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Gamecoct Rough 01 The Gamecock basketball i est conference members next Duke and North Carolina invi Frosh Cagers Face Jackson The Freshman basketball team tackles Fort Jackson Personnel Center January 10th in the Field House. The Personnel Center is a regimental team from the Fort. The freshman team is coached by John Lasagna who attended St. Peter's College in New Jersey. Following is the roster of the freshman basketball team. FORWARDS Robert McNair, 6-2, 170, Forest City, N. C. Dean Crain, 6-1, 165, Greenville, S. C. Lee Anderson, 6-1, 165, Rockford, Ill. Steddy Sloan, 6-4, 160, Columbia, S. C. George Wells, 5-11, 150, Winns boro, S. C. Dale Hawkinson, 6-2, 180, Rock ford, Ill. CENTERS Marshall Perkins, 6-4, 195, Inman, S. C. GUARDS Robert Frick, 5-9, 155, Aiken, S. C. Roy Pursley, 5-10, 150, Wilming ton, N. C. Ted Colcolough, 5-9, 150, Colum bia, S. C. Kay Lloyd, 6-2, 155, Columbia, S. C. - Fred Spruell, 5-11, 150, Columbia, S. C. PLAYER OF Woody Preston, a junior from Pikeville, Ky., is the basketball player of the week. Woody was high scorer in both games the Gamecocks have played this week. Against Virginia, he poured in 23 points and against Maryland he made 16. Woody is slowly rounding into top form after a slow start this season. His shooting eye is im proving with each game. His most potent weapon is a one-handed push shot from any where on the court. He is best as an outside shooter relying McBryde As 'Mural Sigma Nu and Pi Kappa. teams were unable to score du Sanders and George Wilson p1 offense. Lamar Hunt was the Phil Moody was the high point man with two touchdowns for Sigma Nu as they scored a 24 to 6 victory over Kappa Alpha. George Harmon intercepted a Kappa Alpha pass and ran it all the way back for a touchdown. Wayne Kil gore passed to James Emory for the winner's last score. Al Bolinger played well on defense. For Kappa Alpha the standout was all Maurie Miller with his exceptional run ning and blocking. Phi Epsilon P1 kept their record clean as they skimmed by Pi Kappa Alpha 6 to 0. The game was not decided until the closing minutes of play. Larry Koenig passed to Phil Garfinkel 25 yards for the only score of the game. The score was 7 to 6 as Phi Sigma Kappa was able to make the extra point and win the game from Phi Kappa Sigma. Bob Blakely passed to Tom Carr for the Phi Sigma Kappa touchdown. The duet was responsible for the all-important extra point. Boney Bovine scored for the losers. Jack Borne kept the game close with his defensive play for the losers. Phi Sigma Kappa was again victorious while beating ATO to the tune of 19 to 0. Bob Blakely threw to John Collins for two of the touchdowns. Blakely scored the last six points himself. The game was close until the passes of Blakely started clicking. SAE defeated Lambda Chi, their opponents from across the campus, by the score of 18-0. Charlie Jacobs accounted for two of the touchdowns. He scored one by a pass and the other by an interception. Willie Bradham closed the scoring by catching a pass for the last six points. Lambda Chi kept the game inter esting with their spectacular of Ls Face ponents ;eam plays three of the,rough week in Columbia. Maryland, ide Columbia in that order. Monday night the Birds face Maryland, a team that trounced them 68-51 Tuesday night. Mary land leads the Conference in de fense and is ranked eleventh in the nation. Bob Kessler and Bob Everett give the Terrapins a good one-two scoring punch to go with their defense. Duke comes to town Wednesday night with a team that averages better than 85 points per game. The Blue Devils were upset by North Carolina in the Dixie Classic over the holidays. Ronnie Mayer is the leading scorer for the Devils as well as the top rebounder. Joe Belmont is one of the finest play makers and ball handlers to be seen in the south. Friday brings North Carolina's Tar Heels to the scene. The Tar Heels are strong in every *phase of the game of basketball. The Tar Heels have plenty of scoring ability with sophomore sensation Lennie Rosenbluth and Jerry Vayada. Al Lifson and Paul Likkins team with Rosenbluth to give them excellent rebounding. The Tar Heels battled N. C. State all the way to the wire only to lose, 47-44, in the Dixie Classic. The Gamecocks have now won three and lost seven. Six of the seven losses have been at the hands of conference teams. Maryland, Duke, and North Carolina have beaten the Gamecocks already this season. ' THE WEEK mostly on long shots from the front and side of the basket for his scoring. Woody attended Pikeville Junior College for two years prior to his entrance at Carolina. He came to the University with four of his teammates on last year's Pike ville team. Woody explained that he was a slow starter and that it took time to get his eye on the bucket. Now that Woody is hitting, the defense will have to stop concentrating on Center Lee Collins and Captain Joe Smith. Stays Unt L Play Re By CHARLES RAY BOAN Alpha battled to a scoreless ti e to the tight defenses employe ayed well on defense for Sigma standout for Pi Kappa Alpha. fensive maneuvers. McBryde eased by Tenement 5 to keep a clean record this season. When the final whistle blew, McBryde was out in front 19 to 0. The game was played on near even terms until the half. McBryde started a de termined drive in the second half and Tenement 5's stubborn defense started to wcaken. Tad Hall passed to glue-fingered end Ralph Risher for two touch downs. Steward Heath pulled in the iast pass for a score. IIall ran over for the only extra point. Sigma Alpha Sigma Elects At a recent meeting of Sigma Alpha Sigma, national business fraternity, officers of the group were elected. They are: Winkie Kirwen, president; Jackie Jones, vice - president; Wilma Doris Caughman, secretary - treasurer; Jackie Furr, corresponding sec retary; Irene Grice, historian, and Sylvia Strock, reporter. Cagers Hurt Five University basketball players were in an automobile accident as they were heading home for Christmas holidays. Woody Preston, Benny Fan nin, Sol Richardson, Sam Smith, and Russ Porter were traveling by car for their home when the accident occurred. At about 5 o'clock in the morning as the car was moving along an icy road at about 15 miles an hour it slipped from the road. None of the players were seriously injured. Porter, Fan nin, and Smith are still re Icuperating but expect to return to'action this week. Roy Phillips, an Air Force cad< Bergstrom tius past summer. Phillip Swim TJeam Opens Friday Against N. C. Carolina's swimming team goes into action Friday, January '7th, wvhen the Gamecocks face North Carolina in the Tar Heels' pool. On January 8th the Gamecock Tankmien move to Raleigh to tackle North Carolina State. Coach Jimmy Ratliff has eight returnees to bolster the Birds' hopes this year. Five are return ing letternmen. two from last year's frosh team, and one transfer. North Carolina State is the de fending Conference champions. They won six meets last year while dropping none. In having an undefeated season the Wolfpack rolled up 320 points to their op ponents' 182. North Carolina was runnerup to State for the Conference crown last season. The Tar Heels won four and lost twvo. The Gamecocks finished in a tie withi Clemson for fourth place in the confereonce in 1954. The >eaten sumes e on Monday afternloon. Both d by the tw o f raterniities. WSAes Nu. Phil Moody sparked the When a roomm a blind dc his younge For more No otli yet so t .at the Univerait y, had one of the shot 250 with a 45 automatic. (Off Phillips Is Got At '54 Summei Roy Phillips, a senior frorr one of the top pistol shooters summer. Phillips was attendi Birds had two wins, seven losses, and one tie. Coach Ratliff expects this year's squad to turn in a better record at the end of the year. The Birds' chances are bettered by Len Baranski, a transfer from R. P. I., who does most anything. Baranski is the only memlber of the team who had any swimming experience prior to college. He will be used in the Individual Medley and pos sibly several other places. Otis Ethridge, a breast stroke specialist; Jim Turner, Eddie Floyd, and Billy Walters, all free style swimmers; and Bill Peel, a diver, comprise the list of re turnees. BobbN' Campbell and Hal Lefferts, both free-stylers, are up from last year's frosh team. North Carolina has 1:3 lettermen returning, but State has only six. Bring your late to eL Cuisine Superb! A"n Fraternity & Sorority Officer spot1 for irnformial board mneeting Decker Blvd. Opposite D)eutsville School ate gets you ite with r sister . .. pure pIeas4 e! CigarE mild! be lighest shooting marks at Camp Icial Air Force photo) )d Shooter Encampment Manning, S. C., proved to be at Camp Bergstrom this past ig summer camp with other cadets from the University. To make his feat more astonish ing Roy was shooting a pistol for the first time in his life. About the only shooting he had done be fore was at squirrels and ducks while hunting. Roy is majoring in business ad ministration and is a Cadet Lt. Colonel in the University Cadet Corps. le transferred from the Citadel after he received an injury while playing football. He was attending the Citadel on a football scholar ship. Roy's brother, Ashley Phillips, attained fame at the University as a punter on the football team during the Wadiak era. ont' ,osphere Differena! LIMONT'S offers you an ideal 8. Tel. 3-5505 Open 5 P.M. to 11 P.M. Tuesday thru Sunday and she turns out to be a real doll... . tte Is so No other brand has ever been able tc d of eostly tobeaccl That's why C Birds Stiij Now In 0 'Carolina's basketball team ference rivals. The Gamecocks out a win in the conference, of the league. Monday night the Gamecocks lost an 89-69 decision to the Vir ginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Virgina. Woody Preston led the Birds' scoring attack with 23 points. Buzz Wilkinson paced Vir ginia with 29. Tuesday the Birds lost to Mary land, 68-51, in C6llege Park, Md. Woody Preston dropped in 1' points and Lee Collins added 16 to lead the Birds' scoring. Bob Kessler took scoring honors with 23 points for Maryland. The Gamecocks take on New herry Friday night in Newberry and will be trying to regain some of their wilted prestige. "The calibre of the teams we are playing now is really first class," said Coach Frank Johnson. "Our team is playing better now than any time since the sea son started, but it is hard to win against bhe teams we have to meet," added Mr. Johnson. Coach Johnson was referring to such powerfOl teams as Duke, Maryland and North Carolina, his opponents for next week. SHIRTS BEAUTI INDIVIDUALLY WRAP] NEW DEPARTMENT FOR SAVES MONJ 80-MIN. LAUND] FLUFF-P washed-dried-fold many items read] .08 m. - 10 SUNS LAUNDRY Ab 1415 GERVAIS M4m-man, that's PUF MUCECAll rich-to match the pure pleasure in Camel' amels are America's most poar. 11 Lose; 7ellar continues to lose to its con-, now have lost six games with-' and are now at the bottom Euphradians Pick Goldberg, Martin As Spring Heads The Euphradian Society elected Charles Goldberg of Charleston president for the spring term in elections Tuesday night. Gold berg will succeed Flynn Harrell of Eau Claire. Other officers are Henry B. 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