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Birds Meet Gamecock Gaff By DON MERRICK BIRDS VERSUS P. C. TODAY-MELTON FIELD Today Carolina's fly chasers will play host to the Presbyterian Blue Hose on Melton Field in the second meeting of the two clubs this season. Earlier in the month, the Blue Hose gave the Bird nine a severe 10-1 licking. In that encounter, the Bird's two pitchers, Jeep Rogers and Marcus Stark gave up seventeen hits, while P. C's. hurler, Clyde, struck out nine Bird batsmen. The Carolina team was hktd to two safeties, garnered by Kirven and Dunham. The Bird batswingers have just returned from their rather disastrous Torheel jaunt, where they dropped three games. The Gamecocks lost their first Tarheel tilt to UNC, 12-1 and their second, 20-4 to N. C. State, while the Duke Blue Devils shutout the Gamecocks lost Tuesday afternoon, 13-0. Carolina's horsehiders are ready for a comeback after their poor early season start, and the Petoskeymen promise to give the Hose a run for their money this afternoon. BASEBALLERS IN FOURTH PLACE Carolina's Gamecocks are resting in fourth place in the Pal metto baseball race at this writing. The Birds have a record of two wins against five losses. In their first State win this season, the Gamecocks defeated the Wofford Terriers in a close ball game, 2-1. Furman was the other team to go down before the Bird onslaught, 10-5. Newberry and Presbyterian's Blue Hose hold the top rung of the ladder at the present time, with four wins a piece against one setback. Clemson's Tigers are in the third spot with three wins against four bad ones. Carolina, Erskine, Furman and Wofford finish out the rest-of the State standings. Including today's game, the Birds play eight more games. These are all with State teams, and will determine whether the Gamecocks will finish up near the top of the State race. The Birds have two tussles with their ancient rival, Clemson before the season is over. BIRDS NEED MORE HITTING So for this year, the Carolina nine has lacked punch at the plate. In their recent North Carolina trip, the Gamecocks didn't garner over four hits a game, and were held scoreless in their last encounter with the Blue Devils. Coach Petoskey's chief worry at the plate is to get a clean-up man in fourth spot in the lineup. Kirven, Holladay and Dun ham have been one, two, three in the batting order all season, but Petoskey hasn't been able to find a consistent batter for clean-up. le has been experimenting with George and Hyman in fourth spct, when the latter isn't hurling. The Birds will need more punch at the plate if they expect to get by this year's strong State teams. PITCHING NOT UP TO PAR Player, .Hyman, Rogers, Stark and Crawford are sharing mound duties this spring, but so far, Petoskey hasn't found a winning pitcher out of these five. Ray Player has been getting more starting roles than any of the pitchers, and in the early innings, has been holding opponents bats in check. With more hitting and fewer errors, the Bird pitching will hold up against the rest of the State teams on the schedule. CINDERMEN MEET THE CITADEL TOMORROW Carolina's thin clad tracksters will attempt to continue their winning ways tomorrow afternoon, when they journey to the City by the Sea, and take on the Cadet team in a dual meet. The Bird tracksters came back after the drubbing they took from Davidson April 1, to trounce Presbyterian 's supposedly strong team last Saturday, 80 1-3 to 54 1-3. Carolina lead all the way during the meet, and were led by Krivonak and Riley, who chalked up ten points a piece to lead the Gamecocks scor ing. Little and Rucks of the Gamecocks were not far behind with 8 and 7 points a piece. Aiken, pulling the "iron man'' stunt for the Blue Hose by winning the mile and two mile race, was high scorer'of the meet with fourteen points. Mac Riley continued undefeated so far this season in his two specialties, the century and the 220. He captured both of these events against P. C. Against Davidson, Mac ran the century in 9.7, one of his best times for this event. "Scooter" Rucks in his first year of varsity competition, is showing up fine in the 220 and 440 yard dashes. Last Saturday, he was close on Riley's heels in the 220, and continued undefeated this year, by winning his specialty, the quarter mile in the good time of 51.2 seconds. Coach J. C. Penney leads his tracksters against the Clemson Tigers, next Saturday in the last dual meet before the State Meet at Clinton on May 2. After the annual State tussle, the Birds will have one more dual meet with N. C. State in Colum bia on May 9. Columbia Office Supply Co. E an Mo rC . PRI NTING~ for 24-hour servwce Commercial Stationery Ofie Equipment DIAL 8103 > 1113 Lady Street Phone 5103 then cout the minutee 6'31 Ad(ain St. Columf*1a. . SP. C Gamecocks Face CadetsTomorrom In Track Dual Carolina Wins Over P. C., Loses To Davidson, In '42 Season Engagements Fresh from their victory over the track,team from Presbyterian College the University of South Carolina squad will entertain The Citadel cin der men on Melton Field Saturday evening at 2:30 p. m., The Bulldogs will be seeking re venge on the Birds for the loss ad ministered them last year in Charles ton. The Citadel squad is reported stronger than last year, and a full team will be entered against the Gamecocks. The meet with Presbyterian opened the home season of the Carolina team. Aiken of Presbyterian was high score man of the day with 14 points in an engagement that his team lost 54 1/3 to 80 1/3. Joe Krivonak and MacIver Riley followed the Blue Stocking high scorer close with 10 points each. Jack Little and Scooter Rucks, of the Gamecocks, had 8 and 7 points re spectively. The Citadel match will be the third of the year for the Carolina cinder trotters. Davidson opened the sea son for the Birds in an engagement away from home. The Wildcats outscored the Birds in the last four events and the meet was dropped-. The results of the Presbyterian meet: 100-yard dash: Riley (SC), Britt (PC), Walkup (JPC). 10 seconds. 220-yard dash: Riley (SC). Rucks (SC), Collier (PC), time 22.5 sec onds. 440-yard dash: Rucks (SC), Sloan (SC), Batter (SC), time 51.2 sec onds. 880-yard run: Rice (SC), Orr (SC), Timberlake (PC), time 2 mint utes, 13 seconds. iiigh jump: Tie, Adams (PC) and Chamis (SC), 5 ft. 11 inches. fligh hurdles: MeMurray (PC), Duval (SC), Marsh (PC). 17.2 Pole vault: Tie, Attaway (SC) and Jacobs (PC), Blake (PC), 10 ft. 9 inches. Low hurdles: Little (SC), Atta way (SC), Atlell (PC), 26.2. Broad jump: Blake (PC), Rollins (PC), Little (SC), 21 ft. 3 inches. Mile: Aiken (PC), Lockee (SC), McLaughlin (SC), 4 minutes 49 sec onds. Two mile: Aiken (PC), Williams (SC), Carson (SC), 10.43. Javelin : Jacobs (PC), Blake (PC), Little (SC), 152 ft. 4 in. Discuss: Krivonak (SC), Nowak (SC), Collier (PC), 141 ft. 8 inches. Shot put: Krivonak (SC), Nowvak (SC), Bauer (SC), 59 ft. 10 inches. Former Trackster In Foster Service Dick Little, former track and foot ball star of the University of South Carolina, wvas commissionedl as First Lieutenant of the U. S. Army Air Corps last week. Little is in the fastest branch of the air corps, pursuit squadron, based for the present at New Orleans. Lieutenant Little, a ten second man in the century while in college, estab lished a state freshman record in the 100-yard (lash while at Carolina. He held the state high school record in the broad jump in the state. Little ran and broad jumped in the national AAU track meet in Madison Squnare Garden. 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He broke the track record at The Citadel when the Gamecocks met the cadets in a regular dual. He trotted away with the 100-yard da'sh in 9.7 seconds. Rucks is a former state cham pion in the 100-yard dash of New York high schools. In the 100 and 220-yard dashes he was undefeated in his state during his last year of high school. This year the dash duet have kicked cinders in the eyes of their two opponents, P. C. and Davidson. Against the two teams Riley won the 100 and 220-yard dashes. Rucks fol lowed second in the 220-yard dash, and won the 440-yard run. "A Good P1 THE GOOI Open All Night DEPENDABI CHECKER PHONE * R E C MOST MODERN RE' IN i DIXIE RADIC PHONES 2 1712-14 Main Street Diam i For Athletics C 0 t 7 /0 s< C a Courtesy Columbia .,ecord Intra-Basketball < Finals Start Today The 1942 intra-mural basketball tournament will get under way to-( dlay. The last two teamis to qualify. Teni. 11 and Pi Lambda Phi, did so Tuesday night making the total num ber of entrants eight. 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S.im r C.eena U ond_ 3amecocks Return I )own Road Trip; Be( Carolina Wins Two Anc Five More Games To Be Suffering from one of the woj inmecock baseball tearn will ine is afternoon at 4 o'clock on Dt 3ipting to avenge the sound de iinistered two weeks ago. Since the last issue of The ( ver half of her baseball schet farch 23 with Duke University lirds 10-0. The Blue Devils N nd again slapped the Birds, thi .ourt Men Bow ro Erskine Netters or Fourth Loss Seceders Whitwash Birds On Home Ground; Engage Clemson Today Carolina's netters were defeated by e Erskine net team yesterday after >on on the Ganccock's home court, 0. This was the Birds fourth loss the season. Their only win of this ason came when they defeated the ollege of Charleston, April 10, by score of 4-3. The Birds next match will be riday afternoon with the Clemson 'igers in Tigertown. The results of yesterday's matches: Smith (E) defeated McLaurin SC), 7-5, 6-2. Clarkinson (E) defeated Hill SC), 6-4, 6-3. Grownlee (E) defeated Hatch SC), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Frier (E) defeated Mims (SC), -4, 6-2. Hutchins (E) defeated Haynes SC), 6-4, 6-2. Clarkinson-Ilutchins (E) defeat d McLaurin-llatch (SC), 6-4, 6-3. Smith-Grier (E) defeated iiiii laynes (SC), 6-0, 6-0. The rest of the schedule: April 17-Clemson-Clemson April 18-Furman-Greenville April 21-P. C.-Columbia April 22--Wofford-Spartanburg April 24-Furman-Columbia April 25--Univ. System of Ga. 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Erskine was the next visitor to Columbia and at the end of the sev enth inning, the Gamecocks appar ently had their first victory with a lead of 3-1. But the visitors tied the score in the ninth and the game went to the eleventh where Erskine slammed over 4 more runs to kill the game, 7-3. This must have knocked some of the wind out of the Gamecocks for two days later, with P. C. playing host, the Blue llosemen soundly spanked the Birds, 10-1. This is the defeat that the Gamecocks will be fighting to avenge this afternoon. The Gamecocks finally won their first game. As a result of 3 hits by Earl Dunham which drove in two runs, Carolina beat Wofford 2 to 1. Elated over this victory, the Birds went on the next day and beat Fur man 10 to 5. liitting the rut again, N. C. State crushed the hapless Birds in the next game, 20 to 4. The Staters almost went insane in the fourth inning and banged over 10 runs. That didn't satisfy them so they came back in the fifth and made 6 more. That in itself was the ball game as far as the witmer goes. Carolina traveled on to Chapel Hill to face the North Carolina Tar Heels buit the atmosphere mia" .s.t 'A-av. agreed with the Gamecocks. Fum bling around and making seven er rors, the Bird,, weer again beaten, this time by 12 to 1. The Tar Heels had a big inning in the seventh by pounding out 7 runs. CAROLINA ENGRAVING CC. COLUMOM.S. C. ROBLEE SHOES McGREGOR SPORTSWEARI rH ES 'ELY AT -5 Points IA, S. C. Owen & Paul SUITS MADE TO ORDER 1131 Washington Street Phone 6963 ECKERD'S Cut Rate Drug Store 1530 Main Street vAER, INC.. TORS @ 5- INSURANCE - LOANS t :-: Columbia, S. C. 22-123 'her House That Jacke R..He