Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sigma Ch Pictured above are members of championship. Kneeling (from left Mixon, "Cookie" Coward, Moe Mc( Ross). Cagers ( With 1 An inexperienced and unproven Carolina basketball team will Lke to the court Saturday night when the Newberry Indians invade the University of South Carolina Field House in the opening game of the season fpr the Gamecocks. The hopes for this year's team will be carried largely by several newcomers who will be striving to fill the gaps left by the loss of such key players as Dwane Morri son, Don Cox, and Mickey Best. Morrison was the team's high scorer last year, averaging 19.8 points a game. The three together accounted for a total of 38.7 pointa per game last season. Actually, Coach Frank Johnson wvill have only one regular consis tent starter from last year, six feet, four inch Center Johnny Peterson who averaged 14.9 points per game last season. However, Joe Smith and Tom Hofferth, who al ternated in one forward position last season, have some valuable experience and both have good height at six feet, three inches. Other squad members who will be ready for action Saturday night are: Center Jim Gainey (6'8"), Guard Jack Wise (5'11"), Guard Frank Wrighat (5'10"), Guard Randy Coleman (6'2"), and For ward Bob Finley (6'1"). Gainey, whose inexperience limited his ac tion last year, has been steadily improving and should see plenty action in Saturday's game. Cole man, who played guard position behind Best and Cox last season, will probably be in for a busy night also. The newcomers to the squad are comparatively tall and have a great deal of spirit at this early stage. All of the new members have had good high school rocords and have shown up good in prac tice sessions. However, the predic tions should be left off until the boys have been seen In action. The leading members among the newcomers are Forward Art Semejkal (pronounced "smichael"), Guard Jack Hufford, Center Lee Collins and Guard Jack Neeley. Semejkal Is six feet, three Inches tall, Hufford is five feet, nine inches, Collins Is six feet, six inches, and Neeley stands six feet, one inch. In the opener Saturday night Coach Johnson's probable lineup will be Smith and Hofferth at for wards, Peterson at center, and Coleman and Hufford at the guard p)ositions. Newberry, whose basketball t'eams have constantly threatened Within the Little Four realm, will have three returning lettermen. They are Center Ed Blanko, (6'8"), P'orward Bobby Bailey (6'0"), and Guard Bob not (5". i's Volleyba] e ? 4 4 J the Sigma Chi volleyball team v to right) Don Cox and Jimmy Cox. redie, Elmore Viele, Dicky Timms, )pen Vewberry Other returning members of the Indian squad include George Rushe, Ed Hester, Pete Stoude mire, Billy Leitner, Buzzie Hentz, and Hubert Morris. The Newberry team should be really out to win this game against a larger and mythically stronger powered team such as Carolina. Likewise, the Gamecocks will be out to make a good showing in their opener and to do the same thing as they did last year when they trounced them 84-40. However, it Is .doubtful whether the Gamecocks can equal last year's team in the win column. The 1951-52 team won 14 and lost 10 Last year the Gamecocks de feated The Citadel, Newberry, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Davidson, Georgia, Clemson, Virginia Tech, George Washington, North Caro lina and lost games to Georgia Tech, Davidson, Pennsylvania, N. C. State, Furman, Wake Forest, Duke, and Clemson. Here is the 1952-53 schedule: Dec. 6-Newberry, here. Dec. 11-Georgia, there. Dec. 12-Oeorgia Tech, there. Dec. 15--Richmond, here. Dec. 20-George Washington, there. Dec. 22-West Virginia, there. Dec. 23-West Virginia, there. Jan. 2-Virginia Tech at Wythe ville, Va. Jan. 3-Davidson, there. Jan. 7-Duke, here. Jan. 12--Wake Forest, here. Jan. 16--Clemson, here. Jan. 24--Georgia Tech, here. Jan. 29-Furman, here. Feb. 2-Clemson, there. Feb. 4-N. C. State, Charlotte. Feb. 6-Davidson, here. Feb. 10-Georgia, here. Feb. 13-North Carolina, here. Feb. 17-Furman, there. Feb. 21-Duke, there. Feb. 23-Wake Forest, there. Feb. 27-The Citadel, here. Feb. 28-The Citadel, there. Independents Still Tops In WAA Basketball The idle Indepernients kept a firm hold to first place in the Women's Athletic Association Basketball Tournament while Kap pa Delta moved into a three-way tie for second place with Alpha Delta P1 and Chi Omega by beat ing P1 Beta Phi. Phi Beta Phi, *hich has now lost two, was eliminated. Several of last week's games had to be postponed because of the painting of the gym floor. The standings: Won Lost Independents . ...3 0 Alpha Delta P1 2 1 Chi Omega ....... 2 1 Kappa Delta . 2 1 Zeta Tau Alpha .. ..1 2 Delta Zeta 0 1 Pi Beta Phi... ...0 2 TriDlta........ 2 ll Champs 'hich won the campus volleyball Standing (from left to right) Gene (Gamecock photo by Lowell W. Gramling, Bennett Set USC Records Quarterback Johnny Gramling was the big ground gainer for the Carolina football team during the past season, according to final statistics. Gramling was followed by End Clyde Bennett and Half back Gene Wilson. Gramling broke all school pass ing records as he completed 61 of 144 passes for 709 yards and nine touchdowns, ranking him third in the conference, and Bennett set pass reception records by catch ing 34 passes for 502 yards and six touchdowns. Bennett was sec ond in the conference in receiving. Wilson, the team's top runner, gained 403 yards for the season and scored five touchdowns. All three players are juniors. Here are the final statistics for the 1952 Carolina football team: INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Times Yds. Ave. Gene Wilson .. ....129 403 3.1 Hootie Johnson ...79 292 3.7 Buddy Morrell . 55 264 4.8 Bobby Drawdy... .. 61 244 3.6 Mike Caskey. .. .. .29 106 3.6 Buster Brown .. ....7 67 9.5 Bill Wohrman 21 49 2.3 Johnny Gramling .58 21 0.3 Lockhart McLendon 10 8 0.8 Carl Brazell.... ..3 4 1.3 Bill Behrens .. 6 -8 -1.3 o o o$'2t OJ2 SSAYS THIS SSHORT STORY F ...... WILL 8E L M T H E BST Seniors Who Last Game Sag Wake Forest! 90 A.W.40M50N, 8 SKELTON E JONO * U l-....1...... Pu Roddy Robbins ... 1 -16 -16.0 Dick Balka ........ 22 -69 -3.1 INDIVIDUAL PASSING No. Comp. Yds. TD's Gramling 144 61 709 9 Balka .... 64 23 315 2 Behrens .... 9 5 54 0 Wilson ...... 5 4 32 0 INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING No. Yds. TD's Clyde Bennett .....34 502 6 Gene Wilson ...... 16 135 2 Hootie Johnson 13 78 0 Walt Shea .... 8 99 0 Bobby Drawdy 6 47 i Fred Duckett . . 4 81 1 Slats Skelton . . 4 45 0 Lockhart McLendon 3 57 0 Buddy Morrell ... 3 45 1 Mike Caskey.. .. ..1 19 0 Bill Wohrman ....1 2 0 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds. Ave. Carl Brazell .... 12 275 22.9 Bob Korn.. .. .. .. 5 86 17.2 Jimmy Cooper . . 3 42 14.0 Mike Caskey . . . 4 67 16.7 Bobby Drawdy ... 2 36 18.0 Gene Wilson . .2 18 9.0 Fred Duckett ... 2 32 16.0 r2llme wil 23ll WHAT A WRITER E WEAVE$ woRD IKE A WIZARD! E ANN JOURN AWA THEY TEtt. 4 I SO SOON ? HEt WRITEN THE FIRST PAGE 50 TIMEG ALREADY.! Played Their urday Against 4NSONI ,P SRoWN,FI LATORRE,E WAL rSEA i CO CAPTAINS CKETTE UERRY,C Controversy Seen In S. C. Much controversy is likely to take place among members of the Southern Conference when a meet ing is held at Clemson Dec. 12-13. 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