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S-PO RTS DIGEST ...By MAC HILL... TOURNAMENT' NOTEBOOK .. . We have been asked to thank all those students and fans, who may not be thanked personally, for their thoughtfulness and moral support extended in the many telegrams sent to coaches Frank Johnson and Walter Hamrick and the Game cock basketball players while they were participating in the ACC tourney at Raleigh.. . . Grady Wallace took 40 shots against Duke in the quarter-finals but he passed up the easiest one of the tournament. Grady and three other Game cocks were all by themselves under their basket following a pass interception.... He had a dunker, but waited for some body else to come in and get the easy two points ... passed off to Ray (Cookie) Pericola who missed and then Grady missed the rebound with Duke.defenders closing in and then finally hit the second tap Johnny Nucatola was one of the veteran officials working the tourney . . . the fans did not agree with all of his calls, but they liked it when after calling an out of-bounds that was obviously wrong, he stopped the game and ran up to the public address announcer and said, "I made a mistake." He then gave the ball to the other team. . . . When USC defeated Duke it was the first (and only) time any "outside" team had beaten a member of North Carolina's "Big Four" since the ACC meet was inaugurated back in 1954. Sprint star Dave Sime of Duke, reputed to be the fastest human being alive, was on hand for the semifinals to receive his plaque as ACC Athlete of the Year (1955-56), and he was asked at halftime of the UNC-Wake Forest game which team he was pulling for. Sime's reply: "Why, Carolina (North) because I'd hate to see them lose after they've gone so far." Some USC students were said to have phoned Dean Penney at the Sir Walter Hotel and asked if they could get excused absences if they cut classes to come up to Raleigh and yell for the Gamecocks. His answer was affirmative providing that they present him with their ticket stub and answer a few questions about the ball game. Chuck Taylor, who carries a tag as the nation's No. 1 basketball authority, gives UNC's Lennie Rosenbluth an edge in rebounding and USC's Grady Wallace the nod in defensive play . . . in shooting, Taylor admits that both are exceptional but that "Wallace is not the gunner Rosy is. Wallace would pass off if he knew how," claims Taylor, "but Rosenbluth is going to fire." Chuck rates Grady the best pro chance, believing that he can better survive the belting the play-for-pay boys dish out. When the governor of North Carolina, Luther Hodges, opened the tournament, he ran out dribbling (the ball) smartly, and gave the first toss a professional flip--just the right height. . . . Gov. Hodges, who attended each of the tourney games 'was down on the playing floor congratulating Rosenbluth before the final game was over . . . after the game he was asked to say a few words, which the wise old gent did-all about North Carolina big four basketball teams. . .. He congratulated UNC and apologized for Wake Forest, N. C. State and Duke for their not making it to the finals . . . it would probably surprise his excellency to learn that there are three other states represented in the Atlantic Coast Conference. . . . When N. C. State's assistant coach Vic Bubas stood with the State team at midcourt during halftime of the UNC-Wake Forest game to receive trophies, a real vociferous fan kept asking Vic where Jackie Moreland was . . . he never let up and prompted Coach Everett Case to lean over and ask Vic who his friend was . . . nobody asked us to submit one, but here's our all-tournament selec tions: Wallace, Rosenbiuth, Maryland's Nacincik (who didn't make the official one), UNC's Pete Brennan and Wake Forest's Jack Williams. ARROW CLEANERS 1 Block from U. S. C. 1209 Gervais 1631 Gervais Quality Always 3-Hour Cleaning 1-Day Laundry Press While-U-Wait 2-DAY REGULAR SERVICE Suit. 1-Day Service $ .90 "Mural . 27 Teams Entered By Jerry Sanders Sports Writer Intramural basketball began at Carolina last Monday, and the action was fast and heavy in the first games. Both the independent and fraternity leagues appear to be well balanced and the final outcome of campus champ will probably be decided in the play off games. McBryde Brotherhood, per ennial contender in the inde pendent league, continued their domination by edging ASCE 36-34. Don Morton was the high scorer for the game with 30 points. Freddie Spruell dominated the Engineer's scor ing with 15 points., In the second game of the eve ning, the Hawks decisioned Snow den in another close game 41-39. Sayetta led the Hawks' scoring with 13 points while Bob Yeositis had 13 for the losers. The first real run-away of the young season came with the All stars downing Canterbury 63-32. Hughes and Smith led the win ner's scoring with 24 points each while Bobby Blanton had 10 for Canterbury. Other games in the inde pendent league found Maxey Brotherhood slipping past the snakes 40-32. Stafford tossed in 12 ,points to lead the Brotherhood to their first vie tory of the season. Crolley had 19 points to pace the Snakes and gain scoring honors for the evening. In a high-scoring tilt, the Hoboes downed Preston Second 79-62. Buddy Nidiffer led the winner's scoring with 18 points while Charlie Johnson and Frank Destino had 1( each for the Hoboes. Scoring honors for the night, however, went to Preston's Gwenn with 20. On the fraternity side of the ledger, Sigma Chi moved past Pi Sigma Kappa 53-25. Leading the way for Chi-men was Eddie Beall with 12 points. Topping the loser's scoring column was McLain with eight points. In the best ballgame of the young season, SPE and SAE battle for 37 minutes before SPE finally won the battle 42-35. Freddie Spruell led the scoring for the winners wvith 20 points wvhile Kimball had 12 for the SAE boys. In another exciting game, Sigma Nu shook their early miscues to dIown K A 39-27. A p)air of Jim's ...Jim Wallace and Jim Usher eac(h scored 11 points to lead the Anew amonlth4 * rich a m4d Basketh Nu's to victory. 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