Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SPOR'TS___ ANDERS BY SANDERS There was a time when basketball was, a struggling sport trying to compete with the well-known games of football and baseball. A lot of people just couldn't get the hang of all the aspects of basketball. Now it's a completely different story! Basketball is king supreme of the spectator sports these days and everyone and his uncle know the how's, wherefores, etc., of the game, although each year the basketball officials seem to come up with new rules to confuse the fans and then in later years return to the obsolete regulations of the past. Basketball is king at Carolina, too, and what's being done about it-nothing! Fans are clammering to watch the Gamecocks in action and there's not enough room in the old antiquated field house to hold the students of a progres sing university much less the "outsiders" who like the game just as well. Since coming to Carolina about three years ago, this columnist has been hearing rumors that plans for a new field house were on the drawing boards, but as yet these rumors have remained such . . . mumblings but nothing else. In the fall of 1956, a new athletic department building was ready for occupancy and a fine building it is; but, other than being perfect for football and the offices of the athletic staff, it's use is limited Thus, a lot of money was spent, in essence, for a single purpose. QUESTION: Why couldn't the money that was "in vested" in this modern project been raised by additional funds to construct a modern field house or coliseum on the same site with the present facilities of track, foot ball fields and baseball diamond and also would have given the University of South Carolina Ganecocks a sufficient arena for basketball? FANS FLOCK TO USC Last Saturday night when, according to some sports writers, most students go home for the weekend, the old Field House was packed to capacity for the game with Geor gia Tech. It was the o'pening game of the season at home for Coach Johnson's boys, too. Bob Fulton, airing the play-by-play description of the game for a local radio station, noted during halftime that the crowd was a remarkable one for the opening game. He said that only a few years ago, an opening game with Geor gia Tech in the Field house would have drawn only about half the Saturday night attendance. What has caused this revolution in basketball around Carolina ? Fans from near and far will flock to see a winning team or should the game go against the "home" team, the followers still enjoy the color such as the Gamecocks have had in the past three years. On Saturday afternoon a regional telecast of the game between North Carolina's national champion Tar Heels and Clemson's Tigers was carried from the Field House at Chapel Hill. The backdrop for the television cameras andl lights happened to be some 8,000 fans who wanted to see basketball at its biest. In a few weeks the cameras will be moved( into Carolina's Field House for another ACC battle. The backdrop won't be quLite as dlelightful as was seen from Chapel Hlill, but b)asket ball will be at its beCst. That's a wager! South Carolina is p)rogressing education-wise, football wise, in basketball talent, and the b)uildlings on the campus are adlequate; that is, everything excep)t the Field House. For gosh sakes, let's progress in this field, too. POST-SEASON ACCOLAD)ES Post-season accolades should go to the various players anid coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference .. . D)ick Christy for being named All-American on Associatedl Press' first team andl "player of the year" in the conference... Earle Edwards, coach of N. C. State's conference champions ...Hal McElhaney, D)uke University's fullback, who was named recipient of the Jac'obs Blocking Trophy, awarded ainnually to the best blocker in the conference The Blue D)evil senior also copped the award last year. Here at Carolina, applause should be given to Alex Hawkins, who made the Gamecock All-ACC second team, the wire services secondl team All-AC(', honorary co-captain of the All-South Carolina team, secondl team halfback on the Augusta Herald's All-South team (composed of players oif the SEC, ACC and Southern conferences). John Kompara, Bird first-team tackle who made second team All-Con. ference on the Gamecock team, AP~ and UP. King Dixon, who made second-team All-Conference on several squads, andl second team All-State. Nelson Weston, Gamecock senior guardl, made first team All-South Carolina. Kompara, Dixon andl Hawkins all received nominations for All-America honors on AP's squad. RENTALS -SALES POMA4WA1FR E 0'iAds U. *i W6W. se Volleyball Action Is Fast, Rougi Volleyball rules the intrampr scene at the moment and fini PiKA and SPE, and Sigma C and Phi Kappa Sigma on top their respective leagues. TI present standings are: League I PiK A 3 ( SPE 2 Sigma Nu 1 1 Pi Kaps . I 1 SAE .. 1I Kappa Sig 0 1 KA . . ..... 0 The standings in League II ar Phi Kaps 3 Sigma Chi 3 ( Phi Eps 2 1 Lambda Chi . 1 Phi Eps Pi . 0 Chi Psi 0 Golf has advanced to the sem final stage. Phi Kappa Sig at KA play each other to see who wi face Sigma Chi in the finals. Tl Phi Kap team is composed Stacy Clardy and Roger Grove Glynn Alexander and Jimmy Johi son represent KA, and Lee Kerl and Allen Johnson are the Sig in the event. First place carri 15 points toward the All-Spor Trophy. Gary McFarland of Sigma C brought the Sig's first place the badminton singles tourname1 by defeating Bob Luft of P Kappa Sigma in the final singli game. Luft won second place at Arthur Gaston of KA and Jol McLain of Phi Sigma Kapl placed third and fourth, respe tively. In doubles, the Phi Kap tea of Ray and Frank Kottean swept to a first place victory ov runner-up SPE. Del Haynes at Bob Herndon represented SPE the tournament. The consolati( game for third place between K and Lambda Chi has not be( played yet. First place in both singles at doubles brings seven and oni half points toward the All-Spor Trophy. Eleven points is spl between the second place team seven between the third pla finishers, and three points b tween the fourth place teams. Varsity Cage Roster No. Name Pos. lit. W 15 Dick Hoffman G (1-1 1! ,Union City, N. J. 21 Ray Pericola . G (1-2 1' Union City, N. J. 44 Fred Lentz C (;-8 2: Asheville, N. C'. P'ikeville, Ky. 34 Mike ('allahan F (1-( 2' Sussex, N. .. 41 BIob lFrantz C (;-7 2' Gilassbor'o, N. . 45 1arr D)ial C f;- 10 2: Spartanburg, S. C. 2:3 Lee A nder son G (6-2 1 Rockford, Ill. 25 Wayne Gofe (; f-2 1 Greer, S. C. 311 WValt HIudsoni F 6-.; Il Columbia, S. C. 24 F'reddie Luigs F (;-55 21 Paducah, Ky. 4:3 D)on Goodroe I" 6-7 1P (Columbus, GIa. 22 D)an Morgan G 5-I I I Enka, N. C. Columbia, S. (. CANDY ICE S A LC SH al Is ie isl FRATERNITY INTRAMURAL intramural activities are shown a Brown, Sigma Chi; Ronald H< r Friedman, Phj Epsilon Pi; Cha +s Conley, SPE; Jimmie Lee Ushe ler, Kappa Alpha; Jerry Sander Foster, Chi Psi; and Ray Rose, I iGod Gave '] Can Give C n "God has given me the talents a for playing basketball, but only my teammates can give me the op portunity to use them." p This was Tommy Kearns talk r ing . . . Tommy Kearns, North d Carolina's chief candidate for All n America honors. 'n Last year In Tar Heelia, it was A Lenny Rosenbluth's season. It was n Lenny, first, as a pre-season All America, Lenny, next, as an All d America through 32 brilliant Tar Heel victories and finally, it was s Lenny as a unanimous All-Amer it ica choice. Kearns In Backcourt e- Rosenbluth was a great scorer with an A-1 eye for the basket. Accordingly, the Tar Heel offense was centerel around him. Every one adjusted to his style of bas ketball and it. paid off. However, Lenny's c-5 frame of sheer basket hall prowess projected an' even * longer shadow that blanketed the Carolina team . . . especially a 5-1n1 backcourt speedster named )5 Tommy Kearns. Kearns played Rosenbluth's 0game all through the season last year and responded with a 12.8 point per game average. This year the All-American shoe is on an other foot . . . a smaller foot, but a faster one. And judlging fr'om )last Saturday's 79-55 opening Tar IIleel victory over Clemson, the shoe fits. Fanis Amiazed 10 A total of (,500 fans turned out at Woolen Gym to see the Tar 15 Heels, Coach Frank McGuire and a pre-season AlIl-American choice )() make the first defense of their I95(1-57 championship. When the 10 30 minutes of playing time had elapsed, they all wanted to knowv 10 what had happened to the newv Tommy Kearns. "lie's really im 10: proved,'' they all said, '"he didn't play like that last year." The thou 5sands of television viewers along the regionailly televisedl network CREAM OFT DRINNI SAND I MANY CONVENIE CATIONS ON CAMI A NKS DISTRIBUTING C COUNCIL ... IFC's intramural c bove at one of their recent meetii rndrix, Lambda Chi; Frank Kot rile Jacocks, SAE. Seated, John r, Sigma Nu; Bucky Stackhouse, R, PiKA; Gene Odom, student dii 'i Kappa Phi. (Gamecock Sports ['alent; Only apportunity from Baltimore- to Miami we asking the same question. The truth is Tommy Kear hasn't improved his basketba le's just been given the oppo tunity to play it his way for tl first time since he was a brillia high school star at St. Ann's Aca emy in New York. It's the san old Kearns, but a different sty of basketball at.North Carolina. Smart Student Kearns, who is a B stu.dent al history major at Carolina, is young lad who just turned votir age. Thanksgiving to Tommy everyday in the year. He is esp eaily thankful for the opportuni to be playing under Coach McGui and to have teammates like Pe Brennan, Bob Cunningham and a the other guys who wear the Car lina blue and white. "I couldn't have days like I d Saturday if it weren't for n teammates," Tommy says modestl iMy type of game is a team gar all the way, only I'm the lucky f< low who has been getting all t) credit. Where would my favori fast break be if it wveren't for t: rebounding of Pete (Brennan) at the assist work of Bobby (Cu ningham) ?" "I think running track h. helped my endurance and has al rouInded me into my best shal since high school (183 -pounds but as for my basketball, I've t wvays thrived on the fast brea WVe dlidn't (10 too much of that la year. We most51ly wo(rked( from s patterns and fed the hall to Lenm for a sure twop)ointer." As for his fancy passing, whi4 electrified the audience Saturda Kearns just grinned and said, "I' got a lot of those little tricks dov pat for the fast break situatio I feel confident andl I think Coat McGu ire shares that confidenc that on a fast break we're a su' bet for a deuce.'' Kearins hit 12 of 18 shots fro the floor in his first game th S WICHES NT "US 0.. INC. ouncil, governing body of fraternity gs. Left to right (standing), Alex [camp, Phi Kappa Sigma; Bernie McLairn, Phi Sigma Kappa; Chuck Kappa Sigma. Kneeling, Red Mil -ector of intramural athletics; Jim 'hoto by Ken Sturgeon.) Teammates -- Kearns re year. We drove wel, passed well, and his jump shots from behind is the circle were uncanny. He was an ii All-American all the way -and ter , rific to watch. One observer e summed up his play this way, t "What did you say that feller's d name was-Bob Cousy?" le FORMER MARAVICH PUPIL Lee Shaffer, 6-7 sophomore for ward on the University of North d Carolina basketball team, is a for mer pupil of Coach Press Mara a vich of Clemson College. Shaffer . played for Maravich coached teams two years at Baldwin High School in Pittsburgh. Starting for the ry Tar Heels against Clemson in the re opener which Carolina won 79-55 1 brought back many memories to the talented, 18-year-old Shaffer. 0 id ie 1e ke 3d it k. st et ysw h a y, shrn i an okali womfent, perfectly paliredI in a hIands8ome gift chest Iluy Now' Fo, --os --y-- $10 GRAY! Style llemiquar 1347 An Tankmen Lose; Will Meet Terps USC's once-beaten swimming squad meets the University of Maryland's tank team this after noon in the University pool at 2:00. Both teams have 0.1 records, Maryland having lost their first meet to powerful Pittsburgh and Carolina losing its initial encoun ter to N. C. State. Maryland is led by its junior co-captain John Bell, who special izes in the breaststroke, swims the butterfly and the crawl in the free style relay. Top sprinter on the team is Ray Ascherfeld. The Terps' strongest event is diving, their top divers being Stape Shields and Bob Kohl. The ACC team is coached by Bill Campbell. Carolina will counter in the sprint with its "Flying Fish," Don Bigby. Bigby garnered two first places in the N. C. State meet. Jimmie Myers is the Gamecocks' diver. Tomorrow, the Gamecocks will face UNC's 1956 ACC champion swimming. team at 2:00 at home. The Tarheels are favored to take the conference laurels again this year as they lost only one major t team member for this year. N. C. State, led by Dick Fodgen, who anchored the 400-yard medley that set a new pool record and shattered the pool butterfly rec ord himself, defeated the Game cocks 51-29 in the opening meet of the year. The medley relay team's new record time was 4:25.6 and Fodgen's mark was 2:23 flat in the -butterfly. Bigby won the 50-yard freestyle for USC with a time of 25.7 seconds, and was elocked in the 100-yard freestyle at 58.7 seconds. Summary: 400 medley relay-4:25.6, N. C. State. 220 freestyle-2:29.8, Bailey, NCS; Gaston, Fortson, USC. 50 freestyle-25.7, Digby, USC; Ernull, Bittenger, NCS. Butterfly-2:23.0, Fodgen, NCS. 100 freestyle-58.7, USC; Harri son, NCS; Bowie, USC. 200 backstroke - 2:28, Merchel, NCS; Poulnot, Richter, USC. 440 freestyle - 5:44.8, Kahil, NCS; Gaston, USC. 220 breaststroke-2:47.7, Ernull, NCS; Higgins, Caskey, USC. 400 relay-3:53.0, NCS. 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