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The Walhalla Flash, Bill Yarborough, will he the main scoring threat against the Gamecocks tonight. Bill is a junior at Clemson and currently is sporting a 28 points per game scoring average. le is second in the conference behind Virginia's Buzz Wilkinson. Ile is only six feet tall. --MASTER SPEAKS oSPgr4&6 By BOBBY ALFORD The Atlantic Coast Conference has already proven itself one of the strongest Conferences in the nation. This is true in football and still truer in basketball. N. C. State, Duke, Maryland, and North Carolina can stand up against almost any teams in the country. Wake Forest and Virginia are capable of giving any team a hard battle. The only two real weak members of the conference are Clemson and our own Gamecocks. I think it has been proven that for a team to be tops in the conference it must have a line-up of mostly out-of state players. One has only to look at the lineups of N. C. State, Duke, and North Carolina. State does not have a single North Carolinian listed on its roster. Duke has two, and only one is a starter. North Carolina lists three, but not one is a first-stringer. This should give an indication that few outstanding basketball players come from the two Carolinas. The teams have to look elsewhere for their talent. Carolina has seven South Carolinians on its roster; Clemson has nine. The competition for out-of-state ball players is terrific. I If a player has the "goods," colleges from all over the coun try bid for his services. When thrown into open competition with other conference schools Carolina is lost in the shuffle. You form an opinion of a person the first time you see him even if you don't hear him speak. You judge him strictly on his appearance. It may not be a lasting opinion, but it is the first opinion. Basketball players judge a col ,lege by Its appearance also. They usually see a campus only once before they choose a school. Pg + . have we to show the college basketball prospjLcts't Basketball players go to college to play basketball as well as to get an education; therefore, they take considerable interest on the court where they will play their basketball for the next four years. One look at the Field House will convince any young man that his high school gymnasium is a better place to play. After getting an unpleasant sight at the Field House there may be attempts to show him nicer things. McKissick Library for instance, but every college has a library. Then, someone might mention the fact that he can obtain a good education. That is the primary function of every college and University. There might be a trial to sell the player on the historical background of the University. "There is the South Caro linlana Library, one of the oldest in the country." He is most likely to reply like Stan Frieburg's Scrooge, "Sure, but I ain't impressed." The point is this, we have very little to sell the prospective basketball player. One answer to this problem would be a new and better Field House, something on the order of Duke Indoor Sta dium. From there other problems could be solved, andl' time South Carolina would become a basketball power. THANKS to Dick Strickland for writing most of the Track article in this week's Gnamek. | Trackmen Prepa Fielding one of the stronge Carolina's trackmen are roun Atlantic Coast Conference I Hill, N. C., February 26. The Indoor Meet is the prelim inary to the regular conference meets that come with warmer weather. Coach Weems Baskin's cinder men are also seeking their third straight state title and a possible win in the ACC championship. Speedsters Return Leading the way in the track events will be Tommy Woodlee, Sonny Wilcher, Fred Roberts, Don Whetstone, and Allen Ina binet. Backing these men will be some new men in Chuck Hughes, Don Clark, Johnny Reeves, Larry Patrick, Roy Arant, and Dick Strickland. The field events will be handled by returnees Jack Martin, Gene Berry, Ronnie Hicks, Tom Collins, and Joe Silas. They will get help and competition from Dick Bar tulski and Richard Lockman. The cindermen have been work ing in rough conditions over the past several days. They have been working out on occasion on the Fort Jackson track. Carolina is planning a new track, but nothing is definite on the subject as yet. Terps Are Champs Maryland won the indoor meet last year by some 20 points over North Carolina and Duke. The Terrapins again will be favored to win. The Terps should again get tough competition from the two North Carolina schools. North Carolina claims two of the top pole vaulters in the ACC in Richard Waters and Charlie Yarborough. Shankle Returns Duke's Joel Shankle, a one-man track team, is back again to de fend the championships he took in the low and high hurdles, high jump, and broad jump. Maryland, who took the top four places in the 440-yard dash, has three of those men back this year. The Gamecocks should give a good account of themselves, but they might lack the depth to go all the way. Basketball 'Roundup SAE and McBryde began the task of defending their respective basketball titles last week. Both clubs won their opening games, SA E beat Kappa Sigma 56-25, and McBlryde dowvned the Carovets 53. 46. Buzzy Carmichael led SAE with 14 points while Jack Dunn had six for Kappa Sigma. Ralph Risher poured in 23 points to lead McBryde to victory. Pi KA kept their record clean in Fraternity League Two with a 315-26 victory over Kappa Sigma. Joe Frederick scoredl 13 and Bobby Barrett 11 for the winners. Ray Willis led the losers with nine. Fraternity League One SPE defeated Sigma Nu as C'harles Kriek led the scoring for the winners with 11 p)oints. James Wallace dropped in 10 for Sigma Nu. Bob Blakely scored 26 as Phi Sigma Kappa won 67-40 over Phi Eps Pi. Julian Taporek scored 14 and1 Barry Klassman 13 to lead the Phi Eps. Independent League One Leblane's emerged 79-45 win ner over Preston 2nd. C. Robert Cunningham led the losers with 17. Don Cavanaugh and Bill Wohr man each had 17 points to aid the winners. Ten. 5 topped Canterbury 30-21. Thomas Weathers hit 12 points for the winners and Gene La Borde had six for the losers. Leblanc's won their second game without a defeat this time from Preston 1st. E. 39-34. Don Cavanaugh and D)on Champion contributed 12 points each to the winners' cause. Conrad Godshall tallied 12 for the losers. Preston 2nd. C. bounced back from an earlier loss to beat NROTC 47-27. Joe Stegall canned 15 for the winners and Timmons had 13 for the loseis. Independent League Two BSU took a 38-16 verdict over ASME. Reed bagged nine for the winners and Ward 10 for ASME. Joe Silas tossed in 40 points as the Hot Shots downed the New man Club 92-70. Ted Colcolough had 33 for the losers. Charlie Sanders added 26 for the Hot Shots. re For ACC Meet | st teams in the past few years, ling into shape for the coming ndoor Track Meet in Chapel Teams Absent; Bowling Continues Fraternity bowling teams are reminded that they are to bowl every Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at the Capitol City Bowling Center. Participation began last week, but only six teams showed up. The teams are urged to partici pate in the program. Bowling continues through May 4, 1955. At the end of that period the team with the highest number of points will be the winner. Points are awarded for each game won. Each team bowls three games every Wednesday night. For every win a team re ceives one point. 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Bill Yarborough, the Walhalla flash, should make the Came interesting for the Game locks. Yarborough scored 46 joints against Carolina at Clem ion. At present he is averaging !8.6 points per game about 12 )oints higher than any Gamecock in additional point, making it possible for one team to pick up rour points in a single night. Your Official Ring 37 All Tax Included 10K Gold y Direct from Manulacturer k in B.S., A.B. L.L.B. e for Girls on Order 'ilkins FOUR CO. Claire Towers Apartments 21 th Main r Management id Guests Welcome es and Couples a Call 4-9568 ALL NEW A STUDENT'S BEST FRIEND is Strike. At any rate, the g: up-to-datest college survey that college smokers Luckies to all other brand by a wide margin. Once the No. 1 reason: Luckie better. They taste better, all, because Lucky Strike fine tobacco. Then, that t is toasted to taste better Toasted'-the famous Strike process-tones up L light, good-tasting toba make it taste even better. 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