The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 02, 1943, Page Page Five, Image 5
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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.
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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).
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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
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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.
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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
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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. Game time
is set for 1:30 p. m., Girven stated
and Carolina baseball fanx are noti
fied thus to be on hand for a good
game.
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