Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The 'Cock Pit BY HIGH SCHOOLS WELCOME TO U. S. C. Tht thirtieth anniversary of high school track and tennis in South Carolina is celebrated this week with the annual cinder meets and racquet swinging tournament. From all sections of the state come athletes to participate in the festivities and to take trophies and honor back to the local Alma Mater. To the contestants here this week, the Pit extends hearty welcome none of Editor Hendley's perfunctory stuff. I sincerely hope that each Prep school hero will enjoy his stay on the campus and will come back for a longer visit-say about four years. All of Carolina's athletic facilities are open to the high schoolers this week. Each one is invited to use them as much as he or she desires'. The swimming pool will be available at regular student hours. So all you boys and girls grab a bathing suit from somewhere and jump in. You'll find the water fine. And both pool rooms-Mr. Bell's YMCA rec reation hall and Uncle Billy Woods' Student Union basement are at your disposal. Don't mind signs to the contrary. They're off the record this week. This is Friday, and if you haven't already availed yourself of Caro lina's pleasures, take my advice and hop right in the middle of things. Have your little fun. High school week comes once a year. If you want to know about the "hot spots", just ask any Carolina man. He knows. THE YEAR WANES BUT INTRAMURALS CONTINUE The year is waning, but Jack Crawford's intramural program still is going strong. As basketball swings to a close this week, swimming, wrestling, tennis and softball forge to the campus sports front. For the first time softball breaks into the intramural program. Several fast teams are being formed on the campus, and already Melton field is the scene of much base-running activity. In a few days it'll be, "Take me out to the softball game." There were almost 100 entrants in the swimming meet this week, and the competition reatly was keen. There was no repitition of last year's water splashing fiasce, which saw only a few swimmers brave the depths of the natatorium. Yes, sir, the medals this spring really are worth some thing to the winners. There's one thing that's bothering Genial Jack. He says the various tenements are employing ringers for their intra squads. That isn't ex actly according to the rule book, and it sounds a little like the story of intercollegiate sports. The Pit sincerely hopes that intramurals won't sink to the level of interschool play. Let's keep one phase of athletics stainless. ILLNESS ROBS U. S. C. OF ANOTHER GREAT STAR Another of Carolina's athletes left school last week. But this one didn't go because of scholastic difficulties or misdemeanors. When Clinton Christmas went home because of illness, the whole of tenement 21 was saddened. iUkewise a lot of other fellows who know the boy. Clinton's is a tough case. He has been sick for a long time, although he didn't tell anyone about it. He went through the boxing season, and earned for himself the reputation of being the cleanest fighter ever to enter Carolina's four poster. Coach DeMars didn't know that his 127 pounder was ailing. But the game little pug definitely was sick. Here lately he col lapsed frequently. So his parents have taken him home. But Clinton will be back next year, although I don't think he will be able to box. Personally I hope he never enters the ring agin Right here the Pit goes on record as wishing Christmas a speedy recovery and lots of luck. He's a great athlete, a good student, and a swell fellow. FOOTBALTLS AGAIN FLY OVER MELTON Seems as though the Bird Brain Trust isn't satisfied with football in love time. Now that the warm breezes of summer begin to creep across Melton Field the coaching staff calls for another pigskin parade-this time to run signals. Just as the Pit was agin' spring practice, it's also agin' summer work outs. There is one difference. We recognize the fact that the rest of the Southern Conference holds spring drills, and USC must keep up witla the Joneses. But why try to go the same Joneses one better, and outdc the Smith family? We're not in the Southeastern Conference any more, so we don't have to work our football players around the year. The Pit has heard faint rumblings of certain players quitting if this keeps up. Here's hoping those rumblings won't be given the provocatior, to materialize. Or perhaps Coach F.nright is just using the Georgia method of cutting his squad-the old squeeze out system, laying on the work, etc. I SAY, COACH ENRIGHT HOW ABOUT THE FOOD? For several years the food problem has been getting worse around USC. No, it isn't shortage. It's just a matter of taste, waste, and variety What's the matter with the victuals around this joint? Stewards Hall has been a bone of Contention for many a long year. At least two good mer have been killed because of food in the mess hall. Things are so bad that the football players no longer eat at Stewards Hall, but must go half the way down Green Street to get their meals And some don't like the food then. Maybe that last is just force of habit or sometihing. Maybe it isn't Anyway Ye Editor is in- favor of a training table on the campus. Witl1 the money the athletic department is spending on boarding house food we could have a first rate training table with a competent dietitian-say somebody like Madame Quinn of the Infirmary. The school really could save mnagey with a private training table, and could maintain it for all athletes in season. With .a campus trairling table, the middle man's profit is eliminated so to speak. And I'm sure the University officials woulidn't want to profiteer off the athletic department. Diamo ' Face Welcoming Sn A smile of greeting covering rector Rex Enright bids welcor here this week. Says Enright, each of you to Carolina. We all be pleasant and interesting, an University for a much longer st Both Sexes At Tennis Racquel Sara Rushton To Play University System Of Tennis forces will have a busy 4 week-end at Carolina this week, as the newly formed girl's team meets the University System of Georgia co-eds Friday, and the varsity men's team plays the same team Friday, and entertains the Citadel, Satur day. This w"ill be the second oppor tunity that the Carolina co-eds have had to show that intercollegiate girl's athletics will prosper, and ac cording to the individual players they intend to make the most of it. Furman's co-eds defeated them 3-1 in their first match. Sara Plays on Both Teams Personnel of the team includes Sara Rushton, w'ho intends to play No. 5 for the varsity, then rush over and take on the No. 1 Georgia las sie; Dolly Hamby, Betty Miller, Harriet Williamson, and L.avinia Liles. Coach "Dutch" W~agener's men's squad have played two matches this week, winning 5-2 from Erskine Monday, and losing 7-0 to P. C. Tuesday. Citadel to be Best The Citadel encounter promises to be the best match of the series, as the teams have met before with the outcome in Citadel's favor by the very close count of 4 to 3. How ever the Carolina team will be play ing in its own backyard, with the dependab)le No. 5 Sara Rushton in the line-up again. Bil Lowry Ted's "Wat Fans, meet Billy Lowry, the guy< who first meets opposing pitcher. for Ted Petoskey's baseball nine. It's the same Billy who was the scat-back for Rex Enright's 1939 pigskin aggregation. Lowry plays centerneld for the baseball Birds, and he really goes to town in the outer gardens. The lit tIe fellow fairly burns up the grass going after stray fly balls. He's got a fielding average that's well-nigh perfect, and he goes after every ball that comes anywhere near his ter rtney. nd Ar Tigers ile From Rex his tanned face, Athletic Di ne to the high school students "The coaching staff welcomes l hope that your stay liere will d that you will return to the ay later on." USC Swing :s This Week In Both Matches As Georgia Invades USC Law School Beats Tenement 29 For Intra Cage Title Game Is Replete With Rough Play; Final Score 50-26 The finals of the intra-mura basketball were fought at the Uni versity Field House on WVednesda) night, with the Law School cager winnng out over Tenement :?9 t< the tune of 50-26. In a game that was replete witi fouls and rough playing, the experi ence of the lawyers outweighed the fighting of the fellows from Tene ment 29. In the semi-finals of this tourna ment played on Monday night th< lawyers won out over the floorme: from 24 1-2 in a game that was nil and tuck throughout. The team rep resenting Preston Hall was elimi nated by Tenement 29. Presto, Hall was the pre-tournament favor ites to cop the title. Both of the teams competing it the finals will receive individua medals. The outstanding player fo' the winners will receive a trophy. Gets Many chful Wa'tii id Cini This Petoskeym4 As Trackme Little And McFadden Will Duel On Melton Coach Sterling DuPree's track men engage the powerful Tigers o Clemson here tomorrow afternoot in the last dual meet before the an. nual state cinder field day in Clin. ton next Friday and Saturday. The Birds enter the Clemsor meet undefeated, having outpointe( Furman and Citadel. The Bengah boast wins over P. C., Newberry and Furman and have suffered 2 loss to Georgia. During most of the meet it will be a battle between two individua stars, Banks McFadden of Clem son ard Dick Little of Carolina The rival captains undoubtedly will fight it out for high scoring honors They lock horns and match legs ir the 220 yard low hurdles and the broad jump. Little also will run the 100, the 220 and one lap of the relay and will high jump for Carolina. McFadder1 will toss the shot and discus and will top the high hurdles for the Tigers. Two Miles and Shine The two mile run will be the race of the afternoon if previous per formances mean anything. On the Clemson side of the ledger arc Schroder, Beckett, and Caughman all of whom have turned in credit able two miles this season. Caro lina has Marion Davis, as yet un defeated; Billy Allen, a converted miler, and Jim McKinney, an un tried sophomore, to throw againsl the Tigers. So far this year Clemson's eighl lap men have paced faster races than the Gamecocks, but Davis has yet to be pushed, while Allen and McKinney are question marks. Joes Versus Banks DuPree's two Joes, Katkevitch and Krivonak, will try to out toss Bonny Banks in the weglhts. They will be supplemented by T. H. Davis, Carolina's regular pole vault. er. Dick Anderson, John Spigner and Heitry Thomas will matcli javelin throws with Clemson' Steve and Copeland. Clemson is favored to gain quite a few points in the mile and the half mile. It will be Ward versu! Rice in the 880, and Walker against Fellers in the mile. Clemson's mighty 440 yard team led by Dickerson, is rated tops in the state, so Walter Carns and Johnny Crews are in for a real onc lap race. However Carns may com< through, if he can put a little more steam on his finish. Carolina Linksmen Meet Last Foe Sat. Once Defeated Birds Face Citadel Tomorrow The Carolina golfers meet theil last foe of the season before the state meet, when they encounter th4 Citadel's linksmen at Forest Lake Saturday. After the Citadel matcl Coach Babcock will know jus Iwhere his team stands in the stat< race, as the Bulldogs are defendinj -champions. The state tournament will be heli in Columbia May 3-4. It is spon sored by the Junior Chamber o Commerce. Carolina's golfers have made as i enviable record this season, losinj -only to Western State Teacher' College, Mich. and to Furman. Walks As rng" Batter At bat Billy's the well-know man with the old batting eye an waiting taste. That's why Petoske has him at the head of the lis Little Billy knows how to get th walks, and he's very hard to pitcl to. (Ask any hurler who's face him.) When Billy gets tired waiting fo walks, he doesn't try to bust fence. No, sir, he's a clean hitte: trying only to get the bingle in th pinch. None of this power hittini ler Te Week ,n Face Ern n Engage CI Dunk Keeps Equipment By Swingtime Hit Tunes Blaze Out From Radio In Room For Athletic Stuff The seasons, hit songs and athletes come and go, but Bill Duncan keeps right on work ing in the athletic equipment room. It's Dunk's job to dish out all sorts of sports parapha nelia to Carolina's athletes, ver sity, freshman and intramural. Last fall Bill's radio spieled forth "Indian Summer," "Oh, Johnny," and other tunes as football players stormed the equipment room, asking for sox, jerseys, pads, shoes, and balls. As the land "South of the Bor der" gained national recog nition, Duncan packed football equipment away, and gave the equipment room a good clean ing. But then came "The Little Man Who Wasn't There," bringing with him basketball, boxing, and more work for Dunk. As these two sports waned, "Confucius Say" it's time for spring tootball prac tice and track to begin. So out came moleskins and running equipment. VCU, DUal-wa iuaaged t0 catch a breath or two before "The Man Who Comes Around" brought in baseball and still more work for Bill. At present Duncan is holding things pretty well in check over at the field house, as the latest hit tunes serenade the spring sports season to a close. The field house will be shut about May 15 and Duncan can sit back for a three months' va cation, before footballs begin to sail through the crisp autumn air again. Bill says he's reduced equip ment handling to a science. Sure the athletes still hang around his room asking for something or other. "But," says Dunk, "that first rush for equipment is no more. When the football players start working out, they are assigned a' locker, completely equipped with necessary togs." Duncan says he's going to inaugurate better handling of intramural equipment next year, but he won't say just how. Letters Sent To -Bammers Members Told How Team Progresses fThe first of the letters from Coach Enright to the BAM Club members were sent out this week. g In the letters Enright said that the mid-semester grades of his players were satisfactory, and that the study - hall for weak students was progress ing nicely. The Barmmers were told that spring practice was a success, and that the squad had a lot of spirit and determination. The most seri ous wveaknesses occur at guard, and I the kicking and passing is only v fair. :.This week Tatum Gressette, sec retary of the BAM Club, has been working in Kingstree and Florence. * He says he is meeting with much I enthusiasm on the part of Carolina alumni and supporters. r "I believe we will have no trouble in reaching the 1,000 mark in mem bership before school is out," he 'said. "There are still a lot more I people who want to join the BAM I Club, but who haven't had the op ornrity of doing so y.." ama.1 nd kine There emson Here USO Beats Furman But Loses To P. C. With almost no chance to win the state championship, Ted Petoskey's baseball nine is concentrating only on beating Clemson's mighty Tig. ers this afternoon at Clemson. The Birds are out to avenge the 8-7 de feat by the Bengals in Columbia several weeks ago. So far this week Carolina is bat ting .500, winning from Furman, 6-4 Wednesday, after dropping a game to PC Monday. In Greenville Wednesday Rhoden, Hoxit, and Stroud were the big guns of the attack. Rhoden got three hits, in. cluding a double, Hoxit collected two bingles, including a triple and Stroud banged out a single and a double. Petoskey Undecided Petoskey has not announced as yet who will pitch against Clemson, but observers believe he will send either Joe Grugan or George Craw ford out on the mound for this all important game. The Bird coach is worried about his team's defense. The play in the field this week has been far from brilliant.. The Gamecock diamond boys almost handed the Furman game to the Hurricane with five errors, but a like number of mis cues on the Windy side made things even. Meet Erskine Tomorrow Tomorrow the Birds journey to Due West to battle Erskine's Fly ing Fleet. The Fleet accomplished the tough task of trimming Clem son this week, and will be hard to beat on the home ground. Edwards, Erskine's slugging clean-up man, has been giving opposing pitchers fits all season. One Game Next Week The Birds play only one game next week, meeting Davidson here Monday. The Petoskeymen hit the home stretch the following week, playing Furman, May 6; 'P. C. May 7, and Newberry, May 10. All these games will be contested on Melton Field. On their recent trip the Birds broke even, winning and losing two. They defeated Citadel in Charles ton and lost to Wake Forest in Bennettsville last week. Enright Works On Backfield Timing NeW Plays Prove Hard To Maater Carolina alumni who have been groaning under the reports of the loss of key men of the Gamecock line, haven't been looking to En right for solace, but that doesn't phase the Bird mentor. Quietly and without any publicity whatsoever, Coach Enright has been working out the team in shorts for the past couple of weeks. The time has been mostly devoted to the Bird backfield, developing its tim-l ing and running new plays. The men who will in all proba bility form the nucleus of the comi ing years backfield squad, Grygo, DeMarrio, Elston, and Roskie, have been given especial attention. Coach Enright has been running these four men together to develop timing and power on intricate plays that re quire plenty of time to get down pat. The players rising to eligibility of the varsity ranks from the bohunk and freshmen class also have come in for their share of attention. Plenty of time being devoted to the punting prowess of Ken Roskie and Angelo DeMarrio, and the timing of other freshmen. This pre-summer training arose as a necessity to Enright when he lost many of his key men of the '39 line, either by marriage or by scholastic trouble. He has had to get the team together to find some thing about the coming years chances of building an A one team.