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RALPH GREGORY, Sports Editor Norma Bergman Fred McAllister Dan Donovan George LaBruce Frank Wright Janes B. Sims RALPH GREGORY: ----------------------- It seems that Rudy Thigpen was kayoed by the combined efforts of that Spanish course and the added toil of issuing each week's Gamecock sports section. With all the work re quired to keep up his scholastic average, Rudy felt that he could not afford to tai in his rigorous schedule and still do his best for the readers. So Rudy has retired from his position of Sports Editor and for the rest of the semester we will be trying to turn out a sports section equal to those of such capable men as Rudy, Mordecai Persky and L. C. Tankersley. There is, indeed, plenty of talent still around to aid in this task. Fred McAlister, James B. Sims, Norma Bergman, Dan Donovan, and George LaBruce will be joined by Frank Wright in their effort to give you a closer view of the Game cocks. TOO LATE? In January the Southern Conference, of which our own Gamecocks are members, passed a rule allowing Freshmen to participate in varsity athletics. This ruling is to bew me effective next September. The purpose of the ritlt' wa to offset the effect that the draft has had on college sthletics and it is certainly a very wise decision. However, it seems to us that it was scheduled to take effect just a little too late. This year because of the shortage of talent Carolina will not have a track team. If the rule had become effective at the beginning of this semester it is cer tain that the Gamecocks would have at least fielded a team. As it is there are no more than eight men eligible who have the ability to furnish any opposition in a college cinder meet. According to Coach Weems Baskin, the draft has al most made it an impossibility to have a team. The hardest blow of all was the loss of Tommy Wgodlee, the sensational sprint man from Chickamauga, Ga., who was counted on to pace the Birds as he did last spring. Bayard Pickett, the chief threat in pole vault competition, is in eligible. Rupert Drews, like *ickett, is not eligible. This means that the Gamecocks would have no man to enter in the 100 and 220 yard dashes, the broad and high jumpa. pole vault, and hurdles. This just about covers all the events that are needed to take a dual meet. The baseball team was also hard hit by the loss of several of its better players so that Coach Ted Petoskey had a hard time finding enough men to begin practice. If the directors of the conference had seen fit to make the rule effective during the spring semester it would certainly have benefited the Gamecocks as well as many of the other schools in the con ference. The Southeastern conference made the rule effec tive as of February and have, therefore, freshmen competing in both baseball and track. BOXING MONDAY NIGHT Monday night in the Field house the Gamecock boxers face their stiffest test of the season when they take on the Mary land Terrapins at 8 o'clock. However, the many boxing fans who saw the bouts with The Citadel are not selling the Birds short for they realize the potency of this year's leather pushers. The feature bout of the night will probably be in the 135 pound class. It will present Andy Quattrocchi of Maryland versus Chuck Davis. Those of-you who saw the SIBT last year remember Quattrocchi as the opponent of LSU's Tad Thrash. Thrash won a narrow decision over Quattrocchi but not be fore Andy had deposited him on the canvas for a near knock out. Quattrocchi possesses a stinging right and is most ag gressive, but we remember Chuck Davis as being no slouch either when it comes to punching. All in all, it should be the best fight of the night. Maryland rules as the favored team since they beat LSU, a team which clumped Carolina 6-2. The Gamecocks will be out for their third win. Going Somewhere?. Travel Refreshed .e.ew .eoe ee+-e.ee .e se a .t' .----- s t'L US TA X COLUMBIA COCA-COLA BOTTLING Co. 1015 Main Sreme USC B( Intramural l Tournament 'By FRANK WRIGHT The playoffs in the two inde pendent leagues of the intramural basketball association began Wed nesday, March 7. In the first round McBryde met the A. S. C. E. boys and the Dukes met the Town Boys. As The Gamecock went to press, the results of these games were not available. The Town Boys and A. S. C. E. tied for first in their league with a record of 5-1. McBryde finished the season with the only perfect record on the campus. They won six games and did not lose any. The Dukes took second place with a record of 5-1. In the fraternity leagues, Kappa Alpha and either Pi Kappa Alpha or Kappa Sigma will represent League No. 1. All three of these teams had the same record of 8-1. Kappa Alpha got into the tourna ment by drawing. Pi Kappa Alpha and Kappa Sigma will play to de cide which will enter the tourna ment. Slaughter May Play Against Globetrotters The University of South Caro lina's basketball team's All-State and All-Southern center, Jim Slaughter, may be an opponent of the Harlem Globetrotters next month in the "World Series of Basketball." Slaughter has received a ones- I tionnaire from the Negro team and has expressed interest. The series was inaugurated last year by the Globetrotters. The tour includes 19 games played between New York City and Los Angeles. The first game is played in Madison Square Gar den the first of April and concludes two weeks lator on in outside court in Pasadena's Rose Bowl. THE "\Nf fi,i \.i\\fY.N >xers I1 B~asketball This Week There will also be a game be tween two teams of League No. 2, Pi Kappa Phi and Sigma Nu, to decide the second place standing. Sigma Chi led this league with a record of 9-1. The records of teams not enter ing the tournament are as fol lows: In Fraternity League No. 1: Phi Kappa Sigma (4-6), Alpha Tau Omega (2-8), and Phi Sigma Kappa (0-10). In Fraternity League No. 2: S. A. E. (4-6), Lambda Chi (1-7), and Phi Eps. Pi (1-8). In Independent League No. 1: Pilots (4-2), Ten. 9 (2-4), Ten. 1 & 5 (2-4), Delta Sigma P1 (1-5), and Maxcy 2nd (1-5). In Independent League No. 2: Navy Gunners (4-2), Ten. 29 (2 4), Pharmacy (2-4), R. O. T. C. (2-4), and Law Fraternity (0-6). After these playoffs, there will be a game -between the fraternity champion and the independent champion to select a campus champion. NOTICE Manning Harris, university photographer, has moved from the third floor of Leiber College to a studio at 640 Harden Street. Any students desiring identifica tion photographs for employ ment purposes may contact Har ris by telephoning 2-5546. STRAIGHT Q. ., drA4 Eeet .Ma Sports quiz Last week's Sportaquis prompted :uite a few correct answers. Ed Sprinkle was the gentleman in question. Bob McInnis and Lyn wood Floyd tied in getting in the first correct answer. As a result we tossed the names into a hat and drew that of Bob McInnis. He, therefore, received two ducats to the Carolina Theatre. Foster King, George Clauson, and Bob Thoren also had the right man but were a little late getting their entries in. This week our question concerns a professional basketball player. He iu a star guard for Boston and formerly played for Wyoming. He is only 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. His lack of height did not hold him down last year, however, as he scored 456 points. While playing for the Wyoming team he sparked them to the NCAA championship. If you are the first to send his name to the Gamecock sports edi tor you will receive two free passes to the comfortable Carolina theatre where playing this week is "Tomahawk," with Van Heflin. It's Just ... Two Blocks Why run all over town for Sunshine's 1415 Gervais short biocks from the U Sunshine and be sure! IN A HURRY FO Ask for Sunshine's famous on drycleaning, shirts, piE Sunmaid-Paks. I by 10 weekdays. On Sa rday dayi r LAUND Y t 141s GERVAI (at Bull FACTS OI wN,wM,.x ryland Second Home .3 In Field House The Old Liners of Maryland .ome to town Monday to put an un lefeated streak of five matches on the line against the Gamecocks. the Terps, who hold a decision )ver LSU will definitely be the favorites in the bouts slated to get under way at 8 in the local Field house. The bouts were originally scheduled for tonight but were postponed to allow the state high school basketball tournament to be held here. This will probably be the hardest match of the season for the Birds who now hold a 2-1 record includ ing an impressive 7-1 win over The Citadel. They also downed Vir ginia but lost to LSU at Baton Rouge. Maryland has beaten LSU, the Quantico Marines, Army, Michigan State, and The Citadel. They were held to a draw by a powerful Mi ami squad. The Terpa are recog nized as one of the powers of the nation in college fistic circles and a win for the Birds would up their rating considerably. The strength of the Birds is lo cated in the same weight as that $3. ro Sunshine! laundry and dryeleaning? Street Plant is just TWO ,S.C. Campus t send it to R bRtYc:LiAIINGr One-Day Quality Service rk work, bachelor bundles, 0 a.m., out by 5:30 p.m., n by NINE a.m., out same HINE ID CLEANERS - 1500 WOODROW CIGARETI PRl \ML \ "When I c Stobacco g~ cigarettes is the one and smokE stai Pron . PR( NO UI' AFTI "Chesterfic cigarette in of our tast no unpleasc * From the Indust JI Monday Sout Of Season At 8 P.M. of the Marylanders so that boxing fans should get their money's worth out of at least two fight, Andy Quattrochi and Paul Kostop. oulos are both undefeated so far in six bouts. Both are well know in the local ring, having appeared here last year. Quattrochi will be opposed by Carolina's Chuck Davis in the 186 pound class and hard hitting Em. mett Gurney will be on hand to entertain Kostopoulos. Gregg Hitopoulos, undefeated last year, will very likely start in the 130 pound division. This will be Gregg's first bout of the year. Otherwise the lineup will be the same as that seen against The Citadel. The team will be in top shape for the match for those member who have been suffering from in. fluenza have recovered and are eager to go. 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