The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 20, 1950, Page Page Seven, Image 7
The Prie
ByT(
Today, this reporter finds
big little man. After sever
member and one as sports 4
has been claimed by that i
everyone but Joe Molony
"Snag" did a fine job at t
was working under difficult
work on The Gamecock, he
school as well as holding do
ord. His accomplishments v
tions were little short of ar
we will be able to do as well
- To Lloyd Huntington and
column wishes good luck ai
years to come. May a long
successful'career in Journal:
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It has been customary in
to outline his policies in his I
too sure that we have a pc
say something about our ai
We will follow, for the mc
preceded us. We will ende
as possible to the athletes
various sports. At the sam4
you, the students, want.
published for you and is st
you want. If we leave any
be printed, or if you don't li]
write us a letter and give i
k addressed to this column w
us. The only thing that wE
name and box number. If 3
you should not be ashamed
hope that many worthwhile
and that we don't have to 1
On (
Speaking of. letters, here'
2717 Wilmot Ave.:
"Dear Sports Editor-I t
sion boys at basketball gami
and then have the annoui
smoke. Don't you?"
We sure do, George. If
smoking in a crowded field I
not be allowed to sell cigar(
athletic events sh&ld think
The recent failure of the
sociation to expel seven m
the so-called "sanity code'
legiate athletic front in s,
Most of the schools openly
but their contention that th
is unworkable, gained so n
body that the necessary tw<
to materialize.
The Citadel, one of the s
association and according t
of student activities at the
is final.
According to the NCAA
that engages in any sport
violation of the code and sul
letic Director Rex Enright
Courier as saying that regi
meetings, Carolina will kee]
the Citadel. Perhaps they
The code in its present:
every school in the countryi
like the only thing to do is
code that will be applicable
failed to do. Therefore, the
southern schools to do is t<
a code of their own.
Men From~
The two boys from Mississipi
reasons that Coach Jess Aiderma
his Gamecock boxing team. On t
pugilist who halls from Jacksou1
team, Grady is a better than a
education. He is married and ex
graduate work after he is grad
decision in his first bout of the
145 lbs.
PETE CAMPASSI, the othei
-dale. He was Southern confere
runner up to National champion
tianal tounea last year. Pete I
Of Things
)M PRICE
himself trying on-the shoes of a
I semesters as a Gamecock staf:
ditor, Lloyd "Snag" Huntingtor
ge old malady that finally geti
graduation.
his desk despite the fact that hc
circumstances. In addition to hif
was taking 21 academic hours ir
wn a job with the Columbia Rec
vhile working under such condi
nazing and our one hope is tha
luring the approaching semester
his attractive wife, Glenette, thiE
id the best of everything in th<
life, a large family, and a mos
ism be yours.
olicies
the past for a new sports edito:
'irst column. Right now we aren'
licy, but we will do our best t<
ms and ambitions.
st part, the policies of those wh<
avor to give as much publicit
representing the University ir
a time, we will try to print wha
This is your newspaper. It if
ipposed to print the things tha
Lhing out that you think shou<
ke the way we handle something
is hell. We will print any lette:
hether it praises us or censure,
ask is that the writer sign hi
,ou have anything worth saying
to sign your name to it. Let'f
suggestions will be forthcoming
)e bawled out too often.
'igarettes
s one from George McGregor o:
hink it is stupid for the conces
as to be allowed to sell cigarette.
icer have to beg people. not t(
the fire department frowns o
iouse, the concession boys shoul
ttes. The administrators of oui
this problem over.
ICAA
National Coll%giate Athletic As
embers for alleged violation o:
leaves things on the intercol
>mewhat of a befuddled state
admitted violation of the cod<
e code, as it is presently writter
iuch sympathy with the voting
>-thirds vote for expulsion faile<
even accused, resigned from th<
o Col. D. S. McAlister, directot
military school, the resignatior
constitution, any member schoo
with a non-member school is ir
)ject to expulsion. Carolina Ath
was quoted by The News anc
trdless of what happened at th4
p its athletic commitments witi
,ill try to boot us out next.
rorm is unworkable. Practically
s violating it. From here it look:
for the NCAA to adopt a nev
to the situation. This they have
only thing that we see for th<
withdraw in a body and adop1
1 Mississippi
si pictured above are one of the mair
in anticipates a successful season fot
he left is GRADY DeCELL, a veterar
.One of the smoothest men on th4
verage student majoring in physica
pects to remain at Carolina for some
auted next June. He won a decisivi
season. He fights at either 135 oi
Mississippi mauler, is from Clarks,
ice 125-pound champion in 1948 and
Moss of LSU in the Southern Invita,
also married and has a youngr son
.X;
necock swimming team which is w
Coach J. W. Ratliff. They are: SI
ree style, Doc Lamb-back stroke,
i-breast stroke. Sitting;,George (
yle, Perry Dawson-breast stroke.
ishing to try out should see Coac
rothers Brou
To Carolin4
By JIMMIE HOWLE
guys from Texas and one f
)robably their most successfu
town, Athens, and were mieml
)rs. Two of them, Freddie an
rears.
tourney, 45-30. Bennie and Dana
Henderson were out of play with
the mumps and the other Texan
John Rowland also missed the
game. (Rowland was president of
the Palmetto Baseball league in
'47 and '48.)
il "ee6mber of 193i when Fred
die, Bennie, Dana, and John went
back to Texas for the Christmas
holidays, the Tompkins brothers
got a chance to play professional
basketball. Being somewhat lack
ing in scholastic abilities and
possessing great thirst for money
the boys accepted and the Game
cock ruffled his feathers and w ent
on without them. According to the
records he didn't do too badly.
Sports quiz'
This sportsquiz business is be
coming more complicated weekly.
Last week, we thought we would
change things around a bit and
offer a slightly different type of
quiz. Today, when we received our
mail we were greeted with a multi
tuide of answers to the new quiz.
Fourteen of the answers received
were correct in identifying the
mystery man as Otto Graham of
the Cleveland Broyvns.
This left us in the usual predica
ment of trying to decide which of
the answers should receive the
weekly prize of two passes to the
Carolina Theater. After resorting
to the ballot in a hat technique
again, we emerged with the name
of Bob Gottdenker of Ten. 18. He
is hereby declared this week's offi
cial winner.
Others who correctly identified
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Sports Photo by Manning Harris.)
Men From Texas
Tompkins Bi
Recognition
With the enrollment of four
Gamecocks began what was 1
were all from the same home
championship team for two ye;
school All-Americans for two:
The Tompkins brothers were at
Carolina for two and a half years
and everyone who saw them per
form remembers them as a
synonym for victory. All through
their high school days and their
time at Carolina, when the two of
them were on the same court, they
never lost a game.
In the 1931-'32 season when they
played freshman ball, the Biddies
won 14 games with an average of
52.3 points per game. Dana Hen
derson, another of the Texans who
played center, scored 194 points in
those 14 games.
Freddie, the oldest of the two
brothers, started late that year but
managed to ring 188 points in the
nine games that he appeared in.
In one game Freddie scored 36
points which was the highest in
dividual score of the year, col
legiate or otherwvise. Bennie Tomp
kins scored 185 p)oints, 35 of which
were free shots.
Conference Champs
The following year the squad
-brought to Carolina her first ma
jor sports title by winning the
Southern Conference title at
Raleigh. The team lost two garjies
that year at the first of the season
when Freddie was out of play. One
of the losses was to Kentu.eky, the
national champions, 44-36. When
the champs came to Carolina they
were beaten 44-38.
All-American
Freddie and Bennie made All
Southern and several All-American
teams that year. Dana Henderson
made second string on the All
Southern five. In the tournament
Freddie Tompkins set a record
which still stands as the highest
score in a single conference game.
He reached a total of 31t points
that night.
The Gamecocks went undefeated
in 1933-'34 in the regular season.
After 36 consecutive wins they suf
fered their first loss at the hands
of N. C. State in the annual titular
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orking out daily in the natatorium
anding, left to right; Tom Chandler
Bebe Rhame-free style, Preston
repeau-free style, Jimmy Smith
There is still room for several good
h Ratliff at the natatorium. (USC
.ght National
i Basketball
rom New Jersey in 1931, the I
I basketball era. The Texans
iers of the national high schoo L
I Bennie Tompkins, were high
Otto Graham were: Lewis J. I
Schooler, J. (;. Osteen, Raiph Winn,
Billy B. Hallmark, John Savoy,
Thomas Bruce, Ernie Strange, Bob
by McInnis, Harry DeLoach, Paul
Stephens, E. R. Ott, Johnny Mc
Culloch, and H. ). Keenan.
This week's mystery man played
t
halfback at Furman in 1918. lie
transferred to Carolina and played c
fullback in 1920. In one game he I
kicked a field goal, scored a touch
down and kicked the extra point in
a 10-0 Gamecock win. lie kicked
a field goal that beat Clemson 3-0.
le scored a touchdown and kicked
a field goal in the last minute as
Carolina defeated the Citadel 7-6.
lie was regarded as one of the best
defensive men in thg conference
and at one time led the nation in
punting, iIe broke his leg in 1921.
From Carolina, he went to La
Grange high school, LaGrange, Ga.,
as head coach, where he had four
undefeated seasons. After serving
as head coach at a Southern Con
ference school, he retired to private
business and now runs a bowling _
alley and recreation center at
Edisto Beach.
Address your answers to Game
cock sports and drop them in the
campus mail.
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thatis ....
We don't have to provide storage
space for electricity - It can't be
We never have to anticipate our needs
for electricity. For everyone's con
venience It must be available at all
times throughout 24 hours of every
day In the eract amount we want . ..
Our electric service required costly
and complicated facilities in which
millions and millions of dollars are
Invested. It Is owned by thousands
and thousands of people who live In
all comners of our country -- some In
foreign countries.
That's private enterprise-and this is
a tax-paying, privately-ewned utility,
directed and managed by South Care
lin.business.me..
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Will Sell I
By L. C. TAP
Ticket prices for the Southen
nent, which will be held at the
18, have been announced by v
3ob Jones of Clemson. This is
:hat the big tournament has be
Student single tickets will b
vill sell for $2. This is less t
icket price of $4.80 for last year's
ourney. A season hook will cover
A1 the bouts which will be held in
our sessions. There will be an
Ifternoon and a night session on
'hursday, and night sessions on
'riday and Saturday.
The complete price list for all seats:
Thur. Thur. Fri. Set. Season
aft. eve.
Student .50 .50 .50 .50 2.00
Reg. Res. .75 1.25 1.75 2.50 6.25
Ringside
Res. 1.00 1.50 2.25 3.00 7.75
Season ticket orders will be filled
first and will be accepted through Feb.
16. After that date, only single match
orders will be filled. All seats, includ
ing students, are reserved.
Mrs. Melton, ticket office manager,
announced that she expects to have
tickets on sale within a week.
Eight teams with full rosters
ire expected to participate in the
lassic. Louisiana State univer
ity, national intercollegiate cham
ions and winners of last year's
IBT will be back and will prob
bly be favored to take the crown
gain.
The Citadel, Maryland and
fiami have already accepted in
itations, and South Carolina, the
ost school, will also be represented.
Rex Enright, athletic director at
,arolina, issued ihe invitations on
ehalf of the association and the
Jniversity. Several schools con
acted have not yet replied, but
nost of them are expected to ac
ept the invitation.
Prof. Kit Fitzsimmons of the
,arolina faculty wili act in the
apacity of general tournament
hairman. Professor Fitzsimmons
ins had wide experience in this
ype of work and is one of the
ounders of the Southern Invita
ional tournament.
The Carolina athletic publicity
ffice will handle most of the pub
city for the tournament and Red
tallentine, Gamecock sports pub
city director, will be in charge of
ublicity.
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Erskine-PC Lead
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Gamecocks Third
Standings of the nine South
,arolina college basketball teams
it the end of the seventh week of
heir 1949-50 season show Erskine
ind Presbyterian maintaining their
mne-two position in the race for
:he best overall won-loss record.
Carolina is in third place by
rirtue of its clean sweep of three
rames played last week. The
3irds had a 5-4 overall record on
Fuesday and were in second place
n the conference with 4-1. They
eft on a three-game road trip
Fuesday morning and their chances
>f gaining a spot in the post-season
onference tournament d e p e n d
argely on their performance dur
ng this trip. They were at Duke
'uesday night, played at North
,arolina Wednesday night, and
vill be at Clemson tomorrow night.
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