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Last week there appeared in this column a letter from
an irate Gamecock basketball fan. Perhaps some of you
may have considered the letter unfair to Coach Johnson.
There are two sides to every story, and today we wil try
to dicipher the whole story.
The record of our basketball team now stands at four
wins and 15 losses, not including last night's game with the
Clemson Tigers. There must be some reason behind such a
poor showing.
Is it the coach or is it the players?
Let us analyze some of the games. Two weeks ago we
lost to a poor Furman five by one point. Almost four weeks
ago, we ran into North Carolina, and as you well know, we
were swamped. The score is no indication of the game. They
beat us by more than 25 points, but I wonder what the
score would have been had not Frank McGuire been merci
ful. These are two of the recent games. Let us go back
further.
We opened the season with a blaze of glory against
Georgia and Georgia Tech. We were then beaten by North
Carolina and N. C. State. Our next game was with Duke,
the same team that is currently ranked 8th in the country
by the Associated Press. We beat Duke December seven
teenth. As it now stands, we would have been better off if
our season had ended then. What made the bottom fall out?
Many people around Carolina believe one man is to
blame. We need not mention his name again. Can this be
possible? It is not likely that we may cast all the blame
on the coach. Let's face reality! Even if the team is as
bad as people say it is, it still should have a better record.
Last week, in what amounted to a vigorous criticism of
Frank Johnson, I wrote nothing in his defense. Many people
have approached me with various comments on the article.
Today we will be a bit fairer to Coach Johnson.
Last week, the mysterious T. N. T. touched only slightly
on what he called the "uninspired attitude of the basketball
team."
Let us delve further into this subject. Whose fault is it,
that the players have this attitude? Some people argue that
the blame is to be placed on the coach. Can this be so?
It seems to me that college men should be emotionally
mature enough to avoid such a lackadaisical attitude. How
ever, this does not seem to be the case with some of our
roundballers. Maybe it is Coach Johnson's fault then. He,
incidentally, does most of the recruiting for his basketball
prospects. Perhaps, -he does not consult a psychologist about
his candidates. -
No good people, Frank Johnson is not solely to blame.
The players themselves must share in guilt, too.
Can, you think of anyone else who may be an agcomplice
to this also? Yes, Carolina boosters, you and I are to blame.
What can we as a student body do about this situation?
First, we must give all the support we can muster against
Wake Forest in pur last home game. In addition, the players
li iselves iiit''gfi ~Veryting they've gqt,. ard it's up
to Coach Johnson to keep them linegirited frame of mind.
Duke will undoubtedly enter the ACC Tournament as
favorites. We beat them once before. Can we do it again?
You bet we can.
So, come on fellas, give it all you got. Remember, a
quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
North Carolina's Tar Heels seem to be getting their
share of defeats this season, but they still possess one of
the best players in the country ir. forward Pete Brennan.
Brennan continues to lead the ACC scoring parade with a
20-plus average. . . . Coach Warren Giese and his footballers
really have their work cut out for them this season. With
the addition of Army and Georgia to an already tough slate
of ACC foes, the Gamecocks really have their work cut out
for them. . .. After a hard workout Saturday afternoon, the
football team will be entertained with a banquet at the Co
lumbia Hotel that night....
Tournament
In Ping-Pong
Is Scheduled
Fraternity ping-pong starts
Tuesday at 4:00 in the Russell
House basement. Sigma Chi and
SA E raise the curtain on "the
tourn,iment with the first game.
SPE and Lambda Chi battle at
4:30, and PiKA goes against
Kappa Sigma at 5:00. Phi Kappa
Sigma and Chi Psi play at 5:30,
andl Phi Epsilon Pi and KA close
out the first round action at 6:00.
Sigma Nu, Phi Sigma Kappa,
and1 Pi Kappa Phi drew first round
byes. Sigma Nu will play the
winner of the SX-SAE game at
5:30 on February 26. Phi Sigma
Kappa faces the winner of the
Lambda Chi-SPE game at 5:00;
Pi Kappa Phi and the Kappa Sig
PiKA victor play at 4:30. The
second round play will conclude
with the game between the win
ners of the Phi Kappa Sig-Chi
Psi andl Phi Ep Pi-KA games.
Semi-finals will be at 4:00 and -
4:30 on the 27th, and the final
match will follow at 5,
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Meet At C
By Buzr Hoagland
Sports Writer
USC's battling swimming squad
faces Clemson and The Citadel
for the state championship in
Charleston tomorrow. The Cita
del will be heavily favored to
defend its title successfully.
Carolina will go into the meet
with a record of 1-6, their most
recent loss.being at the hands of
Virginia Saturday. The Game
cocks' most serious problem
throughout the season has ,been
one of depth and it has not been
solved yet.
"Our lack of depth has really
hurt this year," Coach Jimmy Rat
liff emphasizes. "For example, we
have four freestylers, whereas, In
ordinary conditions, we need six
to eight. Agginst Clemson, we
sored'42 points in first places,
and nine in seconds and thirds.
"Most people seem to think that
a lot of experience is necessary
to make the team," continued Rat
liff. "But there' are a lot of
swimmers on campus who could
help us out. We really need some
more swimmers."
Virginia's Cavaliers defeated
the Gamecocks 52-33 in South
Carolina's last meet. USC's top
sprinter, Bigby, missed the meet
because of an injured hand.
"We missed Bigby in that
meet," Ratliff commented. "And
they were stronger than we ex
pected."
Summary:
Medley Relay: 4:39.5, Virginia.
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Gamecocks will be making their
final home appearance of the sea
son tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.
when they take on the Wake
Forest Demon Deacons. The
game will be a regionally televised
affair.
The Birds, coached by Frank
Johnson, will be eagerly seeking
a victory in an effort to salvage
something from a dismal season.
The Gamecocks, still looking for
that one big scorer, have produced
INTRAMURALS
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Pi Kappa
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last week in fraternity intramural
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only two victories on the home
court this season. Overall, they
have four victories in 19 starts.
(Note: Results of last night%
Clemson game were not available
at press time.)
Coach Bones McKinney'. Bsp.
tists are also having their troubles
in the victory column this season,
but they will still rate as slight
favorites over the Gamecocks.
Carolina's Gamecocks can be
seen tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock over WIS-TV, Chanfel 10,
in their ACC encounter with Wake
Forest. This will be the third
Of Frot
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Chi Psi was unable to find the
range and lost 48-26 to Phi Sigma
Kappa. Jim Foster hit 16 points
for Chi Psi
SAE defeated Lambda Chi 56
30. The half time score was 27-16
in favor of SAE. High man for
the victors was Jimmy Dickers
with 14 points.
The PiKA's nailed down a vic
tory as they beat Pi Kappa Phi
47-42. Jerry Sanders and Tommy
Sayetta scored 17 and 12 points,
respectively, for PiKA. Tommy
Dudly led the Pi Kappa Phi's
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the Birds. Their fourteenth
final alipatee on video wijlf
March 1, against Maryland at O.
lege.,r)c,
The Wakes started the se".o
with- ohly -one, returning regulAr
from last year's squad, forward
Wendell: Carr. Even though the
inexperienced Deacons haven't
won- many games,- they have
played most of their oppofents to
close games.
Along with. Carr at the,sa
ing forward slots will probably be
6'3", Olin Broadway. David Budd,
6'6" soph, will hold (own the cen.
ter position for Wake Forest.
Budd has come along fast this
season and currently, is the fourth
leading scorer in the ACC with a
15.8 average.
George Ritchie, the smallest
man on the, team at 5'11", will
probably be one of the starting
guards, while 6'6" Dickie Odom
will hold down the other side.
Guards -, Dickie Parter and
Cookie Pericola continue to paee
the Gamecock scoring attack and
they will lead the Birds against
Wake Forest. Fred Lentz will
probably open at center.
Coach Johnson is still juggling
his forwards but the starting nod
will probably go to Dick Hoff.
man and Mike Callahan or Walt
Hudson..
The Gamecocks will have only
two more games after Saturday to
get ready for the ACC tourney in
Raleigh, March 6, 7 and 8.
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1. 21, 1958
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