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SPORTOMATIC e~~~wdA /ach I3aU~ We're sitting here mulling over what to write about. Sonny Gray, the regular author of this column, is aching Ath a wisdom tooth that has to be cut out. That reminds us of the two wisdom teeth that we once had cut out, but since some students don't get their Gamecock until meal time we won't delve into the matter any further. Boxing Is Missed We were one of the many people who hated to see Carolina drop boxing from its athletic program. We realize that the decision was practically forced upon school officials since Citadel and Miami, two of our perennial opponents, dropped It first and left us with too few teams to fight. .LSU would have been one of the nearest teams and to have all matches away from home that far and farther, the cost and distance would be prohibitive. Yet boxing was one of the most actively supported sports that this school had last year. The field house was always packed on fight nights, mostly by students and there was never very much space left for non-students. This meant t1yt there were few paying customers which translated means that boxihg would probably have been unable to pay its own way with nothing but cross-country opponents avail able and high home guarantees necessary. Anyway we'll miss boxing. After watching the fight card that featured Emmett Gurney's second pro fight, his clear-cut decision over Billy Christiano, we concluded,that the type of professional fight ing that one would find in Columbia in the flesh was not on a par with college boxing. The main event was a terrific fight as Christiano was no pushover and Gurney came out with one eye closed although he got progressively stronger throughout the bout. But the rest of that card was odorous. Several of the boys appeared to have trained on beer and ice cream while watching TV and there was nothing that even approached the beautiful footwork exhibited in the Field House last year by Gamecock freshman Andy Sciambri. Biddy Basketball Looks Interesting Carolina's freshman basketball team seems to be shaping into a quite formidable outfit. Joe Frederick, a 6-3 center, is said to have terrific hook shot and can fake a man of his unmentionables. Frederick played end for the freshman footballers and is also reputed to be a good baseball player. Don Beckham, the fast, 6-3 redhead from Dreher, looks like olt4 of the starters at forward. Beckham was a track man in high school, a good one at that, and his speed and height together with a fairly good eye for the bucket will strengthen the team. Jerry Redmond, the transplanted mid-westerner who played for Lexington high last year, is a probable starter at one guard spot. Redmond stands 6-4. The other starter at forward might be a "boy from Kentucky." We haven't been able to find out his name yet. Calvert Harter of Olympia is a strong candidate for the other guard post with several other good men available. Footballers Buddy Frick of North and Ron Jacobs of Rock Hill are still in contention for the forward posts. Frick, 6-4, averaged 21 points per game last year in high school and Jacobs was publicized with a 68-point splurge in a single game against Whitmire. The Biddies, under the direction of former Gamecocks Dwane Morrison and Randy Coleman, open their season next Tuesday against one of the regimental teams from Fort Jackson. Individuals Go To Bowls Individual Gamecocks will be represented in at least three bowl games within the next month. Blackie Kincaid, the defensive terror who also runs hard on offense, has been invited to North-South game in Miami that is sponsored by the Shriners. All-conference End Clyde Bennett and second team All-Conference Guard Bob King will be playing in the Blue-Grey game in Montgomery. And Quarterback Johnny Gramling, total offense and passing leader in the ACC, will be playing in the big East-West game. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Several people have a dwho wrote the story on the Carolina-Wake Forest foot ball game in last week's iqpue of the Gamecock. Sports chief Gray has asked that we insert the information that he was *Othe author and that his by-line was mistakenly left out. Mike Lovejoy, our able intramural reporter, has requested again that each team send in pertinent information on its games either dlirectly to him or to Box 79 and include all scoring plays and outstanding offensive and defensive players. Football Bows Out . Tonight's football game between the high school all-stars of Greater Columbia and Greater Charleston will be the season game of the season in South Carolina. Game time is 8 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in case any football fanatics haft reached the bottom of this column. Gamecocks Lose 65-56 To Davidson .Tuesday After a pair of wins over siltelaigsoe ih6 Georgia and Georgia Tech, Caro- pit nfu ae o nae lna had Its season's record evened aeo 52 at two wins and two losses with a cm hog ihaohrfn 65-56 defeat by Davidson there promnea ecletd1 'Tuesday night. Davidson is aponsHemygthetrin ODesstilltheN pieadithcorerdth6 GuardJacke Huford oppe Huffrd1 points aretor the Gmecoc scorrs wih14 e toffnivghwing aofthe sie points andpCentrrLeecCollinseitolonetoedate for 2. CptaIandforwrd oinAtse our ge the Birdsting Smith,o the hscorterIn eCofestin toomorrow Indidual conne the othecoke gcoes wshld et orfe20v pooints more Smth's se eight points In his least Impressive In the opener against Maryland Il nerformance of the year. Smith in the best single game mark. CENTER OF ATTRACTION . Tech player for the ball in Carol is comprised of center Lee Collin Manos) Burney 1] Maxcy 7-( Intramurv By MIKE Burney opened up the d mural Touch Football crown b over a stubborn Maxcy aggi over on Melton Field. After the ball had exchang team picking up much ya sustained drive and brought th< ball all the way to Burney's 25 From this point Billy Moore threw a pass to Charlie Graham in the end zone for the first score of the game early in the firs1 quarter. A Moore-Graham pass proved an unsuccessful attempt foi the extra point. The game pro gressed slowly and the half ended with Maxcy out in front, 6-0. Midway in the third quarter Burney took the ball on an ex change of punts and drove dowr to Maxcy's nine. With fourth and goal to go "Tut" Vernon faded and threw a pass to Terry Williams who ran the ball across from aboul the one. The same combinatior accounted for the extra point at the game ended sometime later 7-6, Burney. Sigma Chi Wins Over in fraternity competitior Sigma Chi opened up its seasor wvith a hard-fought, hotly contestec victory over a fighting Kappa Alpha eight, 9-7. Early in the sec ond period KA found themselvet on their owvn goal line after taking the ball over following a goal line stance. Bob Holmes crashed ovet center and downed the passer be hind the KA goal thus scoring a safety for Sigma Chi. Early in the third frame KA took the ball deep in their owr territory and drove all the way down to within inches of the goal Jimmy Atkinson threw a spot past across the center of the line anc Dan Vogel was on the other enc of it with the first touchdown o1 the game. The same combinatior added the extra point and changec the score to read, 7-2, KA. With seconds to play Bobb3 Gunnels, a Sigma Chi defender leaped into the air and pulled ir a KA pass and raced up the sidE lines to within five yards of thE goal. Two penalties moved thE ball back to the twenty. "Jap' Reeves drew back and threw t< Phil Waters, standing all by him self in the end zone, and a Reevet to Lee Koty pass added the extra point, making the final margin 9-7, Sigma Chi. Sigma Chi added their recond victory in the present campaigr with a 20-2 victory over a gam< Kappa Sigma crew, last Tuesday afternoon. John Altman caughi "Mo" McCredie behind the goal fot a safety on the opening kick-ofi but from there on it was at: Sigma Chi, who scored in ever) quarter but the first. Koty ac. countedl for the first TD on a spec. tacular catch of one of Reevet passes and Waters added the extra point by pulling in another ol Reeves' aerials. The second touchdown came ir Lhe third quarter when Reeves rar over from about. the three witi is Gamecock Captain Joe Smith ao ina's 5045 win over the Engineers I a (35) and forward Tom Hofferth ecisions ; Defend i Crown LOVEJOY Afense of their campus Intra y eking out a close 7-6 decision 'egation last December second ,ed hands several times, neither rdage, Maxcy inaugurated a the extra point attempt no good. In the last frame Charlie Rosson passed to Woody Randall for the final touchdown and McCredie ac counted for the extra point on an other pass from Rosson. Sigma Nu Conquers In other fraternity play, Sigma Nu stopped Sigma Alpha Epsilon in a very decisive manner to the tune of 12-0, last December third. Sigma Nu broke into the scoring column in the first quarter start ing deep in their own territory. A long pass from Wayne Kilgore to Phil Moody moved the ball into scoring position and Bobby Cole man threw to Haywood Hornsby from twenty yards out for the six pointer. Hornsby's attempt for the extra point failed. Midway in the third quarter Sigma Nu got the ball on a bad punt and drove to the SAE's twenty-five on a series of pass plays. From this point Coleman threw to Jim Emory, who gathered in the ball on the ten and behind good blocking went all the way to pay dirt. Coleman's pass to Al Bollinger for the extra point failed and the final count wound up, 12-0, Sigma Nu. Lambda Chi Counters Twice Lambda Chi went out in front in their league by first trouncing Alpha Tau Omega, 16-0, and then stopping a persistent Pi Kappa Alpha eight, 6-0, last December 2 and 4, respectively. In the first game Lambda Chi scored a safety in the first period by catching an ATO man behind the goal line while fading for a pass. They scored their first (Continued on page 8) RECORDS ALL SPEEDS LATEST HITS BRADFORD RECORD SHOP Next to Carolina Theatre 1225 Main St. Phone 5777 STEAK SANDWICHES FRENCH FRIES SALAD 80c TOBEY'S ] t he fights an unidentified Georgia last Saturday night. The audience (13). (Gamecock photo by Gus Longevity Is Rare to These Men By AL LANE Did you ever wake up at night screaming? Did you ever lose a job because somebody else didn't do his job? Well, ask a coach these questions and he can probably give you a positive answer. Most peo ple usually love their coaches when the teams are winning, but one losing season and you are on your way out t The profession is a rough one, one that depends on 50 per cent skill, 25 per cent on the other team's weaknesses, and 25 per cent on "ifs." There is always the big "if." If one of our defensive backs had not deflected two passes in the Clemson-Carolina game. a few years back we would have won the game instead of ending with a tie. Or, you might say, if an extra point kick had not been a little to the left we would have won anyway. Another reason why coaches do not live long is the undependability of the players themselves. Some days a player will shoot 30 points in a basketball game and the next for Shoes that look like new VISIT R OBE RT S SHOE REPAIRING SERVICE Shoe Accessories Leather GOOdS Next to COGBURN'S 1319 Sumter St. Jewelers for over a half-century We Have Your Class Ring Sylvan B re hers 1500 Main St. OPEN FACE BARBECUE FRENCH FRIES ~SALAD 75c 1015 SUMTER ST. Gamecoci After Dav Wofford' Carolina's basketball fort >ack at the hands of the Dav 7uesday night, turn their I ncounter with the Universil lill. The Gamecocks opened the 1953. 4 cage season with an impressiv4 oss to powerful Maryland 53 to 41 hen turned right around to beal wo of the largest schools in Geor ria hand-running. Georgia Tecl Lnd the University of Georgia wer4 ooth beaten by the Birds in th( ame week. Carolina's hopes for a victor3 over the Tar Heels still hinge 01 he top notch performance of Jo' mith and the big center, Lee Col ins, even though Smith only con ributed 8 points to the Davidsoi ause. Hufford scored 14 Tuesdal kight. The University of North Caro ina has two seniors, two juniors tnd a sophomore in their startink ineups against the Gamecocks Phe seniors are forward But daddie and guard Skippy Win tead, the juniors are center Pau ikins and guard Al Lifson, an( he sophomore is Gerry Vayda. Traveling back from the Chape lill environment, the Gamecock, lay he will only drop ten point n the bucket. A few years agc ,arolina had a catcher on th )aseball team who made All southern . his freshman yeai &verything looked bright for th >aseball coach. However, hi ireams were shattered at the en >f the semester when the playe tropped out of school. Som oaches do get a lucky break noi Lnd then, and it is these break hat helps the heart trouble an ilcers. The coach at Illinois was no oo pleased with a 180-poun4 egro when he first saw him. Hi vas no All-American in hig] chool. Yet J. C. Caroline mado ill-American his sophomore year And who ever heard of Stev4 iVadiak before he came south fron the Windy City? Steve prove4 hat with ht.rd work and a sincer, ersonality, anyone could make all ;omething. Yet, these two case ;how that players are not star (Continued on page 8) Palmetto Sunday through Wednesday "SO BIG" with Jane Wyman and Sterling Hayden Carolina Sunday through Wednesday "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" in color with Willianm Holden and Eleanor Parker Strand Sunday and Monday "CRIMSON PIRATE" In color with Burt Lancaster and Eva Bartok 5 Points Sunday and Monday "VICKI" with Jeanne Crain and Jean Peters Wright 13 30 12 Men's Cloihing Extra Protection Yes, you get EXTRA PR4l SUNSHINE LAUNDRY ANI indhvidually ewrapped in cell samte crisp, clean condition I clean and crisp until you're LAUNDRY A 1415 CERVAIS Page Siven Ls Eye NC Idson Loss; rest Next unes, after losing a 65-56 set idson Wildcats in Davidson last iopes to their Saturday night y of North Carolina in Chapel tangle with the Wofford Terriers in the local field house Tuesday night. This will be the last home game before fans travel home !or the Christmas vacation. Duke is the next one after the holidays. SCHEDULES (Continued from page 6) January 5-igma Chi vs. Phi Epsilon Pi. January 6-Phi Sigma Kappa vs. Kappa Alpha. Independent League Number One: December 11 - Burney vs. NROTC. December 14-ASME vs. Maxcy. December 15-NROTC vs. Pres on Second West. December 16--Burney vs. Max cy. December 17 - Burney vs. ASME. January 4-Maxey vs. Preston Second West. January 5-NROTC vs. ASME. January 6-Burney vs. Preston Second West. January 7-ASME vs. Maxcy. January 8-Burney vs. NROTC. Independent League Number - Two: December 11-McBryde vs. Ten. 5. B December 14-Preston Second East vs. Freshman. r December 15-Ten. 5 vs. ASCE. e December 16-McBryde vs. v Freshman. December 17-Preston Second East vs. McBryde. January 4-Freshman vs. ASCE. January 5-Preston Second East vs. Ten. 5. January 6-ASCE vs. McBryde. January 7-Preston Second East vs. Freshman. January 8-Ten. 5 vs. McBryde. NOW! SVImD COLOR STEVE / COCHRAN CAROLE MATHEWS WARREN STEVENS THRILLS - THRILLS and more THRILLS! 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