The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 20, 1951, Page Page Six, Image 6
RALPH GREGORY. Sports 2Mwer '
rak Wright Fred Me*at.
Jam" B. Sims
RALPH GREGORY:
Coach Ted Petoskey was more than optimistic over his
baseball team after returning from the North Carolina trip
The Gamecocks dropped both games, one to Duke and one
to Wake Forest, but they played their best ball of the year
and showed more hustle than in the previous games.
"We're going to make it tough on somebody before this
season is -over," he ventured. It could start tomorrow wher
the Birds engage the Hurricane from Furman. Furman was
the only victim that the Gamecocks have found so far. To
morrow Furman will be here for a doubleheader.
The road trip cost two more defeats but it took some
heads-up ball by Duke to win. The game went 14 innings and
several times it was almost won by the Birds. Against Wake
Forest, two bad innings gave the Deacons enough to win.
They scored all their runs in the third and fourth innings
and from then on were held at bay.
Just when it seems that things are looking up for the
Birds something new turns up. Grady Faircloth was stricken
with the measles and will very likely not be able to go for at
least another week. Billy Stephens also went on the injury list
Wednesday night with a split nail on his right hand. He may
be able to go by Saturday, however. If not he will be relieved
by Benton King.
Just Checkin' .. .
Otis Rawl, sophomore right-hander, again showed that he
is a top xeiief man as he came on for "Country" Camp against
Wake Forest and held the Deacons scoreless for the last four
innings ... Bill Camp appeared to be going well against the
Baptists until a host of errors let in four unearned runs. Bill
is having trouble getting support when he works ... The two
errors against Duke was the smallest number committed by
the Birds in the last five games .. . Bobby Rogers went on a
hitting spree in the Duke and Wake Forest games. He had
two hits against Wake Forest and three against Duke. He
also had two infield rollers which he almost beat out . .. Billy
Stephens added two doubles to his collection against the Blue
Devils and drove in two runs . . . Walt Shea drove in three
against Wake Forest when he doubled with the bases loaded.
Later he singled for his second hit of the day.
The Birdometer
Bobby Rogers rapped out five hits in the last two games
to take over the batting lead from Billy Stephens. Bobby is
hitting .351 and Stephens dropped to ..324. Rogers also leads
in hits with 13 and runs scored with 9. Stephens leads irn
doubles with 3 and total bases with 16. Walt Shea tops the
RBI column with 10.
Grady Faircloth is the only pitcher to win a game and he
sports the best record with a 3.06 earned run average.
Following are the averages through April 14:
Player AB R H 2b 3b Hr. Sb Sac. RBI Pet. TI
King 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .364 4
Rogers 37 9 13 2 0 0 2 0 2 .351 1!
Stephens 34 6 11 3 1 0 1 1 8 .324 1(
Smith 16 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250
Shea ' 35 28 200 1 010 .229 1(
Allen 25 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 f
Stokes 32 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 .188 '5
Wells 86 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 .167 'i
Stephenson 20 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 .150 i
Faircloth 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .143
Rawls 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 1
Duckett 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 )
Jones 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059
Others 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4
Totals 320 34 66 10 3 0 8 4 29 .203 8:
Pitcher G IP R H ER SOEBWP HPW L Pet. ER.i
Faircloth 6 50 28 52 17 22 23 0 1 1 4 .200 3.04
Camp 4 16 2/3 29 29 151412 2 20 4 .000 7.93
Rawls 4 15 10 13 7 10 10 1 1 0 0 .000 4.04
Taylor 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 9 81 2/3 70 94 42 46 48 3 4 1 8 .111 4.
Going Somewhere?.
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1015 MaIn Stre.e
Furman
'First Game Set
For 1 O'clock
On Davis Field
Tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock
the Gamecock baseball team will
entertain the Furman Purple Hur
ricane in a doubleheader on Davis
Field. Grady Faircloth and either
Bill Camp or Otis Rawls will prob
ably start on the mound for the
Birds. The Furman hurlers were
not announced.
The Gamecocks still are trying
to find a winning combination as
they have dropped eight straight
games. The situation may be
changed, however, as the team
showed vast improvement last week
against Duke. They carried the
Blue Devils to the fourteenth in
ning before bowing 7-6. They also
played good ball against Wake
Forest except for two bad innings.
In two previous games with Fur
man each team managed to take
one win. The Gamecocks won the
opening game of the season with
a 2-0 shutout and Furman won
second 10-4.
In order to bolster the defensive
strength as well as the hitting
Coach Ted Petoskey has made sev
eral changes in the lineup so that
it now appears something like this:
Walt Shea at first; Johnny Stokes
at second; Demos Jones at short
and Billy Stephens at third. In the
outfield will probably be Rube
Wells, Bobby Rogers, and Larry
Smith. Fred Duckett will probably
handle the catching chores.
In case some aid is needed, Pe
toskey can call on Gene Wilson to
handle the relief hurling. Gene
showed up well against the Ogden
team in an exhibition game.
Charley Stephenson and Gus Allen
are handy for pinch-hitting roles
as well as Benton King.
Davidson comes to town for a
single game Tuesday and the
Gamecock pitcher has not yet been
announced.
Sportsquiz
Last week our Sportsquiz an
swer was Napoleon "Larry" La
joie and we again had a great num
ber of answers. The winner was
William W. Harling who received
two tickets to the Carolina Theatre.
Other answers were received
from "Doodle" Munn, Bob McIn
nis, Bill Rabon, H. S. Whitaker,
Donald Smoak, J. G. Osteen, John
Logothetis, George Clauson and
Victor Laurie.
This week we have another ques
tion about baseball and it concerns
one of the most famous pitchers
who ever lived. He pitched for the
New York Giants and during his
career with them won 372 games
while losing only 189. He won 30
or more games for three consecu
tive years.
He had remarkable control and
developed the "fadeaway." His
most spectacular pitching feat wvas
in the 1905 World's Series when
he shut out the Philadelphia Ath
letics in three games. Throughout
his career this pitcher stoutly re
fused to pitch on Sunday.
Just send his name to the Game
cock Sports Editor for two free
passes to the Carolina Theatre.
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On Weak Fieh
By J. B. SIMS
One of the brightest spots in the
line-up of the Gamecock baseball
team is centerfielder Bobby Rogers.
While his teammates have been
kicking the ball around, Roger's
defensive play has been superb.
He came up with the best defensive
play of the season for the Birds
against Clemson. He came in on
the dead run to make a shoe-string
catch of a ball that had extra
base written all over it.
Rogers is one of the best de
fensive centerfielders in the South
ern Conference. He catches the
short bloopers over the infield
with the same ease -that he pulls
down the long drives off opposing
bats. Most outfielders have trouble
coming in for short hit balls.
Bobby's throwing arm is one of
the best.
At the start of the 1950 season,
Bobby found himself warming the
bench for the veteran Red Wilson.
Red was a long ball hitter and the
team needed power. While in Jack
sonville, Wilson broke one of Coach
red Petoskey's rules and Bobby
got his chance. He took over the
ienterfield slot and began hitting
the ball at a nice clip. He finished
the season hitting .351, his pres
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the first nine games he Is leading
the Gamecock regulars with the
same average which he had last
year, .851.
Rogers still maintains that he
isn't hitting up to par this year.
"The biggest trouble is that I can't
get enough wood on the ball. I
have hit only one ball that really
felt good," he said. He added that
the pitching is better than last
year.
Bobby appeared in 21 games last
year. He picked up 26 safeties in
74 times at bat. Three of those
were for extra bases. He stole ten
bases and this year has three to his
credit. He scored 24 runs and drove
in 10.
Bobby swings from the port
side and hits in the number two
slot. He is not a long ball hitter
but hits the ball solid.
He played three years of ball at
Orangeburg High and last year was
coach of the American Legion team
there. He played in the Eastern
Carolina League in '49 hitting .340.
Bobby will be graduated in June
and has a date with Uncle Sam.
He is in the reserves and may go
into the Marines in July. He hopes
to play a little ball before he gets
the call, possibly in the Palmetto
League.
He will appear before a home
town crowd on the night of May
11. Carolina will play Clemson in
Orangeburg on that date.
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