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-Fifth arter By KEN BALDWIN Sports Editor WELCOME Today and tomorrow Carolina proudly acts as host to th4 Southern Conference boxing tournament. THE GAMECOCIR welcontes the athletes, coaches and representatives of thq three visiting schools and this column -hopes their stay wil be enjoyable-but unvictorious. The teams appear evenly matched and the finest boxinj to be seet here in several years should be in store. Thi Gamecocks are not at top strength but should give a gooc account of thmselves. Although Ray Avant is a doubtfu participant, Carolina might have two or three champions b3 tombrow night. AN IRATE READER SPEAKS Our erstwhile friend, Don Barton, has threatened u with a libel suit in a recent letter to the "spotes editor.' He writes, "You are a bum. Your page said that Lambdi Chi had won two and lost two. We have won four and los one, a startling upset. We are consulting our lawyers oi whether to-bring a libel suit against THE GAMECOCK." "An irate reader, Don Barton." Now, Don, you know you can't sue THE GAMECOCE Nevertheless, we are sorry that it happened. We won' guarantee that it will be right this time, but it will b difftrent. ORCHIDS TO THE WAA If there are no objections we would like to skip to i more tangible subject-women. Sometime back we in quired into the possibility of the girls having a basketbal tournament, not knowing that they were making plans fo: such. They came through in "fine form" and the juniors woi the title last week. If you missed the game, you missed i good one as both teams were replent with some fine playere And fine looking, tool Keep your eyes peeled on thea pages and you'll see what we mean. BASKETBALL FINALE As this is being writlen, we Are not sure that ou baskgeteers are playing tonight in the semi-finals, but a Monday there did seem a chance that they could reach th Clmon, among others, beat Duke, the Birds' opponei W do Thurday the winner of the Carolina-Duk gale was to play George Washington, whom the Gamecock defftted once and lost to once. The winner of this tilt wi play the winner of the Davidson-Maryland game tonigh The Gaecocks have defeated b,th Davidson and Marylani A little luck and a first class exhibition of basketball lk that piayed against Georgia could do the trick. N. C. $tat still looks like the team to beat, regardless. In the Georgia game, the Gamecocks really played up t their capabilities and The Citadel game, except the fi half, showed more of the same. ON ALL-STATES As usual the forgotten man was f,orgotten. Guard Stev Trewhelia, who finished the- season second high scorer fc the Gamecocks with 182 points, contributed a great deal t the Gamecocks' success. His fine all-round play was to often overlooked' and was both a spark and a steadying ir fluence. Wofford's Old Gold and Black hatched the following al state: forwards, Bell, Furman and Dean, Wofford; cente Seay, Wofford; guards, Hughes, Furman, and Pruitt, Clerr son. It might be added that The Tigers' honor five include Martin, Davidson, Seay, Riddle and Stroman. Pruitt wa given only honorable mention by his own school paper. The two offer quite a contrast. With no further conr ment, we move on. Since we dlidn't see three of the state teams play, this column will niot present any all-state tean COME RAIN OR COME SHINE .. . THERE'S BITT ONE PLACE TO DINE THE ORIENTAL COME SLEET OR COME SNOW b THERE'S BUT ONE PLACE TO GO THE PLAZA ORIENTAL & PLAZA "IN THE HEART OF 5 POINTS" ' Saluda & Green *5 Points . OPEN ALL NIGHT .Game co4 Defeat The Cita In Regular Seas The Gamecock basketeers w by virtue of their 53-38 victory The Birds got an early 7-2 le up after about ten minites an the rest of the half. Carolina held a 19-18 halftime lead. For almost half of tht final period the game was in doubt, until Carolina began to pull away to a comfortable lead. Guard Steve Trewhella sank six baskets in the second half to lead the at tack. Forward Henry Martin was again high scorer with 17 points. g Al Adams shot 16 points and vir- h tually controlled the backboard. b Chester Smocharski led the Bull dog attack with a total of ten 0 points. , The box: Poo.-Carolina G FT PF TP g L F-Martin . . 6 5 1 17 t L F-Talus 1 1 0 3 t a F-Cantore 0 0 2 0 C-Adams . 6 3 4 15 C-Slaughter 0 1 0 1 a G-Szakacsi 1 0 2 2 " G-Kitchens 0 0 1 0 L G-McQuillan ... 0 0 0 0 i G-Trewhella . 7 1 4 15 Totals . . . 21 11 14 53 Pon.-The Citadel. G . FT PF TP F-Razinowitz ... 1 0 1 2 F-Henderson 2 2 1 .6 F-Falkenberry 0 0 3 0 - C-Stroman . 3 1 1 7 1 G-DuFour ...... 2 0 3 4 t G-Fabian . . . . . . 1 3 2 5y G-Seffevy ...... 2 4 4 v G-Smocharski 5 Q 2 10 1t Totals .... .....16 8 17 38 Free throws missed: Henderson I 3, Stroman 6, DuFour 6, Martin a i, Talus 6, Adams 4. Halftime score: Carolina 19, The Citadel 18. r Fred Atkinson, 1 Ben Turner Head Tennis Prospects t Five veterans of previous Game- p e cock tennis teams plus several promising newcomers - have-- made prospects for the season good, ac cording to Coach ftank Barto. l . Ben Turner, top man for Caro . lina last season, Fred Atkinson, No. I man in 1946, Don Barton, e Ben Kilgo and Bill Tyson, all of e last year's team, will form the nucleus of the 1948 aggregation. Hacky Walker, intramural sin 0 gles and doubles champion last hi it season, is outstanding among then list of new tryouts for the team. Walker was ineligible for varsityd play in 1947 because he had trans-b ferred from another college. e The season will start around r the first of April, the schedule ohaving not been completed as yet. * Intramural Track To Start March 11 The fraternity and independent track meets, originally scheduled ,for today and Saturday, will be .held March 11 and 12. Studenta d mway sign up in Joe Grugan's of ,fice in the gym. Badminton, Golf, ,Handball Scheduled Badminton, handball and golf tournaments will be held during the spring but not at a specified time. Playoffs will begin as soon as enough students have expressed the desire to participate. Boxing Tourney Plans Are Given A boxing tourney, open to all students, will be held April 8 and 9. Members of the varsity boxing team will coach those who desire it. Students sihould contact Joe Grugan. Engineers Wanted 1 achelors Degree. Large col loge offers $8,000. Approximate half time teaching-studying. Masters to $6,500. South Western College needs Engineers Teaching - rosearch -opportunity do grad work. Associate Professor $4,500 Assistant Professor $4,000. VACANCIES. ' OTHER FIELDS Give phone, photo, qualifi cations. CLINE TEACH ERS AGENCY, EAST LANSiNG, MCHIG2AN. .Bask del 53-38 on Finale Dn the state championship over The Citadel Saturday. ad but the Bulldogs caught d the score remained close led Cross ,ourse To Be )ffered Here A Red Cross Instructor's course swimming will be bffered be inning March 15 and continuing >r one week. The course will be ald daily in the university pool tween 7 and 10 p. m. and is >en to all holders o4 senior life tving certificates. A senior life saving course be un Monday and will continue irough next week. Marshall Up im is instructing the group. Recreational swimming hours uve been changed to Tuesday tid Thu'rsday from 4 to 6 p. n. I ext week and the pool will be osed to recreational swimming le week of March 15. iamondeers 11 'ntra-Squad Ga By JOE A Coach Ted Petoskey is well he Carolina baseball candidat4 rorking out each afternoon reather conditions. - Petoskey announced that st he fire and, if possible, gam n the meantime, -the candidate nd intra--squad anes will . The new coach has had his liarges working out-of-doors for ie past two weeks. The squad umbers over 50 with 20 of the andidares pitchers. All of the ien have been sliding, throwing, nd running and the result: have een encouraging as Petoskey oints out: "The men are in fine physical liape and seem to catch on fast. 'heir legs and arms are holding p fine. We've had no complaints r sore arms' yet which is a good igin that the players, especially ie pitchers, are taking care of iremselves. "Hitting practice has not been tressed too much this early in be game because I'm more inter sted in finding out how the men andile themselves with the funda wtentls." P'etoskey said, "The catching epartment seems fairly strong ut that the p)itchlers have a long ray to go. "The .infield looks ready right ow and six outfielders look like ood( prospects. All of them can o after those hits. and have MARE YOU UM-A WARE OF If you're laughing on thec -dying on the inside -creeping shorts with a cruel seam) you're not aware< wonders of Arrow underwe Switch to Arrow short. and Arrow short. (with the p. seamless crotch) come in a a of atylesewith either grippe eners or button, and are isediabeled, guaranteeing les 15b shrinkage. $1.25,'S1.S $1.75. UNDERWEAR. e sAmnD1ese .eteers Amiable A. W. "Red" Ballentine >e busier than ever this weekend wit tournament here in the field house. itadel last year and was formerly A Navy veteran, Ballentine is com 'ork Hard; mes Slated IOLON Y pleased with the progress of !s. The prospects have been on Davis field under fine veral practice games are on s will be played next week. s will be split ino two camps e held. strong throwing arms. They ap pear to be in good shape and raring to go." Upon being asked about his chances for the coming season, the new etnu hook his head. "It's much too early in the game to make any early season predictions. Besides, I haven't seen the boys under game-pres sure yet. (ive us about a month and I'll be able to talk." Petoskey was reluctant in put Ling his finger on any special can didate. He unhesitantly said that all positions are wide open and the men will be given ample time to show their ability before any decision is made. "We've got a long way to go before we'll be ready for Michi gan State. Remember they've been wvorking out since January and have a two week ,iump on us. But, all ini all, the men have been looking good," he said. With a nod of his head toward the pitching prospects, Petoskey mused, "Onuly time will tell." UINDER RWEAR? utside center f the arI relax. tented r fast is than TS and TIES :HiEFS e SPORTS SHIRTS_ Xin Stal .te1 fo co ra th Gi Wi dy ,athletic publicity director, will N the fouthern Conference boxing He held a similar position at The! connected with The State. pileting his studies this semester.. 24-HOUR SERVICE TENNIS S IS HE] GET YOUR STRING: From BEN TU CALL 4-6531 FO AND DELIVERY RACQUETS A'l Remember-Call BEN TURD THE CA - IS YOUIl so us4 SCHOOL S JEWELRY SPORTS WI & SODA FOUL WHY WALK across ti and Dry Clean There's a Station on tIh for students' c * SPECIAL RATES * 48-ROUR SERVIC * HOURS - 9-1, 3-4 UN IVE LAUNDiRY & DI SER1 Next IDiew ta :e, Title lenry Martin g Fifteenth n SC Scoring Henry Martin, Carolina's flashy rward, hit the basket for 19 its against The Citadel last turday night and earned fif mth place in conference scoring r the 1947-48 season. In the 16 nference games played Martin ng-up 66 field goals and 18 free rows for a grand total of 160 ints. 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