The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 09, 1954, Page Page Six, Image 6
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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
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Tunstall led the Carolina hit
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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
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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
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