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0N. THE BALL With. Ish Moore That man Spring is here again-which means that Joe and Josephine College will be turning once more to the great out-of-doors for sports and recreation, after hard nights of studying at Groucho's. Over at Davis Field Monday afternoon a record number of 76 aspiring and hopeful young athletes turned out for Coach "Catfish" Smith's 1946 baseball squad. The ex-Georgia All-American was all smiles as he watched such veteran stars as Johnny Skalangya, Tommy Cox, Dick Dusenbury, Chuck Rudolph, Dick Fountains, and Foots James in limbering up exercises . . . of course, that's enough to make any coach smile, considering the fact that these are the same boys who made up the State Championship team last spring. We had mucho fun ourselves just running up fly balls along with managers Ed McMullen and Jerry Krupp . . . and wondering whether or not Catfish would let us play right field if 67 of the fellows were to quit. Some husky fel low (Chesty Farris, if we're not mistaken) hit one over the fence . . . and by the time we'd managed to find the thing, the boys had already started on their inevitable laps around the track . . . three whole laps! Needless to say, we ducked out the back way .. . but quick! CROW, GAMECOCK, CROW! ~ And talking about huskies, Trainer "Him" turned loose sixty of the huskiest men ever to don the Garnet and Black for spring football drills just as soon as the baseballers had hustled off the field . . . that Gamecock is gonna crow loud and long when next fall rolls around. The old master himself, Rex Enright, is back in harness again after his years in the navy . . . and that spells doom for the Clemson Tiger! Ac cording to scuttlebutt, the boys will be doing light work for about ten days before the leather begins to crack. It really looks good to see Meatball, Swede, and the rest of last years gang tossing the ball around again ... and it looks even bet ter to see those Gamecocks of pre-war fame out there doing their stuff ... and they're pretty good too, no kidding! From what I hear this boy Warren Foote of basketball faine is quite a track star too . . . as a matter of fact, we'll be looking for his smiling face and never-die spirit to bring in a few points for the cinder boys when they meet Duke, Clemson, and the rest of their opponents in the near future. That track team looks plenty promising this year, with plen ty of lettermen back from last year .. . and maybe some of the fellows will even be able to make the coming Invitational Meet at Havana, Cuba ( ... if we could only go along for that ride . . . and such a swell time to try out some of Mr. Zeigler's Spanish!) SPRING AND THE CUTIES For a real sign of spring, just take a look at the tennis courts any time of day. In addition to Bob Wickham, Tracy Baxter, and the remt of Carolina's hope for intercollegiate tennis laurels, it seems that over half of the school tries to crowd the courts in the afternoons. Of course, the fact that the cuties Bert Hemingway and Sarah Cline are usually around may have just a little to do with the increasing popu larity of the sport. Poor Coach Shi .. . with intra-murals still going strong and spring football getting underway, he's turning out mucho work over in the athletic department . . . and mentioning intra-murals, the SAE's and the KA's are still undefeated and tied for top honors in the basketball league. The big tour ney between the top six teams in the league is set to come off the 15th. (We know who's going to win-but we're plac ing all bets before we let the dope out-gotta get that Pepsi Inoney!) Woops-there's Bob Hope-time to knock off - Hasta Luego (take note, Spanish Profs !) Muscle Man Hotz Breaks Navy Record With PT Performance (By Bryant Meeks) dtyaMecrhwsatien After the navy PT instructor had bt coladsca ciiis i finished compiling the results offisnoefatwsbakgth the recent strength test, he found tNalI)srcsreghet that he had a new champion for rcr ihasoeo 3 hn the Edward Hotz unit. This newafeafevonhofcdioig champion is a transfer from Merceranhrdwk,egatdnti university in Macon, Georgia, wherewiefmfodin5,0stusn h~e was a V-12 student for 16 horan10mutsfrwt avnonths. wsblee ob ol eod Ed. was born in Car tervilie,Afedasltrhircodbak 'Illinois where he lived until his igatmtsm ftebgby parents moved to East St. Louis,intemslbudng uies Ill. He participated in football,wetowrkadstanwecd basketball, and boxing and graduat- o prxmtl .0 i-p.Ta ed as valedictorian of his class inknce tzotbthvwsha June 1944. Ed's father being a Lt-soeahewlasobaktt Comdr. In the navy was probablyreodHilatsenhtstcrs an incentive for this outstanding wr 6 6 n 8adwstpe young man to join the navy and ol yCalsLnly nte become a V-12 student at Mercer Ilni o,wohdasoeo 9 Univrsit. Dringhis eri duty atMec.h was trnferd tv Sout fspoecifalizing braing h S6akt-hNaaDtic enSgths Joe harok e an ted natin Sous nd10minus. frwa Enright Hap1 Gamecocks Si Carolina Returns To Intercollegiate Net Competition Dusk had long since fallen be fore the dust finally settled on the clay courts of USC Monday as the Gamecocks were preparing this year to return to intercollegiate tennis competition. Under the managerialship of Bob Wickham some eighteen aspirants for Var sity seeidngs reported for practice and, amid the thrashing of winter. weary legs and poor-condition puf rings began preparation for a thir teen match season. Pre-season seedings were as follows: Gordon McLaurin, Fred Atkinson, Bob Wickham, Tracy Baxter, A. J. Smith and Nevitt Grove. These are the top six of the candidates but they may be chal lenged for their positions by any man seeded one or two below. The other six of the seeded group are: George Curtis, Dusty Miller, Char lie Parks, Tody Black, Harold He well, and Ray Parks. Unseeded are: Johnny Gresham, Gerry Kilby. Al Lewis, Tommy Macfle, and Charlie Waters. .Manager Wickham announced that the following schedule had been arranged by the athletic de partment: March 22, Clemson at Clemson; April 3, Kalamazoo, Mich. here; April 11, College of Charles ton here; April 12, Univeralty of Georgia at Athens; April 13, Ga. Tech at Atlanta; April 18, Clemson here; April 25, Citadel here; April 26, Duke here; May 9, Duke at Durham; May 16, University of Georgia here; May 18, Ga. Tech here; May 24, College of Charles ton at Charleston; May 25, Citadel at Charleston. At match with Da vidson College is in the prelimi nary stages of arrangeimnent. Judging from the first day's prac tice, the outlook for the coming season seemed very bright to the Manager. Wickham added that the return of McLaurin from the Air Corps to USC was the biggest ad. dition to the squad. McLaurin was captain of the Gamecocks Tennis Team before entering the service and seems to be a favorite already to take the state singles champion ship. Carolina on November 1st, 1945 and his first noted feat here was the topping of all previous scores on the difficult navy strength test with a score of 98. The average score on this test is between 55 and 65 and thus you can see how much above average this young man rates. For his hard work and grim de termination Ed. has received the principle appointment to Annapolis and wili report there about mid June. One of his greatest ambitions is to graduate from Annapolis with honors. From what we know and his past record he should go a long way toward that goal and with no fates he should reach that goal. This navy man has almost a per fect physical build and with it goes a very modest and unassuming at titude about the physical possibili ties which he possesses. COLUMBIA DAIRIES * 917 Main Street COLUMBIA, S. C. 918 Main Street Inn hetti OK ROOM" The Gamecock oy As Husky tart Drills New And Old Birds Have "The Stuff" Rex Enright has it this year. The venerable old gentleman has turned up this spring with the most for midable array of football talent ever seen at Carolina. In the words of "Him" Sullivan, beloved colored traine, "They's the biggest bunch of men I ever seen at Carolina. And don't forget Him's been here! longer than 25 years. With the appearance of many for mer Carolina lettermen just re leased from service, together with stars of the service teams and high school hopefuls, next year's Game cocks took the field Monday after noon looking forward to the six weeks practice period in which Coach Rex plans to determine the playing ability of the respective performers. Five Over 200 Leading on the beef side were the Alexander brothers, Phil and Kale. Dom Fusci, Doyle Norman, and Dick Frantz, who all tip the scale at well over the 200 mark. How ever, all five seem to be carrying a little too much weight, and the task is Enright's to simmer them down. Your scribe was on the field early Saturday listening to Carolina's most ardent supporter, Jus Jones, and a small group of his cronies discuss the former Carolina ath letes as they ran onto the field. They remembered the vicious play of All-State Bo-bo Carter, a seem ingly slight lad to play tackle. They noted the self-confident air of ex perience in Pat Lenehan. who last played end for the Third Air Force Glemlins alongside Charlie Trippi. They saw the power in the drive of Dick Frantz, fullback with the Jax Naval Air Station outfit last fall. They observed with delight that Junior Meeks was over a pig skin once more for Carolina. Milner Expected Other stars expected within the week are Bill Milner, outstanding for Duke while there, and Earl Dunham. Bolstered by these boys. the team should be a ought nut to crack next fall. Enright has plenty of tricks up his sleeve for, as one onlooker ob served, "Rex hasn't spent all his time in the service trying to attend the duties of a naval officer. No, sir; he's been gaining plenty of football savvy." CAROUNA ENGRAWNG OQ China & Gifts Columbia's Largest Hardware Store Lorick & Lowrance Palmetto The Little Giant Bud Abbot - Lou Costello Carolina The Harvey Girls JUDY GARLAND Ritz Texas Panhandler CHARLES STARRETT Strand Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona THE RANGE BUSTERS Five Points Confidential Agent CHARLES BOYER LAUREN BACALL Drive-in Power Of The Whistler RICHARD DKX Chicken In The Rough by Chick Shiels a noted philosopher once said, :and we quote), "One day you are :hicken and the next you're fea .hers." Gradually we of the bald acaded scribes clan are becoming' nore and more convinced of this, or the breath of the Briney Blue s on the back of the royal NECK. rhe time has come to depart from the hallowed halls of Carolina due to some inconsistency on our part. We have never looked at this possi 3ility with any amount of glee and iow that the hand writing is so leg ble on the wall the Idea is still not very savory. To make a short story jven shorter, we will hate to pull ip the stakes that have held us in place for the last eight months. Eight months that have been 'reet" to put it mildly. We take a last fleeting glance at those days and think of everything in chronologi cal order; the football games, trips, and the many etc's.; the basketball bouts with mucho "CHATTER" from all quarters and all the other items that will never leave the fer tile mind. The social whirl has been 4.0 thanks to the aggragations that put many hours of hard labor on the line so that the public might have a good time. . . rest assured that we did! ! ! And last but not least, the folks here on the Game cock roost. They are tops and we'll double that in spades. All in all it's been tip-top from the very start until now when the end looms up in sight to make with that feeling of reluctance. This little ditty could go on for days, because we have a lot to say but so little time in which to do t justice. It's been a real pleasure to have done our humble part along the line and the days spent here in the Capital City are fixcd in that upper story-but good! ! We hope, in the days to come, to be able to return and finish the list for that AB in English and to pick tip the loose ends that were unraveled when we shoved off. Thanks for all of the kindness shown, it was certainly appreciated. The very best of luck to thosc Gamecocks during the Spring months with their vaiious encount *rs in the Diamond Dust, along the Colum bi DR]3 OI NEAR UN Office & Plant 4508 DevIne St Crown Record Numb Preliminary E HardivoodTourney Set For March 15 On March 15, the six top teams of the Intramural basketball league will square off and begin tht- play offs to determine the champion ship of the loop. At the present, K. A. and S. A. E. are running neck and neck for top honors with no loses. Still lurking close behind, however, is Sigma Nu who have only a close loss to S A E to mar their record. Tied for fourth place are Lamhdi Chi and Kappa Sig with seven victories each. Coach Allen Shi, director of In tramural athletics, has announced that the tournament will he single elimination, arid that awards will he presented to the winners. There are still several games to be played hefore the six top teams can be picked. Games are played nightly from seven until ten in the gym and field house. DuPree Starts Track Practices With Spring in the air, the track team is taking to the field and cin ders under the expert coaching of Sterling Dupree. Of the 30-odd men out for the team this year, five former lettermen answered the call. These men, Badger, Mctier, Britt. Riggs. and Ratcliffe, are expected to turn in their usual excellent per formances against the opposition in the six meets scheduled for this season. Included in the schedule ar meets with Davidson, Duke, and Clemson. Should our track season provv successful. the Athletic department is contemplating sending repre sentatives from Carolina to the In ternational Track and Field Meet at Havana. Cuba, to be held some time in April. Cinder paths. on the Clay Courts or approaching the Green with a seven iron, our thoughts will be in these parts when the competition gets tough. That about does it for now. In July we hope to be FREE again and then wend the way back to Green and Sumter to begin again. Thank you again for everything an! we say for the last time (for awhile at least), " . . and on this very unhappy note we remain yours. very truly. unquote" . . . . .adieu. -nn oun c a's Only I '~ CL EA A ENINC, BRANCH OFFI IVERSITY OF SOUTH C 0O6 MAIN STREE >osite Lower Main Street M, C1aning~ JooIe Treated fabrics stay clean and stains. Resistance to moil keep their fresh appearance. Cuts down the usual wear al undergo. C/aning Proae By touch, feel and smell, yoi repellent finish on fabrics,I there. You can forget the weather, and insure protect Downtown Branch Fl 906 MaIn Street PHONE 2..7558 .Page Rle er Turn Out oaseball Drills Outlook Bright As 6 Veterans Report The noise of singing birds and trees bursting into bloom was min gled with the sharp crack of bats on balls and the shouts of sweat ing young men striving for the coach's favor. Another spring at Carolina and with it the advent of another baseball season. Practice begai Monday, March 4, with 16 would-be DiMaggios and Fellers vieing for varsity positions under the watchful eye of Coach "Cat fish" Smith. The large number of hopefuls made the scarcity of equipment seem even worse and made Coach Smith's task of selecting his squad infinitely harder. However, the widespread interest will make for a winning team and the stiff com petition will bring off the best in the members of the team. Letternen Back There are enough players left over from last season to form the nucleus of the team but for the most part they will be rookies in respect to playing for Carolina. Johnny Skaigngya, last year's sec ond baseman, is back again. Pitch ers Chuck Rudolph, a right-hander. and Lefty Dusenberry will be throwing the high hard one for Carolina this season. Also avail. able to Coach Smith from last year's team are Tommy Cox, Dick Fountain, and Foots James. The Gamecocks played and ab breviated schedule last year but came through with a .777 percent age in taking 7 out of 9 games. This included a pair of victories over arch-rival Clemson. The sched. ulp this year contains more games, approximately 20, and gives the team a chance to do some travel ing. The first game is at home against the Spartans of Michigan State. on March 20. Tentative plans include a home and home series with The University of Miami and the University of North Carolina. Primary emphasis in the first few meetings has been on loosen ing throwing muscles and building wind and endurance. As soon as the squad is cut to more widely proportions there will be hitting practice and base running drills. 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