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. It's No Bolony BY Joe Molony The Gamecocks Have That New Look Something new has been added. It's the new look at Carolina A la Frank Johnson and his inexperienced group of basketball players. Win or lose, the 1949 court team will go down in history as one of the greatest crowd-pleas ers ever produced at South Carolina. But Johnson Wasn't Sure at the Start Starting the season with only four lettermin, Coach John son was a pessimistic soul. To make matters worse, he had scheduled games with Bowling Green, Lawrence Tech and Mi4mi, three of the best around. But, it was here that John son made his right move. By f5laying the boys, the Gamecocks got some valuable experience, which apparently, they haven't forgotten. Their Coach Said They'd Be Scrappy-He Was Right "We're counting on teamwork more than anything this year," Johnson said before the season began. "We'll have a scrappy team, but not a great one. We should win a few, but we may lose more. What we're gunning for, is the Southern Conference tournament." From the exhibition displayed against Wake Forest -last week and Georgia Tuesday night, the Carolina coach has been right. But neither he, nor anyone else, had any idea the boys would come al-ound so fast. Cribb, Cy, etc., Put Them Together and They Spell "Hustle" Keith Cribb, a six-footer from Hemingway, has more than lived up to his coach's hopes. This fleety guard has teamed uip with All-Southern candidate, Cy Szakacsi, to give Caro lina a top-notch guard combination and Harry Parone has supplied the steadying influence for the youngsters. Add high-scoring center, Jim Slaughter, who's currently leading the state in scoring and forward Henry Martin on offense and throw in a couple of subs, Red Coleman, guard, and Jack Reed, forward, and you have the formula which has kept Columbia basketball fans on their feet throughout most of the Wake Forest and Georgia games. Add a Little Teamwork and You Have the '49 Birds It's not only a fighting team, but it's also one of the most colorful and well-oiled machines Johnson has come up with since the pre war days of Lanny Loftdahl, Preston West moreland, and company. If sound teamwork is what wins games, then Johnson's club should lose few of the remaining ones scheduled. A Southern Conference invitation is not so far away now. In fact, we'd wager to say Carolina is already "in" for a shot at that conference crown. NO BOLONY Jim Slaughter's exit helped knock the Gamecocks out against Georgia, but we don't think it was the turning point. When referees Dallas Blackston and Howard Bur mester missed calling a Georgia man for travelling, as he took three extra steps in the waning minutes of the game and sunk a lay up under the basket that's when Carolina knew they were beat. The players knew it was all over but the shouting . . . The Southen Conference basketball asso ciation, supposdly composed of top-notch court officials, has still failed to prove itself capable around Columbia. It's another wveak sister which isn't given enough attention . . . This corner gives one loud vote to Cy Szakacsi and Henry Martin for All-Southern basketball honors. But, will they get it??? . .. The annual Powder Bowl game may be a good thing for the girls. One of 'em came into the office the other day and said "You know, after we practice so hard in the afternoons all the girls are too sleepy to go out at night. We've really been catching up on our "sack duty 1" But football's the hard way, dearie. Why don't you get married and raise a kid, or two, or more-then you'll be ready for sleep . . . Rex Enright couldn't have picked his 1949 football schedule any closer. Against the eight teams1 named, we've won 77, lost 77 and tied 14. . . . On the basis of past performance, Carolina should beat The Citadel, Maryland and Miami. Furman and Wake Forest would be toss-ups and North Carolina'd be a cinch to win. If Enright schedules Villanova, we'd be underdogs and if he chooses D)uquesne, then it'd be even-Stevens. Marquette has never been played . . . This is the last issue of The Gamecock until February 11. Another semester's passed and some of you will be gone. To you, No Boloney wishes good luck-to the remainder, God help you! . .. The staff, Leonard Duckett, Lloyd Huntington, Jack MIorgan, Bob Westerfield, Van New man and the writer, has enjoyed bringing sports your way. But we failed in our original plan-to have students partici pate--and that, was your fault. We're wide open to sugges tions, s'o throw 'em at us. Until next semester, when base ball, track, golf and other warm weather sports take over and boxing and basketball bows out, No Bolony'll put this Gamecoc Frosh Stal ll-Conquering Biddies To Play In Preliminary The Carolina freshman team )ut its undefeated record on the ine tonight when it meets the baby Bengals from Clemson in a pre iminary to the varsity game at he Clemson field house tonight. The Gamecdck frosh have de !eated the four teams 1which they iave played by lopsided scores and kre expected to keep up their win iing ways tonight. The Biddies have successfully lefeated Asheville-Biltmore Junior ,ollege, Augusta Military Acad -my of Staunton, Va., the Citadel Bullpups and an independent Co umbia team. All four teams have rallen by as much as 15 points. Sparked by a galaxy of stars, ;he Biddies have almost mastered ,he fast break offense employed by ,oach Frank Johnston's varsity. Led by Don Cox and Bob Kahle -he Biddies have developed into' a ,igh scoring, hard fighting quintet. Cox has been the sparkplug. He's i little boy, standing only 5:7, but ,e's as fast as they come and as ,ricky as a comic book Houdini. rhis Parker lad is a crowd pleaser ind every minute that he is in the lame most of the spectators are elling encouragement to him. Kahle is more than living up to ,he foim expected of him. He icores a lot of points and he plays -he backboards with the skill of x polished performer. Lip LaTorre, John Boyle, and ,huck Prezioso round out the ;tarting lineup. LaTorre, a for mer all-stater in his Bishop Eng and high school days, started slow y but is now regaining the form which made him one of the most iighly-regarded prospects to enroll ,ere in several years. He has been ,igh scorer in the last two games )ut his forte is his smashing, ag ressive floor game. Citadel Champs Meet Bird Boxers Here February 12 Citadel's Southern Conference )oxing champions, the Gamecocks' nain threat for supremacy again ;his year, have been drilling since ,arly in November in preparation ,or the defense of their crown. Two of the team's conference 'hampions from last year are back o seek new laurels. They are Bill 3hlandt, who edged out Carolina's Blill Rutledge for the heavyweight ~rown, and Dale Mathews, 165 )Ound titalist, who has moved up .o the 175-pound class. Mathews, son of the Citadel oach, is the most golished boxer mn the squad. In two years of col egiate boxing he has won 15 itraight bouts. The Bulldogs, in grabbing the ~onference title last year, took four itles, Burke Watson and Nick ichols were lost through gradua ion. Nichols is now enrolled at he University here doing grad ate work. The Citadel team will be seen in he field house Feb. 12 when they >it their strength against the im >roved Carolina team. An inter ~sting sidelight that may develop s the possibility of Gregg Hito oulos, the Bird entry at 125 >ounds, fighting against his rother, Harry, a possible nominee rom the Citadel. A Potato-A Bat-And Earl Dunham - Coach Ted Petoskey, when noaching the Wofford diamonders n 1947, allowed his pitcher to hrow a POTATO as a substitute 'or the ball against Carolina's CarI Dunham-luckily, Dunham lidn't connect. Best Record Against Bulldogs Carolina has beaten The Citadel 11 times, lost only five, and tied ne since the rivalry started in .910. The Bulldogs won and lost ecord against USC is a mere .192. STUDENTS! F ACULTY! FREE Wash Job with Each Grease Job Every Monday FIVE POINTS PUROL HENRY "Hank" RBYNOLDS Praswiatou k Courtin ie Clean I Boxing Team Rests A Week For Cavaliers The Gamecock boxing team, fresh from the Tennessee Tech brawl, will have a full week of rest before meeting Virginia's Cavaliers Jan. 31 at Charlottes ville, Va. The Cavaliera are reportedly one of the strongest outfits in the South. They depend on a couple of brothers, the Miragliotta boys, 135-pounder Basil, welterweight James and 155-pounder Joe, to bol ster the squad. Comparatively nothing has been released on the Cavaliers, but they're expected to be stronger than in 1948 when they took every thing in the South. Last year, Carolina tied them 4-4, but it was one of the biggest boxing upsets of the year. The Gamecocks will be slight un derdogs at Virginia-a role with which coach Jess Anderman won't become familiar this year. Alderman hasn't named this starters, but he's expected to throw the following boys against the strong Cavaliers: 125-Pete Campassi; 130-Joe Stringer; 135-Grady Decell; 145 -Ray Avant; 155-Harry Temple, Jim Briggman or James Skinner; 165-Sylvester Lewis or Red Doug las; 175-Frank Singleton; Heavy weight-Bill Rutledge. Results Of Pasi Bird Tilts Given The Gamecocks will be seeking their third conference win of the season and will be pointing for a higher bracket in the Southern Conference standings . tonight at Clemson. To date, Carolina is fourth among conference hot-shots, has won two of three conference games and sports a three and six won and-lost record. Here are results of past Gamecock games: USC 63-Newberry 47 USC 40-Miami 59 USC 54-Bowling Green 83 USC 53-Lawrence Tech 66 USC 53-Davidson 64 USC 60-The Citadel 35 USC 66-Wake Forest 45 USC 43-Georgia 49 "Fritz" Goes to Reds Alfred H. "Fritz" VonKolnitz, who died at his home in Charles ton last year, was the only base ball player in Carolina's history to jump from college directly to the big leagues. He left Carolina in 1913 to join the Cincinnati Reds as first string catcher. Like Father-Like Son Sol Blatt, Jr., followed in the footsteps of his father wheni he became manager of the Gamm-'ock nine -in the late thirties "s father, current solon fronm Barni well, managed the 1916 elub. . Carolina 34 Wins, Clemson 38 Wins-2 Ties Carolina's nine has an overall wvon and lost record of 34 wins against 38 losses and 2 ties with Clemson since the rivalry started in 1899. FOR THOSE WH4 FOR A BETTER DOUG B * 1 YO!'LL, ENJOY * 1 MEAL 1 FOR YOUR ADDEi $6.00 F( GOOD FOR ANYTI ften Meet lecord Agt Slaughter .imniv Slaughter. pictured atbov, keeps the crow%d in laughter .as h pushes the ball dow% n through the n way. A.s yet .Jim hasn't done this Averages Show Ba. Nation In Free Th By . ACK TIhe Carolina basketball team co throws made despite dropping tw(I Ganecocks' hattiv with Georgia Tut 13 of 11) tries in the rough and tun Big .Jim Slaug1h0ter matitailned hi sCOrers by sinking five field goals befort leaving the Georgia game In nine games Saoighter has racke< pier game. Accumu jlatedi totals fr the nine so far ale as follows: Namet and l'ositijon No. Jinm Slaughter, e. John Szakaesi, g. II arry I'a ronle, g. Jack Reed, f. Neit h Crnibb, n!. Graam ill 'rice, 1'. (Caroli na has shot I8 f'l ield goal: thrlows for a total of -4% po&inlts,. 55 poit 'in thet inre gamies played.l a total of 51:: point.- or an averag< ) ARE LOOKING PLACE TO EAT! ROO ME'S S* OU!R I NCHIES &. * ['ICKETS D C'ONVENIENC'E 1R $550 Clemson tinst Cubs Stretches it, a pre-game exhibition, often e jumps up over the basket and et instead of shooting in the usual in a game. iketballers Lead row Percentage MORGAN tinues to lead the nation in free percentage points to .698 in the -sday night. The Gamecocks made flde game. s position at the top of the state und five free throws for 15 points n foulA mid-way of the last half. I up 148 points for a 16.5 average gamnes playe~d by the G;am*coc*ks Gmanies 1FG FTM TPi Avg. 9 5x 3I2 148 16.5 9 .48 28 124 13.8 9 25 14 64 7.1 9 19 11 49 5.6 9 8 15 31 3.5 in1 m; 26 3.2 9 :; 21 2.6 6 :t i5 2.1 a 5 1 11 2.1 50 3 3 .6 and has madec 118 for 169 free n ave.rage. of slightly bet ter than TheirI (pp)onent s have registered of 57 points perm game. WHY WALK aci Laundry and D)ry There's a Station or cially for studen , SPECIAL RATES e HOURS - 9-5; UN lVE LAUNDRY & C SERi Net Door. to Page Nine Tonight Birds And Tigs Both Seek Spot In Tournament By LLOY,D HUNTINGTON A rejuvenated Carolina basket ball team, hot on the trail of a bid to the Southern Conference In vitational tournament in March, will go after the Clemson Tigers tonight at Clemson in a game that could be the deciding point for both teams. The Bird courtmen, counted out by the experts even before the sea son began, lived up to expectations on a pre-Christmas road trip that saw them soundly defeated by Bowling Green, Ohio and Lawrence Tech of Detroit, and Miami Uni versity. Shortly after the new year began, the staggering John sonmen took one from Newberry and then lost a rough game, which was marred by fouls, to Davidson at Charlotte. Three days later, the turning point came as the whiteclad Birds, starting slowly in the first half and gaining momentum as the game progressed, trounced the Citadel Bulldogs for their first Conference win. Team Perks Up at Home Later in the same week the Gamecocks pulled what may be the year's most startling upset in the Conference as they trampled a fa vored Wake Forest team by 21 points. Against the more experi enced Deacons, the Birds gave one of the most inspiring perform ances seen here in many years. The whole team worked together with clock-like precision for the first time this season. Jim Slaughter, the state's leading scorer, tipped in 17 points to re main among the nation's high-point men. Henry Martin also shot 17 and played a bang-up floor game. Cy Szakacsi, Harry Parone, and Keith Cribb also played heads-up ball. It was little Jack Reed, however, who was the sparkplug of the Carolina attack. Reed, heretofore an obscure second stringer who had seen little action with the Birds, was all over the court, stealing the ball and tossing in many fancy lay up shots. As a result of his fine performance Reed won a spot in the starting line-up. Carolina 43, Georgia 49 The latest outing for the John sonmen was Tuesday night against the Georgia Bulldogs in the Caro lina field house. Again the Game cock offense bogged down and the Birds were lucky to hold the Georgians to a narrow 49-43 vic tory. The Birds were unable to find the basket consistently in the first half and only the equal in accuracy of the Georgia boys kept the game from turning into a run away. The Johnsonmen, urged on by the packed house of ardent sup porters, hit their stride in the sec ond half and three times threaten ed to snatch the game from the fa vored Bulldogs. With ten minutes to play, Carolina led by eight points. With five minutes to play, and his team leading, Jimmy Slaughter, the Birds valuable cen ter, fouled out. That was all for the Gamecocks who could already taste the fruits of victory. From this point on Georgia took command of the court and had lit tle trouble in catching up with the faltering Birds. oss town to get Cleaning Service? the Campus espe ts' convenience. FOR STUDENTS at. 9-1 RSITY IRY CLEANING fICE The Cannen.