The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 18, 1947, Page Page Four, Image 4
SPOR TORAMA
By DON BARTON
The Meteor, College of Charleston publication, in a fr(
page editorial, March 7, maintained that the partiality
the officials (to Carolina's benefit) was responsible for I
Maroons' loss to the Gamecocks in the only basketball me
ing between the two schools this year. We regret that tl
school has taken that attitude, because it is so ordinary I
persons to cry, "The referees cheated," as an attempted i
cuse for defeat.
To make this article more ludicrous, the writer made su
remarks as, "It is such practices as those exhibited at I
Carolina game which makes wider the breach between si
tions of our state."
How an insignificant game such as that could cause a
great upheaval in intra-state feelings is beyond our compi
hension. If there are any hard feelings, they rest at the jut
tion of the Ashley and Cooper. We gave the College-Caroli
game little thought before it was played and less after
was over.
As long as Carolina must play "Little Four" teams,
which College of Charleston is the fifth, we appreciate th<
eagerness to win, and relations with the original "Lit1
Four" have been cordial. If they are able to beat South Cai
lina, they are to be commended, but when they lose it doesi
help matters to make opinionated excuses.
Carolina's athletic emulations lie far from Charleston,
do her intentions to antagonize.
BOUQUET
Joe Grugan is to be commended for the great job he d
with the intramural basketball program. This followed a st
cessful football program in the same line. Track and softb;
are next on the list. Joe has been a bundle of energy in ma
ing all of these possible.
Intramural sports afford an opportunity for hundreds
students to take part in various games that would oth(
wise be left entirely to varsity squads. The school reaps gre
benefits from this activity in that it trains a large part
the student body physically and in the ideals of sportsma
ship. That is, after all, the purpose of athletics, even thouj
this meaning is sometimes lost in the shadow of professiom
ized college teams of today.
To Mr. Grugan, who puts these programs in force, i
offer our thanks and our cooperation in doing anything i
can to help make these programs a greater success.
SPRING SPORTS
Four spring sports schedules will open next week for Car
lina teams. The track team faces Duke on Davis Field, Mo
day, and the golf team meets the Blue Devil linkmen in C
lumbia the same day. Wednesday will see the baseball tea
go into action against Duke on the local diamond, as the te
nis team travels to Davidson to open its 16-match slate.
The Gamecocks have walked off with the state football ai
basketball titles, not being defeated by a state team in eith
of those. We are looking to the spring athletic teams to u
hold this record.
The day should not be tar off when Carolina teams w
consistently reign supreme in Palmetto State sports. This
the state's largest institution, so we should not only lead t]
way in South Carolina, but bring home honors from beyoi
the state's borders. It isn't impossible.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Bishop Strickland was given quite a write-up in a rece:
issue of the Dreher High School paper. A picture of tl
Carolina football neophyte accompanied the interview
Dreher students .. . We got a kick out of the way Bobo Ca
ter handled the basketball in the intramural finals. He pra
tically pulled a one-man hidden ball play . .. WSSF commi
tee members missed the boat at the intramural champio
ship game. They were expected to be on hand to collect qua
ters from persons going in for the game, but for some reas
no effort was made, and seiveral hundred quarters didn't
into their funds.
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The Preston 1st dormitory team
ch defeated Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra
he ternity, 43-25, to win the intra
mural basketball league title in a
game played Friday night at the
field house.
nY The winners, soon to be recipi
e- ents of key chain medals, took an
c- early lead and were never headed
na as they displayed a fast-break of
it fense that continually racked up
points, while alert defensive play
bottled up SA E's point-makers.
of Getting off to a slow start, both
ir teams appeared to be tense and
le over-anxious, finding it difficult to
.0- hit the basket and get their at
tacks rolling. At the end of the
first half the score was 14-6 in
Preston's favor.
as Both teams came back strong
after the half, with first Preston,
then SAE, going on scoring sprees
id that sent the score to 33-16 at the
l- end of the third quarter. A quick
rally by SAE brought the losers
k- within ten points of the winners
with six minutes remaining in the
game, but Preston pulled away in
of the stretch to take the game and
r- the championship.
at It was a tough one to lose for
of SAE, who had held Preston to a
n- 38-35 win earlier in the playoffs.
h They were seriously handicapped
1 by the absence of L'Artique Riley
and the injury of Randy Bradham
ve and consequently, were far from
Ve full strength. Preston also played
at a disadvantage, being without
the services of pivot-man James
"Droopy" Atwell, Charlie Long
0- and others.
n- George Wright and Joe Harrell
were outstanding for the winners,
m scoring 16 and 14 points respec
tively, while Bobo Carter played a
good floor game. George Seymore
d was top man for SAE with 15 of
er his team's 25 points. Will Harvin
P' also looked good for the losers.
Lineups ana summary:
ill Pos. Preston 1st (43) SAE (25)
is F-Wright (16) Pinckney (2)
1e F-Harrell (14) Buck (2)
Id C-DeLoach (4) Harvin (4)
G---Car:ter. (1) Seymore (15)
G-Wanninger (8) Bradham (0)
Subs: Preston-Griffin and Law
horne.
ft SAE--Lumpkin (2), Owings,
10 Wardlaw, Allison, Kay, Sumwalt,
Wilson, Lind, McLain and Byrd.
r-Officials: Harry Parone and Cy
Szakaesi.
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Coach Rex Enright, Athletic Directo
ing coach received full information
mediately sent applications for entr
tional tournament.
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Student Track Meet
To Be Run Today
The intramural track meet,
originally scheduled for last Fri
day and postponed due to incle
ment weather, will be held this
afternoon beginning at 2 p. m., on
Davis field, weather permitting.
The Farr cup, to be given an
nually to the best miler by James
S. Farr, Sr., Columbia business
man and former city councilman,
will be presented for the first time
this year.
Key chain medals will be pre
sented winners in the other events,
which include the shot put, high
jump, broad jump, 100-yard dash,
220-yard dash, 440-yard dash, 880
yard run and 440-yard relay.
Various organizations have en
tered with each one permitted to
enter as many as two men in one
event and no man allowed to enter
more than three events.
The following representative
teams are entered: Alpha Tau
Omega, Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa
Phi, Pi Sigma Kappa, Preston,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu
andl the Independents.
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Spring Drills I
By CHICI
Friday night at eight o'clock
to catch a quick pre-season gl
Baseball Squad Sliced
As First Game Looms
By JOE MOLONY
Coach Vernon "Catfish" Smith
of the Gamecock baseball nine cut
his squad down to 67 men in last
Saturday's practice sessions. Smith
seemed very pleased over the
progress of the boys to date. The
1947 nine should be vastly im
proved over last year's mediocre
team, Smith believes.
Smith is heavily fortified in the
pitching ranks with some 18
moundsnen trying out for front
line duty. The pitching prospects
include: Driver, Sherer, Alexander,
Bird, Rudolph, Long, Snoddy,
Proctor, Grant, Anderson, Latti
more, Jennings, Karser, Berlin,
Eubanks, Hiott, Wilson and Huff
man.
The catchers who are fighting
it out for a first string berth in
clude a heavy 'hitting lot of: Way,
Scott, Woolbright, Rhame, Hot
tinger, Metts and Long. The hit
ting of Scott and Woolbright has
baen especially encouraging in
early drills.
A trio of hard-hitting first base
men, a couple of whom may be
called on for outfield duty, seem
evenly matched for the job. Dean
Padgett, J. P. Johnson and Will
Harvin are the slugging candi
dates.
Second base hopefuls are: 0. E.
"Runt" Willis, J. W. Gibson, C.
G. Harris, Charlie Inabinet and C.
L. Appleby. Each has shown up
well to date, with Willis and In
abinet displaying fine class afield.
For the shortstop position Smith
has the pick of Troy Newman,
Pete Lane, J. R. Sykes, H. M.
Kirkland, J. A. Crawford and R.
L. Wingard.
Only three candidates, Jim Pink
erton, W. J. Antrews and M. J.
Cribb remain for the hot-corner
job.
Of the 14 outfielders, Smith will
keep only four or five, with the
remainder being cut in the next
two weeks. The fly-catching hope
fuls include: Earl Dunham, Jaok
Couch, Harry Parone, Red Wil
son, C. Putna, Ernie Lawhorn,
George Dew, Hank DeLoache, H.
M. Davidson, L. B. Chennis, R. D.
Rogers, W. E. Collins and A. P.
Smith.
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Tennis Team
Pairings Listed
Pairings have been announced
for matches to determine positions
for the 1947 Carolina tennis team.
Fourteen players will vie for the
3ix positions in playoffs scheduled
for this week. Best two of three
sets will decide the winner.
Gordon McLaurin will play the
winner of the Hacky Walker-El
ner Frick match, and Wilton Mc
Kinney will take on the winner
3etween Gordon Johnson and Mar
rin Carter for two of the positions.
Ben Turner meets Lee Allan,
k. J. Smith faces Theo Constan,
Elarris Todd plays Bill Dixon, and
Bill Tyson meets Don Barton to
lecide the other four places. Chal
enge matches will be arranged to
illow first-round losers a chance
on place.
The netmen will travel to David
son March 20 to open the season.
Attempts are being made to put
~he courts on the campus in play
ng condition, but little progress
s being made.
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, the general public will be able
mpse at what the 1947 Game
cocks will look like.
Coach Rex Enright will divide
his hopefuls into two camps, the
red and the white teams, and will
name the respective coaches for
each club. The prime purpose of
the intra-squad battle is to give
each and every man the acid-test,
as the spring working sessions
come to an end.
The lights on Melton Field will
shine upon the candidates for
Garnet and Black glory as the
whistle sounds at eight bells. A
small charge of sixty-five cents
will be put into effect, and at
press time it was unknown as to
whom the beneficiary would be.
The intake will probably revert
back to the athletic association or
some subsidiary of named organi
zation.
All members of the squad will
be given ample opportunity to
show their respective wares to
both the coaching staff and to the
public.
This intra-squad bout will cul
minate the spring training for the
University of South Carolina, and
the next time the Gamecocks will
put on the warring gear will be
early in the fall.
There will be no reserved seats
for the game and all duckets will
go on sale at the above named
price.
USC Swimming Meet
On Individual Basis
Is Set For March 26
By CHICK SHIELS
Swimming will again take its
deserved place in the ranks of the
University of South Carolina's
competitive sports. Through the
combined efforts of "Doc" Craw
ford, Joe Grugan and Marshall
Upton, there will be presented to
the public, on the night of March '
26 at 8 o'clock, an intramural
swimming meet.
"This swimming meet will not
be handled by any organization,
but by the individuals themselves.
Substantial prizes for each event
will be awarded to the respective
contestants," stated Aoe Grugan
on the question of the aqua-event.
All entrants must sign up with
Mr. Grugan in the Physical Train
ing offices, prior to March 24, in
order to qualify for the meet.
The trio backing the affair is
most interested in a good turn-out,
for a lot hinges upon the success
of this meeting. If it is well re
ceived by male students of the
University, the chances of an or
ganized swim team next year are
very good.
The individual events are: Free
Style, 50-yard, 100-yard, 220-yard,
440-yard, 200-yard free style re
lay, 150-yard medley relay, 100
yard back stroke, 50 and 100-yard
breast stroke, Diving, 1 meter and
3 meter board events. There will
be so many qualifying and so many
optional dives.
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