The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 08, 1957, Page Page Eight, Image 8
USC Baseball
SPORTS
D IGE ST
.. By MAC HILL...
Little Bobby
"The best defensive man we've had since Don Cox" are
the words of praise that head basketball coach Frank Johnson
has for Bobby McCoy.
Bobby was presented with the "best defensive player"
trophy by Parker Evatt, president of the Pep Club, at the
Clemson game last week and proved his worth for the honor
by holding the Tiger's ace guard, Tom Cameron, to a single
point.
McCoy, 21-year-old engi
neering student from Pike
ville, Ky., is also a capable
scorer in addition to his defen
sive prowess. In 48 games
wearing the garnet and black
colors, he has accumulated a \
total of 513 points. During
the 1955-56 campaign, his
first year at Carolina, he tal
lied 274 points for a 12.5 per
game average and he has
garnered 239 for a 9.2 mark
this season.
And even if he couldn't ~r
score or hold his man down in scoring, the 160-pound lad
would be worth his weight in gold due to his ball-stealing
ability and his smooth execution of a fast break.
McCoy, like his teammate of three-and-a-half years,
Grady Wallace, closed out his two-year career at Carolina
in the Clemson game last week.
GAMECOCKS NAME ALL-OPPONENTS . . .
North Carolina's Lennie Rosenbluth and Tommy Kearns
led in the voting for the 1957 Gamecock All-Opponent basket
ball team which was chosen by the 10 varsity members of
this year's Carolina squad. Rosenbluth received the largest
number of votes with nine and Kearns was close behind with
seven. John Ritcher of N. C. State, Jim Newcombe of Duke
and Jack Williams of Wake Forest round out the team
with five votes apiece.
The 15 opponents receiving votes:
Rosenbluth, UNC . 9
Kearns, UNC .7
Ritcher, State . 5
Williams, W. Forest..... .
Newcombe, Duke ......................5
Miller, Virginia 3
Gilley, W. Forest .......... 3
Murdock, W. Forest 2
Harris, Duke ... 2
Nacincik, Maryland 2
Wiggins, W. Forest 1
Brinkley, Clemson ... .. ..
Yockel, Clemson 1
Cooper, Virginia . I
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Also, numerous "We can beat Duke" signs in various
sizes and shapes could be found throughout the field house.
TENNIS ANYONE. .. ?
An Irate tennis lover whose name will be withheld writes in
"I played, or tried to play, tennis at the Maxcy Gregg courts the
other day. I was somewhat fortunate In that I had to wait only
45 minutesi for a court, but I might as well not have. Now the
calibre of my game is not such as to be effected by such relatively
minor things as shredded nets or small week-old water puddles,
but it is difficult to judge a bounce out of a patch of crab-grass.
I really don't mind walking a half-block around the courts to
retrieve a ball that passes through a hole in the fence, however,
It would be so much more convenient if the hole were enlarged so
I too could pass through. There are some very good tennis players
among the student body and faculty at USC and there are hundreds
of hackers like myself who would appreciate a place to play."
It is true that the six courts at Maxcy Gregg are in
mighty poor shape and there isn't much consolation in the
fact that the courts will be put into top shape come tennis
season for then the varsity tennis players monopolize the
courts, during practice afternoons and in most other non
class periods of the week. The Maxcy Gregg courts are
owned by the city of Columbia and the University is allowed
to use them and is therefore responsible for their mainte
nance. It seems to us that the University has fallen down
somewhat on their end of the bargain. If courts cannot be
provided for students near campus then it would help con
siderably if the Maxcy Gregg courts were kept in better
shape before and after the regular tennis season for that's
about the only time non-varsity players have access to the
courts.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Bob Thompson, sports editor of
the Furman Hornet, tells this story: "The night Dick Wright
took on the job of holding down Carolina's Grady Wallace,
Grady hit about three straight, and Furman quickly called
time out. When the team huddled on the sidelines, coach
Lyles Alley worriedly questioned Wright, 'Aren't you watch
ing Wallace?' Wright's classic reply was, 'Yes, sir! Isn't he
marvelous?' " . . . wonder what the other two FU men
guarding Grady had to say? . . . it seems that Carolina's
basketball fans aren't the only unruly patriots in the ACC
when UTNC visited Wake Forest last week they were greeted
by dishpan., cowbells, confederate flags, insulting chants
and a musical background that was somewhat anti-southern
.(OeUtimed on pagea 9)
Club 0
Coach Joe Grugan continues to
push his baseball aspirants
through daily drills despite unfav
orable weather in preparation for
their season opener at Parris Is
land, March 20.
Coach Grugan announces
that, weather permitting, he
will hold a full-scale intra
squad game today at 3 p.m.
on the ' Veterans' Hospital
Field.
The baseballers have been work
ing out for the past several weeks
and today's action will be the third
such game since practice began.
Grugan will rely heavily on 12
returning lettermen in forming
this year's team. Leading the re
turnees are pitcher Leon Norten,
infielders Larry Jewell, Kenneth
(Bunkey) Shore and Pete Stokes,
catcher Ward Fisher and outfield
ers Buddy Nidiffer and Sam
Ketchem.
Jewell, defensive standout
at his second-base position,
made the All-ACC second
teamn last year and Ketchem
Bird Mermen
Take Medals
In ACC Meet
By Richard DeWitt
Sports Writer
The Carolina swimming team
competed in the Atlantic Coast
Conference swimming meet at the
University of North Carolina last
weekend.
The team placed in five differ
ent events to receive medals.
The 400-yard relay team, com
posed of Storm Bailey, Dave
Rembert, Arthur Gaston and Don
Bigby, captured third.
Winter Kimes and Jimmy My
ers took fifth and sixth, respec
tively, in the low-board diving.
Carlton Poulnot came in sixth
in the 200-yard backstroke and
fifth in the 100-yard backstroke.
The 400-yard medley relay
team, consisting of Carlton Poul
not, Rob Higgins, Captain Bob
Campbell and a freestyler, tied
with Clemson for fifth place.
Arthur Gaston qualified in the
220- and 440-yard freestyle but
did not place in the finals.
Don Bigby and Storm Bailey
qualified in the 50- and 100-yard
dashes, but neither of them placed
in the finals.
The swimming team wound up
its season with a 7-2 record. They
routed Wake Forest and upset
Davidson for their two victories.
The captain of next year's swim
ming team will be elected in a
meeting with the swimmers soon.
Sigma Nu Leads
In Trophy Race
Sigma Nu. continues to lead the
fraternities in the battle for the
all-sports trophy which is pre
sented each year at the homecom
ing football game by IFC.
Howvever, as point totals stand
at present, it is possible for any
of the 12 teams to capture the cov
eted award.
Point totals as of March 5:
Sigma N. .. .. ....287%
SAE . 276%
Phi Kappa Sigma . 240
Sigma Chi .237
Lambda Chi . 215
SPE . .201
Pi Kappa Alpha 198
Pi Kappa Phli 155
P1 Sigma Kappa.....151
Kappa Alpha 144
P'i Epsilon Phi . 136
N. C. State Bids
For Top ACC Title
All of North Carolina's 24 vic
tories without a loss so far this
season go for naught unless the
Tar Heels can win their next three
games - Thursday, Friday and
Saturday in the Atlantic Coast
Conference tournament.
Undefeated in 24 regular season
games, the nationally top-ranked
Tar Heels go in heavy favorites to
whip Clemson in the opener and
rush through the tournament and
into the NCAA playoffs at New
York the following Tuesday.
But several determined confer
ence opponents stand in the way.
Ranked Wake Forest, N. 0. State,
Duke, South Carolina, and Mary
land all want to have something
to say about UNC's continuing its
win streak, and all have revenge
motives.
The Tar Heels whipped all of
them twice each and Wake Forest
and Duke three times in compiling
an unpredlecented 14-0 sweep of
conference games and winning the
Dixie Classic championship.
The Tar Heels began workouts
for the tournament Monday of this
week and will work through Wed
nesday night for Thursday's
3en1 Mt
was third In conference bat
ting with a .387 average.
Other returning letter-winners
are, Murphy Lemmon and John
Larson, pitchers; Dick Theusen,
catcher-infielder and Jimmy My
ers, outfielder.
Three players up from last
year's freshman nine could easily
figure in Carolina's baseball pic
ture, Grugan said. Pitchers Jim
Craig and Carrol Norrell and
first-baseman Ken Rosefield, have
looked good in drills thus far.
Other aspirants for the 1957
edition are, Curtiss Jones, Jerry
Donalds and Dave Belame, pitch
ers; Bob Fauline, Bob Ramsey,
Jimmy Rawl, Ronnie Coker, Jim
Roof, Jim Harvey and Paul Mack,
outfielders; Ned Pew, Charlie Ja
cocks, George Jones, Cleon Reese,
Charles Rentz and Bob Bridges,
infielders.
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The complete schedule:
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March 80, Virginia, home; April
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