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IN THE BIRD CAGE Last Saturday night, Carolina football fans received a preview of. what to expect next season. Warren Giese's Gamecocks eked out a 22-15 win over the alumni. The game provided many thrills from the entertainment standpoint. It was exciting to watch such 'ormer Gamecock stars as Frank Mincevich, Bill Wohrman, Gene Wilson, Buddy Frick, Sam Deluca, Julius Derrick, Tommy Addison and a score of other former Carolina greats. Many people expected Giese to display a bit more of a razzle-dazzle brand of football than he did last season. Instead they saw only the same handful of plays that made Giese's control system "famous" last season. And this is understandable because there was a slew of scouts on hand, representing every team the Gamecocks will face next season. Last year's Gamecock varsity finished their season with a so-so 5-5 record. Things should be much better next season than Saturday's practice game ifldicated. Position by position, here's the way the team stacks up: The quarterbacks should be a bit stronger than they were last season. While there are no lone standouts, several men are capable of handling the team under pressure. 'Bobby Bunch and Stan Spears are currently the leading candidates. Steve Satterfield, Harvey Shif let and W. L. Strickland are close on the heels of the leaders. If these men come through, Carolina can hope for the best. Since King Dixon and Alex Hawkins are both back this year, the halfback slots will be just as strong or stronger. Giese is currently beaming over Joe Gomes, now running second unit behind Dixon. Ken Norton, who missed most of spring practice because of an injury, and Johnny Dorsett should prove to be a rugged pair of replacements. John Saunders and Phil Lavoie give the Gamecocks two of the hardest running fullbacks to be found any where. Both looked good in practice. Saunders devel oped into a terror on defense. At the end spots, Jimmy Duncan and Weems Baskin will have their hands full maintaining their lead over Buddy Mayfield, Jack Pitt, Eddie Beall, Bucky Walker and Jerry Frye for the starting positions. All are capable of playing first unit. The guard positions have the potential to be better than last year. At left guard, Corky Gaines has improved tremen dously on offense. He was always a good defensive player. Jack Ashton and Ken Derriso give the position adequate depth. The right guard spot suffered most from graduation. Tommy Addison and Bill Bullard will both be missed. How ever, Jimmy Merck and John Bodkin are staging a red-hot battle for the starting berth. If competition from other can didates continues to improve, this side will also be strong. The tackle spots are currently one of the strongest spots on the team. Don Rogers and Ed Pitts figure to be next season's starters. There is adequate depth at these positions. Kirk Phares, John Kompara, Sammy Fewell and Ted Girardeau provide plenty of competition for Rogers and Pitts. The center position should be stronger. Lawton Rogers and Dwight Keith are staging a close battle with Rogers having an edge at this time. John Gordon, Bobb,- Long and Jim Reilly could also help. On paper, the 1958 edition of the Gamecocks figures to be much stronger than last year's. Even though Saturday's p)ractice game didn't show it, 1958 may be Carolina's best season im many a year. TMT SEA /e . 0 13 O*OWM ............ ........ Carolhia's Olympie hopeful D& 50-foot mark. Contes finished thi Harry Mooney.) Maryland A Take Team Champion Maryland and run- I nerup North Carolina won team scoring honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference during a 1957 58 season which saw league scor ing take a drop from the previous season. Final ACC Service Bureau fig ures show team scoring within the league is down 5.6 points a game from 1956-57, and North Caro lina's winning average of 71.8 points a game is a whopping 10.4 points per contest under the 82.2 points South Carolina averaged last season to take top laurels. Defense against scoring is like wise down over a year ago. Over all, A CC teams held the opposition 1 to 4.7 points a game less than last season, a defensive improvement < of seven per cent. Maryland, the I perennial team defensive king, < It was when that great ship went dowr last thing to leave the sinking si a bottle of Coca-Cola. That's be .hands stuck to Coke to the end. popularity! That's the kind of I the sparkling lift, the good taste engenders. Man the lifeboats, ha, COLUMBIA COChfA.-'OLA COATES THROWS ve Coates grimaces as he attempts rd in the shot put event In Saturd nd North Ci Basketball iad an average yield of only 57.6 >oints this past season, an im )rovement of 3.9 points a game >ver the Terps' winning average )f 1956-57. In 1956-57, ACC teams averaged F3.9 points a game to the opposi ion's 71.6. This past season they veraged 68.3 points to the oppo ition's 66.9. North Carolina State and Vir ginia won shooting honors, the Wolfpack averaging 43.1 per cent .rom the floor and Virginia 73.2 )er cent from the foul line. N. C. 3tate also led in team rebounding, iveraging 46.4 recoveries a game, rnd in personal foul avoidance, veraging only 18.4 infractions per ontest. Wake Forest had the high ~st per-game foul average, 19.5 game. ACC figures fail to prove the hange in the free throw rule as he cause for lower scoring. Nor lo they indicate ball control and the tip was cause all Now there's oyalty0 of Coke e a Cokel SIGN OF GOOD TASTE RBPTLINGl 'tOMPANY to put the 16-lb. shot beyond the ay's Florida Relays. (Photo by irolina Honors fewer shots-to be the cause. Rather, within the ACC poorer shooting accuracy is the ap parent reason. Field goal shots taken per game are down only from 63.3 to 61.5 per game. Free throw opporAuni ties are down only 30.1 to 27.4. ACC teams averaged only 2.3 less points from the foul line and 3.3 from the floor. However, seven of the eight teams posted poorer field zoal pgreentages and likewise seven of the eight showed poorer free throw percettages. Only Duke improved on its floor shoot ing, from 38.7 per cent to 40.2. Only Virginia improved at the foul line, from 67.9 per cent to 73.2. Meantime, North Carolina's Pete Brennan was crowned indi vidual scoring champion with a final average of 21.3 points a game. He is also the top rebounder with 11.7 recoveries a game. A JOYOU: To The Student and ATTENTION :7; N0#S 6VM $1 . LAUN Varsity V Old-Time South Carolina's varsity came from' behind in the second half to defeat the "Old-Timers" 22-15 in the spring football game at Caro USC Loses Close Game In Baseball Duke defeated Carolina, 8-2, in the opening Atlantic Coast Con ference baseball game of the sea son for both teams Saturday af ternoon in Capital City -Park be fore a crowd of about 400. Lefthander Dick Burton, who had a 6-1 record for the Blue Devils last season, pitched the en tire game for his team and gained his first 1958 victory against one loss. Duke now has a 1-3 record in all games. Carolina is 0-1. The Gamecocks had the poten tial tying run cut-off at home plate in the eighth inning. Jimmy Roof singled, and Ken Rosefield went all the way to second on an infield error. Bunky Shore's single scored Roof, but Rosefield was caught at home plate by a perfect throw from centerfielder Pete Maynard. Duke scored two runs in the fourth inning on Deems Allie's single, Bernie Buteau's double, i walk to Steve Crihfield and Bill Domhoff's single, which chased home two runners. South Carolina scored once in the bottom of the fourth. Cleon Reece was safe on an error, Dave Ketchum singled, Roof flied out, sending Reece to third, and Rose field hit an outfield fly to send Reece home. Duke scored the winning run in the seventh when Domhoff singled, stole second and raced home on a single by All-Atlantic Coast short stop Lon Benczek. 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If................... 3 0 0 0 d-Uher ...... ....................1 0 0 0 Fisher, c ......................... 3 0 0 0 Norton, p ............................ 1 0 0 0 -Theuse .............................. 2 0 0 e1-Stuou ore.Destin..... 0n 0th Lonald, . h ..r.................0 0 0 0 Totl....... . 9 7 ASTE vStraktforf sio n9h T EASE STUDERFTS us es. s YOU'RE RROUNEDBY.. P/hINE BRY & CnENER efeats rs 2215 lina Stadium Saturday night. The "Old-Timers" surprised the varsitymen by taking a 7-6* Ied at halftime. They continued to put up a good fight in the second half but lack of conditioning soon caught up with them. The "Old. Timers" had the backing of most of the crowd of 8,000 that watched the game. ' Alumni backs like Gene Wilson, Blackie Kincaid, Jim Jarrett, Mike Caskey and Bobby Barrett proved tl?ey could still run with a foot ball as they continually punctured the varsity's defenses. Johnny Gramling showed the varsity quar terbacks how the art of passing should be conducted. Many "Old-Timer" linemen also showed good form. Led by big Frank Mincevich, the alumni line' constantly held against the on slaught of the varsity backs. The varsity scored first on a nifty halfback pass-Alex Haw kins to King Dixon-that covered 63 yards. Dixon caught the pass on the alumni 35-and ran unmo lested the .rest of the way. Don -Johnson scored the first alumni touchdown when he went over on a neat draw play. The scoring play was set up by a 21 yard pass from quarterback Jack Hall to end Buddy Frick. Blackie Kincaid made the conversion to give the "Old-Timers" a 7-6 lead and that's the way things stood at halftime. Early in the third period, the varsity recovered a fumble on the alumni 14 and four plays later they scored when Dixon went over from the three. Dixon passed to end Weems Baskin for a two-point conversion to make it 14-7, varsity. The varsity got another scoring chance and made good in the fourth period. A fumble recovery at the alumni 35 provided the break. Hawkins got the TD when he blasted his way across from the six-inch line after the alumni had -. held for two plays at the one. Haw kins' pass to Dixon made it 22-7 with four and a half minutes re maiing. Led by Gramling's, passing, the "Old-Timers" took the kick and marched 68 yards up field to score. Mike Caskey finished off th'push with a four-yard sprint around right end. Gene Wilson ran for the concluding twvo p)oints with 1:40 seconds ofr'the clock. An on-side kickoff by the alumni. failed and the varaity ran out the clock to end the game. Varsity.. ... .. .. 6 0 8 8--22 "Old-Timers" ...7 0 0 8--16 Varsity scoring: Touchdowns Dixon (65, run-l)ass from Haw kins), D)ixon (3, run); Hawkins (1, plunge). Extra points-Bas kin (pass from Dixon), Dixon (pass from Hawkins).4; "Old-Timers" scoring: Touch downs--Johnson (11, run); Cas key (4, run). Extra points--Kin eaid (placement), Wilson (run). Golf Team In Action Tomorrow Carolina's gol-f team travels to Greenville togiorrow for a match against Furman. Coached by Ernie Lawhorne, the golfers are seeking to improve on last year's 6-8 record. Letter men on this year's team include Tommy Mahoney, Tommy Mattox and Bobby McCarty. Following is the remainder of the 1968 schedule: April 4 - Furman, at Green ville. A pril 8--Wof ford, at - Spartan burig. April 18-N. C. State, at Ra leigh, N. C. A pril 19) -- North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, N. C. April 21--Presbyterian, at Clin ton. , A pril 22-Wofford, at Columbia, A pril 24-Wake Forest, at Co lumbia. A pril 25-26-S. C. State Tour nament, at Hampton. A pril 30--The Citadel, There. May 6--Clemson, at Columbia. May 9-10 - ACO Tournament, at Winston-Salem, N. C. *