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Carolina's Footing it with Footsie By George Faile The warm, bird-whistling afternoons of baseball, track. and football's spring practice sessions are sending out faint warnings of their coming. The breezeless afternoons will be filled with pleasant sunlight and the urge to excel in ahtletic endeavours will again course through the sys tems of Carolina youth. Meanwhile, let us consider the achievements of the hardplaying Game cocks and their ambitions for the remainder of the present basketball schedule. * Dangerous Foes In the midst of the current campaign the Birds have suffered three setbacks. The latest of these, by Presbyterian, occurred last Monday night at Clinton. However, they remain out in front in the State cham pionship race and their Conference standing in second position is un changed by the thrilling victory over the Clemson Tigers which they accomplished last Saturday night at Clemson. Neither did the fine win over Newberry on Tuesday night here affect standings. Next week's trip to Charleston, nevertheless, will be decisive for a defeat at the hands of the Bulldogs would mean the replacement of the Gamecocks as State champions by those same Bulldogs. The excursion into North Carolina this weekend will have much bearing on the Conference rankings. Wake Forest will meet USC tonight there and will undoubtedly be out for revenge, having been previously beaten by the Gamecocks. Also, Wake Forest soundly thrashed the Clemson Tigers earlier this week while we were able to nose them out in our last game with them. UNC, victorious over Davidson, will meet the Birds tomorrow night. This will be a close, well-fought contest. * The Team Changes Brogden has departed. His services will be missed. However, the return of Fred Snoddy will strengthen the team's scoring punch. His neat total of ten points against PC is indicative that he will carry on where he left off when he became ill. Bobby Giles is showing improve ment. His aggressive shooting is sharper as testified by the nine points which he shot against Newberry. * Frosh Play Service Teams Jack Keenan's freshmen played a thrilling game Tuesday night when they downed the 101st Infantry team from Fort Jackson. The service outfit had a scrapping squad of basketeers, but the City High School League champions were able to outshoot the Infantrymen, 4S-4. Thcat frosh are still unbeaten as this paper goes to bed. However, they played he Columnbia Air AL s Offi cr's c Wednesday night at the Air Base. * Crowded Athletic Centers Tuesday was a busy day indeed at the centers of athletic activity on the campus. The girls from Kappa Delta were the first to play basket ball that day. In the gym at UHS they met the high school girls for 24 minutes of deadeningly slow basketball. The frosh had agem at the Field House at 7:00 P. M. while the varsity played at 8:30 P. M. While the Field House was thus being used, the NROTC platoons were using the Gym for the first of their intermural basketball games. The platoons played two games Tuesday. Thus we find that six basketball games were played on Tuesday, not mentioning the practice games played by teams in the Intermural League at the Gym. * Girls Need Strong Program The coeds at the University are not as active, with some excep tions, as they should be. These students comprise a great portion of our student body, yet they are listless, lazy, and lackadaisial. Wake up! Coeds, Uncle Sam wants you to be physically fit. You should consider your health and happiness most carefully. We suggest that you put your organizing ability to work and organize a Woman's Athletic Association that will inspirit a vigorous pro. gram of women's sports with pep and enthusiastic support of all coeds. The best part of such a program would be its recreational and physical fitness value and its enlistment of all able-bodied girls. Let us hear what you think of this suggestion. * An Interesting Game It has been proposed that, since the Gamecocks have no more home games, the unbeaten frosh play the successful varsity in a regular game at the Field House. We are asking the Athletic Office to arrange such a game. It would provide some interesting results if the frosh now playing with the varsity were to play with their fellow classmates. The best plan, however, would be to let the frosh on the varsity play with the varsity in such a game. * Foot(sie) Notes The band came through with several welcomed numbers at the Newberry game. All the band needs now is more members. Where are those girls who were to join the band? The special issue last week carried a case of error on the part of our sports section. We are sorry that the Kappa Sigma's football team was called KSK by our mistake. They had a good intramural team and we especially liked the fine punting which they did in holding back the Ten. 11-la Schampions who won by the slim margin of 6-0. We- want to thank our friend, Merchant for his unofficial, but careful, keeping of the scores at home games this season. We have used his record of scores on more than one occasion. Cagei UHS Lassies Nose Out KD Beauties With Score 17-6 The valiant lassies from Kappa Delta were overcome by the Uni versity High School girls on Tues day afternoon at 5:00 P. M. at Pea body gymnasium by the score of 17-6. The KD sisters had only six play ers on the court and, therefore, had no reserves on hand to relieve the wearied players. However, the quarters were limited to six minutes each. It was the steady stream of reserve power used by UHS that accounted, in part, for the lopsided score. During the first half the KD's were able to keep within reaching distance of the UHS girls. The score at the half was 8-5 against them. But, in the second half UHS poured in a dazzling number of sub stitutes and the fresher players rolled up a greater margin. While KD was making 1 point in the second half, UHS made 9. Lil lian Wright Bollin led the KD scoring with 4 tallies. Jane Brooks Marshall scored the other 2 points. Wooten, UHS forward, was high scorer of the game with 6 points. Bollin, of KD, and Love, of UHS, tied for second highest with 4 points each. Others starring for KD were Julia Bull, Theodosia Dargan Brown, Dorothy R. Faulconer, and Susan McDowell Simrill. Kat Edgerton acted as referee while Andrews served as score keeper. Davidson Defeats NROTC Rifle Team John Glominski Shoot: High Score For Carolina The University of South Caro lina's Naval ROTC rifle team was defeated by the Davidson college Army ROTC team by the score of 893 to 803 in a match fired on the range in the new Naval Armory, Feb. 13. Ten men from each school fired. but only the five highest scores on cach team counted. John Glomin ski bad the highest total for the Carolina team with 168 points while S. G. Stubbins was high man for Davidson, and also the match, with a score of 182. Since this was the first shoulder to shoulder match for the Carolina team, Lieutenant R. V. Baldwin, who is in charge of the NROTC team, was wTel pleased with the re sult. Their other matches have been "postal matches" in which each team~ fires on its owvn range andl mail the results to its oppo nents. In speaking of the Davidson team, Mr. Baldwin said, "They are a fine bunch of sports and a fine group of boys." Hei also added that they seemed to be much impressed by the new Naval Armory and its facilities. The Davidson team was in charge of Lieutenant Spencer of Columbia, who is a recent graduate of David. son and now on getive duty with the Army there. The Carolina team is coached by C. T. M. Davis. Mr. Baldwin also issued a call for more candidates for the rifle team. E!veryone in the Naval unit is urged to try for a place on the team. The results of the match are as follows: Carolina: Glominski, J. H., 168; McDonald, J. M., 165; Williams, J. F., 162; Capt. McAlpine, R. G., 161; Martin, H., 147. Sossamon Made UHS Coach Louis Sossamon again makes news. This time the All-American Gamecock center has been appoint ed coach and physical education in structor at the University High School. The announcement was made on Feb. 16. At the same time he plans to con tinue his duties as a civilian athletic instructor at the Naval Pre-Flight School where he teaches several classes every day. In his new position he will teach two or three classes and will also serve as coach of the High School's athletic teams. In this capacity he succeeds Buck Smith who vacated the post to enter the Navy's physi cal fitness program as an instructor with rank of lieutenant. Thus Sossamon will carry a double load. He is capable and has the ability to be successful while performing the duties of both posi tions. His record as a great defen sive and offensive center while at the University backs up these state ments. -s Co TED WILL44 WON ITE AMERICAN LEAGUE 'SATrING rI'LE IN 1944 AND r42 AND WAS TME 9m BATT-ep. JN THE LEAGUE TO IT -.4oo! NOW PL' sTUWING vo BE A NAVAL FUER AND UKES rr SO MUCH ,NE MA STICK 10 FLVING AFTER '174E WAR! mvs iox op3 INVEST 107. OF IN WAR ODS WSS 73 a Intramurals G McIver Riley Will Run In Southeast Track Meet Soon Has Unofficially Broken State Record; Is Ranked As Strong Contender McIver Riley, Carolina's mer cury-footed sprinter has entered the 60-yard dash in the Southeastern Invitation games to be held at Chapel Hill, February 24. With the entry of "Mile-a Minute Mac," a real dog fist is as sured in the sprints. Riley is ex pected to hook up with Ed Rycke ley, of Georgia Tech, holder of sev eral A. A. U. titles, and Moffatt Storer of Duke. These men are the three fastest sprinters in the South. Not much is known of Ryckeley in this section, but the Southeastern is a fast conference and and the fact that he is the champion makes him a dangerous man. On the other hand, Riley's and Storer's reputations are well known. Storer is expected to be in top form. Riley is one of the fastest sprinters ever developed in the South. He has been timed by two watches on the N. C. State track in 9.6 seconds. The third watch read 9.5, which is only 0.1 of a sec ond slower than the world's record. He has run the 440 in 49 secondls. This is one second faster than the state record, but, due to tihe fact tihat it was done on the relay, it is not official. Riley beat Storer in the century last year at the South ern Conference meet in Durham. The Southeastern I n v i t a t i on games are being sponsored by the University of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina Pre-Flight school. This takes the place of the regular Southern Con ference Indoor games wvhich UNC has sponsoredl in tile past. Among the strong teams beside Southern Conference schools en teredl are: Navy, Alabama, Catholic U., and Georgia Tech-The UNC Pire-Flight school and the New River Marines head the list of ser vice teanms entered. Air Corps Gets O'Hara Bob O'Hara, star sophomore quarterback on the Gamecock foot ball squad last fall, has received or ders to report for active dluty in the Air Corps. He has been a member of the reserves. Bob revisited the campus yes terday after b)eing ordlered to duty last week. He has been settling up his affairs preparatory to leaving for the (duration of the war. Records - Records POPULAR * CLASSICAL Large Stock - Listening Booths .Radio Service "We Make 'Em Talk" PHONE 8131 Radio and Phonograph Repair, Eat SHACK'S MADE IN COLUMsIA + FRESH DAILY nquer I 'YOUR INCOME AND STAMPS! U. S. Tr#sr D@pt. et Under Way Games Will Begin Early Next Week Teams Meet At Night In University Field House The Intramural B a s k e t b a ll League has now been formed. The Athletic Office has worked out a schedule for the intramural season which will begin its operations next week when 20 teams, forming the League, will go into action. A schedule for the use of practice space is also being worked out. The League has these members: Ten. 10, Ten. 12, Ten. 14, Ten. 11, Ten. 19, Ten. 2, Ten. 3, Ten. 16, Ten. 24%, Teti. 6, KS, SN, PhiEP, Commerce, ATO, KA PhiSK, ASCE, PiKPhi, and PhiKS. Representatives of each team will be notified by the Athletic Office when their teams are scheduled to play. The schedule for next week is as follows: Monday, Feb. 22 Time Team 7:00.....................Ten. 6 vs. Ten. 2 7:50...................KA vs. Phi KS 8:40................Ten. 10 vs. Ten. 12 Tuesday, Feb. 23 Time Team 7:00.............Phi K Phi vs. A SCE 7:50...............A TO vs. Ten. 24 % 8:40.....................Ten. 19 vs. 'PSK Wednesday, Feb. 24 Time Team 7:00.............Commerce vs. Phi EP 7:50..............................SN vs. KS 8:40.....................SA E vs. Ten. 14 All gamnes to beC playedl in the Field House. Pairings will be found at Athletic Office. Tracksters Called Coach Penney announced on Feb. 17 that there will be a meeting of all trackmen and candidates for the track team at Melton Field House next Wed nesday night at 7:30 P. M. to discuss plans for the coming season. All students interested in participation in varsity track meets are urged to be present. Rings - Fratemnity Pins -Fovors Stationery -Dance Programs LG. BALFOUR co. 405 Palmetto State Life Building Crner Sumter oind Lady Streets WEBB'S ART STORE * PICTURE FRAMES ARTIST MATERIAL * 1431 Main St.. Phano 2-4940 New Gamecocks Win Aft, Decision To Presbytf Dunham, Martin, Riddl< Games With Tigers, The Bird basketeers returned hon berry Indians by the score of 47-35. As customary in Melton Field H starting. Newberry led in the ope stantly throughout the first half. Bt steam and flashed ahead with all 6 half. Newberry was unable to keep dropped behind. Riddle, doubling his score for th led both teams with 12 points while Waldrep for second high score wit nine points. Freshman Continue Winning Streak As They Win Two More High Scores Prevail As Keenan's Frosh Trample Toes Of Soldiers Twice The City High League cham pions, the University of South Caro lina Freshmen, won their twelfth game of the season last Tuesday night by overpowering the strong One Hundred and First Infantry team from Fort Jackson, 48 to 43. As usual the Carolina Frosh lead the scoring all the way. Not once did the One Hundred and First team threaten seriously the Fresh man lead, although they did gain points in the last few minutes of play. The half time score: USC Freshmen 29; 101st Infantry 20. Stewart played his best defensive game of the year and of the night while O'Rrien and Pike provided the offense. The Carolina Freshmen have played two service teams at this writing, the other service team being the 117th Station 'Hospital team. The Frosh scored almost at will in this other game to win 50-14. The summary: 101st Inf. (43) USC Frosh (48) F.- Euston (8) ....................Pike (8) F.- Allen (7) ................O'Brien (10) C.-Badgett (8) ..........Blackwell (8) G.-Walker (11) ..........Bradford (5) G.-Johnson (9) ............Stewart (7) Subs: USC, Webster 6; Krivonak 2; Calvo; Davis 2; Lawhorne; Gas tins and Floyd. Subs: 101st Inf.: Hahn 2; Weber man 4; McLean; Interess 3. Officials: True (USC), Grould (Springfield). PSK Still Leads In Bowling Standings In the 11th week of competition, the Inter-Fraternity Bl o w I i n g League met on Feb. 17 at the Capi tol Bowling Palace. Paul Blalamnoutis of PK A rolled high game of the afternoon with a total of 131 pins. He also rolled high set with 348 points. P~KA wvon three games to ad v'ance to a tie with SN for fourth place. PEP lost three games to dIrop out of the three way tie for first place which existed last week. The standings through this week are as follows: WANT Any number of ir to work on Busin THE GAD If interested - cc Office, 1420 Pen Monday, Feb. 22 3:30 P. M. - or cc way! R ICH ARD K( Business page Pi" berry r Dropping Close .rian Monday Are High Scorers In Bluehose And Indians ie Tuesday night to trim the New ouse, the Gamecocks were slow in ning minutes and threatened con it, as usual, the Birds turned on the ve cylinders clicking in the second up the furious pace and gradually PC game on the previous night, Fred Snoddy tied with Newberry's i 10 points. Giles was third with Thus the Gamecocks recovered from the effects of their trip upstate on which they split a pair of games on Feb. 13 at Clemson, they edged out the Tigers, 42-40. On Feb. 15 at Clinton, they encountered trouble in the shape of PC's Blue Stockings. The final count in this free scoring game was 64-51 in PC's favor. Dunham accounted for 10 points against Clemson to gain the honor of high scorer for Carolina. How ever, the temperamental Craig shot 20 points for the Tigers to rank as high scorer for the game. At Clinton it was Martin who led the Birds in flipping the ball through the net. His 22 points for this game made the highest total of any single game which he has played this year. His highest pre vious total was 20 points against Davidson. Nevertheless, PC's Par rish eked out the title of the game's high scorer with 23 points. Thus l1arrish still ranks second to Craig as the State's high scorer. The Gamecocks have only two more State tilts. They go to Char le-.ton next weekend to enga2e The Citadel and the College of Charles. ton. *ronight they meet the Dea cons at Wake Forest and tomorrow night they play the Tarheels from UNC at Chapel Hill. Team Won Lost 1. PSK ..................22 11 PK S ..................22 11 2. PEP ..................21 12 3. SA E ..................20 11 4. SN .........17 15 PKA ........17 15 5. PLP ..................13 16 6. 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