian Coach Chick C way, former Philadelphia Athletic shortstop, is faced with the task a 1 fending the pennant after losing ) 1 Suggs and Coon Weldon, star pit of last year. Suggs last season t tributed a no-hit game to the rec I while Weldon broke the exi strike-out record set by Flint Rh< s Clemson, who later moved into th jor league ranks. To replace these twirlers Gall f is counting on Joe Commandet lief man of last year, Ben Chri - and . two sophomores, McGregor DuBose. He boasts of the bes field in, the state with veterans to fill every post except short, Mas Reid, a junior college mar - play. Blackwell will again be at n Horne at second, and Batchelk - third. The catcher will come June Moore, Cavin, and Atkinson -outfield with the exception of Former Coach [l Takes New Jo Don C. McCallister, former coach at the University, was nam y rector of the newly re-organized a sical education department at . wich College, Northfield, Vt., n week. McCallister will rank as r professor at the military schoo g be head coach of football. He w t sume his duties April 1. McCallister resigned his posit .. the University during the Chri e holidays after his contract had renewed for another year. H - sistants, Frank Pauly and Carl K man, had not been re-hired b * athletic department, and it is b< E that resulting agitation on the of the Junior Alumni asso I caused him to withdraw. -T A !'1d'PV ' Di*&v4 ! GtM ECV. iPR1 Ul I SPORTS SCHEDULI . Baseball March 28-Ohio University he March 29-Ohio University he March 31-Michigan State he I April 1-Michigan State here April 4-Presbyterian at Clini 1 April 5-Erskine at Due We SApril 7-WVoIord at Spartan 9 April 9-Citadel hree. *April!11-Newhberry at Newber A pril 13t-Citadel at Charlest< April 22-Georgia Tech at Atl April 23-Georgia Trecht at A April 25-Presbyterian here. April 26-Woffordl here. April 27-Erskine here. April 29-Newberry here. May 3-Clemtson at Clemson. May 4-Furman at Greenville May 10-Clemson here. May 14-Furman here. Track Marcht 24-Presbyterian at Cli April 2-D)avidson at Davids< April 9-Furman at Greenvill 1April 23-Citadel here. - April 30-Clemson here. May 6 & 7-State Meet at Cli Tennis March 25-Davidson here. March 26-Elont here. A pril i-Furman here. 'April 5-Erskine at Dtue WVest April 8-Citadel here. April 1-C;itadel at Charlest< April 20-Wayne University troit) here. April 22-Auburn here. April 26-Wofford here. April 27-Erskine here. April 28-Wofford at Spartanl May 3-Fuirman at Greenville May 4-Clemson at Clemson. May 9-Presbyterian at Clint< May 11-14-State meet at C: Golf March 24-Davidson here. March 26-Georgia at Athens. March 29-Hlampden-Sydney I April 4-Duke here. April 9-Citadel here. April 13-Citadel at Charlestc April 14-Clemson. April 18-Wake Forest at Forest. A pril 21, 22, 23-N. C. A. A. at Athens, Ga. April 28-Clemson at Clemson -i. a. 0. AUTOGRAPH Prof. George Wauchope re showed his English drama cia autograph letter of Gen. Robert I in connection with their study of Drinkwater's play by that name. letter was given Professor Watu by Gen. Lee's grandson. It is one of a collection of ovi autographs which include tho: Woodrow Wilson and many writers. IRGAN IZE ) NINES ON L PITCHERS ince- Folley will be manned by sophomore that talent. >ase- Coach Jakie Todd, putting 24 mer rious through their paces at Erskine, wil ,vord have to fill three holes left by lasi Pal- year's graduation, pitching, catching this and centerfield. Just now Burris is :ams probably the likeliest looking catching iver- prospect, while the pitching staff wil Nof- have Jack Massey, Bob Smith, Jin Fur- Pressly, and Moffatt Long as stalwarts The infield finds Hull on first, Phil rated lips at the keystone sack, Edwrads o sea- McGarity at short, and McDonald a rteen third. Shuler is probably the onl Jew- certainty as an outfielder, with out is to standing men for the other two spot iines listed as Cotton, Campbell, and Moore but Citadel's nine will be captained b; nded Leroy Bessinger, who also hung ui nger a no-hit performance last season. As sisting him in the mound duties wil allo- be Saleeby and Gamble, while Brown s ace ing and McBride will attempt to fil f de- the backstop vacancy. Owens at third efty Edwards at short, Charlie Gilbert a chers second, and Miller at the initial sacl con- seem destined to make up the inficlc ords, The outfield will come from Maxwel sting seemingly the stand-out performei m at Spencer, Williams, Haile, Wilson ma- Freeman, and possibly others. Furman's gridiron heroes are e: oway pected to fill a number positions fe re- the coming campaign. Wilmot Spire stian, for whom "Scoop" Latimer, of tb and Greenville News, hsa big league hope t in- is presumably the stand-out on th lated purple Hurricane roster. vhere Wofford's strength will come froi will junior college men and the seasonin first, gained last year by its sophomore nin r at The big question mark with all t from teams, however, seems to rest on ti The question of how their pitchers will d< Louis liver. DIGEST All students desiring to contribu articles for the new issue of the Cos bmerce Digest, publication of the scho of commerce, of the University are r quested to turn over their material i head one of the following boys: Talce ed di- Stith, Joe Jackson, Sigmund Stoud phy- mire. Nor- George Olson, dean of the scho last of commerce, announces that all co a full tributions brought to his office will I I and collected. ill as on at stmas TO TEtL asbeen TNt TALE OF WOE Stain 7.the lieved part l iation C 1 :SJ re. re.Q ^ re.U on. Iurg. OUR lORRY STWti E ry , ant a.I Ia anta. nt on. ( De-6 murg. inston. mere. n. Wake anLONGI ently JoeSALEA chope ~r 100 me of noted FOR. All-State pla gal W sta dri lec tu nua pri so ph l Tom Hutto, versatile guard on the ill-fated Carolina basketball team, was t rewarded for his excellent work dur - ing the season by being placed on the all-state team for the second consecu tive year.....Hutto also finished the year well up the list of high scorers in the a Southern Conference. Despite the Gamecock's' poor showing Hutto - showed the folks how the game should rbe played. e BAKER'S n DRUG STORE SANDWICHES SODAS e SNAPPY CUREB SERVICE 3 >l PROMPT Motorcycle Delivery tt e pl 2000 Main St. Phone 3504 Where Friends Meet" ITRZ RT _;, Cf wj oaaa IEASON DRUGS ipeciinens of South Carolina drug nts will be collected in a special tion of the University botanical -dens, according to Assoc. Prof. D). Strother of the school of phar cy in the University. lore than 100 plants native to the te are used in the compounding of igs, he said. The University col tion, which officials hope will even lly include specimens of all plants ive to the state, will be designed manly for its educational value, but ne of the plants may be used in the armacy laboratories. I RG jjfRSHING ALTHFUL A NKE RN-ORTH A IM VCAN AFFORD TPAY TIE 00Q VEo D VE R8 VcN' FORD8 II, '39. tMkIges Ggyf : )TORS R VICE C RS