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Gamecock Win Game Time lohnny Ray One more semester has bit the dust, so to speak, but The Gamecock still has a sports section, meaning that there is till news as time marches on. *0 A new semester brings new problems, new faces, new victories and/or new defeats. The Fall semester had hardly ended when the Gamecock basketeers, once more underdogs, lowered the boom on a black clad, red-faced crew named the Furman Purple Paladins. As if contemplating a Gamecock victory, the Paladin coach wept to newsmen days before that half his team, namely, Frank Selvy, had a bad ankle, was feeling low, and would possibly miss the potential Furman tournament clincher. However, at gametime, the ace sharp shooter, Selvy, was rarin' to go and seemingly forgot about his bad ankle. A Gamecock field goal in the first minute of play provided ecisely the margin of victory for the Birds. The fans could have left the Field house after the first goal and missed nothing except the most exciting game played there this season, a very fine exhibition of teamwork on the part-of the Gamecocks, and a desperation struggle of a star-heavy Fur man team going down beneath the spurs of a fighting Gamecock. The incomparable Selvy, who is rapidly becoming one of the best, showed off his shooting talent ' and dropped in 29. It was his taller teammate, humble Neil Gordan, how ever, who kept Furman in the game with his numerous tip-ins. For the Gamecocks, the entire team played with zest, teamwork, and accuracy as never before. Smith and Peterson looked especially good under the goal, both goals to be exact, as they rebounded with precision and hit most of their shots to lead the Gamecock scorers. Neeley demonstrated his drive in ability and Smejkal and lofferth hit for timely field goals from 'way out. A well-balanced team beats an under balanced team-that's the story. A RUMOR COMES TO A HALT A few weeks ago an article appeared in a local paper which caused considerable discussion among boxing fans here at the university. It was the general opinion that after %his year the boxing team would no longer exist, because of the financial difficulties connected with maintaining it. After hearing numerous rumors on the matter, I decided to investi gate. This I was told by a spokesman for the Athletic Dept.: There is no intention on the part of the Athletic Department to abolish boxing at the university. The student body seems to want a boxing team, and as long as the students want this, there will be no attempt on the part of the department to abolish it. There is, however, great expense in maintaining a team, due to the fact that most of the fans attending the matches are university students and are admitted without charge. Too, very few schools in the Southern Conference are producing boxing teams for conference competition. For ex ample, considerable expense money is required to furnish transportation to such places as Maryland and LSU. Both Maryland and LSU produce very fine boxing teams, but the profit just doesn't meet the expense. Miami, one of Carolina's regular foes, is a considerable distance from Columbia, also. The only opponents easily accessible to the university mitt men are The Citadel, and Virginia, both of which produce only mediocre teams--Virginia, however, is still further than a seasonal opponent should be. THE ONE "PARTY" SYSTEM AT CAROLINA It's back to the single platoon system for the college teams this season, and it may well be paraphrased as "back to the salt mines" for the football players. The day of the specialist on the gridiron was short-lived and with the abolition of the two-platoon system, many coaches are facing quite the same problems. Namely, what to do with the specialist of modern day football. Time was -when the 00-minute player was the only kind of player, unless he was irjured. Then came the 4' era of specialist, which we have just gone through. In the "specialst" era, a 60-minute player was a near-phenomenon. Once again the players may be "men of the hour." SWhen asked how the new ruling would affect the Game ock squad next year, Coach Enright stated, "We assume that a football player can play both offense and defense. Naturally, we may have to switch around a little. For exam ple, we have Centers Cunningham and Bell, both good men on defense and offense. Why try to use the two of them at center when one could play tackle just as well ?" Coach En right pointed out that there may still be such specialists as extra-point kickers. Actually, Carolina should have just as good a team with the new ruling as they would without it. For that matter, Sesame goes for all the schools. If the system hurts Caro lina because of offensive specialists, it should hurt Duke just as much, probably in the same spots. . As it figures now, Carolina will have a fairly good team next year and will face Duke, The Citadel, Virginia, Furman, Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina, West Virginia, Wofford, and Wake Forest, in that order. IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING I was sitting in the lobby of the Athletic Department the other day when Coach Ted Petoskey came in to attend a coaches' meeting. Since the meeting hadn't started, the coach leaned against a desk and began smoking his pipe. I broke the silence by introducing myself and we became engaged in conversation about the forthcoming baseball season. The coach seemed to be very optimistic about his defensive infield, but somewhat doubtful about the hitting department. The team should be a little improved over last year's, he thought, but the loss of All-Southern Catcher Emmett Dietz was unfortunate. A big chore now may be to procure a hitting catcher and a few hitting outfielders. "Five more base-hits last year could have won us the league championship," he said. Streak . Birds Lose t< After Winnir Meet Davidsc By JOHN RAY Sports Editor It may seem a little late, now but Coach Johnson seems to hay found the right combination for i game-winning Gamecock squad Although a three-game winninj streak was snapped, it could pos sibly work out for Carolina t4 have one of the best teams in th4 state. That is, assuming that tho winning ways stay with the boyi from here on out. Perhaps the beginning of a nev semester had something to do witl it, perhaps a relief from fina exams invigorated the team, bui it's a sure thing that somethinf has put the fight into the Game. cock and barring any serious com. plications, the Bird should be harc to stop after victories over- Geor. gia, Furman and Clemson. It all started when the Ramblink Wrecks from Georgia Tech re ceived one more dent from aT underdog Gamecock five. Althougl the Birds had previously beater Tech, the game was rated a clos4 one, with the edge going to Tech Not so. The Georgians le< through most of the game, bu were tied as the Birds rallied t< put it into an overtime period Victory was not to be denied th< boys from Carolina, however, an< the Gamecocks won 70-66. Peter son was hign scorer with 22 points The most surprising vi?tory o; the season came when the Fur man Purple Paladins went dowi to a 74-72 defeat; as a result o Gamecock accurateness and pre cision, the combined efforts o Smith, Peterson, Neeley, Hofferth and Smejkal the Gamecocks le4 through most of the game; Th< Paladins, sparked by Aces Selv; and Gordan, made a dramatic ef fort, but failed to score enough t< get the victory. All five of Coacl Johnson's men scored 10 or mor, points. Smith was best for goalinj with 23, but Furman's Selvy wai high for the night with 29. A marked improvement wa shown by the Gamecocks as th< rebounding, shooting, and al around playing exceeded an: previous heights. Joe Smith an< Art Smejkal were the best re bounders and showed considerabl< alertness and co-ordination. Peter son's ball handling was greatly improved and his hook shot wa: accurate, although he was guarde< closely in the second half, and hi1 for 17 points. Timely shooting b) Neeley and Hufford contributed t< the cause, and the smart ball handling of Neeley allowed th< Gamecocks to freeze the ball in th< .closing seconds of play. After at timely victory over the Paladins, the Birds once agair Mitchell's Mess's Shop "The Little Shop with Big Value." 1431 MAIN ADV. Oportuniies in Optomnetry Optoetryis aprofession offer ing special advantages to ambitioua young men and women. Its scope i constantly expanding. 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State ig Three - n Tonight showed teamwork and form b! putting on a late rally and down ing the Clemson Tigers 71-67 a Clemson. Sure shooting by Smith Neeley and Hufford put th4 Gamecocks back in the lead aftei having fallen behind in the fina period of play. Smith's hook shot Neeley's set shot, and Hufford', two free throws sent the Game cocks ahead as the waning secondi of play ticked away. Smith sant 23 tallies for high scoring honors while Peterson hooked in 20 of his specialties. The Gamecocks fought a losing battle, however, when they lost to N. C. State Wednesday night in Charlotte. The loss was ex pected, however, and the Game cocks may be slight favorites in tonight's game with Davidson, as the Birds have downed the Wild cats once this season. NI,~ U . S. 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The fighting mittimen have nine championships to their credit and have finished second in the SIBT tournament twice while finishing third once. Coach Alderman's fighters have done better in the lower weight classes than irn the higher weight spots. In 1948 Ray Avant won the Southern Conference welterweight championship, Pete Campassi the featherweight champ, and Elerson Fowler the lightweight champ. Then, in 1949, Jim Briggman came out on top in the SIBT tournament as the junior middle weight champ. Avant, 1949 took the S!BT welterweight crown. In 1950 Pete Campassi captured the SIBT welterweight title, and Jim Briggman the SIBT middle weight championship. In 1951 and 1952 Emmett Gurney captured the SIBT welter weight titles and won the "Most Outstanding Boxer Award" in the SIBT tournament. S p..... ................. -A ItE , o*1 t aecm e.Ti s iiu insho5 adgau :>bment, uRamtd nce mustihen in andoo manda rapti IOther es, you wri Cadet Training Class. ws you a four-month assignment. 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