The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 27, 1953, Page Page Six, Image 6
Gamecocks Bati
Gane Time
-ohnny Ray
"We'll do bdtter than we did last year, you can bet that."
These words could apply to practically all spring sports, but it
so happens that they are the words of Coach Weems Baskin,
mentor of the track team, as he looked over the team a week
or so ago. We had just walked over from the intramural de
partment, home of the three musketeers-Salley, Cash, and
Little-and, knowing that some kind of statement would be
forthcoming from the coach, became engaged in an elite con
versation on that elite topic which Coach Baskin naturally
holds in very high esteem-track.
"We won't know just how we rate with other teams until
we begin to compete; it all depends on where their strength
lies. If they're strong in the events in which we hold our
strength, naturally we won't look as good. We'll have more
strength than last year as a whole," Baskin observed as he
watched a couple of his runners dash by. When asked how
about Bobby Drawdy and Garn McBride, two of last year's
specialists in the 100-yard dash and half-mile run, Baskin
replied, "Well, McBride is looking good, as usual, and Drawdy
has been hampered a little with an injured leg, but I think
they'll be going strong by the time we meet Duke."
Time has proven that the coach knew what le was
talking about. In Tuesday's meet with Duke Drawdy won the
100-yard dash in 10.2 seconds, placed second in the 220 and
third in the javelin throw. MacBride placed second in the mile
run and third in the 880.
Freshman Sonny Wilcher of Macon, Ga., however, was the
top scorer for the Birds. Wilcher took first places in the 440
and 220-yard dashes and seemed to be in excellent condition.
Track fans will be hearing more from this freshman if his
first appearance here has any significance.
STOPPED-ONE RUMOR
For the second time in as many semesters the rumor of
dropping boxing has circulated in, and around the campus.
One such rumor reached us and, investigating, we found
that no such action has been taken. We phoned Coach
Enright at his home Wednesday evening and without hesi
tation he answered, "That's just another rumor. There's
absolutely nothing to it. In fact, we are already in the
process of making out next year's schedule."
However sincere the efforts on the part of fans and
coaches may be, however, it seems to us that college boxing
is on its way out. Strangulation was applied when Maryland
and Virginia decided not to accept the SIBT invitations. Since
1945 college boxing has decreased tremendously. It was
around '45 that Duke and North Carolina decided to drop
boxing and Clemson gave up the ghost after '48. The Citadel
has retained a team along with Carolina, but Virginia and
Marylanl seem to have lost interest and it may very well be
that deemphasis such as which we have seen during this past
year will be the pall-bearer for some teams.
No tears, please; death may not come within the next
year. Certainly if interest at other schools equalled the
interest shown by Carolina students there could be a re
juvenation of the manly art. If there is no rejuvenation,
then it appears that college boxing will either be only a
memory wit hin a few years, or will assume an intramural
status.
Block C, Pi Kaps Leading
In Basketball Playoffs
IBv JACK BlASS
Sports fleporter
Block C and( P'i Kappa Phi, hoth M AXCY EI,!M1NATlED)
of whom went through the intra- Maxey 3rd lost to Snowden i;:..
mural basketball season without 47. Dick Newman shot 25 points
defeat, arie still winning in the in the win and Shelden G iraudeauL
pla-ofs ndarelielyoponetstopped Maxey with 1(1. NROT('
Plfy-ff al i' l(l o)1()lelt Iedgedl Maxey 3rd 43-411 to elim
in the campus championship game- innte the loes il atrwas
Pi Kappa Phi downed Phi Sigma ,top man for the sailors with 15
Kappa in their first elinmination and G irardeau had 14 for Maxey.
game 51-28. Doodle Munn dropped ARRk G;ETiS 11OT
in 15 points for the victors and Tonm Carr p)ouredl in 31 points as
was matched by Tonm Carr of the Phi Sigma Kappa nlickedl PiK A
losers wvho also scored 15. Wed- 41-40. Carr hooked in another 21
nesday night the fraternity lead- points in the P'hi Sig's 53-39
era whipped fighting Sigma Phi elimination of Phi Kappa Sigma.
Epsilon 43-39 to strengthen their Al Fullerton sank 15 for the Phi
bid for a berth in the finals. ill Kaps.
Logothetis sparked the~ Pi Kaps A late game Wednesday night
with 17 points and Frank Hall saw Snowden eliminate NROTrC
topped the losers with 14. 48-32 with Vernon Taylor colleet
Block C opened with a 48-35 ing 21 points and D)ick Newman
win over NROTC. Billy Stevens 12 to pace the winners. Wes Berry
topped Block C with 17 p)oits andl was high man for NRO)TC wvith 12.
Ron Oberle racked up) 19 for the _____
midshipmen. High-scoring Joe
Silas missed the game for Block S fbl eni
C. The C-men then slipped past
Snowden 613-56; despite a 27 point Ii n trntr
effort by Dick Newman for the
losers. Jimmy Fraser with 18,ThInrmalofhllsan
Silas with 161, and Stevens with 14opnd Wdedy wt to
pacedi Block C.gasbenplydPeto 2n
ILALL L.EAD)S TIE-BREAK ERS egd MBye 1-0 Jc
Frank Hall led Sigma Phi Ep- Keistr I in(dahm u
silon's fight to the play-offs by for Preston.
scoring 28 points mn a 53-49 win Catcher Marion Edwards blasted
over SAE and then leading his a pair of four-baggers and D)on
team to victory over Sigma Nui to Cox hit one as Sigma Nu trouinced
come out ahead in a three--way tie Kappa Alpha 17-3.
for second place in Fraternity League play will continue until
League T*o. Sigma Phi Epsilon the first week in May on a round
sq6eesed past Phi Kappa Sigma robin basis. Several hundred
48-47 in~ the play-offs. Hall again dollars worth of softball equjip)
sparked his team, this time wvith ment has been purchased by the
29t points. Paul Hryskanich flipped intramural department for the
in 17 for the Phi Kaps. current season.
tie Furn
Track Tean
Duke In -O
The Gamecock track team f
before going down to a 72-59 dc
Blue Devils Tuesday afternoo:
spectators were present for th<
Underdogs from the begi
birds fought at even terms a
36-36 midway in the meet.
Surprising strength was sh
pole-vault, 220, and 440 eventq
Joe Shankle was the man be-,
hind the guns for Duke as he tooki
four first places and tied for an-1
other. Shankle won the high jutup,
broad jump, both hurdles, and
tied with Smokey Darouse and
Gene Robinson of Carolina in the
pole-vault.
For Carolina Freshman Sonny
Welcher of Macon, Ga. was the
big point maker, taking first
places in the 440 and 220-yard
dashes.
Gene Berry won the javelin con
test for the Gamecocks throwing
it 174 feet, four inches. Bobby
Drawdy also won first in the 100
yard dash, finishing in 10.2
seconds.
The closest and perhaps most
exciting event of the (lay was the
two-mile run. Rounding the last
lap, Carolina's Jack Blair made
his bid and advanced from a long
third position to finish only a
yard behind Duke's Morton in a
race which would have put Calro
lina out front.
The team performance pleased
Carolina coaches and the Game
cocks are eyeing a winning season
and peirhaps a state championship.
Mercer will play host to the
Birds Wednesday and the team
will enter the Southern Relays at
Birmingham, Ala., A pril 3-4.
The summary:
Javelin--1. Berry (USC) 2.
Stone (D) 3. Drawdy (USC).
Distance: 174 feet % inches.
Shot put-1. Lawshe (D) 2. De
fore (USC) 3. Campbell (D).
Distance: .19 feet 8% inches.
Discus-Lawshe (D) 2. Silas
(USC) 3. Campbell (D). Distance:
136 feet 7% inches.
NOW.
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ian T(
a Loses to
ening Meet
ought with surprising success
!feat at the hands of the Duke
i in the season opetier. 1500
meet.
iining, the freshman-studded
nd the score was knotted at
Dwn by the Gamecocks in the
High jump-1. Shankle (D) 2.
Summers (USC) 3. Collins (USC).
Height: 6' feet 3 inches.
Broad jump-1. Shankle (D) 2.
Summers (USC) 3. MacGregor
(D). Distance: 22 feet % inches.
Pole vault-1. Three-way tie
among Darouse (USC), Shankle
(D) and Robinson (USC). Height:
12 feet.
One-mile run--1. Tate (D) 2.
McBride (USC) 3. Blair (USC).
Time: 4.32.6.
440-yard run-1. Wilcher (USC)
2. Massey (D) 3. Hansen (D).
Time: 51.4.
100-yard dash - 1. Drawdy
(USC) 2. Lawshe (D) 3. Field
(D). Time: 10.2.
120-yard high hurdles - 1.
Shankle (D) 2. Higgins (D) 3.
Whetstone (USC). Time: 15.1.
880-yard run-1. MacGregor
(D) 2. Roberts (USC) 3. McBride
(USC). Time: 2.03.8.
220-yard dash - 1. Wilcher
(USC) 2. Drawdy (USC) 3. Tate
AFROTC Rifle T
To Shoot In Natii
The University Air Force ROTC
rifle team is one of five college
teams in the Third Army Area
invited to participate in the Na
tional Inter - collegiate Rifle
Match, Lt. Col. Herbert E. Sears.
professor of air science and tac
ties, announced.
The selection was made by the
Air University, Maxwell Field,
Ala., as a result of sectional inter
collegiate rifle competition.
The 10-man team, coached by
..10 Mo
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Tennis Team
Drops Match
Wofford College managed a 5-4
victory over the Carolina tennis
team Friday in Spartanburg.
The Gamecocks won every
match in doubles play, but gained
only one victory in singles.
Nick Klonares defeated Wof
ford's Harold Huff 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
for the only Gamecock victory in
singles competition. .In the double
matches Clauson and Heintz
(USC) defeated Kelly and Allen
Hoffmeyer, 6-4, 6-3, Klonares and
Potter (USC) defeated Kelly and
Allen Hoffmeyer, 6-4, , 6-3, and
Speer and Poore (USC) defeated
Bailey and Goodale, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. 4
One of the most exciting
matches of the day was the
Clauson-Bailey match which lasted
nearly two hours. Bailey (Wof
ford) finally won 10-8, 1-6, and
(-1.
The netmen played the College
of Charleston there yesterday and
will play host to Furman Uni
versity Monday.
(D). Time: 22.5.
Two-mile run-1. Morton (D)
2. Blair (USC) 3. Inabinet (USC).
Time: 10:33.2.
220-yard low hurdles-1. Shankle
(D) 2. Emory (USC) 3. Higgins
(D). Time: 24.6.
One-mile relay-1. Duke (Tafel,
McGregor, Chandler and Massey).
Time: 3:34.
eam Is Invited
mal Rifle Match
Capt. John Cline and T/Sgt. T. R.
Cable, will enter the 80-shot match
before April 1.
The team is composed of Frank
Ford of Charleston, Albert W.
Johnson of Macon, Ga., Tom
Hayden of Lexington, Donald
Lowe of Union, Ernest Hinson of
Lancaster, Howard Ellis of Aiken, 1
and Marion McNinch, Leroy Jack
son, Woodson Randall, and Ernes
Jack Rast, all of Columbia.
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Jniversity. The teams will meet
or the finale of a two-game ser
Ace righthander Otis Rawl
or the Gamecocks Friday and ar
iander, Heyward Tunstall, may
3aturday.
Thus far, in intra-squad gami
)een weak, and the main hope f
;he pitching and defensive unit.
tent some bf the most highly rej
mce to the mound only to have
3amecock hitting power.
Rawl, who led the pitching staff;
last year with a 5-1 record, is
backed by returnees Heyward and
Howard Tunstali, the Darlington
twin combo, Johnny Gramling, and n
Gene Molnar. A lefthander, Billy I
Frierson, has been added this s
season and has been pleasing in F
practice.
Experience is prevalent through- I
out most of the lineup, but only
shortstop Ton Hofferth and
pitcher Rawl can show respectable a
batting averages. Hofferth led the 1
hitters with a .322 clip last year
while Rawl pounded at a .310
mark.
The rest of the line-up is not
certain, but a likely lineup is Al c
Spotts of Newberry at first base, 0
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Jimmy Cox of Camden at second, 1
Bill Wohrman from Bloomingdale,
N. J. at third, and either Jimmy
Praser, Carl Brazell, or Fred
Duckett starting behind the plate, a
Fraser likely getting the nod. t
There is considerable uncer- h
.ainty as to who will handle duties
n the outfield but from all indica- r
;ions Haynie Floyd will be in left i
ield, Lynwood Floyd in center, y
ind Jim Bradley in right field.
Last year Haynie Floyd batted
286. Lynwood Floyd is a senior n
iewcomer and Jim Bradley is a t
tophomore from Moneks Corner, C
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Third baseman Billy Stephens 3
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'lay Wofford,
The Gamecock golf team will
ieet the Wofford golfers at the
'orest Lake course today in its
?cond match of the season.
tepresenting Carolina will likely
e Bobby Boswell, Demos Jones,
.alph Irick, Eddie Picquet, Dwane
forrison, and Art Stobbe.
The team got off to a slow start
s Duke downed the Gamecocks
7%-9% in the opening match
layed Tuesday over the par 72
'orest Lake course.
Morrison and Stobbe grabbed
he only victory for the Game
ocks, downing Hansen and Hooker
f Duke 2%/2-1%. Hansen, Duke,
nd Morrison, USC, tied in another
%-1%.
Henley Clark of Duke was
iedalist with 73.
nd Outfielder Johnny Stokes are
he only regulars missing from
ist year's squad.
The Gamecocks trounced Fur
ian twice last year, but not much
s known of Furman's team this
ear.
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iore, played in the Southern Tex
ile basketball tournament at
reenville recently and scored 122
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