Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'BUL L' with 'BULL **by by LEONARD TURNBULL CAROLINA HOST TO HIGH SCHOOL CAGERS After the smoke of the boxing tournament has cleared from the Field House the hardwood of the basketball court will be pounded anew. Again the University of South Carolina is extending the welcoming hand to hundreds of high school basketball stars as the state high school tourna ment begins another series of eliminations to determine who shall be crowned king. The Carolina student body is host to a gratid thing in this High School league tournament. The boys competing are from all sections of South Carolina, and many of them are looking for a place to roost for four years of higher education. Become a Gamecock, says I to them, and help Enright's trail of athletic advancement continue to go forward. . Our p4rticular interest in the tournament is the eliminations deciding the class A winner. Fans who turn out for these games will see action. There are seven teams entered in the A division this year, and all have top notch teams. So take my advice, Carolina studes, and run over to the Field House, and see the fast ebbing basketball season gasp its last. BIRDS WIN TOURNAMENT LAURELS The scrapping Birds on the road to glory the past weekend gained their share of laurels. Two Gamecock boxers were crowned Southern Conference champs. Up at Raleigh the Bird cagers went to the finals of the tournament, and had the added honor of having the highest scorer in the tournament on its team. The Field House resounded to one of the most thrilling, scrappiest and best attended tournament matches ever put on by the Conference as yet. Upsets were not the rule as all the seeded boxers emerged as the experts stated except one. Warren Wilson "rusty" slugger from Clemson knocked loopy Gates Kimball, seeded number one in the heavy weight division. MAC AND "GEECH" BOXING CHAMPS Olin MacDonald, Bird bantamweight, had plenty of trouble defend ing the title he won last year. In the semi-finals Gil Hoffman of The Citadel was after blood. Anyway lie gave Mac the toughest fight he has experienced in collegiate boxing circles. "Geech" Lofton in the 155 pound class carried his unorthodox style to the peak. In the final match against Dick Ulrich of The Citadel the referee had to stop the match temporarily to pull Lofton's gloves back on his hands. Actually, he had slung so much leather that the gloves had slipped off his wrists. CAGERS GO TO FINALS AT RALEIGH The basketball "team from nowhere"- traveled up to Raleigh, and traveled off with finalists honors. The Birds were of unknown strength until the tournament began. The Birds bowled over Richmond in the opener of the tourney and eked by Virginia Military Institute in the semi-finals. Saturday night and the finals rolled around, and the pres sure and Duke caught up with our cagers. Preston Westmoreland, the guy who plans to make a career of singing, trotted off the courts after the Duke duel with high scoring honors of the tournament. Pres wound up with a total of 41 points for three games. He scored nine against Richmond, 16 against VMI, and 16 against Duke in the finals. PRES WESTMORELAND ALL-TOURNAMENT Plus the' honors of the highest scorer Pres accounted for a slot on the all-tournament team. His all-round playing and his eye for the basket garnered West a coveted place as forward on the mythical team. Lanny Loftdahl received quite a few compliments from rival coaches in refer ence to his courtly endeavors and placed on the second all-tournament team. Lanny was a whirling dervrish in the first two games, but was slowed up against Duke because of a twisted ankle. BOXING RECEIPTS STILL GOOD Frank Meeks, general chairman of the Southern conference boxing tournament, announced earlier this week that the boxers are still in the b,lack. He estimated the crowd that attended the matches Saturday as the largest ever to attend an event in the Field House. This is good news especially .to 'Bull. There is nothing we wvould hate more than to see conference boxing abolished. If attendance keeps up like the past weekend showed, then there is absolutely no excuse to abolish this sport. LADY SWORD SWINGERS MEET N. C. Tomorrowv, if we ,haveni't got our dates mixed, the Gamecock co-eds will match blades with the fencing team of the North Carolina dames. The Carolinia girls'have been working hard to round into shape for the N. C. missies' invasion and promise to repulse all the stabs of the Tar heel opposites. The male fencers of the Gamecock colors wvill journey up to Lexing ton, Virginia next wveekend andl will try to bowl over Washington and Lee. BASEBALL NEARER AND NEARER Boy o' boy we can't get over it; baseball is nearly here. Once more men will fight for seats on Ladies Nights; teanis wvill play under pres sure as they seek a higher rating in the standings of the clubs; and, for a change, the University of S. C. will be rated better than an even chance of taking the state championship. The main feature of the Gamecocks this year will be a star studded pitching staff. Joe Grugan, veteran hurler, and Waldo Hyman, up from the freshman ranks, will be a top duet for the opposing batters to groan about. Joe is an all-round pitcher. HeI doesn't specialize in any phase. He can fire the ball across the plate or swvoop it across the corners. Joe and Waldo are expected to wih~ more than they lose this season. GRIDDERS TIME DRAWS TO CLOSE Just one more week andl the gridders will stop singing the spring training gripes. They have been going at it skull and shoulder for the past five weeks. Enright seems to be a very happy guy as he poin.ts for the coming fall season. With an all-star backfield on tap Coach Enright is well content. I know that Enright doesn't have to be made aware of the fact, but Sthat red headed try-out last Tuesday evening looked plenty good. He looked to be at least six feet and a half tall and he had a smashing style of ball. . He is from Tech High in Atlanta. The catch is that he has already tried out at Alabama, Univ. of Georgia, N. C. State and other fields of that caliber. He sho' would look good in the Garnet and Black colors. Colg Me,Wl WHEN YOU THINK OF Find THINK OF THE SMARTEST . - STYLES AT " ~ COPELAND, Inc. SLIGH'S 140 Moain Stre Florist Shop High Intra-Murals Begin Monday In Basketball Deadline For Turning In Rosters Set For Tomorrow Morning Intra-mural basketball will get underway March 10, according to physical education head, J. A. Crawford. The season was sched uled to have commenced this past week, but the fraternities and dor mitories didn't have their complete rosters handed in. Each team will play eight games in all. The finalists in the tourna ment will receive sixteen medals. Eight to the winning team, and eight to the runners up. Eligibility rules will be the same as in previous years. In addition, no team will have more than two men living in the city, unless special permission is given by Mr. Craw ford. Mr. Crawford urges that all those teams that expect to see any action in the tournament to get their ros ters in by tomorrow, which is the last day. Boxing intra-murals will enter the sports calendar on March 15. Head gears will be worn as a pre caution against head injuries. Var sity boxers will help those who ip tend to fight, along with Coach Frank DeMars. Around the first of April wrest ling intra-murals will begin. If enough interest is shown in this sport, Mr. Crawford will attempt to build a team around this years par ticipants. After mid-semester track intra murals will begin. Teams represent ing tenements and fraternities will participate. Varsity Tennis Practice Begun Three Letter Men Have Returned To Squad With three lettermen returning, and spring just around the corner the varsity tennis players have started practice in earnest, weather permitting. Stanley B rose, sophomore sen sation of last year's team is back again for the spring tennis grind. Brose wvill step into the shoes of last years number one player, Hey ward Belser. Bert Hill and Sarah Rushton, both of Columbia, are thc other return ing veterans. Hill wvill remain at the number 4 slot lhe held last year. Sarah Rushton is attending night school in order to be eligible, and is expected to repeat her sentational season of the past season. LeRoy Dennis, sub last year, has returnedl to the wvars this year with a vastly imp)roved game. Coming up from the freshman ranks is Gordon McLaurin, of D)il Ion, who is expected to fill in at the number 2 p)osition. Jack IHatch, Bucky Adams and Oscar Mims fill out the sqluad. ENJ3OY... KIRBY'S . .. POTATO CHIPS AT THE GAMES AND CANTEEN Carolina Life Insurance Co. Bells a Polioy suitable to the Needs of Each Member of the Family RIDUSTRIAL-OLD IDI "IT US BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT THAN TO NEED IT ANDh NOT MAVER IT" Schoc The above three athletes really d lina in two tournaments the past we honors possible for a competing athle "Geech" Lofton left, won the title < battles "Geech" won the laurels. Preston Westmoreland, center, car of being chosen on the all-star tourno Olin MacDonald, right, successful: ment. Mac is undefeated in college 1 Varsity Gridders At Full Strength As Last Week Nears Enright Says Squad Shows Improvement; Practice Game Off "We're at top strength now since the basketball and boxing men have joined the squad" is how Coach Rex Enright described the condition of the varsity gridders at present Spring practice is now in its fifth week and next week will conclude the practice. Coach Enright said the squad had shown much improvement but not as much as he had hoped. With the University of North Carolina and the University of Georgia the open ing games on next year's schedule, Enright said that plenty of work had to be accomplished in the spring practice. Most of the positions are still wide-open and the several candi dates for each coach are fighting hard for a position. The proposed practice game with N. C. State will not be held. Ne gotiations for the game have fallen through. The physical condition of the squad as a uhole is excellent at the present time. Dewitt Arrowsmith, Bruce Plyler, Wilson Johnson, and "Kank" Vukelich were all out at somne time last wveek but are nowv meeting the (laity practices. Gus Hempley w~as reportedl in the in firmary for a few days with a sore throat. The squadl of 55 are slowvly but surely roundling into a greatly im provedl squad. Various members of the team are flashing brilliant form in the scrimmages which are held on Wednesday and Saturday after noons. QUALITY - S 1426 MAIll Colunibi a "A GOOD 1328 TAYLOR STflZNT Toi Birds Hit It High .serve the monicker of "fighting Gi ek-end, boxing and basketball. The te to gain in the tourneys they comp >f king of the 155 pound Southern c< ne out of the S6uthern conference b iment team. Plusthis West was higi y defended his bantamweight title, i oxing. Baseballers Round Out First Week Of Spring Practice Coach Ted Petoskey Is Stressing Fundamentals; Team Progressing Slowly The first week of official base ball practice will be completed today. The initial practice for the entire squad was held last Monday. Base ball Coach Ted Petoskey sum marized the first week by stating, "We're progressing slow as we have been concentrating only on fundamentals so far. We will be held up sone until the new diamond is ready." The diamond on Melton Field has recently been renovated and it will be about two weeks before the squad can use it. The fundamentals that Coach Petoskey has been running his squad through are mainly base sliding, base-running, bunt plays, and various other technicalities of baseball. The- team has been working on their physical shape also by working out on the track at the beginning of each practice. About 25 candid'ates reported to Petoskey's call last Monday. Among these, eight are football players. The pitchers on the squad are Joe Grugan, Waldo Hyman, Ray Player, Marcus Stark, Snake Craw ford, and Leonard Kanian. There is a possibility of Lanny L.oftdohl joining the squad in a few days. Thle catchers are Graham Rhoden, Joe Patrone, andl Bruce Tate. Ken Roskie and Stan Nowak are v'ieing for first base while Sonny Aycock and Junie Hlymson are battling it out for secondl. Holliday is the only candidate for shortstop. Trhe outfielders are "Biscuit" Coleman, Truman Hioxit, Earl Dun hami, Boardman Getsinger, and Daily Harris. FYLE - PRICE I STREET T UDEN TS! r excellent work on your mndry leave it at the Canteen. s can give you one day ser SPECIAL RATES TO STUDENTS Laundry ELAUNDRY" PHONE 2-2147 Lrney mecocks". They represented Caro r were crowned with the highest ted. nference boxers. In two slam-bang Lsketball tournament with the honor L scorer for the tournament. von last year, in this years tourna Carolina Girls To Fence UNC Here Tomorrow Evening Will Be First Girls Meet In Southern Conference History The Gamecock's girls fencing team will meet the female team from the University of North Carolina tomorrow afternoon in the University High Gym. The matches will get under way at 8 p. m. This is the first time in the history of the University that an athletic team composed of all girls has represented the Gamecocks in Southern Confer ence competition. None of the girls on either team have ,fought with swords before. The Gamecock roster will be made up of Dell Moses, 'Betty Ross, Lil Bollin, Wahlee Hinson, and Irl Marjorie Jones. No admission for the matches will be charged and it is hoped that a large number of students will be on hand for the matches. The boys' team is resting this week. They will meet the Washington and Lee team in Lexington, Va. next week on March 15. The last match of the season will be with V. P. L. here in the field house on April 5. A little minute is long eno, for a big rest when you di an ice-cold bottle of Coca-C< it brings a feeling of compl refreshment.. .completely sa fying. So when you pal throughout the day, maki the pause that refreshes e ice-cold Coca-Cola. Boaded under amthorky of COLUMBIA COCA-COL Here. Semi-Finals To Be Held For Class A Tonight Field House Scene Of B And C Class Clashes In Semi-Finals Today Flashing brilliant form as the finals near, the annual High School league basketball tournament rolls into the semi-finals. All the games will take place in the University of S. C. Field House this evening and tonight. The class A teams results of last night were not obtainable at press time for The Gamecock. The winner of the Dreher-Spartanburg game last night will tangle with the win ner of the Columbia-Darlington setto. The victor in the Sumter Greer game will meet Charleston tonight to complete the list of the A teams competing in the semi finals. In the quarter finals for the B class, which took place yesterday afternoon, West Gantt triumphed over Ashwood 35 to 21; Mullins licked Whitmire 28 to 22; Pelzer rolled over Wealford Lyman Tucu paw 27 to 24; and University High of Columbia bowled over Aiken 35 to 18. In the C class of the annual tourney close, hard fought games were features. Pelion put on a last half march to knock Lodge out of the running, 42 to 35. Westville won over Central to the tune of 43 to 27. Centenary triumphed over Kelly Pinckney in a low scoring game 20 to 12. Holly Springs bowed to Townville, 34 to 28. At least 330 high schoolers are competing in this annual tournament held in the University Field House. The winners in the separate classes will be crowned champions of South Carolina High School basketball in the class they win out in. In the preliminaries of the tour nament Wednesday, the results were: Holly Springs 41, Ridgeway 29; Westville 43, Hannah 26; Provi dence 6, Central 28; Lodge 32, Hollywood 24; and Pelion 26, Mace donia Angelus 19. These were all in the C class. In the B class WLT 30, Winns boro 19; Tinimonsville 23, West Gantt 35; Ashwood 25, Elloree 10; Aiken 23, St. Paul's 16; Dillon 18, University 45. The Jewel Box, Inc. 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