Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Hempley Signs With Baltimore Colts Of %fl-Anerican League Number two on the play-for-pay parade ... Gus Hempley, former end for the University of South Carolina and professional foot baller with the Chicago Bears and Akron, Ohio, minor league teams last year, has signed a contract to play with the Baltimore Colts in the newly organized All-Ameri can football league. Gus was signed after a month of dickering with Andy Hewlitt of the Colts and it is reported that the contract was very liberal. Gus is the second Carolina stu dent to sign, with the Colts, Bo Carter being the first to join the pro ranks. It is reported that one or maybe two other football standouts at the university will sign contracts in the near future -names withheld, of course. Gus is well known in local foot ball circles, as well as in baseball. At the present time he is umpir ing the Carolina baseball games both at home and at Newberry with his tutor, Joe Patrone. He was an outstanding end for Carolina back in the pre-war days of Grygo, Stasica and com pany havint left in 1942 for four years 'with Uncle Sam's Army. He returned to football last year to gain recognition of being the best end in the American Associa tion loop while with Akron. He was subsequently named on the All-League club. He was being sought by both the Baltimore Colts and Chicago Bears, but took the best offer with no regrets. Wallace Elected President Of WAA For Fall Katherine Wallace of Columbia has been elected to serve as presi dent of the Women's Athletic As sociation at the university, at a meeting May 6. Other officers elected for the fall term are: Betty Callahan, vice-president; Margaret Eleazer, secretary; Shirley Ellison, treas urer; and Eleanor Hull, pub V licity manager. The retiring president is Fran ces Smith of Walhalla, who will graduate in June. RADIO I AND ANYTHIN( HOME 20%] TO U.S.C. 5 FREE PICK UP . FURMAN an Elecirical I W. C. "BIL L" Fl U.S.C. 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Ben Turner, Gordon McLaurin, Wilton - McKin ney, and Harris Todd will play singles, and the doubles combi nations of McLaurin-McKinney snd Turner-Todd will start in that division. Turner, No. 1 man for Carolina, has been seeded fourth in the tourney, which decides the offi cial college champions for the state. Bob Spurrier, Presbyterian, s top-seeded, with Gus Chreitz berg of Wofford second. Spur rier's teammate, Kay Kaiser, is seeded third. Presbyterian's Arthur Prochska, the defending singles champion, will be unable to make the tour nament, due to an injured shoul ler that has forced him to with iraw from all competition. Two More Home Games On Baseball Slate This Week USC's rejuvenated diamondeers will perform twice for the benefit Df the home folk this week, after their initial showing with Erskine yesterday. The Gamecocks will seek to fat ten their batting averages at the expense of Wofford pitchers here tomorrow. The Terriers fell to the Birds Wednesday by the score of 11-4. The Citadel Bulldogs come to Columbia Friday seeking to re venge a 23-4 setback suffered at the hands of Carolina on April 19 in a night game at Charleston. After these home- appearances the Birds are idle until Friday and Saturday of next week, at which time they meet Clemson at Clemson to end the season. Clem son defeated Carolina in two ear lier appearances, but since that Lime the Gamecock pitching staff has been strengthened and the general spirit of the club has made it a more formidable aggre gation. Two close games are in prospect when the Birds and Ti gers clash at Tigertown. 1EPAIRS ELECTRICAL LISC. AUTO TUDENTS & DELIVERY. RADIO. d repair Co. JRtMAN, Owner UMNUS 1714 Sumter St. 918 Main Street ite Inn Ing EM, N- SPAGHETTI 'iCE IN THE C" 11OOM ATRONE stor g 2g maa i GAY SPRING COLORS deti speial 12 petr homed edk. bobchom e a, gre ee sased oses A pairof em ie vesy ms ,ume e.- boeselis N ew ses 5. emuessd .sas Aps .a M3.3 per be.. C amass 1 'I Jim Ratliff is shown doing his spe+ Jim is one of the best hurdlers in 1 consistently placed first in these e' Cheraw, Ratliff took part in the ati will be counted on to win points fo Conference meet at Chapel Hill, N. by Manning Harris). CollegeBilliard] Tourneys Will Be Expanded t Highly gratified with the re cent intercollegiate billiard tour- a naments, Charles C. Peterson, I president of the Billiard Associa- a tion of America, announced that k the college billiard program will t be expanded for the 1947-48 sea- t son. Peterson said the expanded program has the endorsement of c the National Association of Col lege Unions, which sponsors the c cue events with the billiard asso- a ciation. The 1947 college billiard ac tivity reached its climax on April t 25 and 26 at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., where ten univer- ( sity men reported to shoot for l the championships in straight-rail, pocket, and three-cushion billiards. r Leff Mabie, 21-year-old law stu dent of the University of Florida, proved the star of the college tour- - neys, winning titles in pocket bil liard and three-cushions. Mabie shot his way through both tourna ments without defeat. The straight-rail was won by Thomas Hines, 19-year-old entrant from the University of Wisconsin. Other entrants and their order of finish in the events in which they played were Mark Abend, Michigan; Bob Below, Purdue, and Gerry Smith, Minnesota, pocket billiards; Maynard Colomalo,- Buf falo; Paul Tveite, Minnesota, and Henry Hopkins, Indiana, three cushions, and Gordon Howe, Wis consin; Charles Ashley, Ohio State, and Colomaio, straight rail. The ten entrants in the national playoffs qualified through section al and national meets played on a telephone basis. The phone sys tem of play is made possible through key shots designed by Pe terson. TUXEDOS AND FULL DRESS FOR RENT MEN'S CLOTHING SHOES AND FURNISHINGS Wright-Johnston Inc. 1830 MAIN STREET PHONE 2-4223 IMcGREGOR'S gDRUG STORE I 1308 MAIN STREET I I Prescriptions * Sodas I Cigarettes e Toilet Article. CALL 2-3308I IFor Prompt Delivery Service g CENTRAL DRUG CO. 5197 -- PHONES - 5198 134 MaIm Street The Gamecock I. ity for the Carolina track team. the Southern Conference and has rents this spring. Hailing from ite track meet last week-end and r the university at the Southern C., Friday and Saturday. (Photo Netters End Season. With Even Record The Carolina tennis team took our of their last five matches of he 1947 season to end the season vith a won-lost record of seven nd seven. The Gamecocks won our and dropped three in the tate, two of them being to Pres yterian College, and the other to he College of Charleston, a team hat the Birds later defeated. Four other losses were to three f the top-ranking teams of the couth. Davidson defeated the lo als twice and North Carolina nd Washington and Lee. once ach. Coach Bartos' men chalked up wo wins over Wake Forest, one ver North Carolina State and 'ollege of Charleston, two over rurman, and one over The Citadel. A match with Clemson was ained out and could not be re cheduled, as was a home match vith The Citadel. See Freeman for fine leathe exceptional cc double - soled strip welt for several new "] CO' 1409 MAIN STR Furman Hurri Improved Gan By SOL Led by the masterful pitchi cock baseball team calmed th man University, 15-2, on I The issue was never in doi in a wild second inning on 1 assortment of errors. This who was never in serious t a Carolina pitcher. Jack Couch homered for tf powerful drive over the left J BOX SCORE Furman AB R H PO A Kerr, lb. ........ 4 0 1 9 0 Little, 2b. ........ 3 0 0 1 3 Phillips, c. ....... 4 1 1 5 0 Scuiler, cf. .. ..... 3 1 1 4 0 Stewart, ss. ...... 4 0 0 2 4 Barrett, 3b. ...... 3 0 0 2 1 Truluck, if. 4 0 0 0 0 Bailey, rf. ....... 4 0 0 1 0 Lollis, p. ........ 1 0 1 0 0 Mitchell, p. ..... 2 0 0 0 0 Totals .... .32 2 4 24 8 Carolina AB R H PO A Couch, lf. ........ 5 1 1 4 0 Dunham, cf. ..... .4 2 2 3 0 Pinkerton, 3b. .... 5 2 2 2 2 Padgett, lb. ...... 5 2 2 8 0 Parone, rf. ...... 3 2 1 1 0 Crawford, 2b. .... 5 2 2 0 4 Sykes, ss. ........ 4 2 1 3 4 Scott, c. ........ 5 0 2 6 0 Long, p. ........ 5 2 0 0 0 Totals ........ .40 15 13 27 10 Errors: Barrett 3, Phillips 2, Truluck, Couch, Pinkerton. RBI: Scuiler, Scott, Long, Padgett 2, Pinkerton 2, Couch, Parone 2, Sykes 2. Three base hit: Padgett. Home runs: Scuiler, Couch. Stolen bases: Little, Dunham. Sacrifice: Dunham. Double plays: Sykes to Padgett; Crawford to Sykes to Padgett. Left on bases: Furman 6, Carolina 8. Bases on balls: off Lollis 4, Mitchell 2, Long 3. Strike outs; Mitchell 3, Long 6. Southern company wants vet istration, resident of Columbi life Insurance company. No c licensed to solicit educationa annuities and all forms of ei supervision of an experienced ing on his own. Immediate ea Send all replies to I 'U]EMA 's new Sequoia (Giant Stitch) ie to the West's tradition r craft, this sturdy shoe combine ~mfort and thick-skinned durab, bottom is topped with a stit added protection. It's one of [n-season" Master Fitters. 'ELAND canes Fall To iecock Outfit ABRAMS ng of Charley Long, the Gam( e Purple Hurricanes from Fui avis Field Friday. Abt as seven runs were score hree hits, three walks and a gave a wide margin to Lonk rouble, something unusual fc ie Birds in the seventh with field fence, the same spot ove which Scuiler had hit one in tl sixth for Furman's ony earne run and extra base hit of the da: Five more runs in the fourt killed the slight remaining chanc< for the Hurricane and helped th Carolina batting averages. Ever one of the Gamecock regulars h safely at least once during th game, with five players gettin two hits each. Even more stingy with wall< than hits, giving up only thre free passes, and helped by tw nice double plays by his tear mates, Long kept the bases clea all afternoon until the nint frame, when several miscues li one run in and several runners o base, but he bore down to en the feeble rally and the ball garm Several hundred fans, most c them Carolina students, turne out to welcome Coach Smith boys back to Davis Field after prolonged absence. Everyone wa well pleased with the improvemer shown by the locals over thei performance given in their las game on the home diamond. Carolina's fielding was ragge in spots, but the rest of the tim the infield and outfield handle the situation satisfactorily. Se% eral possible hits were turned int outs by heads-up playing on th part of the Carolinians. USC's hitting was on par wit eran studying business admin a, as representative for old line ollections. Man selected will be 1, mortgage, family unit plans, rdowment contracts, under the man until capable of proceed irnings good future. )ox No. 3959 campus Shoe t_iL s inspired styling, ulity. The ched weather Co. ~OLUMRIA, . C. Page Five d n r r d e it I e h Harris Todd played the No. 4 t position for the Carolina netters n this season, compiling a record of d seven wins against six losses in his singles matches. Todd lives in Columbia. He will enter the state f collegiate tennis tournament this d week-end at Clinton, teaming with s Ben Turner in doubles. (Photo a by Manning Harris). it that of other recent games. The r Carolina batters came through in t the clutches and hit consistently d with men on base. This, coupled e with ragged Furman fielding, en d abled eight players to score two runs apiece. 0 Besides the two home runs, the e only extra base hit of the day was Padgett's triple. h After Wednesday's 11-4 victory over Wofford it looks as if the Carolina ball club has certainly started to roll and is finally coming through for the few who have insisted all along that we have a good ball club. One of the main reasons for the recent im provement is the better pitching. At Carolina JOHN DAVID JOHNSTON smokes CHESTERFIELDS le says, "They're a treat that can't be beat.' A nation-wide survey shows that Chest erlields are TOPS with Col. lege Students from coast-to-coast. At The Theaters e * e.,Fri.. Sat. 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