The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 08, 1949, Page Page Eight, Image 8
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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!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.
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