The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 21, 1950, Page Page Seven, Image 7
Tom Price, Sports Editor
- L. C. Tankersley ' Mordeesi Persky
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Spring Trip Successful
The dismissal of Roger Wilson from the baseball squad for
violation of training regulations marred an otherwise suc
cessful Spring training trip through Georgia and Florida
for the Gamecocks. John Szakacsi, the other offender, ac
cepted the "discipline" administered by Coach Ted Petoskey
and was reinstated.
Wilson was batting .343 at the time of his release and he
will be missed. Through last Saturday's game with Duke,
Szakacsi had hit safely in each' of the 10 games in which
he participated. He was leading in runs batted in with 13,
doubles with three, and had the highest batting average of
the Bird regulars with .348.
Hot Weather Helped
The hot weather encountered in Jacksonville was just
what the doctor ordered and helped round the Petoskeymen
into shape.
After losing a frost-bitten fiasco to Georgia 8-3, the
Gamecocks moved over to Macon to meet Mercer. The
weather was just as cold there, but the Birds managed to
triumph 12-7. Grady Faircloth mad' his first start and
although a trifle wild, limited the Bears to four hits in seven
innings to get the win.
The cold weather followed the squad to Jacksonville and
the thermometer dipped to 35 degrees when the Birds ar
rived at the Naval Air Station at 1 a. m., Friday morning.
By game time that afternoon, however, the bright Florida
sun had warmed things up and the Gamecocks encountered
their first real baseball weather of the Spring. They cele
brated the sunshine with a 5-4 win over the sailors and
went on from there to sweep the three-game set.
After returning to Columbia riding a four-game winning
streak, the Birds took off for Durham to meet the Duke
Blue Devils in a two-game series.
With Bobby Rogers replacing Wilson in center field, the
Gamecocks came from behind to win the opener 8-6 to
stretch their. win streak to five. Faircloth went the route
to garner his second win.
Camp Loses Tough One
In the finale, Duke wvon 5-4 in 12 innings as Bill "Country"
Camp lost a heart breaker. Szakacsi had put the Birds
ahead 4-3 in the top of the twelfth with a single to right
scoring John Sykes, but Duke came back with a single, a
stolen base, an error and a wild pitch to tie it up again
with two out and the winning run on second. Leroy Sires,
Duke catcher from Charleston, then stepped to the plate
and laced a single to right center to break up the ball game.
With the season approximately half over, the picture
stacks up something like this: Pitching-excellent; hitting
--fair; fielding-mediocre.
Loss of Allen Hurts
With the loss of Gus Allen, the catching has entered the
critical stage. Petoskey still has Bebe Rhame, Mitchell Scott,
and a youngster named Hall who reported for practice for
the first time Monday afternoon, but it is doubtful if any
of these receivers is as capable as Allen. After a slow start,
both at bat and in the field, Gus was just beginning to find
himself when he fractured the middle finger on his throw
ing hand while batting at Durham last Friday. His long
home run at Jacksonville was one of the longest hit balls
of the year by a Gamecock.
Clark Improved
Tom Clark, the speedy third baseman, improved a great
deal on the Florida tour, and he seems to be started toward
a great season. He hit a home run against Mercer, but his
~speed on the base paths has been his chief asset thus far.
IHe was batting .298 after the Duke series.
Rogers is another speed demon in the Gamecock lineup.
He beat out three infield hits in the'Duke series. His speed
is also an asset on defense, for he can really roam after a
fly ball in addition to having a fine throwing arm.
WUSC Airs Games
While on the subject of baseball, we might mention that
WUSC, the campus radio station, is presenting a play-by
play account of all home baseball games again this Spring.
In addition to airing the home contests, WUSC will also
probably broadcast both games that the Birds play at Clem
son. Tom Smith and Bill Stublen are the boys that handle
the play-by-play.
Sidelined
The Gamecocks chances of w*inning the Southern Conference South
ern Division pennant received a severe jolt when GUS ALLEN, first
string catcher, fractured the middle finger on his right hand while
batting in the fifth inning of last Friday's game with the Duke Blue
Devils at Durham, N. C. The loss of Allen leaves the Birds with
three catchers available for duty. They are Mitchell Scott, Bebe
Rhame, and a youngster named Hall who came out for the squad
Monday afternoon. (USC Sports Photo by Manning Harris)
Bird Batting
Players with 10 or more times at bat. Includes game of Saturday,
April 15.
Player G AB It 11 211 311 HI I Pct.
Faircloth, p-of 1 11 4 5 1 0 0 3 .454
Szakacsi, lb 10 43 5 15 3 0 1 13 .348
Sykes, ss 11 49 12 17 0 2 1 3 .347
Clark, 3b 11 47 8 14 0 0 0 5 .298
Phillips, of 11 44 7 12 1 1 0 8 .273
Mitchell, 2b 11 39 2 9 1 0 0 5 .231
Rogers, of 6 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 .231
Allen, c 9 32 3 6 0 0 1 4 .18S
Kincaid, of 6 15 5 2 1 0 0 0 .133
Chinnes, util. 8 21 3 2 0 0 3 .095
Camp, p 8 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 .059
Radar, of 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Biddie Baseballers
Play N. Charleston SPEDIAL RATES
Coach Earl Dunham's freshman
baseball team will meet the North
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this afternoon on Davis field at B0i
3 o'clock. The Biddies defeated
Edgewood high school 12-5 in their
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Carolina doesn't have a well-.
balanced track team this spring but
the Gamecocks can boast of three
or four men who are stars in their
own brackets. Usually 75 per cent
of the points the South Carolina
team amasses are scored by-these
three or four men.
Captain of the team is Ray Mc
Kenzie, 220- and 440-yard dash
man who was an understudy of
National Champion Scooter Rucks
two seasons ago. McKcnzie was
bothered with a bad leg last sea
son and didn't get to enter the
State or Conference meet conipeti
tion after a fine season. The
Kingstree senior is doing well this
season and should be a threat at
Clinton and Chapel Hill when the
meets roll around.
Possibly the finest dash man in
South Carolina today is Tommy
Woodlee, the flashy little sopho
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should be a cinch to win the State
competition in Clinton next month.
The Chickamauga, Ga., boy is a
fleet halfback on the Gamecock
football team and is one of the
fastest runners seen on the South
Carolina track since Itucks grad
uated year before last.
Charlie McGill is the other out
standing Gamecock star who helped
defeat )avidson College last week
almost single-haundedly. McGill,
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lumbia on the track team, gathered
in 17 points for the Birds in that
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gets most of the points, Ben Badger
has come through with a top year
in the pole vaulting department.
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meet last year, but a bruised hand
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feet. lie has won all meets that he
has entered this year.
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