The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 06, 1950, Page Page Seven, Image 7
Lloyd Huntington, Sports Editor
Jimmy Howle - ,Dick. Dunlap
Al Gibert Tom Price Bill Kaufman
Fowl.Or Fair
by Lloyd Huntington a
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.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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gain Here
,arolina has been awarded the
nual Invitational boxing tourna
nt to begin February 25, at the
rolina field house, the Southern
nference meeting at Roanoke,
-ginia, announced.
rhe tournament was held at the
iversity last year and was a
mendous s u c c e s s. Louisiana
te's hard fighting team took
A place but were pushed by the
rolina boxers who were in a close
ond.
rhis year the tournament will
>bably be better since more
ools are planning to participate.
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