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Lloyd Huntington, Sports Editor Jimmy Howle - ,Dick. Dunlap Al Gibert Tom Price Bill Kaufman Fowl.Or Fair by Lloyd Huntington a a WHY NOT BE OUTLAWS? In recent weeks there has been a great deal of speculation as to what would happen if the National Collegiate Athletic s Association would make good'its boast to throw the Univer- ' sity of Virginia, The Citadel and Virginia Polytechnic In- b stitute off of Its accredited list for violations of the "Purity Code" which the association drew up to prevent wholesale n gift scholarships to college athletes. F The remarkable thing about the situation is not the NCAA's attitude. This body has tried to enforce the purity law several times and has succeeded to some degree in curb- E ing commercialism in college athletics. But in cases previous r to the one which now involves Southern schools, colleges have taken particular pains to cover up any violations which might incur the wrath of such a lofty group as the NCAA. Now Virginia, VPI and The Citadel have upon being C accused readily admitted that they have violated the code in C providing for their athletes. And this is what has upset the v apple cart. In cases where the school or schools have denied being in contradiction to the sanity code, the NCAA has been content to sound its cry for purity and then retire with really no ac tion done. - C A case involving a school who admits violating the code Is is a test and the fathers of the NCAA are perfectly aware of it. This is a test case and the NCAA has to do some posi- b tive acting for the first time on the purity code. It seems to b this writer that in order to maintain the existence of the ' NCAA that body, upon the clear admission of guilt from The t, Citadel, Virginia, and VP, will be forced to expel thehe 11 schools. ] And what will be their satus if they are expelled? They will I a be outlaws in every sense of the word. No other school still accredited could play them in any sport without becoming outlaws also. And that's where the big kick comes in. b The Southern, Southeastern, and Southwestern confer- i ences will all possibly withdraw if the three schools on trial are expelled. This in itself would be enough to weaken the power of the NCAA. The three conferences together could certainly form satisfactory schedules. E The rub here would be the loss of the big money from in- C tersectional contests, but this writer thinks thlat the biggest il intersectional games could be matched in teams from the t three Southern conferences. n a Then why lkt become outlaws if we have to. But only if it's the last move that we can make. We aren't asking for. trouble. We aren't even suggesting that we become agitators S for such a move. But in the event that the NCAA does go through with its plan to boot VPI, Virginia and The Citadelg theni let's throw our fortunes in with them, We really have less to lose that way for at least we are* being honest. And that's more than some other schools havev done.e h Captain CECI WOLBRIHT,senir ed frm Abevile,waslece permnen capainof he 149 arolna ootall eam Theeletio was eldat babece inhonr o th tem gien y Bll ims CieCIL onOamecoc senior enH rAbvle was elected t lyi h olg apesrae cagtainstf the 1949fesoina fotarllttperand The ecton ofsted oyo defense,ofta cotet as Sorte Potheouyanding laine nteGmcc qa ews eetdt lyIh olg Then And Now The Past Spring - Basketball team re irned for game with .Davidson rter disastrous road trip in iddle-west. Minor Block C formed. Olsen Red Heads entertained in eld house against Columbia team. Boxing team begins successful 3ason that led to intersectional !cognition. Don Cox first showed promise of ecoming basketball great. Martin and Slaughter neck and eck in state scoring race. ' Pi' Phi's down Tri-Delts. in owder Bowl. Baseball practice starts. Johnny Lujack takes over in pring practice. Basketball team loses in first :und of tourney. Baseballers open season. Intra-squad football game ends pring football. LSU wins boxing tournament, arolina second. Baseball team among leaders; olfers enter Georgia Tournament ith big Dave Smith going to nals . . . track team weak. Aqua-Parade proves big success. Big Four is going strong with arolina and sportswriter Joe [olony. Intramural sports end most sue !ssful year ever. Baseball team gets knifed by CAA by not being picked to rep !sent this sector in tournament. September-Hopes high as foot allers get ready to open . .. foot all team loses first two games . . other sports don't matter or Ise they don't exist . . . football !am loses to North Carolina but ok good in doing so ... Carolina eats Clemson and all is well . . . ie remaining games matter little .nce we won the state fair game, nd aren't worth reviewing. . . . Basketballers bigin light work . boxing teams also begin drills . basketballers open with losses ut perk up to knock off Duke.. oxing team opens with win. The Predictions January-Pi-Phi's again to beat ri-Delts in Powder Bowl . . . asketball team to make Southern onference tournament in March . . Basketball team to be elim tated in first or second round of >urpament . . . Jim Slaughter to iake All-Southern with ease . . . [so to lead state scoring and to nish among leaders in Conference ..Don Cox to be one of the out :anding sophomores in the Con *re also to be an all-time reat at Carolina before he finishes shool . . . Bob Kahle to hit stride rter' knee operation and become rie of basketball team's most uluable men.... Baseball team to finish second in )nference . . . first in state and to e chosen along wvith Wake Forest s Southern representative in FCAA tournament (if we are still the NCA A). Johnny Sikes and ill Canmp to have their best years Carolina . . .Track team to be eak . . . tennis team to be still eaker.... Aqua-parade to be presented gain as an annual feature of the omen's athletic program. Big 'our to be discarded. Summer~time and a few thousand r us wishing we were somewhere e ain't. T HE Ci IS YOI so ie ~NEW HOSE in Shadow and Oak 51 Gauge -- New Schoo 60c to $14 Sweat Socks - 504 Key Chain w $3.0 In ZUh. .AMaUI A Bird Bask 0F Tonight, F By TOM PRICE - After an abbreviated Christmas holiday, the Carolina basketball team returned to the practice floor Dec. 28 to prepare for the 17 games remaining on the 1949-1950 schedule. When the squad reported from the holidays, Guard Lem Ekimoff was absent. The big Russian was detained at his home in Erie, Pa. due to illness in his family. He returned to school on Monday, how ever, and has rejoined the squad. After six days of concentrated workouts to, remove the holiday kinks, the Bird cagemen departed Tuesday afternoon to meet the Furman university Purple Pal ladians in Textile Hall at Green ville Tuesday night. They will tangle with Wake Forest's Demon Deacons at Wake Forest tonight and will return to the field house to entertain Furman next Tuesday. After droppitig their first three contests, the Gamecocks surprised everyone by downing the strong Duke university Blue Devils 54-44. Jim Slaughter, six foot, eleven inch center and captain was the big gun in the Bird attack with 30 points for the contest. Slaughter's scoring binge boosted his total for the first four games to 79 for an average of 19.75 points per game. The work of Don Cox, diminu tive guard from Greenville, has been amazing thus far. The speedy sophomore canned 14 points in each of the Birds' first three contests and had seven to his credit in the Duke fray before he was forced from the floor with a twisted knee. He is second to Slaughter with 49 points and his ball handling and floor play has been excellent. Sportsquiz When we returned to our desk from the holidays we found four correct answers to the last Sports quiz of 1949 staring us in the face. One of the pretty girls on the Gamecock staff was. called into consultation and one of the four names was drawn from a hat to determine the winner of this week's two passes to the Carolina theater. Ernie Strange, of 1216 Pickens St. was the lucky winner; so to our three almost winners: Tom Bruce, Lewis Schooler, and Bob Thompson our consolations and better luck next time. The correct answers to last week's quiz: 1. Golf. 2. Dominic DiMaggio 3. Basketball player formerly of Notre Dame, Denver Nuggets, 1948 Olympics, and Denver U. Now playing professional basketball with the New York Knickerbockers. 4. Cass Michaels, Chicago White Sox second baseman. This week's quiz: 1. When was the first 'Gator Bowl played and what two schools participated? 2. In what sport does Maurice Tillet participate? 3. In what city was an Orchid Bowl garpe played in 1941? 4. What great sports figure of 1914-1929 was known by the nick name "Harry the Horse?" Address all answers to Game cock Sports and drop them in the campus mail. The first correct answer received will be a winner. ise it FALL SHADES with Dark Seams $1.50 per pair I Stationery per box and 60c per pair Ith USC Seals hus tar eteers Play urman Her< New Ch; N GREGG HITOPOULOS. a s Charleston . . . ineligible list year b as manager of team . . . fights at 130 f of night in teams first match as he shifty and hard to hit . . . is expecte( in rest of fights. . . . Hitopoulos IM After Waitin By TOM PRICE Hard work and perseverance bet nave finally paid off for Gregg niv Hitopoulos. Hailing from Charles- bol ton, a boxing town, and of a boxing family, it was only natural that col Gregg would want to fight. He th< reported to Boxing Coach Jess an Alderman at the beginning of the th( 1948-1949 training season, but was Ch quickly dealt a knockout blow by his the Southern conference eligibility board when he was ruled ineligible for competition that year. Undaunted, Gregg became man ager of the Gamecock mitt squad t and continued to work out with the fighters. He was always work ing hard to perfect his style which features fancy stepping footwork and is alwvays a crowdl thriller. Finally the long (lays of waiting wer~e over. The 1949-1950 boxing season wvas at hand. Gregg HIit'o poulos' name was on the Gamecock roster submitted to the eligibility - board and he wvas ruled eligible for competition. On Dec. 16 Eastern Carolina Teachers C o 11I e g e of Greenville, N. C., came to the Caro lina field house to open the new boxing campaign. Things We Never rhink About .. . When we flip an electric switch,. that i..... We don't have to provide storage space for electricity - It can't be stored .... We never have to anticipate our needs for electricity. For everyone's con venience it must be available at aD .. times throughout ?4 hours of every day In the exact amount we want . .. Our electric service iequired costly and complicated facilities In which millions and miflecus of dollars are invested, it Is mwed by thousands and thousands of people who live In aD comuers of our cOuntry - some tn foreign econtries. That's revates entesprise-and this is a tax-paying, puivatety-owned utility, direeted and maanaged by South Care.. Da business mess. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company S At. Wake S Tuesday A imp? an Ca Co Vil Ur tre S tA f ir Ca se( - x set wh cot thi mart fighter who hails from it helped Coach .less Alderman Lnd was most impressive fighter scored an easy knockout . I to be one of team's best men [akes Good ; To Fight .regg Hitopoulos was never ter in the ring than he was the ht of his first intercollegiate it. His shifty, dancing footwork nrletely baffled his opponent in 130-lb. class an dthe result was easy second round knockout for Greek-American boy from arleston who waited so long for chance to fight. 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