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IN THE BIRD CAGE b: To McL e "WE FOOLED YOU"-FOR AWHILE Back in the latter part of November and early December newspaper print couldn't hold the rave notices coming out of the Carolina Field House about the Gameroosters' 1957-58 basketball chances. "Good height !" "Excellent bench strength !" "Tremen dous talent and team balance !" These were just a few of the comments that were being circulated about among the gullible USC students. It was a great big hulla-balloo while it lasted. Trou ble is, it didn't last very long. Only until about the sixth game of the season to be exact. Then the Cinderella hour passed and it seemed more like a hell-of-a-mess! This isn't meant to criticize the players. On the con trary, we think they should be praised. It merely gives light to the old saying, "All that glitters is not gold!" Or better still, "You can't always believe glowing pre-season press reports." Carolina basketball fans, players, and coaches certainly didn't have much to crow about in the way of a fine season this year. Looking back over the records, it seems as if the players spent their best effort in the opener against Georgia. This doesn't mean that this was their only good game, but it does look like the best individual and team performances came in the opener. Cookie Pericola and Walt Hudson both hit their high point mark of the year with 28 and 18 points, respectively. The Birds also hit their high team point total with 95 points. MAYBE BETTER HAD IT ENDED After beating Georgia Tech in their home opener, the Gamecocks lost to N. C. State and UNC. Still they weren't such decisive losses as to give warning of what was coming. The Duke game also contributed to the illusion. Carolina knocked off the Blue Devils 62-51 in what was probably one of the sloppiest games ever played in the USC Field House. It seemed to me like nobody wanted to win that one. Cer tainly neither team deserved to win. In the next 19 games it was "Thank God for Clem son." The Birds suffered seven straight defeats after the Duke game before whipping Clemson 74-67 in Co lumbia. Then they lost six more before beating the Tigers 61-60 at Clemson. Three more defeats ended the regular season. N. C. State eliminated the Gamecocks 66-61 in the open ing round of ACC tourney play. Still the Gamecocks must be credited with a fine showing in Raleigh. In fact, every single tournament game was close and could have gone either way. This just goes to show how evenly balanced the ACC is. . Selecting all-star teams is probably the biggest farce in sports. This has been proven time and again in the pro leagues, where All-American heroes flub out and unknowns make good. Anyway, just for the fun of it, we might as well pick one, too. The ACC seems to have an overabundance of good talent and it is hard to narrow selections down to five (Continued on page 7) "South Carolina's Leading Stoi to LOURIE'S fhAna 1~C ii AgIG*ggO O Pericola By Cage A Carolina's junior guard stand out, Ray (Cookie) Pericola, had to settle for a second team posi tion on th4 "consensus" All-'At lantic Coast selection this season, but he received what might be considered the "compliment of the year" from the man who is supposed to be the country's top basketball authority. After watching Pericola in three games during last year's ACC tournament at Raleigh and in his one effort this year, Chuck Tay lor, the traveling ambassador of basketball and author of the Con verse Basketball Yearbook, re ferred to Pericola as the top pro fessional prospect in the league. Many observers were surprised at this choice over-such standouts as North Carolina's Pete Brennan, Maryland's Nick Davis,, N. C. State's Lou Pucillo, and others. Pericola Taylor, who sees rnore basket ball games, teams and players each year than any other man in the country, explained, "I've been impressed with Pericola the past two years. He isn't an ex ceptional outside shot, but he's a good passer, and he likes to win . . . he appears to have a lot of heart." Although Pericola is not recog nized as an outstanding shot, gaining more recognition for his floor play, he led the Gamecocks in scoring this year with 363 points and a 15.1 average. That gives him a sophomore-junior to 'e For Men" Exc~lusive ~er ***O cfICckel Lauded E'xpert tal of 797 points in 58 games, an average of 15.0. "Cookie" .compiled an average of 6.7 rebounds from his guard position, exceptional for an *out side" man, and he mpaintained a respectable shooting accuracy of 41.2 per cent. Following Pericola in the in divvidual scoring for the Game cocks were Dickie Prater, with 289 points and a 12.5 average; Mike Callahan with 258 and 10.7; Dick Hoffman, 178 and 7.2; Walt Hud son, 142 and 6.1; Bob Frants, 188 and 6.0; Fred Luigs, 77 and 4.3; and Fred Lents, 88 and 8.7. All of these players are sched uled to return for next season, making prospects for an improved team good. Chi Omega Wins Intramural Meet Chi Omega scored 26 points to take first place in the women's intramural swim meet held last week. ADiPi with 19 points and Delta Zeta with 15 points came in, second and third. The Chi O's took three of five events in gaining the victory. They were first in the medley, backstroke, and the freestyle relay. Swimming on the Chi O's winning team were Diddi Scoville, Gaim Glenn, Betsy MacRae, and Toots Tenison. The ADiPi's took first place in the free style race. Members of their team were Mimi Johnston, Dee Chandler, Nancy Shirley, Betty McInnis, and Carolyn Car ter. Delta Zeta managed their third place finish even though they had only one swimmer, Jane Law rence. Jane placed first in the breaststroke. Other teams and their point totals were Pi Phi (8), Tri Delts (8), and ZTA (3). In the Where Are They Now de partment, Johnny Mapp, VMI's brilliant football-track athlete of several years ago, is a fourth year medical student at the Uni versity of Virginia. SJOB FA LIBERAL -E INCLUDES WHAT'S YOUF DU PONT NEE KINDS OF EN Du.Pont has always ists and chemical en still does. But today, ti need for engineers in other field-civil, mec trical, instrumental ai engineering, to name Expansion is the ni In 1957, for exami DuPont were nearly dollars. Four new plan built. New research pi being launehed. New y moving into the pro, marketing stages. Ei .scientists of all kinds Du Pont plants and 9E in 26 states. 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Mike averaged better than 20 points per game as a freshman, but it is still 'a big jump from that into the rugged competition of the ACC. Callahan passed the latter test with flying colors, growing stronger as the season progressed, and he gained experi *ehee. At the end he had compiled a scoring average of 10.7 per game, ranked high in the league in re bounding at 7.6 per game, and was among the leaders in shoot ing accuracy with a percentage of 43.7. As evidence of Callahan's prog ress, during the final seven games of the season he maintained a scoring average of 16.4 against North Carolina State (two games), Maryland, Virginia, Clemson, Wake Forest and Furman. Callahan's 10.7 pace rated him third on the team in scoring. Junior guard Ray Pericola, one of the conference point leaders, aver aged 15.1 per game, and guard Dickie Prater maintained a 12.5 average. Other scoring averages inclded Dick Hoffman's 7.2, Walt Hud son's 6.1, Bob Frantz's 6.0, Fred Luigs' 4.3, and Fred Lentz's 3.7. An encouraging aspect of the Gamecock picture is that Callahan, Hudson, Frantz and Luigs are all sophomores, and the others juniors, meaning that all are eligi ble for future play. The University of Virginia's 53 year basketball record includes one tie game. It is a 35-35 score for the Virginia-Washington and Lee game of 1914. CTS FROM DL MPLOYEE BENEF INSURANCE, SAl SLINE? IPERSON OS ALL I TRAI~ INEERS 'H'. J ollberg DuPont ceded chem- Representative gineers, and I iere 's critical When you join almost every i scientist or ena hanical, elec-. given an actual, id industrial i ment almost ati |to learn your jp a few. I .That's the essem4 ijrao. 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NeuoI" your placement FOOTBALL PRACTICE 'New' Fap Themselv4 Several ."new" faces gre begin ning to make themselves evidelt as strong varsity candidates in Carolina's spring football prac tices, n_w entering the third week. Head. Coach Warren Glese, counting over 20 returning letter men among those working out, is nevertheless depending upon some of the new blood to diffuse with Horse Racing Is Scheduled For Tomorrow At the Palmetto Trials in Co lumbia tomorrow you can enjoy the sport of kings while support ing a most worth while charity the Columbia Junior League's Speech and Hearing Clinic. The Trials are actual contests but the winners receive no money purses -only flowers-and the experience that the young horses obtain from running under actual racing con ditions. Post time is 2 o'clock sharp for the first race, THE BEGINNERS (2-year old colts, quarter mile). Mrs. James F. Byrnes will present the flowers to the winner. Mrs. James W. 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