The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 17, 1948, Page Page Seven, Image 7
It's No Bolony
By
Joe Molony
FROM RAGS TO RICHES-INTRAMURALS
There's a lot that could be corrected around Carolina. That,
editor Carroll Gilliam, will assure you. But there's one de
partment which can stand very little improvement-fronm
the efficiency standpoint, of course-and that's intramurals
headed by Joe Grugan.
Grugan took over as intramural director in 1946. Things
were in bad shape then and a lot of people tried to discourage
him. But he wouldn't give in to the wolves and he met the
challenge head-on. He began in his energetic and methodical
manner to mold an intramural pattern at Carolina com
parable to any in the state-maybe in the South.
Today, Joe Grugan, who started out with a job nobody'd
take, has built up intramural sports to its all-time high.
Student interest has increased three-fold. Student partici
pation has quadrupled. All of which happened in the course
of two years.
Joe doesn't take the credit. In fact, he shies from pub
licity and picture-taking. It's all for the students, the like
able director will tell you. Without student participation, and
its help, Joe readily admits, he would've made no headway.
There's no real intramural staff. The program is for every
one to participate in, to criticize or to praise, not just one
group. But Grugan has his few old faithfuls around to help
share the burden. Dick Singleton serves as student man
ager, Charlie Goforth is student assistant and Jack Capps
does most of the paper work. These are the men, plus a
dozen or two more, who keep intramurals on an organized
plane. Their's was a painstaking job and they asked for no
compensation. The result is reward enough.
During football intramurals over 300 students play the
game with four leagues operating simultaneously. Just about
the same number stand by watching. Some players are
clumsy, some inexperienced, but none seem to mind because
there's always somebody else around who's just as bad.
There's no professionalism. A trophy is the only award for
achievement. But the trophy is enough for the average man
who plays for relaxation, for the competition, but mostly
because he loves the game.
Shown above are the trophies which Joe Grugan will pre
sent winners and runners-up in intramural competition with
in the next several months. The beautiful collection covers
football, baseball, basketball, boxing, swimming, cross coun
try and numerous other minor sports. To the victor belong
the spoils!
But even intramurals, free from contamination by pro
fessionals, has its problemas. Most of its needs are of a physi
cal nature. There isn't adequate playing space for some of
the sports, officials are needed desperately and the office,
itself, is beginning to appear outmoded compared with the
elaborate program Grugan has planned. These faults must
be remedied if Carolina wishes to progress with its expan
sive intramural department. Move the campus? Well, could
be.
NO BOLONY
Last week we printed a basketball roster and we failed
to insert Roger Ready's name. Sorry, Roger. Here's the sta
tistics: Ready's around six-four, weighs about 190 and he's
a sophomore from Lowell, Mass. He's a newcomer and re
ported for the team upon the advice of end football and base
ball Coach Ted Petoskey. He may be the man to replace
Joe Johnston, who graduates next year . . . Nothing's out
officially, but look for a red-head to win the most valuable
awardl which is being presented tonight on the Palmetto
theatre stage . . . A list of over 30 entries have poured into
the Y office for the annual Carolina ping-pong tournament.
Tiny Meeh, frosh football center and basketball player, was
a late entry, andl wasn't seedled. lie was runner-up in the
state tournament this past year . . . Mebbee he'd better play
Jake Penland-not me . .. Boxing coach Jess Alderman likes
the way Sylvester Lewis and Grady Decell are shaping up
in practices, but he warns that these boys are still inexperi
encedl. Inexperienced or not, coach, they should lead the
league in 1949 . . . However, 'Lewis may have a lot of trouble
from a 165-pounder for The Citadel, Burk Watson, who was
supposedl to dIrop out of school and become married. He
didn't-drop out, we mean . . . Did you know South Carolina
scoredl 1249 points against 1257 for opponents last year,
while breaking even in 22 games? . . . Baseball's a long way
off, but Coach Petoskey is already getting the diamond in
shape. He's also picked up some goodl pitchers, we hear
big John Boyle is one of them . . . Basketball was. called
"Sissy Ball" in 1909 at Carolina and it was first played
here by girls. Last Saturday it was anything but a sissy
girl's game. There were 49 fouls committed-22 against
Carolina and 27 against Newberry . . . Coach Rex Enright
took off secretly for Charleston and Savannah early this
week. Wonder if he's looking for a few guards and tackles
for 1949? . . . Well, enough idle chatter for today. Since we
don't go to press until after the Christmas Holidays, the
Gamecock's sports staff takes this opportunity to wish each
student a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and THE HAP
PIET OF NWw YEARS.
Carolin
Biddies Open Slate
With 77-47 Victory
Over Mountaineers
Carolina's freshman Biddips got
the iniant basketball season away
to a raoring start as they defeat
ed the Asheville-Biltmore Junior
College 77-47 Saturday night in a
preliminary to the varsity game
with Newberry in the field house.
"Moose" Kahle and Don Cox
lived up to their advance press no
tices as they teamed up to lead
the Biddies to victory. Kahle was
high scorer of the night with 22
points. Cox played a slashing,
driving floor game which drew
much favorable comment from
spectators.
Both came to Carolina as high
ly-rated basketball players and
they proved themselves to local
fans, against the smaller but fast
er visitors. Kahle was high-scorer
in the Charleston, S. C., city league
last year when he starred for the
Navy Bluejackets. Cox sparked
Parker high school to the state
championship and was chosen on
last year's all-state high school
team.
Coach Earl Dunham seemed very
pleased with his team's showing,
and the Biddies, boasting many of
last year's outstanding high school
players will be a formidable op
ponent for any team they meet.
The complete freshman schedule
has not been released yet, but the
Biddies are expected to play other
games as preliminaries to varsity
games during the season.
Intramural Sports
Gain In Popularity
By LLOYD HUNTINGTON
Intramural athletics on the cam
pus are drawing the most interest
ever. Each afternoon large groups
crowd onto the congested playing
fields to watch the teams. Usually
three or four games are going on
at once and distribution is fairly
even at first. As the games grow
more one-sided the spectators tend
to crowd around whichever game
is most interesting at the moment
so that before the afternoon is over
all except a few "die-hards" are
-gathered at the same game.
Asked to explain the tremendous
interest being shown in these in
tramural football games, one stu
dent put it this way, "We feel that
these are our teams, that we are
intimately connected with Lnem
and that we have some stake in
their failure or success. You might
say that we feel about the intra
mural teams the same as we felt
about our high school athletic
teams. I can't explain it thorough
ly but it probably has something
to do with the spirit and all-around
fun which the players themselves
show. Their enthusiasm makes us
interested."
Most of the games, though bit
terly fought, are not without their
comic side. Perhaps the funniest
thing to have happened yet was
the afternoon when one of the
players faded back to throw a pass.
Just as he let go of the ball his
pants came down. Luckily this
player managed to catch his
trousers before becoming too em
barrassed.
And some of the games are not
without injury. Turned ankles and
bark'ed shins are almost common
place. Muscular stiffness is ramp
ant. More serious injuries some
times occur but as yet a cut over
the eye of one of the players which
required three stitches has been
the only major casualty reported.
No Big Changes Made
In Confere.nce Meet
Coach Rex Enright and Dr. J.
T. Penney of Carolina returned
recently from a meeting of South
erni Conference coaches and fac
ulty representatives held in thei
Mayflower Hotel in Washington,
D. C.
Dr. Penney said no big changes
were made in current conference
ruling, but the fifty people present
did clear out old war-time rules.
Most of these G.I. regulations will
be struck from the books July 1,
1949, Dr. Penney said.
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By BOB WESTERFIELD
The famous old city of Memphis
will have a predominant stake in
Carolina's 1949 boxing team. Cap
tains Sylvester Lewis, the Game
cocks' number one welterweight,
and Grady Decell, the 135 pound
representative, both claini that city
as their home town.
After graduating from South
side High School, where Lewis
won the Memphis Prep School box
ing championship for his weight,
the two boys went into the army.
Their opportunities to box were
now more limited. Their fighting
was not fully curtailed however,
and both gained valuable experi
ence in the bouts they (lid fight.
Senior And Soph Girls
Vie For Court Title
The sophomore and senior class
sextet.- met for the campus wo
men's basketball championship
early this week at the gym.
The tournament, which began
lat Tuesday, is sponsored by the
Women's Athletic Association.
The seniors advanced to the finals
by heating the juniors in two out
of three games, wvhile the sopho
mores took two of three from the
frosh.
The final playoffs got underway
Tuesday afternoon. The teams are
scheduled to play the best twvo out
of three series. Since the Game
cock wvent to p)ress earlier thani
usual, wve were not able to pub)lish
complete results of the play off.
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Lewis and Decell decided to go to
the University of Mississippi,
where they niet a boxing coach
who was to be quite intimately
connected with them before too
long a time. This coach was Jess
Aldeiman, now head ring mentor
for the Gamecocks. Lewis and De
vell fousvht some at Ole Miss, but
decided they would be better off
at Carolina.
Southern Conference eligibility
rulcs forbid an athlete from parti
cipating i? a varsity sport at a
second university until the athlete
has waited out a year of his elig
ibility. This was the case with
Lewis and Decell, and instead of
fighting for Carolina in 1948, they
were forced to wait until this year.
Coach Aldetiman i.; well pleased
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By LEON ARD DUCK ETT
With an unimprossive :s 4j .'i
over Newberr.'s fighting indA
behind them. the Gamneculi.s mne
the Miami Hurricanes in M ali
tonight in the second game of the
48-49 season.
Newberry's improved teai plu-,
a brand new two-platoon system
fought the Birds on almost even
terms until well into thp third
quarter.
Jimmy Slaughter sank six goals
and six foul shots for an 18 point
total that was high for the nigh.
Henry Martin, high scorer for
Carolina last season, was second
with 13 points. One of the Game
cocks' greatest advantages was
Slaughter's height which allowed
him to dominate the backboard all
night.
Derrell Medlock, Newberry for
ward, was high scorer for the In
dians with nine points, with Ste
gall and Yaldizian following close
ly with eight points each.
The Lavalmen pulled away to a
short-lived lead in the first quar
ter but the Gamecocks came back
to forge out in front. The half
ended with Carolina holding a slim
two-point advantage, 25-23.
After intermission, the Game
cocks went on a short scoring spree
to go out in front 40-26 with
S aughter, Kitchens., and Szakaesi
hitting the basket. Then Newberry
got its offense started again and
got back in the ball game with
Medlock showing the way.
Not until the last few minutes
was victory certain when three
quick layup shots salted the gale
away.
The Birds will resume the Miami
series tonit-ht nfter a short layoff.
The Hurricanes won 11 and lost 7
last year, beating such teams a
Pittsburg and Florida.
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