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JO MOLONY, Sports Editor LlOYD RUNTINGTON JACK MORGAN As't Sports Editor , . Intramural Editor LEONARD DUCKETT. Sports Fe"Aure Editor Its A Lotta Bolony BY Joe iWolony We're Going Places Carolina now has the bold new look. A lot's happened since The Gamecock last went to press. We have a new head coach, a new baseball coach, a boxing coach who re signed to attend school here and who will fight for USC next season, an All-American returning to complete school and two new Athletic Department officials. The changes were swift and unexpected, but they're ex pected to pt;t the school on the map. But Where? Coach Turner has already said there will be no more pro fessionalism in sports here. He has improved the schedule by playing Notre Dame, Michigan and other national power houses. And he's eliminated spring training-all done in one day. Those changes, drastic as they may sound, are just what the doctoi ordered. No longer will the football team play such lowly schools as Baylor, Georgia Tech or Wake Forest. It's the big boys they're after. To Hell-With Football All of this will help, no doubt, but what about the imme diate future of Carolina? The best thing that could happen would be to do away with football and make golf a major sport. There's no bodily contact among the linksmen and we've had several complaints from footballers that there's a horrible odor in the dressing rooms after a game. This is uncalled for. Why expose good, clean and wholesome young men to foreign odors. It's absurd. By eliminating football, the boys who're forced to eat at Steward's Hall will be freed from the ordeal. They'll be able to pick their eating establishment. Incidentally, Doug Bronme; the Rice Henge, Je Patronc Jack ao r &n l -e are presumably behind the movement of doing away with college football. They want the fothll bines.Thy'v heard how heavy the footb.Urs eat. Males P -i ith Females? Quite a problem greeted ch Cliff on his first day as head copch here. The girls from the Tri Delt and Pi Phi sororities demanded representation on Carolina's varsity team. The new coach is in a dilemma. Should he allow the girls to play alongside the boys, or shouldn't he? To settle the question he took a vote of the football players. They voted against iL. Today, a slogan is being used by the girls: WYWhy can't we play with the boys?" This writer can see no reason why they shouldn't play with the male sex. It not only would be unnatural, but it'd be unconstitutional! With girls and boys playing with each other on the Capon football team there's no telling how far the Capons would go in '49. The renovation would eliminate low blocking, needless to say, and the Birds could thereby roll, almost at will. Officials and opposing players would be more kindly to each other, personal appearances would be all-important and the stinking locker rooms would be a thing of the past. Thus, the sport could be saved at Carolina if women wvere officially allowed to play with the men. SOME BOLONY The Southern Invitational Boxing tournament was a flop in every sense of the word. It won't be held next year. BQxing is going to be abandoned at Miami, LSU, Georgia, The Citadel, Maryland, and Georgetown while South Carolina hangs on. Former Coach Jess Alderman is working out these days. He's resigned his position as boxing coach to get his college degree. He'll fight 155 next year as Jim Briggman moves up to 165. Manager Gregg Hitopolous took his place as coach. . . . Frank Chibbara, whom we mentioned in the column last week saying he'd fix you up, has fired himself up. After a month in business for himself, Frank is now operating the Sky-line Club on the roof of Cornell Arms, which was completed early this week-five months ahead of schedule. He has eight waiters, two waitresses and 15 hos tesses to take care of you now. . . . Clifford Turner's first comment after he was elected as head football coach here was: "I know you." . . . Coach Hitopolous has had Joe Louis down at the gym working on his heavyweight hopeful. The Brown Bomber thinks footballer Pete Campassi will be a whale of a heavyweight one of these days. . . . Divorcees Campassi and Grady Decell can be seen wearing black around the campus these days. Their wives divorced them after they lost in the SIBT last week. They're in mourning for their wives for they feel the girls don't know what they're missing. . .. Former Coach Jess Alderman was sorry to see Jim Briggman beat Ed Relder in the tournament. He real ized Relder had a perfect record and why should an unknown quality like Briggman beat a knockout artis.t? Reider was sorry, too. The only happy person was the Maryland's coach'r-he was tired of seeing Relder win. It got monotonous, 'COGBURN'S GRILL -The Business Men an liege Boys' Choice at mes lity a Variety .j *'e Here ' Try One of Delicious Lunches And Yo ' Be k for More. 7 SUMTE ST. N toethe Fire tien Capon Petoskey Accepts Cincy Post - Beggs Takes Over Club' Coach Ted Petoskey left his post as baseball coach here to ac.epta job as manager of the Cincinnati National League Reds. He sue ceeds Bucky Walters. Petoskey's job was filled- by Joe Beggs, former Cincy pitching star, who was supposed to manage Charleston (W. Va.) of the Inter state league. Beggs ias in spring training here. Petoskey was sorry to leave Carolina but he was more sorrier to replace Bucky Walters, whom he coached it Michigan in 1946. Owner Warren Giles of the Reds contacted Petoskey and offered him a contract immediately after the Gamecocks beat Cincinnati 8.0 here Wednesday. Petoskey will carry Walker An derson, Bill Mace and several other pitchers with him to Cincinnati. All of the Gamecock hurlers im pressed Cincinnati officials, who, after the game with Carolina, put Blackwell, Vander Meer and Black burn on the trAding block. Beggs considered his appoint ment as successor to Petoskey one of his biggest breaks in baseball. He was on his way to managerial fame with the Cincinnati organiza tion, some claimed, but he thinks there's more opportunity at South Carolina than with the Reds. He remarked that he'd never seen a nicer looking pitching staff than Carolina's in his long association with the game. Meeks Will Play Center For '49 Capon Gridsters Good news greeted Coach Clif fqrd Turner's first day as head football coach here. Brysnt Meek, All-American center in 1946, real ly wasn't graduated from Carolina -it was all a mistake. Meeks, who was former student lbody president and a membar of numerous honor fraternities as well as a football and basketball player, lost count of his credits in 1946 because his extra curricular activities kept him too busy. He was mixed up on his credit standing. Meeks' arrival caused much con cern in the Bird camp since Bishop Strickland, former star halfback who :witched to fullback, has been holding down the center position remarkably well and is a fixture there. Meek, will probably play second string to Strickland. "Meeks will offer ample protec tion for Strickland," Coach Tur ner said. "He may be switched to fullback because we're weak there. Irregardless, Strickland is my first string center and Meeks will have to adapt himself to some other posi tion if he doesn't wish to play see ond string center." Capon Coach Beggs Is Tops Baseball coach Joe Beggs of the Capons was rated one of the best relief pitchers in the game. He started with the New York Yan kees and ended up with the Cin cinnati Reds--both of 'em were World Champions while he was with them. He was a reliefer, but he must've been valuable. World Series slices just don't grow on trees. PATR NE'S UNIi C NERS PRESSING H] HAVE YO MAKE GA ) WE O AU 1209 Pen tn Streel Phone s Whi Carolina's Ne Shown above is Clifford Turner succeeded Rex Enright as football been associated with the game for Carolna a definite threat against teams scheduled for 1949. (Officl Harris.) Cliff Turner Enright As 4 By AN ALLEGED WRITER Clifford Turner, the staunchest of Gamecock followers, was elected head football c9ach at the Univer sity of South Carolina by unani mous vote of the Board of Trus tees yesterday afternoon. Turner succeeds Rex Enright, who left to accep, a job as Athletic .Director of Notre Dame. Turner is familiar to Gamecock followers through his various gyra tions during calisthenics. He in noted for one all-important state ment: "Johnny Lujack is a great passer." Through Turner's per suasion. Enright converted Lujack from quarterback to center. Lu Jack's passing was too good to go to waste. Turner is planning to install a new formation at South Carolina. He calls it the "Gyration lineup," in which the players wind them selves up like clocks, explode forth and completely fool the opposition, who don't know where the explod ing men will land. The only catch to the formation is the Gamecock players don't know where they'll end up either. It's backfired sev eral times and the player found himself 20 yards behind the line of scrimmage. He lost his sense of direction. However, Turner isn't discouraged and he said, "We're going to use It, anyhow. The players just arne't used to it yet." The switch from Enright to Tur ner was anticipated for some years. Lujack persuaded Enright to take the Job at Notre Dame after being notified that he'll be head coach of the Irish. Enright reluctantly ac cepted. In parting, Enright said, "Turner's a fine man for the Job. ERSITY QUALITY and ERS YOU WAIT OD's DYED TS WATER PERATI S Columb S. C. 3-.442 p C v ffead Coach commonly known as "Cliff," who coach at the university. Cliff has some time and his presence makes Notre Dame and the other major al USC photo by Manning "Geek" Rel ive irA CO--.Aachi He follows the team closer than any other person around here and he's popular with the fans." Upon Turner's appointment, a new revised schedule was an nounced for 1949. Carolina will still play North Carolina and Georgia Tech, but the others were dropped. Notre Dame, Northwest ern, Michigan, Illinois, SMU, Army, Navy and The Citadel have been added. Some claimed Turner scheduled the Citadel as the last game to give his team a breather for the following season. But he spiked the rumors by predicting: "We'll win at least nine of the ten games, but I'm worried about The Citadel more than any other team." After this statement, the coach ing staff openly revolted. They In formed Turner that Notre Dame was supposed to be better than The Citadel, but the new coach wouldn't beiv it and he remained adamant. "If we beat The Citadel," he argued, "we will be ready for 1950. It will give the boys con fidence and a happy reminder to keep during the off-season. The others are just breathers compared with those Bulldogs." With this parting shot, Turner proceeded to lead his men through calisthenics amid much hubbab in the stands. The spectators got a good laugh when Turner, losing his sense of direction momentarily, found himself leading a strange group through exercises-it was the Powder Bowl teams, not his varsity squad. Turner Calls For More Push-upa Clifford Turner, fqptball coach who relieved Rex Eunright, is start. ing numerous new project. with the Capons, but probably the most unique Is his idea of having anl hour and a half of calisthenics and 15 minutes of actual football prao. tice. The new coach is a calis thenic addict and he also loves to shoot basketball at halftime. He. may be in line for Frank Johnson'. job, also. Capitol Bowling C tre t Marion 20 EYS for ye tion and LU EONE DELICIO SANDWICHUB, LALADS. SUNDAM ama SODAS 0 einnati Anderson Scatter Sei By JOB I Magnificent pitching plus t unknowns gave the Gamecocki over the Cincinnati Reds We tice game at Capital City parl Boyle Ineligible; Pete Campassi To Get Fullback Job By What'n The Hell You Car. John Boyle, freshman dcking sensation who was voted on four All-American teams last year, is not eligible to play football for South Carolina in 1949, Coach Clifford Turner announced today. Boyle was ruled ineligible be cause he passed too many subjects last semester. "Football players are supposed to pass only nine hours," Captain Ralph Needham, Athletic Regis trar, said. "Boyle passed 10, there fore he's ineligible." Boyle's size 12 brogans will be tough to fill these days, but Coach Turner isn't too worried. He's al ready signed up Pete Campassi to fill in for Boyle. Campasel's Ready Campassi, a boxer by trade, has always been interested in football, but he hasn't reported because his wife refused to allow him to. But now that he's divorced and a free mau again. he has inm say-so and has elected to forsake boxing for football. Campassi - lost his wife after he was beaten in the South ern Boxing Tournament last week. The Mrs. complained that she wouldn't live with a loser, even though Pete and his friends per suaded her he wasn't beaten badly. Campassi is a solidly built man and should play a lot of fullback for Coach Turner, who announced that Pistol Pete is his man for the job next season. Although he weighs only 125, Campassi can bowl 'em over with his hard plung ing style and he's expected to play 60-minute ball against Notre Dame, Michigan and the rest in 1949. Campassi was forced to leave the boxing team because the competi tion was too strong. Manning Har ris, former university photog rapher, has taken over the 125 pound division and will fight there next year. Coach Gregg Hitop oulos says if Harris can snap his left like he fails to snap pictures then he'll have no worries in the squared circle. Boyle Is Honored After Boyle's departure, Coach Turner announced that the native South Carolinian was voted on four All-American teams while with the freshmen, but he wasn't eligible to be officially named to them be cause of his frosh status. Grantland Rice recently com posed a poem and feature on Boyle which is to be printed in Life, Look and other pictorial magazines some time soon. Bill Stern will do a 15-minute newsreel on Boyle. Stern has been dickering with uni versity officials for Dumas Tur ner's job of announcer. The job is open since Turner recently ac cepted a contract with Paramount SO 'S ST - ec' $1. ort 723 SalSd And Mace ren Hits IOLONY Imely hitting by a couple Of 3 a well deserved 8-0 victory Inesday afternoon in a prt. Walker Anderson and Bill Mace went the distance for Carolina and scattered seven Red hits. Ande, son allowed four in four inning and struck out five while Maw allowed three in five innings and fanned two. Neither pitcher al. lowed a base on balls and ths G,aecocka didn't commit an error, Ewell Blackwell went the die. tance for Oincinnati and allowe six hits while fanning six. '* of the hits were home runs, how. ever. Rogers hit one in the sew ond with one on and his first bas. replacement, Adrian King, hit the other in the seventh with none on. King and Rogers are fighting it out for the first base job. Pinch-hitter Henry Berlin got a screaming triple in the eighth, but failed to score. Catcher Johnny Sykes was the leading hitter with two for three. Rightfielder Frank Sherer got the other Carolina hit. Ted Klusewski and Frankie Baumholtz got three hits apee for the Reds, but their mates couldn't back them up. Blackwell was credited with the lGrs while Aiderson got the vie tory for Caroliua. Warren Giles, owner of the Reds, said after the game it was the last time he'd paay a Pets key-nehed team. The pithing was too good for his major lea guers, he claimed. The Gamecocks had been beaten by Michigan State earlier in the week becauzo of an error of omi sion by an umpire. The =np failed to call a play at first bas". He said he couldn't make up .s mind so he just did nothing. As a result, the Gamecock runner get impatient and left the base. He was immediately tagged out and it ended the ball game with CarO lina behind 1-0 after Cy Szakesi had pitched a fwo-hitter. The Gamecocks will rest a month until Bo Hagan is ready to pitch and then they'll take on the Detroit Tigers, who will interrup their major league schedule for a special trip to South Caroline. Petoskw.~ was called by telephone b Wa~r Briggs, Tiger owner, immediately after the Cincinnati game. Briggs expressedl confi dence -that Carolina could enter the major leagues as a replace ment for the St. Louis Browns but Petoskey said he wouldn't play, 5o the idea was dropped. pictures to star in a singing role in "Prestidigitator's Plight." Ue is currently starring in the Broad way hit, "Annie Get Your Gun." . Knowing these facts on Boyle, Coach Turner was willing to let the star plunging back go. Eq's very much interested in his players' future, he says, and he feels Boyle will have a better future in his, new job as head coach at Clemson College. K-HOUSE zing In - STEAKS ers idw es 5 Points