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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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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22.2 seconds respectively. Ray Mc
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good for two first places with a
victory in the low hurdles in 25.9
seconds and in the high jump.
Owens won the high hurdles for
Furman and Wham took the Bap
tists two other firsts with victories
in the discus and shot put.
The summary:
Mile run: Foster Marshall (SC),
Edwards (F), (no third); 5:10.9.
Shot put: Wham (F), Paul
Stephens (SC), Buddy Amaler
(SC); 41 feet, 11 inches.
440-yard dash: Ray McKenzie
(SC), Thomas (F), Floyd Spence
(SC); 50.9 seconds.
Pole vault: Bayard Pickett (SC),
Wham (F), (no third); 11 feet, 6
inches.
100-yard dash: Tommy Woodlee
(SC), Rupert Drews (SC), (no
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