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I_ . fishy lines Wade Upsets Our Schedule We've always thought that Jake Wade of the University of North Carolina was one of the top athletic publicity men in the Atlantic Coast Conference. At least we've thought that for the last couple of semesters-until now. Week in and week out Wade sends to The Gamecock sports department an envelope full of sports features and other information from the University of North Carolina about the various athletic teams in season there. We usually read some of it and usually throw all of it away without using it. But this week we were looking for ward to Mr. Wade's informative envelope because the Game cocks meet the Tar Heels both in track and baseball and we wanted some scoop on them for advance stories. The first sports page goes to the printers on Tuesday night and our plan was to put the two advance stories on that page and then use this drivel on the second sports page which goes to the printers on Wednesday. Well, by now you should have guessed it-we've received nothing from Wade. Of course we may receive something tomorrow (Wednesday) and then wish we hadn't written any of this. We're sort of hoping that the stuff comes so we'll have something to write about and sort of hoping it doesn't so that this column won't be too embarrassing. Even though he disappointed us this time, our opinion still remains that Wade is one of the better sports publicity men in the Conference simply because none of the others, with the one exception of our own Don Barton, bother to send us anything. Barton, incidentally, is now our number one favorite pub licity man. Not only does he send us copy and occasionally supply us with pictures, but lately has been offering us some of his peanuts at baseball games. Baseball Briefs When the Gamecocks met Wake Forest this week, both second basemen were sons of former major league second basemen. Frank Ellerbe, Sr. played several years for the White Sox and old St. Louis Browns. Wake Forest's Dickie Harris is the son of Bucky Harris, present manager of the Washington Senators and former American League second baseman . . . Wake Forest used seven different pitchers in the two-day series ... Deacon pitcher Lefty Davis had given up only one earned run this year when he went in as a re liever Tuesday against the Gamecocks in the seventh inning. Carolina knocked him around for five runs before the frame ended, four scoring on Bill Wohrman's bases-loaded home run . . . Wake outfielder Frank McRae, who broke an ankle in Tuesday's game while sliding into second, was leading the conference in batting when the series with Carolina opened. He had gone 0 for 5 against Carolina when the injury oc curred. McRae was second team center for the Deacon's basketball team, behind Dickie Hemric . . . Carolina's two leftfielders are batting 1.000 in three pinch-hit appearances. Jim Jarrett has come through twice in the substitute role with clean singles, and Mike Caskey doubled in his only at tempt . .. The pitching staff for the Gamecocks appears to be trying to prove that the often-made statement that pitchers can't hit is incorrect. Heyward Tunstall whacked three straight singles Monday, Howard Tunstall lined a single off the left field fence in his only time at bat this year, and Gene Molnar has two for eight, including a triple . . . Tom Hof ferth's slugging percentage against Wake Forest was 1.250. Hofferth had ten total bases in eight times at bat. He hit two ingles, two doubles, and a home run . . . The next home baseball game is scheduled next Tuesday afternoon against Clemson. Caught on the Hook . . . The loss of Joe DeFore in the shot put has made the track team even weaker in the field events. The runners showed they could take care of them selves by sweeping eight out of nine firsts against Duke last week . . . Beating Duke in both baseball and track last week marked the first time in many years that Carolina has beaten the Blue Devils in two different sports in one week. We won der if it's ever happened before . . . For the first time in three years, Wofford is fielding a track team . . . Some pretty good basketball is available tonight in the field house where the finals of the intramural all-star play-offs will be held. Last night the two fraternity teams played against each other as did the two independent squads. The winners play tonight for the championship and the losers play a consola tion. The consolation game begins at seven. No admission will be charged . . . Basketball coach Frank Johnson returned last week from an extensive scouting trip among the junior colleges. All he would say is that he saw and talked to a lot of good ball players . . . Junior college graduates would be eligible for varsity ball next year . .. The official conference track champions will be decided at the ACC outdoor meet, May 14-15 . . . Duke's great track star, Joel Shankle, was participating in four events at one time during last Friday's track meet. He was in the middle of the pole vault, discus throw, and high jump when the 120-yard high hurdles came up and he took time out to come in first in that. Then he went back to the other events. Basketball Title Goes ToMcBryde By BOBBY ALFORD Sports Reporter MeBryde defeated SAE for the intramural basketball champion ship Tuesday night in a 40-36 thriller played in the field house. The game started rather slow and for a few minutes in the first quarter it looked as if it would be a runaway for McBryde. At one point McBryde held an 11-2 lead, but SAE finished the quarter trail ing by 11-7. The second quarter was exciting, but low scoring. SAE tied the game about mid-way through the period at 13 all, and then went on to lead at half time, 15-14. The second half got under way with a bang. Ralph Risher hit on two quick field goals and three free throws to put McBryde ahead 21-15. Risher and Leaky Thornal hit consistently in the period, and SAE began rallying, and led by Bill Weston, Mooney Player, and Linn Tompkins, they held Mc Bryde to two points while scoring nine themselves to knot the ball game at 32 all. Then Thornal began a one-man show; he scored six of his team's last eight points is McBryde eased away to win 40 36. Risher led the scoring with 20 points and Thornal added 10 for McBryde. Tompkins topped the scoring for SAE with 12 points. McBryde was coached by Tom Jones and SAE by Dick Babington. SAE reached the finals by drop ping Pi Kappa Phi 35-26 in the finals of the fraternity division. Mooney Player tallied 12 to lead SAE and Doodle Munn topped the scoring with 13 for the Pi Kap's. McBryde had little trouble down ing Snowden by a score of 45-31 to reach the finals. Ralph Risher was top scorer with 16 points for McBryde and Dick Newman had 15 for Snowden. De WittMakes Pro Debut; GurneyFights Another ex-Gamecock boxer will make his pro debut Monday night when Mac DeWitt goes against Jerry Bradley of Charlotte in a six-round preliminary at Township Auditorium in another of former Carolina boxing coach Jess Alder man promotions. The main event will pit Emmett Gurney, last year's boxing captain who wvas undefeated in dual compe tition during his three years of boxing for Carolina, against Cooter Parker of Aiken in a 10 round welterweight battle. It will be Gurney's seventh pro start and he'll be going after his sixth win. Parker, who usually fights as a middleweight, has agreed to get dlown to the 147 welter limit for this fight. Alderman has announced that Nfonday's fights wvill begin at 8 p.m. instead of 8:30 as in the past. Admission prices have been oweredl because of the reduction in federal excise taxes, and 400 seats will be reserved. Admission prices are: General L(lmission, $1.25, ring side and :hess circle, $1.75, and reserved seats, $2.50. A total of 34 rounds of boxing is scheduled for the fight card. Intramurals Set Dates for Spring Sports Any independent teams or groups interested in intramural boxing are reques.ted to contact Artie Knight of the intramural dlepartment. The intramural boxing meet will be held the first part of May, according to Knight, intramural student director. Deadline for entries is April 23. There will be eight weight dhivi sions andl fighters must make the maximum weight for a class to tight in that class. The weight divisions are: 125, 130, 185, 145, 155, 165, 175, and unlimited. Any university studeht is eligible that has not been a member of a college boxing team. The fights will consist of three one-minute rounds with a minute and a half between rounds. The independents and fraterni ties will compete in separate divi sions as they do in the other intra mural sports. MEET TAR HEELS TOMORI tomorrow on Mellon Field against defeated Duke, 70-61, with the dee Don Clark, Jack Blair, and Jap Re Roberts. Back row-Bobby Drawdy BIRDS By JACK BASS Sports Editor Carolina's baseballers displayed some newly found batting power in their two-game split with Wake Forest's Demon Deacons last Monday and Tuesday on Davis Field. The Gamecocks belted seven Wake Forest pitchers for a total of 23 hits and 19 runs after having scored only 17 runs on 20 hits in their first four games. Tuesday's 11-3 Carolina win, after .the Deacs had won Monday's contest 9-8 with a four-run rally in the ninth, gave the Birds an over all 4-2 record and a 2-2 mark in the ACC. Heyward Tunstall started Mon Introduci MAGAZIt fo; MAGAZINES -] POCKETBOOKS - 1 COLLEGE OUT Wright-I 1330 M) * 3.,..f U Mien's Clothing, GRAY 1347 Main St. Style Head qua The Perfect Combination for Easter and All Summer TIHE EYELET PIN, COLLAR SHIRT BY ENRO $4.95 d THlE WHITE BUCK SHIOE BY RIOBLEE t IOW . . The Gamecock track tea the University of North Carolina, on iding points coning in the last even eves. Middle row-Allen Inabinet, TI Joe Silas, Joe DeFore, Charlie Ca SH OW day's game and, while his hitting was more impressive than his pitching, he held the visitors down fairly well until thg fatal ninth. An error, two singles and a triple by pinch hitter Art Bonzagni tied up the score and Gene Molnar came in to relieve Tunstall. The deciding run scored from third when second baseman Dickie Har ris, son of Washington Senators' manager Bucky Harris, Tunstall led the Carolina hit ting with three singles and Tom Hofferth chipped in with a home run over the left field fence with none on in the second. Hofferth also had a single. Harris had an inside-the-park homer in the fourth for Wake Forest and catcher Lynwood Holt rtg Your IE SHOP rAND BOOKS USC PRESS BOOK LINE SERIES ohnston IN ST. Shoes & Furnishings SON'S Phone 2-6714 ters for Men 911 mi, pictured above, will go after theii e of the top-rated teams in the coi I. Front row, left to right, Sonny W ninmy Woodlee, Gene Brown, Billy mp, Leon Cunningham, Jim Summe BAT F hit one over the right field fence in the same inning. The pitching situation was reversed in Tuesday's game with Molnar starting and Heyward coming in to stop a seventh inning Deacon rally. The Gamecocks had a 3-2 lead at the time and virtually clinched .the game with a seven run outburst in the bottom of the seventh, with a grand-slam home run by third baseman Bill Wohr man the highlight. It was only the second hit of the season for Wohrman and the whole bench got up to greet him as he crossed the plate. Hofferth was the leading hitter of the second game with a pair of long doubles and a single in four trips to the plate. One of the two baggers was a questionable ground rule affair that hit a strand of barbed wire at the top of the left field fence and dropped straight COGBURf A SATISFIED 1M17 Sun The Winner! SAM BELL Sigma Nu Fraternity Mr.i At University of and King of the campus! C smarte'st looking formal thanks to all the others whi of the fourth annual "Mr. And when the next forn just remember, more mer all other formals combinet Your AFTER SIX daletrs r eleventh straight dual meet victory iference. Last week the Ganmecock. Ilcher, Roddy Robbins, Gene Berry, Kincaid, Garn McBride, and Freddy r, Don Whetstone, and Jack Martin. 1OWER down out of the park. According to leftfielder Joe Warren of Wake Forest, the ball cleared the wire mesh part of the fence and hit only the barbed wire and perhaps an overhanging vine. Carl Brazell collected two hits, including a doubl0 off the left field fence and Frank Ellerbe had a pair of singles. Molnar was credited with the win, giving him a 3-0 record. Tunstall was charged with Mon day's loss, his only decision of the season. W. Forest 000 310 104-9 12 3 Carolina 010 002 500-8 11 2 Walsh, R. Adams (7), F. Adams (9) and Holt. Hey. Tunstall, Mol nar (9) and Cox. 4 W. Forest 000 101 010- :1 6 1 Carolina 000 003 71x-11 12 2 Tench, L. Davis (7), P. Davis (8), Bloxon (8) and Ifolt. Molnar, Hey. Tunstall (7) and Cox. 'S GRILL CUSTOMER ter Street irmal South Carolina t ongratulations to the year's fellow . . . and a word of a made possible the success Formal" contest. al occasion comes along, wear AFTER SIX than I! arCopeland Co. and Lourie'