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Gamecocks Gamecock Gaff By DON MERRICK STATE CHAMPS AGAIN Since this sheet went to press last time, our high flying Garne and Black quintet has come through with its second successive statq basketball championship in as many years. The Birds clinched the titl last Saturday night in Charleston, when they eked out an extra-perio< thriller from The Citadel, 54-52. With the score tied at 52-all in th( overtime period, Stan Stasica, Carolina's high-scoring guard, hit th< basket for the winning two points. Carolina's basketeers finished the state race with eight victories and suffered their only defeat at the hands of the Fur man Purple Hurricanes earlier in the season, on the Hurricanes' box-like court. The Gamecocks trailed the College of Charleston most of th4 season until last week, when the low country school dropped three -i a row, to assure the Birds of the title. Presbyterian won one more gam< than the Gamecocks, but lost two, to put them in the runner-up positiot in the loop standings. In winning the state crown, the Birds also assured them selves of a berth in the Southern Conference tournament at Raleigh March 5-7. If our basketeers were to lose their remain ing three games, they would still land in the playoff. In his first year as head basketball mentor last year, Coach Johnson lead the darkhorse Carolina team into the finals, only to be tripped up by a powerful Duke five. This year again, the Game cocks are the dark horses, and this corner for one hopes they will upset the proverbial apple cart. PRES AND STAN We're not going to take back what we said about teamwork play ing the biggest part in the Birds' court success this year, but we'd like t< say a little bit about the Gamecock's one-two punch on the basketbal court. Both Pres \Vestmoreland and Stan Stasica have played a majoi role this year in keeping the Bird cagers up at the top in the state am confereAce races. Pres, who is a senior and playing his last season for the Garnet and Black cagers, has hit the basket for 206 points in 17 games to give him a 12.1 average a game, which isn't bad shooting at all. Wes is leading the state race for individual scor ing honors and should cop that crown for his second straight season. Pres had his best season last year, when he scored 371 points in 24 games, and was second only to North Carolina's towering center, George Glainauk, ;i coinerence scoring. Coach Johnson will sorely miss Westmoreland when next year rolls around. Carolina's All-State and All-Southern back, Stan Stasica, takin up where lie left off on the gridiron last fall, worked himself th< Gamecock's fast breaking basketball system, and has been playing plenty of basketball for the Birds this year. lis basket Saturday nigh at Charleston gave the 11irds the state championship. Stan has com< through time and again in the pinch to save the game. Although h has played guard the whole season, Stasica is at the present time runner up to teariiate \Vestmloreland in the state scoring parade. NWe'd sa. this was one of the sharpshootness pair of basketeern Carolina has ha in a long time. TOUGH '42 GRID SCHEDULE While the spring footballers mark time in their fourth week of practice, Head Coach Rex Enright announces that Carolina's '42 football schedule has just been completed. With out a breather in the whole lot-which is more than some South Carolina teams can say-the Bird gridmen face three newcom ers on their new grid menu in Tennessee, Alabama and West Virginia. Two of these teams, namely the Vols and the Tide, always rank near the top in the Southeastern conference and in the nation. The Carolina mentor has added these three teams to replace Georgia-remember that, or rather should I say will you ever forget it?-Kansas 'State, and Penn State. Little can be said about the Gamecock chancees at this stage o the game, for so many of Carolina's veterans arc subject to the draft. Carolina's stadium will be the site of only two home games next year, the opener with Tennessee and the annual State Fair Classic with Clemson. However, the Birds play three S games within a hundred miles of Columbia, and one game at Chapel Hill, so if you have any tires left by that time you can follow the Carolina team. -The schedule: September 26-Tennessee at Columbia. October 3-North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 10-West Virginia at Morgantown, W. Va. October 22-Clemson at Columbia. October 30-The Citadel at Orangeburg. November 7-Alabama at Birmingham. November 14-Furman at Greenville. November 20-Miami at Miami. November 26-Wake Forrest at Charlotte. If the Southern conference rules freshmen eligible for varsit' football this coming fall, Enright will hiave' three freshmen southpaw: to toss against Clemson anid company. Cantore, Paschal and Herlonj are the three backfield hopefuls. TRACKSTERS TO CHAPEL HILL Carolina's cinder pounders will take to the hardwood floor tomorrow afternoon, when they begin the '42 track season at the Southern conference indoor meet at Chapel Hill. Coach J. T. Penney, the Bird's new track head, is taking only six varsity men with him to the meet. Penney is entering "Scooter" Rucks, a newvcomer to the team ii the 60-yard dlash, wvhile veteran Tommy Attaway will take over th< 70-yard low hurdles. McIver Riley, the Bird's veteran dash man, wil try his hand at the quarter mile. In the weight liftinig events Carolim: will toss Clem Nowak and Joe Krivonak against the field. Riley, Blouin Rucks and Attaway are the cinder pounders in the relay event. Captair Harvey Blouin will run in the half mile. The Bird cinder men have been working%out in the Field House and have not had any regular outdoor pr'actice yet. After the warm up meet at Chapel Hill, the Bird trackmen will start 'their outdoor workouts in preparation for their first regularly scheduled meet wtih Furman on March 28. STATE MEET AT NATATORIUM, . Carolina's water splashing team will play host to the state meel Tuesday afternoon at the University natatorium. Carolina and Clemsor will be the only teams to enter full squads this year, while P. C., WVofford and The Citadel will send individual entries to the meet. End C '42 Foot Biggest Boom Since Tompkins In Basketball Ticket Sales Skyrocket To Highest Number Of Paying Fans Since '32 "Carolina had the biggest basket I ball boom this year since the days of the Texas Tompkins brothers," said Whitey Rawl in describing at tendance at University of South Carolina home games during the current season. With Carolina's final home game which was with Newberry, the total reached 5,725, the highest since 1932, the year Gamecock fans will re member it for the spectacular play ing of the Birds, sparked by Bennie and Freddie Tompkins, who brought to South Carolina a brand of basketball never seen before in these parts. The growing popularity of basket ball in Columbia may be due to the record the Gamecocks made last year in going to the finals in the Southern Conference tournament at Raleigh, and also to the inspired playing of the Bird five this year against Georgia Tech, North Caro lina, P. C., and Wake Forest. The fans have seen the most brillian. handling of a basketball in South Carolina in many a day. Paid attendance for the individual games reads as follows: Wake For est, 901; P. C., 273; Wofford, 234; E Ga. Tech, 543; Davidson, 260, U. N. C., 1,15)0; Furman, 901; Citadel, 459; Clemson, 704; and Newberry, :too. Baseballers Hold Indoor Workouts Petoskey Issues Call For More Candidates ti1 Carolina's baseball Gamecocks are b;. continuing their practice sessions in th the field house, and coach Ted Pt- w toskey has extended an invitation to ti 11 eligible tudelnt bod' iembers to te try out for the team. in IHe said, "We have been working \l out for two weeks now, and expect to get down to hard work outside pc about March 1. These early work- fr outs have been chicAly for battery- at men and infielders. b ut they alfordl E a goodl chance for all squad memi- se hers to get in good condition. WVe g; woultd certainly like to see sonme more boys out for thc team." s WVith the basketball season at- gi most over, the baseballers will soon oi he bolstered by3 the addtitioni of sev- et eral key meni. Ken Roskie, Earl mi D)unham, and Jeep Rogers are basketeers who will join the squad. y The followving have been going ca through the pr.e-season dirills : sii WValdo Hynian, Marcus Stark, tu George Crawford, Ray Player, G; Leonardl Kanian, and Muddy Mills, gi pitchers; Kay Kirven, catcher; Van fe Earl Fillingim, Carlyle Holliday, de Daily Harris, and Connie Morton, infielders; and Trruman Hoxit and a Bill Langfan, outfielders- hi Frampton Toole is imanaiger of dIi this year's team. tI Intra-Track Starts a Next Wednesdayb Every Gamecock who can run tl and wants to prove it will have his Ia chaiice in the intra-mural track meet as which will be held on Melton field March 4 through March 13. "Indi- pl vidlual cups will be given to first place winners." Doctor Penney, varsity track coach, urges every boy,of the stu dent body to take part ni the meet and will give every participant the "once over" while looking for re inforcements for the slim varsity squad. "You cani't lose anything by tak ing a little exercise and that is really all that trying out is," explained the scientist coach. Members of Physical Education class No. 102 will act as officials of the meet. The meet schedule is as follows: Wednesday, March 4, 100-yd. dash, high jump, shot put; Friday, March 6, high hurdles, broad jump, low hurdles; Monday, March 9, 220-yd. dash, discus, mile ruin; Wednesday, IMarch 11, 440-yd. dash, javelin, 1-2 tic mile relay; Friday, March 13, 880- st yd. run, pole vault, mile relay.et agei ball Sch They Do... JOHN ROC,ERS lock 'C' Tangles .oaches & Facult) n Basketball Dual Game Will Take Place In Field House Tuesday; Enright Selects Team The University of South Caro ia Bilock "C" club) will sponlsor - isketball setto between coaches o e athletic department combine( ith facuilty members pitted agains e 1)urly members of the locat let r club. The gamie will be playe< the Field Hlouse onl Tulesdav1 arch :, , at S o'clock. Coach Rex F.iright has been ap >inted to select team mnember: 01m coaci'es and facuilty member: Il....I.T.'. &, 1. thiersiy U& toFasutg fn Basetssbll Duale fh Gme Wl ak lc In iel Housced Tumeday; ursghat elecgts Teamuidi intet arundrthe boad souder: .n fiootba lub wbut hsnsorlye ic sketball tolCe.'i OCe Enr;igtlie admiteth Clssi o rant Jhon f ormt milerite allAmei n ~I basebers f the localver r club the urre statl e hapio tmecockequintet onson will b taing ratdy fortelouthrnco Cclarex F.nright hsleeia Harvey t lectin presid eiofth ltck "C"nluers,Up late tha itteamtwould not be intop( con tifon frthe affir, outcm wolbo teir us on the fthomi fieldian< thres meta fis fth wilassroon goteod ig hca sole Nod definey fortmer wl eriad Sfthaopposbut coahs.' Famlac cesr t aptearo the prossa o ayrank Wano, ordlall-Ame. Cnst osktlers fromn the Uniam ts or oe cnt es mio Lt.oc quinte.Jnon Recr i tns rfathe Unirity South o C aroeloiand lieent of te Untedo State Marin op con tifor the atways nterview-ho irtron the ineeCor reserve. thumtaled of the ersity ib Noidefnite ttheenths' wprelimad moth' obsingcoaches. coursia cesdn to aa commtissiogram a rse oefmincThoe slectedi they, receetseyr Chrleead Unde r an artdy etc.oer Consat pseraounge tentcam ids aore naequrds osen.e Ita $Novro.ecut 3eao edule Co W est Virginia Fills Final Vacancy On Bird Schedule Alabama, Tennessee And North Carolina Appear On Carolina's Slate The 1942 South Carolina football schedule is complete. The ninth and final opponent, West Virginia, was signed and scaled last week, Head Coach and Athletic Director Rex Enright announced recently. The schedule, which looks like Frankenstein on paper, also includes Alabama, Tennessee and North Car olina. Numbering exactly half of last year's, the home games for '42 will be only two: Clemson and Tennes see. The Gamecocks will visit North Carolina at Chapel Hill, West Vir ginia at Morgantown, X. Va., Ala bama at Birmingham, Furman at Greenville and Miami at Miami. Two games will be played on neutral ground. Carolina will meet The Citadel at the Orangeburg fair and Wake Forest in Charlotte on Thanksgiving Day. Newcomers to USC's schedule are Tennessee, West Virginia and Ala bama. This trio replaced Georgia, Penn State and Kansas State. Opinions conflict as to how Caro lina will compare with thelse new opponents but opinions also tend to indicate that the Carolina-Alabama - game will be a whopper: both teamsi employ the Notre Dame system. THESCHEDULE 4 Sept. 26 Tennessee here Oct. 3 UNC there Oct. 10 West Virginia there Oct. 22 Clemson here Oct. 30 The Citadel at Orangeburg Nov. 7 Alabama there Nov. 14 Furman there Nov. 20 Miami there Nov. 26 Wake Forest at Charlotte Spring Footballers At Half Way Mark t1 Second Semester Frosh Work Out With Varsity Spring practice of tiht- Glamecock football team reaches its half-way iark tomorrow. The usual six-week e practice 'session i due to run through March 1. u The coaches hel the Ii rst int ra-t sqjuadl scrimmage last Saturdav ' afternoon. The teamu was dividedl into two squads, the reds and thle I blacks, andl Coach F.nright and his aids p)ushedl the scrim mage hard as they uncovered imp)ortanit defects 1 which are now under-going correc-1 tion. ( The practices this week have been dletailed concentrations on topics r; whiich the coaches dleenm hmost im portant. Bllocking is being stressed a endlessly by all the coaches.J In face of selective service and a i pip of a schedule, the squad of about 40 are taking the practices i:: fine o shape. There are also several see-v ondI-semester frcshmen participaiting :.' in the spring p)ractice. They will, of e course, p)lay with the freshmen I t(squad next fall unless the Southern Conference legalizes freshmen to t play varsity ball. 'Two Super Forw Careers With B A dead-eye for the basket and a super floor worker are cur rently closing out college careers on the basketball courts f or the University of South Car olina. The fellow with the uncanny eye is Preston Westmoreland, from Greenville. The ball hawker is .Lanny Lofdahl, of Rockford, Ill. Carolina supporters sensed something unusual three years ago, when the cage men always put on a good show, even though they didn't win a ma jority of their games. After passing through the harzardous first year, this two some polished their ability dur ing the second year of compe tition. - SUITS MADE TO ORDER ,1131 Washington Street B P hane 6963 iThis mpleted . . . Their Part -LANNY LOFDAHL 3irds Journey To kcene Of Annual Indoor Track Meet Eight Track Men Leave Today For Eliminations In Chapel Hill Events The Uniiversity of South Carolina -ak team -will tira,\el to the cain f mdic "icinty oi .North Car lina this week to participate in tjhe nIlnal Southern Conference indoor 1 ack meet, to he held oil Saturday, ebruary 2s. Coach I. T. 1'enney declaried that ght Gamecocks, will make the trip. ine freshiman inay make the trip to articipate inl the first yar inen' vnts of the imeet. t )IIly two sophomore cinder men -ill accompany the teain on the "Scooter" Rucks. former ,ong 'lnd hiigh school .t ar, will enlter ite 60-yard da sh, and Clemi Nowak, fEFrie, l'a., will ass veteran Joe :rivoniak with the weights. Captain II arvey I Blouin will lead Ie tracksters in tihe annual event. his is tihe third year oin the team >r thle veteran CIhicago, Ill. atIhete. .louin wvill eoimplet e in the sst-yard O thier veteranis iiakinig the trip re: \l ac lRiley, TIomimy Attaway, oe IKrivonak, Glenn Rice and Itu >rdl Clatry.r lIiley is state chlamplion speedster fthe track squ:ad. l.as.t year I' :on state titles in the 100-yard and !0-yard dashes at Clinton. lit' will niter the 440-yard rnn at Chapel I ill. Tommyn~ Attaway wi:ll comptete in Ie 1:21-yardl low hurdles. Joe Kri oniak will combine with first s car lards Climaxing ird Basketeers During this second year, the '41 season, Lofdahl and West moreland led the Gamecocks to an undefeated slate in the state race, and to the finals of the Southern conference elimina tions at Raleigh. This year the couple have led the Bird basketeers to a second successive state championship, and a position in the play-offs of the annual Southern confeor ence eliminations in Raleigh during the first week of March. ECONOMY DRUG STORE CUT RATE DRUGS Sodas And Luncheonette Five Points - Phone 8119 Motorcyce Delivery Week U. S. C. Clinches Invitation To Southern Meet Birds Wind Up Schedule On Tour With Davidson, W. Forest and N. C. State The GaIecock basketball squad is winding up its regular selui le this week arid will go imto the Southern Conference tournanient at Raleigh next Ilitirs<ay, Friday and Satur dlay. Carolina's cage team played Davi<dson last night, will play Wake Forest tonight and North Carolina State tomorrow night. All thrTee gaines are away from lhoime for the (amecocks. The Birds, after losing a close game to Wake Forest two w'eeks ago, found their winning streak again and have bowled over three since then: Clemson, Newberry and The Citadel. Carolina cinched the state cham )ionshi) last week when the basket cers closed their state scLedule by edging out a victory over The Cit adel Bulldogs in an overtime meet. ''lie state season ended with 8 wins and I loss for Carolina. Early this week, USC was ranked second in the Southern Conference and a bid for the tournament next week was certain. Pre-season pre lictions on Southern Conference )asketball placed the Gamecocks as the "dark horse" and Duke as the favorite. Duke is still just that but the Gamecocks have fulfilled the maxitun hopes of the critics. THOSE TIGERS AGAIN Nearly two weeks ago the Game .ocks visited the Tiger realm and 'or the first half, must have given lie Clemson corps a lot to hope for. l'he Bengals led the Birds all hrough the first half up until the ast few seconds when the score notted, IS-1s. Ilut Carolina came back high and side and allowed the Tigers to core only 6 points in the last half. l'he game ended with Carolina in '1mPlete control, 3S to 24. Stan Stasica led the scorers with points and 'reston Westmore and tied with Clemson's Graham vith 1 points each. THEY TRIED HARD The Newherry Indians were the inal guests of the Gamecocks last veek anI a great and mighty, battle lie tribe did put 111p. Caro4lina's regular team started lie game and were clicking like a vatch ticks. When the Birds had unaiissed a comifortal e margin, 'oa ch Frank J1ohnison sent ini a hole new team. I ncluded in the econd string was Ken Roskie who ias been out of athletics since the 'enni State footbhall game last fall. Th Inudian s evident ly had it on lie seconds for thiey began (drawing lie score closer together. The first cam was put lack in the game wtith in a few miinutes. Itut the beautiful clicking was :ne and the Birds only held a smiall nargin in play over tIhe Indlianis the emnaind(er of the game. Fiinal score: larolinia 53, Newvherry ::9. Center Jeep Rogers led the scor ng with 14 points. Of Carolina's irst 9 points in the game. Rogers ~coredl 5 of them. W'estimoreland, ~annyi 1,ofdahl and Sheriff Dtunhaim tere runniers-tup with 10 each. A BIG SCARE Carolina travelled to The Citadel ast Saturday night and got a big care for their trouble. It took an >vertime periodl for thle Birds to onuvinlce thle Itulldogs about which vas the better team. In fact, both eanms got a scare: The Citadel sur 'risedl itself by racking uip 50) points n the regular game and almost win 'ing. Stan Stasica won the game: he shot the ticing goal in the regular gamie and went on to sink the win iing basket in the overtime periodl. man Clem Nowvak to give the l'irds >lenty of wecight int the shot put and liscunss tosses. Glenn Rice will enter the 880-yard run wvith Captain Blouin. Buford Clary will compete in the 220-yard high hurdles. EVERY TELEGRAM'S A RUSH TELEGRAM AT Potal - Telegrapb TELEPIOs SILL E te an