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It's No Bolony By Joe .Molony CONGRATULATIONS The Gamecock sports staff wishes retiring editor Van Newman the best of luck and happiness in his future mar riage. We have enjoyed working. with him for the past semester and we've profited greatly by his steady, guiding influence as editor. SAME POLICY However, Van will continue with us as a staff writer. We will stick to Newmans past policies of page lay-out and make-up. We do have several new ideas which we are plan ning to put into operation. These changes will be noticed in this and future issues of The Gamocock. SAME MONIKER The name? We know it's silly, but you must admit, it is different! Don't blame the writer. It wasn't his idea. A couple of broken-down sports-writers, Leonard Duckett and Lloyd Huntington, twisted his arm, gave the hungry jour nalist a bologna meal, and a new column was born. And that's no bolony, either; OUR AIMS In this, our first column, we wish to impress upon you that the staff has no ties with the athletic department, the coaches, or any individuals, on or off the campus, and we seek none. The Gamecock is your newspaper. It is your duty to criti cise or to praise it, whichever you choose. The material in this column and in the sports section is written for your benefit. Our sports pages will be wide open for your ap proval or disapproval. We are anxious to know just how you, the reader, stand in any controversial matter concern ing your school and its teams. SPORTS STAIF No newspaper would be successful without a good staff of reporters and specialists behind it. But many people seem to overlook these men-behind-the-scenes. Here are the men who get The Gamecock sports section out: Lloyd Huntington, Leonard Duckett, Bob Westerfield, Jack Morgan, Jimmy Crawford and Jo Ann Dellinger. REX ENRIGHT This column is not going to be used as a tool for destruc tive criticism of Carolina player3, coaches or the team as a whole. We are, however, going to offer, time and again, constructive arguments concerning our team's progress, should it be fast or slow. As for the recent Rex Enright controversy, we believe that our coach has done a good job with the material on hand. Whether or not he's qualified for the job, is not for us to judlge. We feel that only those who are familiar with ~the intricate responsibilities of a football coach should have the authority to either condemn or praise his coaching ability. Because a team loses, it is no reason for followers to cry for the coach's scalp. Win, lose or draw, fans and players alike should renmem ber this: "Keep the rules-Keep faith in your comrade-Keep your temper-Keep yourself fit-Keep a stout heart in defeat Keep your pride under in victory-Keep a sound soul, a clean mind and a healthy body-Play the Game!" NO HOLONY Pete Partee, junior from Greenville, writes in censuring former editor Newman for panning Coach Enright last week. Pete says, "1 don't believe in hitting a man while he's (down !" ...Steve Wadiak, Bishop Strickland, Red Wilson and maybe Roy Skinner should be Carolina's best bets for all-state, what (do you think? . . . The wolves may have left Enright's door following the Tulsa game, but the fumbleitis remains ...It'll probably come out next wveek, but take it from us, the Southern Conference Invitational Boxing Tournament will be held right here, in the field house, again this year on March 24-25-26-not in New Orleans . . . Enright pre dicted early this season that Bayard Pickett, halfback from Sullivans Island, would develop into a fine back-again, the usually non-committal mentor was right. Ilck played a bang-up game at Tulsa last week and he's been steadily de veloping . . . We're going to publish an all-state team as selected by school newspapers throughout the state. It will be printed in The Gamecock around December 12 . . . Well, that winds up our maiden column. We take a rest next weekend, but we'll see you a week after Thanksgiving. FOR GOOD McGREGOR'S F OOD DRUG STORE Home-Styl 1308 MAIN STREET TRI Prescriptions * Sodas 1712Penleto '~Clgarettes * Toilet Articles Miss Ella Carson'sl 230 Reasonable Rates F1or Prompt Delivery Seruie Stea Len Ekimoff, Carolina's first sti of the best line backers in thim par limited duty since he was injured i Loss Of Len Ekim Is Staggeringr Bloii By JOE IN The loss of center Len Ekih team following the Maryland: blows suffered by Coach Rex Ekimoff re-injured his bad I pulled tendons had bothered tl and the injury has repeated' brilliant futLure. "Ekimoff will be hard to re place," Enright said. The coach classed him as an excellent line-1 backer who turned out to be one of the more valuable players on the team.I The six-foot-two junior from Erie, Pa., will take it easy the rest of the winter, he said, and he'll stay off his injured leg as much as possible. He hopes it'll come around, but he's pretty gloomy over the prospects. Ekimoff came to Carolina in 1946, the year Bryant Meeks was handling the Gamecock pivot spot. 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Whenueeh wa roliadfl maElsecn tring & AllAeia Comastuent a s e s u me c oc k dy t t t t ing center for two years. is one ( of the country, but has been on in the early part of the season. ff For Season To Gamecocks IOLONY noff to the Carolina football game was one of the hardest Enright this season. eg in this game. A couple of ie big center since last season ly cropped up to hinder his reputation of being one of the best line-backers in the state duringi 1947. He played guard on the bas ketball team last year, hurt his leg, and was laid up most of the season. During the spring and summer, Ekimoff worked hard perfecting his center snap, which was his only evident weakness. He corrected this flaw in a short while, and when the '48 season approached, he was in the best playing condition of his career. But hard-luck seemed to plague the 198-pounder. His leg failed to stand the test this year, and today his football playing career is hang ing by a thread. Ekimoff, according to his mates, is one of the hardest workers on the squad. He is a stickler for per fection and gives everything he's got on the football field. Like a~ couple of his teammates, Red Har rison, Al Faress, Len is sometimes overlooked when the publicity is dished out. He operates behind thie scenes. Ekimoff will be sorely missed this seasonj. It's going to he hard for Enright to replace a man who capably filled the shoes of a see ond string All-American. His fu ture in football at Carolina is wrapped up in a couple of pulled tendons. If his leg holds up he may be heralded as the top center in the conference, if not - - so goes the life of an unheralded center, Len Ekimoff. 4 WHY WALK aci Laundry and I)ry There's a Station or cially for studen * SPECIAL HlATES * e HOUTRS - 9-5; * UNIV E LAUNDRY & D SERi Next D)oor to Frosh Is Out Loss At Exp Carolina's Biddies, lacking v iad accompanied them thus ft hemselves at the expense of The Biddies before their in nan team had been one of th Ilack. Already the cries of wait I ill next year were going up, and his time most everyone felt that ext year would really be the year vhen Carolina football reached its enith. But the Wake Forest game elies this. Playing most of the game with ut their ace passer, John Boyle, he Biddies were almost complete y helpless before the terrific on laught of the Wake Forest team. )nly once did they come to lifei md look anything like the team vhich had performed so magnifi ently in other games this year. Taking the ball on their owr 10-yard line the Biddies quickly narched to a touchdown. Billy Kincaid, coming in to attempt the xtra-point, took a bad pass from !enter and outdistanced the little )eacords to tie the score. Wake iad scored minutes earliee on a Student Body Head Comm111enI(ds tigers For Latest Victorv The following telegram was sent to Phil Prince, co-captain of the Clemson football team. by Bob Sumwalt, president of the student body of the Uni versity of South Carolina, im nw-diately after the Tigers' vic tory over Wake Forest: Congratulations on your vic tory today. The student body of the University of South Caro lina is solidly behind you. BOB SUMWALT. The following letter was re ceived by Sumwalt:: Dear Bob, Your telegram 1ast SaturdIy was the finest display of good sportsmanship and good rela tions between colleges that I have ever seen. I am writing on behalf of our team, its coaches, and the entire student body of Clemson to tell you how much we appreciated your mes sage and the thoughtfulness that caused it. I would also like to thank you for the great part you played in fostering better relations between our schools when we tangled at the State Fair. I'm especially glad that we are past that particular game. My thanks again to you and our fellow students and my hope that your team wvill end its sea son1 with great victory! Sincerely, PHIL PRINCE. Simm ~ing Teami Needs More Men "The Gamecock swimming tearm is desperately in need of more men," Dr. J. A. Crawford, coach of the team, announced today. "Ordinarily the squad should con sist of about 50 men but so far only 15 men have been out for pract ice," he added. He said that the first meet of the season is Dec. 18 with the Uni versity of Virginia there. But without more talent, Crawford said, this meet would have to be cancelled, and possibly the entire sc hedule. D)r. Crawford extended a wel -oss town to get ('leaning Service? the Campus espe- ~ ts' convenience. FOR STUTDENTS sat. 9-1 R SIT Y4 RY CLEANING !KCE The ('anteen To Avenge V 4ise Of Citad By LLOYD HUNTINGTON ome of the prestige and a gre Lr, travel to Aiken next Wedn< the Citadel freshmen. glorious defeat at the hands o e most highly-rated teams eve 40-yard run by Smith and several shorter gains that culminated in line with Travagline converting. After this spurt the Biddies lapsed into the doldrums that were so reminiscent of other Carolini football teams. Boyle in the few times that he was in the game had little chance to get his team back into the game with his pass ing. The Carolina line was no stronger than tissue paper and the Wake Forest forward wall ran over them almost at will to smear Carolina plays time and time again. Yet at times the Biddies showed a reasonable amount of latent power. Jimmy Cooper several times broke away for nice gains and Tommy Woodlee proved again that he is one of the finest running backs in South Carolina. Clemmons Win In Three Field Ity.101EM J. J. Clemmnons was chosen ball field-day last Friday aft a large field of contestants by of the six events. The Flo varsity material as he punle taking the distance event. With a wet ball he passed from the goal line to the 63-yard marker. In the kick-off for distance, he booted the ball from a tee 51 yards. Clenimons. a likely quarterback for a college football team, is a former pitcher on the Florence High School baseball team and a member of the 1947 University of South Carolina golf team. He said that he was not heavy enough to play football in high school and en entering college he didn't ha%v the necessary experience needed for the fast college game. Runners-up to Clemmons in kicking for distance were Bobbv Rogers, who spiralled the ball 581. ysrds. and Buddy Galloway. who booted 55 yards. John Sykes passed 59 yards and Ace Small 55% to take second and third place respec tively in passing for distance. Dave Mobley sent a soaring kick-off 5 yards that was a close second to Clemmons, while Howard House lofted one 49 yards to win third place in this event. George Dean and Al Frem' both kicked five perfect field-goals come to all men desiring good keeni c'ompetition and who are not afraid to work hard to conme out and hol ster the team's strength. LOWER MlAIN BARBER SHOP THRIEE FIRST (CLASS HARlERS 909 .iain St. Opposite .lee Patrone's SOX'S STE - Speciall $1.00 Short And Sa 723 Saluda Page Nine Vake Forest el's Puppies at deal of the publicity that sday to attempt to avenge f a fine Wake Forest fresh r to play for the Garnet and But never did the Biddies ap proach the finesse and sharpness )f the Wake Forest outfit. The Deacons scored their second touch down on the most beautiful play of the evening. Smith intercepted a Carolina pass and, concealing it well, handed the ball off to Solek who raced eighty yards behind good blocking for the score. Twice more these Deacons, dress ed in solid black uniforms, came out of their Amen corners to smash the erring Chicks. And each time it was a couple of deer-footed lads who led the attack, Bill Smith and his running mate, Travagline. And when the dust had cleared and the Deacons had won another cru sade, spectators talked loud and long in praise of the finest bunch of backs seen here. s First Place Day Events -CLELLAN "triple-threat" man of foot ,rnoon on ielton Field, over capturing first place in three nec, S. ('., . unior looked like d the pigskin 591/2 yards in through the uprights on their first trials, but Dea.n proved more con sistent and edged Freeman for first place. rhe superb drop-kick inr of Parish, sending four of five tries through the posts with the last missing by inches, was one of the outstanding achievements of the afternoon. Huntington shared third place honors with Parish, kicking four of five placements. in punting for accuracy, Thomas Munn led the field by sending one out of hounds on the 5-yard line from the 50-yard marker. B. B. Huskey was second best, and Ace Small won third place in this event. luskey again demonstrated his ability for accuracy by capturing first place in passing for accuracy. Anderson, Munn, Stephens, and Lawrence shared honors in a four way tie for second place. Football field-day was sponsored by the physical education depart ment, and participation was pen to all students on the campus. Joe G;rugan, p)hysical education instruc tor. and Dick Singleton officiated the events. (;OLLMBIA I('E ('Im AM5 91l7 Mlain St reet AK HOUSE zing In - STEAKS Orders idwiches 5 Points