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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
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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
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'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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
Distance running around the track
is an important feature in daily
drills.
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