The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 13, 1951, Page Page Six, Image 6
RALPH GREGORY:
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Another long road trip begins today for the baseball team
in an attempt to get back on the winning side for a change. A
trip to Clemson proved to be anything but pleasant for the
Birds insofar as the games were concerned.
Despite the two losses there was a marked increase in the
batting power of the team. Eleven hits were rapped out in
the first game, the highest total of the year. Eight of these
came in the big six-run third inning. Larry Smith made his
first start of the year and slashed two singles. In the second
game he lashed a booming triple in his first time up. -The
other hits were well scattered with each man in the lineup
getting a hit the first day.
Grady Faircloth pitched his usual fine game giving up
only eight hits but lost anyway. He allowed only three earned
runs but five more came in via errors.
The weak defensive play remains the major trouble of the
team. Three errors were committed the first day and seven
during the second game. Combined these errors led to 13 un
earned runs. Coach Petoskey made several shifts in the lineup
to try to curb the errors.
Against the two North Carolina nines the Birds will need
to play heads-up ball all the way to win. Wake Forest is one
of the toughest teams in the conference and Duke has been a
big surprize by getting on top the hard way, by beating the
Deacon team.
Next week four more games are on the slate. Tuesday
and Wednesday the opposition will be furnished by the Ogden
team of the Class C Pioneer league. Ogden beat the Columbia
Reds, a class A team, this week 5-3. Friday and Saturday Fur
man will be here for two games.
Clemson Sets Precedent
Although they are still a far cry from being "country
gentlemen" we were glad to see the Cowdets act a little more
like ivilized people than they usually do. They rode the team
*raw but did not pull any of their usual brand of self-styled
humor.
Last year they pulled the stunt of picking a live chicken
in the midst of the game. Later on about 100 of the cow col
legians parked behind the plate and began waving tee shirts
to distract the pitcher.
None of these tricks were tried this year and other than
the barbarous remarks hurled at the players the games went
off rather well.
Just Checking Up
The Carolina outfield seemed to catch fire defensively
against Clemson in the second game. Rube Wells and Bobby
Rogers both made catches that were of major league caliber.
Wells made a long run for one which he grabbed near the
foul line and later on took one off the fence that was going
for a home run had he not grabbed it. Bobby Rogers came in
for a short line drive which he grabbed about four inches
above the ground to prevent another run from scoring.
Gus Allen was injured the first day and suffered from a
sore wrist that hindered his throwing to second base. Fred
Duckett relieved Gus and threw two quick strikes to prevent
any more stealing. It was Duckett's first catching chore
this year.
Billy Stephens hit in his fifth straight game when he
singled in the eighth inning of the second Clemson game. His
average dropped in the series, however, as he went two for
eight.
Billy Stephens is leading the regular lineup with a .360
average. He also has the most hits, 9. Larry.Smith has a .375
average but has played in only two games.
Stephens is tied with Walt Shea for the RBI lead. Both
boys have six through the Clemson games.
Grady Faircloth is the leading hurler in every department.
He has worked 36 innings, struck out 19 men and has an
earned run average of 2.75.
There have been several changes in the baseball schedule
with games against Citadel and Clemson being rescheduled
as doubleheaders.
Following is the remaining schedule as it now appears:
April 13-Wake Forest at Wake Forest
April 14-Duke at Durham
April 17-18-Ogden here
April 20-21-Furman here
April 24-Davidson here
Api-il 27-Citadel at Charleston (doubleheader)
May 1-Davidson at Davidson
May 4-N. C. State here
May 11-Clemson at Orangeburg (doubleheader)
May 15-Citadel here (doubleheader)
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A training course for Red Cross
Water Safety Instructors will be
held at the university natatorium
beginning Monday night, April 16,
at 7 p. m., according to an an
nouncement today by Earl Skid
more, water safety chairman for
the Richland County Red Cross
Chapter.
All persons 19 years of age or
over, who are skillful aquatic per
formers, have teaching ability and
an active interest in swimming, and
have the desire and opportunity to
teach swimming and life saving
courses, are urged to attend this
course. The age requirement can
be waived for college seniors or
teachers in accredited schools.
Mr. Skidmore points out that au
thorized instructors are badly
needed to keep pabe with the in
:reasing number of requests for
swimming and life saving instruc
tion. During the past two seasons
w>er 2,000 persons have received
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By FRANK WRIGHT
During the last week's play in
Fraternity League No. 1, Kappa
Alpha defeated Phi Epsilon Pi 10
;o 2, Pi Kappa Alpha defeated ATO
18 to 4, and Kappa Alpha beat
Lambda Chi 9 to 2.
In Fraternity League No. 2,
3igma Nu beat SAE 12 to 4 and
3igma Chi swamped Phi Sigma
Kappa 18 to 3.
In the only game played in In
lependent League No. 1, ASCE
lefeated ASME 10 to 1.
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lependent League No. 2. The re
iults were: Preston 3rd E. 17 and
renement 10 9, Tenement 2&3 beat
Preston 1st W. 8 to 6, Tenement 9
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more applicants have not been as
signed to classes because of a lack
of instructors and available sites
for the courses.
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hour course to be offered at the
university, successful candidates
will be authorized to teach all Red
Cross swimming and life saving
courses. Classes will last three
hours each, from 7 to 10 p. m., on
the nights of April 16, 19, 20, 28,
26, 27, 30, 31 and May 1, 2 and 3.
The course will be taught by Mr.
Skidmore and Jimmy Smith, local
instructors.
Although not required, registra
tion of persons desiring to take
the course will assist those in
charge to plan the work. Registra
tion can be made at the Red Cross
office, phone 2-8694, or phone
3-6250.
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Last week's sportaquis was an
swered by no less than 22 persons.
From this list we drew the name
of Morris Rubenstein who received
two passes to the Carolina Theatre.
The correct answer, as everyone
seemed to know, was Ewell Black
well of the Cincinnati Reds.
The other people with correct
answers were: Bill Rabon, J. M.
Smoak, Jack Hardee, Irv Liskov,
Victor Laurie and George Clauson.
Also, J. G. Osteen, Lowry Ware
and Eric Oppenheimer, Hewitt
Sompagne, J. T. Mauldin, Dick
Polen, Bill McSwain and Bob Mc
Innis.
Also, Jack Reed, Carol Lang
ford, Carl Langley, Donald Gas
kins, Norman Turner, Bernum
Ashley, L. G. Jeffcoat and "Doodle"
Munn.
This week we again turn to base
ball for the Sportsquiz subject.
This great major leaguer played
second base and is considered to be
one of the greatest to ever play
this position. He was a smooth
fielder and a great hitter. He did
not hit many home runs but his
lifetime batting average is .338.
He was a Frenchman and his nick
name was Larry. Most of his
service was with Cleveland.
Just send his name to the Game.
cock Sports Editor for two free
passes to the Carolina Theatre.
Tenement 10 vs. Tenement 9.
The intramural department held
a swimming meet in the pool
Thursday night, but we do not
yet have the results of this event.
The departnment also announced
that later this month a track meet
and some boxing matches will be
held.
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Today in Wake Forest the Game
cock baseball team takes on the
Wake Forest nine in search of its
second win of the young season.
Tomorrow afternoon in Durham
the Birds will meet Duke in
another conference set-to.
The Gamecocks have dropped six
straight games since beating Fur
man in the opener, 2-0. The two
latest losses were at the hands of
Clemson, 8-6 and 11-1. Both games
were marred by sloppy defensive
play on the part of the Game
cocks.
Wake Forest and Duke are two
Df the best teams that the Birds
will face this year. The two teams
are running one-two in the confer
ence. Duke is unbeaten in the
league while Wake Forest has lost
Lnly once, that to Duke.
The Wake Forest nine is studded
with veterans who were members
Df last year's conference cham
pionship team. The Deacon team
was the U. S. representative in the
Pan-American games held last
month. This will be the only game
played with Wake Forest.
Duke is another team that has
proven itself very tough to beat.
The Blue Devils trounced the Birds
twice earlier in the season. Since
then they have beaten Wake Forest
8-0 and are at present on top of
the Southern conference standings
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and lost three while Camp has yet
to win while losing three. Otis
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in the outfield by the addition of
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