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Gamecock Rough O The Gamecock basketball t est conference members next Duke and North Carolina inva 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 PA 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. Bc,b 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 s Face ,ponents aam plays three of the,rough week in Columbia. Maryland, de 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 abilitv 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 Unl 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, McBlryde 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 weaken. Tad Hall passed to glue-fingered end Ralph Risher for two touch downs. Steward Heath pulled in the last pass for a score. IIall ran over for the only extra p)oint. 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 - presidlent; Wilma Doris Caughman, secretary - treasurer; Jackie Furr, correspondling 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 Rtichardson, 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 cuperating but expect to return toaction this week. . .~ . .. . .. Roy Phillips, an Air Forec cad Bergstrom this past summer. Phillipi 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 Tankmen 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 lettermien, two from last year's frosh team, and one transfer. North Carolina State is the de fending Conference champions. They wvon 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 two. The Gamecocks finished in a tie with Clemson for fourth place in the conference in 1954. The eaten 3 on Monday afternoon. Both d by the two fraternities. Wes L. Nu. Phil Moody sparked the When a roomn a blind d< his young For more No oft yet so t *at the Universit y, had one of th4 shot 250 with a 45 automatic. (Off Phillips Is Go4 At '54 Summei Roy Phillips, a senior fron 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 member 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. Bobby 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 date to Cuisine Superbi Fraternity & Sorority Officers sp)ot for informal board meetin Decker Blvd. Opposite Dentsville School ate gets you te with er sister ... bpure pleas er! Cigar4 'mld ~. ... . highest shooting marks at Camp icial Air Force photo) )d Shooter . Encampment k Manning, S. C., proved to be at Camp Bergstrom this past ng 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. He transferred from the Citadel after lie 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. 'onphere Differena! -LIMONT'S offers you an ideal gs. Tel. 3-5505 Open 5 P.M. to 11 P.M. Tuesday thru Sunday and she turns out to be a real doll.. uire... SM4I 5tte Is so i. No other brand has ever been able t rid of enstly tobeaccs That's why 4 Birds Sti Now In ( '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 College Park, Md. Woody Preston dropped in 17 points and Lee Collins added 15 to lead the Birds' scoring. Bob Kessler took scoring honors with 23 points for Maryland. The Gamecocks take on New berry 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 khe teams we have to meet," added Mr. Johnson. Coach Johnson was referring to such powerfOl teams as Duke, Maryland and North Carolina, his oppol.ents for iext week. SHIRTS BEAUT INDIVIDUALLY WRAP NEW DEPARTMENT FOI SAVES MON 80-MIN. LAUND FLUFF-I washed-dried-fokd mniy items read .08 m. -i SUNS LAUNDRY At 1415 GERVAIS AA-m-man, that's PUI rich -to a match the pure pleasure in Camel 'nmels are America's most popular !l Lose; ?ellar continues to lose to its con-s 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. Martin of Conway, president pro tem (vice-president); Ted Drucker of Denmark, recording secretary; David White of Anderson, treas urer; Alan Wilensky of Charles ton, critic; Gordon Vinson of Greenville, historian; Philip Lee of Greenville, financial secretary; Neil Abrams of York, Pa., re porter; Don Katz of Columbia, corresponding secretary; and Har rell, custos forum and board of publications representative. Installation of officers will be held Tuesday night in Euphradian Hall at 7 o'clock. II [FULLY FINISHED AND PED IN CELLOPHANE L YOUR CONVENIENCF, EY & TIME RY SERVICE 4-FOLD eed and wrapped y to use or wear A1.. MINIMUM IlNE D CLEANERS PHONE 6667 E PLEASURE L'I I A. S XcUsiv cigaret te