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It's No Bolony By Joe Moloiy Citadel's Lempesis Starred in 30's The Citadel-Carolina boxin,g matches at the field house tomiolow night will feature a lot of "latural" fights. There's Shokes-Campassi in 125, )ecell-IlIarris inl 135, Wig gins-Avant, 145, Lewis-Mattlhews, 175 an(l Rutledge-Ohlandt in heavy. The fights should all be very close and we'd hate to have to pick the winners. ('aptain lDale Matthews of The Citadel is probably the most colorful of the lot. lie's won 19 straight fights and took the Southern ('onference championship three straight years. But ldespite the close competition aid the presence of Matthews, the current crop of fighters can't hold a candle to the best collegiate welterweight in the history of South ('a,rolina-Louis Lempesix. The guy's record is amazing. g li won :12 straight fights in high school without losing, and was undefeated in 29 college bouts. lie was three times Southern Conference champion, advanced to the national semi- finals twice and won the N('-SC Golden (;loves tournaent in ('harlotte. I.muie is a good-looking Greek boY froil Charleston. Box iig hasn't maIrred his featurv%-, ai all and he's now concen trating on law as a professio.i. lie's a regular student at lw school to<ay and stays arlid the top of the class, too. I,ouie started fighting ill tile iigh School of ('harleston in 1932. lie weighed 85 pounds the first time he stepped in the 'irig, won, and kept on winninig. lie was a regular entry in the ('harleston Golden Gloves and won numerous titles until he started college at The ('itadel. Ilis :12 straight high school victories at ('11S has never been equalled in the state. All the while, Louie was under the crutiny of Matty Matthews, who took the black, curly-haired boy into his con fidence and taught him the fundamentals of the manly art. Loluie followed Matty to the ('itadel, wkre ie proceeded to make college boxing history with 2!; straight confernice wills and three coniference championships. His amazing record, smoothe style and gentlemanly conduct in the ring have earned him the reputation of being one of the greatest colleviate boxers ever prle by South ('arolina. lie recalls sever'ai of' h1 is college fights VividlV, but & probably the toughest one he had was against ('arolina's Willis Heall "sometime inr the late 30's," lie claims Lem pesis decisioned the Gamecock boxer, i>ut he still rates Beall at the top of his list. Louie is one of a fami%,ly of three fighting Lempesis brothers, Pete arnd George, but he's considered the best of the trio. Pete and G;eorge arein business for themselves in ('harleston and Pete promiotes senii-prO basketball and foot ball as a sideline. Truly a credit to his state, Iis hometown and his univer sity, Louis Lempesis sho'ild go diown ini the South Carolina l1all of Fame for the brilliant recordi he set in boxing. Ile's noMw a has-been, but his deeds are inot forgotten. NO BOLONY Bob Kahie, )oit Cox, Lip LaTorre, Claude Greene, and the rest of the Hiddie basketball team rm1ay be rated by many as top varsity prospects, and their teai Iay be winning all its gaies, but we wondvir if' thuy'rek iv'lik profiting by their freshimanl expe'irince. We wvonrder if' they 're learrning nmuch against state colleges, 1 'nionr hi schoold, prep schools and r'urn of'-t he- mill clubs. Why the frosh haven't played somie of' lie bettei' c'olleges such as I )irke, N( ', I )avidsoni, etc'., is the $6] quiestiorn. The phiayers have inickate th Iley're aniout ls to play the b)igge'r teams, but it still hasn't happened... Ther'e's a Wiggins-Avant contr'over'sy goinrg onr. it seems that Wiggins' statemierit that he beat Rtay twice anti driew~ once is wronig. In reality, it was r'epor'tedI, Rlay lost to Wig gins when he was 17 arid TIinimy was aroundi 22 and( thre oriiy ot her fight was a driaw. Wiggins chimns a decision, a knock (Dut victory' arid a dr'aw." Anyhow, thre 'onitr'over'sy will be st1 tiedI tormorrow right--anrd Rlay's in t'ine shape . . . Local plapetr's say Wiggins will f'ighit at 135 tomowr'row, but lie told us5 at the rinrgside, imm nedliately after'I thle Mary'hlnd f'ights ini ( 'har'leston, that he was dlefiniitely fight inrg 1-15 .B ill ('anmp f'ai led to come out for' baseball t hiis yeai'. iIe was a valuable man last season and hiis loss will be keenly f'elt. C am P led his teami in ju ist about ev'ery depar'tniernt... ,Qte Gr'ugan of' initr'amurals is pilannrinag air intr'amur'al boxing torur'nramenit, swiminminrg mreet arid track rmeet along with blas ketbiall arid b)aseb)all c'ompletition. le's a dlemon f'or wor'k ...Mrs. .Jones of' Maxey-Gr;iegg park invi~ited winners of' the sc'hool ping-p)ong tournament to p)erformn for the kidls at the p)ark Saturdhay niight. The p)layer's nc'epted .l . Publicists are pushing .Jinm Slaughter, ('y Szakacsi antI Henr'y Martin for all-state honors. WVe know t hr'e mor'e who look as gootd as5 (otheri state pilayer's, Hlib Kahle, l)on ('ox andi( Lip LaTrorn'e -buit they'e 'nreshmeni . . . Off'icialIs are of'ten acculsedl of miiissinrg a play. liut it's riot thIe iniss we condone, it's their inability to get in posit ion to ('all a f'oul loudt an( c'lear'ly a< "'(t hout hesi tat ion. That 's wh'ly Sout herr (ConfIer'ence of fici nieedl a two'( or three''t-wee'tk c'lii annual ly anrd it's why lie association shoul d boost thle r'equinisites' Ion' its r'eferees. Then, we may riot beef Someit int er'est inrg figures will lbt luiblicised soon1 by ItCed fallent ine, purbl ici ty dir'ectorg con en'rninrg the Powdler Howl gamie on th 1 I6thi. The dope in e'ludets the gir'ls' age, weigh t, height, homie t own, ('olor1 of hair and( e'yes and e'very'thiung lbut t heir telephone rnumber, whicith applarently is lied's personial pr'operty . . .l Three fourthis of' Car'ol ina's basebiall t eanm layed sem i-pro bali last suammer anrd dIidl okay f'or t heniselves. .lohnniy Sykes 'ourhI a fford to buy .less A lde'ran's '42 iruic'k withI his biase ball earninrgs. So, adv'ice'to p0lromhiisinrg younrgster's--don't play pro ball1. ,Join the semlii-pros anda you, too, ('an own'1 a '42 iluic(k . . .People who pilarn to see thle Rtutledge-Ohlandt fight tomnorrow art' in~ for a big sur rpr'ise . . .Afew weeks ~kago, Hiill Allen, junrior f'romi ort Mlill, inrser'ted ai plea f'or alil south paws to cI(onitact limi. Ile was foIrminrg a "L ef't Wiriger" basket ball team. Today, Te'd Peloskey, 'oac'h of \he biasebnallI team, i nserts a p lea fo r all southp aws5 to cntact lilim. ;l(i 'r.miri- a baseball learn. Boxig lill Rutledge, Gamecock heavyw fashion as he begins to step over Charlottesville. Rutledge w%-on the Alderman's ! To High Sch< By )ICK CAVALLINI A muscular youth of 14; joined the high school boxing team iln 1927 in the little town of Brook haven, Miss., and went on to winl the Mississippi and Southern A. A. U. title at 118 pounds. This was the preview to an outstanding box ing and coaching career for Jess Aldermai, genial boxing mentor at the University of South Car olina. After his father (lied leaving eight children, less turned profes sional ill 1929 to support the Al derman family. Iln the following yews he fought 97 times before halgill. u his glove. in February, 1934-1. 'erhaps hlis.m1lost important fight was with Michael Liuzza, thell fa mous as the most traveled fighter ill the world. having defeated the Japanese lialtamweight chaipioll ill .apan and the Aistralian cham pion inl Australia. Liiuzza also haild beaten Midget Wialgast, thell balk tamweighi ehampion (if tile world. iln a lon-t itl Ie but, and was givenI ai dr aw wit h Speiei l)adio, who was recognIizedI as thbe greatest hialtami weighlt of t hat era. A ft er ..iza comp Ilete hi Iis toilr ill I1933, .Alider Wake L( Statist ics are tile diest thIinigs on1 ak sports1 page. But a fellowv knmed Wi lliamlson is dinilg okay wit h the stilff, so we'll thIIr4ow a few ist-Cali olina1 foot ball game of lnext fall and4 Yk youlln take 'eml or leave tiI tIhe basis o f past per forman1 lc( dlat ing back to I1909. -the gafine sholdi bei a toss-LLp. Th'ey've spl1it evenl inl 18 gamies and1( tieid two. Bult if last year's 39-0) Wake 1'orest willn i ay criterion, t hell you cani throw thle book away. And they say the I)eaconls will be even better ill 1949. P'oinlt totals show WVake For'est aheadi( 240-20)8 and1 inl thle past tell year s the I)encs have won)h six out oIf nlinei and1 tiied two. IRex lin right 's recird akgainlst W~ake is t wo wills agin ilst live losses an one 01 tie. So, if you're ai gambhler thell ne4x t faill. Hut remembelh)r whlat hiapl for Shoes that look like new vist ROBERTS SHOE IEP~AIltING SEIIV ICE NEXT TO CITY IRiE DEPT. 1319 Sumter S. Team Hands Up! !ight, is caught in the act. His I his fallen Virginia foe ind reach decision. (Official USC photo by success Stor >olDays AsB( imn fought him in New Orleanls. The fight was close and hard 4'.. .. C.: . I : . .., ... : . 1.. . l puted dcisi;n. Fight fanls in New Orleans clamored for a rematch and the two were o meet on a program that billed Max Haer in an exhibition but th pr ilomoters failed to sign liuzza, and Alderman lever miet the famous traveler agai n1. Ot her outstandiniv A lderman fights were with Lester Cronin, with whom he drew and Midget Ferris, pride of the west coast, whom he TKO'd in the third round. .less also staged a thrilling battle with ,Jimmy Perrin in 1933 but lost another close decision. Perrin became the featiherweiglt cham pionl of tie world in his next fight. A fter losing to Perrin, Jess be gall a streak of 5t6 wins, one of the longest inc boxiig history. Inl his earlier fights he had fought witi out at manager or trainer, but now Ihe was guided by the famou1. e. s Whcitey Esneanlt, acid trained( byv lied WValsh, concsidered1 by~ miany as t he gieatecst trcaincec ofI all t imne. Whenc~c AIdermcanc was inc the ads USC In Gr pecned ~in 194EC and(49t47. 'The liirds locst i5-0 ~in '4I c;and cacme back thec tollowc~inig yeari to Cu ipset t he IDeaconts 41-t. IFooutball's a fuccnyx gamie as llere's lihe Wake-C'arac recorid fromit I909-48: 1909-I'S( 0, Wake Forest 8. 191 0-I'SC ii, Wake Forest 0. 191E-I' 10, Wake Forest 3. 1913-'Sc' 27. Wake F"orest 10. 1914I-L'S( 26, Wake Forest 0. 1916-US(' 7. Wake Forest 33. 1923-lUSC I4, Wake Forest 7. 192l-US(' 7. Wake Forest 0. 1932-L'SC' 0, W%ake Forest 6. 938-USC 19. Wacke Forest 20. 1939-U'SC 7. Wake Forest 19. 1940-US(' 6, Wake Forest 6. 1911-USC 6, Wake Forest 6. 1912-USC 33, Wake Forest II. I9l3-I S 13, Wake Forest 2. 1981-L(' 13, Wake Forest 19. 1945--I'S( 13, Wake Forest 13. 1916-U' 0, Wake F'orest 35. 19t7-US(' 6, Wake Forest 0. 19 18--l'MC 0, Wake Foresi 38. NVeets tnds are raised in typical holdup the neutral corner last Monday at Teal and Harris.) Dates Back >xing Champ spring of his career, Leon Nlatisi began hounding him for a match at flovaltisai. a little town in Louis iana. Finally he consented to meet Hogalusa's fighter and traveled to Louisiana to K() him in four rounds. It was freezing February weather and the heating system of the baarit-ilke stiructuIe in which they fought was poor and inade quate. hat iight Alderman Caught cold inl his ear and mastoiditis de veloped. Under O-etors' orders, he never fought again, ending at the young age of 22, a great fighter's boxing dreams. Shortly afterward, Alderman en tered the University of Mississippi and became the boxing coach and trainer of the football team. At the school he earned an A.B. in biology and an1 M.A. in physical eduication attelnding classes while holding the ai iove-men t ioned posi tions. Ii 1947 Jess became the Univer sity of South Carolina's boxing coach and promnptly led Ray .Avant, Il'ete (Canmpassi,. and F.lerson Vow Ier toa thI e Sou the ril conerence tournament titler' at 115. 125. and I :0 poundis resptect ively. (I Series FIVE POINTS PUROL Service St ation For EFICIENT FRIENDLY SERVICE Ilenry "Hank' Rey nolds Proprietor Watches Dimamonds B. B. HARMON Jeweler Watch, (lock and JeweIry Repairing Telephone 4-1522 2L21 D)evine St. Five Points Columbia, S. C. &Clocks Jewelrv itadel S Birds Will Be Tr Against Undefeate Ol<d feuds will Htre up agai start when Carolina's boxinlg Bulldogs from The Citadel t( the LIIiversity fiel<d house. Last year The Citadel took a (lose duall Imleet from the lBi rds. 4 to :11:, th tn went oi to beat Caroliuia oit for the Southeril ('o fereice crownl. Some of the individual Carolina fighters will be tryinLr to settle old sVores when Ilhey taigle \itl tle Bluildog mittminl. Hiarold Shokes,. fightilig for The Citadel inl the 125-11. elass, hldds :I decisioll OVVF Pete Campassi. and Timmy \\-ig gills, at 1.15 pouids, reportedly ha a decision, knockout, ain(d a drawi againist Carolina's Itay A valt while both lfit tlled lloys were ill the N a vy. The last bout of Ie ('venig will le the ILlbb-er mt het eent amIi - cock heavy weight Haill 1.I ledg-v and Biill "Gunner"-l 0h1lndt 4f thet Charleston team. Utitledge dci sionled Ohlanldt in a (d ua I mat-ch at The Citadel last year but Oh landt came back in the Southern Conference to nIllaillelnt in CuII m bia to outpoint t liut ledge for tlie voliference championship. Another fight that hias beconi- a st rong con t rove sy let weeI fa II of the two schools is the Sylvestei Lewis-Dale latthews scrap in tihe l65-lb. division. Matthews has loting been the creatm of tie crop in1 his weight, wilnlig 19 college fights withoutt a setback, while L.ewis is of a comparat ively unkiowin ah her. Al er v.aitinv out a year In eligibility, Lewis has woli olte anld drew one ill his only fights fot tlie Garnet and Black this year. lit will finld inl Matthews a smooth boxer, a sharp and powelfulI pIunliber, a smart ring general with a victory string that wIll be hld to break. USC in Good Shape All Carolina fighters -houtld it iln top physical shiapt ill spite (f their grueling mlatches with thle power fll Virginia teaml. All of the bouts with the Cavaliers were hard-fought and close all tihe way with onie poinlt determil.ilig the "Lut. volle of some. l'ete Ca"impassi. Hiarry TI'eilt. anld i ill ".1tledei won their fights while SYlv-est L.ewis gainied a draw. .I(o Striiget and Rav Avanit lo,t I very arrow Teill ple, a ewcomer I t Ca looktd tspiat lly ireit s lie detrdog agatinist a htear iet tIpponent, bu upseli~t thlt Idd t when lt hei poumi COOBURIa TIhe Business Men (Choice at Quality ar Origin a Try One of Our And Yoiu'l IHe 1317 S1O II Next D)oor to Your Headquartel Sport Cardi Sla Jayson Crosby Sqi GR A Y Distinctive 1347 M2 Page Seven aturday ing For Revenge d Bulldog Squad 11 -")d HoW ,mies will gOt their (httin'cockns 1neet the strong TiMITOW Hight at 8 1). m. in ed I th \i I k a boy into sbulbmis tin wo by a TKO. Rutledge, a much improved boxer 1Vlr la-t yea.,. ti),k a clear-cut de (iSion (V'l h ioppOnent and had him mi the canva- in the third riurid. iampaIl ,si'j fi ht was close. but f'itre \wis 1ever m11uch doubt al"iut It outc(mlei. ('itadel Primed The ( ' itadel, toll, seemls to be primed for I he c(iming bouts. Fresh rli a 5-: vi(toI .Ver the Mary 1,a1d Wld Lie,they are(- poinltinig Ior Carolina. Shokts lost a de cison to SIlkwski, tihe Maryland fightir1that Camlipassi beat last yri 1111. the c(lfelence Crown. TilinlnY Wiggins liVed up to his miance r notices by taking Qtirtrochi, classy KO artist from MlarYland. QuatttOCchCi had won 10 straiglht fights, most of them by the knockIt'l.'t1 route, before losing to Carolina's Elersi Fowler in the tournament finals last year. Dale Matthews and Bill Ohlandt showed their expected form and emerged wit b elear decisions. Lineups Juggled A few changes inl the line-ups imairk tle eve of the fight with both oachIs tryi ng to get the best work ing umlbinations from their s(Iltiads. For Carolina, Harry Tern pe has been moved down to 155 pounds and Sylvester Lewis to 165 to fill up the gap left by the ini 'ligilility (of Red Douglas. Frank Slinglttoi wll fight at 175. Fr The Citadel, Harold Shokes will return to the 125 lb. class and Hlarry H1itopoulos will take his place at 1:30. Cliff Harris wil! weigh in at 1:5 and Timnmy Wig virs will be it 145. T'he ctoiplete probable lineups folliw: 125 Caimpassi USC I vs. Shoes. 4:0- Stringer t USC) vs. lliitipullos. :15 - I 'cell i USC i vs. Har 115 A vait i USC) vs. Wig gi his . 5~I - - HI'lempl ( USCO vs. IIkatley. 1I5 Lewi. 1'SC> vs. Mat 175 -Singleton i USC, vs. and College lioys' All Timies id Variety te Here l)elicious L unches l~Ick for More. he F"ire Station SON'S rs For Sportswear Coats gans cks Shirts are Shoes SON'S W1e?'s Wear dlN ST.