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MORDECAI PERSKY, Sports Editor Norma Bergman Rudy Thigpen Ralph Gregory Bob Wallace Bob Kederick James B. Sims / 44is */ithg4 By RUDY THIGPEN -------------------------- ---------------- As Yours Truly assumes the duties of sports editor, that has been so efficiently performed by Mordecai "The Poet" Peraky, I am extremely fortunate to have a staff of capable reporters to assist me that will make even Grantland Rice envious. These include Fred "Scoop" McAlister, the poor men's Litkenhous; George LaBruce, Georgetown's gift to the field of journalism; Ralph Gregory, an old stand-by in the intra murals department that can be counted on for almost any assignment. And on the feminine side is Miss Norma Berg man, who has done an excellent job of covering women's ath letics in the past. All in all they are a real talented group and we are extremely fortunate to have their services. Swimming Team Tomorrow afternoon Carolina's swimming team makes its debut before a local audience in what should be one of the best meets of the season. They will meet The Citadel Tank men, one of the best teams in the state. Some 450 people were on hand to see Th eCitadel in their first home meet. The crowd watched as the Tankmen went into the last relay trailing by two points to the Davidson Wildcats. But the spectators roared to their feet as the final Cadet relay team, sparked by speedster Arthur Little, churned into the lead to take the relay and win the meet. This meet tomorrow should be just such a thriller and will have men on both teams trying tgbreak previous records set in the University pool. Let's everybody be there, support the team and see tn exciting meet. Mittmen Meet Tonight And speaking of debuts, the leather will be flying tonight when Coach Jess Alderman pairs his boxers off and turns them loose. These men will be making their tirst appearance of the season and should make an impressiv.e one. Most of the men are interested in being on the varsity squad and the better they look tonight the better their chances will be. So the net result will probably be a good evening of exhibition boxing. Then be on hand at eight and see the 1951 edition of the "Fighting Gamecocks." intramural All-Stars This column, along with the officials of the intramural department are sponsoring the election of an intramural All Star football team. Players will be selected from the Fra ternity and Independent leagues and election of the members will be done by the referees and officials of the intramural sports department under the direction of Joe Grugan. This All-Star line-up, with their picture, will be carried in the next edition. The Johnsonmen Coach Frank Johnson's Gamecocks played their last game before examinations in the Field house last night. They have had some bad breaks and lost some close games, but they still have a darn good team with lots of scoring punch. According to statistics for the first eleven games of the season, the starting quintet alone has averaged 62.1 points per game. The substitutes have added 4.7 points per contest for an overall average of 66.8 points per game. This is a lot of Points on any basketball court. All-American candidate Jim Slaughter has helped push that total up quite a bit. In addition to breaking the state scoring record for a single game with 37 points against Furman, he had an average of 25.5 points per game in the first eleven games with an average of 28.5 for the first seven conference games. Not only do we think that Jim is All-American, but the basketball coach at Long Island University thinks he is lpretty good, too. When Jim fouled out in that game in Mad ison Square Garden, he came out on the court to give him a p)ersonal handshake. Late Football Observations Although football season has long since passed on, a friend of ours passed along this joke the other day and we thought you might like it. It seems the Grandma had just come home from seeing her first football game. "How'd you like it, Grandma ?" asked Junior. "Terrible," she replied. "They were all lined up and ready to play when some smart aleck came up and kicked the ball and they fought over it all the rest of the game." Swim T KA, ASME N Football Cho Pi Kappa Phi; Ten 24/2, Runners-Up By RALPH GREGORY Intramural football crowned its 1950-51 champs last Friday with one new titleholder and one re peater from last year. The hold over team was Kappa Alpha who took the fraternity division title with a narrow victory over Pi Kappa Phi, 7-6. The new champ in the independent division is ASME. The engineers trimmed Tenement 24%, 9-0, in the final game. The KA's had advanced to the finals with victories over Phi Kappa Sigma and Kappa Sigma. They opened the playoffs with a narrow win over PKS, 6-0. Robin Rogers, their sparkplug for the entire year, passed for the only score early in the second half and the KA's held on for the win. The following night Rogers again passed the champs to a win. This time it was at the expense of Kappa Sigma, 19-6. Pi Kappa Phi had advanced to the finals by downing Sigma Chi 13-0 and Lambda Chi 13-6. In the final game Robin Rogers brought the KA's from behind with a pass for a touchdown and another toss for the extra point. Tenement 24% began the com etit inr, in the independent divi sion by edging Tenements 2&3, 13-7. Jack Herndon paced the Mc Bryde men offensively with his sharp passing that accounted for all their points. Lloyd Chinnis and Ray Boylston stood out defensively for the victors. Red Hollis passed for the only 2&3 tally. ASME trounced Tenement 9 by a score of 27 to 7 on the same after noon as Tom Clark was the stand out in the scoring department. Jake Salley saved face for the men from Tenement 9 as he passed for their score late in the last period. In the final Tom Clark was again good for a touchdown and the extra point that was enough to win. The engineers nailed one McBryde man behind the goal for the other two points and a 9-0 win that gave them the Independent championship. Jack Light was a standout on defense with several timely stops of the opposing team. Basketball play is scheduled to begin immediately following the change of semesters. All or ganizations desiring to enter teams are requested to contact the intramural office as soon as possible in the coming week as this will be the last chance to enter. The schedule will be di vided int, two divisions with the fraternities in one division and the independent teams In the other. Billy Davis, student director of intramural athletics for the past two and a half years, has re tired and is to be succeeded by Wilma Hughes. Billy has been instrumental in the 4gtramural field for two years and will be greatly missed by the office. Wilma has been an assistant to Billy for the past year and is well acquainted with Intramural work. Phonep 2-9250 918 MAIN STREET Joe Patrone's Collegiate Inn Special ing 1n ST CKEN AGHETTI * * e and e. in the "GAMECOCK" ROObM eam1M Vin Campus mpionship I ."/> 3 s . y " ''r Slim Jim Slaughter, the lanky lad pictured above, broke the state scoring record for a single recently Ny drio jpias in 37 n.v. r.g .n Furman. Johnny Peterson, pictured above, stands ready to fill the shoes of Jim Slaughter when Slaughter fouls out or is not able to play. Peterson hails from Elkhart, Indiana. CHE That's ea, brother! A so dcus. .. TOOT . .ge teTOOTSIE Zest to yonr college lifi eets Citi Carolina Holds Meet In Natatoi By RUDY THIGPEN Carolina's swimming team will meet the Citadel tankmen tomor row afternoon at 8:80 in the uni versity pool, in their first home meet of the season. This is the second meet of the season for both schools. The Cita del won its opening meet with Davidson 39 to 36. Carolina lost its opener with Davidson 47 to 27, but will present a greatly improved team tomorrow afternoon. The freshman teams of both schools will also meet. These two meets will be worked in together with the varsity swimming one event and the frosh swimming one alternately. Coach Jimmy Ratliff's Game cocks have been strengthened with several new additions and should provide keen competition for the highly rated Cadets. Free stylers for the Gamecocks will probably be: Jimmy Smith, Cayce; Chuck Winder, Lyndhurst, Ohio; Bard Allison, Philadelphia, Pa.; George Crepeau, Columbia; Miles Roberts, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and Jim Warren, Moncks Corner. Back strokers will be Doc Lamb, Newark, N. J., newly elected team captain, and Chuck Winder. Lamb will also handle the diving chores. On the breast stroke will be Nick Koluch, Jersey City, N. J. Morrison Is Point Maker After suffering the lack of a forward who could be a consistent scoring threat through the 1949 50 season. the Gamecocks have found a solution from the junior college ranks. He's Dwane Mor rison, who jumped from Campbells ville, Ky., Junior College to the Carolina campus ahd has become one of the better forwards in the Southern Conference. Morrison, a son of "Jughandle" Morrison, the famous Pittsburgh pitcher of years back, hails from the basketball stronghold of Owens boro, Ky., and is causing increaa ing concern among Gamecock op ponents. His variety of shots, from far out and close in, has given him an average of 11.3 points in the first eleven games, and his height has made him invaluable in helping center Jim Slaughter with rebound collections. Morrison, a junior this year, is among the best in the nation on free thos,having hit on 25 of his first -atepts f9r a 78.1 percentage. ~ always ,s)oot foul shots with my eye closed," Morri son explains, "because It gives me balance." -And Morrison, eyes open or shut, Is giving balance to the Game cocks' conference title aspirations! WHY PAY MORE! Long Playing 1,3e Records (33 1-3 R.f.M.) 30% ff Free Co7 e* Catalogue andl e List. Write Tod \ Record Haven, Inc. (Dept. C) 520 West 4.8th Street New York 19, N. Y. BETTER THAN FROM DAD? a.tasty . . . oh ROiBut seriously iM-m.mm. idel To First Home rium At 3:30 In their speed department, The Citadel features James Idleman, Miami, Fla., 200-yard breast stroke. Idleman will attempt to break the pool record for the 200, set by Atkinson of Clemson last year at 2 minutes, 57.4 seconds. Also the Cadets will feature Arthur Little, Hickory, N. C., in the 100 yard free style. Little is anchor man on the 400-yard relay team and one of the fastest men on the squad. The admission is free and the meet is open to the public and student body alike. Plenty of seats are available in the natatorium just behind the gymnasium. This is the last meet to be held here before Feb. 7, when the Game cocks meet the Davidson Wildcats in a return engagement in the uni versity pool. This meet is followed by one with Clemson on Feb. 10, then the University of Florida, Feb. 15, here; Emory University, Feb. 17, there; a return engage ment with The Citadel, Feb. 24, there; and the final which is the state meet March 10, here. Pi Phi's, Tri-Delts Continue Work-Outs Preparations for the annual Powder Bowl game are being com pleted with the two teams settling down to regular work-outs. Plans for the Kappa Delta Corsettes to parade at half-time have been made. The Pi Phi's have approximately 25 girls out including returning stars Greta Miley,- Frances La Borde, and Deloris Meyer. Coache; Joe Patrone and Steve Wadiak arf /-N . -i t. l eam arc, nd thv "T" formation. The Tri-Delts, under the direc tion of Bayard Pickett and Frani Tobin, have a squad of approxi mately 22 including returning star Walton Jeffords, Nancy Mitchell Polly Miles, and Louise Cantey. Date of the game has been se for Feb. 15. ox 4 Burt $4.50 Burt -(Idord buIttont-dlO1 lhe co llege *mian's stapmle di Range-- fine white broa collar. Mlade by "Mlanhmat The I1anIhattanl Shai Compaoni rage seven m orrow Four Gamecocks Have Hit Over Nine Points Per Game Four members of Carolina's starting basketball lineup have hit the basket at the rate of at least 9.9 points per game in six con tests this season, paced by All American center candidate Jim Slaughter. Slaughter has dropped in 126 points for a 21.0 average, while forward Dwane Morrison is next with 68 points and an average of 11.3. Guard Don Cox and forward Johnny Peterson have scored 59 points each, averaging 9.9, while the fifth starter, Mickey Best has a total of 40 points and a 6.6 average. Slaughter is leading the squad in rebounds at 104, while Cox is the top man in assists with 30, both ranking high nationally in those departments. 3- ur Dry l ing Service Press While You Wait 1-Day Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service ARROW CLEANERS 1209 Gervais ca"\ pus adelotlh with the soft-sroll ,i) mAler "a nhattan" ofhiorse, r/ uuRnandkeie. '$.9