The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 08, 1957, Page Page Nine, Image 9
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By Jerry Sanders
Sports Writer
South Carolina's cindermen,
state champs for four consecutive
years, began intensive practice
last Tuesday in quest of continued
domination of the state track pic
ture.
The tracksters, coached by
'Wallace DE
As Scoring'
By Bob IsbeH
USC Sports Publicist
"All this noise about Wallace's
scoring . . . I wish somebody would
say something about his defense."
Here Frank Johnson, coach of
South Carolina's Gamecocks and
more particularly of the nation's
basketball scoring contender Grady
Wallace, was reminded of the dif
ficulty in describing how a man
rebounds or steals the ball.
"It's much easier to tabulate
things like field goals and free
throws," somebody said. "Scoring
totals speak for themselves."
"Not all the way," Johnson
countered. "If everybody believed
that then why aren't the five top
scorers selected for All-America?"
And Johnson was just getting
warmed up:
"A great player is a combination
yf offensive and defensive bril
liance . . . I mean like Grady .. .
a fellow who gives the other team
no weakness to work on.
"They talk about a player 'pass
ing off' as a credit to his indif
ference to making points himself.
Well, let me tell you, if any man
on my team 'passes off' under the
basket when he could just as well
make the shot himself, he's going
to get a talking to.
"The time to let another man
have the ball is when you can't
advance the thing yourself. Pos
session is lost more times by this
'passing off' than by laying up
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Weems Baskin, will have several
outstanding men returning for an
other season of action.
The high individual scorer of the
1956 meet held at Clinton last
spring was Conway Snipes who
scored firsts in the pole vault and
broad jump divisions and, a third
in the 100-yard dash. Snipes, a
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the ball yourself."
Johnson was veering off the
subject he'd started on, but he
came back with the conclusion:
"I've seen that boy (Wallace)
bat down shots on opponents three
to four inches taller than he. And,
if you'll watch him closely he'll
get the majority of passes stolen
by us. Of course, you know he's
the conference's top rebounder.
We'd be in bad shape without his
backboard work. I honestly think
the thrill of getting a rebound is
as great to Grady as making good
a long shot.
"If I were writing, I'd certainly
find something to say about de
fense."
Navy ROTC
Basketeers
In Top Spot
USC's Navy ROTC basketball
team, coached by Lt. Roger M.
Gregory, Jr. of the NROTC de
partment, is presently tied for
first place in the Columbia Church
League with the Knights of Co
lumbus Quint with a 6-1 record.
Joe Dent is the leading scorer
for the NROTC five with a 18.1
average. Arthur Gaston, Ernest
Roberts, Phil Moody and Fred
Wigfield round out the starting
lineup.
Other squad members are,
Charlie Jacocks, Robert Selman,
Bert genees, Larry Corbett,
Oliver Mood, Paul Timmons and
Barry Dunbar.
Coach Gregory says that he is
well pleased with the team which
has no exceptional players but is
well balanced.
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junior at Carolina, is one of the
better pole-vaulters in the state.
Others returning for action will
be Zeke Bartulski, the Gamecock
field man who set a new javelin
record with a cast on his left arm
in the state meet; Larry Patrick
and George Thomas.
Coach Baskin has several promis
ing men rising from last year's
freshman squad: Jim Cathcart,
Don Goodroe, and Bill Latham.
Cathcart is reputed to be one of
the finest dash men to enter the
University, and Don Goodroe will
probably be top man in the high
and low hurdles.
All persons interested in try
ing out for the varsity track
team are asked to be at the Ath
letic Center on Rosewood Drive
at 3 p.m., Monday afternoon,
according to Weems Baskin,
head track coach.
Bill Latham, probably the best
distance man in the state, will be
going after the conference records
in his quest for victories. Last
year at the dual meet between
North Carolina's Tar Heels and
the Gamecocks, Latham ran a fine
race against the nationally known
Jim Beatty of North Carolina. This
race gave indication to South Caro
linians that a new star was on the
horizon in the distances. Latham
also ran on the Bird cross-country
team and was a consistent finisher
in the several meets.
The Gamecocks also have several
servicemen returning for action
this spring. Among these are
Roddy Robbins, who specializes in
the 440-yard dash and the low
hurdles, and Heywood Hornsby
who returns after four years in
service to compete in the 880-yard
run event.
Jim Macedon, a bohunk from
last year, will give added depth to
the broad-jump, pole vault, and
high jump.
John Kompara will, in all prob
ability, be the shot-put man for
the Birds. Bartulski will handle
the disdus event in addition to the
javelin.
The first meet for the Gamecocks
will be an indoor event at Chapel
Hill on February 23. The actual
season gets under way for the
Birds March 20 against P. C. at
the new $25,000 track which Is
currently under construction at the
Athletic Center.
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Wallace, South Carolina .
Rosenbluth, North Carolina
Yockel, Clemson .
Richter, N. C. State
Hardy, Virginia .
Williams, Wake Forest
Brennan, North Carolina
Allen, Duke ...........
Seitz, N. C. State .
Murdock, Wake Forest
Newcome, Duke
Pericola, South Carolina
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N. C. State.
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Virginia . .
Wake Forest
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Maryland.........
North Carolina..............
Virginia ..-....
South Carolina....... .....
N. C. State..................
Duke .......................
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SUCCEEDS DAVIS
Stan Smith AV
Of Carolina
Stan Smith, Columbia business
man, was elected chairman of thi
Richland County chapter of thi
University of South Carolinm
booster organization, the Game
cock Club, at a meeting in th4
athletic center last week.
Seventy-five members of the
club took advantage of the oppor.
tunity to meet with the coachee
and look over the new building
which has been unofficially name(
"The Roundhouse."
Athletic Director Rex Enrighi
addressed the group briefly, re
vealed that Head Coach Warret
Giese had received not one bu1
several offers to coach elsewher<
after his first year at the univer
sity and asserted that "we woulc
not trade Warren Giese for an3
coach in the United States."
Giese told of progress in recruit.
ing and he introduced all of hi,
assistants and outlined their duties
He said that each of the coache!
wvas called on to coach on the field
proselyte, and carry out othei
specified duties.
Smith, who was recently namet
Columbia's "Young Man of the
Year," told the group of boosters
"The first and primary pur
pose of the Gamecock Club is t<
raise and provide money, to bi
spent at the university's discretion
toward the furtherance of athletic'
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RDSTICK
LEADERS
G FG FT PTS. Avg.
14 150 102 402 28.7
15 126 143 395 26.8
13 87 57 231 17.8
14 92 58 242 17.3
11 64 51 179 16.3
12 73 45 191 15.9
15 76 79 231 15.4
...12 48 87 183 15.8
1'6 86 69 239 14.9
15 74 76 224 14.9
12 75 29 179 14.9
14 78 55 211 14.4
)FFENSE
Games Points Avg.
15 1255 83.6
12 962 80.2
14 1120 80.0
16 1235 77.2
13 922 70.9
. 11 739 67.2
15 987 65.8
15 950 63.3
)EFENSE
Games Points Avg.
15 899 59.9
15 899 59.9
15 997 66.4
11 784 71.3
14 1054 75.3
16 1239 77.4
12 933 77.8
13 1078 82.9
ew Chairman
Booster Club
at the University. I have been
given the special privilege of an
nouncing to you that as of June 1
this year, all Gamecock Club
money will be dispersed through
the USC treasurer's office.
"That means it will be easier on
all of us to eliminate false accusa
tions, etc., as to the dispersion of
the patrons' money after it is
raised. It will take a great deal
of criticism off of our executive
secretary and will eliminate his
having to keep hooks for the club,
which will in turn free him for
further work with our group.
"The second purpose of the mem
hers of the Gamecock Club is to
provide a moral boost to our ath
letic department here at the uni
versity. In this view, let me point
out to you now that the University
of South Carolina is on the thresh
old of the greatest era in athletics
the school has ever known."
Smith succeeds Claude P. Davis,
Jr,as county chairman. He was
e'lected unanimously after a report
was presented by James N. Pul
liam, chairman of the nominating
committee. Smith wvas empowered
to ap)point a four-man executive
committee to assist in the direction
of county activities.
The committee is made up of
Pulliam, Charles E. Stork, Paul
(Pat) Thrash and James H. El
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UNC Leads
In. Statistics
North Carolina, the nation's
Number One basketball team, has
statistical evidence to show how
it has romped through all opposi
tion this season.
The Tar Heels, according to At
lantic Coast Conference Service
Bureau figures, are tops in the
ACC in scoring average with 88.6
points per game. They are third
in defense with an average yield
of 66.4 points a game-this bet
tered only by identical 59.9-point
averages posted by Wake Forest
and Maryland.
North Carolina's average margin
over the opposition is 17.2 points,
far ahead of the field. So is its
average rebound mark, now stand
ing at 13.8 per game. In addition,
the Tar Heels have averaged hit
ting 43.0 per cent of their shots
from the floor and 71.1 per cent
from the foul line.
Team percentage leaders, how
ever, are North Carolina State in
field goal shooting at 45.4 per cent
and Wake Forest in free throw
shooting at 74.6 per cent. South
Carolina is the top team in aver
age rebounds a game, 49.3 to North
Carolina's 47.4, but the Gamecock's
foes have averaged 47.6 recoveries
a game while the Tar Heels' op
ponents have only been able to
get away with an average of only
33.6 per game.
'Murals
Sigma Chi fraternity won the
intrafraternity swimming cham
pionship by capturing five first
places in the seven events in the
meet held at the University Na
tatorium recently.
Sigma Chi also had a second
place finish and was fifth in an
other for a grand total of 30
points.
The SAE and Sigma Nu swim
mers tied for second place in the
meet with 20 points each. Although
neither team had a first place
finish both were high in each event.
Results:
50-yard breaststroke: 1-Smith
ISigma Chi): 2-Sasnett (SAE);
3-Bradley (Sigma Nu); 4-Davis
('iKA). Time: 37.5.
50-yard freestyle: I - Bigby
iK A) ; 2-Murry (Sigma Chi);
Diggle (Sigma Nu); 4-Floyd
(Lambda Chi); Davis (PiKA).
[Time: 26.4.
100-yard freestyle: 1--Murry
(Sigma Chi); 2-Bigby (KA);
Alderman (SAE); Floyd (Lambda
Chii); Stein (Sigma Nu). Time:
57.7.
50-yard backstroke: 1--Bartul
sk i ( PiK A); 2--R ichardson (Sigma
Nu); Alderman (SAE); Treadway
(SAE); Dorn (Sigma Chi). Time:
34.4.
Diving: Snipes (Sigma Chi);
Bartulski (PIKA); Laskley (Sigma'
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TUESDA'
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Page Nine
Morrow
Locals Seek
Second Win
Over 'Pack
Coach Frank Johnson and his
basketball Gamecocks continue
their ACC wars by invading
Raleigh tomorrow evening for a
battle with N. C. State's revenge
minded Wolfpack. USC defeated
the 'Pack in a "home" game at
Charlotte earlier in the season by
an impressive 76-61 score.
The attack-minded Gamecocks
met Wake Forest's point-stingy
Deacons at the Field House last
night seeking to avenge an earlier
licking at the hands of the Demon
Deacons. The final score was un
available at press time.
Prior to last night's game, Wake
Forest was riding a wave of seven
straight victories and were ranked
10th in the nation according to
the AP poll. The Deacs had a
15-3 overall record, with losses
only to N. C. State. Maryland and
North Carolina, the nation's num
ber one team.
USC's All-America candidate
Grady Wallace renewed his scor
ing feud with Wake's forward
Jack Williams. The two paired
off at Winston-Salem and each
came away with 29 points. Wal
lace is eu rently the Number Three
scorer in the nation just behind
"Wilt the Stilt" Chamberlain of
Kansas and Chet Forte of Colum
hia.
Wake Forest's tight defense,
(rack shooting and unwillingness
to part with the ball was expected
to slacken the Birds' offensive
pace and shackle, to a degree,
Wallace in the process.
Carolina, with a 10-7 record, has
been hard to handle in the Field
House. The only Gamecock loss
this season here was the 90-86
overtime thriller to North Caro
lina's Tar Heels.
Nu); Adanm IPiKA); Treadway
(SAE).
150yard relay: Sigma Chi
iSnipes, 'Murry, Smith). Time:
1:42.8.
200-yard free'tyie relay: Sigma
Chi (Smith, Griffith, Dorn. Mob
evy). Time: 2:03.2.
MERMEN
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Time: 6 :06.G.
200-yard breaststroke: 1. Hig
gins, USC: 2. Marshbum, Wake
Forest. Time: 3:04.5.
400-yard relay: USC, Poulnot,
Bailey. Gastou, andi Remb1ert:
Time: 4:15.
Carolina's froshi swimmers
d ropp)ed a 41 -3.3 decision to the
Wake Fore(st freshmen here last
week.
Nelson Greien and Thomas F'or't
son garnered 10' points apiece to
lead the Biddie tankers~ in the los
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