The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 14, 1958, Page Page Six, Image 6
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)
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Pericola
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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
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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.
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Mike Callahan
Is. One Of
Best Sophs
If an "all-sophomore" team had
been selected for the Atlantic
Coast Conference during the past
basketball season, one of the lead
ing contenders would have been
a lanky Irishman who enrolled at
Carolina as a "sleeper."
Mike Callahan, a current resi
dent of Sussex, N. J., wasn't eligi
ble to play basketball during his
final two years of high school be
cause of transfer rulings, but he
is making up for lost time in his
collegiate career.
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.
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'New' Fap
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Several ."new" faces gre begin
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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
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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
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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.
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flowers to the winner of THE
JUNIOR LEAGUE (2-year-old
fillies, quarter mile); Mrs. Henry
Wienges, Sr., THE PALMETTO
(3-year-old colts, half mile); Mrs.
George Bell Timmerman, Jr., THE
GOVERNOR'S , HANDICAP (S
year-old colts and fillies, half
mile); Mrs. Burwell D. Manning,
THE MULE RACE; and Mrs. N.
A. Costello, wife of Fort Jackson's
Commanding General, THE GET
AWAY (3-year-old and up, half
mile).
A record crowd is expected at
the State Fairgrounds for this in
creasingly popular social and
sports event that is becoming a
South Carolina tradition. Tickets
are $2 for adults and $1 for
servicemen in uniform and chil
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At fullback Elberton's (Ga.)
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