Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tom Price, Sports Editor L. C. Tankersley Mordecai Pernky Jimmy Howle Rudy Thigpen Letter from a Student The following letter was received by THE PRICE OF THINGS last Monday and is reprinted here in its entirety. In publishing this or any other letters, THE PRICE OF THINGS does not necessarily endorse the idea or ideas ex pressed therein: Dear Tom, I would like to express my feelings in saying that I don't think that Red Wilson was given a fair deal by the athletic department when they took his scholarship away. Red was on a football scholarship, yet when he broke training on a baseball trip he lost his football scholarship. I happen to know both sides of the story and I think that the athletic association used very poor tact and very little consideration when they relieved Red of his scholarship when a local paper smeared him. Red is the only three letter man at Carolina today. He made all-state end for four years and batted .373 in baseball last year. He was leading the team in every hitting department this year. After all the good Red has done for the University of South Carolina, surely he deserves more considera tion than was given to him. Red is also a Blue Key man, belongs to Sigma Chi fraternity and is vice-president of Block "C." Certainly he should not have lost his iootball scholar ship for breaking a training rule in another kport which he was not required to play. Where is the sense of fair-play in that? Yours sincerely, Joe Stringer Our Humble Apologies As Sports Editor of The Gamecock, we wish to apologize to the track team for neglecting to run a story last week on the Gamecocks' track victory over Clemson. Surely any victory over Clemson by any Carolina athletic team deserves the biggest display and the largest headlines. The track team has run up an impressive record to date and boys like Tommy Woodlee, Ray McKenzie, Charie McGill, Olin Mc Gill, Rupert. Drews, and the others should give a good ac count of themselves in the state track meet at Clinton next week. The final dual meet of the season will be run on the Gamecock track this afternoon with the Furman Purple Hurricane furnishing the opposition., Rogers Makes Good Perhaps the number one success story of the year as far as Carolina is concerned is the batting rampage that Bobby Rogers, Gamecock centerfielder, has been on since breaking into the regular lineup. Over a three-game stretch, the Orangeburg youngster banged out nine safeties in i7 trips to the plate. Through last Saturday's contest with the Uni versity of Georgia, Bobby had collected 15 safeties in 43 times at bat for a healthy .349 average. Two of his blows were doubles and he had knocked in seven runs. His speed on the base paths is evidenced by his five stolen bases which is good for second spot on the club in that department although he played in only 13 of the team's first 18 games. A week ago last Tuesday night the Gamecocks traveled to Orangeburg to meet The Citadel.Bulldogs on the neutral grounds of Mirmow field. Bobby Rogers and The Citadel pitcher, Lefty Edwins, were both performing before home town crowds. The fleet Rogers and the Cadet southpaw had been teammates in high school. They were anything but buddies that night, however, for Rogers rapped the lefthander for three singles in four at tempts. He had also collected three bingles against Furman the week before, and followed up with a double and two singles against The Citadel in Charleston next day. Bobby cooled off a bit against Georgia and drew a horse collar in five trips, but he has tasted the sweetness of suc cess and it is our h)et that he will continue to get his share of bas hits for the Gamecocks. The Rattler Currently pacing the Gamecock baseball team in hitting with a robust .382, John "Rattler" Sykes, the hustling senior shortstop from Raleigh, N. C., is having his greatest year since coming to the Game cock roost. A long-ball hitter, the Rattler also leads the team in triples, home runs, total bases, stolen bases and several other de A physical education major, John played semi-professional ball at Lancaster last summer. When he finishes his college eligibility in June, he hopes to sign a professional contract. (USC Sports Photo by Manning Harris) Bird Batting Includes game of Saturday, April 29: Player G AB R H 21 3B HR RBI SB Pct. Sykes, ss 18 82 22 31 2 4 2 16 11 .382 Phillips, of 18 65 14 23 1 1 0 19 4 .354 Rogers, of 13 43 14 15 2 0 0 7 5 .349 Clark, 3b 18 78 20 26 0 0 1 7 5 .333 Szakacsi, lb 17 72 9 24 5 1 1 26 1 .333 Rhame, e 6 9 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 .333 Faircloth, p-of .7 19 9 6 2 0 0 8 3 .316 Mitchell, 2b 17 61 8 16 2 0 0 8 1 .262 Scott,ce 9 34 7 8 2 0 0 5 1 .235 Jones, p-of 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Kincaid, of 11 25 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Allen, c 9 32 3 6 0 0 1 4 0 .188 Chinnes, util. 12 33 5 4 0 0 0 4 1 .122 Sherer, p 6 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Camp, p 13 31 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 .064 Radar, of 7 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .050 Shea, lb 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lattimore, p 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pitching Averages GI1P H SO BB HR ER W L T Pct. ERA Faircloth 6 42 33 27 13 3 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.07 Jones 1 7 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 01.000 1.29 Camp 12 71 62 52 22 2 13 3 3 1 .500 1.65 Sherer 6 29 1/3 32 18 6 0 9 2 2 0 .500 2.72 Hagan 3 12 7 82 0 00 1 0.0000.00 Lattimore 1 1 1/3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 6.75 SPECIAL RATES PA TRON E'S 20 Cents University Quality BTO 6 P. I MN. Cleaners and Dyers BOWLINGPressing Capitol Bowling While You Wait Center 1209 Pendleton St. Columbia Telephone 3-3443 THE COLLEGE SHOP SERVING CAROLINA STUDENTS FOR OVER 25 YE ARS Open 6:30 A. M. BREAKFASTS - 30e up PLATE LUNCH 50e up SHORT ORDERS - STEAKS 60e Fountain Service - Sandwiches Jake Rogers- Pennpraar Sykes Continues Atop Baseball Batting Pinnacle For the third consecutive week Shortstop Johnny Sykes is pacing the Gamecock baseball batting parade with an average of .382 in all games played through last Sat urday. Sykes also leads in runs scored, 22; times at bat, 82; hits, 31; three base hits, four; home runs, two; total bases, 47; and stolen bases, 11. First baseman J o h n "Cy Szakacsi, who had hit safely in all but one of the games in which he participated, has the most doubles, five; and leads in runs batted in, 26. Szakasi's runs batted in total is already eight more than Jim Pin kerton, the 1949 leader, had for an entire season and although the existir)k record for this department is unknown, the Hungarian first sacker may well establish a new mark if he continues driving runs across the plate at his present rate. On the other side of the ledger, Szakacsi is tied with catcher Gus Allen for the most strikeouts, 12; while Outfielder Ashley Phillips' has drawn the most bases on balls, 12. Third baseman Tom Clark has the most sacrifices, three; while Jack Mitchell, second.baseman, has been hit by two pitched balls. In the pitching department, Grady Faircloth added one win last week to continue his perfect won loss record. He had won five straight through last week-end. Faircloth also leads the regular pitchers in earned run effective ness with an extremely low 1.07. Bill Camp has the most decisions, six; has lost the most games, three; has pitched the most innings, 71; appeared in the most games, 12; given up the most hits, 62; has the most strikeouts, 52; has issued the most bases on balls, 22; and has given up the most earned runs, 13. He is tied with Faircloth for the most complete ganes, four; while Faircloth has hit the most batters, three. Frank Sherer has the most balks, two; and Harold "Bo" Hagan has thrown the most wild pitches, four. Gamecock Netters Get Win Over Clemson The Carolina tennis team won a close 5-4 victory over Clemson in a Southern conference match played at Clemson last week. The sunmanryv Constan of South Carolina de feated Draper, 6-3. 4-6, 6-4. Roth of South Carolina defeated Neel, 6-1, 9-7. Smith of Clemson defeated Hol combe, 6-2, 6-2. Littlejohn of Clemson defeated Gibert, 6-1, 6-2. Briggs of South Carolina de feated La Grange, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Merritt of Clemson defeated Tommy Woodlee, speedy 100 and 220-yard dash man, is unde feated in dual meet track compe tit ion this season. The Chicamauga, Ga., flash also anchors the Bird mile relay team. Phne. 2-9250 918 MAIN STREET Joe Patrone's Collegiate Inn SpecEalising in STEAKS CHICKEN SPAGHETTI * * * Dine and Dance In the "GAMECOCK" ROM Golfers Rate For Coming From the looks of things, t be the favorite to capture thE third year in a row when the the Spartanburg Country CluL have managed to defeat every played although they did drop winning from them 14 to 4 later in the season. The Gamecocks have four boys who are capable of shooting par golf and after a shaky start, the Birds have whittled down their scores to the par standard. Cap Lain Bob Thoren, former state champion from Elgin, Ill., hit his stride midway in the season after an injury pestered him earlier. Against The Citadel last week he had a three under par 69. George Dial, III, who has been playing number one man recently for the Gamecock sixsome, has been hit ting the ball well all season and has an average of 73.6 in the 12 matches played to date. Jim Clemmons, the Florence senior who is the other veteran on the club this season, has come through in fine style, shooting right around 74 in the regular com petition. Clemmons is capable of shooting sub-par golf and on sev eral occasions, he has come through with a 71 against competition. The big r;urprise of the season has been the excellent showing of sophomore Freddie Compher who had a shaky start in early competition. He hit his stride against Clemson week before last with a one-under par 71 and since that time, he has aver aged 73, just one over par on the home Forest Lake course. The Gamecocks will number six at the State Tournament in Spar tanburg next week with the four low scores counting on the cham pionship record. It is almost a cer tainty that these four boys will shoot the low scores but there are a couple of other fellows who are capable, including last year letter man Bud Jeter. Bob Westerfield, Elerson Fowler, Candler Spence and Chuck Prezioso are the other members of the team this year. Wilder, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Constan and Roth of South Carolina defeated Draper and Smith, 7-5, 6-3. Neel and Littlejohn of Clemson defeated Holcombe and Gibert, 6-4, 6-4. Briggs and Wilder of South Carolina defeated La Grange and Merritt, 6-3, 7-5. M a Want A Job " U With A Future? " MA summer job or all year * U 'round. Undergrads are * making good pay right in U their home towns, or in * U their college towns. En * gineering students pre- U ferred, but not required. * U For full particulars and * profit records send penny postcard to Perfo Mat U SCompany, 281 Fifth Aye U nue, N. Y. City. U SPAL UNWR1 NAPPLAUD fl.TANAD 1WMAn 1~YALDIN NAMIOSH 7a.Ws.t a.oorc d Tops State Meet re Carolina golf team should state championship for the tournament comes around at next week. The Gamecocks club in the state they have i match to The Citadel before Sportsquiz George Couch, Box 876, grabs himself two free tickets to the comfortable Carolina, Dave Gar vin's house of hits, for correctly identifying Babe Adams as our last week's mystery man. Others to come up with a correct answer, but a bit too late, were George Trotter and Russell E. Green. This week we are going to be tough and ask you to identify the man who holds the record for the most consecutive home runs in or ganized baseball. lie is a former University of Alabama first base man and is now coaching baseball at a Southeastern Conference school. He stands six feet five and is generally recognized as the greatest all-round athlete ever pro duced by the University of Ala bama. He made 10 varsity letters with the Crimson Tide, three each in football, basketball and baseball, and one in track. He was all-SEC tackle in 1935, all-SEC basketball center in 1934 and 1936. He was a regular on Alabama's Rose Bowl team that defeated Stanford 29 13. New Year's Day, 1935. Write your answer on a scrap of paper and address it to Gamecock Sports, campus. First correct an swer received wins the tickets. SAY... "I saw it in THE GAMECOCK" AMAZING THING'4 j~~V TM/NG tf' ce exser A6'14/N6 ?7t -- A/OS N6A./NG sew." r1eV4j TIhNG er ?4r.f'V VO/ /N4mr DING CH AMPIONSH IP WRIGHTKDITSON, naonY Prcit BALL-or ima Usa. p ..DAVIN .9CUP MATCH /' * RIQMT&DON'gg I O MAJon. W3s loU~AMU.mrs/