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*Bird Basel Carolina Netter Footing it with Footsie By George Faile The Carolina sports picture changes weekly and thereby keeps pace with the first-run motion picture palaces. Not previously mentioned and scarcely noticed, the racqueteers from Carolina developed under their autocoacluing at team of sufficient quality to lick the Erskine netters. (Account rndered elsewhere on the page.) Earl Dunham, first player coach of Carolina's modern history baseball teams, organized his team and then received orders from the War Department which prevent his continued presence with the team. It is also reliably reported that the -urrent induction of Army Reserves takes other bi.seballers also. (You may read about this if you so desire.) According to a local daily, the track team has a meet with Clemson on the 21st of April. However, the meet is scheduled for the 22nd which comes on Thrsday before the Spring Holidays which begin on Friday. Immediately following this week of inactivity, the state track meet will be held. * An Investigation It was called to our attention last week that "Sheriff" Dun * ham. was not the first player-coach in Carolina's history. For example, Roger Kirk not only swam with but also coached the swimming team last year. Futhermore, Dr. Ed4vin L. Green, University Historian, informs us that Christie Bennett, Tomp kins and numerous others served as coaches while members of major sport teams and that some of Carolina's best football teams during the early period of this century were those which were coocred by one of the plilyers. We also learned from Dr. Green that several presidents of the University have been en thusiastic supporters of the baseball team. * Army Enlisted Reserves Among the several men students who this week received orders to report for aetive duty on April 7 are many athletes. Dun ham has already been mentioned. Other baseballers include Player who was an outstanding pitcher on last year's team, and Bruce Tate who also officinted at practically all of the intra mural games played at the University. Roger Kirk, lifeguard and swinuning coach as well as head cheerleader and potential track star miler, was also in the group of athletes. Kay Kirven, capable catcher, will take over as coach of the baseball team and announces that games with Newberry and Presbyterian will be played if transportation difficul ties can be straightened out. Meanwhile his team will get its first test this week-end either today or tomorrow. The gale to(lay will be played only if a suitable time can be ar ranged. Tle opponent will be a team from the sixth Cav alry at Fort Jackson. Tomorrow's game is definitely set tled and will find the Gamecocks pitted against the Marines from Parris Island. Shaw Field will be invaded next week and other games with service teams are most likely to be scheduled. * Intramurals Again Coach DeMars announces that the intramural program will be continued soon1 with softball providing the next item on the intramural menu. Coach DeMars also says that an intramural boxing tourney will be held, lHe warns that although heavy gloves anid headgears will be used boxers must be in good con dlition andl that every p)recaution will be taken to imake the tourney safe as wvell as entertaining. Chief Fourier says that the NROTC swimming tourney has been postponed and that the softball tourney for the NROTC platoons will be held meanwhile. The schedule for the inter platoon matches is printed elsewhere on the page. Softballers are notified that a platoon must have at least seven players on the field in order to play; otherwise, the game is forfeited. * Track Tracery And Tallies Marion Cullp was in the Navy last week and still is. His departure meant that not only (lid the Sports page lose a good man, but also the track team lost a good sprinter and (lash man. Ernie Bauer, the only letterman on the track team who wvas not mentioned last week, is expected to throw the shot put at least 45 feet. However, he is not only a good weight man but he also ran the 100 yard dash in 10:6 Wednesday without taking off his warmup pants. Crossing the finish line with him was Lloyd Smith, a Naval Pre-flight student who will be a valuable &ddition to the track team since he is eligible to participate in intercollegiate sports. The obstacle course has some swift conquerors. In the Gym classes Henry Martin leads with a 1:28 clocking while Graham Wolfe is not far behind 1 :35 timing. Pre-flight students are practicing various portions of the course and will probably be able to establish a new record soon. 6,31 .#ain St. Columbia. S & FOR 35 YEARS CAROLINA MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN MEETING AT BIHARI'S RESTAURANT (Aid Conditioned) * Special Luncheons and Suppers From 40c 1229 Hampton Street-A Few Doors From Telephone Bldg. JEROME F. BIHARI, carolin-'32 balier s Defei Little Greenville From Greenville and the roil ing hills nearby a group of Car olina students have come. They room in Tenement 11 which has just won the basketball intra mural championship. These boys call their Tenement "Little Greenville" and are as well or ganized as any fraternity on the campus. They have pride in the athletic ability of their or ganization and have two intra, mural championships during the current session to demon strate this ability. Rip Turner, who scored the win ning touchdown in the final intra mural football game, Joe Faress, Albert Faress, Eddie Cahaley, Frog Green, Raymond Briggs, Ben Bkdg er, and Frank Eppes were mem bers of the highly successful foot ball combination. In the realm of basketball "Little 3reenville" has been even more outstanding. Fur man Riddle and Fred Snoddy were stars on the varsity basketball team and are among the more prominent members of the group. The intra mural basketball championship be came theirs last Thursday when they edged out the rampaging ASCE's in the finals with a score of 31-27. The "Little Greenville" members are now planning to win the soft ball championship while George Chamis, state champion high jump er, Ben Badger, state high school champion, pole vaulter, and Joe Faress, high and broad jumper, are candidates for varsity track honors. Before the coming of the Pre flight School and before the depar ture for the Armed Services of so many members, Tenement 11 was occupied solely by "Little Green ville" men. All members remaining are members of some reserve corps and all will be on active duty by July 1. "Little Greenville" is some times called the "Little Comman dos" and also seeks to promote Car olina spirit. It intends to organize a Greenville-Carolina Club. Joe Faress and Frank Eppes are co-. mayors of the "town within the University." After the war is over, the boys intend to return to Tenement 11 and to reorganize "Little Greenville." Fourier Announces Softball Schedule N ROTC Platoons To Play 15 Games In Tournament Chief Arthur Fourier, in charge of NROTC intramural sports, an nounces that interplatoon softball competition will begin next Tues day afternoon on Melton Field and that the tournament will continue for two weeks. He further announces that the in.. terplatoon swimming competition has been postpongd until completion of softball season and until the In tramural League softball tourney gets underway. All games will begin promptly at 1700 (5:00 o'clock) and will be played simultaneously on the prac tice field and on Melton Field; that is, one game will be played on Mel ton Field while the other two will be played on the practice field. A total of three games will be played each day and games will be only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Teams using the practice field are not marked, but games scheduled for Melton Field are designated by the initials MF. The complete schedule follows: April 8-A-i vs. B-1 (MF); A-2 vs. B-2; C-i vs. C-2. April 7-A-I vs. A-2; C-i vs. B-I; C-2 vs. B-2 (MF). April 13-A-i vs. B-2; C-i vs. A-2 (MF); B..i vs. C-2. April 14-A-i vs. C-2 (MF); C-I vs. B-2; B-i vs. A-2.' April 20-A-i vs. C-i; A-2 vs. C-2; B-i vs. B.3 (MF). sP t rsk O'Brien And Thompson Win Return Game Set For Next Tuesday The uncoached Carolina tennis team won a close match with Ers kine Monday by the slim score of 4-3. Not only is the team with out a coach, but also it is composed entirely of new men, none of lasi year's veterans taking part. A return match with Erskine has been scheduled for April 7th. This match will be played at Erskine since Monday's match was held or, the Gamecock's home grounds. The individual results of the matches reveal the closeness of the score. Erskine Smith (Erskine) de feated Rufus Sadler (USC), 6-4, 6-1. "Skinney" McKinney (USC) defeated Williams (Erskine), 6-1, 6-8, 6-4. Babe O'Brien (USC de feated McDill (Erskine), 6-3, 6-3. Jay Thompson (USC) defeated Bob Patton (Erskine(, 6-4, 6-4. Grier (Erskine) defeated Bays Moore (USC), 6-1, 6-3. These were the singles. In the doubles matches Babe O'Brien and Jay Thompson com bined to win over MeDill and Pat ton, 6-4, 6-3. Meanwhile, Smiti and Williams for Erskine defeated Sadler and McKinney, 6-4, 6-4. The tennis team is without the services of Gordon McLaurin, Beri Hill, Oscar Mims, Jack Hatch, and Gene Haynes who wert: the firsi five on last year's team. There Is No Head April came in during the nighl and didn't bring any showers al though April showers would cer tainly have helped in settling the dusty stifling of the track. Never theless, the warm days are not all here yet, but without doubt it mighl be that they will come sooner or later. The sweating boys were winded by the terrific workout they had just taken in going over the ob stacle course, but the course didn'l seem to worry about six grammar school girls who take the course in leisurely manner every afternoon when they happen to be out on the athletic field which doesn't happen often even though it was a more frequent occurrence formerly. April sure has a funny attitude toward the troubles of man who gets his best suit wet in spite of every precaution. Girls are not ig nored by April and are victims of many Aprillish programs of prank. ish mirth. However, the old joke about lizards in the fertilizer has caused many little girls to fear lizards and kindred rats all through life and, therefore, should be abol ished in the interests of such meat supply of cats. In the month of April the talking pitchers release their annual pre dictions and always expect to win twenty games this year although that's more than they have won in all the preceding years. Baseball managers are always either opti mistic or pessimistic at this most beautiful time of the year (if you have a similar viewpoint as to the beauty of seasons and months). They expect to do the best possible or they expect the leading slugger to lose his eyes which would indeed be a calamity to any team in any CUT RATE I 1530 Ma A Iw a SA NC K EN'S *SOLD AT MANUFMI RICHLAN Pai ly PaI ine In7 Bruce Tate Ten. 11 Wins Intra Tournament Title Defeats ASCE In Finals As Referee Tate Leaves The highly successful Intramural League basketball tournament came to an end last Thursday night when the lads from Ten. 11 edged out the scrapping ASCE outfit which had been favored to win. The final score was 31-27. ASCE was undefeated until Thursday night and had previously won a thrilling game from Ten. 11 by a 2 point margin. Ten. 11 boast ed several good players and was more than an equal match for the ASCE Engineers of the court. Joe Faress starred for the Ten. 11 aggregation and scored approxi mately 16 points. He was followed on the offense by Albert Faress and George Chamis who were equally valuable to the team. Bill Griffin and Eddie Cahaley were the team's defensive stars while Vernon Sum walt filled in as a reserve with capable playing. Cromer, Hart, and Courtenay were the high scoring stars for the ASCE team and were, at one time, leaders in the Intramural League scoring. They accounted for some of the highest scoring games of the season and were sparking regularly 1 on all cylinders. Medals will be awarded to the members of the winning team at a later date. All members of the winning team will be honored with1 these fine medals which represent 4 the achievement of a basketball team which came from behind to wvin the championship.1 Members of the Block "C" Club conduct the actual proceedings of 4 the Intramural League program and provide the necessary officials. The member pictured above has refereed most of the intramural basketball games and also officiated at every intramural football game last fall. He is Bruce Tate, brilliant Game cock center on the football team and Louis Sossamon's understudy. Bruce was a member of the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps and will not be here to referee the Intra mural League's softball tournament :games. IKA was the defending champion . of intramural basketball and, though having a strong team this year, was replaced by the Ten. 11 team. sport except checkers which is not exactly a sport anyhow. )RUG STORE in Street is Eat ICE CREAM THE CANTEEN TURED BY D DAIRIES U . rrisq I rennis Kay Kirven Beco As Birds Open Dunham, Tate And Player In US Army The 1943 edition of the Gamecock >aseball team will get its first test his weekend as the baseball sea ion at Carolina officially opens. ['he Parris Island Marines will pro ride competition for the Carolinians omorrow afternoon at 2:00 o'clock tere. Catcher Kay Kirven plans to tart either Johnson or Snoddy on he mound while he himself will )robably perform the backstopping luties. Kirven is the new baseball :oach and succeeds Earle Dunham n that capacity. Assisting Kirven are manager D. I. Ross and assis ant manager Tom Stevenson. The 1943 season may open this tfternoon against the 6th Cavalry rom Fort Jackson it a suitable :ime can be arranged. One week from tomorrow while he track team is meeting Presby erian here, the Bird baseballers will >e at Shaw Field for their second ,ame with a service team. The starting lineup for tomor -ow's game with the Marines will )robably be: pitcher, Johnson; :atcher, Kirven; first base, Harri on; second base, McMillan; short top, Shaw; third base, Halsall; out leld, Keenan, Tominack, and Pick -tt or Rutland, Harris, Allen. aaines or Hoettinger. The team will be minus the ser rices of Bruce Tate, Player, and )unham who were members of thel Znlisted Reserves. Kirven says that the only teams ron other colleges which lie may )e able to meet are those from ,Tewberry and from Preshyterian :ollege as these are near enough in :ase transportation can be arranged. Transportation is only one of the nany problems facing the team and he impossibility of securing ade luate equipment will hamper the eamn's effectiveness while loss of raluable players is not the least of he team's problems. Some of the >aseballers may have to play in ennis shoes as baseball shoes are almost impossible to secure. As the roster now stands there tre only 20 members of the base a11 team. By position these are: 2utfield, Tominack, H-oettinger. Ceenan, Gaines, Rutland, P'ickett. \llen, and Harris; Infield-H alsall. ifcMillan, Shaw, and Harrison; Pitchers-Johnson, Snoddy, Calvo. jooper, Bradford, and Davis; latchers-Kirven, and Parler. In spite of the many difTiculties acing the team in this wartime sea on, the boys are determined to arry on in the best roa ible way Lnd with the old Gamecock spirit. s Coach Kirven says, "I don't N E HI 1 BEVERAGE COMPANY I * ROYAL CROWN COLA| 1211 ASSEM3L.Y STREET : We're Behind You CAROLINA Whenever You Shop, Look For This Emblem * STUDENTS SUITS PRESSED 25c * Pick-up and delivery ser these prices EXCELLENT WORK WARWICK Di iage Five sland Opening mes New Coach 1943 Season Enright Writes "You better get in shape to do a lot of walking" was the advice given F. B. "Whitey" Rawl, manager of the Univer sity of South Carolina co-op erative stores, this week by Lieut. Rex Enright, former USC head coach. Enright, now on leave of absence from the University, is in training at the Naval Pre-Flight school, Uni versity of North Carolina. In a letter to Mr. Rawl, who is a future Naval officer, he said he liked the place fine and wished that "Whitey" could be in the same class with him. Coach Enright said that tumbling was the main thing giving him trouble. In fact, he wrote that his neck was so sore he hardly could turn his head. "Rex said to give his best regards to everyone," Mr. Rawl said. He humorously added, "I told Rex that ridin' from the athletic office to the main campus wouldn't do him any good. Furthermore, I believe I can beat him over any 8-foot walll" Mr. Rawl's application for a com mission has been approved by the Navy. see how we can do it, but we will somehow." Other games will be scheduled as the season progresses and will be printed as they are scheduled. Any team which desires a game with the Gamecocks shoud get in touch with Coach Kirven. Return engagements canrot be gutranteed since the bud get of the team is extremely slim. Coach Kirven announced yester day afternoon that the game with a team representing the 106th Cav alry from Fort Jackson this after noon on Melton Field. 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