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BoxingTel NCAATou By LLOYD H A crashing blow was delivei lina boxing team when it was men definitely would not entE Boxing tournament later this Injuries to key men, Ray forced cancellation of the Gai annual tournament in which champion is decided each yea: Coach Jess Alderman, who is out of town, could not be reached for a complete story on the details of the cancellation but it was un derstood that the team voted against the trip. Avant, 145-lb. champion in the Southern Invitational Tournament rehurt an old back injury in his first fight of the tournament but gamely stuck it out to bowl over his opponents and win the cham pionship in a close decision over Buddy Bourgeois, the pride of LSU's tournament champions. Briggman sprained his right hand in pulling the most startling upset of the SIB tournament by decisioning Eddie Reider, Mary land's classy 155-pounder. Reider had previously been unbeaten in collegiate boxing and was highly favored over the Carolina boxer. Briggnian, who lost a close decision to the Marylander early in the season, fought back to survive a first-round knockdown and come back and win a unanimous de cision. The loss of either boy would have seriously impaired the Birds' chances of taking team honors; the loss of both of them would have been fatal to any chance that the Aldermen had of taking any hon ors at all. Avant, a senior, went to the NCAA tournament two years ago and proved himself one of the bet ter collegint 145-pounders in the country although he lost his sec ond fight of the tournament by a close decision. His record in three years of fighting under the Gar net and Black colors is one of the best in the history of boxing at the university. He still has one year of eligibility left but is un decided whether or not he will re turn to school. Briggman's record, while not quite as illustrious, shows perhaps the most improvement of any fighter on the team. Last year as a freshman he was totally unhn pressive but Alderman worked arduously with him and the long grueling hours of sweat and strain paid off. The Reider upset proves that it did4 A terrific counter - puncher, Briggman still has two years left with the Bird team and could pos sibly develop into the best man on the team. PATRONE'S UNI~ ~ CLEANERS ~PRESSING HAVE YOU] MAKE GARM REPE WE DO AL 1209 Pendleton Streel Phone im Cancels rneyEntry UNTINGTON ed to supporters of the Caro announced that the Bird mitt r the National Intercollegiate month. Avant and Jim Briggman, necock's proposed trip to the the National Intercollegiate Net Team Plays Wofford Today In Spartanburg The tennis team gets its third and fourth state tests against the Wofford Terriers today in Spar tanburg and The Citadel in Char leston tomorrow. The team met Presbyterian and Clemson Wed nesday and Thursday. The netters have been running hot and cold this season. They started the season with an impres sive 8-1 win over Richmond, March 31, dropped an 8-1 match to David son the next day, lost to North Carolina 7-2 on April 2 and beat strong Wake Forest 4-3 Monday. The win over the favored Deacons there was unexpected. Carolina's No. 1 man, Ben Tur ner, was unable to play and Wake was favored. But the doubles com bination of Fred Atkinson-Ray Long took the deciding. match and gave the Birds the 4-3 victory. Probable lineup today: Ben Tur ner, No. 1; Fred Atkinson, No. 2; Theo Constan, No. 3; George Roth, No. 4; Ray Long, No. 5; Turner Atkinson, No. 1 doubles and Con stan-Roth, No. 2 doubles. Wake Forest match results: Fred Atkinson. U.S0; def-Pted John Hamrick 6-3, 3-6, 10-8. Theo Constan, USC, defeated McNeil Watkins 7-5, 7-5, 0-6, 7-5. George Roth, USC, defeated Tinker Williams 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Terry Munford, WF, defeated Ray Long 6-1, 6-2. Buck Bunn, WIF, defeated Bobby Briggs 6-0, 6-2. Bunn-Munford, WF, defeated Constan-Roth 7-5, 6-4. A"'iwun-Long, USC, defeated Hamrick-Watkins, 6-4, 0-6, 6-3. Remaining schedule: April 9, at The Citadel; April 12, Presbyter ian here; April 21, Furman here; April 22, Wofford here; April 27, at Furman; April 28, The Citadel here; May 5, 6, and 7, State Ten nis Meet at Clinton. /ERSITY QUALITY and D RS LE Y U WAIT 1 D' DYED EN WATER UL T RATIONS - Columbia, S. C. Loop - L Top F K The most consistent pitcher. on ti Sherer, shown here ready to deliv< his ability by handily winning his fi Michigan State and a masterful se USC photo by Teal and Harris.) Sherer Continu Game WinninA By JOE MOLONY A good colloge pitcher is hard to find these days. Ask any Southern Conference coach, if you don't believe it. But here at the University of South Carolina, there's a slight righthander who has set down two of the top col legiate teams in the nation-Mich igan State and Duke. He's Frank Sherer, a iunior from Sharon, who's pitching his third season for the Gamecocks. Sherer's victories were accentu ated by his 1.30 earned-run-aver age, a remarkable figure in college ball, lie set Michigan State down 7-3 with five hits and two earned runs in the wpener here. Then, after a three days' rest, he beat Duke 4-3 and gave up seven hits. Only one of the three runs was earned. The deliberate blonde came to Carolina tabbed an American Le gion star. He was one of the first pitchers to get a scholarship after the war. But he didn't come through in his first year, 1947. Coach Catfish Smith used him sparingly, and against weak op position. A new coach took over in '48, but Sherer's performances were only mediocre early in the season. But Coach Ted Petoskey used him against Presbyterian at Clinton L. G. Tradi The Key & Candief- To (31-1237 L Columt C0GB !JRI The Businesen Choie%4 Quality y 9 Try One of And You Re 1317 SUlP Next Door to t ading B: itcher. Le Bird team last season was Frank !r. Frank has again demonstrated rst two games, a five hitter against ven-hitter against Duke. (Official es To Show Mound Form and the hitherto eccentric young ster came through. He pitched a two-hitter, but was beaten 1-0 when the other boy tossed a one hit job at the Gamecocks. He came back against the same pitch er and whipped P-C 7-0 here. He used just over 60 pitches in a maLr nificent no-hit performance-the first Carolina no-hitter since be fore the war. All the while, Sherer was used only against the weak sisters. H< still hadn't proved his worth as a capable front-;line pitcher againsi top-notch competition. Sherer's '49 performances havt already been recounted above However, the final chapter in th( hard-plugging Legion star's base. ball career at Carolina will b< written at the close of this sea son. If he continues at his curreni pace, he should become the tol pitcher in the conference. He' faced two of the best clubs he'l see this year, has come througi remarkably wvell, and there's ni visible last-minute weakness crop ping up. He'll get another stiff test here this afternoon against Davidsoi and if he can get past the Wild cats then he should be in for th most brilliant season of hi career. YERBY 4 ng As* Tobacco Company LLE ONLY ~cos - Sundries incoln Street ia, S. C. I'S RIL a College Boys' imes e ere Delic Lunches Back ore. ITER ST. he Fire Station irds Play Linksmen Meet Citadel Golfers There Saturday Carolina's golf team will take on the Citadel Bulldogs in Char leston tomorrow at 9 a. m. after meeting Clemson Thursday on the Forest Lake course. The Bird linksmen lost matches to the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech Friday and Satur day, both by the score of 17-10, but their ace, Dave Smith, con tinued to kick par aro*nd as he shot a 69 against Georgia and a par 71 against Georgia Tech to go with the 69 he carded against N. C. State. Bob Thoren, defending intercol legiate state champion, was not far behind Smith with a 78 at Georgia and a 73 at Georgia Tech. Rounding out the individual scores at Georgia were: Jimmy Clemmons, 79; George Dial, III, 81; Bud Jeter, 83, and Latimer Williams, 84. Behind the leaders at Tech were: Dial, 76; Clem mons, 78; Williams, 86, and Jeter, 87. The matches against the Ram blin' Wrecks were played in a hard driving rain and the cold weather made play difficult over the un familiar course. The Birds had won an earlier match with the North Carolina State Wolfpack, 15%-11%', and have seven dual meets left to be played. The remaiiiig schedule: April 12- Wofford, here; April 15 UNC, there; April 16-N. C. State, there; April 29-Furman, there; April 30-Clemson, there; May 6 -The Citadel, here; May 13-14 Southern Conference tournament at Winston-Salem, N. C.; May 16 -Wofford, there, and May 17-18 19-state tournament at Spartan burg, S. C. Station WUSC Offers PA System For Use at Games WUSC, the campus radio sta tion, has offered to wire and ope rate a public address system to be used at all home baseball games, staff members of the station said this week. This service would be furnished as p)art of the station's new and enlarged program of cov ering all home athletic events as completely as possible. The station recently initiated full length broadcasts of baseball games played at Davis Field. The first game aired by WUSC was the opening game of the series with Michigan State. The second game Every effort is being made to broadcast the Davidson game to day over the regular WUSC fa cilities. The station members, how ver ill not attempt to fur nish a p)ublic address system for today's game because in the past this service has been furnished by other organizations and it will be necessary to give them first choice again this year. WUSC's wvider coverage of cam pus sports events goes back to its initiation of broadcasts of several basketball games played in the field house this winter. The sta tion, however, does iiot plan to extend its coverage to football games next fall because of the tre mendous expense that would be involved in such an undertaking. Sports announcing will be handled by Ellison Turner, chief announcer, George LaBruce, Cecil Creech, and any other students interested who may prove quali fied. for Sho thiati k li e new RO0B S SHOE RE AIRI SER CE NEXT TO CITY FIRE DEPT. Davidso Carolina SeE Victory In ( By JOE I The high-riding University vill go after their third consc tfternoon against Davidson at Coach Ted Petoskey will sei 3herer, who's won two of his t( he powerful Wildcats. The r main the same as against G (see account of game on page Bo* Scores First game-March 29, 1949: atclilgan State .... 010 000 011-3 5 3 3outh Carolina .. .. 013 030 00x-7 7 2 Second game: MICHIGAN ST. AB R H PO A lawrence, 2b. 4 1 1 3 2 Jrbank, 3b. 4 0 1 1 1 lutenbar, If. . . ... 2 1 0 0 0 3echard, rf. .............. 4 0 1 1 0 lagdon, c. .... . . 4 0 0 6 2 iobezak, cf. ............. 3 1 2 3 0 )IllIon, lb...... .......... 3 1 1 5 0 3arta, as. ..... . . .... 2 1 0 1 2 Ieters, p...... .... . 2 0 0 1 2 'owers. p. . 0 0 0 0 0 zKenney .. . .......... 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 5 6 21 9 x-Batted for Dieters in 6th. 9OUTH CAROLINA AB R H PO A Jusenbury, cf. 3 0 0 0 0 Stephens. 2b. 4 0 1 2 1 5ykes. as. . . 2 1 1 2 2 Pinkerton, 3b. 2 0 1 0 2 Wilson, If. 3 0 2 4 0 ing. lb. 2 0 0 7 0 togers, lb. 0 0 0 1 0 thame. c. 3 0 0 2 0 'rIbb, rf. .3 0 0 3 0 Szakaesl, p. 1 1 1 0 2 'am, p. ...1 1 1 0 0 t-Couch . 1 0 0 0 0 r.z-Radar 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ............... 25 3 7 21 4 z-Batted for King -in 6th. zz-Baited for Camp in 7th. %fichigan State 002 003 0-5 6 1 South Carolina 101 001 0-3 7 4 First game-April 1, 1949: DUKE AB R H PO A lancock. lb. 4 0 1- 5 0 lergeron. ss. 5 1 4 4 3 Folger. rf., er. 4 0 0 0 0 Prye, 2b. 5 1 1 3 1 6iller, c. 4 1 0 9 1 Falwell. 2b. 4 1 2 1 2 ,uias. cf. 4 0 1 1 0 )'Alonzo. rt. 1 0 0 0 0 a-Sires 0 1 0 0 0 Jowers. If. 3 0 0 1 0 Ex-Erickson 1 0 1 0 0 iarukstls. p. 4 1 2 0 2 Nlillams, If. 1 0 1 0 0 Totals 40 6 13 24 9 JNIVERSITY OF S. C. AB R H PO A lusenbury. cr. 4 0 2 2 0 telpliens, 21. 5 1 3 2 7 Sykes, ss. 4 1 0 2 2 'ouch, v. 4 0 2 9 1 Pinkerton. 31. 5 0 2 2 2 Wil4on. if. 3 2 1 2 0 3rlbh. rf. 3 1 0 0 1 Kiig. lb. 2 0 0 5 0 !-Ratdar . 1 1 1 0 0 logers, lb. 1 0 1 3 0 inderson, p. . .. 2 1 0 0 0 izakacsi p. . 0 0 0 0 0 'Itilp, I). 1 0 0 0 a Tulis . . 35 7 12 27 13 x-Walked for Lucas in 7th. x%-Singled for Powers in 7th. z-Singled for King lin 6th. rluke 000 010 500-6 13 1 LtSC . 000 014 002-7 12 6 ifecondit gaine--Ap,rll 2, 1949: 3UKE AB RH PO A itancock, lb. . 5 1 1 8 0 Rlergeron, as- 4 0 1 1 2 P'olger, rf. 4 0 1 2 0 P'rye, 2b......... 4 0 1 3 1 tires, e-..... -..... 1 0 4 1 FaIwell, 3b. 2 1 0 2 4 Lucas, ef- 4 0 3 4 0 Powers, If. 2 0 0 0 0 Wiliams, It...... - 1 0 0 0 0 c-Clowar 0 0 0 0 0 Klein, p. 1 0 0 0 1 xx-Erleknon . 1 0 0 0 0 Exx-D'Aionzo, 1 0 0 0 0 P'aley, p- 0 0 0 0) 0 Blenfer, p- 1 0 0 0 t0 To.tals :: 3 7 24 9 USC AB RH PO A Dusenbury, ef. - I 1 0 3 0 Stephens.i 2b.. t 0 0 1 3 Sykes, as. - 4 2 -3 0 3 ('ouch,. '- 4 0 i0 3 Pinkerton, 3b-. 4 0 1 2 2 Wilson, If. i 1 1 1 0 Rader. rf- 3 0 1 4 0 Rogers, lb. 3 0 0 13 0 Sherer, p- 2 0 0 0 2 Totals . . .2~4 ~621 x-Wamlked for P'owers in 7th. xx-Grouanded out for Klein in liih. xxx-F~'lei out for Faley In 7th. D)uke 000 001 200--3 7 USC -002 110 00x-4 6 2 vI~ 50 '5 51 $1. S rt An Sam 72% Sauaa n Today hking Third onference 40LONY of South Carolina Gamecocks !cutive conference win Friday 3 o'clock on Davis Field. id his ace righthander, Frank am's first five games, against est of the Bird lineup will re eorgia at Athens Wednesday 10.) The Gamecocks are rolling along just as they did in 1948 when they beat Michigan State, split with Duke and whipped Newberry, but the University of North Carolina stopped them then with a 16-6 shellacking and they never re covered. The same could -happen again. Davidson is loaded, publicity ac counts show. But Carolina's a hustling club this year and David. Remaining Schedule: April 8-Davidson, here. April 11-Georgia, here. April 14-Duke, Durham, N. C. April 15-Duke, Durham, N. C. April 16-UNC, Chapel Hill, N. C. April 22-Furman, here. April 23-Furman, here. April 25-Davidson, at Davidson. April 29-Citadel, at Charleston. April 30-Citadel, at Charleston. May 2-Citadel, here. May 3-Citadel, here. May 6-Clemson, at Clemson. May 7-Clemson, at Clemson. May 13-Furman, at Greenville. May 14-Furman, at Greenville. May 20-Clemson, here. May 21-Clemson, here. son's job of stopping the locals will be a tough one. In the Gamecocks' first four games, they've committed 14 errors -an average of over three a game., They tried to throw away the first Duke game on April Fool's Day, after succeeding in booting one to Michigan State two days earlier. But with all this poor fielding, the team is still winning. The biggest surprise so far has been tho brilliant pitching efforts of Sherer and Bill Camp. Walker Anderson and Cy Szakacsi have backed them up with a couple of neat pitching jobs, themselve. And it's been good pitching that gave Carolina its three wins and conferenep landerahip. Coupled with this surprisingly good pitching, the team's shown more spirit and hustle than ever before. The boys are running out all hits, talking it up with gusto and are developing a will to win instead of the old losing complex of a year ago. Red Wilson's timely hitting has been a m&jor factor in the early wins. Jn '47 Wilson left the team because-he couldn't hit. His come back has offset Harry Parone's loss no little. A couple of classy fielding first basemen, Adron King and Harold Rogers, have filled in capably for ineligible Joe Johnston. Neither is great at the plate, but their fielding has been steady and de pendable. With all this unexpected help, Coach Petoskey can well look into the future with optimism. His star hitters, Jim Pinkerton, Jack Couch and Keith Cribb, haven't started connecting for extra bases yet. When they do, Carolina's rec ord should improve and there's no telling how far the team may go. ;IT. AK HOUSE zing In - STEAKS 0 rs 5 Points