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nos Coach Ted Petoskey's baseball team has been hit with one bad break after another all season, but the climax came Tuesday afternoon. Playing a regimental team from Fort Jackson in a prac tice game, everything was running smqothly with two men out in the ninth. Then a Fort Jackson batter stroked a fly ball into right center. Centerfielder Bill Wohrman and right fielder Buddy Lee both raced for the ball at full speed. Neither saw the other and they collided with a sickening thud. Wohrman was stretched out cold and Lee was moaning unconsciously with blood coming out of his ear. The impact was enough to knock out Wohrmln, probably therolidest built individual on the team and winner of the football trophy for being best blocker in the state and con ference. . Poor Lee, a 150-pounder, had everybody scared. He was rushed to the hospital and his condition was "satisfactory" late Wednesday night. His injury was not nearly as serious as was first feared. The blood from the ear did not come from internal hemorrhage as was feared but from a superficial cut on the ear itself. 0 Wohrman checked out of the infirmary Wednesday but still had a numbness around the face. He was supposed to make the ,road trip this week end. Bad as the accident was, Coach Petoskey said he was relieved when he found out it wasn't worse. Other bad news came when first baseman Howard Tun stall sprained the thumb on his catching hand and catcher Jimmy Cdx was called home upon the serious illness of his mother. Last week it was Carl Brazell who hurt his back and missed the Clemson and first Citadel game except for a single time at bat in each. He then played outfield in the second Cit del game, not yet well enough to risk going after ground bals at third base. Brazell happens to be the team's leading hitter with a .364 average and his big bat might well have made the difference in the 2-0 loss to Clemson and the 5-4 defeat at the hands of The Citadel. Two weeks previous, first baseman Al Spotts dislocated his elbow. His .130 batting average wasn't missed but his truly outstanding defensive play at first would have kept him in the line-up with no batting average at all. The defensive infield, tight during the first partof the season, has almost fallen apart since the injury to Spotts, perhaps the turning point in the season. The "next year" that we've been waiting for so long in baseball might -be a reality--next year. A number of ifs stand in the way. If 'the borderline cases can pass their school work, if several of the draft eligibles can keep their student rating, if the better freshmen remain in school, and by all means if old Dame Luck takes a friendlier attitude; then next year might be the year. The Tunstall twins, Johnny Cooley, Billy Frierson, De lance Poston, and freshmen Ray Sharp and Mackle Prickett will be back to furnish a competent and well-rounded pitching staff. Catching will be better fortified. Freshman Buddy Frick, who has been working out regularly with the varsity, has impressed Petoskey with his defensive work behind the plate andfalso his hitting. Frick hit a solid .283 last year in the fast Eastern Carolina League, a semi-pro loop with a number & f ex-pro pitchers. And Frick will have plenty of competition from Rick Ericcson and Dick Theusen, a couple of big boys who are sharing catching duties with the freshman, and also Jimmy Shea, a little-used member of the varsity who "looked good" in Tuesday's practice game, according to Petoskey. Shea will probably catch the remaining four games. Tom Hofferth, a good hitter who has had increasing trou bles at shortstop the last few weeks, will probably be shifted to first batse next year. Freshman Jerry Page will be the short op if he can pass his class work. Frank Ellerbe will play zither second or third. Buddy Stewart, who has shown up well in a reserve role recently, or hard-hitting Carl Brazell will be the fourth infielder. Carl will start in the outfield if Stewart plays second and Ellerbe third. Jim Jarrett, Wohrman, and Lee will all be back in the outfield, along with a couple of freshmen. Yes, next year might well be the year. CAUGHT ON THE HOOK . .. The University of North Carolina has its private golf course. I bet their greens are no greener than the grass on our Horseshoe'although their at mosphere might be more invigorating . . . Tommy Woodlee is expected to receive stiff competition in the 100-yard dash tomorrow from UNC's Boyd Newman who has run a 9.6 this year. Woodlee beat him in a dual meet . .. The Gamecock recently erred in an article that named Sigma Chi as the winner of the Intramural swim meet. Kappa Alpha was tfte winner and Sigma Chi a close second . .. The intramural box ing meet will probably not be held next year because of op position from the athletic department. Birds Split Two More InBaseball The Gamecocks found their first taste of night baseball disagree able at Orangeburg last 'week as they lost a 5-4 decision to The Citadel, but came home the next afternoon to nip the Cadets, 4-3. In the second game Heyward Tunstall finally got his first win of the season .after losing four hard-luck decisions in a row. Tunstall pitched a four-hitter and fanned 11, a new -high for Gamecock pitchers this season, in giving up only one earned run. Stewart Leads Hitting Second baseman Buddy Stewart led the hitting for the Gamecocks with three for five, all singles. The Gamecocks picked up two runs in the third when Dick Guiney, Citadel southpaw, got wild. Guiney walked Jimmy Cox and Heyward Tunstall, Stewart singled to load the bases, and Guiney then forced in two runs with passes to Frank Ellerbe and Carl Brazell. The Bulldogs tied it up with single runs in the fourth and fifth. But Coach Ted Petoskey's Birds bounced back with two more scores in the sixth. Jim Jarrett walked, moved to second on Cox's sacrifice, and scored on Stewart's single. Stewart moved to third on Eller be's single and scored when The Citadel's second baseman threw wildly to third on an attempted pickoff. Only Two Earned Runs In the game at Orangeburg there were only two earned runs scored, both by The Citadel. Caro lina made five errors and the Bull dogs were charged with seven. Ed Rast led the hitting with a single and double in five trips. Righthander Wofford "Bubba" Williams fanned ten Gamecocks, the most yet by a righthander. Clemson's ace southpaw, Billy O'Dell struck out 13 in his first game against Carolina this year and eight in his second, winning both. The Citadel series left the Game cocks with a record of seven wins and nine losses. Citadel . . 200 003 000-5 6 7 Carolina 100 000 030-4 4 5 Williams and Allen; Cooley, Mol nar (6) and Cox. Citadel ...... 000 110 001-3 4 2 Carolina .. 002 002 00x-4 8 5 Guiney and Allen; Hey. Tun stall and Cox. Miller Pitches No-hitter; Frat Team Favored By BOBBY ALFORD Sports Reporter Hunk Miller pitched a no-hitter to help Pi Kappa Phi to the cham pionship in Fraternity League 1 last week over Sigma Nu. Sigma Nu managed to score a run but Miller's mates got 12 to provide the margin of victory. Pi Kappa Phi dropped Phi Kappa Sigma 6-3 to take the championship of League One after Phi Kappa Sigma had dropped Lambda Chi 12-10 and Sigma Nu 7-4. The Pi Kaps were campus champions last year and appear headed for first this year. SAE won the League Two cham pionship by taking a real slugfest from P1 Kappa Alpha 81-17. P1 Kappa Alpha had reached the finals by virtue of a forfeit from Phi Sigma Kappa and a 7-4 win over Phi Epsilon Pi. LeBlanc's won the Independent League One Championship by downing McBryde 6-3 in a well played game. Walt Ollic pitched Preston 2nd West to the championship in League Two with a 2-1 vic tory 4bver the Freshmen. Parker, losing pitcher for the Freshmen, walked five men in the last inning to give Preston the victory. He allowed only two hits. The Independent championship playoffs have already started and one game has been played in which Don Kavinor pitched and batted LejBlanc's to a 7-3 victory over Preston 2nd West. Don gave up only five hits and blasted two home runs as he paced his tean to victory. All of the teams that won the league championships were unde feated in season play. Pt Kappa Phi meets SAE in the Fraternity playoffs with the championship for the campus scheduled for next Thursday or USC Tra Rated Da For Confe Carolina's Gamecocks will the first Atlantic Coast Confe begins today at College Park, The qualifying will be hel run tomorrow. Maryland is favored in the expected from South Carolina, The Gamecocks have most events while two North Carol field events and Maryland str Maryland was unbeaten iri this year. The other three contenders left things in confusion with South Carolina beating Duke, Duke beat ing North Carolina, and North Carolina beating South Carolina. State Winners The Gamecocks won the state meet last week and are counting heavily upon Tommy Woodlee in the dashes, Sonny Wilcher and Freddy Roberts in the middle dis tances, and Garn McBride in the mile and two-mile tomorrow. Other top performers have been Don Whetstone in the low hurdles, Gene Berry and Bobby Drawdy in the javelin and Berry also in the broad jump, Joe Silas in the dis cus, and the mile relay team of Woodlee, Wilcher, Whetstone, and Leon Cunningham. Top times for these men this season have included 9.7 in the 100 and 21.8 in the 220 for Wood lee, 50.0 in the 440 for Wilcher, 1:57.1 in the 880 for Roberts, 4:29.0 (non-winning) in the mile and 9:54.3 in the two-mile for McBride, 25.0 in the low hurdles for Whetstone, 3:23.8 for the mile relay team, 182 ft. 4 in. for Berry and 182 ft. 2% in. for Drawdy in the javelin, 22 ft. 1 in. in the broad jump for Berry, and 139 ft. 8 in. in the discus for Silas. All Marks Will Be Reeords All winning times and distances tomorrow will go down as ACC records, according to ACC presi dent James T. Penney. Duke's Joel Shankle, high scorer in last year's Southern Conference outdoor meet with 21 points, will probably again be the number one individual. Shankle won the broad jump and 120 high hurdles, tied for first in the high jump and pole vault, and finished second in the 220 low hurdles last year. He scored 25 points in a dual meet against the Gamecocks this year. Baseballers End Season In Virgina Carolina finishes its baseball season with a four-game road trip that begins today at Maryland and Coach Ted Petoskey will use a patched line-up. Injuries to outfielders Buddy Lee and Bill Wohrman, first base. man Heyward Tunstall, and the loss of catcher Jimmy Cox because of serious illness in his family left several question marks. Petoskey announced that Hey. ward Tunstall would start today, Gene Molnar tomorrow, Johnny Cooley in the first game of a double-header with Virginia Mon day and probably Billy Frierson, Tunstall, or Delance Poston in the. second game Monday. Jimmy Shea will take over the catching duties. Frank Ellerbe will play third, Tom Hofferth shortstop, Buddy Stewart second base, and either Heyward Tunstall, if able, Ed Rast, or possibly Gene Molnar, when not pitching, will be on first. Call Brazell will probably start in right field, Jim Jarrett in left, and either Rast or Wohrman in center. The games today and tomorrow will have a dr.finite bearing on the final conference standings. Mary land is currently in second place behind Clemson and must win to stay in the battle for the league crown. PRESTON (Continued from page 6) Independent winners: 125 pounds-John Cook, Pres ton 2nd W. 135 pounds--Tommy Simmons, Maxey. 145 pounds - Artle Knight, Preston 2nd W. 155 pounds - Don Mueller, Preston 2nd W. 165 pounds--JIm Butler, Pres ton 2nd we 175 pounds - Stan Coleski, Freshmen. Unlimited - Corky Caines, ek Team rk Horse rence Title be one of three dark horses in rence outdoor track meet that Maryland. i today and the finals will be meet with the main opposition North Carolina, and Duke. of their talent in the running ina teams are stronger in the Dng in all departments. the conference in dual meets The Gamecocks scored only 4% TWO-MILE FINISH . n th points in the Southern Conference captain Gam McBride right at the meet last year, but Woodlee was timer at the right io getting set tc winner of the mile run in the state still in service and McBride was in the ACC outdoor meet tomorrom injured. Carolina's points came on a third place for Wilcher in the Mike Caskey's 64-yard runback 440, fourth for Roberts in the 880, and tie for third place in the pole against Furman was the longest vault by Ted Robinson who is no punt return of the season for the longer in achool. university igi 1953. "Ho Ile n n about. Wond Bootakin. 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