The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 29, 1949, Page Page Nine, Image 10
It's No Bolony
By
Joe Molony
In Big Time With Tank Town Facilities
We're big boys now. So let's act our part. We've finally
roken away from competing with the smaller state schools.
e've built up a formidable football schedule, played out a
ajor basketball card and have ignored the Little Four in
avor of a Big Four in baseball. All of which was done since
miemorable day in 1947 when Athletic Director Rex En
ight told us "Carolina'll be playing the big-timers in 1950."
ut ar'e we biting off more than we can chew???
Take facilities, for-instance. While we've improved our
chedules, have we expanded our physical athletic plant??
ope, not one bit. Sure, we've improved the stadium with
ur eye on bigger crowds which would result in more rev
nue. But we haven't enlarged the practice or playing fields
o take care of the spring -sports program.
If we expect to play the major colleges in the future then
e'd better 'get busy and allow more playing space for the
arious teams. We're so crowded that it's becoming a dan
eroLis proposition for a man to walk across Melton or Davis
ields without averting serious injury.
Monday afternoon baseball practice was being held as
sual. The track team was forced to limber Dp at the far
orner of Davis field-apparently out of the way of the base
allers. As the trackmen worked, with Coach Weems Baskin
i0ecting, a long hit into deep right center struck Baskin
1Wtie foot, nearly breaking it. Again Tuesday afternoon,
aslti was the target of a wayward ball. This one, a soft
all, struck him on the temple. At the time, we were just
iscussing lack of facilities and Baskin, rubbing his face,
fferecd this parting shot "see what I mean?" And we saw.
Last week the athletic department narrowly averted a
erious rel)ercussion from the crowded problem. Several dis
us throwers, forced to retreat to the west of -Davis field
ecause of baseball practice, tossed their discus dangerously
lose to the fence. A group of Negro school children were
assing by when a wayward discus flew in their direction.
he discus missed hitting one bf them by inches. If it had
it the boy it might've killed him and Carolina would've
een in quite a ticklish predicament.
These incidents, small as they may seem, couv become
euiouS accidents to .some one. They shouldn't exists in a
WC1oo (l arolna's size. The oly answer to the probiem is to
gurnishi more playing space for the athletic teams. How
, ol do this? Don't ask us. There are a few reponsible
ndividuals whose duty it is to see that such improvements
are mado. If the ahovp facts aren't. enough for thee "ow
erts" then we'll have a picture drawn for them.
Hopes for Conference Baseball Crown Slim
Wake Forest has the conference baseball situation well
in hand. Unbeaten in nine games, the Deacons' only serious
hreat is North Carolina. Carolina's two losses to Duke and
ne to North Carolina a couple of weeks ago on the trip to
he Tarheel.state knocked us out of the running. However,
'f we had scheduled games with the Deacons, we might've
een a serious threat, but we don't play them.
The team is riding high on pitching of Bill u.imp and
Frank Sherer, but the outlook still isn't bright. The record
tands: eight wins, four losses and games with The Citadel
(4), Clemson (4), and Furman (1) remain. The Citadel is
always a tough baby for Carolina while Clemson has a tre
mendously powerful club. WVe've already beaten Furman
twice.
WithI the advent of the Big Four, attention is being.cen
tered on these three remaining series. At present, Carolina
leads the four clubs with two straight wins and Clemson is
Tunner-up with a 3-1 record. If the Petoskeymen continue to
et goodl pitching then the job ahead wvon't be too rough.
-owever, percentage is against them. Sherer has weakened
considerably in the last couple of games. Camp is only human
and his arm can't standl the hot pace he's been setting.
The team's hitting has been better than expected, how
ever. Rusty Stephens, Johnny Sykes, Red Wilson, Barney
Dusenbury, Jack Couch, Harry Parone, Jim Pinkerton and
pitcher Camp have been hitting consistently. The team lack
edl pow~er early in the campaign, but in the Furman double
headler Redl Wilson and Harry Parone blasted home runs over
1he 300-foot left field fence. Pinkerton's getting the range,
00o.
Add it up. The hitting is there and it should improve. The
pitchinig has been surprising, but appears to be weakening.
Fi(ldinlg cost a couple of games in the North Carolina trip)
andl it may cost a few mo're.
N0 ROLONY
What a difference a year makes! Red Wilson couldn't hit
his weight two years ago. Now look at him . . .Sigma Chi
rame out with an interesting and newsy palmphlet o'n the
leeds of the fraternity men. Jem Newbury is editor and he
has llob Thoren, Charles Jones, Bob Solomons, Al Munn, Bob
COX, andl several others on his staff. It's jam-packed with
six pages of pretty good stuff . . . Bayard Pickett, announcer
of the baseball games brought a round of laughter from the
standls as he announced Bill Camp as Bill "Country, Satchel"
Campl (luring the Furman series. Camp proved the "Country"
nlicknjame by keeping the Hurricane tamed dlown. They were
his (ountry cousins as he won both the dloubleheader.
--.The ball is supposed to be livelier today (according to ex
Per'ts). But listen to this: In 1929 there were 77 .300 or bet
ter' hitters in the majors. In 1948 there were only 32 (ac
cOr'ding to Who's Who in Baseball). And the pitching was
better~ in 1929, too . . .Harry Parone was in a terrific slump
going into the Furman game. lie broke out of it with a bang,
getting four for five and one for three, including a home run.
'--We haven't heard from the other conference schools in
regard.( to the Big Four, but Citadel is reportedly for it and
the rest are ready to fall in line, we hear . . . No Bolony will
fnaugurate Athlete of The Week in this issue. The honor
goes to one of the most dleservinig baseball players here
.lusty Stephens, who is leading the club in hitting and slug
ging percentages. He's hittin 0 and slugging over .500.
The. affable red red-head is bi resson Carolina is now'
sporWting an 8-4 won-and-lost ecord.
Tracksters Meet
P.C. Tomorrow
At Davis Field
The track team, looking for iti
first win after four consecutivi
weekend defeats, will entertair
Presbyterian college tomorrow at I
p. n. on Davis field.
P-C will be slight favorites or
the basis of its two-won-one-los,
record. However, Coach Weemi
Baskin isn't saying anything anc
that usually means "watch out op.
ponents."
Baskin, even after his tearr
dropped its meets by overwhelm.
ing scores, was pleased over the
progress of several men. Sprintei
Billy Kincaid, in particular, ha,
rounddd into shape quicker thai
expected. Kincaid wasn't supposec
to run this year, but his improve
ment may cause him to help thf
trackmen's- cause.
Captain Ray McKenzie, Ber
Badger, Billy Buck and Ray Browr
have been shining lights in the dis
mal early showings.
Probable starting lineup: Mc
Kenzie, dash; Marshall, long dis
tance; Dennis, long distance
Haley, long distance; Gibson, lonj
distance; Dean, long distance; Olit
McGill, hurdles and high jump
Charlie McGill, high jump, hurdle.
and brad jump. Also, Patterson
quarter mile; Skinner, sprints
Spece, sprints; Daniels, discus
Buck, broad jump and javelin
Badger, pole vault; Wilkerson
quarter mile; McCook, pole vault
Woodlee, freshman sprinter an<
Whetsell, freshman distance man
ChampBo
Plans To
Carolina I
By LLOYD I
One of- the University's i
ing back to school. Abotit a y
the better boxers in (,rola
and took off for the Tenne,,
wrapped the 1948 Southern
ship belt around his waist.
Fowler won the championshil
from Maryland's Quattrocchi in I
vicious and decisive battle in tho
Southern Con terence tournameni
held in the field house here
Quattrocchi was undefeated in col
legiate comnpetition antd sported si>
TKO's before the tournaoen
finals.
WKh utter disregard for th<
Maryiander's record, Fowler b1e
-tn and floored his highly-rated p
ponent in the first round. h
second ronsa ots csv
wvith the Old-fi ~roubling th<
smooth, lithe Carolina boy wit]
short right hooks..
In the third, howvever, Fowle:
went after the Marylander an<
pun ished him .with short, hard left:
to the face. The judges awvardet
a unanimous decision to the Bir<
fighter.
Thus was Quattrocchi's invinci
bility broken. and the beginning o:
what amounts almost to a legen<
at Carolina.
At the end of the school year
Fowler went home to Memphis an<
wvhen the fall came, he failed t<
come hack to school. Sickness ii
the family wvas given as the reasor
and Coach Jess Alderman saw the
first of a series of mpisfortunes he
fall his squad. Others came latei
but none hurt quite so hard as th<
loss of Fowler who was considere(
as a near-cinch to win the confer
ence crown again.
Fowler, .since leaving Carolina
has not been idle. Hie has a wai
of winning championships. He an.
vexed the Tennessee Golden Glove!
championship for the third tim<4
this year. ( He wvon it twvice bel ori
coming to Carolina.)
But, now Fowler is coming bacd
to school next fall and the first
of Alderman's problems will ari
wvith his coming. The problem nov
will be not howv to replace him
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He Shall Return
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Elerson Fowler, former South
ern Cdnference 130 pound chain
pion at Carolina. will return with
the 1919 boxing team. He'll be a
sophomore. (Official USC photo
by Manning Harris.)
xer Fowler
Reenter
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ost illustrious athletes is com
ear ago Elerson Fowler, one of
s ring history packed hig trunk
ve hills. But before he left he
Fonference 1300-lb. champion
1ut what to do with him. Joe
rtringer took over where Fowler
eft off and gave such a good show
ing that he cannot possibly be
counted out of future boxing rings
at Carolina.
Perhaps Alderman will shift the
weights aro'und and find room for
them both. This would be a major
problem in itself since both boys
are naturally light and it would
be hard for either of them to gain
the weight necessary for them to
complete in a heavier' bracket.
Coach Alderman will undoubted
ly find a happy solution to such a
pleasing p)rolemf as this before
L)ext winter and one thing is as
sured; if Fowler does reenter
school, Carolina boxing fans will
enjoy the sight of two 130-lb.
champions fighting in the Garnet
an Black colors.
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Sportsquiz
Again on April 14 no one man
aged to get three of the four
Sportsquiz questions right so The
Gamecock staff used the two free
tickets donated by Manager Dave
Garvin of the Carolina theatre.
Last week's answers were:
1. Pepper Martin.
2. Detroit Tigers.
3.. Yes, he played third base for
the Baltimore Orioles of the Na
tional Association.
4. Honus Wagner.
Get 'three of the following four
questions correct (four will prob
ably cinch it) and you'll receive
two free passes. Mail your entries
to Sports Editor, % Campus Mail,
The Gamecock.
. What infielder of the 30's was
nicknamed "Bad News?" He was
a consistent .300 hitter.
2. Three current major leaguers
are from foreign countries. Can
you name two of them and the
country in which they were born?
3. Who was known as "Mr.
Double-X7"
4. We all know of the late Lou
Gehrig, former Yankee first base
man. But who played first before
Gehrig broke into the majors?
Minor Sports
Results
Golf
USC 15,--N. C. State 11%
USC 10-Georgia 17
USC 10-Georgia Tech 17
USC 17-Clemson 10
USC 13,-The Citadel 5
USC 11-Wofford 7
USC 5%,-North Carolina 21%
Track
USC 49-Georgia 77
USC 40%4-Davidson 85%
USC 40-N. C. State 86
USC 44U4-Clemson 85 2/3
Tennis
USC 8--Richmond 1
USC I-Davidson 8
USC 2-N. C. State 7
USC 4-Wake Forest 3
USC 2-Presbyterian 7
USC 6-Clemson 1
USC 8-Wofford 1
USC 4-The Citadel 5
USC 4-Furman 2
Grid Team Has Won 206
Since football first began at the
University of South Carolina in
1894, the Gamecocks have won 206.
lost 197 and tied 29 for an average
of .610.
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By LLOYD 11
You don't win much glory b:
Bird golf team is invading fo
ticipants in the Southern Inv
Athens, Ga. The tournament
week and continues through tc
, Representing the Birds in
some of Dave Smith, Bob TI
Clemmons. Smith is one of th<
Carolinas and has shot sub-par
golf in several of his matches this
year.
The Gastonia senior is captain
of the Bird team. Playing against
the better collegiate golfers in the
state, Smith has easily won most
of his matches. Recently, how
ever, his usually steady game has
been off somewhat and he has
dropped a couple of matches (one
to Walker Inaman of the Citadel
and one to Wofford's P. J. Boat
wright). Should he regain his early
season form he could be a distinct
threat to individual honors in the
Atlanta tournament.
Thoren, like Smith, is an out
standing golfer. Last year he was
state intercollegiate champion and
is a likely candidate to repeat this
year. His strongest rival will proh
ably be teammate Smith.
Thoren's game has been the op
posite of Smith's. His best golf
has been shot in recent matches
and of late he has looked more up
to his last year's form. Not that
he has played badly in any matches
but his game is steadier and surer
now.
Georgia Dial, the third ranking
man on the Gamecock team has
come into his own. His latest
triumph was last week when he
posted the medalist score in the
Forest Lake tQAnament in Co
lumbia. Dial has >'en pushing both
Smith and Thoren fyr top place
or, the squad and 'miy succeed yet
in being the nuiger one man on
the team.
Clemmons is probably the most
improved man on the team. The
big Florence boy started the season
as a good prospect and nothing
more. His position as a member
of the touring Bird foursome is
evidence' of his improvement an(
he may pull a surprise on a lot
of favored golfers down in Geor
gia. Teaming with either Thoren
or Dial, he has helped to give the
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(:oachi .Jes- .\lderman'ttl> boingi
team (eems to be Iet. r i lf'orce
meni fim all (,vk- thw place. Al
Il)! .,iI-lmilt a W ith t t, lu il
nounme t that EirnFowler,
l94S, ctilt-e-ent \vfap,klgld Yv_
(TVr -chool )Jex" fall camew the
Word tha1it dU(I D,u.1 s was also
Cons iering coint-g lack to thei
unllivers itv.
ed a 155-ounder who packs
a ltt of 1unh h. his '-hort stocky:
frame. .\4iwa' Cne ti mix it up,
Red wa - a favori.te wNh-l11 a fightl
fans aid th ere are nyI. woli
Would li:e no sue hm ret'rl.
Red started the year in fine
forin and seeted to be headed fior
a great seasot 1011 le caught a
knockout punch from several pro
fessors at the end of the fall Se
mester.
Red has beeln workiig 0on a fish
ing b-oat in Charleston sice he
left sciool ad is reportedly in fin,.e
conditioln. II is homI;e is in St.
Georgo.
Birds t wt practically unheatable
cominastions in local circles.
These fur mven are 'Caroina's
pride thi- sprig-. They are unde
feated tIus f*ar in reg-uira col -
legiate com1petition atd senm t be
a' cinch t repeat as state cham
pionis and maylbe bamliins f
sqomlle Ither plae(t.
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