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Well, the long Christmas holidays are over and this meanu only one thing: first semester exams and the beginning oi the long second semester. We had a very enjoyable holidai and we only hope that each and every one of yours was tho same. INTRAMURAL INTEREST One of the biggest needs on this campus is a good intra mural program for all to participate in. It is the desire of al tQ grow into a "major college" bracket, what with the exten sive building program, the building up of the curriculun and teaching staff, and many other such improvements Along- with this a good active intramural program is almos1 a must and it may be considered an active part of the lifh of any "major college" one visits. The fault at Carolina seems to be in more hands than jus1 the intramural department. Joe Grugan, Director of Intra murals, and his student assistants, each year, work jus1 about as hard as they can be expected to getting everythinj lined up, getting equipment that is needed, acquiring appro priate trophies for the winners, etc. There may be som4 flaws in the rules and regulations but there are bodies whicl have been set up to take care of these rules and they are th4 Intramural Councils for both Independents and Fraternities Here is where the intramural program is lacking at Caro lIna ... INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS. MAJOR SPORTS RECEIVE GOOD PARTICIPATION The major sports, namely: football, basketball, and soft ball, receive a fairly big turnout as far as teams and playert go, but such sports as swimming, golf, tennis, etc. get n< participation whatsoever. Many groups will enter a team h a league and then forfeit all their games because they jus do not show up. This does more harm than good and hinder the effectiveness of the intramural program. RequestS are made by those who handle the intramura program for referees, meetings of the different councils, etc 00 and the turnout is next to nothing. This is very noticeablh when it comes to the rules and regulations which govern th4 playing of each sport as to eligibility, poiqts received foi winning, and the likes. Some group will fail to send a representative to a meetinj concerning the rules of the program and they will be the firs ones to run to Grugan griping about what "so-and-so" ruli change will hurt their group. This is no one's fault but thei own and it can be easily understood why they are made t< suffer after such gross disregard for what was to be done It would seem to this reporter that more interest by thi student body and more cooperation with the intramural de partment would lend to a much better intramural program .The better the program and the better the competition th4 more the whole thing will be enjoyed by all of us. A gow intramural program with a lot of interest lends itself t< good competitive spirit and a way for some of those who cannot obtain varsity standing to play.their favorite sport Less griping and more "participatin' " ' . . NORTH AGAINST THE SOUTH The thing that seems to pop up among college footbal supporters of the Northern and Southern areas of the Unite< States is who plays the best college football? Teams in thi North or those in the South ? A good hot argument car always be mustered up with both sides having some goo< strong points. First off it is necessary to define what is meant b3 Northern and Southern schools. Most people mean the South eastern, Southwestern, and Atlantic Coast Conference whei they Say Soigh and such areas as the East, Midwest, Rocka Mountains, and West take in the Northern category. 11 would seem that a look at the major bowls would show tha1 the South commands the respect of the bowl officials s they seem to prefer the Southern schools much more thai those of the North .. . The Blue-Gray game did go to th4 North but then the South won this same game for abot1 five years in a row previous to this year . .. The big North South game went to the' all-star aggregation from beloi 'the~ Mason-Dixon line. bThe biggest argument that those Northern college foot ball supporters is that the Southern schools take their ma terial from Northern high schools. This may be true in some cases but just what is wrong with the Yankees? Why d< they let these "red hot" Yankee high school prospects bi taken from right under their noses? It seems to us that it ii the fault of the Northern schools and not that of the Souther: schools who happen to have more interest in their schoo than the Yankees. Besides, this makes little or no difference; as where the boy played in high school has little or nothini to do with whether Northern or Southern collegiate is better If the Yankee schools are so good why don't they wii .'some of these all-star affairs that pit the best from the North against the best from the South ? Why is it suet schools as Oklahoma, Tennessee, Maryland, Duke, Georgii Tech, Baylor, Auburn, SMU, Rice, etc. turn in such treal teams year in and year out and the East can do no bettej than to place Army and Navy up in the national rankings with boys playing on these teams from throughout tlyi nation? Why, all you Yankee college football supporters just why? We'll stick with the Southern schools and their football and we will go one step further and say that the ACC is s tough a football conference as any, including the Big Tent!! We are Yankees from Massachusetts, too. HEARD HERE AND THERE Many big offers are going to many high school footballera around the State. Some local talent from the great Drehe, High School team is receiving much attention with Eddi4 Beell, King Holmes, Joe Smith, and Jimmy Letton headinj the scholarship-getters from out "Shandon way." PICTURED ABOVE, going fro Ireton, and Benny Fannin. Thea last season, and are now displayinj USC ExI r Good Yel The University of South Caro lina helped to create plenty of sports headlines during 1954, a year that* saw only one of the Gamecocks major sports teams face a losing season. ' The USC football team (6-4-0), track team (6-1-0) and baseball team (10-10). came out of stiff competition with heads raised high, but the basketball tearn finished with a 10-16 record de spite several outstanding efforts against powerful teams. Looking over the sports stories through the year the following 10 events stood out for South Carolina: 1. The Gamecocks' 34-20 upset in football over mighty Army at West Point, N. Y., on September 25. 2. The naming of Gamecock Guard Frank Mincevich to the Look Magazine All-America team, selected by the Football Writers of America. 3. The 13-8 victory for USC over Clemson on Big Thursday. 4. Bird Quarterback Mackie Prickett leading the AOC in pass ing, total offense, and pass inter Iceptions. 5. Halfback Carl Brazell set a new ACC record on 29 pass recep tions, placing fourth in the nation, breaking the previous record held by former Gamecock great Clyde Bennett. 6. Tommy Woodlee becatne the AO0C's fastest human, winning both the 100 and 220-yard dashes at the outdoor meet in College PNrk, Md. 7. Forward Joe Smith led the Birds in scoring with a 16-6 aver age, along with being third in the AOC in rebounding. 8. Rooster Fullback Bill Wohr man again was voted the best blocker in the AOC. 9. Mincevich and Center Leor: Cunningham named to all of the All-AOC teams, and Cunninghan 'Five Kent uckians In H oliday Wreck Of wide Interest to Gamecock basketball supporters is the condi tion of the Pikesville, Kentucky, quintet which was Involved inb ar: automobile accident over the Christmas holidays. The five were traveling home to Plkeswille alter playing in Owensboro, Kentucky in Woody Preston's car when they slid off the side of the road In the Kentucky mountains. Only two, Russ Porter and Bol Richardson, were hurt badly but both are back at Carolina but they did not make the road trip with~ the team this week. Porter re celved 40 stitches while Riehards reeived a fractured jaw. The other three, Preston, Sonny Smith and Benny Fannin, are ap parently all right with all threea making tha .three-game trip dur Ing this nast week. m left to right, are: Russ Pos'ter, Sol e five made up the first string for I their hardwood wares for the Gan 0 Seriences ir In '54 makes third team Associated Press All-America. 10. Wohrman voted the most valuable player by the USC squad, and Brazell was voted the player showing the best sports manship. The surprise of the year was no doubt the performance of Prickett at quarterback for the Carolina football team. Staking a strong claim as the top athlete on the campus was Brazell, who led the baseball team in hitting at .324, led the AOC in pass receiving in football, was sixth in rushing, second in kickoff returns and fifth in punting. The track team's 6-1 record was the best in any school, and Coach Weems Baskin's outfit easily swept the state meet and placed fourth in the ACC competition. LUCKY D WHAT'S THIS1 Jim De Haas. Michiga State Colieg. Norrie Er4*en Vdairi6 Poly$.ckn,ic Iusma. * *A.T.C.. PmanUeI Richardson, Sonny Smith, Woody ikesville, Kentucky, junior College, iecoeks. (Credit Manning Harris) Wohrman, Brazell Honored By Birds Perhaps the highest honors that can be paid an athlete are those paid him by his own teammates. These were the exact sentiments of Carl Brazell and Bill Wohrman who were voted the most sports manlike and most valuable, res pectively, for the 1954 season. Wohrman was runner-up to Brazell for the most sportsman like honors and Brazell was push ing Wohrman for the most valuable honors. Wohrman, a co-captain and full back, was voted the .outstandilig blocker in the ACC two years in a row and made all the All-ACC teams in 1953. Brazell is the little scatback who runs out of one of the half back slots. He set an AOC record with 29 pass receptions this year, and this put him fourth in the na tion behind three towering ends. R~OObLES! L( For solution see paragraph belov TuNOUON KNOTNOLIs* Ann Antine* C.C.N.Y. ST sti th br be lig aoMAN ,eUna lEANS S Michael &oies e U.C.L.A. ICKES TASI Gamecocks Split In 4 Games Over Holidays The Christmas holidays did not half minutes of play. start until December 22 for the The next night the Roosters Gamecock hardwood aggregation met the Tennessee Vols in Knox as they played four games, win- yile and were beaten 96-82 as ning two and losing two. The Tennessee reserve center Bil Birds lost to Virginia, here in Go- Jarvis broke a home court record lumbia, on December 18, 92-82 as he scored 32 points. High men and hen enton te rad werefor the Roosters were Collins and and then went on the road where14, they won two and lost one. respectively. Forward Bob McCarty was high The Birds wound up their holi scorer for Virginia with 29 points day road trip in Owensboro, Ken while! Lee Collins and Joe Smith tucky, where they met and led the Birds with 23 and 22, stopped Kentucky Wesleyan, 67 respectively.66, in the closest game of the resecivey,season. Little Jackie Hufford Atlanta, Georgia, was the first provided the winning tally for the stop on a three-day road trip and Roosters when he toed the foul there the Gamecocks stopped the line with six seconds to go and Georia Tch fve 6-67 n &sank his first shot. - The ball was Georgia Tech five 69-67 in side, by thriller. Forward Woody Preston Carolina, and they successfully dumped the winning goal in as killed the clock. Smith, Preston, the final buzzer sounded in a game and Collins were the big guns for which saw the lead change hands the Birds as they shot 18, 17, and six times in the last four and one- 16 points, respectively. 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