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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
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135 pounds--Tommy Simmons,
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145 pounds - Artle Knight,
Preston 2nd W.
155 pounds - Don Mueller,
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165 pounds--JIm Butler, Pres
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175 pounds - Stan Coleski,
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