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For USC Andy Sciambra, above, is one of the most promising boxers of 1he Gamecock squad. Sciambra, who has an impressive amateur background, hails from New Orleans and Coach Jess Alderman has high hopes for the 132 pound freshman. (Photo by Eugene Brantley.) Sciambra Another Title? By Pete Teague Andy Sciambra, an 18-year-old freshman from New Orleans, is quickly becoming a sensation on the Gamecock boxing tean. Andy came to the University in Sep tember and from all indications it looks as if the shy, modest, fresh man will be one of the outstanding members of the 1953 team. A smooth operator in the ring, Andy uses his speed and boxing skill to baffle his opponents. He has a very powerful punch in either hand and has good footwork. This is probably why Coah Jess Alder man rates him as one of the best fighters in the nation in the 132 pound class. The dark haired Sciambra has a very impressive amateur back ground. While attending Holy Cross High in New Orleans, he fought for the Catholic Youth Organization and had over sixty bouts of which he lost only five; this is very good even for an amateur. Sciambra was the golden gloves champ in the Mid-South Golden Gloves Tournament held in Mem phis, Tennessee, last year. In winning this title, Andy beat a very tough customer named Qualls from Little Rock, Arkansas. He re marked that this was the toughest fight that he has ever fought. After having won the golden gloves in this tournament, he went to San Antonio, Texas, to fight in the Olympic trials there. In this tournament Sciambra wvas beaten by a fighter, a southpaw who, as Andy put it, "Wasn't so tough, but his left-handed style had me fooled." - While fighting in Newv Orleans, Andy said, he had the same man ager that managed Coach Alder mian wvhen the latter was fighting professionally. This, he said, is the reason he came to the Univer sity of South Carolina. Andy looked very impressive in his first fight as a Gamecock. He won by a technical knockout over Fort Jackson's Tony Lella in 1:37 of the first round. If this bout was any indlication of his powers, just watch out for Andy Sciambra, the 132 p)ounder on the Carolina squadl. There's likely to be a lot of firewvorks when tournament time comes. Angry Girl (dating Sig Chi): "Don't you knowv what good clean fun is?" Sigma Chi: "No, wvhat good is it?" There's One In Every Crowd By Jack Bass Every year around thi3 time numerous columns are written on a certain type of spectator-the Mr. Know-It-All with the strong vocal cords. In baseball he becomes the bleacher wolf while in football he is often the bellicose type more interested in the bottle and the babe than in the ball. In basket ball he enjoys himself more be cause the walls around the playing area enable his stupid remarks to be heard by practical everyone. An outstanding example of this obnoxious onlooker type was sit ting behind the scorer's table constantly shouting insults at two of the best basketball officials in the state-that is, unless you hap pen to oppose the aggressive, ex citing type of basketball. This particular character assailed the refs bitterly when they failed to see a foul and then raverl and ranted when the whistle did blow. "How unsportsmanlike can you get?" he would scream when the visitors' bench stirred a muscle on a Gamecock free throw, but it was the same fellow who made the biggest disturbance when the other side attempted a foul shot. Actually there seemed to be very few of this type at the game Monday, and we hope they will stop coming to the games al together. Not only are they irritat ing but they sometimes lead an excited crowd to uspleasant and embarrassing incidents that occur throughout the country occasional ly each season. We overheard one fan remark after a warm handshake given to a Carolina player on his fifth foul by a member of the Richmond team, "Well I like 'em even if they win." We like that kind of spectator who notices how a game is played as well as who wins. Other Toughies For Gamecocks Carolina is known to have an in experienced basketball team this year and the road ahead of them will be the only criteria to go by in judging the 1953 team. However little is known of opposing teams, there is still some information to be had by those other than our own scouts. Here is some of the information on a few of Carolina's future opponents. West Virginia-Coach Brown~ says that he can field, if necessary, a team averaging 6 feet 4% inches tall. And, if the Mountaineers op)pose anything resembling red wvood trees, there is a combination averaging 6-6% to be usedl. Some of his ace players arc Willie B3ergines, 6-6; Pete White; 6-5; George Davis, 6-5; Mack Isner 6-4; andl Shortie Red Holmes, 6-2. Coach Brown is even comparing Be.rgines with last year's All American Mark Workman. Virginia Tech--Coach G. F. Laird will have six lettermen from last year's squad but by the time Carolina clashes with Tech, the inexperienced members on the team may no longer be so in experienced. Probably the most dangerous of the returnees is For ward Charlie Eaton, a one-hand push shot artist. Guard Johnny Cantrell is an excellent ball handler and may prove to be a rut in the road for many teams which will face the Gobblers. (FT. osoed to nnHl KP tnt?e" Emmett Gurney, SIRT 147 poun opponent is Roy Leggett of Fort . his game opponent staggering. (( -Won't Be Half Safe Foes of i Have Bie When the Carolina boxing team opens its regular season here January 9 with Maryland, it may be a long night for the visiting team. The Gamecocks made this very obvious when they pounded out an overwhelming victory over Fort Jackson in seven out of the ten matches fought here Friday night. The squad, aided by several new members, made an impressive showing. Most impressive of the new comers and considered one of the potentially all-time greats at Caro lina is Freshman Andy Sciambra of New Orleans. Sciambra, a 132 pounder, lived up to his pre-fight notices as he belted Tony Lella into submission in 1:37 of the first roundl before the referee stopped the one sided affair. Johnny Stokes, 125 pounder of Darlington, S. C., appears to be another big addition to Coach Alderman's squad. In the first round of his fight, Stokes batteredl Herbert Wood, to the canvas for a knockout in less than 45 seconds. Emmett Gurney, 147 pound SIBT champ, and his opponent, Roy SAYS THIS SHORT STORY? H WILL BEL sisTHE 8EST 4a a~ vtaI ?YE G . VY 4u A Gurney vs. Leggett d champion, is shown above (left) ackson. The fight was stopped in. amecock photo by Lowell W. Ross. 9oxing T Worries Leggett, staged one of the best bouts of the evening. Leggett fought Gurney on even terms in the first round but began to fail as Gurney punished the soldier with hard body blows. In the third round Gurney's opponent was staggering so that the referee stopped the bout. 139 pounder Ted Kurtz won a decision over Raphael Caballero. Kurtz, from New Jersey, forced the fight and won largely on his aggressiveness. In another hard hitting match, 156 pounder Malcolm DeWitt knocked out Roger Tipton in the first round with a right to the jaw. Jack Cassidy won a decision over Toni Cleary. Cassidy, a 165 pounder, was somewhat wild in the first twvo rounds, but back to win in the final canto. Heyward DavIs, fighting in the 178 pound class, won an easy de cision over Bill Holloway of Fort Jackson. This fight was actually the last official fight scheduled. In the heavyweight division, Marion Lee, who had begun train - ing only twvo days prior to the JiWne wil 77ol WHAT A WRITER! KE A WIZARD! GETS ANN - JOURNi OI( IHOW CAN I~THEY TEL. I SO SOON ? HE'G WRITTEN THE FIRST PAGE GO TimES ALREAOnvy doing a bit of in-fighting. His he third round after Gurney had am May Coming bouts, met Jack Batson in a non scheduled one-rounder. Lee showed a great deal of strength, but lacked the stamina and experience to defeat an older fighter. Heyward Davis then took over for the next round and gave the crowd a thrill as he slugged it out with his heavier opponent. As a preliminary, SIBT finalist Allen George boxed Tommy Sim mons in a featherweight two-round affair. George and Simmons, both on the Carolina squad, demon strated the art of boxing with George getting a slight edge in the non-decision pre-lim. Mitchell's Men's Shop "The Little Shop with Big Values" 1431 MAIN Only THE auth4 UJAL a cis \LISM find Cl CD LEt O'liEl by' I/I Ci Gamecoc Jonferem By JOHN RAY Sports Editor The Carolina Gamecocks went ]own to defeat in their first con lerence basketball game played 1ere Monday night. The Game :ocks failed to come up with that inal bit of drive as the Richmond spiders took the load in the last Lhree minutes and never gave it up as they went on to win 84-78 Sparked by the sharp-shooting of Johnny Peterson and .Joe Smith, the Gamecocks held a four point lead at halftime. Peterson, who racked up a total of 22 points for the night, alternated at forward and center and shared high noint honors with Richmond's Elmund Harrison and Jim Gahagan who dropped in 23 and 22, respectively. It was a very impressive first half for the Gamecocks; as they took the lead it appeared as if the favored Spiders were to meet wi" h certain defeat, but the shooting of Harrison and Forward Jim Gaha gan in the last half narrowed tho score, and the Carolina team could never take such a commanding lead as was held in the second perioo of play. In short, the same com bination which beat Clemson di(d the same thing to Carolina. Ilarri son made 19 points against Clem son Saturday night and Gahlgan 22 as the Tigers went down to a 74-60 defeat. It was not considered as a bad defeat from the spectators viow point, however. The team which took the floor against Richmond showed considerable improvement over the team which managed to come back and whip Newberry just a week or so before. One bit of encouragement in the game was the big improvement of Center Jim Gainey who, although collecting only 10 points, played the backboard with a great dwil of JUST 2 BLOCK That's Sunshine Iaundry Gervais - two blocks from t1i guys and gals take all their Sunshine. One-day Quality Sc ing, shirts, piece work and service means satisfaction! LAUNDRY Ah L 1415 G;ERVAIS time wil tell about a ~r And only tme il arette! 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