The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 12, 1943, Page Page Five, Image 5
Gamecocks
Footing it with Footsie
By George Faile
It is an easy matter to invent excuses, but we will not invent them for
this page or for the teams which represent Carolina. Citadel trimmed us
with little difficulty and then, in turn, was easily trimmed by Duke which
was, in turn, easily trimmed by George Washington. We could continue
and point out that these GW Colonials barely edged into the finals with
a thrilling overtime victory in the semi-finals against Davidson; also, we
could point out that the Davidson Cats were blasted in a high-scoring
topnotcher at Melton Field house earlier in the season. But, we let the
record speak to those who care to review it.
NOTHING? ... Nothing .. .nothing
The vacuity of a windswept stretch of leveled greenness where the
striking sunrays evaporate the dewdrops which creep up the tiny blades,
the solitary practive field is filled now; but not with sweating footballers
and civilian students working out on the track, on the diamond, or on
the links. Hundreds of future fliers occupy the practice field and an
obstacle course follows through the clay left by the departed grandstands.
The vacancy exists in that few regular students now use the athletic
fields; the number of boys who are yet in school awaiting draft board
action decrease, but, the desire to improve physically is still strong and
still remains. Tennis courts are still available--and are used. The fire
burns low, the stubborn knot spits biting sparks, and the March wind
draws up the quilts; there is still nothing, nothing to be known concern
ing the future of Carolina athletics.
BASEBALL'S WEATHER AND THE TRACK
Wednesday afternoon was a warm afternoon. On Melton Field bats
were swinging and baseballs were being thrown while several baseballers
loosened up in happy optimism. We hope that there will be a regularly
organized and coached team, but this will depend on what action the
athletic committee of the board of trustees takes. Meanwhile, 26 boys
spend afternoons on the track as the Pre-flight School repairs it. Though
coach Penny is not able to meet with the boys every afternoon, we feel
that the track team will be successful under his guidance. Others have
said that the departure of coach Enright for the Navy is the departure
of Carolina's last coach. However, we feel that any man who can direct
a track team to the state championship in his first year at this task de
serves the title of coach and we insist that Dr. Penny is still on the
campus and is still coaching track. The tennis courts are in use, but no
evidence of a tennis team has yet been presented. Dr. Babcock drives
tremendously as he works those golf clubs of his. Nevertheless, the
possibility of a Carolina golf team is very remote. i
OBSTACLES AND COURSES
The nearly completed obstacle course reminds us to mention the value
,f obstacles and the training for toughness and gentlemanly living.
Though the Naval Pre-flight School is building the course to toughen
future Naviators, the use of the course will be extended to gym class
students. A level, paved road along a shady bypath where the coolness
of fresh winds comfortably envelops the pedestrain walking there causes
no difficulty, but it does the physical fitness of the pedestrian little good.
It is very good for his spiritual nature only if his work and sweat and
honest effort have been of such quantity and quality that he can appreci
ate the flowing stream of wind and stream. Obstaclcs overcome the
weaker; the stronger overcome obstacles. Therefore, practice in over
coming obstacles develops strength-strength for the bank of health
which pays dividends of happy fitness and power to conquer enemzy
ills, Hitler and ills within. Students, it is your duty and privilege to
practice the overcoming of obstacles. The obstacle course is but a form
of obstacle. Your other~ courses are obstacles to be overcome. Those
exercises in gym class are obstacles. Conquer them for the strength
which you can get from such achievements.
THE FISH AND FISHES
Hugh Mann was seated at the rear of the YMCA building near the
drain. The fishing cane in his hands was in good condition. The hook
- dangled above the drain. Said an inquisitive student: "What are you
doing, Hugh? Trying to catch sharks as they leave the poolroom?"
Fishing is a relaxing sport and should not mind the occasional fun it
provokes. While on the subject of fun, we are reminded also of the
query of a student addressed to his friend over in the canteen Monday
night. "Why hello!, Knight, I haven't seen you all day. Where have you
been?" We might suggest that night comes only when day leaves.
We read the letter of an Orangeburg citizen and Banjo Smith's warn
ing to this same citizen in Banjo's On Second Thought and think that we
are certainly thankful to our home county for turning out such a man.
We lived in Traveler's Rest township ourselves once and like the air
there fine. Any criticism of the sportsmanship of Carolina students and
supporters is a criticism of the state of South Carolina and of the famed
fairness of Carolina citizens. We suggest to the Orangeburg man that
a visit to Hogback and Glassy would give him time to begin thinking
and a ,visit to the T.nlversity campus would convince him of the grave
error which he has committed. Fishes of all kinds may be found in Car
olina waters.
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Bow To Cita4
In First Rount
Platoons Meet In
Basketball Finals
The interplatoon tournament o
the NROTC unit ended last nigh
with the championship game be
tween the second platoon of Con
)any A and the first platoon of Com
pany C. This was the playoff gam
is both teams are tied for first plac
in regular competition with fou
games won and one game lost eac
A-2 edged out the C-i's early ii
the season by a 26-19 score whil,
A-2 lost its game to A-1 in it's las
regular game by a 27-16 score.
It is for the NROTC basketbal
championship that these two team
played. A-2 boasted four of th
league's top scorers while three o
these scorers were playing for C-1
Since the last publication of thes
NIROTC scores, seven games hav
)cen played. A-2 defeated C-2, 52
18 while B-2 tripped B-1, 41-25. A
upset A-2, 27-16 and C-1 flashei
power to set down A-1, 35-25, C
forfeited to B-1. C-1 beat B-2, 61
38, in the highest scoring game o
the season. B-2 ended its s'cheduli
with a 46-25 victory over A-1.
22 Gold Footballs
Given To Players
Bill McMillan Elected
President Of Block "C"
Block C's and golden football
have been awarded to 22 member
of. last falls football team. An
member of the squad who partici
pated in any of the games the pas
season will be awarded a letter i1
event he enlists or is called into th
armed forces.
Sossamon, Bruce Tate, Bill Milnej
Ernie Bauer, Julian Long, "Biscuit
Coman, Neal Allen, Bill Middi
brooks, Don Fusci, Tom Steven
son, John Leitner, James "Skimp
Harrison, Fred Snoddy, Kelle
Mote, Bill McMillan, Bob O'Har,
Earl "Sheriff" Dunham, Walte
"Mouse" Halsall, Ken Roski
Glenn Rice, Jack Keenan, and Wil
liam Neeley.
The Block C Club recently elec1
ed new officers. Bill McMillan wa
chosen to lead the club as presider
while Earl Dunham, retiring presi
dent, will serve as vice-presiden
Bill Milner has been elected secr<
tary-treasurer and Bruce Tate ha
been selected to record the histor
of the club as historian.
Dr. Penney's Track
Dr. J. T1. Penny is better know~
around the campus as a very cai
able biology professor, but in th
afternoon he sheds his academi
robes and becomes the varsity trac
coach.
Dr. Penny wvas granted the ot
portunity of coaching Carolina
tracksters when Sterling Dugre
went into the Army in 1941. -T
say that he was successful is slighi
ly an understatement. If he wer
a little younger we might say hi
was sensational, but since thati
not dignified we will say that h1
was highly successful.
Dr. Penny, or Doc as most of thi
members of the track team call hin
took his relatively small squad c
approximately 18 men and proceed
ed to clean up the state. When th
cinders had settled at the Stat
track meet in Clinton it was foun,
that Carolina had won the Stat
championship for the first time i
four years. There are very few col
lege coaches who win state chair
pionships in their first year a
coach.
Dr. Penny learned his track a
UNC, where he was a high jumpe:
F-e later served as track coach a
Central high school in Charlotte
N4. C. When he came to Carolin;
his only connection with track wa
is an official. Since that time he ha
b)een present at practically all o
the track meets held on Melto:
Pield, and, until last year, he ha<
been an official at the State trac1
meet in Clinton since 1930.
Dr. Penny earned the friendshij
mnd confidence of every man oi
the track team last year. Most ath
letes have certain things they wan
to do in their training that is con
trary to the coach's desires. Di
Penny would give every man ai
:>pportunity to put his theory int
practice. If it worked he didn'
b~other to change it, but if it didn
!ie would offer suggestions, whic1
were usually adopted to the grea
advantnae of theaed.a
The Gameoook
age
:el Bulldogs
I Of Tourney
Earl Dunham Mentioned
For All-Tourney Team
f The Gamecock closed a very suc
t cessful season at Chapel Hill on
March 5 when they were defeated
. in the first round of the Southerni
e Conference basketball tournment
e by the Citadel Bulldogs, the final
r score reading 37-23.
The Gamecocks put up a game
fight against a rangier crew of
t basketeers and were outplayed in
the second half after keeping the
outcome in doubt throughout the
s first period. The halftime score was
22-21 in their favor. However, the
Birds made only one point through
e out the second half while Citadel
e was racking a total of 16 points.
- Carolina's freshmen stars did not
click with their usual scoring pa
rade. Citadel's Shumate was the
2 leading scorer of the game and also
- starred on the defensive side. Earl
f Dunham played his usual fine game.
In fact, Dunham played so well
in this single game that he received
honorable mention for the All
Tournament team which is con
sidered the equivalent of All-South
ern.
In the course of the season the
Gamecocks played 17 games and
several with service teams. Henry
Martin was the season's high scorer
s with 177 points grand total while
s Furman Riddle was close behind
y with a grand total of 168 points.
The departure of Henry Brogdon
t for the Army was a serious blow to
a the team. More games were lost
e after he had left than before he
joined the Army.
Players Note!
Coach Frank DeMars warns all
basketball players that they must
report back to regular gym classes
Y on the first meeting of their classes
1, Monday morning. Those who fail
r to do this are warned that cuts will
' be recorded after this date. .
This warning applies to varsity
as well as to freshmen players. The
~ only exceptions to this ruling are
s those who are excused on other
it grounds or those who are trying out
for the track team. Thus far no
t. basketball player has been excused
to work out with the track team.
s This warning affects approximately
22 basketball players.
Dr. Penny did an excellent job
with his material last year. He has
an abomination of forfeiting any
n event. As a result, he maneuvered
his men so that this was not neces
e sary. His methods paid off when
cCarolina won the State champion
k ship. Instead of winning all of the
first places and losing the meet to
Clemson or some other school, Car
olina men were taking many of the
first, second and third places.
It has been suggested that some
one b>e obtained to run the spring
e and summer program of trick,
ebaseball, and swvimming. The prob
slemi is much simpler than that be
e cause Dr. Penny has already started
his State championship track team
e working toward another champion
ship.
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KA Defends Intramural
Basketball Championship
While Finals Draw Near
The Intramural Basketball
League is entering its closing
rounds next week with KA and
ASCE favored to meet in the finals.
Since the last listing of results,
ASCE nosed out a close victory
over the KA scrappers 27-24.
With the help of the recently de
clared eligibie Al Faress, Ten. 11
smashed the team from KS by the
easy score of 34-18. Ten. 1 won by
the shaving close margin of 17-15
over PKS. PKP eliminated the
once-beaten Ten. 12 outfit 22-18.
Roger Kirk scored six points to
bring his total to 13 for the season.
PLP won the easiest victory by a
forfeit from PSK.
PEP, SAE, and other teams
played on Wednesday night and
the scores of these games may be
found in the Athletic Office.
The Kappa Alpha basketeers are
defending champions of the Intra
mural League, having won the title
last year. However, ASCE has
beaten them once and is undefeated.
ASCE won its first two games by
tremendous scores and demonstrat
ed an evenly balanced scoring team
which works together and racks up
point after point.
Records on the leading scorers
are still incomplete, and obscure as
are the dates of the various games.
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PKS defeated PEP by 3-0 to hold
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Team Won Lost
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PKS .......................... 30 12
PE P ............................ 22 13
SA E ............................ 25 15
PKA .......................... 25 16
SN ................................ 18 23
ATO .......................... 17 23
PLP .......................... 14 26
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Strength Results
Listed For NROTC
Contrast Drawn Between
Students By Class Year
Chief Arthur Fourier has com
piled comparative strength index
scores as recorded in tests admin
istered at the beginning of last se
inester and at the conclusion of last
semester. These comparative scores
apply only to NROTC physical ed
ucation students. Scores for other
students will be compiled later.
Sophomores made the highest
collective average in all tests with
a total of 312.14 points on the sec
ond test. Frosh were second with
309.8 while juniors and seniors
tailed the list with 304.1 points.
J. Glominski led the freshmen
with a 397 point average while L.
Killingsworth led the sophs with
404 points. Sumwalt led the seniors
with a 392 average. S. Nichols,
freshman, did the largest number of
chins with a 18 total. Freshman
Wagnon and sophomore Killings
worth tied for high man in the
standing broad jump with 102 inch
es each. C. Miller, for the juniors
and seniors, tied freshman Frank
Folk with 40 push-ups for the great
est number. Freshman John Glo
minski did the greatest number of
back levers with a total of 135.
Fourier pointed out the fact that
the number of back levers was lim
ited on the second test and that
several were capable of doing more
of these. Those who made the
lowest scores are not listed, but the
lowest scores are on record.
Division Of Gym Grades
Is Made For Activities
An announcement has been posted
on the gymnasium bulletin board.
It reads: "Physical Education is a
physical fitness course aimed at pre
paring the student for the armed
forces.
Here is the grading plan: 1-3
mile run-5 points, rope climb-5
points, obstacle course-10 points.
boxing-26 points, rough and tum
ble-20 points, infantry drill-20
points, calisthenics participation
15 points.
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