The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 23, 1951, Page Page Eight, Image 8
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USC BoxE
First Gamecock Bout
At Home To Be At 8
By GEORGE LaBRUCE
The University of South Caro
lina boxing team will fight its first
home matches tomorrow night at
eight o'clock in the Field house,
when it takes on The Citadel's
battling Bulldogs. Exhibitions will
highlight the affair in three classes,
with eleven or twelve fights in all
being on the card.
Carolina will be aiming for its
second victory of the season. It
has been defeated once, while Cita
del has yet to win a match, and
would like to improve its average.
The Citadel lost to Virginia 5-3
in its opening matches, to Mary
land 5-3 and to powerful LSU by
a score of 6-2.
USC was also loser to the Tigers
by a 6-2 count, with the margin
of victory being three very close
fights. Carolina won its opening
battles from Virginia by a tally
of 5-3. By statistics, this ranks the
Gamecocks as favorites.
The Blue and White squad is
young and inexperienced for the
most part, but under the expert
coaching of Citadel's Matty Mat
thews, they should give a good ac
count of themselves.
In recent years, the Battery
Boys have not lost to Carolina, and
this too, is a record they want to
preserve.
Probable line-up for the Citadel
will be something like the follow
ing, which is the way they went
against LSU. At 125, they may
send Herbert Wilcox to fight Caro
lina's Pete Campassi; at 180, Bill
McKay against Grady Decell or
Gregg Hitopoulas; at 135, Vince
Billingsley. to meet Chuck Davis.
Hugh Cotton will probably go at
145, to face Carolina's sophomore
flash, Emmett Gurney; Captain
George Campson, 155, will get his
T Champion Jim
Gallagher, at 165,
endless flurries that
ed ' Douglas.
light heavy spot, powerful
Bryant Johnson conies up against
USC's Chuck Spann, who won
from LSU by a TKO, and heavy
weight Bill Baldwin is the likely
match for Louis Harrelson, Caro
lina heavy.
In addition to the regular eight
fight card, fans will witness some
top flight boxing in three planned
exhibition matches, these being in
the 165, 145, and 130 pound
classes. Coach Jess Alderman said
he intended matching Howard Col
lins, 165, wvith Ted Bobodas of the
Citadel's team; and Don Fortner
would fight Danny Croner, a wel
terweight.
Alderman will send Allen George
against a Blue and White contender
in another exhibition, but it was
not disclosed wvho the boxer would
be. The exhibitions will be fought
by freqjpien boxers, who ordinarily
dQtt Wht in the dual matches.
.,,'e-entire Gamecock squad was
ready" a few days ago, not having
fought during all of last week,
except in training matches. They1
are in fine condition and intend to
put on a good show in their first
home matches, while they extract
another season victory, at the ex
pense of The Citadel.
The USC team h as three
matches scheduled after The Cita
del, fighting the Maryland Terra
pins in Columbia March 9, the
Quantico Marines here March 16,
and taking to the road for their
last season matches with Miami*
on March 23.1
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Jim Slaught
Last Game I
Plays Last Home
Game In Field
House Tonight
By FRED McALISTER
A subject of laughter his fresh
man year, a year that showed im
provement his sophomore year, an
All-Southern conference center his
junior year and a candidate for
All-American honors his senior
year.
In brief this is the story of
James Walker Slaughter's rise to
one of the outstanding basketball
players of all time in the state and
Southern conference.
The 6 foot, 11 inch senior from
Roanoke, Virginia, wvill end his col
legiate basketball career in the
Southern conference basketball
tournament scheduled for Raleigh,
March 1, 2 and 3. The last game
to be played on the home court by
the already All-State basketball
team captain wvill be tonight when
Carolina meets Clemson.
In his four years on the basket
ball court he has established a new
record in nearly every field of
South Carolina and Southern con
ference basketball.
Every time he connects with a
basket, a new state individual scor
ing record for one person by a
South Carolina college student is
established. The old record, 1,050
points set by another university
player, Henry Martin, In 1948-49,
hvas passed in the game with Long
[sland university.
In his junior year he set a new
Southern conference record for in
lividual scoring when he dropped
n 321 points. With tonight's
came remaining on the schedule,
se has surpassed this record by
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92 points and is waging a battle
with several other conference
players for the honor this year.
So far this season he has com
piled an average of 22.9 points per
game in all games played and a
similar one for conference games.
Through February 10 he was
ranked fifth in the nation on in
dividual scoring and at the present
is carrying on a torrid race with
Dick Groat of Duke, Sam Ranzino
of North Carolina State and Jay
Hanlan of Washington and Lee for
this honor in the conference this
year.
Slaughter's record has not been
an easy one to compile. Up until
this year he was about the only
scoring threat on' the Carolina
team. Opposition coaches would set
up their defense around him with
two and three players guarding
him.
This year has been different
though. Slim Jim has had the aid
of two junior college transfers,
Dwane Morrison, who has a 14.2
average and Mickey Best with an
8.8 average, 6 foot, 2 Inch Johnny
Peterson from the freshman team
with a 9.9 average and Don Cox,
the only other player from last
year's varsity team, with an 8.8
average.
Next year Slaughter will be
gone but memories of his feats will
still be around awaiting some other
player to set new records and shat
ter thenm.
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the fact that she dances well and
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there to say--after all, Is it not
written that one picture is worth
1,000 word.
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Enright Gives
LIU Scandal
Opinions Here
The possibility of the Carolina
basketball team returning to Madi
son Square Garden for a game was
temporarily squelched Wednesday
when Athletic Director Rex En
right said that the team would not
return until the situation is cleared
up.
Coach Enright in his statement
said, "Any coaches would be justi
fiably reluctant to schedule games
at the Garden in the future. I be
lieve we will not want to go back
there until the situation is cleared
up."
The statement came a a result
of the highly publicized scandal in
volving three Long Island univer
sity ball players who are charged
with throwing games played in the
Garden.
Carolina is one of four colleges
who said that they would not re
turn to the Garden. Others are
Bradley, Denver and Oregon State.
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3 Carolina Men
Make All-State
Basketball Team
Slaughter Named
Captain of Team
The University of South Caro
lina basketball team led all other
state teams by placing three men
on the All-State basketball team.
In a poll conducted by the As
sociated Press Jim Slaughter re
ceived the most number of votes
by a wide margin and auto
matically became captain of the
mythical team. This is Slaughtei.'s
third successive year.
Two Carolina juniors were voted
into two. of the other four vacan
cies. Dwane Morrison, junior col
lege transfer who has averaged
over 14 points per game this
season, 'was named to a forward
position.
Guard Don Cox of the Gamecock
team was the third Carolina mem
ber. He is a junior and was named
on last year's team.
The other two members of the
All-State team are John Snee of
Clemson and Dwight Gronniger
of Presbyterian college.
The other two players on the
Carolina starting team, Johnny
Peterson and Mickey Best, received
honorable mention.
Tennis Prospects Needed
Any one interested in trying
out for the tennis team is re
quested to get in contact with
Don Barton, coach. Barton can
be contacted at his office on
third floor Leiber College.
The tennis team is in need of
men with experience, and has ar
ranged a full schedule this sea
son.
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By FRED McALISTER
The University of South Caro
ina and Clemson college basketball
teams will end their regular
season schedule tonight at 8 o'clock
in the Field house.
The Tigers have already fallen
victims once this year to the Game.
-ocks in a game played at Clem
son. As far as the Carolina team
is concerned the game will have a
lecisive result on what place in the
southern conference it will hold at
,he end of the season.
The game will have the same ef
rect on Clemson. South Carolina
through Wednesday was tied for
Third Week
Of Baseball
Practice Ends
Team Shapes
Up Slowly
Coach Ted Petoskey reports that
the baseball team is "shaping up
slowly" as it ends the third week
Df practice.
Coach Petoskey points out that
many handicaps have slowed the
practice. A flu epidemic on the
campus has caused several players
to miss practice.
Also, the squad, because of bad
weather, has been held indoors un
til this week. The squad is also
composed almost entirely of rookies.
Only four players of last year's
starting team are back this year.
They are Gus Allen, catcher;
Bobby Rogers, centerfielder; and
Bill Camp and Grady Faircloth
pitchers.
Although the team is in the
"embryo stage," Petoskey showet
confidence in this year's pitching
staff. He said that it is one of
those that every college coach de
ires.
An operation on Camp's arm last
3ummer has turned out to be sue
:essful and he should have a good
eason, Petoskey reports. Added
to Camp and Faircioth are twc
r.ookies who are looking good.
Coach Petoskey said that he had
rot slated any exhibition games
yet but that the pitchers were
ready to go four or five innings.
About a month remains before
he first game of the season with
Purman university.
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Season Game
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fourth place with William and
Mary and Duke. Clemson was in
seventh place.
Besides deciding final standings
in the conference, tonight's gae
will feature four of the five play.
ers on the All-State basketbali
team. Three of them - Jim
Slaughter, Dwane Morrison and
Don Cox -- will start on the Caro.
lina team. The other is John Snee
of Clemson.
Also, tonight will be the last
time that Captain Jim Slaughter
of the Gamecock team will be seen
in action on the home court. His
collegiate basketball career -- ex.
cept for the tournament - ends
with the Clemson game.
Slaughter has already set a new
individual state scoring record and
is high among the conference and
national contenders for the in.
dividual scoring record. He has
scored 522 points this season and
has compiled a 22.9 average.
Another All-State player, Dwane
Morrison, has compiled a 14.2
point average for all games this
year and in many games has out
scored Slaughter. He is still among
the top ten of the nation in foul
shot accuracy average. Morrison
has made 59 foul shots out of 76
tries this season for a 78 per cent
accuracy average.
Carolina's third contribution to
the All-State team,. Don Cox, has
averaged 8.3 for 23 games. This
is lower than last year's, but his
aggressive floor play has gained
him a position on the All-State
team.
Cox leads all other players on
the team in assists for the season
and has been responsible for break.
ing up many plays of opposing
teams.
Forward Johnny Peterson has a
9.9 point average * for the season
and has done a capable job as a
sophomore from his forward posi
tion as well as replacing Slaughter
at center.
The junior college transfer,
Mickey Best, has an 8.8 point aver
age for the season.
The Carolina freshman team will'
play the Clemson freshman team
in a preliminary game starting at
6:30.
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