The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 09, 1951, Page Page Six, Image 6
RALPH GREGORY, Sports Editor
Norma Bergman Fred McAllister
Dan Donovan George LaBruce
Frank Wright Janes B. Sims
RALPH GREGORY:
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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