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'Birds. Begii Press-lox Splinters Greetings, sports fans. It is with a great deal of pleasant anticipation that I sit (lown in this corner of the page to bring you this column for the next semester. (Draft Board, * please take note.) BYE-BYE The Gamecock last semester had a grand guy for Sports Editor. May I say to all his readers, none of you will miss him more than I will. )ennis is gone, but the Sports page must go on. FACTS No sports editor can run a whole page by himself. le must have his staff, and so to you good people who read this page and enjoy it, as well as to those insignificant few (?) who don't, I would like to introduce the sports staff. According to an old, old custom, it's ladies first, so first comes the lady of the sports staff, Miss Naomi Staley, who wrote the story on the girls' gym about three columns over to the right. Next come three very nice and friendly NROTC boys. They are Bill Bader, who -wrote the football story; Frank Scrubie, wh,o wrote about the all-star softball team, and Chick Shiels, who wrote about the coming swim meet and PT for RO's and V-12's (looks like alphabet soup). Modestly, I have reserved me to the last. I wrote the story on the new gym coach, and ask only that you not judge me by this, my first column. Ant so, down to businless. FOOTBALL This week, everybody is interested in the beginning of . summer football practice. I was out there Monday, and the sight of so many muscular, sun-tanned boys filled me with pleasant visions of things to com,2. rhis is Johnny's McMillan's first year as Varsity coach, but he has nine returning letternien and about 90 other fellows that hope to grab the Tiger by his tail and make him yell Uncle. Practice is held on Melton Feld each afternoon from 5:10 o'clock to 6:45 o'clock. It will probably take Coach McMil ]an several weeks to work the large group down to a prob able three teams, but good luck. fellows, I've got my fingers crossed for you. NATATORIUM I have been asked to announce that in the future the swimming pool w%vill be open on a new and improved schedule. Lifeguards have been provided, and anyone wishing to to drown themselves will please pick some other spot, as the pool has been cleaned. The new schedule: Wednesdays and Fridays-7:13 p. m. to 9 p. m. Tuesdays and Thursdays-4 p. m. to 6 p. m. Saturdays-3 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. MISCELLANEOUS If a person can judge the popularity of a sport by the interest it attracts, by far the most popular sport at Caro lina is Pinball Machine-ology. There are twvo in the canteen that attract loafers like honey attracts flies. Comments, suggestions and sympathetic grunts and groans fall at random from the many specta tors. And from among the ranks has arisen a true cham pion, D)on Marchette. On the Rocket machine, D)on is jiust plain mur-der !! F'erociously growling, and bouncing his small frame against the unwilling machine, Don manages to squeeze "just one more hit" and, somehow, rarely loses. If you're interested in a well developed skill, look for lion Marchette and that "extra hit." ATTENTION, PLEASE Before I close, I want to exp)lain the p)rocedure of comn plimenting or criticizing the sports page. If you have a compliment, or a nice word to say about anything on the sports page, you may contact any rep)orter or me. Preferably me. However, anyone having a complaint or wishing to make dlerogatory remarks will contact Miss Anne "Scarlet"' Searson. Managing Editor, who will p)rob ably bite your head off andl add1 it to her collection. But now, joking aside. This is YOUR p)aper. YOU make the news. If you know of anything of interest in the sports field, p)lease contact any one of the rep)orters as soon as possible. Anyone who has written a sports story may hand it in to me, and it will be given consideration along with allthe other stories. Once again, I say, "This is YOUR paper!" Make of it what you will. FIN IS And finally, in closing this column. I want to quote from my favorite reporter. Walter Winchell. ". . . The writer who aims to write nothing offensive to anyone, presently writes only hymns and leaflets explaining the Sunday School lesson ; and then only children read him: and they read him because they fear they will he scolded if they do not. Only INTER ESTING writers are actually read." I wonder howv many readers got THIS far? -SAUL LAVISKY. CUT FLOWERS CORSAGES SLIGH'S FLOWERS PHONE 7761 1433 MAIN STREET n Sun FT Civilian Boys' Gy Was at Carolina i "lands oil hips, place. Ready.| EXERCISE." A new voice is crack ing the whip in Civilian PT classes. That voice belongs to Arthur Fourier, acting phIsical education director who is taking Coach Frank DeMars place for tihe first half of the sumnmer semester. Originally from 'iicago. Aithu Was stationed at :SC in 1942 and 43 as Chief Specialist in athlietics for the then inattive R.O.T.C. unit.1 Eduated in tle Chicago city schools, he attenlded the lnivers ityv of Ili1 : w h p!nytd end on thie football team. Early in his Junior year, he wrenched his knee so badly that he had to soft-pedal his football play ing for the remainder of his college ecreer. lie entered the Navy in January, 1942. befoie obtaining his Master's degree which he was work ing for. When the Vr-12 unit arrived at Carolina, Art hur was assigned to them as PT instructor and was do ing that work when he received his commission is 194:1. 'While train ing for active ditty. he again Plans for Navy PT Made Public U With a new semester in the offing, the plan: for the physical conditioning of the V-12 and R.O.T.C. students were matte putb tic the other day by the base ath letic officer, Lt. C. D. Ellison. The schedule will be a pleasantly counitdedt one and will provide a good hit of activity for all. Tbhe program will iniclude one dlay of swimming. one day of general condtit ioning ex ercises antd thIiree cdays of comnpet a tive sports such as softhball. touch football and vollyball. The staff of physical educators beh ind this physical t raiing will look like this: "Doe" Crawford will personally conduct classes in box in g, wrestIi ng, judo and hand to hand combat wvhile Turnier. Rossi. Glover anid Brinkley will handle the regular classes. The latter three men ate menmberr of the Naval staff of physical inst ruct ots. Tlhe' brightest point of initetest to all hands is the fact thtat a soft hall and swimming team will he select ed by t ryotit to do battle wit h out - side oppositionot in and c arouniid Co-'a lumbia. Specialist Rossi will he in the drtivers seat along the softhball liacs and Lieutenant EllIison will whip the swimming squad into t.op form. When approached on the subject of the 'P. T." program.i Lieutenant Ellison stated that, "The program this sumnmer' will he somewhat light er than in the past idute to t he beat. hut should( provi de am ple conditioning fat' all." BETTER LIGHT BETTER SIGHT * South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. imer RST DAY OF FO a Instructor n 1942-13 wrenclied his football knev, and was given a itlease by the Navy ifter tIhree yeas service. Arthur has several logical ideas thout the reasons for physical edu ration and the way it shoud be admintistered. Ile ffels that half 1 ,f the present program should he devoted to getting fd., and the tlher half devoted to learning skills that wouLlid onable a man no longir inerested inl s'ftball or push-upS 0 keep fit. lie is having personal intei\iews with all restricted students and is 4rouping them in such a way as 1o be able to arrungf, for exercise >f honefit to them all. lie further )elieves that returned veterans need not engage in the present prepara lion-for-war program. but should he allowed to play games and in general keep fit in a less sticnun.u way. Coach Fourior in closing his inter view, stated that he would explore le possibility of Intra-mural com petition, and that as soon as a lecision was rI-ached an annount4e ment would be made public in The Ganmecock. Swimming eam~ To Mecet Marines Tonite at 7 P. 1. 'The Univetsityv of South Cat olina will open their swvinmming season a Friday night at 7 o'cloc-k whi n hey step to the rail to oppose the l'ongaree Al arinte swimmers here at atolinva. The universitIy pool should bC paicked with all loyal followers if the G;arnet and Black to see the Metrmen toss t heirt waretos aga inst t he "Iea!trnek.' Tbhis event will he the first publi. E-xhiIt ion that t he local swimmers have put 0on in quite a while hut Itie coach. T.iett. C. D. 1-:llison, is moderatecly ionfidcnt of a w in. The listing of the various events rire as follows: 1. 50 yd. free st.s Ie 2 50 yud. Iback stroke :t t I ydt. breast st roke 41. InO yd. fiec style ~l:.'> yd. meditl relay . '?00 .s d. f ree !ty le relayv diving from a t hrce met': board 7. 5 opitionatl dives. In the listing eacth team wsill enter two mni for each indiv idual event *vhich will make for, a mote exciting and interesting meet . Nothing is ktnown of the wvaies of the Mlarines 'att a good match is expected. N EH I BEVERAGE COMPANY * ROYAL CROWN COLA 1211 Assembly Street WHERE OLD FRIENDS MEET and the YOUNG MAKE NEW ONES The University Gril 1008 Sumter Street COLUMBIA. S. C. Footb, OTBALL PRACTI , ... ..... Girl's Gym Has Many Aspects Aiy morn i ng befor sunris o a.m. to be exact - vu nty fiid i group of gi Is hl avely at t ing a ball around Itho Caioina tenni courts. hese lassies belong tu one of an assoilmnt11 of girl's gymI classIs offe Ied I I s <umrr. mer. "You namc it. w%'ll play it' is the, hyword of tho iercational spoi ts class headquarters in the gm m. 'pon walking into that building one iight get the effect of a three ling circus in full swing, but its only a way of earning onn masly credit a semester. Each girl plays her favorite game fronm a choice of shuffleboard. darts, hadmilinton or pinc-pong. Much fun Of "nnr'e the last hut not l'ast idea for summer is swiimin. You may not he able to acquire that gor gcous Ian in the indoor porl, but the cooling effect of the wat Ir should make up for this :sgrunit liing fact. Besides. a walk across the campus will give you that !ocal coloring. If you don I helieve it, try it daily stroll aound 4 o'clock in the aftorloon. The physical educ-at ion r ogram for women is under the able th ree lion of Mrs. Margaret M!oses and .\rs. Ve'rdanna Craig. Ull-Star Softb)all Team Formjed to Piai LoallyI An all-star softhball team com;poed of thle outst atndintg players of the spritng league holstered by mtembers of the Gamecock baseball team, will bie formed to play outstancimig teams of this area. A formal ('all for tryouts was issued Mionday tnigt by Specialist Glover and wvas anisweredl hv he tueen 40 and 50 prospec'ts. \Most prom o:ntg amntg these are t ;e: ge i--lust a. vet eran r'urve-art ist:m Everet t catcher: Hill 'Thl,asher. first base; and Chaoi les Sokol. WithI Coltta and Ever~iett, for m CUT RATE I 1530 Ma ALL SEASONABL ART FLO~ 1227 Hampton Street PHONE CORSAGES, all Pr CE 1915 U.S.C. SCHEDULE Se pte mbfer '2-Dike In ner sity it )urham. Septembe-r '!T - Presyteriai Collegqe at C4111umribia, October 6--Open. Ortobvr 13-Alabaman Univer sityv at 31mnt:zimetry. Octbir 25-Clen%on College at ('1lu tbia. N ombi-er 10--lami ti nier %ity ini AllaisI. Noss'mbiIer li-Opsen. Novinber 21-Wake Forest at Char!otte. Deceomber 1-Univer%ity of Nlarylad at Columbia. An attempt i% bhizn made to schedule ganes for October 6 and Nfs embier 17. 1911 RESUIT,S U.S.C. IN Nv%whurry . . ... 0 1.S.C. I I Goorgia Pre-flight 20 .S.C. 0 311an .............0 U.s.C. 13 Clmisnm .. .. ... 20 U.S.C. 6 Charleston C. G. .6 U.S.C. 6 Uni'versity N. C. .0 U.S.C. 32 P. C. .. ........... 6 .S. 7 C. Dukf ............34 1'.S.C. 13 Wake I orest . 19 m- the mst formidabic battery Inr f r. i the ;ars and with :ve as e Cup;rt this team shabi - ahard one~ -.> A similar t eamn une formed m t he spr:ng and heat, a:. ng others, the Caga:ee Mlarine Air Base by a toI 2. Th' 31rnes la. m th :2' ser'w team !l \ vil * of a '..- v r b.t m lThis ':1.1 or :r.a.\ not D.4(01. da;on .l! the;po\wer 'f th. tea to be CENTRAL DRUG Co. * 51 97-PHONES-51 98 1204 Main Street )RUG STORE in Street E CUT FLOWERS vVER SHOP Columoia, S. C. 2-6081 A SCIALTV Page Five t. ac ice Mob Turns Out For First Day For Nine Teamis Nva riy 3n1pop0 t Fighting Ganocorcks answerd ConAch .7ohnny M .1Millan's fi.' <all for sumrn er football pia-tice last Monday af ternoon at five o'lock. Of the nine. ty-oight men who repr r od to Mel ton Field to begin the six weeks of mid-summer practice, 71 were Nav al tirainees and 27 were civilians. Two starters from last years squad. along with seven ieserves who won their !-tters last year, w%-!I srv as the nucleus of the TE" wo ar's whor. art, teturn ing a:- Georg,! McDonald, who mni a plare for himself as tackle on the ond A::-Sou'hein team last .ear, and Phil Ball, stocky guard who earned his letter at Mil ligan Collouze before being trans lerred here hy the Navy. The other returning lottermen are: Henry Couch and George Stronel, tackles; Jim Mortimer, guard: Buddy Riggs and George Farris. ends; Buck Isom and Dutch Brembs. hacks. Other members of the 1944 squad who will he with the Gamecocks again this season are Red Kite, Steve Trewhella, Reese Smith, Bob Tindall and Tom Brophy. All these boys w ill be counted on for consid eraHle service during the coming season. Drills will be light for the first few eeks of this mid-summer prac ticn period, and according to Coach McMillan. the squad will "work fun(,amnwpitally on fundanientals." Youtiful Coeh McMillan will he ;hly aist ed by two former grid ::on men' ors: Calvin Frye. line ,oach: arnd L;eutenant .t. R. Haley, USNP. ho will help in whipping the hackfield into shape. Coach Fryn played on two 'niversii) of Tennessep Rose Bowl teams, and L.ieuteonan Haley is a former cap tain of the Harvard t'niversity elev cn. Tommy Howell will act In the capacity of Head ManAter of the Gameco(ks this year. J. A. Pied mont assisting \:th a staff com posed of Bill Brooks and Frank 11:nes. Johnny Herin will serve as (qu:jpmen. nmrag"r. Locil radio statir.s and newspa preis ha\e k';oted fi,;ures ranging from 1%o downwards purporting to he the inunbr of candidates for the Carolina squad, hut 98 is the numinbie: according tl Coach McMil lan . nny ler.n announced that he has isIed shoes. T shirts and sho: Is t only 97 men, however, it s pass.bl~ that or.e player is using -his on" n equ:ipmnent. 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