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*1S A Tribute To Track This afternoon, the 23rd annual South Carolina Intercol legiate track meet will get under way at Clinton. As usual, Presbyterian College will be the official host and P. C. Athletic Director Walter Johnson has said that this year's meet will be one of the finest in history. We would like to take this opportunity to wish the Game cock track team and Coach Weems Baskin good luck in Clinton. Before the season started, no one thought twice about Carolina when track was mentioned. The Gamecocks had finished a poor third in the state meet in 1949 and weren't supposed to be improved. Baskin stated, however, that he had some boys that were capable of making some of the Gamecock opponents live hard if they ever hit their stride. Hit their stride they did after a slow start, and the coaches' statement became a reality and the skeptics rubbed their eyes in amazement. After a slow start, the Birds got hot and wound up the regular season by burying Furman 86-33 last Saturday. This gave Baskin's charges a season's record of four wins and two losses in dual meet competition. Not bad for a team that wasn't supposed to have anything. The Game cocks defeated Davidson, Clemson, Presby.terian, and Fur man, and lost to Georgia and North Carolina State. The Birds were admittedly weak in the field events when the season opened, but Baskin was relying on several of his brighter stars in other events to offset the weakness. They didn't let him down. Charlie McGill, aithuugh he received very little publicity, was probably the most valu able man on the squad. He averaged 16 points per meet throughout the season and won two close meets for the Birds with a victory in the last event, the low hurdles. Tommy Woodlee did everything expected of him. He won every 100- and 220-yard dash that he entered. His time for the 100 was consistently 10 seconds or better. Rupert Drews usually finished second to Woodlee in the 100 to pile up points. Captain Ray McKenzie wa:s a regular winner in the 440, and on several occasions was called upon to throw the javelin. He came through with one first in this event and finished second every other time he participated. The loss of Ben Badger, pole vaulter from Charleston, was a serious blow, but BayVrd Pickett came through in fine style in this event to partially offset the loss. He vaulted 13 feet in one meet. The other members of the squad also performed credit ably. The mile relay team was undefeated, and men such as Cecil Ward, Olin McGill, Foster Marshall, Paul Stephens, Buddy Amsler, Jeffcoat, Frank Boulware, Paul Beaty, Davis, and others contributed their share of the winning cause. The best of luck in Clinton, fellows. News of Dean Padgett Last Saturday, a scout for the Chicago Cubs farm sys tem dropped by Davis field to look the Gamecock and Clemson Tiger baseball teams over. We struck up a con versation with him and he told us that he signed Dean Padgett (USC first baseman, 1947) to a Cubs' contract when he quit school. The scout told us that Dean is now with the Cubs' Des Moines, Iowa, farm outlet of the Class A Western Association, and at last report was leading the league in both batting and home runs. The Cubs think a lot of Padgett's future, the scout said, and they expect him to be in the majors in a couple of years. Family Note When the Gamecocks and the Furman Purple Hurricanes square off on Davis field in a two-game baseball series beginning this afternoon, it will be brother against brother. Bobby Rogers will be in center field and batting leadoff for the Birds, while his kid brother, James "Bird" Rogers, will be at shortstop and batting leadoff for Furman. Last time the two brothers met was a couple of weeks ago in Greenville. Bobby got four singles in the two-game series and the Bird got only one hit. That was a damaging blow, however. The younger Rogers came to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning of the first game with Carolina leading 11-10 and a man on first. He slashed a triple to left center to tie the score and dashed across with the winning run a moment later on a squeeze play. The Perfect Squelch Last Friday, near the end of the Carolina-Clemson base ball game, Don Johnston, lively Pep Club president, led "Miss Clemson," the cow he had rented, past the stands. Clemson was far ahead In the ball game by this time and the wife of Nig Griffin (Clemson pitcher) yelled, "Why don't you brigg that cow back tomorrow? She brought Clemson good lucR today." Unperturbed, Johnston yelled back, "If you're coming to the game tomorrow, we won't need a cow." State 'I Bird I Includes game of Saturday, Ma] Player G AB R I Faircloth, p-of 10 24 11 Phillips, of 21 77 14 Rogers, of 16 56 17 Sykes, as 21 97 25 2 Szakacsi, lb 20 82 12 1 Clark, 3b 21 91- 23 Rhame, c 7 10 1 Mitchell, 2b 19 69 8 1 Scott, C 12 46 9 1 Jones, p-of 4 9 1 Kincaid, of 14 34 12 Allen, c-of 10 35 3 Chinnes, util. 12 33 5 Sherer, p 7 10 1 Camp, p 15 33 2 Radar, of 7 20 0 Shea, 1b 2 2 0 Lattimore, p 1 1 0 Anderson, p 1 0 0 Stevenson, p 1 0 0 Pitching G IP H S, Faircloth 9 57 51 3 Jones 2 7 1/3 7 Camp 14 81 76 f Sherer 7 291/3 32 1 Hagan 3 12 7 Lattimore 1 1 1/3 4 Anderson 1 12/3 1 North Carolina St Paces Conference As the Southern Conference baseball season draws rapidly to a close, the North Carolina State Wolfpack, surprise team of the conference, remains atop the Southern division pack with a rec ord of nine wins and two losses in conference play through last Saturday. Virginia Tech's Gob blers pace the Northern division with a 5-1 record. Wake Forest, defending confer ence champs, moved into second place by beating State and snap ping the leader's 12-game winning streak. Clemson, in third place, and Carolina in fourth place, re tained their respective positions by splitting a two-game series last week-end. This week will probably decide things for North Carolina State. The Wolf Pack had three league contests scheduled for the week. vhy w.ere to meet their arch rivals, North Carolina, in two games, and Wake Forest in a single return engagement. If the Pack takes all three of these Captain Ray Captain Ray McKenzie, of the Gamecock track team, will be winding up his college career on the cinders when he leads the Birds into the South Carolina Intercol legiate track meet at Presbyterian College this afternoon. Captain Ray, a Kingstree boy, has been a consistent winner in the 440-yard dash this year and also won the javelin throw in the Furman meet. COOBURI The Business Men Choice at A SATISFIE[ 1317 Sumter Street . rack -I. atting 6: I 2B 3B HR RBI SB Pet. 9 2 0 0 8 3 .375 8 2 1 0 23 4 .364 0 2 0 0 9 8 .857 4 2 5 2 17 12 .351 8 6 1 1 29 2 .341 0 1 0 1 10 6 .330 3 0 0 0 2 0 .00 8 2 0 0 8 1 .261 1 2 0 0 7 1 .238 2 0 0 0 1 0 .222 6 1 1 0 0 3 .177 6 0 0 1 4 0 .171 4 0 0 0 4 1 .122 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 3 0 0 0 3 0 .091 1 0 0 0 0 0 .050 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Averages 3 BB HB ER W L Pct. ERA 7 20 3 12 6 0 1.000 1.89 2 3 1 4 1 0 1.000 4.95 2 26 3 21 4 4 1.000 2.33 8 6 0 9 2 2 .500 2.72 8 2 0 0 0 1 .000 0.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 6.75 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 vte Wolfpack DiXie Division games, they will be a shoo-in for the top position. If they lose one or more, however, Wake Forest, Clemson, or Carolina could ease into the top spot. The complete won-loss standings in the Southern division as of Mon day: North Carolina State 9-2, Wake Forest 9-3, Clemson 8-3, Carolina 8-4, Furman 7-4, Duke 7-9, North Carolina 3-7, Davidson 2-11, and The Citadel 0-10. Sportsquiz You let us down last week. The correct answer to the Sportsquiz was James W. Whatley. He brought his University of Georgia baseball team to Carolina week be fore last to play the Gamecocks. In case you're interested, he set that record for consecutive home runs in 1936 while playing for Ayden, N. C., of the Coastal Plains league. He bashed six four-base blows in a row. This week we're asking you to identify a big league outfielder who spent more than a decade in organized baseball before sticking in the big time. He began his pro career in 1937 and made four trips to the majors before he was able to make the grade. He played his first full season in the majors In 1948, compiling a batting average of .260 while hitting 35 home runs. lie hit .275 in 1949 and collected 31 homers. He was born in Pitts burgh, Pa., March 17, 1919, bats and throws right handed, is six feet, three and one-half inches tall, and weighs 210 pounds. Besides playing the outfield, he has also seen service at first base. If you know the identity of this prominent sports figure, write his name on a spare slip of paper and address it to Gamecock Spor-ts, campus. First correct answer re ceived wins two free passes to the comfortable Carolina, Dave Gar yin's house of hits. SPECIAL RATES 20 Cents 'TiI 6 P. M. BOW LIN G Capitol Bowling Center I'S G R IL and College Boys' All Thme. CUSTOMER - Next To Fire Smtan leet To Gamecocks ] On Basis Of By TOM PRICE The 23rd annual South Carolina Intercollegiate track meet will get under way at Clinton this after noon with the University of South Carolina rated as a slight favorite on the basis of past records. Presbyterian College will be the official host and P. C. Athletic Di rector Walter A. Johnson has said that he expects this year's meet to be one of the very best. He said that although Carolina is the favorite, the Gamecocks can ex pect stiff competition from the Clemson Tigers, defending cham pion, and Presbyterian. The Game cocks finished third last year with P. C. second to the Tigers. Lightly regarded before the sea son began, the Gamecocks wound up the dual meet season last Sat urday by crushing Furman, 86-33. The win was the Birds' fourth in six starts. In winning the meet, Carolina won 11 first places to Furman's three. Tommy Woodlee 0 . ... . . i . .. .....nose.. .Thousand HNAE ens mo noAe. 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