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Game, SEASON OPENS DE Sophomor USC Swim Carolina's sophomdre stud its 1957 season against Norl December 10. Coach Jimmy Ratliff re schedule for the Gamecock sw December 14-UNC* January 10-Citadel* February 3-Duke February 19-Davidson February 20-Wake Forest February 22-State Meet i1 Charleston Pbruary 27, 28--ACC Meet The team is composed of siA sophomores, five juniors, and one senior. The lone senior is Arthui Gaston, a letterman from Chester Gaston swinis both the'220 and the 440-freestyle events. The top sprinter on the team r is Don Bigby. The six-foot, 195 pound junior from Hartsville swims the 50- and 100-yard free style. Another junior sprinter ih Carlton Poulton from Charleston, Poulnot holds a time of 2:38.6 iti the 200-backstroke, only one-tenti of a second over the school record, Jimmy Myers, a junior letter, man from Holly Hill, S. C., will handle most of the diving 'chores for Carolina. Rob Higgins is the top man in the 200-yard breast. stroke. The 6-4 junior from Greenville lettered last year. Bot Fasullo, who swims the 200 butter. fly, is the remaining junior on the -? I FOR "1 AN OR 0af smay l keras...wc. ~Twie0a other -two GeVieowGe 0 000: r 3ocks C12 'es To Lead ming Team Ided swimming team will open :h Carolina State in Columbia leased a tentative elgbt-meet imming team. The schedule is: squad. The 5-8, 160-lb. transfer student is from New York. The most versatile of the sophomores is Tom Fortson from Columbia. Fortson swims three events, the 220, the 440, and the 200. Fortson clocked 2:35 in the 220 on last year's freshman squad. Also up from last year's frosh team is Tom Caskey. Caskey, a .native of Columbia, swims the 200-yard breaststroke. Pete Richter, a 5-10, 165-pourid sophomore from Osage, N. J., specializes in the 200-yard back stroke. Flynn Bowie from Abbe ville is a sophomore sprinter who swims the 100 and 220 dashes. Bill Jones from Lyman does the 220 and the 200 breaststroke. Maxey Watson, a Colunbla soph omore, will compete in the 220 and 440-yard sprints. After registering its fifth shut- " out of the season, State matched the record of the 1932 squad, which also blanked five opponents. That team allowed only 29 points to nine foes and had a 6-1-2 rec ord. The Wolfpack has given up only 41 points this year, a 4.6 per game total. P4 A K st al yl le al it a| 5: hi ti |OMPANY, COLUMBIA, S. C. """" ,000 FHAT... 0***..*.**.. **........ lNARY....TER brnd ! n 9 cro 0 ,000 00an...fosmoterse tobcc, eep-e d ole saei ... alte.taa o amooherean Fo Ba ANOTHER HALFBACK COMBI more zest and ability to the N. C. Earle Edwards' team is enjoying i total of 449 yards or a 4.7 avers gained. This rushing gives the 4 courtesy N. C. State Athletic Publi, EET THE GAMECO Alex Hawk Defensive ' By TOM McLEAN Sports Writer One-half of South Carolina's tent one-two halfback p 4ich -is lex Hawkins. He teams with ing Dixon to form one of the rongest offensive and defensive ignments in the country. Last tar, Hawkins was the teani's ading scorer with 41. points. In Idition, he gained 566 yards rush g and 91 in pass receiving. Be so picked up 150 yards passing, in punt returns, and 48 more kickoff returns. In addition to a offensive feats, Hawkins was cognized as an outstanding de nsive man. This season, in games up until' ie time of this writing, he has THIS CHRISTMAS GIVE *YOUR PORTRAIT B.Y4 Woodlawn Studie Fine Photogrpphy 1134 Bull AL 2-0062 Opposite WIS-TV Tower s_rway gi :ILTER MOOT . .. ho tatViery 0,000* -lter. sibiferands o O. asth at Vuic...eoy's 20,00 t144 NATION ... Dick Hunter (left) State backfield as exemplified in t has far this season. Hunter hap ge, while Christy has carried 12f hester, Pa., native an average o eity.) CKS: #10 ins Leads ( [hrusts For rained 818 yards rushing and 98 )assing. He is fifth in the con erence in scoring with 81 points. Hawkins, a 6', 185-lb., junior, ame to Carolina by way of South Sharleston, West Va. At South :;tr Charleston High, Alex earned 12 letters, in foot ball, basketball, : ' baseball, a n d track. Ironically, he earned more recognition i n basketball t h a n football. T h i s was not without reason, for Haw kins was an out standing g u a r d three years for .. hoopsters. In his le1 high school senior year, Alex Hawkinsearned positions on the all-county md all-state teamns. He also played nthe annual W. Va..-Kentucky till-star .game. Hawkins was a quarterback luring most of his high school ootball career, His gridiron feats hatned-~him all-county, two years; positiorn on the North-South all TRAF 'H ER '1 --n..C fite ras. r disaS teri../ CIe&. ough f- 4.'ad pr ar., (Po ~XZ and Dick Christy (right) add Iho fine 6-1-2 season which Coach carried the bdl 95 times for a times for a total of 547 yards h 4.6 yards per carry. (Photos )ffensive, Gamecocks star squad; captain of his big) I school team; and second team all state. Alex handled the broad jumpinf on the track squad to round out his athletic chores. After graduation, Hawkins re ceived 12 football scholarship of fers and nine basketball offer Asked ihy he settled on football Alex said, "I liked football bettei than basketball. Also, because o my size, I thought I would hav a better chance in college footbal than basketball." Replying to his choice of U.S.C. he said, "I liked the South rea well and I liked the Carolini coaching staff. Then, too, I knev Bobby Barrett (Gamecock full, back) and he influenced me some.' Last year's Duke game and thii year's Texas gamhe rank as hii biggest thrills. His fine play i the Texas game earned him stati back of the week award. Off the sports scene, Alex Isa psychology major but he says hi has no definite plans for the ft ture. "I may go in service or] may play pro ball," he said. Hawkins is a member of PiKA fraternity and the Block C Club His favorite pastime is playing handball. 'S PASTE ~m80naber 23. 1W 'Pack' Ha wkins Huntei South Carolina, who won Saturday against Virginia, will tied North Carolina State at tomorrow. The Gamecocks will be pl N. C. State will portray Goliat) 'Hawk' Takes Bird Rushing Leadership Carolina fullback Don Johnson took top rushing honors last Sat. urday against Virginia, according to latest figures released by USC Athletic Publicity. He gained 63 yards on 12 carries, a 6.3 average. Jim Bakhtiar gained top honors for the game as he played his last game in Charlottesville for the University of Virginia. The Iran ian gained 81 yards in 28 carries for a 3.5 average. No other Cava lier gained more than 20 yards. Alex Hawkins, the top rusher, trails Johnson in average yards per carry, 4.2 to 4.1. Hawkins picked up 46 yards in 12 carries against the Cavaliers to up his season's total to 818. In other statistics, Duke half back Wray Carlton continues to set the scoring pace in the Atlantic Coast Conference with 58 points. Dick Christy, who will faep the Gamecocks tomorrow, is the sec ond top scorer with 54 points. Bakhtiar is third with 48 points and Dick Hunter, the other half of the Wolfpack combination, is fourth in scoring with 84 points. Hawkins is fifth in this cate gory, scoring one touchdown and an extra point Saturday to run his total to 31 points. King Dixon, who is currently on the disabled list is sixth with 30 points. RLUSIIJNG No. Yds. Avg. ILwkinm 78 318 4.1 -Johu.nn 71 297 4.2 )ion73 272 3.7 King 25 94) 3.6 is 12 78 6.1 i ; iaudern 26 73 2.F Clain 65 4.3 Six-ars. 233 .Bunch 28 .53 1 D)rsett 7 29 4.1 Barrett.5 17 3. Strickland ..............6 16 2.7 Gaines............ 3 7 2.8 iatterficid ................ 1 5 53.0 Willians ...............1 2 2.0 I Vickers ...............19 2 0.1 I PASSING Att. Comp. Int. Yds. TD liawkins 8 5 0 9 Dc.stin&'....8 3 0 5 Dixon ........ .9 3 0 2 Bunch ......2 2 0 2 Comies....... 1 0 1 Vickers...... 1 0 4 IDerrick.....5 1 1 8 in 8 0 0 0 0 Satterfield 8 0 0 0 0 RECEIVING, No. Y. I MDCln 3 3S I triek..........3 5 1iawkinb 3 2 Frick............1 2 Beall 1 De stino SCORING TDl EPA P TI liawkim......4 12 7 3 Di)xon....... 5 0 0 3 .Bunch.......3 0 0 1 McClamin ..3 0 0 1 Kimg ...2 1 0 1 Johmson.......1 3 2 8 Saunders.....1 1 0 Merck.........1 0 0 6 'Lavoe .......... 1 0 The Wolpak ne ds. only g. is 1780setin 956 7Th preen squad hs71,750 ATTENTION 54 2. Qq53 1.' a29 4,1 q7 S. su2. 7A2.8 Here Will Duel , Christy their first conference game play host to once-beaten, once Carolina Stadium at 2 p.m. tying the role of David and i in the ACC battle. Last year the playbill was reversed. The Birds were hot favorites with only one conference defeat while State had managed by one league vic tory. Nevertheless, the Wolfpaek made true the role of David and kayoed the Goliath Ganneeeks, 14-7, eliminating whatever chance they had for an Orange Bowl hid. No bowl Invitation is at stake in this one, but only because State is ineligible. The visitors have a distinguishing 5-1-2 record, including a 14-14 tie with bowl favored Duke. Giese Speak. Coach Warren Giese said at the weekly seouting luncheon that the N. C. State team would be the most explosive team the Game cocks have faced. He said the half back combination of Dick Hunter and Dick Christy would be the best combination to face the Birds this season. Giese also pointed out that no team has sered more than tue touchdowns against the Wolf pack defense all seasen ad a total of 41 points bad beew scored against the group. Only one touchdown was Peored en the ground against State. The youthful coach feels the greatest difference between this year's N. C. State squad and the one that beat Carolina last year is the defense. At the beginning of the season before any of the teams had played, Giese told a group of sportswriters at the "press day" luncheon that State would be the team to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference this year. And, Coach Earle Edwards and the Wolfpack have made Giese a soothsayer. South Carolina salvaged a 18-0 victory over the Cavaliers from Virginia last week for its initial conference win. After dropping a well-fought contest to Duke in the season's opener, the Gaaaecocks appeared headed for anoUNr suc cessful season under Warres Glese when the bottom fell out. Injuripe Rnt Ace quarterback Bobby Bunch was lost for the year with a shou! der Injury and alternate halfback John Dorsett, with a battered knee, joined alternate fullback Blobby Barrett on the list of dis abled, and then the Gamecocks began their nose-dive. State suffered their only de feat to lowly Willlagn and Mary, but not before proving to the country that they rated among the nation's finest. At the thiee of their upset, a national poll had placed the Welfpaek 10th among major colleges. As the ganme gets Under way Semnerww, the N. C. Stats eleven is rnted 20th in the natlos. Tomorrow's meeting Is the Sec ond post-war game between the two schools. In the 57-year-.old series, the Gamecocks have a slight edge, winning 10, losing eight and (Continued op page 8) mm AtMM$5| YOU'RE ItROUNDED BY.. WINE BRY & ClISNIRS