Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JOHNSON C R AG hIV WaIlter Johnsvon Joel Shankle does it again. le took five first places, and was the major factor in a 67 3 5 to 63 2-5 Duke victory over the Gamecocks. About all I've got to say about Shankle is, "i'm glad he s a Senior." For those who don't understand this statement, it means that Shankle won't be back next year. Without him, Duke would be an easy foe for Carolina. Last year we beat Duke 70-61, in spite of Shankle. In fact, we lost only one, to North Carolina, while winning six. This record is nothing to complain about. On April 9, the cindermen travel to Atlanta for a triangle meet with Georgia Tech and Florida. They didn't meet either of these teams last year. Against Duke, Freddy Roberts did himself proud. le took first in the one-mile and the 880-yard runs. Woodlee also got two firsts, in the 100- and 220-yard (lashes. Both of them ran a leg on the winning one-mile relay. A sophomore from Sumter, George Thomas, may well be our top dash man to replace Woodlee when he graduates. Thomas took second in both the 100- and 220-yard dashes. Richmond University Anyone interested in the University of Richmond ? I didn't think so, but anyhow, since I got a big folder on Spring sports at Richmond, I shall comment briefly on it. Of course it is only publicity information and of little or no importance to us, but, nevertheless, anyhow, and besides,'here it is. For the last 20 years Richmond has a baseball record of 238 wins and 115 losses. They won the state championship eight times and the Southern Conference title twice. Last year they won nine and lost 10. Sports Briefs Tom H1offerth, the first baseman for the Gamecocks, had an early start toward the Atlantic Coast Conference slugging title. In his first three games he went to bat 13 times and collected six hits, including a double, two triples and a home ru1n. Then hard luck stepped in. Toni was attempting to slide into a base last Wednesday in an exhibition game against Parris Island. Somehow he landed wrong and broke his foot. le will probably be out of the lineup for the rest of the season. He will be replaced by a very capable man at first base. This man is Bob Cross. He has been at bat 15 times and has six hits. That gives Cross a batting average of .400. And his fielding efforts are not v'ery bad either, If you are interested his average percentagewise is .960. The Gamecock track team has indicated that they may break a couple of state track records at the annual meet at Clinton in May. -Dick Bartulski, a sophomore from Turtle Creek, Pa., has beaten the state javelin recordl of 184 feet a couple of times already. He threw 192 feet, % inch in the F'lorida Relays. Carolina's one-mile relay team set a new Florida Relays record of 2:19.7, and the existing state record is 3:22.3, set b)y U. S. C. in 1950. Fred Roberts, who set new half-mile records in 1953 and 954, will stage an assault on the one-mile record of 4 :28 this spring, lie did the half-mile in 1:57.1 last spring and added the mile to his events this season. * * * This prob)ably dloesn't come under the heading of sports, .though some liberals would considler it so, but I feel comn ZYelled to comment upon it. It is a poem wr'itten by another Gamecock writer, Billy Mellette. You will find it on the editorial p)age, and if you are one of those readers who con sistently avoid that page and read this one, poor misguided souls that you are, I recommend it to you. * * * Four of the six regulars on the University of South Caro lina tennis team came from the same high school, Dreher of Columbia. They are John Heinz, Knox Sherer, Ernie Whit worth and Levon Gantt. Dick Groat is back in circulation. He plays shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and is a big dIrawing cardl for them. I would l-ike to see the Pirates get out of the cellar for a change and Groat may help them do it this year, though they may feel out of place. The Pirates play,d the Orioles here Tuesday, and Monday afternoon the Kansas City Athletics dlefeatedl the Columbia Reds, and it is only fittin' that they shouldl, for it would have been rather humiliating if they would have lost to the Reds. Last Saturday the Cincinnati lReds and the Washington Senators fought to a 3-to-3 tie at Capital City Park. It is a good thing to have major league teams appear here in Columbia, even if it is exhibition games, or rather a period for selecting the team players for the coming season. Still, it seems to me that it would add more spice and interest if every once in a while one of the first division clubs were to play here. Obviously, the better teams are first division clubs. And that is whnt the ponle,nr I, would lie to ee. VICTOR AND DEFEATED. teai is congralulated by his opp William Patterson of Wake Forest 6-2, 5-7, 6.1. Tennis Tea To Wake I The Gamecocks lost a hard fought t,ennis match to Wake Forest. on the USC courts at Maxey Gregg Park Monday afternoon. The11 match was a 5-4 conference F te of the te matches went re sets, and the others were ex :remely close two-set ducls. In the No. I spot John Speer of Soith Carolina canie back after bsing the second set to beat the Dl-.acon's William Patterson, 6-2, 5-I. 6-i. The two teams split the singles matches, 3-3, and Carolina won *he first set in all three doubles, but the Deacons rallied in the No. 2 and 3 matches to gain the team margin. Pi KA Win Basketball PiKA beat SAE for the f Joe Gomes led the PiKA sco played a great rebounding g dominated both the offense PiK A also won the campus chaimpionship when they beat Snowden, 48-25. This was the PiK A's 12th win against no losses. The entire Pi Kappa Alpha team stood out in this came as Joe G;omes hit for 13 points, Bob Bar rett head 10, Buddy Nidiffer had 11i and Ray Behles hit for 10. PiKA used a terrific fast break as they completely routed the losers. SA E, after losing to Phi Sigma Katppa 39-35, came back to beat SPE'l 48-331, and in a close tussle outscored Phi Sigma Kappa 40-36 in their secondl contest. This put SA E in line for the chamnpionship. In SAE's first game against Phi Sigma Kappa, Tom Cart' and Bob B3lakely playing for Phi Sigma Ka ppa, p)rovidled enough punlch to beat themi 39-35. Blakely hit for 15 points, while Carr scored eight potin ts. Buzzy Carmichael fought all the way for SA E andl scored 12 points. SA.\E hadl an easier time with SPE andl defeated thenm 48-33. .Spa ik inrg the offense for S AE was D)on Lea patrd who hit for 14 points, ILuzzy Car'michaei again hit the biasket. for 12 points. Roger Krick and Flash MceBride, trying to keep SPEl in ball game, scored 12 and I1t points respectively. In their- second contest against Phi Sigma Kappa, the wheels turned against Phi Sigma Kappa and SA E w'on 40-34. Again Buzzy (Car-michael was high scor-er for SA E: with 16 points. Tonm Carr' scored 17 points for Phi Sigma Kappa. Star of the Week Roberts Score Duke; Bartulsi l.s JIM IIHRAND)ON G;amecck Sports Writer .\gain this week a track man takes the "Stat' of The Week'' honors. It may seem that we arec trett itng a little patrtial in out' selec tions but when a man does some t.hing extra, we believe in praising him, regardless of "'hat team he is a member of. This week our star is Fted Roberts. In Carolina's home opener with D)uke last Wednesday, John Speer of the Gamecock tennis onent whom he has just defeated. was whipped by Speer in three sets, m Loses orest The summary: 'John Speer (USC) defeated William Patterson, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. Charlie Plowden (USC) defeated Clay Daughtridge, 6-2, 6-3. Jasper Memory.(WF) defeated Knox Sherer, 4-6,' 6-3, 6-2. Bill Rogers (WF) defeated John Heinz, 6-4, 6-4. Bob Mann (WF) defeated Levon 'Ganitt, 7-5, 8-6. Ernie Whitworth (USC) de feated Al Griffin, 7-5, 8-6. Speer-Plowden (USC) defeated Patterson-Daughtridge, 6-3, 6-8, 6-3. Memory-Griffin (WF) defeated Sherer-Heinz, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. Mann-Jones (WF) defeated Gantt-Whitworth, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. s Campus Trophy raternity championship, 45-31. >ring with 22 points. He also ame as he aid Joe Frederick and defense backboards. Meanwhile, PiKA eliminated SPE by defending them 41-30. Paul Behles' and Joseph Gomes' flashy performances provided PiKA with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Roger Krick ended his season per formance for SPE by scoring 12 points. PiKA also defeated Phi Sigma Kappa 4:3-37. In the contest, David Nidiffer and Bobby Barrett scored 10 points each for PiKA. Bob Blakely paced his team with 15 points with Carr close behind knocking in 10 points. In the Independent playoff games, Snowden edged out Preston 1st East in a gruelling contest. Robert Royall threw in 16 points for the winners andi Charlie John ~on knocked in 13 points. Cantt and Ted Cawthan sparked the Preston drive scoring 13 and 12 p)oints, respectively. Snowden in a hard-fought con test just managed to edge out Mc Bryde 39-37. Charlie Johnson led the Snowdlen scorers with 14 points. High scorer on McBryde's team w'as Tidwell with 15 points. McBryde, in defeating Preston. 1-t East 43-39, stayed up for a chance at the championship. Bill H[eat.h led McBryde with 16- points andi Dalton Tidwell scored 13 points. Ted Cawvthan piled up 24 points for Preston. McBryde had an easier time with the Le Blanes and beat thenm 38-21. Ralph Risher and Tidwell ceoredI 11 points each for McBryde and Reba was high man for Le Blanes, scoring eight points. s Against di Again il e and 880-yard runs and ran a leg in USC's winning one-mile relay. F"red ran the one mile in 4 minutes and 32.5 seconds, then with1 only' 35 minutes' rest he came hack and ran the 880-yard run in '2 minutes and 1 second. Fred joined forces with Tommy Wood lee and each of them ran a leg in USC's winning one-mile relay. Fred is a 5'9", 143-lb. junior from Macon, Georgia. He started running the mile jst tis ,y... Baseball With - Gec Gamecocks Play Maryland Here Tomorrow, Sat. The Carolina baseball team Will play a tw%o-game series tomorrow and Saturday with Maryland. The games will be ')iayed at the Veteran's Hos pital diamond. The two games and the two Virginia games yesterday were conference games. Before yes terday the Gamecocks ha' lost two in the conference while winning none. - Last year the Bir!.s split two games with Mary'and, winning by a 4-2 margin and losing 3-6. The starting pitchers are un known at the present time. PETOSKEY WAS STAR Ted Petoskey, USC football end coach and head baseball coach at the university, was an All-Amer ican end at the University of Michigan for two years. He played major league base ball for several years for the Cin cinnati Reds. Therefore, he is weli versed in beth sports that he coaches and should be competent at hoth. MORE SPORTS ON BACK PAGE BI Player G Jim Jarrett, if 6 Roddy Turner, ss 8 Harold Lewis, p-rf 1 Bob Cross, rf-lb 6 Dick Theusen, c 3 Buddy Frick, c-rf 7 Carl Brazell, 3b 7 Bill Wohrman, cf 7 Bill Tarrer, If-rf 7 Howard Tunstall, p 8 Larry Jewell, ss-2b 7 Frank Ellerbe, ss 5 Buddy Lee, 2b-rf 5 Heyward Tunstall, P 5 Don Coker, If2 John Cooley, p Ben Brooks, If 1 Delance Poston, lp 1 Billy Fri erson, p 1 Tommy Van Keuren, p1 R. 0. Hughes, p 1 Pitchers G; 11 Howard Tunstall 8 16 R. 0. Rughes 1 2 Heyward Tunstall 4 21 Johnny Cooley 2 's Delance Poston 1 2 Billy Frierson 1 2 Tommy Van Keuren 1 1 Harold Lewis 1 4 after C oach HBaski n tried himii there as an ex periment. F'rom where we sit it looks as> : Fred will be a permanenIt fix:ure in the one-milie lane. Seconld latce ttis wee goe-s: D)ick Hart ulsk i. Dick onceO again flexed his muscles and heavedt the javelin 191 feet, lo 2 ice-. bet - te ring t he Sou th (arolia state var-.ity record by e ve feet Runnerup this we-ek is .lohn Speer, winner of the singles match in (arolina's tennis match: w Wake Forest last Mionday. I: seems as if the track team hats "cornered the market" on the "Sta r of the Week"' honors. Keep up the good wor-k, men. we'll have a winning team yet. A nother star who should be mentioned is R. 0. Hughes, a ritcher on the baseball team. Against the University of G;eor gia Monday he made his first ap pearance for the varsity team. The situation was this: Jlohnny Cooley was on t.he mound in t.he fifth inning, with t.he score tied at 4-4. There was one out with runners on first and second for G;eor-gia. Hughest entered the game at this point and completed the seven -inning game without allowing another run to come in. In fact, he did not allow a hit for the rest of the game. The Birds seered one in the top of the sevent.h to win the game 5 to .4 an g-ive Hunen the win. Team Spli 0i irgia; Hug A pair of pleasaut SUrprisc, second fine pitching corps hil with Georgia's Bulldogs Mond, It. 0. Hughes, a curve-ba Birmingham, Ala., stopped a fir-t and second in thI", fifth in ning of the fir<t game and v.ent on to gain credit for a 5-1 victory. laroid Lewis show, vood form in the scvond gane. H1gh4 rphic-o' Jorimy ( oo:vy Wit 0!ne Out, two iruns aross a4 the score tie<i 4-4 in ihe bottom of the fifth. lie retired the side on a fielder's choicu. grounder and an kaIMy fly to I-ft fi.;d and stopped the Georgian:s cod the Iast two frames of the 5evenmung contest. Thv Gamckock boke the deald lock in t.he top of the seventh when Jim Jarrett cane home from th;id on a fieber's choice grounder by second bae(man L.arry Jewel! with one ouit Jarrett had walked. moved to tcecond on it hunt single by first ba-eman Bob Cros and ad vanced to third off Bpudy .ricks groundout to second. Bi Wohr man walked and broke up an at lempted double play on Jewell' bounder by throwing a body block into Georgia second baseman Jim Callaway. Wohrman won the Jacobs blocking trophy for the late and the Atlantic Coast Con f-rence the lt two yvears as a ootb)al! fullback. Lewi. a .- vnior from Aynor, ar ' up only one infit,ld. hit aind pitched shutout ha: the first four innngs 4f the nightrap. It was rsf sr and wa the first app t1rance f.-r vither him or ion. Lewisalso m:nd i a ln tile hi first ri' t the lIt(, the oni!y hit fr (' !:nn the firz t feour inninge. 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