Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SPORTORAMA By DON BARTON GRYGO SEEKS NEW FIELDS TO CONQUER Al Grygo, backfield coach for the Gamecocks in the fall and golf coach in the spring, has done quite a bit of traveling with the tennis team this year, going to Virginia, North Carolina, and Charleston with the netters. The former All-Southern Conference back at Carolina and star for the Chicago Bears professional gridders is some what confused at the "politeness" that tennis players show each other in the course of a match. This thing of compli menting your opponent on, as he says, "a gorgeous shot," "a beauty," etc., just doesn't make sense. He says if you're out to win there's no point in knocking yourself out con gratulating your opponent. Frankly, we can't think of a logical explanation. Maybe a tennis player utters compliments to avoid sayirg what he's thinking when the man on the other side of the court practically drives one down his throat, or runs him ragged after a placement. Just a good substitute for "counting to ten." Al has become somewhat weary of "riding, looking, and eating" with the team, so after witnessing many extended sets of this "gentlemen's game" he has decided to try his hand at it. He has approached the lowest man on the team with a challenge. A match with yours truly has been ar ranged, and Grygo is fervently gathering last minute in structions from the more successful members of the team. Grygo is confident that his speed and natural ability will bring his through in fine style, although he admits having played the game "onece or twice before." Whatever the outcome of this struggle, we're positive that the game of tennis will have benefitted greatly. We still refuse to take the field against Grygo in his own game -football. CAN'T QUITE GET THE POINT It amazes us how the Clemson anti-Jake Penland society can keep up such a steady flow of letters to the "State's" sports desk. Maybe some stationery company is sponsoring the "Down With Penland" movement, or perhaps the post office department is behind it. At any rate, both instiCutions are profiting in this one-way flow of paper and stamps. As yet we haven't been able to find anyone else getting any good out of it, but it does furnish rather amusing read ing. What we would like to know is just exactly what they're beefing about, not that it's any of our business. Every now and then the University of South Carolina is brought into the exchange of "digs," but there are no Caro lina people involved. Simply because Penland is sports editor of a paper that is published in the same town with the Uni versity, -the Clemson boys have formed the opinion that he is directly connected with Carolina. Well, Penland has not strained himself to please South Carolina alumni and students, nor is that his job. Personally, we can see no grounds for complaint from up Clemson way. As for their saying that Penland's so-called anti-Clemson campaign "makes Clemson teams all the more determined to beat Carolina," we don't quite get the connection. Carolina teams are determined to beat all their opponents, whether it be Clemson, Newberry, or any other team on the schdule, but the determination isn't derived from dislike for disinterested persons. We plan to whip Clemson just 'cause it's so much fun! "GIVE 'EM HELL, GAMECOCKS! !" Congratulations to each of our newly-elected cheerleaders. May Chick Shiels, Jimmy Meeks, Warren Abernathy, and Alex Long, with their feminine assistants, Lukie Bennett, Lillian Love, Pat Lewis, and Beth Fillingim be greatly suc cessful in keeping the spirit running high at all our athletic events next school year. We're sure that these persons se lected to lead our yells will have plenty to shout about when the Gamecocks take the field next fall. LEARN THE WAY COPELAND Co. 1409 Main Street Columbia, S. C. Men's Finest Clothing HATS - SHOES AND FURNISHINGS COLMBI. S.C Baseball Team Divides With Furman Nine By JOE MOLONY The Carolina baseball team left for Kingstree today to take on the formidable Presbyterian nine, aft er breaking even with Furman over the weekend. The first game played at Green Ville saw Cy Szakasci toe the mound for the Birds against Turk for the Hornets. Cy lasted four innings but tired, and Bo Hagan took over the mound duties, hurl ing scoreless ball the rest of the game. Carolina scored three runs in each of the last two frames to clinch the game, 10-7. The second contest at the mill town ended 6-5, with Furman on B top. Coach Smith started Fred a th Snoddy, who lasted seven innings, is and finished with Driver. Furman 0 managed to bunch eleven hits, to but errored five times afield which helped Carolina's scoring. tl From all reports the baseball p club looked good at Greenville, and it seems that Coach Smith's en thusiasm was catching with the boys. Just before the team took r t off for Furman, Smith was quoted ti as saying that his 1947 ball club r was one of the best stocked teams that he's ever fielded for Carolina t with the exception of the pitching F staff. He says the boys have been playing heads-up ball all season long and have been hustling. This was further proven in the Furman ni series, when Carolina errored only three times in the two contests, while Furman committed 11 mis curs. The Greenville games were per feet examples of what Carolina's at nine is capable of doing and will o serve as reminders that the Birds t} can't be counted out of the state - race. Although the season is only half over and Carolina has lost ten games while winning bnly three, they can very well put a crimp into the title efforts of both Newberry and Clemson, and their last two games of the season with Clemson, may well knock the Tigers out of the race. The ball club was practically robbed of the last game at Green ville Saturday, when, in the first half of the ninth, Furman pulled CLASS ELECTIONS (Continued from Page 1) recommendation that cases bl tried before the board. The class presidents generally agree that these lists contain more cases of students who voted out of class than of students who voted two or three times. Said Saleeby: "The number of girls on these lists is surprisingly high. Also, the names of fraternity men and graduating seniors are numerous." The class leaders report that it is doubtful that the names listed will be released for publication "since many prominent campus personalities are involved and It is feared that the repercussions of the expose will be too great." CENTRAL DRUG CO. 5197 - PHONES -- 5198 1204 Main Street 1427 ST.n a a Now ,g'W NWWWWQMw Ab Chapman, one of the top men om moment on the campus to demonstra at has brought much success in Sou in Spartanburg, where he won the c )ach Grygo is counting heavily on hi in column this weekend against The n. (Photo by Manning Harris.) e old squeeze play to score what G oved to be the winning run. Dots and Dashes Bo Hagan looked very good in e first game of the Furman se es, pitching scoreless ball until e ninth inning when the Hur canes tallied twice . . . Fred WE toddy was pitching in his home en ,wn in the second game, but a on )me-run ball to Bob Stewart, to urman shortstop, was his down- . il, and he had to retire jn favor Driver . . . Driver looked good m the two innings he worked, th Barly as good as he did in Thom- 18 on, Ga., toward the first of the eek . . . It seems that Driver is th >od for only a few innings, but hasn't the stamina to last a c 11 ball game . . . Jack Couch is ill hitting the ball hard and us ten and his hitting ranks with m' e best in the state. th p.: PHILIPI bsetter to FOR the Carolina golf team paus, to for the cameraman the for th Carolina courses. Bob's hon Ity golf championship last yea n to get the team back into ti Citadel and College of Charle rolf Team Travel 'o Charleston Fo 7eekend Matches Al Grygo's golf aggregati< 11 travel to Charleston this wee d for matches with The Citad Friday and College of Charl( i on Saturday. This will be t: st time the USC linkmen ha t the Bulldogs this season, b ay downed College of Charlest< -0 in a previous meeting. The matches will be played a Charleston Country Cl irse. Grygo will probably send l ual quartet of Thorne, Cha mn, Roberts, and Jeter to fa a Charleston teams. HORRIS much smoke I Ill Netmen Seek F Win With Wake The Gamecock tennis team will seek its fourth consecutive victory Thursday, as they meet the Demon Deacons from Wake Forest on the local courts at 1:80. The Birds de feated the North Carolinians 9-0 at Wake Forest. Coach Bartos' team added two victories on a weekend trip to Charleston, taking College of Charleston, 5-4, Friday, and The Citadel, 8-1, Saturday. Carolina had things pretty much their own way at The Citadel. Turner defeated Tom Snell 7-9, 6-1, 7-5 to start things rolling, and Gordon McLaurin took the second singles 7-5, 6-1 over Paul Snell. Ds Skinny McKinney faced Don t Bunch, undefeated in previous r. matches, in the third singles e match. Bunch was easy prey for the bronzed Carolinian, M;eKinney winning 6-1, 6-4. Bunch staged a, strong comeback after being down 0-5 in the second set, but r fell after taking four straight games. Harris Todd dropped his first 1 set, but won the next two to take I mn Irvin, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. This was k- Todd's third win in succession and 4 el sixth of the season. A. J. Smith downed Reinold, 6-3, 1 4-6, 6-1, to give Carolina a fifth e singles victory. Citadel broke into Ve the win column in the last singles ut match when Chapman defeated E >n Barton, 6-3, 6-4. South Carolina breezed through the three doubles matches, taking all of them in straight sets, and b not yielding over six games in any of the matches. Uis This was the netmen's 'third p- South Carolina victory against two ce setbacks. After the Wake Forest engagement only Presbyterian and .iM The grandest smoke yc It's true, if .eer smoker MORIS smokers know . to PHILIP MORRIS. Yes, the PHILIP MORI what other smokers only ho SMOKING PLEASURE. So for perfect smo.king r today ! a aI 1 ourth Straigh Forest Th Ob ewberry Vs SC Trackmen Tomorrow After dropping a 69-62 meet )lemson Saturday at Clemso oach Sterling DuPre sends rack team back into action norrow afternoon against N. >erry. This will be the second a empt against South Caroli eams this year. The meet will teld on the Carolina track. Scooter Rucks came in first I he 440-yard event against th [ igers but was disqualified on oul. Rucks went ahead .to win the 120-yard dash and overtook a 3lemson runner to clinch the relay vent for Carolina. Thornton copped the two-mile un and placed second in the mile vent to tie with several team nates for scoring honors. Ray Wilson won the shot put and came econd in the discus, Ratliff took he 220-yard hurdles and second n the 120-yard low hurdles. At vell won the latter event for the samecocks. McGill of USC was tops in the uigh jump and runner-up in the >road jump. The locals -face Presbyterian ,ollege here Saturday to close the egular season. They go to the. tate meet on May 9 and 10 and o the Southern Conference out loor meet on May 16 and 17. E'urman remain on the Carolina chedule, both these being played iway from home. The state collegiate tournament Vill be held the second week in day. 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