The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 15, 1957, Page Page Eight, Image 8
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.
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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
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the leading scorer and rebounder
for the KA's with 11 points.
Pi Kappa Alpha won a good
game from Pi Kappa Phi by a
score of 59-49. Buddy Tidwell led
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points, while Skens had 18 for
the losers.
Pi Kappa Sigma finally beat
Phi Epsilon Pi by a score of 58-49
after Weeks began to hit the net.
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PiKaps with 28 points, while Barry
Klassman was the scoring. machine
of the Phi Eps with 26.
Kappa Sigma beat a taller
Lambda Chi team 59-58 in the
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Hddden had 18 points to pace the
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