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Athletic I By Walter Johnson Sports Editor In 1953 Carolina pulled out of the old Southern Conference along with seven other teams to form the smaller and more efficient At lantic Coast Conference. The ACC is one of the most; powerful conferences in the na tion, having nationally ranking Maryland and Duke in football, N. C. State and Duke in basketball, and Wake Forest, who had one of the best baseball teams in the na tion last year. Carolina always has a difficult schedule in football, playing such teams as Army, Navy, Maryland, Duke, and West Virginia in the last couple of years. The Univer sity of Texas has been added to the schedule for next season. Physical Expansion In physical expansion t h e -swimming pool, the. field house, and the stadium have been the out standing features. In December of 1937, a long distance call from New Orleans in formed The Gamecock that Presi dent Franklin D. Roosevelt had signed a WPA grant for a swim ming pool for. the University which would cost $108,790. Al though it is no longer true, this pool was the largest in the South east at the time. The years 1981-84 were the best years for expansion, because both the field house and the stadium were built in those years. The field house included a basketball court which is still in use. The stadium had the South end filled in and bleachers were built at the North end as attendance began to increase. It will hold about 38,000 at present. Field House A new circular field house is in the planning stages and will be completed about June 1. It will include offices for all the coaches and athletic officials, dressing rooms, showers, quarters for the athletic teams and other needed facilities. Besides the building itself there will be a baseball diamond, a track, and three practice football fields. The total cost will be about $350,000. Gamecock Coaches Rex Enright is head football coach and athletic director for the university. He became head coach in 1988 and has remained in that capacity for 15 years. He was out for three years during the war, serving in the Navy. His record against Clemson is 9-8-1. The assistant coaches include Hank Bartos, line coach, who has been here since 1946; Earl Dun ham, backfield coach, who joined the staff in 1947; Ted Petoskey, end coach and head baseball coach, who was here from 1935 to 1941 and came back in 1947; Weems Baskin, line coach and head track coach, who has been here since 1948; Ernie Lawhorne, backfield coach, who joined the staff in 1951. Also on the staff Is line coach Frank (Blackie) Johnston, who Basketball Tea Straight; Slaug By Walter Johnson Sports Editor Basketball got its start at Caro lina in 1982 with a bang. The net men won the first two games that Sear then lost to Vanderbilt and Kentucky. They began winning again and didn't quit until the last game of the following season, when they lost to N. C. State. They had a winning streak of 82 straight games over two seasons. They lost only three while winning 35 those two years. The Gamecocks continued to have w? .ing seasons until 1987 88. They won three and lost 20 that year, their worst season yet. They had six other losing seasons as compared with 18 winning seasons. Carolina's easiest opponents have been The Citadel and Newberry. Since 1932, USC holds a 32-7 lead over The Citadel and a 22-2 lead over Newberry. North Carolina and Wake Forest are our Mworst enemies. Against UNC the record is five won, 18 lost. With Wake Forest it is eight victories and 22 defeats. The outstanding individual bas ketball player to enter the record books was center Jim Slaughter. He played from 1941 through 1951. At that time Carolina was in the Southern Conference and- fresh men could play on the varsity. Slaughter averaged 61.2 points per game his freshman year, but it took a jump to 16.0 the follow ing year. Then it went up to 20.0 andl in his final year it was 328A xpansion Football Pr Past; Steve I Football began at Carolina in 1894 with two games on the sched ule, Georgia and Augusta YMCA, both of which were losses. The next year saw a split in two games, defeating Furman and losing to Wofford. Neither of these teams had a coach. That luxury was added In 1896, but it was still a losing season, this time with a 1-2 season. The coach, W. H. (Dixie) Whaley, won the first game with Clemson, but lost to Wofford and Charles ton YMCA. The best season for the Game cocks was in 1903 with a 7-2 season. They did almost as good in 1953 with a 7-8 record. The worst season was in 1919, 1-7-1, and it was duplicated in 1942 under the present coach, Rex Enright. As a team, the 1908 squad set record for the most points scored in one game, one season, and tied three other teams for the most victories in one season. C. R. Wil liams was the coach of that team and C. Guy Gunter was the cap tain and star. But the more recent teams seem to have done much better statis tically. The 1953 team, which won seven and lost three, set seven team records. They had the most total WADIAK TOP RUSHER .. . Steve Wadlak was probably the best half back to attend Carolina. He set several rushing records. came from Notre Dame, where he coached the freshman team. He came here early this year. Basketball Walter Hambrick, who was head basketball coach at Pikesville Junior College in Kentucky last year, has come to Carolina this year as Frank Johnson's assistant and as a physical education In structor. Johnson is h e a d basketball coach. He played basketball under Enright, who ws coaching at Georgia at the time, and in 198 Enright called him up from Mississippi, w h e r e h e was coaching. He put out his first basketball team here in 1940-41 and has been head coach ever since, except for a couple of years which he spent in the Navy. m Won 32 hter Best This figures out to 16.7 for his career. Dwane Morrison had a 16.9 average, but it was only for three years. Slaughter holds the record for most points scored, 87, and the most field goals scored, 17, in one game. For a season he holds most SLAUGHTER WAS BEST . .. Jim Slaughter, center, was the top basketbali player at Carolina. He set mere records than any other individual. points scored, best scoring average and field goal average, beat re bound average, most rebounds and free throws. He holds the career record of most points scored, 1,512, and most free throws, 84. The prospects for the upcoming sason are gona Increases esent And Vadiak Best yards running and passing, most yards gained by passing, and most first downs, for one season. For one game, they had the most passes attempted and most completed, and are tied with the 1952 team for most first downs in one game, 23. They are tied with three other teams for the most victories in one season, 7. This team had six players on the All-State team, four on the All American team, and the Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner, fullback Bill Wohrman. Wohrman won the trophy twice. The 1920 team is remembered for one feat. It broke the seven year Clemson monopoly of "Big Thursday" with an upset 3-0 vic tory. Eight USC players have made All-American. In 1942 Louis Sos samon, center, made the AP second team. In 1946 another center, Bryant Meeks, also made the AP second team. Steve Wadiak, half back, made the Helms Founda tion and Paul Williamson second teams in 1951. In 1962 Norris Mullis made the AP second team as.a defensive halfback. Clyde Ben nett, end, made the AP third team and Leon Cunningham, center, was on the True Magazine first team in 1953. Cunningham also made the AP and NEA third teams in 1954. And Frank Mincevich, a 245 pound tackle, made the Look Magazine first team this year. The statistical records at Caro lina have been neglected somewhat up until 1950, and therefore might be inaccurate. But an attempt has been made to obtain an accurate set of records, and these are cor rect as far as we know. Campus favorite from ev No guenwork here, Arrow' button-down shirt cope the a campus with its soft roll colt length back pleat, back-colls button-details you'd expec custom shirtmakers! Now available in authentic plaids tattersall checks, $6.95 up. Combine it with Arrow's ti slacks in chino, $5.95 --for the new casual look. ARR6 CASUAL Wi -first in fashi Genuine Cordovan Other Freemans $10.9 o $2en.9 THEY HEAD CAMPUS INTRA newly chosen by the respective frati Sigma), Norden Davis (Pi Kappa , Epsilon). Second row: (l-r) Tom M (Phi Kappa Sigma), Jimmy Baxter Buzzy Carmichael (Sigma Alpha Ep Chi), Conyers O'Brien (Pi Kappa P1 George Bomar, Lambda Chi Alpha, Davis, Kappa Alpha, secretary. (Phoi Steve Wadia'k is probably the outstanding football player ever to attend the University. He was here from 1948 through 1951. He holds the team record for most yardage gained rushing in one season, one game, and during a career. His total rushing yard age was 2,878 yards, the only Gamecock to rush for as much as 1,000 yards. Wadiak also set the record for best rushing average for one season, 8.2; for career, 5.36; most touchdowns for one season, 8; and for career, 25. He made the long est run from scrimmngs, 9G yards, against George Wasl".=ngton in ory angle.... n new tyle lead on ar, full ir t from tnd pered -. AR PR con Ye dr, ov Kiu as wondesfl Fre MURALS ... Pictured above is the rnities on campus. Members are: Upha), Sid Badger (P1 Kappa Aiph ihoney (Phi Sigma Kappa), Bobby I (Sigma N), Dick Nodden (Sigma ilon), George Bomar (Lambda Chi ii), and Charles Davis (Kappa Alpha president; Sid Badger, Pi Kappa o by Bob Kelsey) 1950. Johnny Gramling was 'tops as far as passing goes. He set 11 records in this department, Includ ing most yards gained by passing, passes completed, most attempted, and most touchdown passes. Gramling's favorite receiver was end Clyde Bennett. The Gramling to - Bennett combination usually worked when yardage was needed. Bennett set the record for most passes received in one season, 84, and during career, 64. He also gained the most yardage by pass receptions in one game, 121, in one season, 502, and during career, 1,021. You hear "gIowing" reports about KEMAN DOVANS U always feel well issed in~ Freeman Cord an Boot-leather of igs. High finish, superb tre .. . with the "go" good as the glow. Just sure to ask for .. . I feeling FRtEEMAN'S eman Shoes at land Company 1409 Main St. oluunhla. S. C. Interfraternity Intramural Council, top row (l-r) Bob Cross (Kappa a), and Julian Taporek (Sigma Phi YieCarty (Sigma Chi), Bill Stathius Phi Epsilon). Bottom row: (l-r) Alpha), Bobby Gunnells (Sigma ). Officers of the organization are Lipha, vice-presidesy, and Charles 5ormaI We Men's Clothing, SI and Furnishingi (Author of 'A THE PEN IS MIGHTIE Back in my courting days (t everybody was singing Good young Bonaparte had just left ( ing days, the standard way to poetry to her. Young men today have abai say I don't understand why. poetry for moving a difficult ridiculously easy to write. The less. You can write a poem abou her lips, her teeth, her walk, I anything at all. Indeed, one of called To Maud's Pencil Box. I In your dear little Are pencils, of yello And if you don't teL3 i'll hit you on top c Honesty compels me to adn success. Nothing daunted, I ' pulled a switch; I threatened m Oh, Maud, pray a And tell me you'li For my tweet bre And wind arount My heart doth ce My spleen uncoil My liver atope se Soon I need, be When this heart-rending bal only conclude that she was cri better off without her. Accord bid her adieu, and have not cli heard of her, she was in North~ as a clam sorter. But I did not mourn Maud lo Doris of the laughing eyes, Do of the golden tibiae I Within m up a torrent of trochaic tetramr Oh, my tweet at You're gentle as With its mild an And ite white se Both is regular Doria, tell use $l Well, of course, the poor girl what girl could?-and she ins rest of the semester she carrie cored my apples, There's no ended if she hadn't been draft So, men, you can ses the effk Try it soon. All you need is a and a second-hand muse. The awaeewo PRIEUP NOW Ue ra&asse ba assasey .f ,ie, 'age Eleven Predictions Sou. California 14, California 7 Clemson 20, South Carolina 18 Duke 21, Pittsburgh 7 Ga. Tech 27, Florida State 0 Miami 27, Texas Christian 21 Michigan 35, Minnesota 6 Michigan State 21, Illinois 7 Mississippi 14, Arkansas 0 Navy 28, Pennsylvania 6 N. Carolina 13, Wake Forest 13 Notre Dame 21, Purdue 13 Maryland 42, Syracuse 6 Ohio State 13, Wisconsin 12 UCLA '14, Iowa 7 Army 48, Columbia 0 Anderson Crenshaw was the first person to graduate from the university. Crenshaw graduated on Monday, November 28, 1806. He received a B.A. Degree. The provision by which USC was founded was a provision of the Legislature of December 19, 1801, entitled "An Act to Establish a College at Columbia." The Cotillion Club is a dance organization with a limited mem bership to a specific number of male students. 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