The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 17, 1956, Page Page Six, Image 6
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
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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.
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evening against Furman. Collins fii
cocks to a rousing 109-97 win. Oth
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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An RCA engineering management represen
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