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EMMETT GURNEY, welterwe at Carolina, was the big man I season. Gurney, a senior, led ti straight wins and brought hi to 17 wins and one loss. The Gamecock slugger was and in 1952 advanced to the sei where he lost on a split decis gional Olympic tryouts held i vanced to the Kansas City ] Olympic berth just one victor3 Gurney may enter the NC Final Statisti Smith Leadin ..A Final complete basketball show that sophomore Forward in three departments during Smith, whose 377 points scoring, was also the team's 1 12.9 average, and the most ai with 113 for 172 and 67.7 per Freshman Forward Art S curacy, hitting on 69 of 165 e Johnny Peterson was runner-u per cent, and Smith third at 3 son had the same number of f Peterson was the second I and a 15.0 average, followed and 9.2, Smejkal, 167 and 8.'i . and 7.6. INDIVIDUAL Player G FGA FG Pet. F Smith* .. .24 360 132 36.6 1 Peterson .24 346 132 38.1 1. Hofferth* .24 310 90 29.0 Smejkal* 19 165 69 41.8 Neeley* . 22 165 57 34.5 Hufford* 22 141 51 36.1 Collins* . .17 67 21 31.3 Gainey* . . 10 49 17 34.6 Others . . 20 157 42 26.7 : Totals . . . 24 1760 611 34.7 74 Opponents 24 * Indicates men available next year USC TEAM RECO: O Spring ScI Ma Sports activity will be thick and heavy this spring as the track, baseball, tennis, and golf teams all have full schedules ahead of them. For your information a .jprlng sports calendar has been ' mpiled with all scheduled events listed. March 20-Tennis at Wofford. ,March 24-Golf, Duke, here. March 25-Track, Duke, Colum bia. .March 26-TennIs, at the Col lege of Charleston. March 27-Golf, Wofford, here; -baseball, Furman, here. March 28-Baseball, Furman, ,;here. 'F March 30--Tennis, Furman, here. March 31-Tennis, Erskine, here; golf, Furman, here; baseball, P.C., here. April 1-Track, Mercer, there. April 3-Baseball, The Citadel, St. George-track (Southern re lays at Birmingham, Ala.) April 4-Golf, N. C. State, there; track (Southern relays at Birmingham, Ala.); baseball, The Citadel, there. ight, one of the all-time greats ehind Gamecock victories this ke Birds this season with seven 4 three-year dual meet record SIBT champ in 1951 and 1952, ni-finals in the NCAA tourney, ion. Gurney later won the re n San Antonio, Tex., and ad Pinals where he lost with an , away. AA again next month. us Show g Cagers statistics for the University Joe Smith led the Gamecocks -he 1952-53 season. and 15.7 average topped the op rebounder, with .310 and a .curate at the free throw line cent. mejkal led the field goal ac hots for 41.8 per cent. Center p in this department with 38.1 6.6 per cent. Smith and Peter ield goals, 132. eading scorer with 361 points by Guard Tom Hofferth, 211 ,and Guard Jack Neeley, 160 STATISTICS F'A FTM Pet. Rleb. Ave. Pts. Ave. 12 113 67.7 310 12.9 377 16.'1 18 97 65.5 178 7.4 361 15.( 4 41 64.0 139 6.8 211 9.2 i0 29 68.0 147 7.7 167 8.'1 78 46 68.9 53 2.4 160 7.( 74 48 64.8 59 2.6 160 6.6 10 23 67.5 51 3.0 66 3.3 19 21 63.8 63 6.3 65 5.E 15 24 68.5 48 2.4 118 5.0 )0 442 63.1 1038 43.2 1664 69.3 1811 75.4 (1953-54). %D-Won 11, Lost 13 edule Shou ny Events ~ April 6-Golf, Duke, there. April 7-Tennis, College of Charleston, here; golf, The Citadel, here; track, University of Athens, there. April 10--Tennis, The Citadel, here; baseball, North Carolina, here. April 1--Tenufis, Clemson, here; track, N. C. State, Citadel; here (triangular meet). April 13-Baseball, Clemson, there. April 14-Golf, Davidson, here; baseball, Clemson, there. April 15-Tennis, Furman, there. April 16.-TennIs, Clemson, there. April 17-TennIs, Davidson, here; golf, Clemson, there; base ball, N. C. State in Columbia. April 18-Track, Davidson, here. April 20-Baseball, Furman, there. April 21-Tennis, Presbyterian, here; golf, Davidson, there; base ball, Furman, there. April 22-Track, Presbyterian, there. April 28-Tennis (State tourna ment), Clinton. Gamecock Mi Upet Boxers To Enter NCAA Despite the fact tnat there will be no SIBT boxing tournament this year, five Carolina b oxers may take part in tournament competi tion. They are: Emmett Gurney, Chuck Davis, Allen George, Mac DeWitt, and Johnny Stokes. The tournament-the NCAA-will be gin April 11 at Idaho State. Coach Jess Alderman says that he will likely send five boys to the event. Representing Carolina will be Allen George (4-2-0), Chuck Davis (4-0-2), Emmett Gurney (6-0-0), Malcolm DeWitt (5-1-0), and Johnny Stokes (1-2 0). Choice as the one "most likely to succeed" must go to Carolina's 147-pound 1952 SIBT champ, Emmett Gurney, who reached the semi-finals last year before losing on a split decision to LaForge of Michigan State. This year Gurney has beaten Theofield (Md.), twice, Coppola (Cit.), Whitely (Va.), Segall (Miami), Coppola (Cit.), Bowden (LSU). Gurney is un defeated this year and has lost only one dual meet in his college career, that to Danny Orsak of LSU, whom he has beaten four times since. Chuck Davis, 139-pounder, also USC Fraternil In St. George By SONN Saturday night marked the end of the first three days of the an nual St. George Jaycee basketball tournament held from March 5 through 14. A number of teams from all over South Carolina enter in the tournament each year, and are divided into different classes, namely class A, AA, and AAA. Two teams representing frater nities on the University of South Carolina campus have entered in the tournament, and have won| their opening games. The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity team easily defeated the Budweiser team from Charles ton for their first win on Friday night, March 6 at 8 p.m. Sigma Phi Epsilon won their first game Saturday night, 85-59. Leading by 18 points at the end of the first half, the Pi Kap's freely substituted in the last half, but still came out on the long end of a 74-48 score. Jerry Varn, 6-10 center from The Citadel playing with the Pi Kappa Phi team, established a new tournament for the most points scored in a single game by hitting for a total of 41 points. The original record before Friday night was 38. Leaky Thornal was the next man in the scoring column with 10 points. Johnny Peterson, center for the Carolina varsity, led the Sigma Phi Epsilon team with 25 points, Frank Hall had 14, and Irv Liskov 11. Both fraternities wifl play in the semi-finals. Sigma Phi Epsilon plays the Washington Light In fanitry team from Charleston on Thursday, and the Pi Kappa Phi's play the Celtics from Charleston rt Carolina April 24-Tennis (State tourna ment), Clinton; baseball, The Cita del, here. April 25--Tenanis (State tourna ment), Clinton; track, Davidson Citadel (triangular), Davidson; baseball, The Citadel, here. April 28-ennis, Erskine, there; golf, The Citadel, there; baseball, Davidson, here. April 30-T?ennis, Wofford, here; golf, Furman, there. May 1-GoJI, Clemson, here; baseball, Wake Forest, there. May 2--Track, C4emaon, here; baqeball, Duke, there. May 4-Tennis, The Citadel, there. May 5-Baseball, Davidson, there. May 7--Tennis, Davidson, there; golf, Presbyterian, there. May 8--/'rack (State meet), Clinton; baseball, Clemson, here. May 9-Track (State meet), Clinton; baseball, Clemson, here. May 11--Golf, Wofford, there. May 12, 18, 14--Golf (state tournament), at Spartanburg. May 15, 16--Track (Conferene meet), Chapel 11m1 N. C. ftmen Victims As Maryland A forfeit in the heavyweight division and an unpopular decision in the 132-pound weight class gave the Maryland boxing team enough points to gain a 4-4 draw with the Gamecocks in College Park last Friday night. is given a better-than-average op portunity to enter the finals. This season Davis has defeated Fisher (Md.), twice, Rosata (Cit.), and Tombley (Miami); he has draws with Fite (Va.), and Clary (LSU). Clary, by the way, was last year's SIBT champ. 125-pound ace Allen George will be fighting to revenge two straight losses suffered by him this year. He has beaten Capri (Md.), Pearce (Cit.), twice, Banerdt (Va.); his losses were to Hall (Miami), Freeman (LSU). Malcolm DeWitt, 156 pounder, has been one of the surprises on the Gamecock squad this year and will attempt to make his way up the ladder in the NCAA fights. He has beaten Eddy (Md.), Rephan (Cit.), twice, Haertling, (Miami), Faulkner (LSU); he has been beaten by Potter (Va.), another champion. Johnny Stokes, a newcomer to the squad this year, has proved to be an efficient fighter, consider ing the fact that this year was his first advent in the world of boxing. Stokes fights at 119 and 125 pounds, whichever the occasion calls for. He defeated LaBorwit (Va.) and lost twice to Garbor (Md.) in his first year of boxing. ies Victorious Tournament Y GRAY on Friday night at 8:30. The finals in all three divisions will be played on Saturday night, March 14. The winner in eaEh division will receive a trophy representing their respective class championship. Frank Selvy, Furman-University star, will also be awarded the trophy for the outstanding college basketball player in South Caro lina during the past season. I I of Mild Manages Tie The Marylanders, who had previously lost to the Gamecocks in the Field house, clinched a tie when light-heavyweight Bill Mc Innis decisioned Carolina's Ed Wilson; the biggest surprise of the night came, however, when Jackie Letzer gained a 28-21 decision over Carolina's ace, Andy Sciambra, in the 132-pound class The decision actually came as a result of two points awarded ir the second round when, according to Referee Vince Bradford, Sciam bra was knocked down. Most fans thought that Sciambra had slipped, and Maryland boos greeted the decision. Maryland got off to a flying start, having already gained a forfeit in the heavyweight division as Gerry Garbor decisioned Johnny Stokes 29-26. Stokes lost a close first round and was floored in the second. He came back to take the third round. After Sciambra lost by decision, Chuck Davis came back to make it 3-1 for Maryland. Davis beat Gary Fisher for the second time this year, gaining the first point of the night for the Gamecocks. Davis clung to his aggressive tac tics, boring in and making use of a good left hand. Emmett Gurney racked up his sixteenth collegiate win as he battered Maryland's Bob Theofield with both hands and had the Mary land ace hanging on several times Referee Bradford scored it 30-27 for Gurney. "Malicious" Mac DeWitt gave a good account of himself in gain ing the third point for Carolina DeWitt, capitalizing on a rocking right hand, had his opponent, Dave Lewis, in trouble all the way an< scored a technical knockout in the third round. The Gamecocks went ahead as Haywood Davis came from behind and decisioned Ronnie Rhodes for the fourth point. Davis scored repeatedly with both hands but never floored his opponent. M&ryland tied it up for the night as Bill McInnis boxed his way to a clear victory over Ed Wilson in the heavyweight frame. Wilson, stalking his opponent, never had the opportunity to throw a lethal right. W nof Napoeo in Pactu' ofIf in his vast -k gis hand .IN Luc _9 Ctrk tes reachin9 f ich brand it we knovi - Barbara Mc AfoOS U.C.L.A. Cleanei Ask yourself You know, And you get cigarette. Luckies tas Why? Luckies what's more, L.S./M.F.T. So, for the 1 for better tasi taste of Lucki Be HaF 0oA. T. ca Page Seven TOM HOFFERTH (auove) led the baseball Ganiecocks in hitting last year with a .322 mark. The sophomore from Hammond, Ind. was third in scoriing for the va-rsity basket ballers this year. As a freshman shortstop Hofferth garnered 19 hits, tops for the team, in gaining his .322 mark. Included in the col lection were two doubles. ie drove in nine runs and had 30 total bases, the latter figure second only to Emmett Dietz's 35. In addition to his hitting H1offerth was valuable as a steadying influence in the young infield. lie took part in nine of the 14 double plays turned in by last year's team. The 6'3". 185-pounder, was a big asset to the basketball team with his versatility, too. He switched from guard to forward with ease and turned in creditable performances at either position. Despite the shifting Hofferth scored 211 points in 24 games for a 9.2 average, third best on the team. 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