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Enter State Meet The Carolina golf team was second in the state meet after the first Spartanburg. The Gamecocks finished their regular season with a 6-7 1 Jones, Bobby Boswell, Ralph Irick, Art Stobbe, Bill Warner and Pla RALPH GREGORY, Sports Editor Paul Phillips George Johnson Jerry Rollins RALPH GREGORY: Hi, Sport! It's a custom with The Gamecock to allow the new staff to put out the final issue each semester. For that reason this will be my last column as sports editor. From now on you'll be checking the works of another ardent Gamecock r I sports fan. It's been a long time since I put my first sports page to I bed. Back during the spring semester of last year I took f over from Rudy Thigpen and held out through the fall se- f mester of this year and the present spring semester. During this time I've had the pleasure of working with some of the better men on this campus. Most of the athletes and coaches on this campus are great fellows to work with. They've been very co-operative with me, supplying the news readily. To these men I'd like to extend my thanks, the athletes and coaches first. Then to Don Barton, affable sports pub licity chief whose news releases have been a great help to filling up these columns. My staff deserves credit,' too, for much of the material that has found its way onto the sports pages. Paul Phillips, "Red" Johnson and Jerry Rollins have spent much of their time banging out stories about campus sports. To the baseball team and Coach Ted Petoskey thanks for some swell trips and some exciting games. Even though we did lose a few. That baseball team will be tough next year. With this signoff here's hoping the new sports editor, Paul Phillips, is given plenty to crow about next year. BASEBALL ENDS Freshman Tom Hofferth, shortstop, paced the Carolina batsmen for the season which just ended. He had a .322 average to squeeze by Catcher Emmett Dietz. Dietz was the power man with four home runs, seven doubles, and 13 runs batted in. In addition Dietz led the team in runs scored with 15. Thirdbaseman Billy Stephens was tops in stolen bases with nine. Otis Rawl, who finished third in hitting, was the leading pitcher with a 5-1 record. He also led in strikeouts. The final record was a disappointing 9-8. After a great start that saw them with a 7-3 record at one time the Game cocks hit a few bad luck streaks and lost out in the race for the playoffs. JUST CHECKIN' . .. Since 1925 the Carolina basketball teams have won 294 games against 240 defeats. The Gamecocks have had 19 winning seasons against eight losing ones. . . . Since taking over as head basketball coach at Carolina in 1940 Coach Frank Johnston has compiled a record of 105 victories against 81 defeats. . .. The Carolina football team outrushed its op ponents by 1,619 yards to 1,459 during the 1951 season.. .. The Gamecock golf team ended the 1952 season with a record of six wins against seven defeats. . . . Sophomore Bob Korn averaged 33 yards every time he returned a punt for the Caro lina football team last fall. Korn returned four for 132 yards, including touchdown runs against Virginia and Wake Forest. Emmett Gurney leaves for San Antonio, Texas, Sunday at 12:25 p. m. He is sponsored by the Air Force ROTC which gave him a new robe with University of South Carolina ROTC emblazoned on the back. It would be a pretty nice gesture for as many students as possible to se Garmey off. He leaves from the Columbia Airport at the above mentioned, time. Many of the air force boys are planning to be there so how about joining the crowd? round which was held this week at ecord. From left to right-Demos yer-Coach Chuck Prezioso. Stephens, Stokes Are Co-Captains Of Baseball Team Billy Stephens and Johnny Stokes, both seniors, were elected co-captains of the 1952 baseball team last weekend. The two were ;elected by vote of the team mem )ers. Fred Duckett and Otis Rawl vere named as co-captains for the i 1953 squad. Both are rising I eniors. V Stephens and Stokes were both k egulars on the '52 team, Stephens a laying at third base and Stokes p n the outfield. The former is b rom Wrightsville, Ga., and Stokes - rom Darlington. P Ducket was used as a utility out- y, ielder and catcher this year and of from Union. Rawl was the ace ih i CHESTI andN | with Drawdy Tops 4 Track Squad in Scoring rBobby Drawdy, whose hard running for the Carolina football team gained him considerable no tie. last fall, has' obtained double fame as a track star for the Game- t cocks, leading the USC point- t makers for the 1952 season. A sophomore from Eutawville, Drawdy turned on the speed that netted him 415 yards and a 6.5 average on the gridiron last fall b to score 85 1-4 points on the track. In his first year as- a trackman h Drawdy ran the 100-yard dash in 9.9 seconds, the 220 in 22.2 and b threw the javelin 183 feet, two e Inches. g Another sophomore, Garn Mc- r Bride of Columbia, ran second to f Drawdy in scoring with 53 points v in the distances. McBride won both b the mile and half-mile at the state t meet and recorded a 4:29.8 mile C for his best regular-season time. 1 Freshman pole-vaulter Smokey Darouse c.ontributed 48 1-3 points A luring the season, and sophomore t listance runner Jack Blair added s 39 to the Gamecock cause. Darouse C was the state pole vault champ, while Blair was second in the mile S and won the two-mile with a 10:09 h performance. Drawdy, 85 1-4 G McBride, 53 i Darouse, 48 1-3 Blair, 39 t Spence, 25 1-6 Camp, 15 e Rector, 14 Martin, 14 Hulon, 13 2-3 J Cunningham, 11 2-3 Shipman, 12 Reeves, 11 Robbins, 9 Griffin, 6 McLendon, 3 11-12 u T Three Carolina athletes are listed n n the 1952 edition of "Who's Who d n Sports." They are football w ,layers Steve Wadiak, recently illed in an automobile accident, nd Don Earley, tackle standout, lus basketball forward Dwane S forrison. E itcher for the Gamecocks this ear, winning five and losing only C ne, and was also one of the lead g hitters. He is from Gaston. N -FIE-LD LARG.E SIGNED rEREi m extraordin 0 UNPLEASA From the Report,o a -wI-no (urney Le ReWresents Air ROTC In- Olympib Try; Rules Favor Welterweight Emmett Gurney of he Carolina box'ng team will ravel to San Antonio, Texas, Sun ay to take part in the AAU Re ional semi-finals from Monday brough Wednesday. Gurney will e representing the USC Air Force OTC and will be accompanied by is coach, Jess Alderman. Gurney will probably be favored y the AAU rules which call for ight ounce gloves and no head ear. According to the college ules under which he has been ighting, he used 12 ounce gloves rhich hampered his knockout lows. Should he win at San An nio, Gurney will then go to the lympic finals from June 15 to 8 at Kansas City, Mo. Gurney is sponsored by the ,FROTC with the co-operation of he athletic department which is mnding Alderman to accompany urney. The tourney is sponsored by the an Antonio Herald-Express which as bofsted Gurney as one of the svorites in the 147-pound class. urney was a winner of the South rn Invitational Boxing Tourna tent for the second time in a row nis year and finished his regular mason unbeaten. His only loss has >me in the NCAA at Madison, is. ntramurals Open rat Tennis Meet Intramural tennis matches got ader way this week with the first atclies being held on Wednesday. he winners of the Wednesday atches will play again on Thurs ty and the championship matches ill be held on Friday. Wednesday schedule: Kappa Alpha vs. Pi Kappa Alpha i Pi Kappa Phi vs. Phi Kappa igma Sigma Chi vs. Sigma Alpha psilon e Alpha Tau Omega vs. Lambda Phi Sigma Kappa vs. Sigma u. Winners of this match willl T SEULING CIGAIL ~ug (6o. z6Chesterfield ROPRIETOR STERFE1AEL CH ESTl :LD CHESTERFtElf MUCH M arily good t4 NT AFTER-TA vn Research Orannizaion aves ForA) Softball Pla Pi Kappa Pb By PAUL PHILLIPS The intramural softball program went into the final week this week with only one unbeaten team, Pi Kappa Phi in Fraternity League II. The Pi Kaps closed out their season with a 16-0 win over Pi Kappa Alpha. Last week they de feated Phi Sigma Kappa 5-1. In Dther games in Fraternity League 1I, Phi Sigma Kappa beat Kappa Alpha 6-1, and Phi Kappa Sigma split two games, dropping one to Kappa Alpha 8-1, and getting their first win of the season, a 10-2 win wver Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In Fraternity League I, Pi Kappa Alpha edged Sigma Nu 5-4, Sigma Phi Epsilon squeaked by Pi Kappa Alpha 6-5, and Sigma Nu beat Pi Kappa Alpha in a playoff rame 9-4. The playoff game was necessitated because of a three-way tie for first place. In the Independent leagues, the rinal standings were not available, 3ut the teams entered in the play ffs are as follows: NROTC and Preston 2nd will represent Inde pendent League I against McBride mnd ASCE from Independent Lea .ue II. McBride and Preston 2nd will play the first game while ASCE and the NROTC meet in he- other. The winners of these ames will play each other for the ndependent championship. The ndependent champion will play the raternity champion for the cam >us championship. The playoffs start Thursday (May 15), with Pi Kappa Phi, the winner of League II against Sigma ?hi Epsilon, co-winner in League Sigma Nu, of League I, will ,lay the winner of the Sigma Chi >lay Sigma Phi Epsilon. The win ters then will begin other playoff natches. Each tennis team consists of htree men, one for singles and two or doubles. There will be single liminations, which means that a eam is out or the competition with he first loss. A fraternity will be liminated when both singles and loubles entries have been defeated. RFIELD ILDER :iste mrray ST E* \M ..n U Sunday ofs Open; i's Unbeaten. Phi Sigma Kappa game. Phi Sigma Kappa and Sigma Chi have played one less game than the other teams in League II due to postponements. This game will be made up before the playoffs begin. The winner of the game will enter the playoffs along with Pi Kappa Phi for Lea. gue II. Fraternity League standings through Wednesday: LEAGUE I Team Won Lost Sigma Phi Epsilon .5 Sigma Nu ............. * 1 Pi Kappa Alpha ..... 5 10 Lambda Chi ........... .3 3 Alpha Tau Omega .... 2 4 Kappa Sigma ......... 1 5 Phi Epsilon Pi ......... .0 6 *Sigma Nu defeated Pi Kappa Alpha in playoff game. LEAGUE II Team Won Lost Pi Kappa Phi... . 5 0 Phi Sigma Kappa .. 3 1 Sigma Chi ............. 3 1 Kappa Alpha .......... 2 3 Phi Kappa Sigma . .. 1 4 Sigma Alpha Epsilon .0 5' CIGARETTE OUTPUT BY BRANDS (fRillions of Cigareues) 1951 Tax (Domes CAMEL ...........108.2 (R. J. Reynolds) LUCKY STRIKE .......... 79.0 (American Tobacco) CHESTERFIELD .......... 64.5 - (Liggett & Myers Tobacco) PHILIP MORRIS ......... 39. (Philip Morris & Co.) PALL MALL .............. 82.0 (American Cigarette & Cigar) OLD GOLD ............. 22.0 (P. Lorillard) KOOL .. ........10.6 (Brown & Williamson) HERBERT TAREYTON ... 10.0 (American Tobacco) RALEIGH .................. 8.0 (Brown & Williamson) Harry M. Wootten's estimate ap. pearing in "Printer's Ink" Mag. zine. si.t > i TS TOAC E s ccco