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h' v FRESHMAN STAR ... Conwa: standout for the Gameeocks. He he state of Georgia, and set a freshma 12 feet, 7 inches. (Photo by Walter Snipes Stands Track; Varsity By SID BADGER Gamecock Sports Writer Conway Snipes, short, stocky freshman track star here at the University is destined to be one of the most colorful and valuable additions to Coach Baskin's track team in many a year. We say valuable because Carolina has been without a good pole vaulter in quite some time, and Snipes is just that. Conway is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Snipes and their home is in Druid Hills, Georgia, which is nicely situated near Atlanta and Emory University. Mr. Snipes is a salesman and very successful at his profession. Druid Hills High School claims this record-breaking athlete and after graduating in 1954, nine such records were left with the name Snipes engulfing them. He stood out in football, track and gym nastics but devoted most of his time to his first love, which was track, and especially pole vaulting. He completely dropped football in his junior year in order to concen trate on track. His fancy has always been pole vaulting and he began his career at this specialty at the age of six. Practice and hard work has paid off as he now holds nine records in the state of Georgia, and just recently set a new freshman pole vault record in this state when he soared 12 feet and 7 inches. Among the more notable record. are the county, regional, state record for "A" schools, and the AAU record, all in Georgia. The latter was set among entrants of athletes from the states of Geor gia, Alabama, and Florida. I might add that Conway also holds a school record for the broad jump with a leap of 21 feet and 6 inches. Although Druid High School did not have a swimming team, this same Mr. Snipes entered the diving division in the Southeastern Swim Meet and won second place in both this and the Metropolitan Invitational Meet. Conway was not only an athlete in high school but took part in student body affafrs and held many notable offices. He was quite active in YMCA work and at one time was president of Hi-Y. He was also chairman of the "Ring" Committee his senior year. After graduating from high school, Conway had decided on entering Georgia Tech, although BI (Includes Player Jim Jarrett, If. Larry Jewell, 2b Bob Cross, lb .. ... Roddy Turner, s Buddy Frick, c Carl Brazell, Sb Frank Ellerbe, s Dick Theusen, c Howard Tunstall, p Bill Tarrer, rf Bill Wohrman, cf Buddy Le, 2b. Ben Brooks, of . Heyward Turistall, p R. 0. Hughes,. p Howard ntal 7. Heyward Turnstall Johnny Coo.e.... fI r Snipes is destined to be a tracl Ids nine high school records in th n pole vault record in this state a Johnson) Out In Prospect he had been offered a scholarshil to Presbyterian College. He ha< taken the entrance exams at Tecl and had one foot in the door whei Coach Weems Baskin made hii appearance and persuaded him t4 try the colors of the Gamecock He consented and as yet does no1 regret it. He entered USC in the fall of 1954 and has already made quite t name for himself. In a recent tracl meet with Clemson he walked of: with the individual point title a, he placed first in the 100-yart dash, pole vault, and broad jumi and ran a leg of the mile relay. In the Intramural Swimminl Meet a few weeks ago, he showec great form as a diver and tool first place honors. When asked of his biggest thrill Conway remarked, "To break any record is a thrill to me. As yet, ] can't think of any one incident thai stands above another." He con. tinued by saying, "It was a credi1 to be one of a team such as ou] freshman track team. They ha great spirit which made it ver] easy to work." He also stated tha Bobby Drawdy, freshman tracl coach, helped him a great deal an< he was looking forward to beini FIRST AND SECOND ...Sonn, Wilcher (right) is licking his lie as he stands on the winner's stan after winning the 440-yard dash i the state meet. Don Whetston (left) came In behind Wilcher an took second place honors. Both wil enter the ACC meet in Chapel Hij this week end. (State photo h Nebbia) RDOMET only those at bat five times G AB RH 2B3BHRS] 17 62 1521 1 1 1 2 15 53 8 17 3 0 0 1 .18 53 9 16 1 0 1 1 18 59 8 16 4 0 0 4 18 67 13 17 1 0 2 7 .16 65 13 16 4 1 0 2 9 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 17 51 6 10 3 0 0 2 18 67 9 13 2 1 0 1 9 22 6 3 1 1 0 0 11 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 G IP H BB SO WP 5 22 22 20 12 0 6 251/ 27 9 25 0 .10 643 60 3047 2 5 14 19 12 3 2 2 5 7 4 1 0 Deacons, N Jewell, Elle Coach Ted Petoskey's Game cocks lost their last shread of hope for the Atlantic Coast Con ference baseball championship when they took a double loss last week end to North Carolina and Wake Forest. A six-run outburst in the 10th inning gave North Carolina's Tar Heels a 12-8 victory Friday at Veterans Hospital field. Wake's league-leading Demon Deacons scored eight runs in a big third inning and coasted to a 12-2 romp Saturday. Fielding Bad Heyward Tunstall pitched beau tiful ball for the Gamecocks against the Tar Heels, but lacked fielding support. All six of North Carolina's runs 'in the first nine innings were unearned as the Gamecocks had their worst day of the season in the field, committing seven errors. L The 10th inning uprising came e on six hits, two walks and one error. Heyward was removed after walking the leadoff batter in the lqth in favor of twin brother Howard. But Howard didn't "have it," and the Tar Heels batted around, several balls drop ping between two fielders. Hey ward was charged with the loss. - Average Jumps Highlight of the game for the Gamecocks was the heavy hitting of shortstop Frank Ellerbe who slammed out three for five to raise his average from .214 to .246. Ellerbe's hits included a double and triple and indicated he might be snapping out of a season-long hitting slump. He hit .323 last season. Second baseman Larry Jewell continued his strong hitting with three singles in four trips against the Tar Heels and two for four against the Deacs. He skyrocketed into second place among the bat ters with a leap from .267 to .321 over the weekend. He's been hitting at .461 pace in the last eight games. Jewell was charged with his first error of the season at second base when he threw wild on a useless throw to first on a double play attempt. His only other error of the season came in the season's opener against Erskine when he filled in at shortstop. Jim Jarrett took over to lead the hitting, slugging a home run and double against UNC and a single against Wake. He dropped one point to .339. Bob Cross had the most disas trous week, -going none for nine and falling from .841 to .808. The big first baseman hit the ball well several times but usually for long outs. Hugh~es Wild Wake Forest made their big under the tutorship of such a fine fine boy, has lots of character, and comes from a very fine family. I knew he was a good pole vaulter but am very surprised and happy at the way he has come along in other specialties on the track. He is the type of boy that Is good for any school. Very popular with the Iother students and displays mod 4esty which plays a large part in making fine athletes. I am looking forward to working with him for the next three years and I know he will be a credit to the team and the University." gentleman and track coach as y Coach Weems Baskin in the fu S ture. A Conway is majoring in business a administration and Is a better than * average student. When asked by Coach Baskin ig about his future track star he re , marked, "I am very happy to have Conway with us. He is a E R ; or more) 3 Sae HP RBI BA POA E PA 2 0 6 .339 40 1 5 .991 2 0 7 .321 39 41 2 .976 2 1 14 .302 97 5 8 .927 0 0 0 .286 0 0 0 .000 2 0 9 .271 94 12 5 .956 4 1 7 .254 18 33 5 .911 1 0 1 .246 37 5510 .902 0 0 3 .235 25 3 2 .93 1 0 1 .222 1 3 0 1.000 1 1 8 .196 17 0 0 1.000 0 0 10 .194 40 2 2 .955 0 0 4 .136 12 11 1 .958 0 0 0 .111 2 0 0 1.000 1 0 1 .000 3 10 1 .929 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 1.000 B HP W L Pct. ERA 1 2 3 2 .600 .000 0 2 2 1 .667 5.69 0 0 3 4 .421 1.94 1 2 0 1 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 .000 158 C. Win; rbe Good assault against Orighthander R. 0. Hughes. Hughes, who had beaten the Deacs 7-2 in an earlier game, couldn't-find the plate. He walked a total of five men in the fatal third and the Deacse mixed in four hits to net their eight runs that frame. Lefty Tommy Van Keuren had Wake batters off-balance with his slow stuff and sweeping round house curve ball as he allowed only one run in four and two-thirds innings after relieving Hughes. It was Van Keuren's longest stint of the year, his only other action a one-inning job against Michigan State early in the season. John Cooley pitched the last one and two-thirds innings. The Gamecocks managed only six hits off Deacon righthander Jack McGinley who fanned 10. UNC ...040 000 002 6-12 15 2 USC .. 200 001 111 2- 8 14 7 Johnson, Maultsby (8) and Love; Hey. Tunstall, How. Tun stall (10) and Frick. W. Forest .028 000 011-12 12 1 USC .....200 000 000- 2 6 1 McGinley and Holt, Horn (7); Hughes, Van Keuren (3) Cooley (8) and Theusen. POINT MAKERS . . . Thee thre, this week end. In the state meet, Ba took second in the high jump and and fourth in the one-mile run. (1 Cliff Litherlan Would I ha varied assig at Du Poni would I sp4 technically ARTHUR I. MENDOLIA v theDu ontCompany adtotohandling cha Altoug hemakes no clase a aminor auti music. Mr. Mendolia is Research for Du Pont's WANT TO KNOW MOE Du Pont? Send for a f Engineers at D)u Pont. you about pioneering chemical engineering - development, producti E. I. du Pont de Nemo Nemour. Building, W OU P R.... SETTER THINGS FOR SETTER U WATCHnCAVAT.CAnDn OA Birds Wh By DICK STRICKLAND Gamecock Spotts Writer The University of South Caro lina scored 66 5/6 points last Sat urday at Clinton in winning its third straight state intercollegiate track and field meet. Clemson finished second with 58 points. Presbyterian had 81%; The Citadel, 10%; Furman 8; and Wofford, %. Sophomore Dick Bartulski of South Carolina hurled the javelin 189 feet, 7 % inches to set a new record. The old record was 184 feet, 9% inches, set in 1935 by Blackwell of Clemson. Dashman Tommy Woodlee led the Gamecocks as the meet's high scorer. He won the 100 and 220 yard dashes and was anchorman of the winning mile-relay team to give him a total of 11% points. Clemson's Joe Bowen captured two first places with wins in both the high and low hurdles. The Gamecocks took seven -of the 15 ecents in defending its title while Clemson took six and Pres byterian two. Competition was keen as three other records were challenged by strong contenders. Austin Mitchell of Clemson cleared 6 feet, 2 inches x/ e men are expected to be a big help rtuleki (left) won the javelin with discus, and Allen Inabinet (right 'hoto by Manning Harris) I asks: ve ~nments -or cialize I CLIF stitu Eng and quea tion year Arthur We larj Du -a ~as graduated from Case a fE and started work with that same month. In llenging assignments at ne interesting hobbies. lOw claims personally, he's stre ority on golf and hi-fl Ne: Assistant Director of sti Electrochemicale Dept. me4 sta: pre _______________Du 8 e bout working with me ee copy of "Chemical. a booklet that tells inb work being done in brc in research, process( on and sales. Write to . . ur & Co. (Inc.), 252I1st lImnngton, Delaware. tur re on an: ing for fINO. .. THROUON CNMUSTY MRRICA"ON TRIEVInrnN VSm State Ti in taking the high jump, but failed to reach 6 feet, 3 inch record. Bobby Vass of Presbyterian jumped over a foot greater than the state record of 28 feet, 8 7/8 inches in the broad jump, but the jump was scratched because he stepped over the takeoff board by a fraction of an inch. The Gamecock mile-relay team of Sonny Wilcher, D %n Whetstone, Fred Roberts, and To,..::; ,?9d lee ran the distance in 3:22.8, just .5 second off the record. The weather for the meet was hot and dry and the times would have been faster if the track had been in better shape, especially on the curves. This week end the Gamecocks journey to Chapel Hill to compete in the ACC Meet. The summary: Pole vault-1, Metz, Clemson. 2, Abbott, Clemson, and R. Johnson, P. C. 4, Fogler, Clemson, and Corrigan, Clemson. 12 feet, 6 inches. High jump-1, Mitchell, Clem son. 2, Collins, USC, and Williams, llemson. 4, Martin, USC. Lester, The Citadel, and Sexton, Wofford. 6 feet, 2 inches. One-mile run-1, Carter, Clem son. 2, Reeves, USC. 3, Dickens, Clemson. 4, Inabinet, USC. 4:81.9. * to the Gamecocks in the ACC meet s new record, Tom Collins (center), took second in the two-mile run FORD LITHGERLAND received a B.A. to last year, and is now working fo neering. He is Business Manager of Vice-President of the fifth-year claa tions of prospective employers, Cliff is that will help him make the best use a ahead. Mendolia answers: [1, Cliff, I'd say the answer to th :ely on your own preferences. In a Pont there are opportunities for gro a my own case, I've followed the rc nd'I think you'll find that's the ger low is interested in administrative or example, after graduation I sta ch lab at Du Pont's Niagara Falls ed by two years of process. impro tch as assistant supervisor over or it, I spcnt a few years in liaison or iction of our first full-scale plant foi iiates from furfural. Then, I had ai t up," and production supervision I sent post. I was made Assistant Dii Pont's Electrochemicals Departmen ou see, variety of assignments mel a and with constantly changing p ~rest alive. It leads to growth, too, ad base of experience for future resi )n the other hand, some fellows pres in a particular field-and Du Pc ities for that type of professional sarch, development and design gre distillation, mass transfer, thermo thing else you'd care to mention ini These men are respected throughom their technical knowledge. Vhichever route you choose, Cliff--I i'll find that a job well done leads t< icement at Dn Pont. -ack Meet Shot put--1, 'Kirby, Clemson. 2, Silas, USC. 8, Spooner, Clemson. 4, Harrington, P.C. 44 feet, 6 inches. 440-yard dash-1, Wilcher, USC. 2, Whetstone, USC. ' 3, Floyd, Clemson. 4, Buck, Clemson. :50.2. Discus-1, Silas; USC. 2, Col- " line, USC. 3, Murphee, Clemson. 4, Hightower. Furman. 141 feet, 2% inches. Javelin-1, Bartulski, USC. 2, Berry, USC. 3. Summerhill, The Citadel. 4, Smith, Clemson. 189 feet, 7% inches (new record). 100-yard dash - 1, Woodleis USC. 2, D. Johnson, P.C. 3, Vass, P.C. 4, Thomas, USC. :09.9. 120-yard high hurdles - 1, Bowen, Clemson. 2, Hancock, P.C. 3, Fischl, The Citadel. 4, Aiken, P.C. :15. 880-yard run-1, Roberts, USC. 2, Carter, Clemson. 3, Mattos,. Furman. 4, Reeves, USC. 1:58.4. Broad jump-1, Vass, P.C. 2, Berry, USC. 3, Lester, The Cita del. 4,' Summer, USC. 22 feet, 9 5/8 inches. 220-yard dash - 1, Woodlee, USC. 2, D. Johnson, P.C. 8, Thomas, USC. 4, Vass, P.C. :22. Two-mile run-1, Fesperman, P.C. 2, Inabinet, USC. 3, Hughes, USC. 4, Roberts, Clemson. 10:26.5. 220-yard low hurdles-1, Bowen, Clemson. 2, Fischl, The Citadel. 3, Falls, P.C. 4, Hancock, P.C. :24.8. One-mile relay-1, USC (Wil cher, Whetstone, Roberts, and Woodlee). 2, Clemson. 3, Presby terian. 4, The Citadel. 3:22.8. 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