The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 10, 1948, Page Page Nine, Image 9
It's No' Bolony
By
Joe Molony
CRIPPLED BIRDS OPEN TOMORROW
Basketball at Carolina goes into its 39th year tomorrow
night when the Gamecocks play Newberry at the Field
House in both teams' season opener. The Birds will be
favorites this game, but they'll probably be underdogs
against Miami, Bowling Green, Davidson, and the other big
ger schools coming up on their schedule.
Coach Frank Johnson has an assortment of inexperienced
men who served mostly as subs last year. The loss of cen
ter Al Adams, guards Phil Cantore and Steve Trewhella
and forward Crick Talus, all first stringers in 1947, hurt
Carolina terribly. The only returning veterans are guard
Cy Szakacsi, forward Henry Martin and center Jim
Slaughter.
Notwithstanding these heavy losses, Johnson refuses to
be pessimistic over his team's chances. "They'll be a hard
fighting bunch and they won't give up easily," he said.
By playing teams like Bowling Green and the rest at the
start of the season Johnson feels that his men will get much
valuable experience under pressure. "That's their biggest
weakness now," the coach said. "They need more game
time experience."
BAND PUTS ON GOOD SHOW
Carolina has, potentially, one of the best bands in the
South, but it's also one of the most underrated. It took
months of haranguing to revert from old "Salvation Army"
uniforms to the snappy red and gray outfits of today. In
two years band members increased from 25 to 65 and with
quantity came quality. Bardmaster Louis A. Fink. took
over the outfit in 1946 from the Navy and he's done a good
job. But still our band made only one trip this year! That
was to Greenville, S. C., for the Furman game.
Fink explains that Carolina is one of the few schools left
which finances its band through the administration, and as
a result, appropriations are slim. The athletic departments
handle finances elsewhere. The band plays for the Game
cock football team, why shouldn't it be financed by the
same department?
Petite Mary Byrd, shown in this column, led the band
Friday night as it marched dowvn Main street in the Christ
mas parade. It was then that the band really impressed us.
It undoubtedly was the feature of the elaborate program and
it stole the show beyond all doubt. To cap off its perform
ance, the band, even though it had completed its scheduled
marching, led the way for some 500 students from Gervais
R street to the campus.
NO BOLONY
Jake Penland, sports editor of The State, was bragging on
his ping pong ability this week. So, to quiet him down, this
writer reminded him that Carolina was holding a tournament
in January. If he was so good, why wvouldn't he p)lay the
winner? To our great surprise, Penland accepted! lie's now
working out behind closed doors. "I'm not taking a chance
on Carolina scouting me," he explains . . . "The Gamecock
erred in its intramural football schedule last week," stu
dent manager Dick Singleton writes in, "please remind the
teams to follow the schedules we issued to them, also need
referees for the touch-football league," he adlds. This, we'll
do, Dick. Dave Garvin, manager of the Carolina Theater,
sends us a pair of sun-glasses. "They're rose-colored, Joe,
for next year's Carolina football prospects," he postscripts
and encloses two passes. Thanks, Dav'e, but Rex Enright
will need more than glasses in 1949. Where can wve get a
couple of guards?? . . . Assistant boxing manager Gregg
Hitopoulos fooled around once too often. Gregg was cutting
capers at the gym the other day, messing aroundl with a
pair of gloves, when Coach Jess Alderman saw him. The
coach fired him as assistant manager and in the same breath
hired him for the boxing team! . . . Well, that does it for
now. We'll be back with No Bolony next week, but after
that we take a rest until January 3. We're off to practice
up on our ping-pong game and maybe a warm-up match with
boss Penland.
Birds Op
Bird Roster Shows
And Few Lettermej
The 1948 Carolina basketeei
lettermen, Forward Henry M
and guards Cy Szakacsi and I
Six of the 15-man team ha
at all, three have played one
and Henry Martin, high scorer
It is one of the most inexp
Johnson has handled since the,
nounced by Athletic Publicity
Name Home
FORWARDS:'
*Henry Martin, Columbia ...
Red Coleman, Spartanburg
Jack Reed, Roanoke, Va. ....
Harold Walker, Spartanburg
CENTERS:
*Jim Slaughter, Roanoke, Va.
Bill Snpith, Lumberton, N. C.
Walker Small, Charleston ...
John Dowdel, Columbia
GUARDS:
*John Szakacsi, Fairport, 0..
*Estes Kitchens, Macon, Ga.
Harry Parone, Hartford, Com
Graham Price, Asheville, N. (
Keith Cribb, Hemingway
Albert Munn, Middlesboro, K
Biddie Court Team
Looks Exceptional
In Early Practices
The freshman basketball team
has been hard at work for the past
few weeks and is beginning to
round into good condition. Most of
the stress has thus far been on
fundamentals since a great many
of the players were on the foot
baii team and already were in good
physical shape.
In several scrimmages the past
week the Biddies have given a
good account of themselves and
promise to be a rough foe to
handle. Listed on the roster are
many names already familiar to
followers of basketball.
Bob Kahle, of football fame,
caime~ to the University primarily
as a basketball player. Kahle was
high scorer in the Charleston City
league last year while playing for
the Navy Bluejackets. He is a
big, aggressive boy who will prove
invaluable to next year's diminish
ed varsity.
Don Cox was all-state last year
as he led Parker high school to the
state high school championship.
Cox is a deadly shot from outside
the foul circle but his diminutive
stature may handicap him.
Other men being heavily counted
upon are John Boyle, the sensa
tional football player, Marion Rat
teree, former Dreher high flash,
and John LaTorre, the mainstay of
last year's Charleston high squad.
Earl Dunham, a former star
with Gamecock teams in the past,
is coaching the team. Their sched
ule has not yet been announced.
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-s boast only four returning
irtin, center Jim Slaughter,
,stes Kitchens.
ie had no college experience
year, four played two years
last year, has played three.
erienced teams Coach Frank
Nar. Here's the roster as an
Director Red Ballentine:
Ht. Wt. Age Yrm. Cl.
..5-11 170 24 3 Sr.
..6-2 170 21 1 So.
..5-10 150 21 1 So.
.5-6 140 23 0 Sr.
6-9 200 20 1 So.
. 6-4 185 23 2 Jr.
. .6-2 185 28 0 Jr.
6-4 210 22 0 So.
6-0 190 25 2 Jr.
. 6-0 160 19 2 Jr.
1. 5-10 200 26 0 Sr.
3. 5-10 165 24 0 So.
6-0 175 23 2 Sr.
y. 6-0 160 21 0 Jr.
Red Cross Swim Class
Begins Monday Night
All students who are interested
in joining the Red Cross' "Learn
to Swim Class" arc requested to
sign up at the information desk
in Maxcy lobby, coach Rex En
right's office announced today.
Classes will begin Monday, De
cember 13, and they will run
through December 17. They will
be held frnm 7 to 9 p. m. each
night. There is no admission
charge for students who wish to
join.
Red Cross certificates will be
awarded to those students who, at
the end of this class, show evidence
that they have learned the rudi
ments of swimming.
Remember, the life you save next
summer may be your own! It is
essential to learn the art of swim
ming not only for safety's sake,
but for the healthfulness of the
pastime.
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The man to watch when this yea
eers go a-courtin' will be tall,
above. Jimmy in only his seconc
already probably the best center in
in the conference.
Last year Slaughter was under
study to Al Adams and at times
threatened to demote Adams to the
second string. This year Adams
failed to return to school, and
Slaughter has had the full burden
of the position thrust upon his
narrow shoulders. Yet from his
performance in several games last
year Slaughter is amply qualified
to take over the key spot in Coach
Frank Johnson's fast-braing of
fense.
Starting slowly as a freshman
last year, this 6:9 Roanoke, Va..
boy has come along quickly, and
has now almost mastered the in
tricacies of college basketball. At
first he w%as almost a ludicrous,
picture as he tried to battle it out
with some of the finest, players
in the n:.tion. Even then, how
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I season in collegiate basketball is
the state and perhaps equal to tiy
ever, his potentialities werp easily
recognizable. Coach Johnson used
Slaughter sparingly at first, and
then as the need for him steadily
increased with Adams faltering,
he was used more and more until
at the end of the season he was
sharing the duties equatlly w ith
Adams.
Slaughter is by no means a
"dream" ball player, lie is still
awkward, and his main weakness
lies in his inability to dominate
the backboards- lie doesn't play
a part icularly aggressive game
but once he gets the ball, some
body had better watch out, it's
an almost certain two points.
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ay Night
Carolina Slight
Favorites Over
Weak Lavalmen
By LLOYD HUNTINGTON
The Gamecocks pry the lid off
of the 1948-49 basketball season
when they meet the Newberry In
dians at 8 p. m. tomorrow night
in the field house.
The Gamecocks, though lacking
most of the men who made them
strong contenders for the Confer
ence crown last year, will still be
slight favorites against the In
dians. Newberry is minus such
former stars a Marvin English,
twice an all-state forward and
his brilliant running mate, Mack
Waldrep.
Yet the Indians have reportedly
come out with a good team, built
around center, Stegall, who last
year let the Birds in for many
rough minutes when these two
teams met. The Indians will also
have the revpnge motive working
for them. In the past couple of
y e a r s the Gamecocks have
thoroughly trounced the Redskins
and this is the first time that New
berry has had any hopes of de
feating the talented team of Coach
Frank Johnson.
Carolina is visibly weaker this
year than in any year since the
war. Gone are such court stars as
Al Adams, Steve Trewhella, Phil
Cantore, Crick Talus and Bob Mc
Quillan. Adams failed to return
to school, Trewhella and Cantore
were graduated last spring, and
McQuillan is not out for the squad.
'hese men have been replaced by
third-stringers from last year's
quintet.
Even with such a wholesale loss
of talent the Birdc expPet to he
tough for all opponents. Henry
Martin, Cy Szakaesi, and Jimmy
Slaughter are back at their old
positions and ready for a good
season. Martin was high scorer in
the state last year and should have
an equally good season. Szakacsi
at times has been the most impres
sive player on the team but he has
never as yet fulfilled expectations.
This could be the year.
Slaughter is a tall, lanky center
who could easily develop into the
best in the Conference. Keith Cribb
and Estes Kitchens round out the
team.
An even more glaring weakness
than the lack of experience, how
look for the Birds. It's the lack of
reserves. Harry Parone and Ace
Smalls may be of some help. Jack
Reed and Graham Price have also
looked good in pre-season practices.
Reed wvas with the team last year.
Price is a transfer student and is
given a good chance to break into
tstarin lineup before the sea
so soer. Bill Smith, alsoa
holdlover from last year, is a fine
defensive player but is slightly
wveak on offense.
The starting lineup for the New
herry game will he Martin and
Sitc(hens, forwards; Slaughter,
center; and Szakaesi and Cribb,
guards.
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