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HIS JOB BACK... Tom
back to his old position at shortstop
tried at third. Hofferth got off to
cause of a conflict with basketball.
Late Star
Takes Ov(
By Speci
When Coach Ted Petoskey
was shifting Tom Hofferth tc
prise to baseball fans who ha
the past few years.
Hofferth has gotten a late
basketball playoffs and each
bids of several men to win th4
each year he has been at that
was played.
Petoskey has had little reason
to regret that the tall red head
won the spot either. Hofferth has
the leading average of any man
on the team who has played in
moe than ten games.
Hofferth made the starting line
up in his freshman year and led
the Gamecocks that season with
a .313 average despite a slow start
that kept him below .250 for the
first part of the season.
Diamond Team
Meets Jackson
At 2:30 Today
Carolina's baseball team will
meet Fort Jackson today at 2:30
on the Veterans Hospital field in
the fifth pre-season exhibition be
tween the two teamis. Coach Ted
Petoskey has announced that he
will probably start Johnny Cooley,
sophomore Navy veteran, on the
mound for the Gamecocks.
Petoskey is trying first baseman
Ed Rast behind the plate in an
effort to adJ depth to the catching
department. Jimmy Cox is <
rently the number 1 catcher. Rast
caught one inning in Wednesday's
game with the Fort and threw
one man out stealing and caught
one pop foul.
The Fort team, which is loaded
with professional ball players,
decisioned the Gamecocks in all
of he first four contests.
'ores and Carolina batteries:
Fort Jackson 12, Usc 0.
#Hey. Tunstall, Moinar (7) and
Fort Jackson 9, USC 3.
Cooley, Van Kueren (6), Molnar
(7) and Cox.
Fort Jackson 10, Usc 2.
Hey. Tunstall, Frierson (8) and
Cox.
Fort Jackson 13, USC 0.
Moinar, Poston (8) and Cox,
Rant (8).
NETTVERS MEET WOFFORD
T~ Gamecock tennis team opens
its feason Monday with a match
against Wofford at Spartanburg.
Coach Don Blaiton has six re
turning lettermen including Wally
Poore and John Speer, number
one and two men respectively last
year.
The other lettermeni are Jimmy
Potter, Henry Watts, Moe Mc
Credle, and John Hines.
Special Meeting
A special mieetiag of the fra
ternity intramural council has
been called for 5:00 p.m. today
by Intramural D)irector Joe
Grugan. The meeting will be
held at Grugan's office ia the
gymnasium and details about
Intramural spring sports and
perhaps a new point system
are on the agenda.
H1offerth (above) has been shifted
by Coach Ted Petoskey after being
his usual late start for baseball be.
ter Tom
1r Old Job
k Writer
announced this week that he
shortstop it came as no sur
ve followed the Gamecocks in
start every season because of
year has had to fight off the
short field starting nod. But
position when the first game
Last year, only his second in
college ball, Hofferth suffered a
mid-season slump but went into
a hitting streak near the end of
the season and wound up with a
.269 average, fourth best on the
team.
Hofferth, at 6' 3", weighs 190
pounds and packs plenty of power
at the plate. His first hit last year
was a 350-foot home run in the
opening game.
Hofferth is versatile and has
played third as well as short for
the Gamecocks. Petoskey was con
sidering him for first base once
this season but figured he needed
him too much on the left side of
the infield.
Hofferth plans a professional
baseball career and Petoskey feels
that he has the ability to make
It. The power hitting and strong
arm make him a good prospect,
although most observers feel that
his lack of speed makes him a
better prospect for first base. He
also has the ideal build for first.
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COLD THROUGH OOF I
Molnar Gets
Starter- Nod
For Opener
By JACK BASS
Sports Editor
Coach Ted Petoskey has named
Gene Molnar as his tentative
starter in the baseball opener Mon
day afternoon on Davis Field
against Erskine's Flying Fleet.
Molnar is a letterman right
hander from Winnsboro and has
been impressive in practice games
against Fort Jackson.
Molnar's probable supporting
cast will find Jimmy Cox behind
the plate, Al Spotts on first, Carl
Brazell on second, Bill Wohrman
on third, Tom Hofferth on short,
and Jim Jarrett, Allen Rollins, and
Blackie Kncaid in the outfield
from left to right.
Rollins, a sophomore from Cha
pin, is the only non-letterman in
the starting line-up. Kincaid let
tered in 1951 before entering the
Coast Guard.
Regular infielder Frank Ellerbe
will probably miss next week's
games because of an injury ag
gravated last Friday against Fort
Jackson.
Early indications of this year's
team show good pitching, better
than-average fielding, and un
certain hitting.
Kincaid and Hofterth have been
the early bat leaders and Impres
sive among the pitchers so far have
been Molnar, Johnny Cooley, and
Heyward Tunstall, all right
handers. Howard Tunstall hasn't
pitched against Fort Jackson be
cause of a bruised elbow on his
pitching arm but is expected to
return to action in about a week.
Howard is the most experienced
moundsman on the team and posted
a 3-4 won-lost record and an im
pressive 3.55 earned run average
last season.
Either Heyward Tunstall or
Cooley is expected to open against
Wofford Wednesday in the second
game of the season. It will also
be played here.
Starting time is 2:30 for both
games.
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DING
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Close Gd
By BOBBY ALFORD
Sports Reporter
Intramural basketball teams
starting into the last week of play
buckled down to some hard play
and close games in last week's
contests. The teams played a total
of 23 games over the space of a
week.
Starting our summary in Fra
ternity League 1, it goes as
follows: Phi Sigma Kappa downed
the Phi Eps, 33-23 in the Field
House. Carr tallied 19 for the
Sigma Kap's and Segan hit 12 for
the Phi Ep's.
Pi Kapl$a Phi defeated Kappa
Alpha, 46-32. Jordan and Munn
flipped in 15 and 13 respectively
for the Pi Kaps. Foster led the
KA's with nine.
KA rebounded from its defeat
the previous * night and dropped
Phi Eps Pi 53-31. Foster led KA
with 18 and Goldberg had 10 for
the Phi Eps.
Sigma Nu dropped Pi Kappa
Phi in a close one, 41-39. Menese
rang up 18 for Sigma Nu. Brown
and Munn had 12 and 11 in that
order for the Pi Kap's.
Sigma Phi Eps turned the tables
on Lambda Chi, 42-30. Hall
countered 15 for the Sig Ep's and
Bomar had 10 for Lambda Chi.
Phi Sig8 Trip Sigvna Nu
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Sigma Nu 37-34. Collins had 14
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Sigma Nu.
There was little action in league
2 as only four games were played.
SAE had little opposition in drop
ping Kappa Sigma 67-24. Player
sank 13 for SAE and Alford netted
11 for Kappa Sig.
In a squeaker Phi Kappa Sigma
dropped ATO 38-37. Campbell had
16 to lead the Phi Kap's. LaBorde
took scoring honors with 26 for
ATO.
The Pi KA's won by forfeit over
Kappa Sigma.
Phi Kappa Sigma dropped Sigma
Chi 52-41 with Waugh tallying 13
for the winners and Brazell hitting
the same number for Sigma Chi.
SAE Keeps Winning
SAE toppled ATO 42-21 to stay
unbeaten. Brown led SAE with 14
and LaBorde put in six to lead
the losers.
Turning now to Independent
League 1, the Freshmen turned
back Preston 2nd. East, 49-22.
Jacobs with 14 and Stegall with
13 led the Freshmen. Pearson was
high with nine for Preston.
In one of the best played games
of the week Maxcy edged the Hot
Shots 59-58. Graham with 23 and
Carmichael with 20 led the win
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LeBlanc's continued on its win
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the Newman Club. Wohrman put
13 through the hoop to lead Le
Blanc's while Colcolough of the
Newman Club led all scorers with
19.
LeBlanc's Win Rough One
LeBlanc's beat the Hot Shots in
one of the roughest games this sea
son, but only by a score of 44-43.
Shea gathered 14 points to lead
LeBlanc. McLamb had 12 and
Sanders 10 for the Shots.
In another close one the New
man Club downed Preston 2nd.
East, 48-46. Cross shot 24 for
the Newman Club and DeBurke
had 13 for the losers.
The teams were really busy in
Independent League No. 2, but
action was not as exciting as in
the other leagues. One outstanding
feature was the scoring of Dick
Newman, Snowden center. Dick
tallied 75 points in two games for
his team.
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lere's the way the games went.
Ten. 5 topped Canterbury in the
only close game this week, 31-80.
Bennett led the winners with 11
and Goodwyn had 14 for the losers.
Newman Gets 35 .
Snowden set back Carovets, 74
39, with Newman pouring in 35
points for Snowden. Hart scored
16 for the Carovets.
Led by McCauley's 21 and
Cheek's 20 points MeBryde turned
the tables oni Ten. 5 by a score
of 61-42. Howen had 15 and Vargo
10 for Ten. 5.
Preston 2nd. West took Canter
bury 76-31. Millard countered 19
and Knight 18 for the winners.
Goodwyn had 17 to lead the losers.
Newman scored 40 as Snowden
sunk Ten. 5 by an 80-39 margin.
Taylor added 18 for the winners
and Vargo had 20 to lead the
losers.
McBryde defeated Carovets 46
34 with Cheek tallying 15 and
Risher 13 for McBryde. Hart had
11 and Tinman 10 for Carovets.
There were three forfeits in the
Independent Leagues.
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