The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 16, 1958, Page Page Five, Image 5
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Devilfish
The ePawley's Island inlet lead
ing to the great Atlantic was not
rough to cross today. The morning
sun caused us to squint as the 14
oot hull rose and fell with the
neoming breakers. Straddli;g the
ow, I occupied a rather shaky
lookout perch over this rolling
ocean, but the view was especially
clear here. Passing over a large
swell, my eyes fell across a shadow
on the surface-or was it under
the surface? At a depth of one
foot, I spied two giant rays or
devilfish running just off the bow.
The view was too good now so I
cleared the decks with * leap back
ward. The Manta rays or maybe
Sting rays cruised along ahead of
us'at whatever speed we set. Sub
merged, they appeared blackish
but were actually dark grey. What
monstrous creatures 'tlese were,
moving batlike fins that would
measure six feet across. Being so
huge, they were probably not
Sting rays. Incidentally, if dis
turbed, the Sting ray will lash out
with its whip-shaped tail which
carries a dangerous dorsal barb.
Extremely painful wounds usually
result from these spines. Many
times, I have stepped on their
"wings" or the whip tail as they
lie, sand-covered, on the bottom
waiting for unsuspecting prey.
Luckily, my legs have come up
before the spined tail did. Anyway,
the huge rays pursued by our boat
outmaneuvered us in the inlet and
we applied full throttle seaward.
Ahoy Davy Jones
About eight miles outside, we
dragged the anchor at 40 feet to
"feel" the bottom for reefs. Find
ing no rocks, we decided to explore
there anyhow by strapping on the
Aqua Lung or the Dive-Air, I for
get which we had along. Russell
Davis, the master Lungman, was
to check conditions. He dropped
over the gunwale with a plunk to
begin the perilous descent. I say
perilous because the ear drums
and Eustachian tubes may catch
Hades for the duration of the dive.
Also, if the oxygen tanks run
empty or the equipment fails to
function at 40 feet, you had bet
ter start looking for some angel
fish to haul you up for you'll wish
you were dead if you surface.
Rapid ascension changes the body
chemistry too quickly and causes
"bends." I have seen a grown man
moan for hours and suffer inter
nal -damage.
Back to Davy Jones' Locker.
Russell had made it without mis
hap so I then fitted the mask. Up
side down, I wormed my way down
the anchor chain, adjusting grad
ually to the pressure of the murky
depths.
Hey, it was clear today on the
bottom. Upper light illuminated
the white sands that were dotted
with plate sized sea biscuits and
Sother oddities of the deep. Vege
tation blanketed some limestone
Ken Rosefield
Rosefield
Led Birds
'58 Batting
Ken Rosefleld, junior third base
man from Sumter, led the Univer
*sity of South Carolina baseball
team. In batting with a .851 aver
age, final figures for the 1958
season showed.
Rosefield had 28 hIts In 74 tImes
at bat and batted In 17 runs,
leading the team In that depart
ment, too.
Three other Gamecocks had
averages of better than .800, but
none of them played In enough
outcrops with myriad colors. The
pastels won out; the oranges, pinks,
and limes being the most domi
nant. To heck with the bends; al
ways a tour of this beattiful but
wierd world is worth a thousand
dangers, even Mr. Barracuda.
That thought always freezes me
in the cool, trickling light of the
deep. Perpetually do I peer about
with awkward, slothful movements
down here, watching for him or
Senor Shark. Tiger sharks are re
puted to be just as vicious, let no
one fool you. Fortunately, I have
never been seriously threatened
though both of the above-named
terrors have been 'aught or
sighted this far north of Florida.
But how could the small, saucy
sunfish frighten anyone as they
peek headon at you through the
face mask?
With a basket and blade, I try,
if possible, to collect unusual
specimens from this bottom habi
tat. Today I found much treasure.
Burdened, I floated lazily upward,
careful to readjust slowly. At
about 30 feet, I was unable to tell
depth, time, distance, or position
until finally, at what seemed eons
later, I glimpsed the broken sun
light somewhere above. Now back
in our wofld, I found I had wan
dered 200 yards from the jump
off. With ears a-popping, I clam
bered aboard. The moral: Even
with so much doing these days,
try to keep your head above water.
Back To The Sea
Later on, the attendant at the
Pawley's Island Fishing Pier sent
to our beach shack two more devil
fiUh as octopi are also called. These
fascinating but slimy mates were
caught in the traps set overnight
at the pier and delivered in a large
bucket of salt water. The suction
cups adhered to the pail and could
not be loosened. L took them to the
creek, turned the bucket over, and
watched the eight-armed Cepha
lopods unwind to four-foot spreads.
They slipped into the shallows,
reveling in the life-giving waters
and in doing so, turned many col
ors. With my hands, I managed
the nearly exhausted pair, pulling
them out to deeper levels so that
they might revive and migrate
back home. One octupus must have
recovered quickly for his tentacles
crept up my arms, not to be easily
pried loose. As one disc was re
moved, two more would take its
place, etc. Eventually freed, I ob
served that the deathly pinkish
green hue that had flickered over
the white bodies earlier had dis
appeared. With their fluid motions,
the graceful creatures moved
downstream toward the ocean.
Home.
Readers, thank you for bearing
with us. Soon we'll return to our
respective homes, happy in the
knowledge that nature has given
us so much to look forward to this
summer. So .back we'll go to the
mountains, to the fields, and back
to the sea.
games to, be counted "officially."
Pitcher Curtis Jones had a' .885
average, Murphy Lemmon, pitch
er-outfielder, had a .388 mark, and
pitcher Jim Craig, .816.
Second best average aniong
the regulars was owned by short
stop Bunky Shore who batted .296.
He was followed by outfielder
Buddy Nidiffer, .286; pitcher-first
baseman Leon Norton, .286; out
fielder Dave Ketchum, .227; and
second baseman Pete Stokes, .194.
Craig had a 2-2 won-lost record,
Jories, 2-3, and Lemmon, 1-1, to
lead the pitching. Lemmon's 2.03
earned run average was best for
the team.
The Gamecock. ended their sea
son with a record of seven wins
against 14 defeats.
SUMMER
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COLUMBIA LI
AL 2
Intramural
Track Meet
Is Today
Competition for the coveted All
Sports trophy continues to grow
keen as Intramural action enters
its final leg this week. The com
petition seemingly has narrowed
down to a close race between
Sigma Chi and Pi Kappa Alpha.
Thus far, Sigma Chi leads the
pack with 498% points, and the
PiKA's are trailing close behind
with 478 points. (These scores do
not - include points obtained in
softball, tennis, and track.) Sigma
Phi Epsilon follows in third place
with 460% points, Phi Kappa
Sigma Is fourth with 448% points,
and Sigma Nu is fifth with 448
points.
In the softball playoffs, PiKA
met SAE Wednesday to determine
first and second place honors. KA
played the Phi Kaps for third
place. (Results of these games
were not available at press time.)
Tennis playoffs,. 'lso scheduled
for last Wednesday, saw Josy
Logan (.Phi Kappa Sigma) face
Staci Gaffos (Sigma Nu) for the
singles championship. Doubles
playoffs feted Kappa Alpha's team
of Flynn Bowie and Glenn Ander
son against the Sigma Chi's team
of Steve Beckham and Gary Mc
Farland.
Track Meet Today
The Intramural track meet has
been scheduled for this afternoon
at 4 o'clock at the Round House
track. In the preliminaries last
Monday, Phil Lavoie (Phi Kappa
Sigma) won the shot put event
with hurling the put 43 feet, 4
inches. Weems Baskin (Sigma
Chi) and John Gordon tied for
second at the mark of 42 feet.
The events will be run as fol
lows: (Qualifiers in Monday's
preliminaries are listed after each
event)
1. 100-yard dash - Lemmon
(Sigma Chi), Dorsett (Sigma
Chi), Parrot (SAE), Beleos
(Sigma Nu), Hawkins (PiKA),
Gomes (SPE).
2. 180-yard low hurdles--Shaw
(Sigma Nu), Baskin (Sigma
Chi), Jackson, Calmes (SAE),
Hoffman (Sigma Chi), Dorsett
(Sigma Chi).
3. 440-yard dash-Duffie (Sig
ma Nu), Harley (SAE), Stillwell
(PiKA), Bourne (Sigma Chi),
Stone (Sigma Nu), Pooser (Sigma
Chi).
4. 220-yard dash-Dorsett (Sig
ma Chi), Sanders (PiKA), Lem
mon (Sigma Chi), Hawkins (Pi
KA), Taylor (PiKA), Parham
(SAE).
5. 880-yard run.
6. 440-yard relay.
7. Farr mile run.
8. Mile relay.
(High jump and broad jump
events will be held after the track
events.)
Sime Cites
His Great
Ambhition
There's an unfulfilled ambition
for Dave Sime, who blazed out of
Atlantic Coast Conference compe
tition with a triple victory in the
annual track meet.
The rangy Duke senior from
Fair Lawn, N. J., is aiming for
9.2 seconds on the 100-yard dash.
"That's my four-minute mile,"
said Sime, who came to Duke to
play baseball and became a sprint
ing sensation.
His time'In the 100 was 9.5 sec
onds in the fifth annual ACC track
meet here Saturday. It was
enough for victory, and It tied the
conference record he set in 1955.
Sime also picked off the 220
yard dash and the Javelin events
and was voted the meet's out
standing performer.
Maryland's p ow er ful1 club
wrapped up the team title for the
third straight year. The Terps
finished with 72% points, far
ahead of runnerup Duke with 44.
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Carolina's tracksters "carried
their banners well" in the fifth an
nual Atlantic Coast Conference
track meet held in Durham last
Saturday. The meet, in which four
records fell and another was tied,
saw Maryland's well-balanced sta
ble cop top honors with 72%
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points. The Terps placed at least
Dne man in every event. CA
Carolina's Don Goodroe paced ti
the field in the 120-yard high oi
Nurdles to break his own record, d
which he set at the meet last year, si
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Another first place honor was
pped for Carolina by rugged dis
ince man Billy Latham in the
2e mile run. The run, which pro
seed quite an unexpected drama,
tw Billy "make like a Silky Sul
tan," coming up from behind to
Lck down the stretch just ahead
I Duke's Cary Weisiger. Billy fin
utstanding performers in the
(left) broke his own record of
120-yard high hurdles. Dave
shot put event. Billy Latham
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ished in the remarkable time of 4
minutes 12.7 seconds.
Another outstanding performer
for Carolina was Buddy Mayfield,
who took a second place in the
440-yard dash and a third in the
220-yard dash. In the 440, Buddy
came in just behind North Caro
lina's famed middle distance run
ner, Dave Scurlock.
Carolina's husky Dave Coates
was edged out in the shot put event
by Maryland's Ed Cooke, who
threw it 54 feet 2 inches for a new
conference record.
One of the highlights of the
meet was the appearance put in
by Dave Sime, Duke's amazing
speedster from Fair Lawn, N. J.
He made his appearance in the
meet, which was to be his "swan
song," an auspicious one by win
ning the javelin, the 100-yard and
220-yard dashes. He ran the 100
in 9.5 seconds to tie the ACC rec
ord which he set in 1955. Sime was
voted the outstanding performer
of the meet.
Another record toppled as Mary
land's Tom Tait cleared the high
jump bar at the mark of 6 feet
5% inches to top the old record
of 6 feet 2 2/3 inches set in 1956
by George Hogan of Maryland.
Another outstanding perfor
mance was turned in by North
Carolina's Dave Scurlock, who
captured firsts in two events. In
the middle distance runs, Scurlock
ran two entirely different races.
In the quarter mile, he took the
lead right off the blocks, fighting
off Carolina's Buddy Mayfield,
who copped second place honors.
The ACC track meet was the
last of the '58 season for Coach
Weems Baskin's cindermen.
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