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1" SPOR!RAMA By DON BARON } FOR TmE FUTURI. Blair Turner, senior at Dreher High chool and brother to Ben Turner, CaroU'na's top tennis player, will lend his rac quet talents to the University after his graduation this spring. Blair is possibly the best high school tennis player in South Carolina, although he was upset' in the semi-finals of the state high school tourney. Kennedy of Spartanburg won the title. Turner made people sit up and take notice Tuesday after noon by defeating Kennedy, the state champ, when Dreher Hi played Spartanburg. To make it more convincing, he teamed with Furr to down Kennedy and Childs, state doubles champions, in the No. 1 doubles match. If a few more persons with Blair's ability enroll at Caro lina, the top tennis team in the state will soon be located in Columbia instead of at Clinton. AU REVOIR And so off into the summer. We wish everyone a happy vacation (if you're vacating) or a not too strenuous summer campaign (if you're spending your "vacation" at Carolina). May the warm summer sun rays, the ocean breezes, and mountain air instill an increasing "Carolina Spirit" into each of us, so that next fall we will be back here en masse, ready to strive conscientiously for a better university, backed by a better student body than ever before. Then, next fall, may we file into a larger Carolina Stadium (pardon our dreams) to watch a football team that, like ol' man river (and the Clemson-Penland feud), just keeps roll ing along!! She Has 'Em Gamecock Batting e(Compiled by Joe Molony.) Ssakasel, p ..... 9 11 5 3 3 .455 nardne, if .......18 56 23 15 15 .411 C'ouch. If .... 18 74 25 18 22 .338 Johnlston. if, ph. .12 25 8 4 5 .320 Andrew,, 2bT ph..11 16 5 5 1 .312 dunhamt f 23 94 29 29 5 .309 sBerlin. p .......6 10 3 2 1 .300 Sykes........... 19 82 23 17 13 .280 C'ribb. 3Ib.........7 25 7 6 3 .280 "" ; e t ,Padgett. lb....23 981 25 20 21 .255 ~ ~Lane, 2b ........4 8 2 0 0 .250 Harvin, rf, e, ph . 11 21 5 3 3 .238 Pinkerton. 3b..... 19 74 17 14 184 .230 . : Crawford, 2b ...14 61 14 9 5, .230 Wilson ff...11 35 8 5 4 .229 , . Way, c...........10 18 4 4 1 .222 cott, C. ......... 16 51 10 8t 7 .196 :-. Willis, 2b..... 10 28 4 1 6 .149 Long p.......e8 12 1 4 2 .083 Snoddy p .5 5 0 0 0 .000 Ragan, p. ..... 7 15 0 1 0 .000 Released ..... 15 2 1 2 .1:33 dent atTotal ...... 23 834 220 169 157 .2637 and ts c. :.BULLETIN! creased. Th :.. The names of students elect an inensii'>:ed to Phi Beta Kappa have just dlents of C been released. They are James creased pr :jBenjamin Black, Jr., May Wil lis Osteen Brunson, Louisa DuhmgMrh Jspinng fMigertonmotarnepJoyceeHayes, asJoseohine MarionoJohnson,iAl of ing Stecaon. Shosee Cawla E the honor at the 1947 National o Fair. Mthl,DrtyJn hsy Professor-Tell me all you know Frn SteyKahen e ,bout nitrates. catToa,Ja rc Student-Well, er-they're a lot asndDvdEFiey Columbiompiledies Dunham,co . . .a. 23 San kens...9 (A rodct f RcLan 2b ii.).. Senerton, amb. ...1 crwor,2b .1 THElCAN,rE..N Glimpses Of Bi Show Progress By JOE MOLONY Today the curtain will be drawn on another baseball season for the University of South Carolina. It was strictly an up and down sea son for the Gamecock nine, who were severely crippled by an acute shortage of pitchers. Win Opener, Then Lose The ball club started the season with an impressive 9-4 win over the highly publicised Duke Blue Devils at Capital City Park. Peo ple were heard to exclaim after this flashy start, "that ball club will roll this year." However, aft er the Duke victory our fighting Birds began to totter then fall completely by the wayside. The ball players were all steamed up over the Duke win and were ready for everybody. The Michigan State came to town and proceeded to knock the steam out of our team. State swamped Carolina in two games, starting the club on an eight game losing streak. . Rough Riding Nothing seemed to go right, es pecially the pitching. Coach Smith continually switched his batting order. He would run out four and five pitchers a game, none of'them able to hit the plate ef/ectivery. The students at Cadoline 'we clamoring for Smith's scalp.slow ever, Coach Smith went on record a ssaying that his 1947 team was as good as any he's ever coached at the university. He further pointed out that the boys could be helped by some fair pitching. The Fast Breaks The Birds travelled to Charles ton, where their losing streak was broken in a 23-4 rout of The Citadel. The Citadel had just re cuperated from a 4-0 shutout at the hands of the local high school team. The University of Georgia our club at Thomson, Ga. Then came another victory for Carolina at the expense of Furman, but the Hurricane retaliated the following day. The team proceeded to sink down to the bottom of the state standings. Succeeding losses to P. C. and Duke, who defeated us twice made the cause appear hope less. Persons were shouting that many students on the campus Draughon's Business College 1218 Sumter Street Columbia, South Carolina Ojjers Standard Business Courses Fully Accredited Phones 5951-9661 Win, Lykes, Jr., President. LEARN 1I COPE LA 1409 MaIn Street Men's Fin HATS - SHIOES A JUST A A NEW SUPPL '51' PRICED AT $ al PARKER '51' PED iseball Season Of 1947 Birds could play baseball better than the boys on the team. Practice Game Pays Off To settle the students' ire Smith agreed to play ,a practice game with a picked squad of campus players who had, been either cut off or had quit the squad. The game was a dog-eat-dog affair, because the players knew they were put on the spot and had to produce. The regular team over came an early-game deficit to take the picked players in tow. This exhibition nilled the ill feeling of the students somewhat and helped the team in recovering from their slump. They are wal loped Newberry 12-0 to start a five-game winning streak. Wof ford, Furman, and Erskine were among the Bird victims in a five game winning streak. Lose H'me Final The home season wound up at Davis Field when an improved Citadel Bulldog nine, coached by Cecil Rhodes, who piloted the Charleston Rebels to a 1942 Sally League pennant, broke their win ning streak. The Citadel had come along fast after a poor early sea son showing and were primed for the Carolina game. Charlie Long took the drubbing for the Birds and was visibly tired from the high temperature. Bright Spots * The work of Cy Szakasci and Bo Hagan, as well as the hitting pj Harry Parone were the most int>ortant factors in the Game cocks' eight victories in 23 starts. Cy won three games while losing three, and Bo won two out of three contests. Charlie Long gave the best pitching performance of the year in a four-hitter against Fur man. Jack Couch stayed near the top of the hitters during the first half of the season, but relinquish ed the lead to Harry Parone, who came along fast in the latter half. Harry didn't play in the first sev eral games because Smith was experimenting with Wilson and several others. When Wilson failed to hit his stride Coach Smith moved Parone over to right field. The 1947 season was mediocre, the shortage of pitchers being the outstanding contributor to this fact. for Slhoes that look like new vi sit ROBERTS SHOE REPAIRING SER(VICE NEXT TO CITY FIRE DEPT. 1319 Sumter St. HE WAY ND CO. Columbia, S. C. i'st Clothing NDI FURNISHINGS R RIVED Y OF PARKER PENS B.75 & $12.50 & PENCIL SETS .50 FROM UNDER TI By KEN I Hold everything l In spite o Don Barton said about us in Si Thanks, Don, but we'd like to It was wonderful working wit provided both of us survive tl forward to working with you i next fall. Comes time for the first where to begin, but with no promise to never, never writo do), we make our initial effor * * We noticed recently that t cleaned up; something that s students who use the pool's fa While we are in happy accoi why it was not done long ago, this condition all the time. Our gripe does not necessa pool, as a bacteria count is tak day. If the count is too high, tl cals until is according to stai take dirt off of the bottom of does filtering. It doesn't take i either. Recently a student was se( for some ten feet or so. We' prssion that this couldn't be was covered with soap and dii we just might be wrong. We think that the things brought to someone's attentic prime importance that the pc as possible. Athlete's foot and tacted in unsanitary conditi should not be the case at Carn *4 The Gamecock sports dept an invitation to any student to be on hand for the first me exclude the woman 1 ------------------- McGREGOR'S I 1 DRUG STORE 1308 MAIN STREET 1 1 1 1 Prescriptions " Sodas 1 Cigarettes " Toilet Articles CALL 2-3308 II For Prompt Delivery Service Cleaning Just &' From tht JOYE Cleaner: 1209 P, ~ Ponabli *fom a S... Hacky Walker Takes Student, Tennis Crown_ In a brother versus brother ten nis match Friday, Hacky Walker defeated Nat Walker 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, 9-7 to capture the men's intra mural singles championship. Hacky had previously defeated Billy Woolbright, winner in Sec tion III of the tourney, to ad vance to the finals against brother Nat. The brothers Walker have com bined their talents in the doubles division, having battled their way to the finals by defeating the team of Stuckey-Spears in a semi-final match. Woolbright-Kilgore won over Dean Dixon to enter the semi finals against Zeglar-Park. The winner of the match will meet Walker-Walker for the title. The intramural tournament has been a mild success this year, with students being handicapped by lack of court facilities. Joe Grugan conducted the tourney. Champions in each division will be awarded key chain medals simi lar to those awarded in other in tramural sports. Fielding Averages G PO A E Pct. Parone, rf.... 18 27 1 0 1.000 Wilson, rf ..11 14 0 0 1.000 Long, p .... 8 1 26 0 1.000 Padgett, lb 23 192 9 6 .971 Szakasci, p 9 0 29 1 .967 Hagan, p 7 1 21 1 .957 Berlin, p . 6 1 16 1 .944 Lane, 2b .. 4 11 6 1 .941 Dunham, cf 23 42 2 3 .939 Scott, c . 16 89 28 8 .936 Sykes, as . 19 34 59 7 .930 Crawford, 2b .14 43 29 6 .923 Pinkerton, 3b 19 32 36 8 .919 Couch, if ..... 16 38 2 5 .882 Willis, 2b .. .10 23 9 5 .865 Cribb, 3b . . . 7 8 5 3 .813 Released . 5 17 2 .917 TOTAL .. 23 561 294 57 .9375 At Carolima BILL OSTENDORFF smokes CHESTERFIELDS He says "That brand is mine It tastes so fine." ~.~ A nation-wide survey shows that Chesterfields are TOPS with Col. loge Students from coast-to-coeast. At The Theater.s Sun- thro Wed. B3runlette Bob Mu Puirsued Robert MITCHuM Teresa waIGHT Sun-, Menl. & TOS Synpeter L.ORR Over Saute F~e rail Rloll U o- A W"' ' Brd ore Igrb0e c RvcK IE BENCH 3ALDWIN f the good things fellow islave >ortorama, he's still a nice guy. pass the roses y4ur way, too. h you this past semester and, e summer term, we're looking rnd the rest of the staff again column and we hardly know thing further than a solemn a poetry (as some columnists he university's ppol is being hould be of interest to those cilities. 'd with this action, we won'der and why, too, it isn't kept in rily concern the water in the en by health authorities every ie water is treated with chemi idard. However, this does not the pool, nor for that matter, lirt off of the seats and walls, n sliding along the tile floor ie always been under the im done, except when the floor 't. But, then, it's possible that we have mentioned should be )n through the press. It is of ol's facilities be kept as clean other diseases have been con Dns such as these and such )lina. I * trtment would like to extend interested in writing sports, eting in the fall. This does not &1 1427 MAIN ST. Craftsmen i Block e Campus BROS. i & Dyers endleton A reaf' fuu-makert Capkol's L.azpry i Phonograph is omipletely difeen ...because it plays ANYWHERE dAletroiray.'That eans rich, reaUy smooch cons, just lIke you ger ear big radio. Plays on electric (pihg ha) er on its own barewy ii .p)-b.sch ways serw.gh see a.ts eBfr dhe beac...for weknd mwy. ..br she.-m----m ' orw!c ota