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oropic Campus Champions Hats off to Dave Nielsen and his champion Sigma Nu basketball team!! The Nus were a team of spirit, determina tion, and a group of never-say-die team men as they battled the old nemesis of "always a bridesmaid and never a bride" finally attaining the coveted title of campus champions. Each year the "black and gold" have managed to come up with strong contenders in each sport but until this year when they won top honors for the first time in quite some time, they managed to play "second fiddle" to the winners. But they were not to be denied this spring as their basketball squad ran roughshod over all competition in their respective league, disposing of Pi Kappa Alplia and Sigma Chi in league two, and then trouncing a highly regarded McBryde Brother hood for the campus title. Redman Most Valuable Nielsen had a well balanced team and they worked well as a unit. Normally no one man stood out above the others. But if I had to single out any one person it would have to be Jerry Redman. Redman consistently poured in the points and was a great play-maker. When that rebound was needed, he was "Johnny on the spot." Rounding out the starting team for the Nus were Al Hough, Jim Baxter, Jim Wallace, and George Wilson. All-Stars Chosen Following the conclusion of any sport, there are usually all-star teams chosen. The Gamecock sports department has picked teams representing both the Independent and Fra ternity leagues. The Independent stars are as follows: 1st Team 2nd Team B'-,ddy Nidiffer (LeBlancs) "Leaky" Thornwall (McBryde) ion O'Harra (Block "C") Jim Gay (Freshman Center) Ralph Risher (McBryde) Sonny Sanders (Snowden) Bob Yosaitis (Hendley Homes)Bobby Barrett (Block "C") Frank Hall (McBryde) Bob Blanton (Snowden) Fraternity all-stars: 1st Team 2nd Team Jerry Redman (Sigma Nu) Bob McNair (Sigma Chi) Buddy Tidwell (PiKA) Julian Taporek (Phi Eps) Bob Cross (Kappa Sig) Kay Lloyd (KA) Al Hough (Sigma Nu) Jim Wallace (Sigma Nu) Don Johnson (Sigma Chi) Freddy Spruell (SPE) Barry Klassman (Phi Eps) Vernon Vourne (SAE) Cheerleaders First Ballot Winners Congratulations to "Ab" Avinger, "Hunk" Miller, Jerry Beasley, and Carol Brandenburg for their spectacular victory in the campus elections this past Monday. Very seldom have so many candidates for cheerleaders won on the first ballot. This was truly an outstanding feat as there were approxi mately thirty to forty students seeking eight openings. This is an indication that the students are "spirit" con scious and are looking ahead to big things in '56 and '57. These cheerleaders they have chosen were dlefinitely the favorites in the race and behind these students, Carolina will have fine leaders. They will be outstanding "Pep Club" mem bers and with their ideas, drive, and (determination there should be a big "hoom" in Pep Club activities and school spirit in general. Gamecocks-Deacons Duel It would be a good move for our new cheerleaders to make their first big project the Carolina-Wake Forest baseball game. Our Birds are playing host to the national champions today at Veteran's Hospital baseball park ; game time is 3 :30. Coach Petoskey will be fielding one of his most promising baseball teams in many a year, and will have a good chance of upsetting Lefty Lowell Davis and the Demon Deacons today. There will be numerous autos available in front of Russell House to furnish transportation for studlents who have no way to the ball park. All students are urged to join in the "baseball caravan" and journey to Veterans Hospital and cheer the Gamecocks on. Ketchurn Credits Injuries For Fast Start In ACC South Carolina outfielder D)ave Lstya,Kthn vhhs Ketchum-wvho (can also hit'm-lfthdd swn,jie te claims a couple of mino(r injuries Gmcc rsmnta sact have been responsible for his pace- ce.H a ogbl itr setting base hits for the Game- edn h erwth itebt cocks this spring. trta 30aeae A sophomore from Greenville, Htte nte ighp he has hit safely in all seven of pnd USC's games with collegiate op- al hssao,bfr h ponents this season-. lie has an fis aei at ecu a average of .4t6l.prtiigsiewhneijud The first injury, a p)ulled shoul-hiwrs.twaapinlsri. (der muscle, was suffered when Kthm h ae i lyn Ketchum was playing ball for a srosy a enamn o h Navy team at Pearl Harbor. dsacsutlti on.H a "That was a tough league," says dsorgdta ehdt hc Ketchum, "and I thought I didhsswn,oligbconta well to bat .260." At the time he wrs.oi"atnwhc hd faced such first-class pitchers as hrtfoegv' i oe o Don Larsen of the Yankees and teln ns other big-leaguers. ove,hsiiapitet Favoring his ailing shoulder he wsoecm hni i is switched from right to left-handed otn ihtevriyh lm swinging, a trick he had often trledmetoli-dvesne.The in batting practice. To his satis-weeflodwihh(pnyier faction his batting improved. H-e aantMcia tt n ue quicly ecae a owe hiter. Oppsi. pitchs aog-bad hitter, *1 4 Sigma Nu's campus basketbal off with the fraternity and camI and Bob Macklen. Back row, left and Harry Cotton. Absent when All-Stars Chosen Sigma Nu By Jerry Sanders Sigma Nu, losing only one game during the regular season and post season play-offs, won the campus intramural basketball champion ship by defeating McBryde 58-52 last week. Coached by Dave Neil sen, the Sigma Nu aggregation played consistent ball throughout the year to take the crown. McBryde had entered the finals by virtue of defeating Block "C" in the finals of the independent league while Sigma Nu swamped Pi Kappa Alpha 57-30 to gain the championship round. Action Packed Final The championship affair pro duced much action as the lead changed several times. At the end of the first quarter Sigma Nu held a four-point lead, but the McBryde group surged back to a two-point advantage at the half. In the third and fourth quarters the lead changed continuously before the fraternity crew moved ahead with about two minutes to play. Basketball Coach OK'd For Clemson Clemson College of the Atlantic C'oast Conference is going to hire a full-time b)asketball coach. The school's board of trustees applroved the matter at its ses sion here todlay. The newv coach will replace Banks McFadden, who has been carrying the dlouble load of foot ball backfield coach and head bas ketball coach. The boardi sai dthe decision to hire a full-time cage mentor was made because NCA A rules forbid spring basketball practice and permit regular season practice to begin Oct. 15--right in t-he middle of the football season. The hoard saidl McFadden has found it impossible to carry on his dual responsibility because of the new rules. Athletic D)irector Frank Howard indicated that he did not have any specific coach in mind for the job. Mc Fadden has coached basket ball at Clemson since 1945. His teams have won 85 and lost 130 (luring that time, includling an ove'rall 9-14 recordj last season. Ini ACC play last year, Clemson won one and lost 12. McFadden is a 1940 gradluate of Clemson and wvas a first team foot ball All America and garnered All America honors in basketball. He p)layedl one* year of pr~o foot ball1 with Brooklyn and servedl four year's in the Army Air Force. goodl fo ra hit 50 per cent of the time andl too dlangerous for com fort with the other 50 per cent. It was now apparen-t to Ket chum that instead of "swinging from the heels," as he described it, he was meeting the ball with a solid punch . . . a method of batting he dIoesn't plan to change. Gamecock Coach Ted Petoskey, quite a hitter himself in pro ball back in the '30s, breaks out a smile reservedl for such occasions when he's asked about Ketchum these dlays. "lie's just a sop)homore, y'know," beams Ted. "If he keeps on im proving every time he gets a scratch, it's going to take a good man to catch aup with this Ket (-hum." ti4 I champions are pictured above. C us titles. Left to right, George Har to right Dave Neilson, coach, Al He the picture was made was Jim Wal Wins Car Jerry Redman was the offensive star of the Sigmr. Nu squad with 22 points while Jim Wallace gar nered 18 for the winners on his long shots. However, it was left to Ralph Risher of McBryde to take scoring honors for the evening as he threaded the net for 25 points. Morton and Hall scored 11 and 10 respectively, for the losers. All-Stars Announced Sigma Nu and Sigma Chi each placed two men on the fraternity all-star squad while McBryde Preston First, and Block "C' placed two on the independent star team, according to Bob Royall, stu dent director of intramural activi ties. dei and i Dach Dave Neilson's boys walked mon, George Wilson, Jim Baxter, ough, Jerry Redman, Tony Pickett, lace and Bob Chertok. ipus Title Fraternity Stars Making the fraternity squad were Al Hough, Jerry Redman (Sigma Nu), Don Johnson, Bob McNair (Sigma Chi), Buddy Tid well (PiKA), Kay Lloyd (KA), Barry Klassman (Phi Eps), Fred die Spruell (SPE), Rick Erickson (Kappa Sigma), and Vernon Vourne (SAE). Independent Stars Independent s t a r s included Ralph Risher, Frank Hall (Mc Bryde), Don O'Hara, Bobby Bar rett (Block "C"), Bob Blanton (Snowden), Willard Bond, Teddy Cothran (Preston First), Buddy Nidiffer (LeBlancs), Bob Yosaitis (H&H), and Rowe (ASME). - I I utaiyspn Onnigmninoel lungail sener ( )te . iiiein \ iilloIo nost i(iner PRv OEVI USC Tennis T Maryland's Terrapin tennis team opened its season by taking a windswept 9-0 Atlantic Coast Con ference 'decision from the Univer sity here last Saturday. The matches were originally scheduled for Forest Lake Country Club's clay courts, but they were too wet, and the event was moved to the asphalt surfaces at Maxey Gregg. It was South Carolina's second loss in five matches, and left the Gamecocks with a 1-2 ACC record. The summary, with Maryland players listed first: Freishtat defeated Gantt, 6-2, 6-1; Bucks defeated Whitworth, 6-3, 6-2; Schweitzer defeated Heath, 6-4, 6-4; Yang defeated Sherer, 6-1, 6-3; Eckle defeated ARROW C 1209 C 1631 C Quality 3-Hour ( 1-Day L Press Whi Pants $ Suits 1-day a Suits 2-day s< What's doit Pratt & WA Aircraft Professors practice what they preach ... and vice ve Following a practice of twenty Aircraft will again welcome a fessors as menmbers of the engil comning summer months. Last year our "summer prol leges from coast to coast. They tat in such diverse fields as instrun combustion, compressib)le flow, mnent. Despite the limited time they made significant contributic Though it was to be expe< pany and the participating prof rectly from such a program, has heeun much broader. 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