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Bird 1Nine Ei Sports Digest Dy iliac Hfill A Place In The Sun Although the 1956-57 school year has not been the Uni versity's most successful sportswise, it has been the best year for her athletic teams since the powerful Atlantic Coast Con ference was established some four years ago. Definite improvement has been noted'in Carolina's four major sports-football, basketball, baseball and track. In football, Coach Warren Giese has installed the "new look" of control play which saw the Gamecocks victorious in seven of 10 games last fall. Our basketball team this winter was one of the best in the annals of our school and it was without doubt one of the,4f not the most colorful and popular ever to perform here at Carolina. Coach Frank John son's quintet packed our antiquated field house at each home game while winning all but the North Carolina encounter on the home floor and went on to gain the finals of the ACC tournament before succumbing once again to the mighty Tar Heels. Coach Joe Grugan's baseball nine is currently enjoying a better-than-average season, however, the most important thing to note about this sport here at USC is the strides Coach Grugan has made in helping his players with partial scholarships, meals, books, etc. The track squad under Coach Weems Baskin is also in the midst of better than-average season with a good chance of defending their state crown. The noteworthy thing here, however, is the mary under classmen on the squad, which is also true of most of USC's athletic teams, and the new track field located at the new athletic plant which will be used next season. For a year of rebuilding, our athletic teams have been highly successful and we can certainly look forward to next year with great anticipation. A GOOD LICK The youthful ACC is rapidly becoming one of the nation's most powerful. It should be safe to compare this league with the older Southeastern and rate it just behind' the South western and Big Ten - conferences in all-around athletic powress. In keeping with her growing power, the ACC has taken steps to gain national prestige by telecasting football and basketball games next year. Four dates were under consideration for television next Fall at a recent meeting of the athletic directors of the eight member schools at Greensboro. They were, October 12 and 26, and November 9 and 23, which includes the USC-North Carolina game at Chapel Hill, Nov. 9, and the UNC-Duke game Nov. 23. According to reports, the other games will be, Clemson-Virginia or Maryland-Wake Forest, Oct. 12, and N. C. State-Duke or Wake Forest-North Carolina, Oct. 26. The ACC brass also voted to televise 12 Saturday afternoon basketball games next winter. Another good move to come from the Greensboro meeting was the move to allow any ACC basketball team to enter post-season tournaments other than the conference tourna ment winner. If this rule had been lifted a year earlier, Wake Forest or Carolina or some other AC Cteam would probably have won the National Invitational Tournament in New York City's Madison Square Garden. Duke's Versatile Sinie Leads ACC Hit Parade Greensboro-Duke's Dave Sinme, Acrigt C evc u who passed up baseball last spring ra iue hog atStr to concentrate on trc,today i~ ys gae,iealotpth the new batting leader in the At- adi idfrscn nhm lamntic Coast Conference with an average of .421. Sime, who holds two world track rhitn ihfo.AlBk, recor ds and has matched a third, has collected :32 hits in 76 official wk oetadBbHryo times at hat, including seven dou- Vrii aehttrehmr bles, one tr'iple, three home runseah and 12 runs batted in. ber___iSimanienltcis team'steenPet teamynard,pwooedlioped slightlyit .one retpetil--holdsasecond.eTh won-c'ostkrandrDickthudson-o AorCaina trAil Seie Bu reau wigurs eah.oughlat ladsr Hdy's games Hie Busch tops Vir hitnthrene trithis o venadoule aryladste owseodare, ho hsdopHaed ouf Ctte lead batter it,ng erthele.ss aer Biolen banes atnd Jonn Sntolo ofa.ke Stteset that moardy las Virinia have htl tree agains Sie Itreay toammatch Pte Maynrd, whoealinppoe slihtl te .4out stie ths seond. Th No. 3btoe also asDues aains shortCstoln baeek at 3. HoeeIn Dick Hudson of Dk ed C tesm Northprorolino hraiheSace in dou ones batted'in-wthe2h,mtthelbesb won-lostesteaodrarwesheach0-a hitathre (Sipfestohotad ids Se4 ACC B; Chapel Hill-A double elimina tion tournament is planned to de eide the NCAA district three baseball championship in order that each team's pitching strength may be well tested, Walter Rabb, district chairman announced re cently. Rabb has sent complete tourna ment information to coaches and athletic directors in the district. "Our committee recognizes the fact that no team at Omaha PLUG THE INFIELD ... is the season. They are, left to right, Pete Stokes, captain and second and firstbaseman Ken Rosefield, varsity team. Stokes is a two-yea Photo) Sports Calendar FRIDAY, MAY 10 (TODAY) BASEBALL: Virginia at Char lottesville. GOLF: ACC Tournament at Winston-Salem. TRACK: ACC Meet at Chapel Hill. TENNIS: ACC Tourney at Dur ham. SATURD)AY, MAY 11 BASEBALL: Maryland at Col lege Park. GOLF: ACC Tournament at Winston-Salem. TRACK: ACC Meet at Chapel Hill. TENNIS: ACC Tourney at Dur ham. TUESD)AY, MAY 14 BASEBALL: Clemson at Clem son. pitching with a 5-1 record and an earnedl run average of 1.27. Har leigh* Fatinger of Duke is 4-1, Jim Raugh of North Carolina 6-2, and D)ickie Smallwood of Duke 5 2. Raugh has an ERA of 1.28 and leadls strikeouts with 69. Burton has walked only six in 49 innings to post the best control record. The leadin~g batters: Player, School AlB R H Pet. Sime, Duke 76 24 32 .421 Maynard, Duke 85 18 35 .412 Bonezek, Duke 69 12 27 .391 Phillips, WF 61 10 23 .377 Wyant, NC State 54 12 20 .370 McMillan, WF 47 6 17 .362 Arnold, Va. 61 11 21 .344 Barnes, W F 62 17 20 .323 IHappy Hour . . 7-8 P.M. Nightly .. . 'he 1880 MAIN4 MT. sPy'w/ent iaseball Tour (where the winner goes for the National championships) will be able to make a creditable showing without at least three and prefer ably four starting pitchers," Rabb wrote. "Therefore, we are using a type of tournament which will necessi tate the use of more than two pitchers." The tournament will be held for the second year in succession at Gastonia, N. C., and the dates se job that these four Gamecock basel thirdbaseman Paul Rawl, who leads baseman Larry Jewell, one of the to the Birds' long ball hitter. Jewell is r man, while Rawl and Rosefield are NEW FLIP-TOP BOX Sturdy to keep cigare.ttes from crushing. your pocket. Uto eAat. t Clem oney Set lected are May 81 through June 8. The National tournament at Omaha is scheduled June 8-18. The schedule at Gastonia calls for two afternoon and two night games on Friday, May 81. Two games are scheduled on Saturday night. A seventh game may be necessary and, if so, this will be played on Monday. Champions of the Atlantic Coast, Southern and Southeastern (Continued on page 7) )y - allers have so capably done this the club in batting, shortstop p defensive -players in the ACC, completing his third year on the only sophomores. (USC Sports arl Here's old-f Ir The man-size taste filter feelsi wny Modiern F POPU LAR PILaE -R== mC, LSOf T Invade Virgii At Maryland Carolina's baseball nine, ti place in the Atlantic Coast ( lottesville, Virginia, today for with the UV Cavaliers and wil for another loop game against ISports MorgueI From The Gamecock, May 9, 1952 Steve Wadiak, backfield star on last year's football team who was killed in an automobile accident in April, was doubly awarded during May Day Activities recently. Coach Rex Enright received in Wadiak's behalf a memorial case which will contain the deceased star's jersey, a picture of Wadiak, and his bronzed football shoes. Wadiak was posthumously awarded th(. Blue Key Athletic Award. . . . Pitcher Otis Rawl leads the Gamecock baseball hit ting with a .360 average. . Hootie Johnson has been named to head the Block C Club for next fall. From The Gamecock, May 8, 1942 The University of South Caro lina Track Team defeated N. C. State 68 to 58.... In his first year a head track mentor, Jim Penney h is guided the Gamecock thinclads t, their first state championship Li several years. Penney, prior to this year a whole hearted biolog ist, is filling in for Sterling Du l'ree who is away in the Armed Forces. . . . Carolina's Golf team under the tutlege of Dr. Havilah Babcock won the state golf cham pionship last Friday. Students' Speci Meat 2 Vegetables 4 Bread & Butter .001 - OU O -fp ashioned flavor in the new w of honest tobacco comes full throu 'ight in your mouth. It works fine I lip-Top Box keeps every cigarette iesday i. Today; Tomorrow ed with N. C. State for fourth ,onference, journeys to Char an important league encounter I push farther north tomorrow the Maryland nine at College Park. Coach Joe Grugan's charges will close out their 1957 sched ule when they travel to Clemson next Tuesday. The game sched uled against the Tigers last week was postponed because of rain. The Birds edged the Ben gals, 4-3, at Capitol City Park two weeks ago. Last Tuesday at Veterans Hos pital Field the locals dropped a heartbreaking :3-2 game to the Parris Island Marines in an exhibi tion affair that went into extra innings. The Gamecocks were to have played the Marines again Wednesday afternoon; however, results of that game were not available as The Gamecock went to press. Coach Grugan was undecided - on a starting pitcher for the Virginia game. However, big Jim Craig will probably get the assignment against the Terps tomorrow. Today's chunker will likely be Lefty Leon Norton or Murph Lemmon, a righthander. The remainder cf the lineup will be as follows: Ward Fisher or J. B. Lawrimore, catcher; Ken Rosefield, first base; Captain Larry Jewell, second base; Pete Stokes or Cleon Reece, shortstop; Paul Rawl, third base; Ronnie Coker, left field; Buddy Nidiffer, centerfield; and Dave Ketchem, right field. CAFETERIA 1230 Hampton al Every Night Friday Night 5C 35c O0 0yt 'soe gh. Th smoot-dawn mt doesn't get in the firm and fresh.