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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.
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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,
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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
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(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
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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
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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.
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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.
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