The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 15, 1947, Page Page Four, Image 4
. SPORTORAMA
By DON BARTON
HOW SHARP ARE YOU?
Millie Fillingim and Bill Bennett, the campus Chesterfield
representatives, are offering a carton of Chesterfields to
the student who guesses closest the final score of the South
Carolina-North Carolina basketball game Monday night.
The total points for each team must be stated, and only one
entry from a student will be accepted. All entries should be
addressed to SPORTS EDITOR, Box 212 (campus), not later
than Monday noon. Simply put your name on a piece of
paper along with your guess, drop it in the campus mail
box, go to the game, and we'll do the rest.
SPEAKING OF TOURNAMENTS
Several Carolina boxers will be entered in the conference
boxing tourney at College Park, Md., scheduled to begin on
February 28 and continue through March 1. The Univer
sity of Maryland is host to this event.
Coach Lofton believes that his boys have a good chance
of walking off with top honors and is pointing to these bouts
"with great enthusiasm. With such fighters as Ray Avant,
Chuck Spann, Ray White, Bob Wilson, and Chris Hitopolous
as possible entries, it is very possible that we could take the
necessary number of firsts to come out on top. A great
deal will depend on the conditioning and polishing these boys
accomplish between now and the opening night.
Drop around to the field house next Wednesday night and
form your own opinions concerning our title prospects.
Otherwise, take it from Harry Lofton and Company that
they're gonna hear a lot about USC in Maryland.
NORTH CAROLINA-ALWAYS TOUGH
Monday, February 17, is a red letter date on our basket
ball calendar. At eight bells on that night one of the nation's
truly great quintets will line-up against our own high-scor
ing Gamecocks. The White Phantoms from Chapel Hill,
N. C., consistently produce title winning combinations, and
they have exactly that in mind again this year.
We lost a heartbreaker to the Tar Heels earlier in the
season. There is little reason to believe that a revolutionary
change has taken place in either team since then, so another
exciting fray should be on tap. It is worth mentioning that
North Carolina trounced Duke, the conference leaders, 49-28,
this week in a minor upset, so the Tar Heels could be burning
up in the stretch.
At any rate, everyone may expect perhaps the best dis
play of basketball talent to be seen here this year. Unlike
the past several home encounters, this contest should find
the field house packed with people-and thrills. Don't
miss it.
WANTED: PLACE TO PUT ONE TENNIS TEAM
The Gamecock tennis team will meet some pretty fair op
position this year, making trips as far as North Carolina and
Virginia. Those road matches will mean just another
score for the student body to await, for, as a rule, people
just don't follow college tennis teams on the road.
The home engagements present a different situation, how
ever. Last year, Carolina's netmen played all "home"
matches at Forest Lake country club, and, consequently,
had small audiences. Why did they play them out there?
Because the courts on the campus were not in good enough
condition to justify asking visitors to play on them. That
would have been embarrassing to the University of South
Cardlina.
Tennis is not a money making sport, for it is not high on
the list of spectator events. It is a great sport for partici
pants from ages ten to sixty, however, and really well worth
watching. Carolina could stand much improvement in her
tennis facilities, and it wouldn't cost too much. The univer
sity paid for the use of Forest Lake courts last spring;
money that could have been spent on our courts, had they
been usable.
The students of Carolina will be treated to some pretty
fancy racquet swingin' this spring, if our courts are put into
top shape, an accomplishment that is easily within reach
and reason. They are in sad condition at the present.
Tennis seems to have always been the stepchild of this
school--along with polo.
IN BRIEF
Rex Enright took the day off Monday to celebrate his
21st wedding anniversary with his wife and three children
at their home on Heyward Street . . . Bryant Meeks is due
to have the cast removed from his left foot in less than two
weeks . . . Droopy Atwell has fully recovered from the in
jury received in the Citadel game and is out slinging those
passes with rare form . . . That's right; 8:00 in the field
house.
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Henry Martin, ace Gamecock
forward, is high among the state
leaders in total points for the sea
son. This Columbia boy will be
counted on heavily to bring the
Birds out on top against Georgia
and North Carolina.
Bowlers In Deadlock
The Phi Sigma Kappa and Pi
Kappa Alpha bowlers were tied
for the lead in the Inter-frater
nity Duckpin League, according
to latest figures available.
The Standings: W L
Phi Sigma Kappa ........ 16 5
Pi Kappa Alpha ......... 16 5
Pi Lambda Phi .......... 16 6
Kappa Alpha ........... 12 6
Phi Epsilon Pi .......... 13 8
Pi Kappa Phi ........... 13 8
Phi Kappa Sigma ...... 7 14
Sigma Chi ............. 4 14
Lambda Chi Alpha ...... 3 15
Sigma Alpha Epsilon .... 0 18
Conference Tourney Moved
The Suulern Conference bas
ketball tournament, which deter
mines the official conference
champion, has been shifted from
Raleigh to Durham, N. C. The
three-day playoff, scheduled to
begin March 6, was moved to the
Duke field house in order to ac
commodate a larger crowd. Me
morial Auditorium, Raleigh, the
previous site, seats less than 4,
000 persons.
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Important Tilt With Tar Heel
Here Monday; Erskine Fall
The Carolina quintet will mei
the unpredictable Georgia Bul
dogs in the fieldhouse tonight i
8 o'clock. The boys from Ather
are now occupying a lower bert
in the Southeastern Conferene
but-a close game should be in ti
making, as Carolina bare]
squeezed by Georgia, 55-50, i
their first meeting in Athens.
The White Phantoms from ti
University of North Carolina wi
invade the Carolina fieldhoui
Monday, February 17, in who
should be ?he game of the yes
in Columbia. In their previous ei
counter the Tar Heels trimmed th
Birds, '50-49, at Chapel Hill.
The Gamecocks edged closer I
the state title Tuesday night b
tripping a game but outclasse
Erskine five, 78-42. Holding a rei
ord of nine wins without a loE
in state competition, the Pam
cocks need only one win over tb
runner-up College of Charlesto:
to sew-up the championship.
In the Erskine fracas Coacl
Johnson used reserves freely, bu
Martin, Cantore, and Talus wer
in long enough to add ten point
each to their season totals.
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The Columbia boxing team rai
into more trouble Thursday nigh
at Clemson, losing a 2%-5% de
cision to the Tigers in the field
house. Two of the Clemson win
came by TKO's and one by A
knockout.
Ray Avant, mainstay of th,
Gamecocks, won his fourth vic
tory without loss by taking a de
cision from Maney. Chuck Span
fighting in the light heavyweigh
class decisioned Conkle for hi
third straight decision. Carolina'
other score came by virtue of Bol
WiiLn's draw with Murray o
the Bengals in the middleweigh
division.
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Clemson and Merchant was stop
ped in the second round becausi
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tain his undefeated record against
Clemson in the Carolina fieldhouse ahi
next week. Ray, a freshman, is fee
high on the list of contenders for
Southern Conference honors this tio
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.By IKEN BALDWIN
?he intramural basketball tour
nent got off to a good stait
dnesday, February 5, with 20
ms participating. Announce
nt of awards to be given the
iner and plans for a double
nination championship playoff,
for February 27, has been
de by Joe Grugan of the phy
al training department.
Pour sections of five teams each
re been formed from the entries
I teams within a section will
y each other but once. Upon
apletion of this round, the two
teams in each section will en
the playoff. Key chain medals
I be given members of the win
g team.
leveral favorites. have emerged
m games played thus far,
ong them being Sigma Chi with
> wins and no defeats, and KA
Ih one win and no defeats in
tion I. Preston 1st is out front
Section II with one win and no
ses.
n Section III, Kappa Sigma is
'ad with two wins and no de
,ts. Leading the field in See
n IV is last year's champion
E, with two victories without
etback.
rkl' Basketball Tournament
irts Monday In Gymnasium
.he girls' intra-mural basket
1 tournament at the university
1 begin Monday, February 17,
jounced Miss Verdana Craig,
ector of women's athletics, at
recent Women's Athletic Asso
tion meeting.
ames will be played each night
m 7 to 9 o'clock in the gym
ium. Each quarter will last
minutes in the first games.
ial and semi-final games will
sist of longer periods.
?he participants will be teams
m all sororities and three in
)endent sextets.
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Rex Enright Sees
Hard Work Ahead
By CHICK SHIELS
"This period of six weeks will
be devoted to the fundamentals
of the game and definitely to in
dividuals. We've got to sift the
material at hand and see exactly
what we,will have to work with so
that when fall rolls around the
club will be set to go." So stated
Head Coach Rex Enright last
Thursday afternoon, when ap- a
proached on the subject of spring
training here at the university.
Seventy husky candidates for
varsity berths began the gradual
process of tearing up Davis Field
as the athletic department called
the first day of spring practice.
Ten days will be set aside before
rough activity begins.
One problem faces Enright as
he begins to mold the squad in his
capable hands, that being the loss
of Bryant Meeks, Jr., second
string All-America choice. The
"Macon Menace" chipped the bone
in his left heel during one of the
City League basketball games and
he will be limping for some time
to come. Ben Massey, Jake Land
and "Littleun" Wilson will carry
most of the load until Meeks can
"get right" again.
Three weeks after the fall term
opens, the Gamecocks will play
host to Newberry and following
this fray a strong Maryland club
will descend upon Columbia. It is
imperative that spring training be
utilized to the utmost so that all
of the candidates can become ac
clinated to the Enright system of
coaching. Last fall the workouts
began early in order that return
ing G. I.'s could get in shape be
fore the battles actually com
menced. It will be different this
time around.
Harold "Bo" Hagan and Doug
Henson, two mainstays of the
1946 campaign, will be out of the
picture along with Meeks.
Hagan is still uncertain about
the knee that gave him much
trouble in the latter stages of last
season and is due to have it op
erated on soon.
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