The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 17, 1950, Page Page Seven, Image 7
Tom I
L. C. Tankersley
Jimmy Howle
Hitopoulk
Within a period of tw<
senting the university h.
On each occasion, just b(
to go into action, one c
the event.
The first mishap occu:
ankle in the last five m
of the regular season a
the Southern Conferenc<
Yesterday, the South<
began in the field house.
125-pound star, who wai
To Coach Jess Alderrr
Hitopoulos must be like I
The Greek boy from C1
in a sadly disappointing
cock fighters. When th
no one paid much attenti
year's team manager to
When the final dual mi
a glance at the record ,
only undefeated pugilist
while losing four and d
wins in six starts won I
Then, as in the case of
the Gamecocks of their
came ill Monday mornii
tournament.
Szakacsii
John "Cy" Szakacsi i
fall, the Southern Confe
Szakacsi
the Gain
him inelIi
rule; wh
Natura
an inelig
also exte
however,
and will
The el
Happy solved T
Hungarian Szakacsi
sons, but he has always
tried him out at the bag
To this inexpert obsers
more than satisfactory.
Ssecond ball that John h~
field wall. A few of thos<
help a lot.
Donnie Rish, who retu
out for the first-base job.
but is carrying quite a
with him and seems ratl
Apologies to Bill "Cori
that Bill won seven gair
baseballers in 1949. A
Camp won eight and lost
Congratulations to Pr
on the birth of a new bt
two boys. in the Wardi
money In innrnaliam.
Orice, Sports Editor
Mordecal Persky
Rudy Thigpen
SGS
is Has Luck of Cox
) short weeks, athletic teams repre.
tve entered two major tournaments,
fore the Gamecock team was slated
f its star performers was lost for
rred when Don Cox injured his left
inutes of the final basketball game
nd was forced to the sidelines for
- tournament.
rn Invitational boxing tournament
This time, it was Gregg Hitopoulos,
missing.
an, entering a tournament without
;rying to box Joe Louis blind-folded,
,iarleston was the one bright spot
season of dual meets for the Game
e season began three months ago,
on to Gregg who switched from last
this year's active squad.
!et of the year was fought, however,
howed Gregg Hitopoulos to be the
on a squad that won two meets
rawing one. Gregg's record of six
-----. .. ...
urn a top-seeded spot in the SIBT,
Don Cox, fate stepped in to deprive
spark plug. Gregg Hitopoulos be
g and had to withdraw from the
s Happy Hungarian
.a a happy Hungarlian again. Last
rence eligibility board decided thai
was ineligible to play basketball for
ecocks. The reason given for ruling
gible was the conference "fv-ya
atever that is.
illy, it was generally believed thai
ibility ruling for basketball would
nd to baseball. Such is not the case,
for Szakacsi is eligible for baseball
play for the Gamecocks this Spring,
igibility of "Cyclone Cy" may have
ed Petoskey's first-base problems.
has been a pitcher in previous sea
been a good hitter and the coach
when he first reported for practice.
Ter, the results appear to be slightly
In batting practice last Friday, the
it disappeared high over the left
when they count this season would
rned to school this semester, is also
lie appears to be a long-ball hitter,
few pounds excess weight around
ier slow.
Sorry
ptry" Camp. Last week we stated
es andl lost four for the Gamecock~
check of the records showed that
four.
Congrats
ofessor and Mrs. Frank Wardlaw
Lby girl. That makes two girls and
aw family now. There MUST be
Spring Sports I
At Carolina
March
27-Baseball-Michigan State Col
lege, Columbia
Golf-Wake Forest College,
Columbia
Tennis-College of Charleston, toi
Columbia Li
28-Baseball-Michigan State Col- tie
lege, Columbia at
29-Tennis-Presbyterian College, of
Clinton pa
30--Golf-Davidson, Columbia Cc
31-Baseball-D u k e University, an
Columbia
Golf-Clemson College, Co- de
lumbia es
April ho
I-Baseball-D u k e, University, de
Columbia en
Track-Georgia, Athens by
5-Baseball-Georgia, Athens M
Golf-Davidson, Charlotte wi
Tennis-College of Charleston, to
Charleston M
6-Baseball-Mercer, Atlanta st
Tennis-The Citadel, Charles- ai
ton til
7--Baseball--Jacksonville Naval
Air Station, Jacksonville i
Track-Davidson College, Co- hc
' lumbia qu
10-Baseball-Jacksonville Naval gu
Air Station, Jacksonville se
11-Baseball-Jacksonville Naval pa
Air Station, Jacksonville st
Golf-N. C. State, Columbia sa
14-Baseball-D u k e University, fa
Durham ha
Tennis-Furman University, -
Greenville
15-Baseball-D u k e University,
Durham
Golf--the Citadel, Charleston
Tennis-Presbyterian College, cea
Columbia S1
18-Baseball-The Citadel, Co- in
lumbia of
Golf-Clemson, Clemson
Track-North Carolina State, TI
Columbia K
L Tennis-University of Mianli, SI
Columbia
1!-- -Golf-Furman, Greenville
20-Tennis-The Citadel, Columbia
21-Baseball-Furman, Greenville f
Golf-Wofford, Columbia
22--Baseball-Furman, Greenville
Track-Clemson, Columbia
24--Golf-The Citadel, Columbia nm
25--Tennis-Clemson, Columbia th
26-Baseball-The Citadel, lo
Charleston
27--Golf--Furman, Columbia m
Tennis-Furman, Columbia er
thi
29-Baseball-Georgia, Columbia
Track-Presbyterian College, bi
Columbia
Tennis-N. C. State, Columbia a
May Y
2 -Baseball-Davidson, Davidson
4-Golf-N. C. State, Raleigh
Tennis---State Tourney, Clin
ton
5-Golf-North Carolina, Chapel
Hill
Tennis-State Tourney, Clini
ton(
Baseball-Clemson, Columbia
G-Baseball-Clemisoni, Columbia
Tennis-State Tourney, Clini
toni
Track-Furman, Columbia
8-GoIf-Wofford College, Spar- T
tanburg
9-Baseball-Davidson, Columbia t
Golf-State Tournament, f
Spartanburg
l1--Golf-State Tournament,m
Spartanburg d
I 1--Golf-State Tournament,
Spartanburg W
Tennis-Conference Tourna
ment, Davidson
12-Baseball-Furman, Columbia t
Track-State Meet, Clinton ~
Tennis-Conference Tourna- 15
nment, Davidson 10
13--Baseball-Furman, Columbia 19
Track-State Meet, Clinton
Ten nis-Conference Tourmna- 20
ment, Davidson
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If you aren't a movie bug or a
patron of the Carolina Theatre
then you'd better steer clear ol
this column, because that's jusl
why we're here. If you have a
beef, see Dave Garvin, managei
of the Carolina. He got the brain.
storm. But you gotta buy a ticke
to see himl!
Beginning Sunday, March 19
and running through March 25, thf
Carolina will
screen "12 0'
Clock High," star
ring Gregory
Peck (right) as
General Strange.
Critics claim it's
Peck's best per
f ormance and
they say it's one
of the truest avi- A .tji
ation movies ever
filmed.
"It makes you realize just hov
horrible the war was, especiall:
the combat aviation end of it,'
Professor G. R. Graham of th<
Geology department, a former Ai:
Corps officer, said in class afte1
seeing the preview Sunday after
noon.
Hugh Marlow,
(left) plays
good supportin
role as the weal
Lt. Colonel whi
gets busted b:
General Strange
Marlowe's note4
for his score ii
20th Centur.
Fox's "Come t<
the Stable," some time ago.
By the way, did you notice th(
blank space at the top of this?,
It's there for you to fill in. Foi
the best title sent in to box 2766
a judge (namely me) will give thi
winner five bucks in cash plu.
two passes to the Carolina goot
for six months.
Lt. John F. Campbell of th4
Air ROTC unit here arranged foi
around 40 of his students to se4
the preview of "12 O'Clock High'
last Sunday. They enjoyed it, w<
hear, not only because it was free
but because it was a good show
to boot.
G a r y Merrill.
(right) gives
Peck added sup
port by handling
the role of the
stern C. 0. as if
he were made for
it. He loses corn- "
mand of the.
918th BombCLC .
Group (upon
whose com6at action the film i
based) because he takes the blam4
for a navigator's mistake whicl
cost's the lives of 50 men and ii
relieved by General Strange.
The plot's good, and the acting
is superb, especially by Peck. Yoi
will live scene for scene, action b3
action, wvith this hell-bent bomi
group. "12 O'Clock High" har
emotional impact to spare. I
should stamp Peck as the tol
actor of his day and time.
This gorgeous hunk of feminin4
pulchritude, Hedy Lamar (below)
will he seen in Cecil B. DeMille',
beautiful "Sampson and Delilah,'
the week of March 26. She's play
ing opposite Victor Mature, husk:
he-man, who among other things
kills a lion with his bare handi
and pushes a huge stone temnpl4
down, killing some 5,000-odd peo
pie. It's well-filmed and shows
lot of Lamarr-and that's plents
good for our money. By the way
we saw It.
--Adveraemensi
]SC's Day.
Vere Enlit
By JIMMIE HOWLE a
'Mein Gott! All dis for two d
Isant tollar!" Professor Francis c
4ber once said of student activi
s in the days before organized
iletics at Carolina. The faculty '
today really has it easy in com- g
rison with the old boys like
oper, Lieber, LeConte, Maxcy ]
d others. st
Dr. Thomas Cooper, second presi- w
it of the university, had an
iecially hard time. lie had a
rse named Blanche on whose 0
ath it was proposed in all sol- t
nity that she should he honored 0
a public burial and a holiday. h
ichievous students had much fun s
th Blanche. Cooper once wrote tl
Thomas -Jefferson: Some young t
?n stole my horse out of the g
able, shaved its tail and mane, e
d rode it about in the night un- h
it was nearly exhausted. a
Students in Cooper's day also (
:ed to visit neighboring fowl
uses and turkey-stealing was d
ite a sport. Any party found I
tilty of this act was expelled for t
ven weeks. Often though, the t4
,rty's classmates would go on ;
rike in his behalf and he was u
on reinstated. Another stunt 0
vored by the students was "fire- h
Iling." This was done by tying a
Sportsquiz
It. L,. McDonald broke Billy Kin- e
id's string of three consecutive d
i(mrtsquiz wins this week by beat
r him to the draw on the identity t
F-red Merkle, and will receive r
Io free pa-ses to the Carolina L
icatre. Besides McDonald and 'F
neaid, C. Hammond and Arthur i
wan also came up with correct 4
swers. bi
Another ;iseball player of "the t
od old days" is yours to name g
r this week's Carolina passes. f
was this man whom Connie a
;tck has called the greatest
iney pitcher of all time, and he q
is probably right, because of the t
ree hundred odd games the fel- t(
w% pitched for Connie's A's, he v
tnaged to come out on the top t
d about sixty-five per cent of I
e time. A standout at cards, t
lliards, and precision shooting, c
ir hero was never a man to waste t
pitch. le won his major league ~
but by limiting an all-star New
rk Highlander aggregation to
ur hits.
Address all answers to Game
ek Sports, Campus.
lair Turner Wins
ing-Pong Tourney;
eorge Trotter Loses
Blair Turner, unIversity student,
m the senior men's championship
the city-wide table tennis tour
ment held March 10, at the Big -
ip youth center.
Turner successfully defended the
le he won last year, by defeating
irporal Ware of Fort Jackson, in
re games. The lead changed
any times and the outcome was in
ubt to the last.
George Trotter, who recently
mn the university championship,
Lached the quarter-finals where
was beaten by Turner in one of
L' best matches of the day.
Baseball -- Clemson, Clemson
-Baseball-Clemson, Clemson
-Track--Conference Meet,
Chapel Hill
-Track-Conference Meet,
Chapel Hill
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fireball to the tail of a cow or'
)g and chasing him about the
mpus.
"Boys will be boys," they re
ated. Some of them often en
iged in- a game of "town ball" or
:at," but a muen more enjoyable
>ort was stealing the chapel
eps. Students and faculty alike
ere required to attend chapel
rery morning and evening. Before
one steps were placed in front
the chapel in Rutlege College
ie students would steal the wooden
ies and hide them. A board or a
dder would be used to bridge the
x feet between the ground and
ie floor. The students had little
-ouble getting up, but oh, the poor,
it faculty. LaBorde's History of
ic South Carolina College gives a
umorous description of Dr. Cooper
scending the ladder while reciting
reek verse to keep up his courage.
Another object which the stu
ents of the B. A. (Before Ath
tics) days delighted in hiding was
ie college bell. This bell was used
call the students to classes and
i case of fire. Once when it was
sed for the former purpose some
f the students took it from its
anging place and removed it to
>me distant spot. The following
londay, nobody reported to class
ecause the bell had not rung. A
egro was hired to go about the
impus ringing an auction bell to
All the students to class. That
idn't work.
Reins a ngro. lie was ineligible
hol a rovernment job. there
)re. he (oul(] not ring a hell in a
oivernment suipported institution.
hen they got a white mail to ring
iw hell but one morning several
uidents beat him up and took the
:11 away from him. it was nearly
vo weeks before another hell was
rtten and hung in place of the
>rmer one and classes were re
Imed.
The Gamecocks of those days had
uite a sense of humor. One of
ieir favorite classroom antics was
> spread the professor's bench
'ith tar. This was a must when
te professor had a new cloak. In
R12, when the students tired of
1e food in Steward's Hall, they
sptured a steer destined for the
ible. decorated his horns with
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Slaughter Finishes
12 Among Nation's
Basketball Scorers
Lanky Jim Slaughter, Carolina
>asketball center, placed 12th
among the nation's scorers for the
.949-50 season with an average of
!0 points per game in regular
eason play.
Paul Arizin of Villanova, had
he top average in the country
vith 24.6 points a game. Two
;outhern conference men besides
flaughter were near the top in the
'inal averages released. Chet
jiermak ranked sixth with a 21.4
verage for William and Mary
Lnd Tex Tilson ranked ninth, with
L 20.3 average for VPI.
Slaughter was top man in the
itate and conference with a 20
?oint mark in all loop games. He
iet a new state scoring record only
;o see it broken by Jack Olive of
Erskine, in post-season play.
Slaughter finished the season
Aith 421 points, including the 21
)oints made in a one-night tourna
,nent stand against Duke at Dur
,iam.
wreaths, drove him to the Congaree
river and drowned him as a sacri
rice to the river god.
About the only student pastime
>f those days which is still in prac
:ice is the cutting of classes. In
:he early days, however, it was
lone much more frequently, par
icularly in a senior class which
vas taught by Professor George
Blackburn. The professor once
iaid, "It might be that half of my
-lass are very smart fellows, for
never see them; but the ones
hat do attend class are as labor
ous as oxen but as stupid as
This remark was too much for
he hot-headed Carolinians and it
egan the first major riot in the
iistory of the university.
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