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Collins Shin Sports Editor Speaks Sid Badger, Sports Editor Last week was a week of challenge to the Carolina stu dents. A challenge which I hoped would bring out any signs that there was a spark or two left in our student body that may ignite into the "hottest" outburst of spirit this campus has ever witnessed. The results were flabbergasting. I asked for 4,000 to turn out and by the looks and sound of things there must have been nearer 5,000. Old hands here at the University made remarks that they have never before seen anything like the spirit displayed here this past Tuesday night. Bill Davis of the athletic department said he had been here eight years and he had never seen anything like it. Now I ask you fellow students, why can't this continue? I believe it can and further more I believe you, the students will see to it that this type spirit is carried on in the future and it will be a permanent fixture here at Carolina. Each one of you who turned out for the "Spirit of '56" night proved what could be done and you also proved that you liked it. Our new head football coach, Warren Giese, expressed the hope that we would carry this type school spirit into the football season this year. We can do just that but there is only one way to do it and that is to have the right type cheer ing section and this type could not be right unless the stu dents can be together. Already suggestions are pouring in regarding school spirit and the many ways in which improvements could be made. Probably the most interesting one so far is the ticket situa tion at football games and the method by which tickets should be issued. It is a known fact that this has been the most bitterly contested item in recent years and the terrible situation that developed last season brought things to a head. It is absolutely disgusting to sit in Carolina Stadium dur ing a football game and be surrounded by anyone but your fellow students. It could be your milkman or a traveling salesman passing through Columbia and who had paid a "scalper" an outrageous price for a ticket and who came to the game because he had nothing else to do. How can we, the students, have any urge to give our teams that boost they need when we may be sitting rows apart. There is a group of students on the campus who will pre sent to the student council in the very near future a plan of ticket distribution that I personally am one hundred per cent behind. This plan would call for identification cards for each student with their pictures on them. There would be strict checking at the gates and absolutely no one would be ad mitted who could not be identified by his picture. A special stude,nt section would be designated at the stadium for stu dents and first come, first served would be the order of the day. In this way we would have all students together, cer tain groups could be together if they wished and you would have your fellow students with you, your friends, and you would be able to give out with that old "College Spirit" and not be embarrassed because you were sitting in the middle of a group of outsiders and trying to yell alone. There would be no need for tickets if this plan was used and this would mean that expense would be cut dlown. I do not believe a student would try selling his ID card to an out sider as you could not be assured you would get your cardl back. If any student would actually try this, I definitely think he should be found guilty of violating the Honor Code and should be handled just as he or she would if found break ing the Code in the classroom. Some of you may think this would be too drastic but the ones that do are the ones who know they are guilty of this infraction. * * * Hats off to everyone who gave a helping hand in making the intramural department's "U. S. Olympic Football Game" a success. Approximately $140 was raised and has already been sent to the Olympic Committee in New York. This was the first event ever staged in the state of South Carolina for this purpose. Many thanks to Athletic Director Rex Enright for his cooperation; to Rosie Newman, Leah Switzer, Julie Petoskey, Greta Clancy, Nora Dewitt for their help in solicit ing donations from the spectators; to Ab Avinger, whose Baseball Call Set Monday4 Coach Ted Petosky has issued the initial call for baseball aspi rants, stating that all interested should meet in the University ,,) Field House Monday (Feb. 20) afternoon at 2 o'clock. Ten returning lettermen should provide a solid nucleus for the 1956 edition. Leading the re turnees from last year's club is outfielder Jim Jarrett, who led the locals in batting last season with a healthy .380. Other letter-win ners returning are infielders Larry Jewell and Bob Cross, both hitting beyond the .300 clip last year; Buddy Frick and Dick Theusen, catchers; Carl Brazell and Frank Ellerbe, infielders; and pitcher Johnny Cooley.IJ Up from the Freshman squad and promising to figure in Coach Petosky's plans are catchers Rick Erickson, Ward Fisher, and Dave Ketchem; Buddy Niddifler and Julius Derrick, outfielders; and moundsmen Leon Norten, Murphy Lemon, Tommy Van Keuren, Alex ____________ Brown, and Phil Donlin. 3ks s( CENTER LEE COLLINS is seei evening against Furman. Collins fii cocks to a rousing 109-97 win. Oth Hanks (36), and Ruth (32). (Staf 4,000 See '56' Bring By Bill Furman and Carolina batt minutes before a jammed, c night. Neither team had adi point margin, and the Paladin better part. Art Smejkal's ti1 set the halftime score of 45-45. But in the second half the Game cocks warmed up and Furman switched to a closer man-to-man defense, which proved to be their downfall. Fraley, Kyber a n d Ilanks fouled out in the process. It was the first victory for Caro lina over Furman since 1953, and the most points ever scored against the invaders from Greenville. Darrell Floyd, the nation's scor ing leader, led hoth teams with a 40-point night, but Lee Collins and Grady Wallace shunted him out of orange hat and bermuda shor the spectators like a sore thur label which read "U. S. Olyr with dlonations. Sonny Wilcher and( Fredd outstanding track stars took similar to the Olympic ceremn Captain Terry and his Air For game ceremonies and p)rovidi afternoon. Last, but far fron ficials of the game, "Boogie" White, who donatted their ser much praise for their untiring with intramural officiating f. fees are very low for intramt men dlid their utmost in pr 1leas test." Mr. Jack Sholar of WNOI commendled for the fine cover informed me that there may I game in Life magazine in the Most likel in mor< He ra only f< also f clothe ElmiEMNiREEE buttot taulore tan, $ e*cloth i MEPMM miEd When i chino back s Ktial g. rameC I adding this 2 point totals for 11e res in 35 points it lead the Gamnc. er players pictured are Floyd (33), f photo by Waynme Patrick) 'Spirit Of USC Win Atkinson led point for point for twenty heering field house Tuesday vantage of better than a six s held the upper hand for the. -in near the end of the period' the limelight. Collins connected four times straight in the opening minutes of the final period to boost his team into a lead they weren't to relinquish again. The big center hit his high of the season in scoring with 35 points and pulled down 18 rebounds to the ringing approval of Carolina fans. Hobby McCoy manipulated the free throw line for 11; points in 17 attempts, rating as nlmumer two (aimevock with 21; points, and SGrady Wallace sunk 25. ts made him stand out among nb) -- his oversized .i ug wvith a nplic und(,"' ,vas olver-ladened( ie Rob)erts, W(wo of ('aarol ina's par't ill a pre-gamle ceremolly Oni es. \ aniiy, illaly fi hatk 10t ee band lor p)erforminIg inl pre [g ine ut Isic Ii brougihout the least, t hanks are due the of Smith, Walter Ollie ad( Roger iices. Smiit h and( O)llie (deserve efforts in helin g lHob RZoyall >r' the bast two seasons. The ral offliciain g buat t (1h t hese ovidling the "bes)tst t for thle radlio and t elevisioni is to be age he gauve t he game andl has >e shots of' the ce'remoniies and( very near futi ure. y to succeed - i ways than one tes a hand from his prof, not ur sinking the most buckets, buat r knowing how to pick his s. This Arrow University i-down shirt is beautifully di gingham in an authentic tar 5.95--also available in oxford choice of nine colors), $5.00. worn together with Arrow slacks, (pleatless front and trap) they mark the influen y on campus. Slacks, $5.95. IRROW+ first in fashion IRITS * TIES * SLACKS [)cks N Birds Play. Tech Here Saturday South Carolina encounters Geor gia Tech tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the final home game of the 1955-56 season. It will also be the final home game for Lee Col lins, outstanding Gamecock center. Other seniors on the varsity squad include Dave Neilson, Benny Fan nin, Sol Richardson, Russ Porter, and Sam Smith. Collins, a senior from Lancaster, has been a mainstay of Coach Frank Johnson's Gamecocks over the past three seasons and in the words of a teammate, " . . . has earned himself a place proper in the sports history of the Univer sity." He will start against Tech with a scoring average of 17.6. More significant - if not more important - has been the 6 ft., 6 in. center's agility in controlling t h e backboards. Collins trails Shavlik of N. C. State by a point for conference rebounding leader ship. His average through 19 games is about 17.5, with his high for the season coming against The Citadel. Collins grabbed off 33 re bounds in Carolina's runaway vic tory over the Bulldogs two weeks ago, breaking the school's record of 27 set by Joe Smith. Coach Frank Johnson readily af firms his prediction in December that his center "is heading for his best season yet." Collins. with sharpshooting Grady Wallace, has given the head coach one of the s t r o n g e s t offensive - defensive punches in the nation. South Carolina has two more ganes after tomorrow night, re turn meets with Clemson next Tuesday and with FurIman next Saturday. The ACC tournament be gins in Raleigh March 1. AA WILL CONI Boeing has many These opplortuniti and( related fields' advanced degrees. Fields of activit of location: Seattl Personal interv assignments, Comn mai[tionf about the Come and learrn Engineering orgar ______-_ anc Thip Furman NOTICE ab-. Gamecock Boosters, follow the motorcade to "Tigertown" on February 21. Don't let the tempo fade but stir up more as Coach Johnson's basketeers journey to Clemson next Tues day to do battle with the revenge-bent "plowboys." Our Gamecocks will need that support when they reach the hills, so anyone interested in joining the motorcade to Clemson, with your car or if you need a ride, contact "Hunk" Miller, telephone 253. Your best move to make next ... is to check the outstanding opportunities a very par ticular engineering senior is sure to find at the Radio Corporation of America, world leader in electronics. An RCA engineering management represen tative will be on campus WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 See your placement officer now for your appointment. Ask him, too, for literature with the down-to-earth facts about RCA careers. 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