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tate's Dick akes Batti ior outfielder Dick Hunter, a lfback star on North Carolina State's Atlantic Coast Conference champion football team last fall, lads ACC batting with an aver a of .500 after the first three ks of 1958 action. Hunter, who has led the Wolf pack to a 7-0 early-season record overall 'and a 8-0 mark within the coiference, has collected 18 hits in .26 times at bat and has also scored 11 times. His closest challenger is outfielder hex McMillan of Wake Forest, who has 12 hits in 27 at bats for a mark of .444. ACC Service Bureau figures, in cluding games of last Saturday, show that there is only one other .400 or better hitter in the con ference at this early date. He is infielder Marion Martin of Vir ginia, who has a .400 average on six hits in 15 times at bat. His team has played only four games. Jack Phillips, Wake Forest's 6 foot-8, 205-pound first baseman Dave Coates Himself A Sh Around' the Carolina campus, track fans consider 285-pound Dave Coates the guy most likely to send a 16-pound sphere into orbit. In fact the sophomore star from Culpeper, Va., has inspired the nickname of "shot putnik" for the event he wins so consistently. In his first official collegiate competition. Coates set a new At lantic Coast Conference indoor record for the shot with a heave of -54 feet 2% inches at Chapel Hill, N. C., on March 1. His coach, Weems Baskin, considers him an excellent prospect for the Olym pics team, with two additional seasons of college experience ahead of him. In early outdoor meets Coates improved his performances stead ily, hitting 50 feet, 1 inch against Presbyterian, 62 feet, 3% inches against Duke, 52 feet, 6 inches in the Florida Relays and 58 feet, 2 v,inches in a meet with Georgia. All of those throws were easily better than the existing South Carolina state record of 48 feet, 1-5/8 inches. Coates' path to the Carolina campus was not a smooth one. In August of 1964, approaching his senior year at Culpeper high school, he walked in his sleep, threw an imaginary shot put and drove his arm through a window pane. The result was lacerations that required 79 stitches, a threat of amputation and certainly jeo pardization of his sports career. Dave came back fast enough to NOW BETTER IMPROVED AFTER SHAVI Conditions, invigorates the sk Helps heal cuts. Soothes raz< YARDLEY OF Yardiep products forAmeies are eesea tag Hunter ng Lead who has a .821 average, tops the lugging department with three home runs and 11 runs batted in. Pete Maynard of Duke, a .888 bitter, and Bus Abbott, utility man for Clemson, lead in the dou bles division, each with four two. baggers to his credit. Hunter, a 5-foot-8, 165-pounder, also tops the conference in triples with three. Buster Ledford, a junior out fielder for Wake Forest, has the most stolen bases, five. Don Old ham, North'Carolina second base man, has collected the most hits, 17, and also has scored the most runs, 15. THE LEADING BATTERS Player, seheel AB R H Pet. Hunter, N. C. slate ---26 11 18 .500 McMillan, Wake Fores __27 6 12 .444 Martin. Virginia ---------15 4 6 .400 H*ndleY. Clemson ----88 7 18 .804 Rosef ld, 8. Carolina ---9 6 11 .310 R. Casteen, N. C. State --27 7 10 ,870 Oldham, N. Carolina -- 41 15 IT .862 Nidiffer. S. Carolina ---- .17 8 6 .338 Shore, 8. Carolina ------823 2 .348 Amynard, Duke -.--------89 5 13 .888 DeBerry, Clemson --....-80 6 10 .882 1). Canteen N. C. State -__28 6 9 .821 Phillips, Wai ake F orel -8 9 9 .821 Coker, Clemson ---------85 8 11 .813 Taylor. Duke -----------..23 2 7 .804 May "Orbit" ot "Putnik" play football that fall and do an excellent job with the shot put that spring. Coates enrolled at North Caro lina in 1955 and played on the Tar Heel Freshman football team under now U.S.C. assistant Ralph Floyd. In the spring he worked his way to a first-string tackle po sition on the U.N.C. varsity, but when it appeared that his shot put ting opportunities would be better elsewhere he transferred to South Carolina, where he in concentrat ing on that specialty. Dave has cultivated a friendship with Olympic shot champ Parry O'Brien, who has given him val uable tips and corresponds with the Gamecock strong man. Coates is a conscientious con ditioner with a burning desire to become. a national champ, and his "dream" is a 60-foot throw, which still lies about six feet In the fu ture. Catching towering, twisting pop ups will be no terror for Dutch Rotterer, rookie Cincinnati catch er. In 1954, young Dutch caught a ball dropped an estimated 575 feet from a helicopter in a pre game stunt. Dotterer at the time was on leave from the Navy and was working out with the Red legs at Crosley Field. General Manager Gabe Paul offered $25 tol anyone who would attempt to catch a ball dropped from the heli copter, and $100 to any one caught one. Dotterer caught one on his very first try. THAN EVER! NG LOTION in. Reduces infection risk. ir burn. $1.10 plus tax LONDON, INC. sednslbenU,sA.emaiedsleI ...n.l I..,gd..ae. 63 nlab Aw.. N. V.0a. TOP USC TRACKSTERS... been (left to right) Jim Macedoj and Conway Snipes In the pole v1 event at the mark of 18 feet. (P1 Horse Show Is Planned May 2 And 3 Plans are complete for the Co lumbia Spring Horse Show to be held on May 2 and 8 at Greyboy Stables on Decker Boulevard and entry blanks have been mailed to 250 exhibitors, according to James A. Weston, Jr., general chairman. The event will bring most of the leading show horses from South Carolina and surrounding states to Columbia. Altogether, over 200 horses are expected to be entered, making the show one of the largest of its kind ever held in Columbia. Mr. Weston and his committee have set up a series of 82 classes divided into three performances. They will include events for three gaited and five-gaited saddle horses, working westerns, trail and pleasure horses and jumpers. In addition, there will be equitation classes for boys ~and girls under 18 years of age., Tickets will go on sale this week at $1.00 for adults and 50 cents for children. Carolina students may secure tickets by writing Tom McLean, Box 2318, Campus or phoning Mc Lean at AL 3-9170 after 6 p.m. The Air Force pilot or navigi many talents. He is, first of the air-and no finer exists. has a firm background in ena tronics, atro-navigation am Then, too, he must show out ties of initiative,lesaership al He is, in short, aman eminent U. S. AIR FORC TRACK STARS .: , .............. Y X .... ... Consistent performers for the Gamecock eindermen this season have 2 in the pole vault and high jump; Jimmy Cathcart in the dashes; ult. Snipes is tied for the conference record in the indoor pole vault koto courtesy of USC Athletic Publicity.) IN THE BIRD CAGE (Continued from page 6) Dixon and Alex Hawkins in the recent 22-15 victory over the Alumni to end spring practices. Together. Dixon and Hawkins scored 20 points and contributed 141 yards to their team's total offense. Hawkins passed to Dixon for one touchdown (64 yards) and an extra point and they scored one T.D. each on running plays. Johnny Stallings, who had a promising career as a Caro lina halfback ended by a broken wrist, will join the coaching ranks next September.. Stallings, who played for Lanier high school in Macon, Ga., will become an assistant to ex Georgia star Billy Henderson at Willingham high school in Macon. Johnny gets his degree in education in June. Hen derson, formerly on the South Carolina staff, is entering his first year as head coach at Willingham. Professional baseball scouts watching the Gamecock team in action this spring are unanimous in the opinion that the Gamecocks' Buddy Nidiffer is a topnotch pro prospect. Says former major league pitcher Kirby Higbe, who has helped coach USC pitchers, "Nidiffer is just a natural. He can play any position and do a good job." While playing the outfield, third base and short stop in the first six games Nidiffer batted .357 and stole four bases. * * * * * He may not lead the Atlantic Coast Conference in hitting, but Carolina catcher J. B. Lawrimore of Hemingway is off to an early streak as a pinch-hitter. Against East Carolina he was sent in and responded with a home run. Lawrimore singled in two runs as a pinch-hitter against North Carolina State, and against Newberry he again appeared in that role and doubled home two runs. imporant utur ahed fo the stri no nipratcaeri h e g fSae l,amsero s- colg grdat,yo il e ie Inadto,h rort osdrto fo. te irFoc .ierng4lc 4Aito Cae .rg. Whleoenns r Gdefrlac.mauu.Pse th atce copno dy allied fors postcad you ailb te ndod edMu 2 E AV IATI ON C A DET PROGRt aAMsu Fishim--Upper New York State Here is beautifel Land lined with od, swift streams that bring goose pimples to the avid trout fisherman, but we realize that (1) New York state s a little too far (say 700 miles) and (2) many of our native sportemen are warm blooded and would welcome a more temperate environment for their traditional loafing (fishing). Let me divulge to the indolent reader the Huck Finn Plan. Mr. Mark Twain did a double back flip from the paddle-wheeler's pi lot house when he first heard about this, probably from the excitement. Trunk-deck fishing is the thing. Pick a narrow bamboo pole as it is more manageable in a paddle boat. Any old boat fits into this plan. After pushing off, let the bow have its way, i.e., if the tide is running right. Meander down the creek until you spy a wormy-looking place, then dig for some big ones. Con tinue the piscatorial "expedition" until you come upon an antiquated wharf that probably has rotting timbers and exposed pilings. This ramshackle dock hints of once having held rice bundles ready for market. Behind moat of these decaying memories are dikes complete with locks to hold the water in the rice ditches. Many of these canals are partially grown up and form tidal ponds full of pan fish such as bream, perch, and pickers; the catfish also play around the proud old piers. From the boat you can fish under the dock, in the pool before the lock (spillway), or over in the ponds and ditches nearer the levee. There's a great thrill to this lazy river-type fishing, even though it seems peaceful. Where the fishing slacks off, the snake hunting will more than take up the slack. Copperheads and cot tonmouths love to sun along the banks and in the trees above the boat. When they drop in, it's time to drop out-if you know what I mean. If you still are not discour aged to the point of checking with the Rainbow Trout Association (New York), then check with this column for the particulars (anJ I'll just refer you to "Huck Finn" again!). No Pickers If you like to pick flowers, you will love the famous Charleston gardens, but you'll get picked up for plucking as these posies are not for picking. Have tried--got chewed. Seriously, if you have not seen the grand landscaping, sights, and so forth, then you are in for a treat this month. Nature has de layed much of the blooming and "" TH MAL M$ OUO TODA Aviation Cadet lut.ranatiea, Dept. 0-41 Box 9606, Washington 4,D. 0. Please send me details en uy opprtum U. S. Air Pes. I am a U. S. citisen, bets mselntef the U.8.oru pessessions. I an testnifh. an... it's busting out all over the coun tryside--real pretty. And we have seen it. Human Interest Angle It was interesting to note that humans went angling and poach ing on a reserve by the Appala chian Trail, the Georgia sector. From U.S.C. students, always reliable, comes this tale of the Trail. An old mountaineer guide took our heroes on a hike across Oglethorpe Mountains in the Blue Ridge chain. He showed them where the trout could be caught. He pointed out to them the rat tlesnake dens in crevasses on gran ite slabs. On crushed clumps of grass in these cracks, they ob served the writhing forms of young rattlers which were caught and sold by the mountain people when they need a bit of extra cash. Back at the settlement, Rabun's Gap, the mountaineer captured the conversation when he told of a puma spoor leading away from his mangled pigs. Another time he glanced back to find a wolf creature stalking him fairly close. Later on, his buddy was followed by a big cat, as is often the case. Man, these mountaineers can tell 'umI Monkin' Around Saw Ed Cuthbert, the school taxidermist, preparing the Rhesus monkey for stuffing. It is reported to have been originally from North Indian Java tho' it was killed at Hilton Head Island. The deep freeze preserved it until it was dissected Tuesday. This disclosed food particles that resembled di gested corn. The Rhesus weighed 30 pounds and the pelt was beige grey in color. It looked like any other monkey that you see in Java so let's hope our man, Cuthbert, does a good job. Good luck, Cuth bert. Oh, How Funny "And then there was the time we went pheasant hunting-have you heard it?" I hadn't, so Chuck Schauffer told about asking the old farmer if they could hunt their dogs on his land. He said no but that they could use Jake, the hired man, if they wanted. They wondered what the heck good is Jake for birds? But rather than miss a hunt, they'd go along with the gag and humor the farmer, too. Well, Jake was perfect-couldn't have been better. The next year they got permission to use Jake again and had a great hunt and Jake did enjoy himself. Returning on the third year they learned that Jake would never hunt again; he had gone to greener fields. The farmer cleared it up, "He took to killin' chickens and I had to shoot im." ADUATE EN FLY Itlesasan Ayiatlon Cadet tu the mee the ages of 19 and 26% and a I intrested in O Pilot 0 Navigate