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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
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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.
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been (left to right) Jim Macedoj
and Conway Snipes In the pole v1
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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