The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 11, 1949, Page Page Seven, Image 7
JOE MOLONY, Sports Editor
LLOYD HUNTINGTON JACK MORGAN
Ass't Sports Editor Intramural Editor
LEONARD DUCKETT, Sports Feature Editor
It's No Bolony
By
Joe Molony
Looking Into the Future
Around this time every :,ear there's a lull in the national
sports scene. 1aseball spring training camps are buzzing
with activity. but it's all preparatory for the coming sea
son. Spring training in football continues at a hot pace, but
it's just an excuse to keep the athletes in condition. And
teams are being considered for the national tournaments to
be held shortly.
The same holds true for Carolina. The baseball team is
preparing for its opener against* Newberry Wednesday,
spring training continues' with added vigor since Johnny
Lujack came to the scene, basketball is over and the boxing
team is recuperating from a 6%-1/' 2 whipping from LSU.
So, let's take advantage of the break, catch our breath
and do a little speculating:
Just what chances have we in baseball this season? How
about our boxing team? What about the prospects for the
coming football season?
Taking them in order, we can see little improvement in
[he current baseball club from the 1948 bunch that won six
and lost 14. But Coach Ted Petoskey is over-optimistic
about the team-that is, when he uses a bunch of "ifs" be
lore his predictions. The team could roll IF Petoskey had
the pitching.
But no new pitchers have turned up, even though much
power has been added with Jack Couch's return as a catcher
after a year's layoff. Until the pitching shows drastic
improvement, Petoskey'll have to sit back and' hope for
the best.
The boxing team's plight is a complicated one. Coach Jess
Alderman has a job envied by no one. le's been continually
weakened by injured key boxers throughout the season.
LIe's lacked the depth enjoyed by LSU, Maryland and Vir
ginia-the powerhouses in the South. His only hope has
been to develop his men this season and that's hard to do
against experienced opponents.
Despite these handicaps, Alderman has succeeded in
giving Carolina a boxing team it can be proud of. There's
a lot of spirit and fight among the boxers that can't be
denied-and they never give up.
The football team' is another problem. Coach Rex En
right has indicated many times that he was pointing to
1950. Well, 1949 is here, and he's scheduled some of the
nation's best teams. His line still can't be compared with
North Carolina's, Maryland's, Georgia Tech's or Wake
F"orest's.
The backfield should be stronger with Big'Johnny Boyle
alternating with Bo Hagan at quarterback -in applying
Lujack's pointers and Tommy Woodlee, Bishop Strickland,
Steve Wadiak and a host of others around to do a little
running.
But still the lin'e problem hasn't been settled. Enright
has switched Red Wilson from offensive end to tackle to
offset Bill Estes' loss. Even, Enright will tell you that
hiM club isn't too much stronger up front than it was last
year.
All of this speculation may be idle talk, for we've failed
to take one thing into consideration--the human element.
If the baseball, boxing and football- teams wvere to acquire
that little something extra and become "fired up" to their
tasks-and if they were supported wholeheartedly by their
studlent body--then there's no telling what maty happen on
the sports front between ,1949 and 1950.
NO BOLONY
Al Grygo's long association with the school will end after
spring training when he leaves his job as backfield coach
to go into .the restaurant business for himself' at Kingstree.
He leaves behind him an enviable record--both as a coach
and as a playd'r . . . D)on Willis, winner in our Sportsquiz
contest, forgot to sign his name td the first answer sheet
he sent in. He p)romptly mailed another with the same
answers with his signature attached and won the contest...
it should be Miami and LSU in the Southern invitational
tournament here later in the month. Miami whipped The
Citadel 6',-1% and LSU beat us by the same count...
H-ere's an item from Sports Extra: "Admitting that the
basketball "freeze" lends suspense to a closely contested
game, Hert Lee, editor of Sports Extra, of fers what he
terms as a technical objection to this last-minute-holding
of-the-ball. He thinks that any team that tries to win a
ggme by applying a cemplete "f,reeze" is making a bad tac
tical error. When one team starts to use this technique the
other team knows that it has nothing to fear defensively.
Its only task is to get p)ossession and shoot With the,de
fense completely relaxed, the opposing team often does shoot
and wins the ball game." Mr. Lee should've seen the George
Washington-South Carolina game (from what we hear).
Would his face be red! . . . Earl Dunham's freshman base
ball team will begin practice soon after spring practice. We
hear Boyle can pitch baseball, too . . . We wouldn't be too
surprised if a recent graduate were offered Grygo's vacated
job (just a rumor, mind you.) . . . A new golf coach will be
hired shortly. We understand Dick Anderson and Red Bal
lentine are being considered . . . A new tennis coach should
be named soon, too . . . A new press box (don't get excited,
not a new plant, just a hole drilled in 'the Melton Field press
box) to house the baseball scorers is being planned.. No
more sitting in the rain trying to decj'pher a water-blurred
scorebook. 0! Happy day! ...pecial praise should go to
Keith Crlbb, sienior basketball guard, who always plays his
steady game. but is seldom given credit for it. Cribb
will be around in baseball playing under the Garnet and
Black colors for the last time. He's (lone a fine job-period..
Gamec4
Baseball Team Op
Wednesday With l
By JOE
The University of South
open its 1949 season against
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Festival in Johnston, S. C.
The game wasn't a regularly
icheduled one, but the officials of
the festival requested that the two
top state teams play as one of the
main attractions of the day. It
will be the opening game for both
teams.
After the first month's practice,
Coach Ted Petoskey reports that
his team is ready offensively, but
its defense will depend upon the
Llevelopment of the pitchers. No
notable newcomers have been add
Ld to the Gamecock pitching staff,
which yielded over seven runs
average a game while the team
won 6 and lost 14 last seasdh.
Bill Camp, workhorse of the
itaff, will probably get the start
ing assignment against Billy La
val's perennially-strong Indians.
Hle led the pitchers in just about
Lvery department last year
worked in 10 of the 20 games, and
woni three while losing. six.
A couple of newcomers will be
ieen i!, the Birds' starting lineup.
Freddie Bargiacchi, flashy little
second baseman last year, didn't
return to school. His position is
being sought by Rusty Stephens;
Pete Lane, Ernie Lawhorn, Chuck
Gibson and Joe Ingram. Ingram
has been looking exceptionally good
in practice and he may be used
here.
Probably the strongest addition
to the team is Jack Couch. Couch,
an outfielder by rights, will handle
the catching. He didn't. play last
year, but in 1947 he led the team
in practically every slugging de
partment. Couch is noted for 'his
strong throwing arm, a catching
weakness that's plagued Petoskey
since he came here last year.
The other positions will find let
termen returning to fill them. Joe
Johnston at first, Jim Pinkerton,
who hit .323 last year, will play
third base, Johnny Sykes, a .308
hitter, returns to short and Keith
Cribb, Barney Dusenbury, who hit
.311 in '48, and Captain Harry
Parone, team's leading hitter last
year with .342, round out one of the
strongest hitting teams in the con
ference.
Behind Camp, Petoskey can
count on pitchers, Frank Sherer,
Dean Rivers, Tom Mace, Henry
Berlin, Jim Fisher and Walker
Anderson, for relief duty.
Cy Szakacsi and Bo Hagan will
be late rounding into condition be
eause of basketball and football
spring training. The same may
hold true for outfielders Cribb and
Parone, but if they aren't ready,
Bill Swann, Gus Allen, Bobby Rog
ers and several others will be
av'ailable to fill in.
After the Newberry opener, the
Gamecocks play Michigan State,
lDuke, North Carolina, Clemson,
Furman and The Citadel in a
series of games. Each of the Sou
thern Conference teams in the
state will be.played four times as
the Big Four begins to operate
this season1.
Yale Wins In floarin' 20s'
Mighty Yale of 1921-1922 came
to Carolina and showed how base
ball should be played. Yale won
both tinmes 15-10 and 8-1.
The ma jority of fo lks en
gaged in the privately-owuned,
taw-paying, utility/ field make a
career of providing adequate
and dependable serieces eaual
able for their company's cua
tomers.
About 500 of this company's
folk. have fiv, or more years
of service - their aoeiemalated
year. of .erviee totals more
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KOLONY
Carolina baseball team will
the Newberry Indians Wed
at the annual Peach Blossom
Trackmen Open
Nine-Meet Card
Against Georgia
The University of South Caro
lina's track team has only three
more weeks to get ready for Geor
gia's Bulldogs, whom they meet
here April 2 to -open their 1949
season.
The team is gradually rounding
into shape, although Coach Weems
Baskin hasn't been able to give
his undivided attention to the
trackmen because of spring train
ing.
Ben ' Badger, pole vaulter, and
Tommy Woodlee, dash man, have
already indicated they're out for
individual honors this year as Bad
ger tied for first place in the in
door meet at Chapel Hill and
Woodlee won the 60 yard dash.
THe nine-meet card is as fol
lows:
April 2, Georgia, here; 9,
Davidson, there; 16, N. C. State
at Raleigh, N. C.; 23, Clemson,
there; 30, Presbyterian, here.
Also, May 7, Furman, here; 13
14, South Carolina state meet,
Clinton; 20-21, Southern Confer
ence Meet, Chapel Hill, N. C'., and
May 28, Interconference Meet, At
lanta, Ga.
Petoskey's Old Team Whips
His New One
The Toronto Maple Leafs of the
International league beat Carolina
13-3 in 1942.
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Sportsquiz
Don Willis from Fountain Inn
became the first Sportsquiz winner
last week as he named three of the
four athletes. He missed only "The
Antelope" who was Emil Verban,
Chicago Cub second baseman. Wil.
lis was sent two free passes to the
Carolina theatre.
Billy Kincaid, Johh Belissary
and Rex Herring also got three of
four right, but their answers
weren't received until after Willis',
so they had to be content with run
ner-up honors.
The answers: 1-Nile Kinnick,
All-American halfback with Iowa.
"Kinnick Connects." 2-Hugh
Mulcahy. formerly of 'Phillies.
First major leaguer drafted. 3
Emil Verban. 4-Dom DiMaggio.
Boston Red Sox centerfielder, was
the "Little Professor."
Getting easier all the time,
Sportsquiz, through the sponsor
ship of Dave Garvin and the Caro
lina theatre, shoots these four at
you this week. (Get three of them
right, first winner received gets
the tickets. Address your answers
to Sports Editor, The Gamecock,
Campus.)
I-Everybody knows the late
Babe Ruth. But how many of
you know who played right field
for the New York Yankees before
Ruth joined the team?
2-Who was known as "Big
Sig?" He's in the Hall of Fame
at Cooperstown and one of the
greatest pitchers of all time.
3-What present-day golfer, al
ways among the top money win
ners, was a major league out
fielder around 15 years ago? He
fought ]No, 4 answer for the posi
tion-and lost.
4-What outfielder, who retired
around ten years ago and who
played in three world series with
the world champions, was known
as "Twinkletoes?"
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The Gamecock boxers will t
tombrrow night at 8 o'clock it
biggest grudge fights of the
match. 5-3, Feb. 18, at Athe:
Coach Jess Alderman reports
that his team is in fine physical
condition, despite its 6%-1%/ loss
to LSU last week. lie did, how
ever, announce one last-minute
switch. Charlie Hall from Cam
den, will fight at 165 pounds in
stead of Sylvester Lewis. It will
be Hall's first appearance in col
lege boxing. He's been working
out all season and looking good in
recent practice. He's new but
should surprise a lot of people.
The Gamecocks, following the
LSU fights, now have a record of
two wins, three losses and one tie.
They beat Tennessee Tech 7-2, tied
The Citadel, 4-4, beat Maryland,
4%-3% and lost to Virginia, 5-3,
Georgia 5-3 and LSU, 6%-1%.
Aside from the Hall substitution,
Alderman's lineup remains the
same as against LSU. 'Georgia is
also expected to use its same team.
Pete Campassi will go against
Farrell, who got the decision the
last time out, even though Cam
passi knocked him down twice.
Joe Stringer, who drew the first
time, will start at 130 pounds and
Grady Decell will attempt to
avenge his loss. against Georgia's
Lee.
Winners, Ray Avant, 145
pounds, and Jim Briggman, 155
ipounds, will attempt to duplicate
their feats at home.
Frank Singleton will again fight
David, who TKO'ed him in the
first 175 pound match at Athens,
although Singleton seemed unhurt
toward the end.
Pete Booth, who put up a game
fight in the heavy division last
time, should make it a close fight
tomorrow night with his added ex
perience.
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Close Hard Season
With Tourney Loss
Carolina s basketball team closed
its season with a 62-45 loss to
George Washington University in
the opening round of the Southern
Conference Invitational tourna
ment at Durham last week. George
Washington then advanced to the
finals where they were beaten by
N. C. State.
Jim Slaughter continued to pace
Bird scorers as he hit the hoops
for 23 points. Henry Martin was
next high scorer with 14 points.
Sometimes showing flashes of
brilliance, sometimes turning cold
altogether, the Bird basketeers
were a fighting team from begin
ning to end. Their won-lost record
of 10-11 included victories over
such teams as Wake Forest, David
son, the University of Georgia,
Furman and Clemson.
Buffalo's Bisons of the Inter
national league defeated S. C. Col
lege in 'baseball 8-6 in 1908.
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