The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 15, 1953, Page Page Eight, Image 9
Game Time
ohnny Ray
A Tale of Baseball: Few Hits and Many Errors; or
Why Teams Lose Games and Coaches Turn Grey
Wise words may wheedle the players, but it takes more
than talk to make a winning team and the Gamecock base
ballers are rapidly beginning to realize that fact. For the
Southern Conference roosters have been the victims of four
battles and only time will tell just how many more times the
members of the team will walk off the field slowly, shuffling
their feet in the dry dust, looking down and mumbling about
something or another that went wrong (luring the course of
play.
Since the opehing play the team has lost no less than four
games while winning two. Such a record isn't excellent,
superior, or even good. It's only a fair record in baseball and
for the Gamecocks it isn't even up to fair.-It isn't even fair
because the Gamecocks are capable of playing far better ball
than they have yet this season. Not that the boys aren't
trying-no doubt this year's team, which is practically the
same as last year's, is hustling as much as any previous team,
and although every team can use that extra bit of hustle,
there can be no appreciable gripe on this count.
The team should be greatly improved over last year's
squad because only two regulars are missing from the 1952
squad. Outfielder Johnny Stokes and Third Baseman Bill
Stevens are the only absentees. However, such is not the
case, or has not been the case so far. Last year's squad had
a final hitting average of .205. Thus far, the team has a
.245 mark which rates it above last year's team at the end
of the season! Last year the team started off at a good pace,
Winning four or five straight, and ran into a slump mid-way
in the season. This year's host of batsmen have started
slowly, but it'll take a more synchronized unit to have a really
good season, as it is already nearing the half-way mark.
Hitting: Somewhat Improved:
Not Enough Coisecutive Hits
Coach Petoskey, somewhat perturbed and maybe a little
greyer around the temples after the two Citadel losses,
summed it up by saying, "Our hitting is better, yes. But you
can't score runs if you don't hit with someone on base. Clutch
hitting just hasn't been for us." Not only has this been the
case, but errors have been as common for the Birds as flowers
at a funeral. In one game alone there were six errors marked
up for Carolina; actually, the opponent has not been out
hitting Coach Petoskey's men to a great extent. Through the
North CarolIna game, composite figures showed 48 base hits
for Carolia and 55 for oppolents. Much leeway call be seen
in the scoring, however, as opponents have scored 17 rius,
only 22 of which were earned.
P'itcIing An unpleasant Surprise:
Not Up To USC Par
Perhaps the most disappointing phase of the game has
been the surprisingly bad pitching. Not only has this been a
surprise to the fans, but to Coach Petoskey also. Before the
season started it was generally conceded that the Ganecocks
would be the best in the league on the mounid; and rightly so,
for last year's galaxy of hurlers all returned. Most counted:
on were Otis Rawl, loward and llevward Tunstall, and
Johnny Gramling. Rawl won five games last year while drop-,
ping only one to lead the moundsmen. This year Rtawl has one
victory and one loss (C'lemnson games not included). His
earnedl run a verage has fallen to 4.27 ; last year it was 2.29) at
the season's close.
But Rawl has been the victim of a great many infield
hiits andl the errors commnittedl by the supp)ort.ing infield may
have ca usedl a slight lack of c'oinfidenc(e in his first few oult -
igs.
As refers to so many' other p)roducts and events, the say-i
ing that 'Only time will tell,'' may well refer to the fate of
the b)aseb)allers. There isn't a great deal of time left in college
baseball season, though, arnd with such foes as Clemson,
North C'arolina State. and D)uke left to be faced, the boys
from the Bird roost will do well to combine all their skills
in an effort to over'comle odd(s which have become one-sided
after losses in the Past. It isn't a matter of whether or not
th(e team has the ''stuff'' to blast out a winning season for
Carolina. The ''stuff'' is there, and when the coordination and
confIidlence is redliscovered, n10 sooner' andl no later', the Game
cocks will once again be on the road to victory.
By the way...
A ft er a 17-7 shehicking by F"urman in a game which bo0th
sides blasted three homers, (Coach Petoskey shook hands
with lFurman's assistant coach who said to him, "'Ted, I just
don't have the home run hitters you dto.' A good thing they
dlid n't.
Tom H offerth, Gamecock shortstop, smashed out four
consecutive' hits in as many times at bat against North Caro
lina to bring his b)attinlg average' from .211 to .348. Hlofferth
led the Gamecock hitters with .322 last season.
Furman suppoIKrters were stunned when the Baptists, after
downing the Game(ocks 17-7 in t he opener, lost a 7-5 decision
to them the next day. One suppor'ter sitting ini the standls
remairked, ''Those Baptists mutst have had God withI th('m
yester'day, but the (devil's sure taking 'em today.''
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ROTC Loses
Rifle Match
To VMI Here
Virginia Military Institute de
feated the combined Air Forc
and Naval ROTC rifle team 26-2f
92-85 here recently. The Carolin
team was made up of five NROT4
riflemen and five APROTC rifle
men.
Charles L. Mielke, NROTC, wa
high man for the losers with i
268 out of a possible 300. Jame:
Abert, also of the NROTC, ano
Johnson, AFROTC, tied for secon
with a pair of 267's.
The match, held in the nava
armory, was a 10-shot, three posi
tion, shoulder to shoulder affair
The positions fired were prone
kneeling, and standing.
The next NROTC match wil
be the secretary of navy matcl
held Wednesday, May 5. This wil
be a nation-wide pistol match.
NOTICE
Summer and Fall Room
Reservations Now Payable
The period from 9 a.m., Mon
day, April 27 to I p.m., Satur
day. May 2 is set aside for
making room reservations for
the 1953 Fall term, and the
1953 Summer Law term for
those men now living in the
dormitories.
In making this reservation,
the student is requested to de
posit with the treasurer of the
University the sum of $15 in
payment of the room reserva
tion fee. The student is then
required to present the treasur
er's receipt for payment to the
office of the Dean of Men, 206
Administration Building, for a
room assignment.
Any student failing to com
plete his reservation by Satur
day, May 2. will forfeit his
room assignment.
Reservations for the k953
Summer School may also be
pa1id now. l'he reservation fee
is $5 payable at the office of
the University treasurer. The
receipt is then presented at the
office of the Dean of Men for
a room assignment. Rooms for
the summer session will be
filled in the order of reserva
tions made. It is advisable that
you pay this at your earliest
convenience.
Birds Lose
To Clemson
('arolina 's basebalIlers proved
no match to swift Billy O'Dell,
southpaw are of the Clemson
Tigers at Tigerland Monday.
O'l)ell whifted 16 Gamecocks
and allowed only five hits as
Clemson won 1 3-4t in the first
ot a two-game series.
Otis Rawl and Hleyward Tun
stall were victims of shoddy
support as their mates com
mitted eight errors and three
p)assed balls. Tommy Hofferth
continued his fine hitting by
connecting with a single and
double in four trips. Buddy
Herry slammed a triple for the
Birds. Freshman shortstop Dick
Hlussey paced the winners with
three for four including one
two-baggier.
Carolina 120 001 000- 4 .5 8
Clemson 012 134 02x-13 7 1
RawI, Hey. Tunstall (6), and
Wohrman, (ox.
O'D)ell and BI. Morris.
"'Tell me, what became of yome
ethics ?"
'"Oh, I traded it for a Hludt hor
the other da. ."
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Softball
Enters TI
The intramural softball program
is approaching its third week of
activity. Twenty-five teams are
participating, 12 independents and
13 fraternities.
Fraternity competition since
- Easter has seen Phi Kappa Sig
ma down Sigma Nu 17-5. Sigma
Nu also lost to Sigma Chi 12-5.
Pi Kappa Phi dropped Kappa
3 Sigma 12-2. SAE looms as the
I team to beat in League two as
j they gained a pair of easy wins,
whipping Sigma Phi Epsilon 11-2
and KA 19-7. Lambda Chi out
scored Kappa Sigma 16-10. Phi
Sigma Kappa was thrashed 24-8
by a strong Pi KA nine, but out
slugged Phi Epsilon Pi 21-13.
NROTC paced the Independents
by topping Ten. 28 in a slugfest,
28-17 and nipping Preston 1st 7-6.
Preston 1st glided by Preston 2nd.
A request is made to all scorers
that the date of each game be
marked in the space provided in
the scorebook and that the final
score of each team be marked in
the appropriate place after each
game.
The schedule for the remainder
of the season is as follows:
April 16-Ten. 28-Preston 2nd;
McBryde-Preston 1st West; Sig
Eps-Sigma Chi; KA-Sigma Nu.
April 20-ATO-Phi Sigma Kap
pa; Kappa Sigma-Pi KA; NROTC
Preston 1st East; Ten. 28-Preston
1st West.
April 21-Phi Epsilon Pi-Pi
Kappa Phi; Lambda Chi-Pi Kappa
Alpha; Burney-Ten. 1&5; ASCE
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April 22-Phi Kappa Sigma
SAE; Sig Eps-Sigma Chi; Preston
2nd-Preston 1st East; McBryde
NROTC.
April 23-ATO-Pi Kappa Phi;
Kappa Sigma-Phi Epsilon Pi;
Burney-Maxcy 3rd; Ten. 1&5
Legal Eagles.
April 24 - Sigma Chi-SAE;
ATO-Kappa Sigma; Lambda Chi
Phi Epsilon Pi; Phi Sigma Kappa
Pi Kappa Phi.
April 27 - Kappa Alpha-Phi
Kappa Sigma; Lambda Chi-ATO;
Phi Sigma Kappa-Kappa Sigma;
Pi Kappa Alpha-Pi Esilon Pi.
April 28-Phi Epsilon. Pi-ATO;
ASCE-Burney; Ten. 1&5-ASME;
Legal Eagles-Maxcy 3rd.
April 29 - ASCE-Ten. 1&5;
Legal Eagles-Burney; Maxcy 3rd
ASME.
April 30 - Ten. 28-McBryde;
NROTC-Preston 2nd; Preston 1st
East-Preston 1st West; Pi Kappa
Phi-Pi Kappa Alpha.
May 1-Sig Eps-Kappa Alpha;
Phi Kappa Sigma-Sigma Chi; Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon-Sigma Nu.
BLUE KEY BANQURT
Blue Key, honorary leadership
fraternity, will hold its annual
banquet Friday night, April 24 at
eight o'clock. Thomas F. Maxwell,
Columbia's city manager, will be
the main speaker.
Captain W. L. Anderson of the
Naval Science department will be
initiated into Blue Key as Honor-.
ary member. Being initiated also!
at this time are the new members
of Blue Key who will be announced
tonight at Fraternity Song Fest.
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Mr. Formal
To Be Voted
On Tomorrow
Voting for Carolina's Mr.
Formal U.S.A. will be held on
the horseshoe tomorrow and Fri
day, April 16 and 17.
There are eight candidates, and
they are John T. Mauldin, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Grady McCoy, Mc
Bryde Brotherhood; Hugh Mc
Laurin, Kappa Alpha; Stan Hamil
ton, Block C; Zack Taylor, Sigma
Chi; Bruce Dodd, Phi Kappa
Sigma; Jimmy Turner, Sigma Phi
Epsilon; and I. M. Goldberg, Phi
Epsilon Pi.
A nickel will count as one vote,
and the person receiving the
greatest number of votes will be
Mr. Formal at Carolina. The win
ner will then' be entered in the
national election.
The winner of Mr. Formal at
Carolina will receive among other
things: a complete "After Six"
formal summer outfit, a Ronson
Adonis lighter, a Kaywoodie white
briar pipe, a set of "Top Hat"
toiletries, two passes to the Pal
metto Theater, Swank studs and
Wright-Jo
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Intramural Track:
Meet Scheduled
For April 29-30
The, intramural track meet will
be held April 29 and 80 according
to Jake Salley of the Intramural
Office.
The following events will be
held: 60 yd. dash, 100 yd. dash,
220 yd. dash, 440 relay, 880 relay,*
200 low hurdles, half mile run,
and the Farr Mile. Field events
include the shot put, high jump
and broad jump.
Special training will be required
of participants in the half mile
and mile runs. Details can be had
by calling the intramural depart
ment.
The winner of thp Farr Mile
will be awarded a trophy on
Awards Day.
cuff links from Davidson's, two
guest meals at Cornell Arms
Buffet, selected records from
Bradford's Record Shop, an album
(45) records from Mehlman's, and
Mr. Formal's date will be pre
sented with an orchid from Blos
som Shop.
The proceeds here at Carolina
will go to benefit the YM-YWCA.
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