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BIRDS BL4 Gamecock Gaff By DON MERRICK CAGERS WIND UP SEASON Carolina's hardwood crew closed out its tough 20-game schedule las Saturday night in Raleigh by dropping its final game to N. C. State 64-54. The Garnet and Black cagers finished the season with a recor( of 12 victories against 8 defeats, for a better than average season. The Birds didn't fare so well on their Tarheel tour last week, when they lost two out of three games. Part of thid poor showing can be explained by the fact that three of Carolina's regulars, Lofdahl, Stasica, and Dunham had 32 fouls called against them in the three encounters. In the N. C. State game alone, Stasica, Dun ham, and Brogdon were tossed out soon after the se6:nd half had got under way. The Birds just didn't slick with these veterans on the sidelines. In the Wake Forest game, the Gamecocks were trailing the Demot Deacons by only two points at intermission, but faded out in the secon( half to wind up on the short end of a 55-44 score. Pres Westmorclan( hit his biggest scoring spree of the season that night, when he hit th basket for 27 points. After having clinched the State title last week, the Birds dropped down from second to fifth place in the Southern Conference race, to finish in the conference loop with an 8-4 record. Pres Wes added 55 points to his season's total in the Tarheel inva sion, and wound up the regular court campaign with 261 points to in crease his scoring average per game to 13.2 for the 1941-'42 court season TOURNAMENT TALK By the-time this column is set up, our Gamecock basketeers might be in the semi-final round of the Southern Conference basketball tourney at Raleigh, or they may be out of the whole thing. The Bird cagers were fifth in the eight top ranking teams in the confer ence basketball race, and in the drawings held last Sunday, the Bird court men drew N. C. State in the first round of the tournament, which started yesterday afternoon., Duke was seeded No. 1, George Washington No. 2, Wake Forest lNo. 3 and N. C. State No. 4. In the semi-finals tonight, the winner of the Gamecock-N. C. State game will meet the winner of the William and Mary-George Wash ington game, while the winner of the Duke-Washington and Lee game will meet the winner of the North Carolina-Wake Forest game. The finals will be held tomorrow night. * If the Gamecocks come back as they did last year after their rathei disastrous road trip toward the end of the season and show a reversa of form over their last three games, the Birds will make plenty o trouble for any of the teams in the tourney. The Carolina cagers hav not been as hot as they were against Clemson and The Citadel earlie this season. and its about time they come through with some sure fir basketball that they are capable of when the chips are down. If th cagers get past that first roun(l, you c n look for them in the final Saturday night. Refereeing in the tournament is never as close as ii the regular season, so the Carolina quintet won't have to worry a much about fouling as they did on their last three road games. Duke's Blue Devils, winner of the tournament laRt year, was con sidered -the outstanding favorite several weeks ago, is conceded just slightly better than an even chance now. For the first time in a number of years, the draw embraces seven potential champions. In addition to Duke and George Washington, the Gamecocks, Wake Forest, William and Mary, N. C. State and North Carolina, all have shown splendid basketball at one time or another in the course of the season and any one of the seven could hit a hot streak and breeze through to the conference title. KIRK HIGH SCORER Captain RoLTer Kirk of the University tank team, racked tup 15 point in the State swim meet last Tuesday afterwoon at the Carolina nata torium. to lead the State's mermen in noir.ts scored. He won the 220 yard free style race, the 100-yard free style, and the 440-yard free styl swim. In his two previous meets with Clemson and Georgia this year Kirk has wvalked away with the meet's individual honors. Carolina and Clemson were the only schools to enter teams in the State meet Tuesday. The me~et in finality turned out to be a dual match between the two schools, in which Clemson came out with a little bit the better of it, defeating the Bird water splashers, 45-29. Burt Allen of the Gamecock team set a new record for the 50-yard free style swim, a new event this year. The Birds were weak in the diving, and had to forfeit this event to the Clemson ites. Although they were runners-up to the Tigers, the Bird mermen have shown considerable improvement over their earlier showings * this season. BABEBALLERS CONDITIONING With the baseball season getting nearer and nearer, Carolina's hope fiul diamond candidates continue to wvork out in the Field House unti the March wind calls it a (lay, and lets Coach Petoskey's recruits get little outdoor exercise, in preparation for their opening game with Duk on March 23. Petoskey's chief worry this year is to get a winning pitcher to replace Joe Grugan, who bore the entire brunt of the Gamecock pitching staff last year. In the backstopping department, the Birds will have Bruce Tate, who will try to fill the gap left vacant by Graham Roden. SWORD SWINGERS MEET THE OITADEL. Tomorrow afternoon, Jack Reese's swvord wielders travel to Charles ton to open their long dlelayed fencing season with the Btulldog fencern Four Carolina fencers will match blades wvith the Cadets. Three ar seniors, and are seeing their last season of competition. Captain Car Atkins, Abe Grossman, and Jack Reese are the three veterans in th last year of fencing. Jimmy Hill, a newcomer to the squad this year is the only man that will see action next year out of this quartet. * Seventeen points will decide the match tomorrow afternoon and let's hope the Gamecocks win the majority of them. The Cadets will meet the Birds in a return match In Columbia next Saturday. AND BEFORE I FORGET ... According to Block C President Harvey Blouln, the Faculty-Block 4 basketball game last Tuesday night was a success financially and other wise . . . We hope Ted Petoskey finds that game for March 17 for th Carolina diamond crew . . . We're in favor of the freshman eligibilit: rule . . . It certainly wouldn't hurt Carolina's chances if the Southers Conference passed it .. . The Gamecock baseballers have 20 engagement scheduled so far this season . . . Lanny Lofdahl may be training boy for the Air Corps before long - - - Three basketball players will joi the spring grididers after the Raleigh tournament . . . Stan Stasica, Ear Dunham, and Ken Roskie are the key players . .. Es XCLUSIVg LY" 631 aln St. *lu*ia** ASTE[ Draft Worries Head Mentor Of Gamecocks. Fundamentals Stressed In Spring Grid Grind; Eight Frosh Bolster Squad "This spring we are on generali ties rather than specialities. I can't say that a certain boy is going to play halfLack next season, they will all be playing," avowed draft-con scious Rex Enright, head mentor of the football Gamecocks. "The squad has a good spirit this spring. We are concentrating on the general abilities of the individual players, and we are not stressing team play. The boys we have out there are showing a lot of fire and dash, however; and I think we will come out all right next season, if we don't lose too many boys by the draft," Enright declared. This week pass defense has been stressed. Other fundamentals, kick ing, blocking, interference running, etc., are receiving their share of time on Melton Field. Eight second semester freshmen joined the squad at the beginning of spring training. They are: Alex ander, 200-pound guard from At lanta, Ga.; Rutland, halfback, from Columbus, Ga.; Don Paschal, scat back from Atlanta; Couch from Atlanta, Tominick from -Belmont Abbey, Leavell from Atlanta, Nix on from Atlanta, and Bettis Her lutig, all-state high school star from Saluda. Clemson Chokes 'Birds In Match 1 For Swim Laurels. Tigers Crowned Champ L f After Dual Meet With Gamecock Tank Squad 3 The Clemson Ccllge :nvim team copped the state title in a dual clim ination ieet this week with the I University of South Carolina tank S ers to decide state champions, 45 CI to 29. Roger Kirk, swimmer and coach of the Carolina team, was high o scorer of the meet with total of 15 P points, gained through first places tr. in the 220-yard free style, 100 and 440-yard free style events. Dysart, of Clemson, was second e Cr in the scoring with 10 points. e Te summary: c 506-yard nedly, won i>y AcAr thur, Nims, Miann (C). t 220-yard free style: Kirk (SC) - 1st, Dysart (C) 2nd, Bleakley (SC), th - 3rd. Time 2:35.6. e 50-yard free style: Allen (SC) to i st, Dysart (C) 2nd, Friedman (SC) ar 3rd. Time 26.4.. in) Diving: Richards (C) 1st, and jul Mann (C) secoand. h 100-yard free style: Kirk (SC) w 1st, Dysart (C) 2nd, Holtzendorf (C) 3rd. Time 1:59.8. d< 150-yard back stroke: McArthur sq (C) 1st, Durham (SC) 2nd, and is Humphries (C) 3rd. Time 2:08.5. Ci 200-yard breast stroke: Nims (C) w 1st, Coggeshall (SC) 2nd, and Rich- mn ards (C) 3rd. Time 3:07.5- tr; 440-yard free style: Kirk (SC) - 1st, F,pps (C) 2nd, Bleakley (SC) r ,l 3rd. Time 5:57.9.r a The 400-yard relay was won by e Mann, Dysart, Humphries and R Holtzendorf of Clemson. Crawford Cites More Intra Sports G Softball And Handball j< - To Be Played By Studes e With the varied intramural sports C< 'I program getting well under way e this week, J. A. Crawford an *, nounced two more intra sports Ci which will be played off within the next six weeks. They are softball. and handball. M The handball tournament will be cl1 held shortly after the completion of - spring football practice. Over 80 r Sboys are expected to participate in th - the tournament. e There will be an individual and in ,. doubles tournament. The chain- re a pionships will be determined by th s elimination. s The matches will be played on eti a the handball courts of the gym and se 1 the winner of two out of three nt games will win the matcli. The to | "A Good Pla4 THE GOOD3 Open All Night . FRI WE KTrRCA-rED NATONNDE ATTENToN A1ND COPPED A BERT ON TH4E' ALL-Sr GRIDTEALAk FALL,HSFIR3 SEASON ON hE BRD VARSITY STAN WA AN ALL STATE IGHSCHOOL FORWARDbAC,K IN ROC.KFORDI.LL.HE I S NOwN PLAf(NG GUARD FOR Tt4E FIRST TjME IN VIS C AREE R- ANI DOING A GRAND JOB ricky Faculty C n Horseplay Of ast Call Issued I or Varsity Track F Brds Show Weil In Southern Indoor Meet "We made a good showing up at iapel Hill last weekend but we ve a long, hard road ahead of us the cinder tracks," declared J. T. ney, coach of the University ick team. 9 The Gamecock thin clads journ- sc ed up to Chapel Hill last week- w d to participate in the annual in ,nr track meet of the Southern nference. Three Birds went to P e finals in the events, and one sh cooter" Rucks placedl third in do0 e 60-yard dash. Captain Harvey Blouin adane tel the finals in the 880-yard run, d Mac Riley went to the finals 5: the 440-yard dash. Chamis high an mped for five feet eight and one .If inches. The winning height is 5 feet, 11 inches. K Several new additions to the cin-T r men this week bolstered the uad to 15 men. The javelin throw the only event wide open. Gus vs awford, veteran juvelin tosser P1 II cavot around baseball dia- P1 mnds this spring instead of cinder ~cks. I The squad list and events they n in are: 100 and 220-yard dashes: Mac Iver iley and "Scooter" Rucks. las High Hurdles: Harry Druval. toi 440-yard run: C. R. Sloan. af' Low Hurdles: Tommy Attaway. be 880-yard run: Harvey Blouin and lnn Rice. High Jump: Chamis. te One mile: Harry Woodhurst, co hn Williams and G. E. Lockee. Broad Jump: MacIver Riley. Oi Two mile: Griffin, Williams and fo >ok. Javelin: Open. Shot Put: Joe Krivonak and Ri epi Nowak. Discus: Joe Krivonak.- Ft New arrivals to the team include: Tr cLaughlin, Carson, Duncan, Mer ant, and Brady. Hi hu st side to score 20 points wins ya e game. ya Softball will begin the first week s81 April and the winning team will rel ceive a trophy and the players of at team will get medals." About 25 teams are expected to ter the league. At the end of the ason the teams with the highest .mber of victories wvill play in the urnament. :e to Eat" ( SHOPPE Phone 9166 DM TE ri )utshines Block Basketball Vai wenty Teams Set . or Beginning Of tra - Cage Tilts Basketeers Start Next Monday With Elimination Tests For Championship rwenty teams have eiteled intria- 1 tral basketball competition and 11 begin playing Nfonday, March t when they start an elimination iedufle. The eight highest teams 11 then play a two-day tourna mit for the championship. a Last year, Sigma Chi defeated t Lambda Phi for the champion- a Ip. Jeep Rogers and Henry Brog n, two of this year's varsity stars, re members of the winning quin rte schedule: Mfonday, Miarch 9. ~ 10, K S vs. P S K; 7:30, Ten. 1r d 5 vs. 19; 8:30, ROTC vs. Ten. c 9:30, SAE vs. Phi E Pi. t Wednesday, Miarch 11: ATEE vs. \.; 7:30, S Nu vs. Pi L Phi; 8:30, n. 10 and 12 vs. PiKA ; 9:30, Ten. 1-2 v's. KS. F~riday, Miarch 13: 5:30, ROTC I S. Nu; 7:30, Phi SK vs. Pi L ~ li; 8:30, Ten. 19 vs. SA E; 9:30, 1 i K Phi vs. S Chii. 1tra Tracksters pen Eliminations [ntramural track got under way I t Wednesday afternoon at Miel 1 Field and will continue this a ernoon at 5 o'clock. Events will s run through next Friday. Joe Dillard, of the Sigma Nu im, was Wednesday's standlout, pping two firsts and a second. I 100-yard clash-First, Sloan; Sec- s d, Dillard; third, MicDaniel;t arth, Graham. Time 11.1 seconds. 1-igh jump--First, Farris and ' liard, tied; second, Sloan and I en, tiedl. Height, 5 feet, 3 inches. E Shot Put-First, Dillard; second, s nderburke; third, Farris; fourth, f owbridge. Today's events include high ~ trdles, broad jump, and low I rdles. The remaining events, 220 rd dash, discus, mile run, 440- a rd dash, javelin, %-miile relay, ' i-yard run, pole vault, and mile .i ay will be run off next week. s CENTRAL D R UG CO0. 51I97-PHONES-J4198 1204 Main Street TOUl VNHO H4AS S14ED "IS GRIDIRO TOGS AND DONNED A C NGE SUT AT CR LINA.... Cmurt, y IarI estin N ws & iouri er "C" Burlies Ldeville, 39-28 lohnson Amazes Opponents Nith Long Uncanny Shots With everything included from he sublime to the ridiculous, the acuity and coaches of the Univer ity of South Carolina downed a icked team of hurly Block "C" thletes in a basketball dual at the ield 1in :141 to !!%. A brilliant star was uncovered in he ranks of the coaches as Frank ohnson, coach of the varsity asketeers, paced the scoring with total of 18 points swished through he nets. Johnson's past experience s an All-American guard of the ardwoods at the University of ;corgia stood hinm in good stead. T1hie hilarious horseplay of the v'emng was begun when Rex En ight, stood on a step ladder in the enter jump and tipped the ball a teammate. The climax of the v e n i n g ' s entertainment was cached when J. T. Penney, track oach, pulled a gun out of his hip ocket and shot Ken Roskie, ref ree, when the husky varsity asketeer innocently shot a goal or his fellow Block "C" members. A "masked marvel" was uncov red in the ranks of the coaches and aculty. Flinn Gilland, assistant egistrar, was recognized, however, nd, the Block "C" boys guarded im~ very close. Tled Petoskey was caught in the ct of swinging on an opponent everal times during the fray. 'enney played with a corn cob pipe oiling with smoke. In the matter of all-around bril ant play the coaches and faculty howed their younger proteges a hing or two. Johnson was closely allowed by Ted Petoskey in the iatter of scoring. Petoskey racked p 10, and played a brilliant floor ame. Buck Smith, University high chool coach, showed scintillating rnm in the game. Treadaway, ~omlin, Twomey, Enright and the thers also showed a knack for asket ball. Block "C" bench warmers added ni anti-climatic touch to the game lhen they all rushed on the court ndl attempted to close the gap in coring, all to no avail. ELITE CAFE "Columbla's Most Unique" Where Students Meet and Eat 1736 Main St. ::Always Open Evans Motor Co. for 24-hour service DIAL 8103 then coutme hmimne rage riv RNEY Birds Win One, Lose Two On N.C. Road Trip State Champs Climax Season In Conference Tournament This Week By GORDON HILL, JR. Yesterday afternoon the South Carolina Gamecocks were eliminated from the Southern conference basketball tournament at Raleigh by N. C. State, 50 to 43. The first ten minutes of the game found the Gamecocks continually tieing the score and several times forging into the lead by one or two points. Midway the first half, the score stood at 10-all. But with a field goal, the Staters went into the lead which thVy never relinquished. The half ended with South Carolina trailing 24-18. State's giant center, Bones Mc Kinney, started the game as if to repeat his performance of 30 points against the Birds last Saturday. The Gamecocks began concentrat ing on guarding Bones but State's Mock went to work and took up where McKinney left off. Pres Shines Westmoreland only scored 5 points in the first half but shone with brilliancy in the final period in a desperate attempt to turn defect into victory. All for naught but Preston hit far 11 points in the final period. State's Mock was high scorer with 20, Westmoreland 16, McKin ney 15 and Ken Roskie 8. Davidson Again Carolina met Davidson for the second time this season last Thurs day night. The Birds started off slow andx werb on the bottom most of the fir.t half: the half ended with Davidson leading, 2--23. But the Gamecocks came back fast in the final period and quickly jumped into the lead. They kept the lead for the rest of the game which ended 46-29 in Carolina's favor. Lanny Lofdahl and Sheriff Dun ham were expelled from the game with an excessive number of fouls. Davidson's Belk led the scoring with is points. Preston Westmore land canie up with 13 and Stan Stasica with 12. Also Wake Forest The Gamecocks trav'elled on over to Wake Forest last Friday night andl started the game like a house afire. USC iumned into the lead and huilt up a fair margin in the early minutes of the game. But the Deacons finally began rolling and at half time had a 23-21 margin. Wake Forest was still going strong in the second half and ended up on top of a 55-44 score. Westmoreland scored the highest number of points against the Die mon D)eacs than against any other team this season. The tenor-voiced player rang 27 points. Wake Forest's Berger and Cline tied for second high scorer with 14 each. N. C. State-First Time Sydnging on around b)y Raleigh, the Gamecocks tussled wvith N. C. State Saturday night. Carolina was left behind (luring the first half 36-22. The Birds came hack strong in the final period but were unable to overcome the big margin. The game ended, 64-54, with a victory for State. State's slim-jim center, Bones McKinney was the big man in the game; he scored 30 points, tame cock seniors, Lofdahl and WVest moreland were also in stride with 20 and 15 points, respectively. Three Carolina men, Brogden, Stasica and Dunham were put out of the game with excessive fouls. IOwen & Paul SUITS MADE TO ORDER 1131 Washington Street Phone 6963j MCGREGOR'S DRUG STORE 1308 MAIN STREET Prescriptions - Bodas Cigarottes - Toilet Articles Call 2-3308 Far Prompt Dealvery Service