The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 25, 1958, Page Page Six, Image 6
IN THE
BIRD CAGE
LUFT LEADS NETTERS
Bob Luft, Carolina tennis player from Monroe, Mich., is
a good example of an athlete who participates in sports solely
for the love of the game.
Luft is the No. 1 singles player for the Gamecock netters
and plays No. 1 doubles with Henry Blackwell.
Bob's only compensation for his tireless efforts is ful
fillment of a desire to play.
"Tennis is a good, wholesome sport," Luft said, "you
can play it longer than you can most sports." He also
pointed out that it takes speed, co-ordination, and strong
wrists to be a good tennis player.
Luft, a senior, played three years of tennis in high school
and he has been on the Carolina squad for two years.
He considers P. C. the best
team Carolina has faced this
season with UNC a close sec
ond. He calls John Brownlow
of P. C. the best player he
has faced this year.
The University furnishes
its tennis team, coached by
Walt Hambrick and Jim Hart,
with nothing but equipment.
No tennis scholarships are
... ....given.
"If Carolina gave tennis
scholarships t h e y could
probably get better play
ers," Luft said. He also
agreed that the schoo's
most pressing need, tennis
wise, is new courts.
In addition to his tennis chores, Luft finds time to be
an outstanding student. Among other things, he is a mem
ber of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and Blue Key honor
ary fraternity.
MORE ON TENNIS
At a time when Jack Kramer's professional tennis troupe
is setting attendance records all over the U. S., the majority
of the college teams are still struggling along on a sub-par
budget, playing on desire and little else.
Some schools such as North Carolina, P. C., and the
University of Miami continually field top-notch tennis
squads that give this country some of its best young talent.
The situation here at Carolina is more typical, how
ever. Each year the Gamecock netters struggle through
the season on a very limited budget.
Carolina's home matches are held on the Maxcy Gregg
'Courts and tennis team members "affectionately" call
the courts "Blackboard Jungle."
As one of the players put it, "We just don't have the
urge to practice down there."
After practicing on the Maxcy Gregg Courts, the Caro
lina team finds it hard to get used to match play on oppo
nents' courts.
Actually the poor court facilities are a reflection on
the University. We think it would be a good thing if the
Athletic Association would offer more help to the tennis
team.
INTRAMURAL ALL-STARS
Twenty-six players were selected to the Intramural
all-star basketball squad announced this week by Intra
mural Director Gene Odom.
Fifteen players wejre selected In the fraternity divi
sion and eleven In the Independent division.
Phi Kappa Sigma's sharpshooting center Howard
Weeks leads the fraternity all-star squad. Others on
the first team are Phi EpsIlon P1's classy guard Barry
Klassman, forward Alex Hawkins of PIKA, and centers
Joe Gomes of SPE, and Weems Baskin of Sigma Clhi.
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PiKa Leads
Intramural
Sports Race
As this year's fraternity intra
mural action draws close to Its
Dnd, competition for the highly
.oveted All-Sports trophy has be
-ome especially keen. Present
standings find Pi Kappa Alpha
leading the field, having compiled
a total of 478 points toward the
trophy, with Sigma Phi Epsilon
running a close second with 460%
points. Sigma Chi Is third with
659% points.
Softball action was scheduled to
start yesterday. Intramural Di
rector Gene Odom has announced
that this year's softball will be
a round robin one-elimination
play-off.
Fraternity track meets have
been scheduled for May 18 and 15.
Fraternity Intramural Standings
Pi Kappa Alpha-478
Sigma Phi Epsilon-460%
Sigma Chi- (459%)
Phi Kappa Sigma--448%
Sigma Nu-443
Sigma Alpha Epsilon-494
Pi Kappa Phi-285
Kappa Alpha-277%
Lambda Chi Alpha-(258%)
Chi Psi-257
Phi Epsilon PI-257
Kappa Sigmt -215
Phi Sigma lappa-185%
Parentheses denote teams that
have not finished bowling play
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Gamecock
Tennis Team
Loses Three
Carolina's tennis team dropped
three matches last week to push
their record down to 3-wins, 6
losses.
The Bird netters lost to David
son, North Carolina, and N. C.
State. One match against Wake
Forest was rained out.
In the State game at Raleigh,
only Earl Gregory (No. 4) and
Renry Blackwell (No. 2) were
playing up to par.
The Birds were expected to
iave better success this week.
rhey were scheduled to play
Davidson Monday and Erskine
Vesterday. Tomorrow the team
,ravels to Charleston for a match
against the College of Charleston.
The team will be chosen from
;he following (current positions
m the ladder in parentheses):
Bob Luft (1), Henry Blackwell ]
(2), Thomas Adams (3), Earl
3regory (4), Fred Spruell (6),
Bob Dobson (6), Del Haynes (7),
and Walt Mergner (8).
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Shown above are Gamecock outi
Nidiffer. Roof has been sideline
Dave Ketchum, the team's "hustle
season. Buddy Nidiffer, husky 19
as one of the ACC's fjnest professi
three homers.
Tiger's
Harold Stowe, Clemson's 6
foot-1, 170-pound junior pitching
sensation, again paces Atlantic
Coast Conference pitchers and also I
poses as a definite threat to the
ACC pitching record of 10 vic
tories set by Wake Forest's Lefty
Davis in 1955.
According to ACC Service Bu
reau figures through weekend
games, the 20-year-old Stowe now
boasts a 6-0 record and with it
an outstanding earned run aver
age of 2.14. In 42 innings of work,
he has given up only 10 earned
runs, struck oiut 37 and walked
Dnly 11.
When Alex Hawkins, Caroiina
All-America halfback candidate,
was at South Charleston, W. Va.,
figh school he became the first
ithlete in the school's history to
win letters in four sports. Haw
kins captained his high school
rootball, basketball and baseball
;eams and set a new school record
in the broad jump for the track
beam.
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With nine regular season games
o play and the possibility of addi
ional competition in the NCAA
>layoffs-Clemson currently tops
he AOC standings with a perfect
'ecord of 7-0-Stowe stands a
rood chance to surpass Davis'
-ecord he established in leading
he Demon Deacons to the NCAA
hampionship in '55.
During this past week left
tander Stowe, a Gastonia product,
lefeated Erstwhile N. C. State In
complete game and then picked
ip victory No. 6 in a three-inning
elief role against Virginia.
Close of Stowe's heels in the
von-lost department are North
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the annual state meet at Olinton
(May 2-8Y will -be one .at the
major aspects of-Saturday's track
meet between the Carolina Game
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The defending champion Tigers
and the arch-rival Gamecocks will
no doubt be the top favorites in
the Clinton meet, with top-seeding
likely to rest on the outcome of
Saturday's competition. Last year
Carolina beat Clemson in a dual
meet in Columbia but placed sec
ond to the Tigers in the state
meet.
Several outstanding performers
and close individual battles will
feature the Gamecock-Tiger meet.
One of the most anticipated
duals is between Clems6n's John
Dunkelburg and Caro)ina's Buddy
Mayfield in the quarter-mile.
Dunkelberg has set a new school*
record of :48.0 this year, while
Mayfield's top time has been :49.4.
Mayfield is also a 220-yard dash
standout, having run a 21.4-second
race against Virginia and North
Carolina State last weekend.
Carolina has a mile and two
mile favorite in Billy Latham,
whose 4:19.0 mile and 9:46.0 two-.
mile are the best ever run in this
state. Latham could be a big
threat to Dunkelburg in the 880,p
too, having run a 1:57.9 this year,
compared to the Tiger ace's
1:58.0.
Carolina's Don Goodroe, holder
of the Atlantic Coast Conference
high hurdles record and runner
of a :14.2 this year, will be favored
in that event, but Clemson's Wil
bur Simmons poses a strong threat
In the 220-yard low hurdles.
Simmons is also a threat in the
broad jump, bus. both Conway
Snipes and Jim Cathcart have
jumped around 22 feet this year
to rank as favorites. Snipes and
teammate Jim Macedon will get
stiff competition from the Tigers'
Don Carver in the pole vault.
Carolina's Dave Coates, holder
of the ACC shot put record of 53
feet, 2 inches, is favored in the
shot put, and Clemson's Paul
Snyder is heavily favored in the
javelin, having thrown 199 feet,
4% inches this year.
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boil down to the, one-mile relay,
in which both schools -have strong
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