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Gamecocks FROM WHERE I SIT By DENNIS POWERS Once more I sit at my trusty machine, typing out words of wisdom???? Well anyway I'm typing!! But this time there is a slightly different air in this musty old office, for, my friends, if by the grace of a Navigation grade and a lot of Irish luck I manage to struggle through a multitude of final exams this week, this will be my last column. To those of you who didn't agree with all the opinions expressed in this column, I can only say I tried. You can't please all of the peo ple all of the time; and I know that more than once, I have stepped upon someone's toes. I tried to give the readers of this paper, as fair a judgment of the sports picture here at this University as I knew how, and, having tried, I can only say they were my opinions, and that was how they were *presented. Now you can dry your tears, and anyone who has really soiled a handkerchief can come to me for a clean one I got my laundry back on time for a change. THE MAN OF THE WEEK Any of you students who supported your track team enough to go out to the various meets this year, or even to the extent of dropping around for an afternoon practice, couldn't have helped but notice a short, blond, curly-headed fellow plodding around the track daily. In all the races he ran I don't think he won any all season, but he finished every one, and placed in them, too. He was the chatter and the pep of the track squad this season, everybody's friend, and one of the hardest working men on the team. He had 1everything a great miler needed except the build. The heart, and the guts, and the stamina that made him go on where others would have dropped out without finishing the race. He missed the requirement for a letter in track by 2 points, but if there is any justice prevailing here he will be the first to receive one. Hailing from the corn country of Spen cer, Iowa, we take our hats off to one of the gamest guys ever to don an athletic uniform of any sort . . . TED METEIR. BASEBALL Taking two ganes from Newberry last week, the Game cocks cinched the state baseball crown. The pressure was ,pn in those last two games, but the Birds came through in magnificent style. Tiger Adams an(d Dick Dusenbery ,topped the Indians cold, the hitters were on the ball, and the infield played bang up ball. The team as a whole looked like real champions, even if Jesse Cox did get slightly green around the gills during the last couple of frames in last Fri day's game. The boys are going to be the proud recipients of gold baseballs suitably engraved to show for their efforts this past season. McMillan has produced another winner, and with just a glance at the line-up of material slated for football here next year he shouldn't have too much trouble with the third crown. TRACK The Gamecock track men traveled to North Carolina for the Southern Conference AAU last week end and came away with enough points for fourth place. Geechee Fetter lost his first race of the season, and Dutch Brembs got off to a poor start in the hundred heat, and finished fourth in a 10.3 dash. D)oc Penny carried twelve men on the trip, and the indlispen sable ".Jeelp" Is manager. The track team this year turned 'in excellent performances when they stayedl within their owni class, against HIunter Field, and North Carolina State they didl all right. Moving up against Georgia Pre-Flight they dlidln't (d0 so well, but they were way out of their stampl ing grounds. All in all D)oc Penny didl a credlitable job on the squad, andl they represented the Garnet and Black very well this year. SOFTBALL The softball season has conic to a close, and for the ma jority of the boys the bats and balls are packed away until next year. There are a fewv however who are continuing to p)lay undler the banner of the U. S. Navy. They are schedul ing andI playing games with the local service teams, and have a very goodl recordI so far. Anyone wvishing a game with this ,emshould gtin touch with Joe Piedmont atthe V-12 Unit, andl arrange for same. FINISH OF THE OPEN LETTER To Saul Lavisky, the unfortunate editor to follow in my footsteps, I bequeath this battered typewriter, the equally b)attered des5k, and all the chewing gum under the chair. I know he will give the readers of this column a goodl brand of sp)orting newvs, such that will make my feeble efforts seem p)itiful by comparison. To everyone here at Carolina, I take this opportunity to bid you goodbye. Its been swell here for these p)ast 16 months, meeting you all, andl having the p)rivilege of knowing you. Before I start crying in my beer I guess I had better stop this andl breath a sigh of re lief, and a prayer to its completion for the last time. "THE OLD RELIABLE" COMPLETELY AIR CONDITIONED IMETROPOLITAN CAFE Dining Room for Reservation - Copocity Up to 100 Persons Op n 'il idnght 1222 tIAMPTON STREEl Ope 'Tl MdnihtWHERE STUDENTS MEET TO EAT Columbia, S. C. "A Good Place To Eat" THE GOODY SHOPPE OPEN ALL. NIGH T PHONE 9166 Win! WIN r~.4 X The University of South Carolins right, Bob Tindall, ef; Guy White, row, Chuck Rudolph, p; Keith Ph Millian, coach. Third row, Knobby infielders. The squad is composed Bearcats Triumph In Softball The civilian intramural softball tournament ended last week with the awarding of medals to the Bear cats, the winning team. About a month ago, a group of boys interested in playing softball got together with Coach De Mars and selected four captains, who chose four teams. They were Beezy lydriek. .no MnrriK. Bill Routh and Loren Williams. When the teams came out to play, there were only enough people for three full teams, so Joe Morris gave up his captaincy, distributed his team, and the organization was complete. With a roster consisting of Beareals, Alleyeats. Poleents, and Dr. Davis as official umpire, the series began. From file beginning, all teams played with less than its full quota. In only one game did any team have all 10 players, and then they lost lowever, a nucleus came and the games were played I%wo days a week from 6 p.m. until they ended. A great deal of trouble arose because of player shortages being made up from the team not playing. Still other trouble arose for lack of an umpire. Rules had not. been madei at file beginning of tle series, but were formulated as the games were played. The records had a habit of disappearing, because they were' non-existent. WVins an(i losses were kept in people0's headls, andI as a result, the only' statistics ob tainable come out in an 0(dd num her, meaning that one team played a game by itself, which dlidn't hap pen. Finally, when the tournament ended, the Blearcats had six wins an(l one loss to become the utndis p)ut ed champions. The Alleycnt s and Potpeats are still trying to (deter mine who is in secondl place. But when all is said and (lone, the winning team, the losing teams and tihe various spectators all had a swell time. Men\bers of the Bearcats were Williams, Lavisky, Abstance, Lott, Smith, Munn, Catoe and Patrnell. The lists of othier teams were un China Sterling Silver Watches SYLVAN BROS. JEWELERS & DIAMOND MERCHANTS Genumiae Merchiandise Only. No Plate. No Imitations. Cor. Main & Ihampton, Columbia, S. C. BETTER LIGHT BETTER SIGHT * South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. - .. - - %&V~I U~VVVM itate I NERS AND NI iX baseball team, new state champk If; Tigers Adams, p; Bob Noble, c; Illips, rf; Dick Fountain, ss; Charlf Walsh, manager; Bill Thrasher, 11 I predominantly of Navy trainees. CAAB Swimmers Win From Navy V-12 swimmers who met the Co lumbia Army Air Base quintet last week, lost a very close contest. By entering only one man in each of the five events of the evening, the result of the clash was dependent upon the number of firsts each team racked up. The CAAB swim mens copped four firsts to the V-12's three, to win the meet. The teams were running neck and neck with three wins apiece until the very last event, the 200 yard free style relay, when a fighting Gamc,cock team took the short end to lose by 5 seconds. The CAAB team was sparked by Pat Hayes, former University of Michigan swimming ace, who won the 50 yard breast stroke and was anchor man in the decisive 200 yard relay. The V-12 team showed some ex cellent swimmers and held up their end of the contest to the finish. .immy Spurr and David Welsh put onl especially good performances in tihe .50 yard back siroke respec tively. The final resulls were: 50-yard free style: Spurr, U.S.C. 25.3; Benson. CAAD, 25A. 50-yard backst roke: Welch. U.S.C. 32; Ehrenhalt, CAAB, 33.5. 50-yard breast-stroke: I layes, CA AB, 29.9; St rohbel, U.S.C . 2. 10f)-yard free st yl e:cGrory, CAAB1, 1 minute, I second; Tin dlal, U.S.C.. 1 mi nut (', 3:5 seconds. 150-yard miedley : Ehrenhalt, Hayes, Benson, CAAB, 1:27.5: Walsh, St robel, Spurr, U .S.C., 1:28.7. Diving' Bolin, U.S.C.; Meriticr, U.S.C. 200 yar d relay: McGrory, Benson, Ehrenhalt, Ilayes, CAAB, 1:43.4; Walsh, Mortimer, Black, Spurr U.S.C., 1:48.1. Blonnoit Elected New Prexy of Euiphrosynean, Allen Bonnoitt was elected lres idlent of Euphrosynearn Literary So ciety at a meeting held May IS in Sims Lounge. Other oifficers elected to serve next term are as follows: Mildred Belser, vice-president ; Betty Boy kin, secret ary; B3etty Chiilds, t reas L TH - asebi -W CHAMPIO ons, Is shown above. 'Members of Tommy Cox, ef; -11nuny L,yies, s James, 3b); E. E. Goodlake, p; (L_ } ; uk Ism/tlt; e1ie bn nmmg,sow aBox mgo Compose Week's Navy Athletics As th Ue c(.uret SIllemestUr CIloseS. there is a great deal of activity on tile 'Navy side of the U. S. C. cam pus. TIh Softhall League has had its play over and donle with. but the swimmers and trackmen and boxels haven't had their show its yet. Fritz Turner will engin(leer an ot her of his Inter-Battalion swim ining meets starting at 1900, and at 2000 the fruits of Doc Crawford's work will he shown to all and sunidy, when t he Field Mouse doors swing open for the gala box ing smoker. Botit ; til h.wU elts pronlise a lot of iltecrestin g cnt(c'r tainment. In the swimming meet tlie teamn r epr esent ing Company Five is favored slightly, but in the boxing smoker alnything can hap pc.a. The highlight of the evening will he a mumch-talked ahoul grudge fight, So vevelone is ur ged to come carly. A composit softhtall tcam of all the het playcls inl i te rece rt ly finished league is Wedli(ntitiig gamnes with th i v ariolls teaills inl and around Columbia. This Navy s'uIad has several notches in the win col imn saainsi some of tle best coI petition in these iparts. The 31xa. trintes fromi Congartee we nt dowtinin (defexat to the tune of 4-3 in one oIf lie best games played by this WHERE OLD FRIENDS MEET and the YOUNG MAKE NEW ONES The University Grill 1008 Sumter Street COLUMBIA, S. C. TIlE STA TE CO. * "RINTING DEPT. * t APH ING ll Pei NS the team are, first row, left to : -Johnnie Skalangya, ss. Second Dick Dusenbury, p; .Johnny Mc 1; I. G. Maginn, and Bill Blume, Fort Netmen Take V-12's Into Camp 'The Navy V-12 tennis team ran up against some very stiff compe lition when Ihey played against the experienced Fort Jackson net ters. TIaC Baxter lost to Bill Lufler, former national ranking profes sional and Presbyterian college, coach. 6-2, and 6-1. G. F. McWil liams lost to Dee Gibson, ex-West ern Kentucky reachers' college flash, 6-3 and 6-4: while in the doubles J. 1. Gresham and K. E. Turner lost to Dee Gibson and Gor (ion Norcioss,. one time University of Pennsylvania racket-men, 6-2 and 6-4. This afternoon. on the University coutrts. the Fort Jackson netters will again returii to play the V-12 group. It will be an excellent oppor tunity for you Carolina sports fanls to see what you team is up against. Why don't you come out to cheer for them? S L, lPam so far. Any imanacer of any softhall team desir-ing a gane with tlese boys is urged to get in touich with Joe Piedmont at the -12 t'il 11 1iangi the contest. TODD'S SPORT CORNER MAIN Tennis, Badmii and Other Spi ONE BLOCK I GET THAT I THE Ci *Sandwi< *Cold D *Cigaret *School * Studeni Page Five anant Birdmen Win 2 From Indians; Fine Hurling Final State Standing Show Birds Leading By 32 Percentage Points Newherry's Indians and Ilhi South Carolina Gamecocks met latl wevk in the crucial sei-es of the state baseball race. Needing 1?o1h games to come out on top. Coach Johnny McMillan sent his ave right-hander against Billy Laval's boys on Thuis day, and Tiger Adams ran true to form. Striking out 13 men, and allowing seven hits, the Bird's hurl er handled the Indians nicely, and walked off the mound with a 7-3 win to his credit. In the second game of the series played on Fri day, Dick Dusenbery went the route for the Birdmen, striking out eight men as he registered the decisive win that put the Gamecocks in the top slot in South Carolina collegiate baseball circles, 10-1. The Gamecocks were in a tie for first place with the Blue Stockings of Presbyterian college up until those games, both with a 6-1 record. A loss in either of the games would have eliminated the Bird's chances of coming out on top. The pres sure was terrific in the second game, but the Garnet and Black waved triumphant in the breeze Friday afternoon. and the school had another state championship in its lap. It was the seconidi championship in the second sport for the yearitng coach of the University team. Win ning the basketball champior,slip in a walk. Coach McMillan piloted :the Birds to a win in baseball. The only consolation Presbyterian has is in leading the five-team col lege loop in all games played with six won. one lost. The final 1945 South Carolina college baseball standings at the end of the nine weeks season: Interstate Collegiate Won Lost Pet, Souilt Cailina. 1 .8go Pre'sbiytti an ..... 3 .857 C lmson .............7 6 .5::g Newher ry ............ . 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