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Bird Five I Chick'en In The Rough By CHICK SHIELS Gathered the troops together the other night and wan dered into the local prize fight emporium. Little did we think the spectacle would be as sad as it was. The crowd was exceedingly small for the amount of publicity put forth in the dope sheets and the announcer, call .it what you may, sounded like he had seen too many big time fistic displays in the last few years. The lad behind the mike went on to say that he and his colleagues were in the process of making Columbia, South Carolina, another fight center, on the order of New York. At the beginning of hostilities this struck the ear with a faint bo-ing-g-g. Evidently our friend had not heard of "Uncle Mike." But to carry on with the sad story: The individual leather pushers received their- respec tive calls to the ring and the fights were on. In the olden days, it was customary to put on a fair show for the cash patrons, and if this could not be done-to suffice with a heap of blood drawin'. We missed all of this last Friday eve. Much clinching, poor footwork, and transferring of plans by word of mouth seemed to be the order of the day. The announcer, as mentioned before with many caustic remarks, would have made a good cheerleader in almost any league. He continually called for "a big hand" after a very amateurish round had been entered on the record books. That marks the brand of fight right there. The first bout called for two men in the 150 lb. class. We have known lately that times et al have taken their toll on our feeble mental capacity, but if those men were in the same class, we will be glad to nibble anybody's fedora. The party of the first part looked to be about 30 years old and about 175 pounds while the second man (?) registered as about 18 and carrying all of 140 pounds. Thus began the farce. The big man stood his ground waiting for an opening while the little fellah did more road work than the average track man. After every ten miles and three blows, that usually missed by quite some, the clinch would be the thing. After such a length of time, this business gets a wee bit tiring. Just to call it an even day's work, the judges settled for a draw. It was the safest thing to do. As the hours crawled along, we finally came to the "main event." This was the pay-off. The big attraction was a man, who supposedly had whipped Billy Conn and drawn a tie with Tami Mauriello.. By all rightful thinking, it looked to be a big deal. (Anything at this point would have looked good.) Again the footwork was weak, the "openings" missed and generally not too much to write home about. The two battlers opened up at each other like several houses afire. It made the spectator think, "Can these guys last at this rate"? The main go was slated to run ten rounds. The second round found the "sluggers" falling back into the same routine that had been in evidence before, "Clinch me a little bit, clinch me a little bit . . . " Through some quirk of fate, the fight was stopped in the third round. To this day we'll never know why. The public address man babbled something out that was far from audible and the few cus tomers began filing towards the exits. That ended that! Usually in events such as this one, there is something humorous or blood curdling, but not the other night. It was just sad! Right OFF The Nest *.."Lookie" Brunson, another one of these Florence Flashes, lead the South Carolinians to a win over the Tar heels in the Annual Shrine Bowl Game ... would be good if he could don the Garnet and Black when he finishes work Whenever You're at Five Points Stop in at THE GREEN DERBY GRILL '"Kllroy Eats Here" Open 7 Days a Week Specializing in Steaks, Seafood and Short Orders . You will find a varied and attractive assortment of Christ mas cad,gift boxes, tags, tape, wrapping paper, etc., at .. . (cIu le =2Init'l 1620 MaIn Stre ii At I PiEpsOnTop of Bowling Heap After the Thanksgiving lull, the Interfraternity Bowling League has once again resumed opera tions. Last Thursday the pin-men from the various Fraternities lock ed horns in the race for the top team on the campus. Respective battles saw each club taking two games but failing to ring the bell on the decisive third roll. This week's bout found Ed Bos well of Phi Sigma Kappa check ing in with a high score of 321 for the three game total while Pi Kappa Phi's Gettys Wood walked off with the high game score of 115. An oddity in the Bowling world was registered at the last meeting on Gervais Street. Lambda Chi and Phi Kappa Sigma each won one game and then proceeded to roll the other two games to a dead heat. The clubs turned up with a total of 447 for the after noon's work. "The Herb" Burwick and his Pi Ep followers still grab the top billing with 5 wins and 1 loss, with Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Sigma Kap pa, neck and neck, for second place. These latter outfits are tied at 4 wins and 2 losses apiece. Thursday's roll will probably find the list of teams juggled again for competition is reach ing a torrid peak and something must break loose. The team stand ings will be printed in the next Gamecock. in the "Magic City" . . . many yankees dot the Basketball squad, this year . . . no definite five has been chosen by Coach Johnson to start for him . . . the Bird five walloped Fort Jackson the other night to a smooth tune . . . some will remember the "Red Raiders" of a year or so ago . . . that was a "hot" club . . . so much for now . . . on this happy note we ree main very truly yours . . . un quote ... adieu ... 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