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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.
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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. The team with I
the largest number of pins for I
the three games will be awarded
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Carolina's cagers will try their
iand at winning another confer
nce basketball game tonight
tgainst Clemson's Tigers. Tomor
-ow night the Georgia Tech Engi
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ucky, invade the Field House in
tn attempt to gain revenge against
;he Gamecocks.
Carolina can clinch seventh
)lace in the conference by beating
lemson. They beat the Tigers
!arlier in the season at Clemson
nd are favored to win the game
onight. 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.
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9-13 Record
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