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PI&AppLa W ins Tov Pl Kappa Alpha fraternity swept to the intramural volley. ball championship by defeating P1 Kappa Phi in the tournament play off series. Sigma Chi beat Phi Kappa Sigma for third place in the tourney. Members of the championship PiKA team include Alex Hawkins, Jerry Sanders, Sam Stilwell, Parker Evatt, Jack Kirk, John Garner, and Bobby Vaughn. The team was coached by Buddy Sink. The runner-up Pi Kappa Phi's were Pat Cave, Bert Thomas, "Bubba" Huggins, Benny Brown, Bill Collins, and Tommy Dudley. The All-Star IFC volleyball team includes only two members from the same team. These are Jerry Sanders and Alex Hawkins of PiKA. Other members of this team are Tommy Dudley of PI Kappa Phi, Richie Hoffman of Sigma Chi, Frank Kotteamp-Phi Kappa'Sigma, Jim Baxter-Sigma Nu, and Tom Moore of SPE. Making honorable mention on the stellar team were Anderson, Sigma Chi; Newman, Phi Kappa Sig; Evatt, PiKA; Butler, Lambda | ACC Si INDIVIDUAL SC4 Player, School Brennan, Norrh Carolina . Busch, Virginia ....... Kearns, North Carolina....... Budd, Wake Forest . .... Pucillo, N. C. State ........... Bell, N. C. State . Yockel, Clemson .... Allen, Duke ................ Prater, South Carolina ........ Pericola, South Carolina ....... Bunge, Maryland ............... Shaffer, North Carolina ......... MacGillivray, N. C. State ........ Broadway, Wake Forest ......... Brinkley,- Clemson .............. Nacincik, Maryland ............. . McNeil, Maryland .............. Hoffman, Clemson .............. Richter, N. C. State ............. Newcome, Duke ............... Siewers, Virginia ............... Adkins, Virginia ................ MUCH FANFARE Television With ACC The players were ready, the coaches paced anxiously in front of their respective benches, and the fans shuffled their feet. The only thing needed to send another At lantic Coast Conference basketball -game into motion was the glowing red light that signalled "on the air"-TV, that is. One final announcement by the public address system requested the fans to refrain from smoking. It clouds the picture! One fan nudged another and snickered, "That's funny. The tele cast is being sponsored by a cig arette manufacturer!" It was just another adjustment that A.C.C. schools have made in order to stage Saturday afternoon battles on thousands of television screens throughout the eastern seaboard. Normally a game between Caro lina and Virginia would have in volved little fanfare. The fans would have strolled in, found the seat they desired, the players would have taken a few practice shots, and the game would have been under way. But coaches and athletic direc tors have found that sometimes the "magic lantern" supersedes even the rules of the game. For instance, normally a time out period lasts 60 seconds, but the television ruling is for 70 seconds. Sufficient time must be allowed for commercials! That's just one of the variations and behind-the-scene adjustments that accompanied the Virginia GLAMOUR FOR COEDS PERSONALITY FOR MEN Portr'aisy PP KAphc# irnament Chi; McLeod, Phi Sigma Kappa; Banks, SAE; Dany, Phi Ep PI; Thomas, Chi Psi; Hudson, Sigma Nu; Huggins and Thomas, Pi Kappa Phi; and Hayes and Wal lace, SPE. PiKA picked up 135 points to ward the coveted All-Sports Trophy in the tournament. . Pi Kappa Phi garnered 102 points, Sigma Chi 110, and Phi Kappa Sigma 90. The standings toward the trophy are: PIK A ......................07 Sigma Chi ..................300 Phi Kap ....................290 Sigma Nu ..................284 SA E .......................272 SP E ........................221 Pi Kappa Phi ...............198 Lambda Chi ................192 K A ........................ 152 Chi Psi .....................143 Phi Ep Pi ..................138 Phi Sig ....................107 Kappa Sig .................. 96 Phi Kappa Sigma had previ ously picked up some points to ward the All-Sports Trophy when Stacy Clardy and Roger Groves won the IFC golf tournament. tatistics . )RING LEADERS G FG FT Pts. Avg. 13 94 85 273 21.0 12 73 91 237 19.8 13 71 69 211 16.2 13 64 78 206 * 15.8 12 69 39 177 14.7 12 66 40 172 14.3 12 64 42 170 14.2 11 42 71 155 14.1 13 67 36 - 170 13.1 13 64 51 179 13.8 11 61 27 149 13.5 13 83 49 175 13.5 12 60 38 158 13.1 13 64 40 168 12.9 12 61 27 149 12.4 11 44 44 132 12.0 11 50 30 130 11.8 10 44 30 118 11.8 12 55 31 141 11.7 11 51 23 125 11.4 .. 12 49 39 137 11.4 12 60 17 137 11.4 Has Its Pr Basket bali South Carolina and other telecasts. Three weeks before the Game cocks and Cavaliers met, produc tion men were in Columbia study ing the USC field house and speci fying where cameras should be lo cated. A big platform and "booth" had to be constructed. An auxiliary power plant was rushed to the scene on the day of the game to handle the increased demand. At daybreak about 18 men were working furiously to have everything ready for the 2 p.m. tip-off. When spectators began to file in they were asked to be seated in the stands opposite the TV cam eras. Full seats make for a better show. And players were instructed to move "on camera" when they were 2000. '7; 6 6SXK$ UI Dickie Prater fJits Stride, UeaktSWhaiy' Dickle Prater started the cur. rent basketball season for Caro lina. with probably the biggest "double whammy" ever placed on a Gamecock cager. He was publicized as the man who would wear the shoes of de parted national scoring champ Grady Wallace, and Wallace had referred to him as the "best shot I've ever seen." That super-pressure had its el fects in early games on the Pikes ville, Ky., guard who once enrolled with Adolph Rupp at Kentucky before entering the service and ultimately settling on South Caro lina. Prater shot with hesitance and his scoring was sporadic. He bounced from a 20-point per formance against St. Bonaventure to a three-point frustration against Georgia in the Gator Bowl tourna ment and only two against Clem son there the following aight. Fans wondered what coach Frank Johnson was trying to prove. The season wore on, however, and Prater, finding college basket ball much faster than the service variety he had played for three years, began to get his "sea legs." He popped in 24 points against defensive-minded Maryland, added 19 against Virginia and was good for 18 against Wake Forest. Prater then solidified his po sition with Gamecock fans by hit ting ten of 18 field goal attempts in a 29-point splurge that led to an upset. over Clemson here last weekend. That gave him an average of 22.5 over the latest four games and a 13.1 pace for the season. Coach Johnson, who contended all along that Prater's eye for the basket demanded a chance and pa tience, isn't predicting any surge toward the astronomical average compiled by Wallace last year, but he has been encouraged by Prater's recent play. "He'll still have some bad nights," predicts Johnson, "but he'll have some better than he had against Clemson." Prater's upswing has been ac complished with a two-hand set shot from beyond the circle and a driving one-hander on the run from closer in. oblems Games introduced. Just a few of the things that go to further complicate this modern day basketball. Especially when you mix it with TV on a Saturday afternoon. After all, it isn't whether you won or lost, but what's your latest rating! South Carolina head football coach Warren Glese hasn't decided yet whether to use 220-pound Jack Ashton, a rising junior from Hope well, Va., at guard or tackle, but he believes he'll be one of the South's better offensive linemen at either spot. Ashton took over the right tackle position from in jured John Kompara in South Carolina's final two games last fall and did an exceptional job. 'TUDENTS AM/M $7; YOU'RE RROUNDED BY.. PIHINf ~RY & CLEANERS Carolia Biddi i Quest O ..c.L AW -Cx1 Carolina forward Mike Callahan seen for a rebound in a recent game against ( are Ed Brinkley, No. 42, and Walt Gibbor (Staff photo by Ross Parsons.) | ACC Team Lea OFFENSE Team Game V irginia ............................12 N orth Carolina ......................13 C lem son ............................12 M aryland . ..........................11 Duke ...11 N. C. State........................12 South Carolina.....................13 W ake Forest ........................13 DEFENSE Team Game Maryland..........................11 North Carolina .....................13 N. C. State .............. .......12 Wake Forest .....................13 Duke ........................11 Virginia......................12 Clemson ........12 South Carolina .........13 Absent-minded Pit Not so absent-minded when you get right down to it. He remembered the most important item-the Coke! Yep, people will forgive you almost anything if you just remember ti be ing along their favorite sparkling drink-ice-cold Coca-Cola. Do have another, professor! on,ed under authority of The Coco-Ceoa Corng COUMBA COCA-COLA aDOPLINa Cni p- Te1 To Fi is to be suspended in mid-air as he goes up ,lemson here. Identifiable Clemson players is, No. 53. Carolina won the game, 74-67. The "Y" Cabinet Retreat will be held Jan. 81 through Feb. 2 at ders Camp Harmony near Greeleyvlle. Persons Interested in atteniding are asked to see any of the YM Points' Avg. YWCA officers or drop by the 875 72.9 "y" office. 934 71.8 842 7A0 7 % 69: REPLACES ISBELL 750 68.2 868 6681 817 668 Barton I 830 68.8 Points Avg. Pu lct 636 57.8 776 59.7 Don Barton, former Sports Edi 738 61.5 .tor with the Columbia Record, 854 65.7 became Sports Publicity DireefTor 769 69.9 at Carolina, effective Jan. 1. He 863 71.9 replaces Bob Isbell, who is now 867 72.3 working with a local Columbia 980 75.4 business concern. Barton has .held ,the post of Sports Publicity Director at Caro. lina before. He held the position from August, 1950 to December, 1965. In January, 1949 Barton fi nished Carolina. While at the IN THE BIRD CAGE~ .(Continued f money to send an athlete thr takes money to adequately e money to build 40,000-seat st a corps of good coaches. It taki What are the colleges doin: interest? It's evidlent that the rule-? mind when they met and con scoring rule, the committee a rule which permits a player t each quarter. This will 'allow their conservatism and lean i style of the pros. Perhaps these new changel game. Its a cinch that TV 1s: thing the colleges can do Is ai Since the pros seem to b6 out minor league baseball ai what will happen If they ev they develop their talent? pros without having to "go i m....... football schedule hasn't been r Indicate that an Army-Caroll INCIDENTAL NOS tI~enn . .. Carolina lost the services < J~~Jjcoaches In the business when - Alex Hawkins, King Dixe,s Vickerm are amoy the Carol during the ann session o1 Captbl . .. Fullbacls John Se list of married football ply days. He was wed to hishg land, Va. . ..Cana4ian profo formerly of Wake Forest, aa football jamboree here, that Carolina seniors were quite g< DF GO00TASTE . ogauain to Alex theU. f Txasall-foe team. stars as Oklahoma's All-Amnel n yare all thankful that our lovw EPANY right, has won his tough bout .67 U t. h ,carolini's feh$ suad travels to, Prma to .face the -fPrpleoR freshman team. The Biddies, i Aill be looking for teir sixth vttory- agatist four losses, 4* feated the Furman team earlier this month by a score of 6W , The Eiddles' leading. Ocorer.o far this year has beet% the teal's lone scholarship man, I hates Bleveps. Oleyens, a 6.2 9rwim from the same general rei of Kentucky that produce dridy Wallace, has been averaging around g0 points a game. The Biddies' other scholarship holder, Paul' Thompson, was forced to drop out of school when he l6st both his parents in an automobile accident in December. However, freshman coach Walt Hambrick expects the 6-2 forward from Frankfort, Ind., to return Pat Bradley, Robert Groves, Ken Sargent, and Everett Newman have been alternating at guard, with Bill Woodward to back them up. Bradley, a 6-0 forward from Columbia, averaged 12.2 points for University High last year. Groves is originally from Mineral Springs, Texas, but lives in Dentsville now. Sargent, who stands in at 5'10", is from Duncan, where he attended Byrnes High School. Newman, tallest of the guards at 6'1", is from South Charleston, West -Vir ginia, and is at Carolina on a base ball scholarship. The usual starting center has been Bill Magan from Hammond, Ind. Magan is 6'4". The other center on the team is Mike- Adair from Greenville, who, at 6'6", is the tallest player on the team. The other starting forward post along with Bleven's is usually handled by Gene Campbell, a 6'4" product of Salisbury, N. C. Carl Orange who attended school in Richmond, where his 6'2" height helped him on the basketball squad, backs up the forward post, along with Bobby Bentley. New Director University he was Sports Editor of The Gamecock in the spring of 1948 and the fall of 1949. Barton also worked part-time on the news desk at The State during his college days. After graduation he went with' the Record, working in the Sports De partment and then becoming Sports Editor. He has held that position with the Record twice. He is married to the former Betty Kneece of Blackville. - They have no children. rom page 18) ough school for four years. It :juip these athletes. It takes __ idiums. It takes money to paym as spectators to get this money. r about this wanning spectator nhakers had these spectators in sidered new rules, Besides the Iso adopted a new substitution r re-enter a game once during the colleges to drop some 'of nlore toward the free-wheeling Swill be of great benefit to the dere to stay, so -about the only Ivance along with the times. i trying their best to squeeze d college football, we wonder antually succeed ? Where will Maybe everyone will become ipethed bader. ...The 1958 ylae yt, btreliable sources na game is definitely on tap. [11S AND QUOTES 4i one of the most "personable" Bill Henderson resigned. .. . B byBunch and Sasamy na students working as es . the legislature in theSte under. added his name to the rs during the Christmas holi ischool sweetheart at Church. itball coach "Peahead" Walker, ke the statememit at the recent none of the current crop of od enough for the pro leagues. Hawkins for being named to He wasplaced ahead of such" ic0*Toa. We ible athletic director, Rex Bm. with pnanan.