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Four Birds 4C T The two outfielders and two infielders pictured here contributed greatly to the success of the Gamecock baseball team which won 16 games while losing only nine this spring. BLACKIE KINCAII), upper left, played right field regularly the last half of the season. His batting average wasn't high, but the Anstead,,W. Va., boy gave signs of having power at the plate and since he is only a sophomore, he will be a valuable man in the Game cock camp for two years to come. BOBBY ROGERS, upper right, center fielder from Orangeburg, fin ished the season with the second highest batting average on the team at .351. He entered the starting lineup when Red Wilson was lost to the squad and in addition to being one of the leading hitters, he developed into the best defensive outfielder on the squad. TOM CLARK, from Columbia, lower left, took over the third base post vacated by the graduation of Jim Pinkerton. While he didn't show the extra base power at the plate that Pinkerton possessed, Clark hit well and utilized his speed on the base paths to compile a .306 average for the season. He was one of six regular. Gamecocks to hit over .300. JACK MITCHELL, lower right, second baseman from Asheville, N. C., transferred to Carolina from Asheville Biltmore Junior College and played halfback on the Gamecock football team last fall. He divided the second sack duties with Lloyd Chinnes this spring and hung up a batting average of .250 with 18 hits in 72 trips to the plate. Three of these four boys will be back in 1951 to play baseball for the Gamecocks. Clark is the lone senior in the quartette. Since this was his first. year on the squad, he would be eligible to play next year, but he will be graduated with an engineering degree this summer so it is doubtful if he will return to the Gamecock roost for another year of baseball. (USC Sports Photos by Manning Harris) BIRD TRACK (Continued from Page 7) 184 ft., 9% in. by J. B. Black well, Clemson, in 1935. Enter 220-Woodlee (South Carolina), Eight members of the Gamecock McKenzie (South Carolina), New- ta _,. t t ton (Presbyterian), Drews (South Carolina). Time: :21.9. vriyi h nulSuhr :21.6 by Norman Rucks, South (of'~ic etta pndys Carolina, in trials, 1948. ti(a tCae il .C Pole vault-Badger (South Caio- HaigteCrln nre lina), Banken (Clemson), Row-.a. h rcr-rakn ea land (Wofford) and Pickett (South ta opsdo om od Carolina) tied. Height: 12 ft., 2%Ale a cezi,FodSec in. 13 ft., 4 in. by Cleo Fennell,anCeiWa. Clemson, in 1942. I diint h ierly Two-mile run-McKay (Clem- takCahWesBsi n son), Stanazek (Citadel), Browntedth form brs fte (Presbyterian), Rayle (Clemson).temiinvdulvnstoge Time: 10:22.6.th Gacok ade srng. Broad jump-C. McGill (South Woleetle h 0-ad20 Carolina). Distance: 21 ft., 7%Y in. 23 ft., 3%/ in. by Banks McFad-yad(sh,Mceiete40 den, Clemson, in trials, 1940. Wadte80 nd pnc th 220 low hurdles - Woodhamqure-ieaogwtMcni. (Wofford), C. McGill (South Caro lina), Newman (South Carolina), Th Mcilboer,Onad Townsend (Clemson). Time: :25.7. Cale nee h ude n :23.9 by Banks McFadden, Clem-thbraanhihjm evts son, in 1940. BnBde n aadPcet One mile relay-South Carolina tetopl ales lomd (Woodlee, Spence, Ward, McKen-thtr. zie), Presbyterian, Clemson, The Citadel. Time: 2:22.3.Th prlinyruigbea 3:23.7 by South Carolina, inyetra wihhefnlvns 198.scesityei th annalSotern Oc C L PLTerda atCae Hil,N.C. TunaFs thS rcod-rakngrea Bre kfst7:0-1:0 compose of2Tmmy: ood Trrdcn A ocsem Bsi n Cadieoao in Sndileestogv the3Gamecocksiddednstrength youb ard dahs,MKezC.h 40 Harvey Ward Is Conference Golf Champion National Intercollegiate g o 1 f champion Harvey Ward of the Uni versity of North Carolina, beat his old jinx, Arnold Palmer of Wake Forest, to win the Southern Con ference championship by a single stroke last Saturday at Winston Salem, N. C. The Carolina golf team did not enter the tournament. Ward put together a pair of two-under par 69s for a 36-hole total of 138 to nose out Palmer who carded rounds of 69-70-139. However, Palmer's performance paced the strong Wake Forest team to a record-breaking squad performance. His 139, 143 by' Dick Tiddy, 146 by Frank Edens, and 147 by Sonny Harns gave the Deacs a team total of 575, five strokes under the record set by Duke last year. Duke has won the conference title a total of 12 times. North Carolina was second in the team race seven strokes back with 583. 1'alner, who heat Ward by two strokes last month for the Southern Intercollegiate title and twice previously had taken the con ference event, lost his title on the 14th hole of the second round. On that par foty, 330,-yarder he took a six when he needed three strokes to reach the green and three putted the hole. Ward, playing two threesomes back, came along a short while later to get his par four and pick up two big strokes. Each had a par five on the final hole. Wake Forest Deacons Grab Spot In Playoffs Wake Forest clinched a place in the Southern conference baseball playoffs by slamming a 16-5 vic tory over North Carolina Wednes day. The result gave Wake Forest a record of 13 wins and three losses in the conference's Southern di vision. Victory also wrapped up for the Deacons, their second straight North Carolina Big Four crown. They have an 11-3 mark in that circuit. They also became the first two-time champions in the Big Four's five-year history. An an nquncement on the conference playoffs is expected today. throughout' SI * - : q. { John "Rattler" Sykes, senior shortstop from Raleigh, N. C., was elected official captain of the Gamecock baseball team by his team mates shortly before the final game of the season at Clemson Tuesday. During the season, the Gamecocks selected a captain for each game, .but Sykes will go down in the records as 1950's official captain. Sykes closed out a brilliant four-year baseball career at Carolina by compiling a batting average of .353 in 26 games to lead the team in hitting. He also lead in triples, home runs, stolen bases and total bases. Following his graduation in two weeks, Sykes has indicated that he will probably sign a professional baseball contract. (USC Sports Photo by Manning Harris) ANNE PEARCE amous University of Southern California Alumna, says: [ake my cigarette your cigarette. noke milder Chesterfields." d APPEARING IN "I WAS A SHOPLIFTER" A UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL. PICTURB 5E3LEY WINTIASMITHMUS' ' MEMORIA L HAuI'. ~B D &,*M/IAWf&144) Cnish 95& hjon=ur a Mvmn Tomurn Co Srkes Name Of 1950 Ba Shortstop John Sykes was baseball team shortly before at Clemson Tuesday. The G a captain for each game, bu records as official captain for The Birds lost a heart bre opener of the two-game series. After leading for most of the first nine innings and knocking Tiger ace Billy Ford out of the box, the Gamecocks saw the game forced into extra innings when Clemson Left Fielder Fred Knoebel led off the bottom of the ninth with a long drive over the left center field fence. Knoebel's blow tied the score at 7-7 and was the third home run of the day by Clemson. Catcher Dick Hendley and Center Fielder Ray Mathews had each clubbed one of Bill Camp's fast balls out of the park. Although he threw three gopher balls, Camp pitched superb ball for 11 innings. It. marked the third extra-inning ball game that he pitched this year without a victory. Clemson's winning run came in the eleventh with two out on Culber son's single with the bases loaded. Jack Mitchell booted Doug Ang ley's ground ball on the previous play. First Baseman John "Cy" Sza kacsi sprained his right ankle slid ing into second base in the second inning of the Friday game. He had been playing on an injured foot for over a- week. He con tinued in the game until the ninth inning despite the injury and col lected three singles in four trips. He was forced to sit out the Sat urday encounter. The Clemson student body lashed back at the Carolina team for the "Miss Clemson" cow that the Carolina Pep Club produced for the series at Columbia. A group of Clemson students brought a live rooster to the game and pro ceeded to tear out its feathers and throw them on the field. After the rooster was rendered almost naked, he was thrown onto the field, also. An airplane swooped low over the field and threw another live rooster, with its legs tied together, out. The bird didn't have a chance to fly and was smashed to death on the ground. ESTERF J/ -f A/Th7/ 1T:P num mh Nas -V _ d Captain ;eball Team elected captain of the 1960 the final game of the season amecocks had been selecting t Sykts will go down in the 1950. aker to Clemson, 8-7, in the TOMMY W O O D L E E twice equaled the state 100-yard dash record during the twenty-third an nual South Carolina Intercollegiate track meet at Clinton last week end. The Chicamauga, Ga., sopho more broke the tape in 9.7 seconds in Friday's trials to equal the rec ord established by Hutt of Caro lina in 1934. 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