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Basketball 3 Practice; O 4 Varsity and freshmen drills in preparation for the 1955-'56 bas ketball season moved into full swing, Tuesday afternoon and night, under the supervision of head coach Frank Johnson and assistant Walter Hambrick. A turnout of between 20 and 30 students, including members of last season's Gamecock squad, started practice for berths on the varsity team at 3:30. South Carolina's Gamecocks will begin their 20-game schedule with promise of an improved team, bol stered by the return of veteran center Lee Collins, and six-foot, six-inch Grady Wallace, a transfer from Pikeville, Ky., Junior Col lege who was the nation's top scorer in his league last winter with an average of 32.9 points per game. Also joining the Gamecocks from Pikeville is six-foot, one-inch Bob McCoy, a guard who averaged over 21 points per game last sea son. Collins and guard Benny Fannin are the two returning players from last year's first team. Col lins poured 435 points through the nets and averaged 16.1 points per game. He ranked third among re bounders in the strong Atlantic Coast Conference. Fannin, who stands an even six feet, accounted for 267 points and finished with a 10.6 average. Marshall Perkins moves onto the varsity this year. He led last year's freshman team, hitting at 23.4 points per contest for his final average. Other returning lettermen are forwards Art Smejkal, Dave Neil son, center Sam Smith, and guards Jack Neeley and Sol Richardson. Sophomore Dean Crain, a guard, Collegiate Clippings Sports editors in the Associated Collegiate press have started a system of choosing a Big Ten in football over the nation. This week's ratings have not come in yet, but the ratings for last week were Michigan, Mary land, Oklahoma, Navy, UCLA, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Duke, Auburn, and West Virginia in that ordler. Although the ACP~ receivedi rat S ings from only 12 editors, they were from dlifferent regions of the U. S., and they followed the AP po11l) retty closely. ' * * The Wittenberg Torch lists this one in its favorite story section: A successful businessman on a visit to his ilma mater dropped in on his economies professor. Re calling that he used to have trou ble wvith economics exams, he asked to see some of the current papers. Noting them casually, he observed. "These are the same old ques tions." "Yes" agreed the professor. "4never change the questions." "But," said the visitor, "Don't you know the students wvill pass the questions from class to class?" "Certainly," was the bland reply, "But in economics, we al ways change the answers." * * * This isn't a "stop the presses" item or anything like that, but we pass it along for wat it's worth. West Virginia University's Daily Athenaeum gleamed the following information from a Social Sec urity adlministration report: According to the latest figures, the adlministration has issued social security cardis to 149 people named Davy Crockett and 221 peop)le namedl Daniel Boone. That apparently means the Boones have it all over the Crocketts when it comes to replenishing the eVyth. At last report, no figures were available on Napoleon Bonaparte or Donald Duck. With the advent of the Civil War, as far as is known, every alumnus of Carolina who was physically able volunteered for the ['earn Starts pen Dec. 1 and center Joe Granger, a trans fer from Wingate Junior College, will play parts in deciding the strength of the Gamecock squad. The 1955-'56 basketball sched ule: Dec. 1-The Citadel in Columbia. Dec. 3-Wofford in Columbia. Dec. 9-Duke at Durham, N. C. Dec. 10-North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N. C. Dec. .14-North Carolina State at Charlotte, N. C. Dec. 17-Virginia in Columbia. Dec. 28-Gator Bowl Tourna ment at Jacksonville, Fla. Jan. 2-Virginia at Charlottes ville, Va. Jan. 3-Maryland at College Park, Md. Jan. 9-Maryland ,in Columbia. Jan. 10-Duke in Columbia. Jan. 13-North Carolina in Co lumbia. Jan. 18-Clemson in Columbia. Jan. 27-Wake Forest in Colum bia. Feb. 4-The Citadel at Charles ton. Feb. 10-Wake Forest at Wake Forest, N. C. Feb. 11-North Carolina State at Raleigh, N. C. Feb. 14-Furman in Columbia. Feb. 18-Georgia Tech in Co lumbia. Feb. 21-Clemson- at Clemson. Feb. 25-Furman at Greenville. Atlantic Coast Conf. Tourna ment at Raleigh, N. C. US C Run The Gamecocks' cross country team will meet- the University of Georgia team here tomorrow in the last regular meet of the sea son. Carolina took the honors the last time these two teams ran. Allen Inabinet came in first to lead the Gamecocks. The conference meet is sched uled for later in November. Caro Carolina Loses Maryland; Use Mighty Maryland upheld their national ranking this past week end by trouncing a game, but clearly outclassed South Carolina eleven, 27-0. Jim Tatum's boys combined a rugged line with sterling play from a certain Mr. Ed Vereb in sending the Game cocks down to their third ACC defeat of the season. Twenty three thousand fans braved a showver of rain in the second half in the Terrapins homecoming en counter at College Park. Marylan..l showed the trend of things when the Terps rolled 58 yards for the initial tally the first time they had the ball. The Gamecocks, despite a good passing day, could never cross the double stripes. Three USC passers threw 26 passes, completing 10 and having four intercepted. Vereb was the bright star in the Maryland heavens. Eddie scored three times in the contest, boosting his touchdown total to 11 and setting a new ACC record in that department with 66 points to his credit. He smashed the-old record of 54 when he reeled off 19 yards for a tally in the second quarter. He also had 111 yards for 13 attempts in his running to take top honors for the (lay in that department. His teammate, Dave Nusz, had 47 yards for seven car ries for the Terps. Big Bob Pellegrini led the mighty Maryland line which out charged the Gamecocks through out the game. Maryland's passing left little to be dlesired as five passers completed five of seven, one for a touchdown in the first p)erlod. The Terrapin forward wall throttled Carolina's fleet halfbacks, Brazell and Caskey, holding Brazell to seven yards in- five rushes and Caskey to 10 yards in two rushes. For the Gamecocks, Mackie Prickett had his best day of the season. The St. Matthews lad completed five of 10 passes to keep the Birds threatening through the airways. Buddy Frick of North was a pillar of strength In the Gamecock line, making many tackles and taking in a pass for 22 yards, the longest Carolina play from scrimmage. The Terps stepped right in BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR.. year with the Gamecock basketball tes a 16.1 average and was third in the c, depended on a lot this year to help th ners Meet lina, University of Georgia, Clem son, Wake Forest, and North s Carolina State will be competing a then. s All six men on the University c team run each time. These run- d ners are Allen Inabinet, Fred Rob erts, Don Whetstone, Sonny Wil- o cher, Chuck Hughes end Jess t Arant. r To Mighty Passing ; when Brazell's punt carried to the Maryland 42 in- the opening mo ments of the contest. Maryland scored in six plays with Vereb 5 carrying on five of them. Eddie got 34 yards off tackle on the Il fourth play and one play later, slammed the last three for the score. Late in the first quarter Mary land.again got rolling. They took possession orf their own 47-yard line and began- a scoring dIrive at that point. Nusz gained 18 and - two plays later, Maryland wvas on the South Carolina eleven. Nusz, on a pitchout, flipped a scoring toss to halfback Howie Dare and the Terrapins were two tallies to the good at the end of the first period. Carolina struck back briefly in the second period, driving to the Maryland 26-yard line. The Terps held at this point, however, and a fourth down pass completion lacked the necessary yardage, stopping the dIrive. Maryland then moved to the Carolina 32 where a pitch out fumble was snared by the Gamecock's Gosnell. Midway in the period, Ma'ryland drove for their third touchdown on a 71-yard drive. Vereb went. the last 19 to establish a new scoring record. Maryland used mostly reserves in the scoreless third period, neither team threatening seriously. Tatum started his first team in the fourth quarter and got another insurance tally. Vereb intercepted a Jack Hall pass at the Carolina 49 and raced to the 21. The Ter rapins were again threatening. Vereb scampered around end - for the tally two plays later. The Maryland third and fourth team played throughout the remainder of the contest. Rex Enright stated that the Maryland team "was one of the greatest of the past few years, dangerous at any time." Tatum had nothing but praise for the Gamecocks. "South Carolina has a good passing team andl never stopped trying in the whole game." The best was not enough, how ever, to stop the Terp ditack. Maryland proved Saturday, to Carolina rooters at least, just why they're number one In the n,ation. Some people are even tempered only because they are In a bad mood all the time. Center Lee Collins has one mor m. le led the team last year witt nference in rebounds. He will b e team have a better season. Georgia In a triangular meet earlier thi eason, N. S. State won. Carolin nd Wake Forest also ran. Clem on won the meet with the Game ocks the day before Big Thurs ay. The team's course this year i ut from the airport road, nea he Augusta highway. The usus un is from three to four miles. From the Colorado School o lines comes this thought: to roman the perfect husband is on rho thinks he has the perfec rife. Commenting on the Do-It-Your elf craze, this observation can b 'ade: "What we are looking fo ow is a book entitled "How T et Other People To Do It." The University is the oldes tate-controlled and state-sup: orted institution of higher learr ig in the United States. SBy appointment purveyors of soap to //kv Yardley good groomil Lond< From London, the world's ce Yardley After Shaving Loti skin in wondrous style. It I It counteracts skin dIrynless It was created for those who campus store, $1.10 and $1 trihntors for IU. S A. Yardi Biddies 'j The undefeated University of South Carolina freshman football team will meet North Carolina State at 8 o'clock Friday night in Carolina Stadium. A crowd of over 6,000 is ex pected to turn out to see the sen sational halfback King Dixon and the other talented Biddies in ac tion. South Carolina's frosh have beaten Wake Forest, 25-7, and North Carolina, 13-0, but were tied by Clemson, 14-14. State's fresh men have lost to Clemson, 14-0, but routed Duke, 32-13. Probable starters for the Biddies are ends Buddy Mayfield of At lanta and Jimmy Duncan of Char lotte, tackles John Kompara of Canton, 0., and Don Rogers of South Orange, N. J., guards Jimmy Merck of Liberty and Winkie Kirk of Atlanta, center Tony Gialenios of Columbia, quarterback W. L. Birds Won Freak Game In The Bowl South Carolina's meeting with North Carolina in the famous Oyster Bowl at Norfolk, Va., Sat urday afternoon recalls one of the most fantastic victories in football history. It happened in- 1952 when the Gamecocks met a great Virginia team in the Oyster Bowl. The Cavaliers had lost only to Duke s that season and had won 10 of 1 their previous 11 games. South Carolina figured to be an - other comparatively easy victory - for the power-laden Cavaliers, and for three .quarters the Virginians dominated the game, leading 14-0. r Then, with six minutes remain 1 ing in the final quarter, things began to explode and before the Cavaliers could regain their bal f ance South Carolina had scored three touchdowns in one minute and 45 seconds of playing time t to win the game, 21-14. A long pass, from Dick Balka produced one touchdown, a fumble on the kickoff and a recovery by the Gamecocks set the stage for - the second by Mike Caskey, and following the next kickoff a Vir r ginia ball carrier fumbled in the end zone and guard Bob King fell on it for a third USC score. Virginia Coach Art Guepe was dismayed, but possibly not as much as a sports writer from a t nearby towvn who came over to cover the game for his newvspaper and decided to leave midway of - the fourth quarter in order to avoid'the post-game traffic. he late King George VI, Yardley & Co., Ltd., London brings you ig in a bottle )fn style niet of fashions for men, comes on. It softens and braces the eips to heal inadlvertent nicks. causedl by hard water shaving. value good grooming. At your .50 plus tax. Makers andl dis sv of London, Inc.. New York. 'oPlay N Strickland of Thomaston, Ga halfbacks Dixon and Alex Hawkin of South Charleston, W. Va., an fullback Charles Jackson o: Cheraw. , Dixon leads the Biddy runner: with a 7.6 average on rushin$ plays and 45-yard average on thre4 punt returns. The unbeaten Biddies hav played before 26,000 fans in three games to date, averaging ovei 5o million times a day at home, at work or on the way There's nothing - like a 1. 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A standing-room a only crowd of 4,000 saw them open I with a 25-7 win over Wake Forest f i at Lancaster and 4,000 more turned out in spite of heavy rains to watch them down North Carolina, 13-0, at Greensboro, N. C. Re cently 18,000 watched them fight to a tie with Clemson. Admission will be $1.50 for P.dults and 50 cents for school children. r I r I r I r I I I I I F THE COCA-COLA COMPANY sY abot Lodge, Jr., Leader's Digest OKxARns. OT TAWA now published an 1 2 lanaguages, aore than 18 million people. IH 'g among individuals, the l)igest rent nations to share thecir ex s why I,for one. read the I)igest s create thle conditions of world --From a statement ir' November presentative to the United Nations. er Reader's on't miss: FROM $3.50 BEST-SELLER: " "The D)reyfus Affair," in d an innocent man a traitor, elebrated miscarriage of jus .Here--in all its relentless of the hysteria-ridden case nation and the very concept iT POINTER. 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