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Duke By JEi SP( A football team that on: makes up the first annual : ference team. Adjectives such as cole * others a person might thin one of the strongest all-cor It's a team composed of s4 mores and it's big, too-av( Gamecock honor squad woul around in defensive ability at DUKE Duke placed three men Roy Hord ,GRAND PRIX DIGE Sports Car Hail Darii By Jim Lavery Special Writer The Grand Prix season is ove and gone and the voice of th Plymouth is heard in our lan< With the August 11 running c the Swedish 1000 kilometer Gran Prix of Endurance, the 195 Sports Car Championship race were completed. It was an eY citing season and a successful on indeed for such luminaries a F"angio, Moss, and Musso, and fo the machines of Maserati, Ferrar Ecurie Ecosse, and the Britis dark horse, Aston-Martin. Juan Manuel Fanglo retaine his World Driver's Championshi for the fifth time via the accumu lation of 40 Grand Prix point Swhile England's Stirling Moa trailed the Old Master with 21 Luigi Musso captured the thir slot with 16 while Mike Hawthor brought his 14 points home to highly respectable fourth. Ton Brooks, Harry Schell, Maste Gregory, Peter Collins, Jean Behrs and the British newcomer Lewie Evans completed the roster fo ~he first 10 places in drive Wonors. Fangio leaped into a comfor table eight-point lead at the Argentine Grande Epreuve on January 13. The day clearly belonged to Works Maserati, with both Fanglo and Moss . heading the seven-car entry. Their machines had been im proved over the ones of the year before and this particular group was out for Ferrari blood. For the first 25 laps, the Blac Horse contingent battled bravel; with Fanglo and Company, bu Ferrari forces then collapsed wit the folding of Musso, Collins, ani Hawthorn, leaving Eugenio Cas tellotti alone In the battle betweel the two Italian teams. Castellott later lost a wheel, smashing For rarn hopes for a spectacular shorn This left the field clear fo Maserati and the event was cap tured In 1, 2, 3 order by Fangic SBehra, and Menditeguy, all driv ing the big red howlers. Fiaglo Team Wins Next on the list was the 12-hou Grand Prix d'Endurance at Seb ring, Florida. The opinion pro vailed that Fanglo in his 4.' Maserati would repeat his Argen tine performance and run awa: with the race. However, it wa. his co-driver Jean Bohrm, toj French pilot, who stole the shorn Rahra apntured the initial Ian' Domi* South Ca RY R. SANDERS RTS EDITOR y superlative adjectives could descril 1957 Gamecock All-Atlantic Coast Coi rful, powerful, scintillating, and any k of should only be used in describing ference teams ever assembled. ven seniors, two juniors and two soph ,raging about 205 pounds a man. TI d be able to compete against any tea: 3 well as the department of offense. LEADS VOTING rn the first team, North Carolina ar A*" f'.' Dick Christy ST Enthusiasts ~g Drivers after about five laps and held it there while- Fangt' nef' ti for only four hours during the entire r race. e The hardest-fought battle was . for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th positions f which were constantly changing up until the rockets signaled the end of the 12-hour grind at 10 p.m. The final run-down was Fanglo 3 Behra first for Maserati, Moss - Schell second in a smaller Maser, e Hawthorn-Bueb third for the semi official Jaguar team, and the Gregory-Brero Ferrari filling r fourth. 4, One Fatality The otherwise near-perfect event was marred by the death I of driver Bob Golditch, who over p turned his Arnolt-Bristol Bolide - early in the race. The three other s Arnolt entries were immediately s withdrawn. iOn May 12, the most danger-. I ous and punishing race of the a season took place on the narrow, a twisting road from Brecia to MM ,' Rome and back again-The Mill. i Miglia. wl eta hsm s And it ..maywelbththi - year saw this race's last running, To . r due to the tragic crash of Marquis ..O r Alfonso de Portago when his Ferrari blew a tire at 170 m. p. h. Intri only 60 miles from the finish line, night i The car careened into a group of faces spectators and then into a stoneSim wall. Ten of the by-standers lostSim their lives along with de Portago Sigmna and his co-driver, Edmund Nelson. games The race has now been placed SAE u under suspension due to inade- Psi pl quate protection for the spectators. Sigma Old Champ Returns- doS The contest was finally won by d i c the "Silver Fox," Piero Taruffi, El r who has now won every major Acti< t Grand Prix in the world at least nameni i once. He was followed at a dis- PiKA's I tance of three feet by Count von - Trips after a tremendous drive by Moss, Peter Collins ended with a broken up th I axle about 100 'iniles from the soon - finish line. Both top winners rear .drove Ferraris, giving- their fac- covers r tories a good chance at boating quite - Maserati for the Coupe des Con- during ,structeurs (ManufaCturers' Chain- race. .pionship).I On May 26, Aston-Martin This showed its teeth to the racing of the world in completely running hour ea away with the 1000 kilometer France Nurburg Ring at Adenau, Ger- "The I I many. Britisher Tony Brooks mean. leaped into the lead at the June 2 starting gun and held it all fastest through the race except for a victory short period when he was took tl .passed by the crowd-pleasing The I Sterling Mess in a 4.5 MaseratL. awarde ites'G rolina Plac N. C. State and Maryland each 1 had one each. The "adjective" squad is heao would like to have on their first who garnered 20 of the 21 votes publicists and sports editors of Other backs include Dick C: halfback who set at least on year and broke seven Wolfpa Carlton of Duke, Jim Bakhtia rn records for the Cavaliers of ' ful Harvey White, a yearlir passing and running led Fra pected 7-3 season. . d Christy, Carlton and White a while Bakhtiar earned his yardi STRC At ends are seniors Buddy P of Maryland, both claiming No largest lineman of the eight, we was co-captain of Jim Tatum's the main spark in North Caroli Tom Topping and Phil Blaz spectively, won the nominath the young Atlantic Coast C4 and Rod Breedlove of Marylai Hord received continuous pral defensive play and Breedlov many times for his performan coach Tommy Mont. Jim Oddo, the smallest of tl was cited for his scrappy offen GAMECOCK! On the second all-conferenc placed three men on the squad have another year of action fac The offensive twins, halfba were named to the team alon Gamecock' FIRS POS. PLAYER SCHOOL E Ed Cooke Maryland E Buddy Payne. North Caroli T Tom Topping. Duke T Phil Blazer North Caroli G Roy Hord Duke G Rod Breedlove Maryland C Jim Oddo N. C. State B Harvey White Clemson B Dick Christy N. C State B Wray Carlton Duke B Jim Bakhtiar Virginia SECOI E Ray Masneri Clemson E Fred Polzer Virginia E Bob Pepe N. C. State T John Kompara South Caroili T Dick DeAngelis N. C. State G John Grdijan Clemson G Jim Keyser Virginia C Gene Alderton Maryland B Alex Hawkins South Carollh B King Dixoe- South Carolhi B Dick Hunter N. C. State B Hal McElhaney Duke ramural Volleybal iiight; No Favorit4 smural volleyball begins to- game while( n the University gym. SPE Chi. SAE ad P1 Kappa Phi and Phi Chi and Phi Kappa meets Phi Kappa Sa Mua at 6:00 in the opening meets Phi Ep of the tournament. KA and games of th4 quare off at 7:00 and Chi The KA ays Lambda Chi. Kappa test and the and PIKA play at 8:00 as COhd struggle mia Chi and Phi EpsilonanPhSg tured at 7:00 mn will resume in the tour- SAE and Phi on Monday at 6 p.m. The Phi Epsilon P and KA's play the first Thursday's however, could not keep Ecurie Ecosi s extreme pace and was machine abb disabled when he lost a Ffockhart an< wheel. Brooks then re- Jag No. 2 f< d the lead and added Lawrence itsr a considerable margin bination. As the remainder of the 24 hours too machines witi ,e Maas-''The Race" out of a field brings us up to the Queen The Britis Grand Prix circuits, the 24- copped the idurance trial at Le Mans, ance honors i When people speak of having the I ~ace," this is the one they size of any e This year's event, held on in all, Britan 2 and 28, proved to be the ruled the day ever and an overwhelming The final1 for the D-Jag teams, who was the Swedi e top four places. stad on Augua first two prize. were six-hour battle ci to David umya gunn .a fial.in imecocks es 3 On Seco ad two players and Clemson, Virginia led by a set of backs the professionals unit. They are led by Wray Carlton cast by ACC football coaches, sports the respective schools. t hristy, the N. C. State triple-threat e new conference mark during the ck individual records, junior Wray r, the Iranian prince who set many irginia at fullback and the master ig for the- Clemson Tigers whose nk Howard's Bengals to an unex re all exceptional ruiners and passers, tge the hard way-on the ground. ONG LINE ayne of North Carolina and Ed Cooke ,rfolk, Va., as "home." Cooke is the ighing in at about 236 pounds. Payne Tar Heels and is credited with being na's upset over highly favored Navy. er of Duke and North Carolina, re m as being the two best tackles in nference, and Roy Hord of Duke nd were the top choices for guards. se throughout the year for his fine - e, onjy a sophomore, was lauded ces against Terp opponents by head ie first team members at 187 pounds, sive and defensive play. 3 PLACE THREE e team, South Carolina's Gamecocks . Irdhically, all thee are juniors and A ing them. cks Alex Hawkins and King Dixon, g with tackle John Kompara. Dick Honor Tean T TEAM H'TOWN YR. WT, Norfolk, Va. Sr. 236 na Norfolk, Va. Sr. 205 Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Sr. 204 na Whitaker, Pa Jr. 220 Charlotte, N. C. Sr. 220 Cumberland, Md. So. 215 Wilmington, Del Sr. 187 Greenwood, S. C. So. 200 Chester, Pa. Sr. 180 Wallace, N C. Jr. 196 Abadan, Iran Sr. 198 ('D TEAM California, Pa. Jr. 180 Northampton, Pa. Sr. 188 Pittsburgh, Pa. Jr. 207 ia Canton, Ohio Jr. 220 Reading, Pa. Sr. 212 Riliton, Pa. Sr. 200 Covington, Va. Sr. 215 Cumberland, Md. Sr. 220 ta S. Charleston, West Va. Jr. 1 85 ta Laurens, S. C. Jr. 170 Leechburg, Pa. Sr. 158 Bargettstown, Pa Sr. 191 1 Tournament Begir a Has Been Establis] shi Psi plays Sigma lw:60-A s a i SPE, and Lambda SgaCiv.PiKp Kappa Sigma playKapv.A;Pipvs Kappa -Phi faces 80-im uv.SE d Phi Sigma Kappa Civ.PiSg silon P1 in the final NetFia, eem night.KapSiplySP and Sigma Nu con-whlPiEpetsam Lambda Chi-SigmaPiAtksoSgm open up Tuesday'sPhKpplyChPs pa Sig vs. Pi Kapp TeSEP apgm vs. Chi Psi are fea-Sim Ch-hSicne ,while PIKA meets u h olyalato Kappa Sigma playsChita hodys T I at 8:00.maneoftewilb scheuleis s flows aftr 00-ShliAys.Ka e, wih theleadisgematei s Stin Kap piloted byaRo ing him uP ihird EPs Chio e,whl edge hi . FSaig. n unSadroaNdtetwot captuy, Decemc lot rouctvecon-appa St g lav thEBlc wsa,ternosh This Epwes ami Piony2fiihr been unly sic he s h otnetaso is Contest brogh oe ne fPro m- ide ofats tewl l veru sceedu sa fo after5 teo getdas.ude r, itherc. the maufcead wl al vioeydefniy re uy rig termachinesnandsprofit nt 1p Arou hcti 40oreowm-rma us, the ehaser-nurspwe t krge hvitou iliterlly nd Team Hunter, the other half of the N. ( the second unit as was fullback H haney and Dixon were injured dur campaign. At the end slots, Clemson flankr he alternate unit and Fred Polzer of Itate tied for the other position. Dic 'ion N. C. State joins Kompara at tl John Grdijan of Clemson and Jim named at guards and Gene Aldei spot. Keyser was named all-confei switched to offensive guard and d, Cavalier coach Ben Martin this ye A combination of the Gamecock f r alternate unit would probably be e Harvey White SAE, Nu's On IFC Al SAE's champion intrami Sigma Nu each placed three Pi Kappa Phi and Sigma C] Bird Tankmei Meet Wolfpacl At Local Poo Carolina's untested swimmii squad will meet N. C. State in ; (iust trial of the year Wednesda D~ecember 10. The meet will ini the University pool at 2 o'cloc N. C. State features one of t best breaststrokers in the nati Sin D)ick Fodgen and an excelle spirinlter in Bill Robinson. Car lina will counter with a line-1 consisting of a large number juniors and sophomores. Representing USC in the 40 yard relay will be Carlton Pouln< Rob Higgins, Tom Fortson, a1 Flynn Bowie. Arthur Gaston w do the 220 freestyle, while D< fm lBigby is slated for the 50-ya freestyle. Jimmy Myers, a junior lette IS man, will handle the divil ed chores for Carolina. Forts Ii swims the 200-yard butterfly, al Poulnot and Pete Richter perfor pa Sig; in the 200-yard backstroke. T ~:00--Pl 200-breaststroke is done by Hi Chi Psi; gins and Tom Caskey. Lambda Gaston is entered in the 4 freestyle and the team of Bow er 18, Gaston, Fortson, Richter, a: at 6:00 Bib will tackle the 400-ya >da Chi. freestyle. Vu and 'Coach Jimmy Ratliff announc Lt 7:00. this week that Don Bigby hi and the bee~n selected as the out.standii it wind swilmmer of last year's team. T before six-foot, 195-pound junior frc te re- HIartsville placed second in t played state meet in the 50-yard da and third in the 100-yard freesty He anchored the relay team th a back- set a new school record last ye dil Hill at 3:51.4. between Carolina's next home meet w l money be against North Carolina Horse December 14. ~riumph ohd Christy, the only unanimo Sebring choice on the United Press A Atlantic Coast Conference teal a close will play at least one more foc Fro tball game this year. He was t hntefirst player selected for t ray, all South team for the annual Nort be ex- South game in Miami. improve by this course, Since 1982, the Gamewoeks ha iythical had only six ooahe. The pre.. iter en- coach, Frank Johnson, has be them- at Carolina since 1940 with thr Team . State offense was placed on al McElhaney of Duke. McEl Ing the late stages of the 1957 nan Ray Masneri was named to Virginia and Bob Pepe of N. C. k DeAngelis of conference cham ie other tackle slot. n Keyser of the Cavaliers were ton was placed at the center rence center last year but was efensive middle line-backer by ar. irst All-ACC unit and the second very coach's "dream come true." Jim Oddo Place 3 Men 1-Star Team iral football team and runner-up men on the IFC's All-Star team. hi were each represented by two players. (uerry, Richardson, and Whaley were the Nu's representatives on the team selected this week by the Intramural Fraternity Council. Jacocks, Cain, and Banks were chosen from SAE, Lemmon and r1g Wurthman from Sigma Chi, and its Rose and Stokes from Pi Kappa ty Phi. be The entire team was named as k. follows: he Ends -- Cain, SAE; G;uerry, an SN; Donlen, SPE; and Mann, nt Chi Psi. '0- Tackles - Tucker, PiKA ; IP Wurthman, SX; Banks, SAE; of and Richardson, SN. Centers -- Luft, Phi Kappa 0- Sigma; and Rose, Pi Kappa Phi. , Backs - Bell, Lambda Chi; dStokes, Pi Kapp; Carter, KA; lJacocks, SAE; Lemnmon, SX; an Whaley, SN; and Klassman, Phi rd Epsilon Pi. League Stars r- The team was selected from the gall-star teams of both leagues. nThe dream team from League One "m Ends-Cain, SAE; Hoffman, he SX; Mathis, Lambda Chi; and g-Donlen, SA E. 0Tackles - Wurthman, SX; 40 Banks, SPE; Tucker, PiKA ; ,Wilcox, Pi Kapp; Beckman, SX; ri and Kay, PiKA. dCenters-Suber, SAE; and Rose, Pi Kapp. ed Eleven backs were chosen and as include Spruill, SPE, Norton, Pi gKA, Jacocks and Evans, SAE, he Snipes and Lemmon, SX, Bell, niLambda Chi, Stokes, Pi Kapp, and sh blocking backs Stillwell, PiKA, hBrown, Pi Kapp, and Ashley, SAE. le. Reynolds, K A, Mann, Chi Psi, at and Hornsby and Guerry, Sigma ar Nu, were selected as ends on League Two's stellar team. The iltackles were Fuller, K A, Rich an ardson, Sigma Nu, Edmnunds, KA, and Newman, Phi Kappa Sigma. Luft, also a Phi Kap, was named as the unit's center. 11- The backs on the team were m, Weeks, Phi Kappa Sigma; Carter, >t KA; Jackson, KA; Whaley, SN; he Klassman, Phi Epsilon P?i; Tim he merman, Phi Kap; and McLain, h- Phi Sigma Kappa. The cover of the State football we brochure this year had a cartoon nt of Christy and Hunter pulling the an Wolfpack wagon with the caption, se "We're Betting on the Ponies."