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77 USC Sports Future Is Bright The prospect for Carolina's major sports next year looks bright. The football team had a good 7-3 record last year and m*oufd be even better this fall if Harold Lewis can stay in good health to handle the 'quartembsek situation. The basketball team, after dragging through its worst season since before World War II, will have all its starters back, plus a couple of helpful freshmen and maybe some junior college enrolees. The outlook is optimistic. The track team, already establishing a name for itself, is dominated by sophomores, and should be even better in 1955. The baseball team has suffered at times from inexpe rience but looks like it's settling down. Most of the regulars will be back with experience and considerable help is ex pected from the freshman team. And the Minor Sports? But how about the minor sports? In golf, tennis and swimming, Carolina should be much stronger, especially golf. Three outstanding freshman golfers are in school, six members of this year's team will return, and a former star is expected to return from service. The freshmen are Bobby Gunnells from Aiken, state high school champion last year, Billy. Higgins, who holds the club record at Georgetown with a phenominal 58 and holds the course record at Willow Lake in Columbia with a 64, and Joe DeLuca, a Wilmington, Delaware boy, who has qualified every year since he was 16 for the National Amateur. Gunnels topped the best high school players in the state in medal play last year, including such golfers as Aubrey Rothrock of Spartanburg, state amateur champion for 1954, and George Warren III of Hampton, finalist in the National Junior tournament last year. Higgins won the first flight competition this year in the state amateur tournament. DeLuca is known as a par or better golfer. Joe McCarley of Camden has one more year of eligibility and returns from service for next year. He is another par golfer. The three top men on this year's team, Bobby Boswell, Ralph Irick, and Eddie Picquet, all return. These three have been alternating in the number one position. Other returnees include Bobby Ferrell, Roy Owings and Bill Tarrer. Golf coach Ernie Lawhorne has stated that the university is trying to attract the outstanding high school senior golfers in the state. No financial aid is offered but Forest Lake Country Club allows free use of its course, called by the University of Maryland team the best they've played on, and pro Melvin Hemphill has volunteered his services as in structor. Warren, Dickie Melton of Dreher High in Columbia, and Bobby McCauley of Camden have 'all shown an interest in coming to Carolina. Bobby is Joe McCauley's brother. If these boys do enroll here, you can bet that Carolina Gamecock golfers will be getting more publicity than they've received since Mrs. Jane Crum Covington (then Jane Crum) was touring the fairways for USC around 1939. Tennis and swimming don't form as impressive a picture, but they have their bright spots, nevertheless. Tennis Will Improve The tennis team loses only three players, Jimmy Potter, Wally Poore, and Bobby Ariel. Potter has been hampered by a bad leg and Poore hasn't been "right"-on the tennis court -since he got married. But tennis coach Don Barton has his eyes on three freshmen and a transfer who have looked very impressive. Levon Gantt won the Columbia city juniors title last year and Jerry Scott was the other finalist. Both were state semi-finalists. Ernie Whitworth teamed with Gantt in the doubles to reach the finals in state juniors play in 1953. Transfer student Charlie Plowden was number three man last year at The Citadel on a strong team. In freshman matches against Clemson last Monday, Gantt downed Don Mitchell, 6-1, 6-1; Scott defeated Terry Wise 6-2, 6-1; and Whitworth extended Chris Theo to three sets before losing 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Gantt and Scott took Mitchell and Wise 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in doubles. All three starred last year for Dreher. John Speer, number two, John Heinz, number five, and Knox Sherer, number six, will form a letterman nucleus next year. Swimmers Get Two Transfers The overall swimming strength won't be much improved but there are a couple of boys who should bring a lot of headlines for individual performances when they become eligible. Bill Schulie, a freshman transfer from Lehigh, is a Phila delphia native who was a high school All-America selection In 1952. This team was picked on a basis of accurate times reported. Coach Jimmy Ratliff says that Schulie swims all strokes well, but is primarily a breast stroker and that his specialty is dashes. Schulie has turned in a 1:02 100-yard breast stroke, Ratliff said, which is "very good." A number of schools were after Schulie, including N. C. State, ACC swimming titalist. Schulle transferred this semester and won't be eligible until next spring. He might decide to go into service this summer, but if the proposed new draft plan goes into effect, . h may-changr hi. mind. Len Baranskj, an NROTC student who transferred from Rasela.r, will be eligible at the start of next season. Ratliff TracAk Tea' Ecs A &asyWinA The USC. tX*pe WW tive win tokm4oW aternoon for a running against the Tg1 The Gamecocks will proba ning events, having won all over Davidson and The Citad and 28 for The Citadel. ' Top runners are Tommy Wood lee and Bobby Drawdy in the 100 and 220-yard dashes, Sonny Wil cher in the 440, Freddy Roberts in the 880, Garn McBride and Allen Inabinet in the distance events, Don Whetstone and Jack -Martin in the hurdles, and the mile relay team of Woodlee, Roberts, Wilcher, and Leon Cunningham. Tqp men in the field events are Joe Silas in the discus and shot put, Gene Berry in the Javelin and broad jump, Gene Brown in the pole vault, and Martin and Jim Summer in the high jump. Clemson lost 66-65 last week to Presbyterian with the Tigers get ting most of their points in the field events. P. C. swept all three places in both the 100 and 220-yard dashes.. The Gamecocks defeated Clem son' last year, 92% to 38%. The Gamecocks won an easy vic tory over N. C. State during the Easter holidays with part of the meet being run in a rainstorm. Their dual meet record for the season now stands at 4-1 with the other wins coming against Duke and Presbyterian and the loss to North Carolina. The state meet will be run next week at Clinton. Carolina is the defending state champion. Summary of triangular meet: 100-1. Tommy Voodlee (SC); 2. Bobby Drawdy (SC); 3. Phil Golfers Beat Clemson: Lose To Two Others Captain Bobby Boswell and Ralph Irick led the Carolina golf team to a close 14-13 victory over Clemson, the defending State champion, last Friday afternoon. Clemson beat the Roosters earlier this year at Clemson. Boswell started off the afternoon by stopping the, State champ, Len Yaun, 2-1, and Eddie Picquet tied Billy Johnson, 1%-1%; but then Boswell-Picquet teamed up to best Yaun-Johnson, 2%-%. Irick beat John Woodard, 2%-%, and Roy Owings disposed of Thor hill, 2-1, and then the two Carolina men combined to beat the two Tigers, 2%-%A. Bobby Ferrell and Bill Tarrer lost their singles matches to Lari sey and Esterbee, respectively, as the two Clemson golfers white washed the former two, 3-0. In other play during the past week Maryland stopped Carolina, 25-5, last Wednesday, in Colum bia, with Boswell the medalist with a par 72. Last Monday the Gamecocks traveled to Raleigh where the top team in the Conference, Wake Forest, beat them 23%-%, as one of the outstanding collegiate golfers, Arnold Palmer, was medal 1st with a 67. Net Team Wins One, Loses Two In Weekend Play The USC tennis team won one match and lost two In a busy week end of play. They defeated The Citadel, 6-3, lost by the same score to College of Charleston, and lost to Clem son, 5-4. Against The Citadel, Wally Poore dropped the first match, losing 8-6, 5-7 to Walt Newmann. John Spoor followed with a Gamecock win, beating Joe Mc Millan, 6-3, 7-5. Jimmy Potter won for the Birds, 6-0, 6-4 over Gordon Stetz. Bobby Ariel defeated Jim IKnight, 9-7, 6-3 and Knox Sherer stopped Guy Blakeley, 7-5, 8-6, 6-2 for other Gamecock wins. Poore-Potter won 8-6, 8-6, 6-4 In doubles over Newmann-Stetz, Speer - Sherer defeated Sirkin KnIght, 8-6, 9-7, and The Citadel'. team of McMillan-Goldenberg de feated Heinz-Ariel, 6-3, 8-6, 6-4. Against Clemson Potter defeated Khln S1 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, Ariel beat Phil Nickles, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, and Sherer stopped Chandler Kinsey, 6-5, 6-2 for Carolina vin. in singles. Poore lout to Dick James, Spoor was defeated by Gene Moiley, and Heinz lost to Bill Seabrook. Spoor and Sherer defeated Mox ley-Nickles for the only Gamecock win in doanblas. 0 forn~ 01 its third conseen.. whia e y tkavel to Clewsoi bly be favorod in all nine run. tast week in a triangular win el, 94% to 45% for Davidson Konce (D); 4. Frank Mitohenef (D). :09.8. 220-1. Tommy Woodlee (SC); 2. Bobby Drawdy (SC); 8. Phil Konce (D); 4. G. E. Erwin (C). :22.6. 440-1. Sonny Wilcher (SC); 2. Bill Shipley (D); 8. Don Whet stone (SC); 4. G. L. Erwin (C). :50.7. 880-1. Freddy Roberts (SC); 2. Jack Blair (SC); 8. Archie Joyner (D) ; 4. Billy Kincaid (SC). 1:58.5. Mile - Run-1. Garn McBride (SC); 2. Allen Inabinet (SC) 3. Jack Blair (SC) 4. Homer Sparks -(D). 4:34.1. Two Mile-1. Garn McBride (SC) 2. Floyd Feeney (D) 3. Allen Inabinet (SC) 4. Homer Sparks (D). 120 high hurdles-1. Jack Mar tin (SC) ; 2. Charlie Robinson (D);'3. Roddey Robbins (SC); 4. Goolman (C). :16.4. 220 low hurdles-1. Don Whet stone (SC) ; 2. Charlie Robinson (D); 3. R. F. Lester (C); 4. Gool man (C). :26.8. Mile relay-1. .South Ca~rolina (Tommy Woodlee, Leon Cunning ham, Freddy Roberts and Sonny Wilcher); 2. Davidson; 3. The Citadel. 3:26.5. Javelin-1. Harley Smith (D); 2. Gene Berry (SC) ; 3. Bobby Drawdy (SC); 4. Corly (C). 181 ft., % in. Shot put-1. Jerry Thayer (C); 2. Joe Silas (SC); 8. Hill (C); 4. Dave Regan (D). 45 ft., 4% in. Discus-1. Tim Gilley (D); 2. Joe Silas (SC); 3. Ralph Petree (D); 4. Tom Collins (SC). 142 ft. High jump-1. R. F. Lester (C); 2-3, tie, Jim Summer (SC) and Jack Huffaker (D); 4-5, tie, Jack Martin and Tom Collins (SC). 6 ft. 1% in. Broad jump-1. Gene Berryi (SC); 2. Phil Konce (D); 8.' Jim1 Summer (SC); 4. Jack Huffaker (D). 20 ft. 11 in. ITS AL jjalff al hevae c 1 Sou fI~ StrUket encaaie COM., TH AMERICAN TOACCO COPAI LUC KI Baseb8Jt, Too Tou By JM DAs . p6btsEditor The G mecock baseball t"an managed to salVage one of foUX exhibition games with Parris Is. land during the Easter holidays and broke even in' a weird two game stand al N. C. State lasi weekend. The first of the N. C. State games saw the Gamecocks -blanked with no hits by Jim Hardism after the leadoff batter, Carl Brazell opened the game with a single and scored from third on a sacri fice fly by Tom Hofferth for the only run of the game for the Gamecocks. H&rd luck pitcher Heyward Tunstall lost his third decision of the season against no wins in that game.' N. C. State won, 8-1. After that Dr. Jekyll hitting exhibit the Birds pulled a switch with a Mr. Hyde showing, blasting 19 hits for 18 runs as Gene Molnar coasted to his fourth win against no losses in a 13-5 slaughteii of the Wolfpack. Brazell, Frank Ellerbe, Tom Hofferth and Buddy Lee each connected three times for hits for the Birds. Hofferth's included a home run and triple, Lee and El lerbe had two doubles each, and Brazell had one two-bagger. Against Parris Island, the Birds played without a couple of regulars who didn't make the trip, but it was the hitting of the service team that proved to be too much. The marines won the first game, 12-4, then lost, 12-10, and ran away in the last two games, 23-1 and 12-4. Ellerbe led the hitting in the first game with three for five in cluding a pair of doubles and Tom Hofferth chipped in with a home run and single in five swings. Ed Rast, who caught all four games in the absence of Jimmy Cox who skipped the series because of ill ness in the family, had two for four including one double. The second game went only seven innings. Brazell cracked out a double and triple in four trips and Ellerbe had two for five including another double. Rast hit a home run. L A MA1 ae kids, When you come rig cked- smoke for one sim: ment. And smoking matter of taste. Yes, e in a cigarette. And I 'I\vo facts explain better. First, L.S./M means fine tobacco, tasting tobacco. 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