The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 22, 1946, Page Page Five, Image 5
ON THE BALL
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$tgrt'ing. this afternoon a tlire'ver li~ T is 1T,
Gamecock baseballers of ours will really and literally be "on the
ball." Since last Friday, coach "Catfish" Smith has been giving
his boys the once-over in practice gaies and it's a sure bet
that he'll have Carolina's best bets for victory in the fielhl is
the first strike is thrown by pitcher Chuck R.iidolph. In a
practice game tkie other afternoon, right fielder "Slugger"
Parone gave evidence that the diamond boys would have pleity
of power behind the bat as lie pounded out a homer over the
left field fence that left players and bystanders alike gaping and
pitying left fielder Bob Blackmain who had to shag the pill.
Of course, Dick Dusenbury couldn't stand, much of that ; so
Slie calmly rubbed his sore arm and struck- out the next two
batters-aiid we decided against asking Cat(ish for a try at
the plate (iot tiat he's standing for any horseplay from garrul
. ous kibitzers like us these days-eause lie isn't!) As Dick started
off tle diamond for a well dAeserved rest, the shining light of the
infield-navy Zoom-boy Harry Hughes-stepped upl) to the
plate; and another future flier, Everette Driver, took over the
mound d((ut ies. Ilughes mnaged to drive a beautiful single down
the third base line. Driver. having had itme to warm up. then
came thrui with some beutiful deliveries-and, incidentally,
t 4is lad shows mucho promise of doing some good work on
the mound this year. We left just as Jolinny Skalangya, this
time playing in left field, made a beautiful catch to ruin catcher
Isonny Way's hope of a cleanl base hit.
Wandering over to the track sectio of )avis Field. we were
tu4en in haud by manager Riley Bradhan who managed t,o
.*jerk i* off the vinder road just ini tiie to clear tile path for
Bill ]raley-an(d tle way Bill whizes by doing the 440, we
were really grateful to Rileyl Coach Dupree had Joe Me
Renolds, and several other hopefuls running time for the huiini
dred-and the boys didn't look bad either. Ii another section
of tile field Jim Rogers and Warreii Foote were trying for high
jump records-and being covered with sawdlust as they fell
into the pit, poor boys. The 880 and Me Mile boys were taking
about ten laps just for practice-and to think lint just two
liors of drill on Tuesday afternoon tires us out
Incidentally, we were planning to eiiroll in llotz and Lind
ly's "Give mie a month and I'll make a Watteiigale out of Vou"
class, but Lindley shoved off for home and then the academy ;
so Ed has cancelled all classes. Iotz is planning to follow inl
the "Ape's" footsteps-whicbi means but one thing here at Car
Sohina-thh't those weights and 4inbells in ti ie gym wvill be of
no ftiher' use t lie school. Chick "Cicken in the lingh"
8hiiels is now~ an a pprent ice-pietty (ffier first class at thle Lakes
--he's athletic ofiche r for' hiis comupa ny ! Anad conmgrait ulat ion arie
~in ordler for th,ie new Block "C" pre'sidlent- Meatball, uimtehier'ly.
Those Racket-t.eer's wil.l be ingiung t he pill for keeps against
Clemson t his afterniooni--and Capltamini Bob) Wicka m shoulId be
ae<cqiainite w( vith thle cou rts, sin'e lie p)lay~ed theure ais a fr'osh
just a fewi yearis aigo. Incidentally, we could( thinik up a mnighity
iinie co-ed teaim to play a long with thI ie boys a ga inlst teams like
Da vidson-1dan(n the firusI six we'd certa inly plc ..arah I
Ciiie and Mickey Black, who at p)resent seem to be content with
just beat ing some of the boys regular'ly.
Right now, I'm huiingry-thle linotype op)er'ator's mad-andl
yoni,u grls are'& just dyling for' anuother' look at Tr'iacey Ba xter's
4 ,""in face-so adios anid hiasta next wteek.
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With the finals for the USC Intra
murl Basketball Tournament sched
uled for tonight, the KA, LXA, SN,
and SAE fraternities battled last
night for the privilege of appear
ing in the title tilt.
The four Fraternities moved into
the semi-finals Thursday night after
local fans had witnessed a hectic
evening on the hardwoods the night
before. Wednesday's pla-y was
sprinkled with upsets, close over
time play and plenty of smooth ball
handling.
In the first game of the quarter
finals Kappa Alpha was upset by
Pi l'appa Alpha, seeded seventh in
the meet, but was awarded the con
test because of the appearance in
the line-up of an ineligible 'player.
the KA's, a pre-game choice to
reach the fin'als, played listless ball
throughout the game. The deciding
factor in the game was the over
whelming control of both back
boards which the winners kept
throughout the game, led by center
Frank Scruby.
Before the floor had cooled then
came' Kappa Sigma-Lambda Chi
Alpha contest, the most thrilling
of the night, which ended in Holly
wood style. Kappa Sig grabbedi an
early lead In the first quarter. In
the second canto Lambda Chi
awoke to cut the lead, which
Rudolph and Co. had built, to 15-10.
Again in the third quarter KS went
on a scoring splurge to lead 22-15
with less than five minutes remain
ing.
But in a whirlwina tinish Lambda
Chi's Worley sank two consecutive
field goals followed by a free throw
Oy Wingate to cut the lead to two
points. With seconds remaining
Wingate arched the ball through
the net to tic the score and send
the game iito overtime perlods.
In the first over time period play
was tight and each team scored
four points sending the game into
the final and "Sudden Death"
round. While bringing the ball back
up thc ourt af;cr z th i t t.
bound, Wingate again came through
letting the ball go just after cross
ing the center line and that was
the ball game.
In an uninteresting finale, the
SAE's loafed through the first half,
emerging with only a two point
lead over Tenement Seven, but the
second halt saw the favorite's pour
on the steam to emerge with a 37-17
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victory. The outstanding man on
the floor was Bud Eades of SAE
who consistently sank long shots
all evening.
Sigma Nu was idle, drawing a
bye In the first round and was to
meet SAE Thursday. Referees for
the tilts are Varsity players. War
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45 E LL RESULTS
C.A.A.B. 6, Carolina 2.
Clemson 7. Carolina 11.
Clemson 0. Carolina 4.
P. C. 2, Carolina 3.
F.A.A.B. 11. Carolina 9.
Wof ford 0. Carolina 19.
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By Enright
Today candidates for the Univer
fity of South Carolina's '4 football
team round out thtee weeks of
spring practice under the tutelage
3f Coach Rex Enright.
Last Friday Enright, who is the
Director of Athletics at the Univer
sity, announced that a practice
game will be played at the eid of
the season between the first and
second strings, proceeds going toj
the Block C club.
Although no date has been set
for this game, Enright has an
nounced that spring practice has
four more weeks to run. so you can
judge accordingly. A small admis
sion will be charged, and the exact
date will be announced later.
Tuesday afternoon the first string
lineup looked something like this:
Left end. Pat Lenahan of Louis:
ville. Ky.: left tackle, Dom Fusci of
New York City; left guard, Max
Walker of Montgomery. W.Va.: cen
ter. Bruce Tate of Columbia: right
guard Jeb Bray of Macon. Ga.;
right end. Bobo Carter of Asheville.
N. C.; quarterback. Bobby Giles of
Columbia; left halfback. Jack Couch
of Atlanta; right halfback. Jim Hun
nicut of Macon. Ga; and fullback
Dick Frantz of Freenont. Ohio.
This isn't the team that will open
the season this coming fall. New
students. returning veterans and a
shifting squad will make further
changes.
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The University of South Caro
lina's tennis team, composed of five
ex-G. 1's and one naval trainee, left
this morning to open It's season
against the Tigers of Clemson Col
lege this afternoon at Clemson.
Bobby Wickham, who was the
teams manager when the season
opened, has ti aded that titic for
the new one of Captain, being elect.
ed at n recent meeting. Wickham,'
who played on the Freshman team
at Clemson before ent-ring the
service, was n member of the Caro
linas Junior Davis Cup team before
entering Clemson.
Alternate Captain of the team for
the fortheoming %,-ason will be
Tracy Baxtei, a naval trainee, who
was the Numbet ' man on the
Naval Tennis team here at the Uni
versity last summer.
In addition to these men. the
team is composed of Gordon Mc.
Laurin, who captained the 1942
Gamecock racquet-wielders, which
was the last team the University
sponsored. McLaurin's return from
the armed forces has holstered the
squad immensely. Equally as able,
is Freddie Atkinson, who will prob
ably get the nod to rlay the Num
her 1 match. Atkinson has com
poted in numerous tournament in
South Carolina and adjoining states,
and should be one of the favorites
to take the state singles champion
ship. Also returned from service is
Jack Hatch and A. J. Smith, both
of whom have had considerable ex
perience on the clay courts. Hatch
having played two years of varsity
tennis before etering the service.
After the tAms return from
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