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Good Yer
By Jerry Sanders and
Parker Evatt
The University of South Caro
lina helped to create plenty of
sports headlines during 1956, a
year that saw many changes occur
in the sports happenings.
In January, after Oklahoma
had defeated Maryland in the
Orange Bowl, Athletic Director
Rex Enright announced that for
mer assistant coach Warren Giese
of Maryland had accepted the po
sition of head football coach at
Carolina. Giese, somewhat a
youngster in coaching ranks, held
an early spring training intra
squad game which, after the
game, many thought was unim
pressive even after the somewhat
dismal 1955 season.
A Transfer Makes Good
Basketball appeared on the way
up at Carolina during 1956 as the
netmen came up with an exacting
and exciting type of basktball.
The junior college scoring
champ from Pikeville Junior Col
lege, Grady Wallace, followed his
coach, Walt Hamrick to Carolina
and immediately began making
sports headlines. Before the sea
son was over, Wallace had set sev
eral individual records at USC
and was second in the Atlantic
Coast Conference in scoring with
a 23.4 average.
Big Lee Collins, the 6-6 center
from Lancaster, S. C., was one of
the better rebounders in the con
ference and on several occasions
garnered more than twenty loose
balls from the backboards in a
single game.
Track Team Strong
The track team, under the able
guidance of Weems Baskin, had
a very successful track season as
they continued to dominate the
annual state meet. They were led
by Conway Snipes, who was high
scorer in the state meet and a
fine pole 'vaulter and broad jump
er. People are still gasping over
the javelin tosses of Zeke Bartul
ski, who with a cast on his left
arm, threw the "stick" for a new
state record in the state meet at
P.C.
The running of Sonny Wilcher,
Fred Roberts, George Thomas and
Nab Inabinet pushed the Bird
point totals to the victory margin
in various meets.
Baseball Talk
Baseball had an average season
at the University during the
Year. Coach Ted Petoskey's squad
started the season off with a bang
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by defeating the cream of the Big
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in early season. The Birds were
rolling along fine until a couple
of Injuries occurred. Leading the
way for the Birds was Dave
Ketchum, who was third in the
conference in hitting. The pitch
ing chores were handled by John
Cooley and Lefty Norton.
Big Surprise Coming
During the summer all the big
sports writers around the nation
were picking Giese's Gamecocks
to win two or possibly three games
in 1956. Surprises were in store
for the nation.
The season started with an un
impressive win over Wofford's
Terriers. The next game of the
season was against "mighty"
Duke. The Garnet and Black had
not beaten the Blue Devils in 25
years and everyone was under the
impression that the famine of vic
tory for the Gamecocks was still
underway, but the Giese-coached
Birds came through with a 7-0
upset win over Bill Murray's
Devils that soon became the talk
of the nation.
The initial loss of the season
came at the hands of Miami's
strong Hurricane, and people were
still optimistic over the chances
of Carolina in the ACC.
Final Tabblations
The season continued with vic
tories over such perennial powers
as Maryland, Wake Forest, and
North Carolina. Season's final
tabulations: seven wins, three
losses; the top defensive team in
the conference in every depart
ment.
These accomplishments were
noted by everyone and Giese's
name was heard on many lips sev
eral times each day, both here in
South Carolina and in other sec
tions of the nation.
Stars Galore
The 1956 gridiron squad pro
duced many outstanding stars.
Among these were Buddy Frick,
who was named all-conference
end; Sam DeLuca, the massive
tackle from Brooklyn, N. Y., who
was drafted by the New Yopk
Giants pro football team, and was
the recipient of the Jacobs Block
ing Trophy as the outstanding
blocker in South Carolina; and
Mackie Prickett, who returned to
top action in 1956 after having
an "off" season in '55. These
three men were selected to play
in four different post-season
games and each started their par
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Baseball, Golf,
Track Events
Are Nearing
By Jerry Sanders
Sports Editor
The end of the semester is just
around the corner and as the sec
ond term approaches, the talk is
beginning to fill the air concern
ing spring sports, baseball, track,
golf, and tennis.
Perhaps the first one which will
swing into action will be golf as
the- Gamecocks plan to put out
one of the best teams in the con
ference. Bqbby McCarty, from
Camden, who has won numerous
tournaments in past years, will be
returning from last year's squad
with several more outstanding
linksmen. McCarty was the first
man in the school's history to re
ceive a full scholarship for golf.
New Track Available
With the construction of the
new track at the Athletic Center
almost completed, the Gamecock
cindermen, coached by Weems
Baskin will, once again, field a
strong state and conference con
tender. Returning to the fold will
be such stars as Zeke Bartulski,
Conway Snipes and many others.
The bright spot in the entire pic
ture appears to be the varsity in
auguration of Bill Latham, Don
Goodroe, Bill Cathcart, Dan Don
ovan to action after having a suc
cessful season last year as fresh
men.
The first meet for the Birds of
Baskin on the new $25,000 track
will be P. C. on March 20. Then
on March 26, the Duke Blue
Devils will visit Columbia for an
important conference meet. On
ticular classic.
The team also produced future
stars in the person of Alex Haw
kins and King Dixon, both of
whom made first team all-State,
and Lawton Rogers, one of the
better centers and line-backers in
the conference.
1956 was a year of many sur
prises and heartfilling moments
for both students and followers
of the Gamecocks. What will 1957
bring?
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Through week
Player G Fga Ftm Pct
G. Wallace, f . .11 276 122 44.2
R. Pericola, g . .11 168 67 39.2
D. Hoffman, f ..11 104 43 41.3
F. Lentz, c .....11 57 28 49.1
D. Goodroe, c-f. .10 58 25 48.1
B. McCoy, g ....11 82 26 81.7
A. Smejkal, f . . 8 44 16 36.4
Others .... .. .. ..7 15 8 20.0
Team Rebounds
Own Team Tot. 11 804 830 41.0
Opponents' Tot. 11 899 320 85.8
Single-game records, 1956-57 seast
Total points scored: 54 by Wallace
Field goals scored: 20 by Wallace
Free throws scored: 14 by Wallaci
Free throws tried: 14 by Wallace
Georgia Tech, 12/20, vs.
Number of rebounds: 25 by Lents
Results of games played to date:
Victories--99-55 over Wc
97-74 over Ge<
76-61 over N.
90-83 over Get
96-81 over Ge<
77-71 over FIc
68-80 over Ma
Defeats-104-76 by Duke
90-86 by Nort1
94-81 by Tenn
64-62 by Geori
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South Carolina's swimminj
will be trying for its first vi4
with Clemson there tomorrow
Coach Jimmy Ratliff has four
lettermen to go along with a hand
ful of sophomores. Only two men
-sophomores John Castanes and
Carlton Poulnot of Charleston
had ever. been in even limited
competition before entering col
lege.
Ratlift's team is led by a rather
March 30, the Gamecocks will
once again travel to Florida for
the annual Florida Relays at
Gainesville.
State, Conferene Meets
The state track event, which
the Gamecocks have long domi
nated, will be held at the P. C.
oval in Clinton on May 8-4, and
the conference meet has been
scheduled for May 10 at a site
not yet determined.
Baseball News
In the baseball news, word is
circulated around that the Birds
will probably have one of the
strongest teams in the ACC, if the
pitching problem is solved. There
are a number of pitchers already
working out in the crisp January
air, and prospects are quite fav
orable.
Among the pitchers returning
are Lefty Norton, the fine south
paw from Greenville, Murphy
Lemmon, along with Jini Craig
and Carroll Norrell from the
freshman squad.
Dave Ketchum, the Bird's lead
ing hitter last year, will again be
knocking the opposition for many
hits and runs and according to all
reports will be trying out for
catcher before the season gets
under way.
At the present time, contractors
are grading land at the Athletic
Center for a new baseball field
which will alleviate much of the
headaches of transportation to
and from the dressing rooms for
the respective players. Prior to
this year, all Carolina home
games were played on the Veter
an's Hospital field.
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I Statistics
South Carolina
of Jan. 5, 1957
Fta Ftm Pct. RB Av. PF Pts. Av.
108 81 75.0 160 14.5 33 325 29.5
71 40 56.3 57 5.2 23 174 15.8
55 37 67.3 67 6.1 32 123 12.1
85 25 71.4 123 11.2 27 81 7.4
24 22 91.7 67 6.7 18 72 7.2
40 24 60.0 34 3.1 34 76 6.9
23 17 74.0 51 5.7 11 49 6.1
3 1383.3 12 1.7 6 7 1.0
359 247 68.8 576 52.4 184 907 82.5
800 197 65.7 546 49.6 213 837 76.1
vs. Georgia, 12/21 (20 FG, 14 FT )
vs. Georgia, 12/21 (attempted 34)
s vs. Georgia, 12/21 (attempted 14)
vs. North Carolina, 12/15, va.
Georgia, 12/21.
vs. N. C. State, 12/12.
fiord, Dec. 1
irgia, Dec. 8
C. State, Dec. 12
rgia Tech, Dec. 20
rgia, Dec. 21
rida, Dec. 27*
ryland, Jan. 5
Dec. 5
2 Carolina (OT), Dec. 15
essee, Dec. 19
cia, Dec. 28
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Victory
team, lacking depth as usual,
tory of the season in a meet
promising senior, Captain Bob
Campbell of Rowland, N. C., and
lettermen Storm Bailey, Winter
Kimes and Jimmy Myers. Besides
Campbell, Kimes and sophomore
Arthur Gaston are the only ones
to win events in the three meets
thus far.
The Gamecocks have lost to
North Carolina, N. C. State and
The Citadel.
Out of the lettermen lost from
last year's squad, six are still in
school, but for various reasons are
not participating on the team.
In addition to the varsity meet,
the freshman mermen will make
their first showing of the year.
The frosh squad consists of Nel
son Greene, Tom Caskey, Dan
Stanley, Bill Jones, Tommy Fort
son, and Bob Bollinger.
300-yard medley relay -- Carl
ton, Poulnot, Bob Campbell, David
Rembert and John Castanes. 220
yard free style-Arthur Gaston.
50-yard free style-Storm Bailey.
200-yard butterfly- David Rem
bert. Diving-Winter Kimes, Jim
my Myers. 100-yard free style
Storm Bailey, John Castanes. 200
yard backstroke-Carlton Poulnot.
USC Athletes
To Address
Mass Rally
A mass rally for men and boys
in Township Auditorium, featur
ing Christian testimonies by lead
ing athletes, will climax the An
nual State Baptist Brotherhood
Convention here, Jan. 17-18.
At the closing rally, testimonies
will be given by South Carolina
athletes King Dixon of Laurens
and Mackie Prickett, Gamecock
quarterback who led the Garnet
and Black to a 7-3 season last
fall. Both South Carolina stu
dents will be presented by Warren
Giese, head coach at USC.
King Dixon
Mackie Prickett
Other students giving testi
monies will be Billy Baker of
Furman, Bobby Jennings, also of
the Purple Hurricane, and Jackie
Powers, the Baptist University's
halfback.
Horace "Bones" McKinney, one
time All-America basketball player
at the University of North Caro
lina, and now an assistant coach
at Wake Forest, will address the
rally on "Christian Athletes."
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By Bob Isbell
Sports Publicity Director
Sports heroes come in a variety
of builds and temperaments
chesty, cocky, lithe, fierce, hand
some, and maybe popular.
, Few are as unspectacular and
timid-appearing as South Caro
lina's great basketball captain,
Grady Wallace.
When Wallace, a slim 6-4
dean's-list student from Mare
Creek, Ky., takes the floor it is
remindful' of a plowboy striding
across a stubble of corn. When
he shoots, it's almost as if he's
trying to sneak the ball through
the hoop.
He shoots often, however, and
hits from the most unlikely places,
such as 30 feet out and to the side
with four to six arms flailing
Veterans Make
Cavalier Team
ACC Contender
Three of last year's usual Vir
ginia basketball starters are back
in action this season, as are two
other lettered veterans.
Bill Miller, who missed nearly
half of last season because of ill
ness after scoring 448 points and
otherwise distinguishing himself
as a sophomore in 1954-55, and
Bob Hardy, second leading scorer
last year, picked up where they left
off at the guards. Both are
seniors.
Back for his third season as a
regular at center is Jerry Cooper
height 6-6, who scored 265 points
Inst year. The other two lettermen
are Cecil Underwood, a senior, and
Wistar Nelligan, a junior.
The biggest loss was Bob Mc
Carty, who scored 625 points last
year and had a three-year total
of 1,625. He finished three star
ring seasons as the second highest
scorer in Virginia's basketball
history.
The new sophomore additions
give the Cavaliers more height
than they usually have. The lead
ing prospects, with their heights
and freshman scoring records, are
John Siewers of Richmond, 6-5,
206 points; Bill Metzger of Utica,
N. Y., 6-6, 120 points; and Dick
Stobbs of Norfolk, 6-8, 274 points.
In his sixth season as coach
of the Cavaliers is Evan J. (Bus)
Male, who took over from Gus
Tebell as head coach in 1951 after
serving as a three-sport freshman
coach for several years. lHe won
prominence in football, basketball
and baseball on Virginia teams of
the middle '30's and was captain of
basketball. Male is also acting
graduate manager of athletics for
this year.
Male expects his team to show
some improvement over last year,
especially toward the end of the
season. The schedule Is made up
exclusively of games with old State
rivals and a home-and-home series
with fellow ACC members.
Pqg Seven
)nce Again
right Star
about him to hamper the attempt.
He gained his first meager pub
licity at Pikeville Junior College
(Ky.) where he "sneaked in"
1086 points to lead the nation's
junior scorers.
When news came to South Car
olina that their new assistant
coach, Walter Hambrick, under
whom Wallace had played, would
bring in a man who had averaged
32.8 points a game, there was ex
citement. Then, when Wallace
made his first appearance on the
local court fans could scarcely be
lieve that the harmless-looking
Kentuckian could produce against
the accustomed competition of the
Gamecocks.
But Grady, stealthily tucking in
points, soon came to the fore. He
set several school records and
completed his junior season with
a 23.9 average, second best in the
Atlantic Coast Conference.
Coach Frank Johnson adver
tised before the current season
opened that Wallace would be even
better in 1956-57.
After 11 games, there's no
doubt about it. Against the 11
opponents thus far this season,
Wallace has scored 325 points for
an average of 29.5 per game.
Grady isn't finicky about whom
he scores on, either. Big and lit
tie, opponents find that the Wal
lace sting is just about the same.
The lean Kentuckian piled up
his biggest single-game total
against Georgia, a team that
South Carolina whipped twice but
one to whom the Gamecocks lost
in the finals of the Gator Bowl
tournament.
When Wallace was held to 16
points, he played what Coach
JIohnson considered "one of his
best games" and the Gamecocks
won handily in that contest
against N. C. State.
Only three times has Wallace
been held to below his 23.9 aver
age of last year--against Duke,
N. C. State and Maryland.
In only one game, a 104-76 de
bacle against Duke, has Wallace
been outscored by a member of
the opposing team. Bobby Joe
Harris and Jim Newcome were
the two to do the trick with 26
and 22 points respectively.
Here's the way he has scored
and rebounded in games to date:
Opponent P'oints Rebounds
Wof ford 30 24
Duke 21 11
Georgia 31 16
N. C. State. 16 14
North Carolina 35 18
Tennessee 26 14
Georgia Tech 37 14
Georgia . 54 12
Florida - 29 17
Georgia 24 16
Maryland 22 8
Callahan Leads
Biddie Scoring
Attack At 23.6
The freshman basketball team,
led by Michael Callahan who has
a 23.6 average, have a 4-1 record
for the season. The team's next
home game will be against The
Citadel on January 18. The only
blemish on the near perfect rec
ord is a,70-64 loss to Duke's Baby
Devils.
Games this week were with
Presbyterian Junior College at
Maxton, N. C., and Spartanburg
Junior College at Spartanburg.
The starting five average. are:
Callahan 28.8; Walt Hudson 14.6;
Bury Hudson 10.2; Larry Dial
7.0; and Greg=y .6.