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Mermen Sports Morgue-I The Gamecock, February 8, 1952 Steve Wadiak, Carolina half back, was second in voting for the Teague Memorial Award. Dick Groat, Duke eager, was first. An other Gamecock, basketeer Jim Slaughter also placed in the vot ing. He was fourth. . . . Forward Dwane Morrison leads the Caro lina cagers in scoring with 34Q points in 17 games for an average of 20.6 per game. . . . Mary Edith Davis of Charleston has been elected president of the Woman's Athletic Assn. for the spring semester. . . . Gamecock boxers defeat Virginia 5%-2%. The Gamecock, February 6, 1942 Harvey Blouvin, senior letter man on the football and track squads, has been elected president of the Block "C" Club for the spring semester. Blouvin is from Chicago. . . . USC's cagers, rest ing in the third place position in both the S-C and state races, meet Clemson's Tigers tonight in an important contest. In their last three outings, the locals have won over North Carolina, Furman and The Citadel. . . . Gamecocks begin spring football drills minus the presence of Head Coach Rex En right. Coach Enright is hospital ized with an infected throat. USC DEFENSE TOP Total Of In '56; WI A total of 30 Atlantic Coast Conference football records were broken or equalled during the 1956 season, and Wake Forest's full back Bill Barnes was the chief contributor to this attack on the record books. Barnes, according to ACC Serv ice Bureau record reviews re leased recently, was responsible for four of the 25 new marks written into the books, and the Deacon ace, a five-way statistics champion for the '56 season, also tied a fifth. Busy Bill His new records include most yards gained rushing during a single season, 1,010; most yards gained rushing and passing dur ing a single season, 1,010; most average yards gained per game over a single season, 101, and most points scored in a single game, 20 against William and Mary. Barnes and North Caro lina's Ed Sutton also tied the ACC record for most touchdowns in a single game, three. Closest approach to Barnes' one-man attack was made by Vir ginia fullback Jim Bakhtiar, the "Plunging Persian," who set rec ords for most net yards gained in a single game, 201, vs. Virginia Military Institute; most rushes in a single game, 29, vs. Wake For est; and most rushes in~ a single season, 203. Sutton, Duke's Bernie Blaney' and Maryland's Dickie Lewis each figured in a pair of record per formances. Sutton set a new mark for most kickoffs returned in a single sea son, 14 in addition to tying the single-game TD mark. Blaney set new records for the longest scoring kickoff return, 97 yards vs. Pitt; and for the best Joe Grugan N Coach Succeei Joe Grugan, a member of South Carolina's "pony backfield" of 1939 and 1940 and one of the school's all-time top baseball play era, was today named head bane ball coach of the Gamecocks. Grugan succeeds Ted Petoskey, wvho resigned last summer. Ath letic Director Rex Enright, who made the announcement, said the duties would be effective imme diately. A native of Philadelphia, Gru gan was recruited by Don McCal liater in his last year as head football coach at the University. He then played three years of varsity football under new coach, Rex Enright. With Harry Blouin, Kirk Nor ton and Billy Lowry, Grugan rounded out what newsmen liked to call Carolina's "pony" backs. As a pitcher on Petoskey's base ball squad, Grugan had a 9-2 vic tory record, an all-time school mark. He was "cleanup" man in the batting order and hit .488 in his senior year. Grugan wasn graduated from the University in 1941. He re eived hie MED degree 10 years, later. Upos graduton. Grugn took Defeat Birdo. PLAYER 0 FGA FQM POT. F G. Wallace 17 453 194 .428 1 R. Pericola 17 252 96 .381 1 D. Hoffman 17 161 65 .404 B. McCoy ... 17 165 53 .321 F. Lentz .... 17 107 52 .486 A. Smejkal 13 54 24 .444 D. Goodroe 14 67 31 .463 Others ... .. 11 19 5 .268 USC Totals .. 17 1278 520 .406 6 OPP. Totals . 17 1330 499 .375 4 Single-game records, 1956-57 si Total points scored: 54 by W 14 FT). Field goals scored: 20 by Wal 34). Free throws scored: 14 by Wa 14). Free throws tried: 14 by Wal Georgia Tech, 12/20, vs. Georgia, Number of rebounds: 25 by L Results of games played to dat Victories over-Wofford, 99-91 N. C. State, 76-61, Dec. 12; Geoi 96-81, Dec. 21; Florida, 77-21, 1 Wofford, 90-71, Jan. 26; The Cita< Feb. 2. Defeats to-Duke, 104-76, De4 Dec. 15; Tennessee, 94-81, Dec. Forest, 75-71, Jan. 12; Maryland Jan. 15. 1o ACC Rel "s Barnes I kickoff return average for a single season, 39.4 yards on five returns. 103-Yard Runback Lewis set new standards for the longest scoring runback of an in tercepted pass, 100 yards against North Carolina State, or 103 ac tual yards, taking it in his own end zone; and most yards return ing intercepted passes in a single game, 111 yards vs. N. C. State. Other individual marks include: Longest punt (with roll) - 88 yards by John Fritsch of Mary land, vs. Miami. Longest scoring run with inter cepted fumble-77 yards by Eddie Rushton of Duke vs. Pitt. Longest non-scoring return of intercepted pass - 77 yards by Rudy Hayes of Clemson, vs. Vir ginia Tech. Clemson Leads The majority of the team rec ords matched or surpassed during the '56 season found Clemson's ACC champions and Duke's chal lengers responsible. The Blue Devils set records for most rushing plays in a single game, 84 vs. N. C. State; most total plays in a single game, 92 vs. N. C. State; most rushing plays during a single season, 569; and best pass interception per centage, 19 per cent on 23 of 121. Duke's interception record also was tops in the nation for '86. Clemson's new records were mostly for in frequency of forwvard passing. The Tigers set a new recorid fo r fewest passes attempted in a single game, none vs. South Carolina, and also tied records for fewvest p)asses completed in a sin gle game, none vs. South Carolina and Virginia Tech; fewvest first dlowns passing, none vs. South Carolina, Virginia Tech andl amed Baseball ling Petoskey a trip to St. Louis for a tryout with the Browns. He refused their offer to start him in Class D ball and returned to South Carolina to accept a pitching job with Flor ence of the Palmetto League. A fter a year there, he went into the service and played outfield for an Army Air Corps team at Way cross, Ga., because an arm injury had prevented his pitching activi ties. Discharged in 1946, he returned to the University as a physical education instructor for the Navy's V-12 program. In Septem ber of that same year he was added to the USC faculty where he became intramural director. While playing with a local sand lot team, Grugan discovered that his arm had returned to near normal, and in the late summer of 1948 he joined Gee Walker's Columbia Reds where he pitched the remainder of the season and the first part of the next season in the Class A, South Atlantic League. He later pitched for Camden and Orangeburg in the Palmetto League, and ended his playing career with Greenwood in the Class B, Tri-State Lague. ake ForeJ meter TA FTM POT. RBs Avg. PF Pts. Av g. 53 115 .756 250 14.7 51 508 29.6 05 65 .619 99 5.8 42 257 15.1 71 46 .648 117 6.9 48 176 10.4 66 41 .621 49 2.9 52 147 8.6 54 37 .685 188 11.1 37 141 8.3 34 26 .764 59 4.5 13 84 6.5 25 23 .920 74 5.3 24 84 6.0 3 1 .333 15 1.3 V 11 1. 11 354 .693 858 50.5 276 1403 82.5 55 302 .664 806 47.4 309 1300 76.5 ason: allace vs. Georgia, 12/21 (20 FG, lace vs. Georgia, 12/21 (attempted lace vs. Georgia, 12/21 (attempted lace vs. North Carolina, 12/16, vs. 12/21. entz vs. N. C. State, 12/12. e: i, Dec. 1; Georgia, 97-47, Dec. 8; gia Tech, 90-83, Dec. 20; Georgia, )ec. 27; Maryland, 68-60, Jan. 5; i, 90-77, Jan. 28; Furman, 103-98, 5; North Carolina, 90-86 (OT), L9; Georgia, 64-62, Dec. 28; Wake 1, 66-59, Jan. 14; Virginia, 76-73, cords Fell froke Four Maryland; and most field goals in a single game, one. USC Records South Carolina tied the ACC record for fewest fumbles in a single game, none vs. Maryland, and set a new mark fo? fewest average yards passing yielded during a single season, 47.6 per game. The other four records set were all of the dubious kind. Wake Forest lost the most fumbles in a single game, 8 of 12 vs. Duke. N. C. State gave up a record total of rushing yards to opponents, 2,515. And North Carolina yielded record yardage to the opposition, 3,298, and also a record first down total to the opposition, 178. Bird Box CAROLINA G FT PF TP Wallace, f 10 6-8 2 25 Hoffman, f 5 1-2 4 11 Smejkal, f 2 2-2 3 6 Lentz, c 4 5-10 1 13 G;oodrIoe, e 1 0-0 1 2 Pericola, g 5 4-8 3 14 MceCoy, g 6 6-7 4 18 Crain, g 0 0-0 1 0 Godfrey, g 0 0-0 1 0 33 24-37 20 90 WOFFORD) G FT PF TP F"owier, f 7 7-11 4 211 Carpenter. f. 9 3-3 3 21 Templeton, e 0 0-0 4 0 .Jenikins, e 3i 2-3 3i 8 Blradford, g 5, 2-7 2 12 Blarbee, g 0 0-0) 0 0 Tnr, 2 4-5 3 8 Hart, g () 1-2 2 1 - 26 19-31 21 71 CAROLINA G FT PF' TP Wallace, f 18 7-8 5 43 Hoffman, f '4 1-2 2 9 Smejkal, f 1 0-0 0 2 Lentz, e. 3 5-7 3 11 Pericola, g fi 6-6 4 18 McCoy, g 3 1-6 2 71 Crain, g 0 0-0 0 0 I ~ 35 20-29 16 90~ THE CITAD1EL G FT PF TP Musselman, f 11 0-2 5 22 Redors, f 2 2-3 1 6 Graves, f 2 1-1 4 5 Bliackledge, (' 4 1-3 3 9 Wherry, g 6 11-14 2 23 Weeks, g 6 0-0 3 12 31 16.23 18 77 Carolina 43 47---.90 The Citadel - 4437 CAROLINA G FT PF TP Wallace, f 16 0-1 2 32 Hoffman, f 7 0-0 4 14 Lentz, e 7 2-2 2 16 Pericola, g 7 0-2 3 14 McCoy, g 11 5-5 4 27 48 7-10 16 103 FURMAN G FT PF TP Pinson, f 8 4-5 1 20 Herring, f 8 8-9 2 24 Ross, e' 5 3-4 1 13 Hlanks, e 1 0-0 0 2 Wright, g 11 5-8 2 27 Gaines, g 5 2-2 0 12 38 22-26 6 98 Carolina . 57 48-103 Furman 66a 42- 98 Rt, 60-20 First In All Events For Initial Victory By Richard DeWitt Sports Writer Carolina's tankmen, after at ast tasting victory with a victory wver Wake Forest, will try for their second win of the season against Virginia at Charlottes ville today. They will travel to College Park, Md., for another ACC meet tomorrow with the Maryland swimmers offering the )pposition. Coach Jimmy Ratliff's mermen captured first place in every event in their impressive 60-20 win over the Deacons in the local natatorium last week. Storm Bailey and Arthur Gas ton were high scorers in the meet with a total of 10 points apiece. Each captured two first places and also participated in the win ning relay. 400-yard medley relay: USC, Poulnot, Campbell, Higgins, Rem bert. Time: 5:10.5. 220-yard freestyle: 1. Gaston, USC; 2. Duncan, Wake Forest. Time: 2:40.6. 50-yard freestyle: 1. Bailey, USC; 2. Willis, Wake Forest. Time: :24.9. 200-yard butterfly: 1. Rembert, USC; 2. Campbell, USC; 3. Marshbum, Wake Forest. Time: 3.00. Diving: 1. Kimes, USC; 2.1 Myers, USC; 3. Chipman, Wake Forest. 100-yard freestyle: 1. Bailey, USC; 2. Willis, Wake Forest. Time: :57.6. 200-yard backstroke: 1. Poul- i not, USC; 2. Marshbum, Wake Forest. Time: 2:50.5. 440-yard freestyle: 1. Gaston, USC; 2. Duncan, Wake Forest. (Continued on page 9) RENTALS - SALES FORIs 707 Ha OL.U1 go wi Biddies Drop 89-82 Game To NGJC North Greenville Junior Col ege, ahead 55-32 at halftime, ,ought off a strong' USC fresh nan' rally and took an 89-82 vic ;ory from the visiting Biddies on ;he NG court last week at Tiger rille. The game turned into a scoring luel between USC's Mike Calla ian and the Mounties' Pete Car isle. Carlisle came out on top, scoring- 41 points. Callahan col ected 34. It was NGJC's 14th victory against one loss. The. USC fresh euen made the trip to Tigerville Fresh from a victory over The Cit idel freshmen. The Biddies now awn a 9-4 record. Center Durwood Wilson was second high scorer for the win ners with 18 points. Walt and Bury Hudson garnered 14 points apiece to take runner-up scoring honors for the Biddies. The Biddies will return to ac tion against the Clemson Cubs at Clemson next Tuesday. The box score: Frosh (82) N. Greenville (89) F--B. Hudson (14) . Hiott (3) F--Callahan (34) Quick (12) C-Dial (3) . Wilson (18) G---W. Hudson (14) Carlisle (41) G ---Luigs (9) McCallister (8) Subs: USC-Bowie, Salisbury 6, Raper, Morgan 2. NGJC-Hust 3, Long 2, Flynn 2. Grady Wallace is responsible for 3(; per cent of his team's scoring and 28 per cent of its rebounding. ARGEST W4 THt SOUT"SAr 1AL WEAR FOR MEN ,de S. * Row *.HK 481A. SOUTH CAK)LXNA ere an eng' BdP/SA An"nYer' opn"s Grady Eyes Basketball I USC's all-America candidate Grady Wallace appears on the way to breaking at least six school basketball records in addition to the four that he already holds. He is tops in most points scored in, a game (54 against Georgia), most field goals scored in a game (20 against Georgia), best scoring average in - a season (23.9 in 1956), a mark he seems to be set ting all over again, and best scor ing average in a career. The latter mark has unusual proportions. If by some miracu lous series of events Wallace's opponents should hold him score less for the remainder of the sea son and through the opening game of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, he'd still break Duane Morrison's 16.9 per game average for career. With 13 games left to go, Wallace has already scored IT'S FOR. R EAL! CONVERSATION WITH YOURSELF "Now there's an interest Ugly, but not comr Full of charm, I must adn Full of character anc Why on earth can't a All the things I see in n MORAL: No matter what face live behind, it will look happii with a real satisfying Chesterf out front! Enjoy that BIG ful flavor plus the smoothest taste today, because it's packed me smoothly by Accu . Ray! You be smoking smiles! Smoke for jg... smoke Ch.i $50foreovryphilo 7,hial erat acawtred pu..icat. Cut P Ol. Bo 2, New York 46, N. Y. How to make of your engin QNE OP A SEP &gn rise t( In many comp soon encountei tend to go to And engineers difficult to mal or appreciated. 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