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Baseball I .Opens Tb With The World Series only days away, Coach Joe Grugan's baseballers seem to have gotten into the swing of things as they began to "gets the kinks out" in fall baseball practice which began this week at Capitol City Park. Coach Grugan has lined up an impressive schedule of 20 games for this year's team and will prob ably extend it to 24 games. The A&edule includes two games with .tucky on March 25, 26, two games with Citadel, two games with Newberry, ard probably two games with Erskine. He also has a long list of Atlantic Coast Con ference foes lined up. "Fall practice will be based primarily on fundamentals," Coach Grugan stated. "Every position on the team is wide open, and the boys will really be scuffling for those, positions." Quite a few standout lettermen were lost from last year's squad through graduation, including pitchers Murphy Lemmon and Leon Norton, catchers Ward Fis cher and J. B. Lawrimore, in fielders Pete Stokes and Dick Theusen, and outfielder Steve 46tchum. Despite these losses, Coach Grugan has quite a number of lettermen in addition to several "new faces." They include: Infielders Kenny Rosefield, who finished last year's season sporting a fine .351 batting average, good for 5th place in the Atlantic Coast Con ference. Cleon Reese, who,'due to an in jured ankle early in last year's season, missed most of the games. Velton Champion-who was in eligible last year because of transfer .rulings; plays first. Bobby Bridges-also on last year's injured list for most of the season due to a broken leg. No Extra Inducements As far as University head foot ball coach Warren Giese is con cerned, he has no complaints toward his Atlantic Coast Confer ence brethren on the question of Axcessive aid for athletes. 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Dan Morgan-a new face on the varsity squad just up from last year's frosh. Roger Groves--another up from the freshman team; has indicated that he might do some of the pitch ing chores this year. Pitehers Curtis Jones - back from last year's squad. Bob Ramsey - ineligible last year. George Jones - "Big George" chunked a few last year, too. Pitchers up from last year's freshman team include Bruce Frazier, Chu Chee Newman, Roger Brown, and a southpaw Marion Funderburke. Catchers Jerry Frye-one of last year's regulars, now playing football. Bob Ellenberg-another new face on the varsity; a junior college graduate. Coach Grugan also announced that Ken Roseman, an assistant basketball coach, will act in the capacity of this year's freshman coach. Freshmen who are expected to be standouts include pitchers George Epps of North Charleston and Benny .Taylor of Eau Claire; Catchers Robbie Robinson of Cam den and Chester Dukes of Colum bia, second baseman Marion Cor ley of Lexington. Coach Grugan stated that "These boys make up a good nucleus of youngsters if they live up to their potential." Coach Grugan is looking for new talent, and anyonr interested in going out for either the freshman or the varsity tean should contact him as soon as possible. Faster Progress South Carolina's Gamecocks were able to progress a little more rapidly in their early practices this fall than th~ey did in two previous seasons under head coach Warren Giese. "We're a more mature team, now," explains Giese. "For in stance, in 1956 we had 25 soph omores among our top 88 men, last year we had 19, and this year we'll probably have only seven." RGEST IN THE SOUTHEAST" [AL WEAR FOR MEN rden St. Phone AL 3-0461 NIDIA, SOUTH CAROLINA OSSWORD 1 2 6 12 16 16 19 21 22 24 27 26 29 0 31 - 4 36 41 43 44 46 47 KGDL hen you t.t once eshedi lence with( ) 'ner' COACH VISITS USC ... Coach he visited . the USC campus Satu game that the San Francisco 49 Lynn "Pa1 Football ( Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf, former dean of college football coaches, thinks that the Atlantic Coast Con ference "is developing into one of the best and most evenly balanced conferences in the U. S." Waldorf, wbo coacbed college football for 32 years before be coming personnel director for the pro San Francisco '49ers last year, was in Columbia Saturday to scout players in the Duke-USC game that San Francisco is in terested in. Waldorf visited the USC campus Saturday afternoon as a guest of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. A Pi KA alumnus at the Univer sity of Syracuse, Waldorf spent several hours at the Pi KA house. Waldorf was Impressed. favor ably by the USC campus. "I was here one day during spring practice and found the campus very nice. I think the fra ternity quadrangle is beautiful and jira~Eical 'af the' s~ime titfe," the ex-Rose Bowl coach said. "Those new buildings are impressive, too." Waldorf soon turned the conver sation to football. A huge, round man, he ipoke in a deep base voice that suited his friendliness. "Good football is being played all over the country," Waldorf said. "This should be one of the big years for college football." "Pro football is college football's biggest fan," Waldorf said. "With out college ball, pro ball would be dead. We're anxious to see college football have a good year."~ Waldorf estimated that he tra vels 70,000 miles a year in making personal contacts for the '49ers to players they'e received reports on. No. 2 17 20 SNOCVGN *10 KRACK TMi1S? 37 8 2n su0 .r'5sas Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf talked info rday. Waldorf was in town to sc era might he Interested In. opy" Wald4 ,oach, Vis] Waldorf, as personnel director, has reports on what are considered the top 250 pro prospects. Whether or not San Francisco gambles on drafting them or not is in a large part up to Waldorf. He was in town Saturday night with his eyes especially set on two halfbacks; USC's Alex Hawkins and Duke's Wray Carlton. Al though Hawkins did not have a great night, Waldorf was im pressed. "He seems to be a fine ball player and a fine boy. We need both in pro football," Waldorf said. "Carolina also has some big line rhen that we're interested in. I want to look at them more closely." Before Waldorf became top man with the '49ers, he was considered one of the top college coaches in the business. In 1936, his first year as head coach at Northwest ern, he won the Big 10 title and won Coach of the Year honors. Waldorf coached at Northwest ern until he moved onto to the University of California in 1946. He built three powerhouse Pacific Coast Conference champions in 1948, 1949, and 1950 and went to the Rose Bowl in each of those years. In 1950, Waldorf was selected as National Coach of the Year as well as being named the top alumnus coach by his fraternity. Waldorf finished his career with an impressive won-lost-tied record of 174-99-22, a remarkable job for any coach. He was also a standout when he played football for Syracuse University from 1922 to 1924. He was president of his graduating class, president of the Interfra ternity Council, and president of his local chapter of P1 Kappa Alpha. Waldorf is also past president of the Board of Trustees of Col lege Coaches Assn. and was on the board when the new extra point ruling came up. "I honestly don't know what I'd do if I had to decide," the big man chuckled. "I would probably stick with the kick. The hardest place on the field to get any yardage Is that 10 yards in front of the end CEDAR WOOD Located One Mile Below Invites You To Play On Their SPECIAL STU with CAROLI: DAY: 1st 9 holes 2nd 9 holes 3rd 9 holes 4th 9 holes Play r-est of day on he - NIGHT 75c Per Tn SPECIAL D)ATE RATE *1.00 Per Coup * 9-Hole PAR 8 . 18-Hole Miniature e Complete Drivi e Complete G " Enjoye Ci .....1. TIL rmally with members of Pi KA as int players in the Duke-Carolina )rf, Famed its USC zone." "The rule will make ties more rare," Waldorf said. On control football, Waldorf smiled and said, "It's great if you can control the situations. Any coach would love to have a good control game." On pro football,Waldorf said he is expecting a good year. "The teams are pretty equal this year. The winner in the Western division, the one San Francisco is in, will probably have an 8-4 record. The draft keeps the teams equal." "In pro football," Waldorf went on, "you have to pass a lot. No body can run against those mons trous lines. We feel, too, that passing adds a lot of spectator enjoyment to the game. It gives you some real cliff-hanging endings some times. We won four games in the last two minutes last year." Asked about the chances of a rookie out of collbge sticking with a pro team, Waldorf answered, "Each team drafts 10 players. After picking up free agents, there are approximately 400 rookies try ing out for jobs. The teams have to cut to 35 men by the first game and around 60 rookies are left through the year." "A lot of times, a good college guard can't make the grade. The pros usually take a tackle out of college, usually the biggest man on the team, and make a guard out of him to get more size in the line up. The guards can't measure up then." "Pro football players aren't too much as like people imagine them to be. Most of them are pretty smart boys and have good-off sea son jobs, earning as much as they do playing football." Looking back over his years as a coach, Waldorf recalled many pleasant moments in the game. But he also pointed out that he enjoys his present job. "Traveling around as much as I do, I get to see a lot of old friends all over the country. Rex Enright is an old friend, and I'm supposed to meet an old fraternity brother of mine from Syracuse this after noon in Columbia." After Waldorf left Columbia, he GOLF CENTER SThe Veterans Hospital Beautiful New PAR 3 Course DENT'S RATE NJA I. D. Card RATE 60e lax inc. 50e tax inc. 50e tax inc. SOe tax inc. use unti lighee go on. RATE ine Hole. ALL DAY- TUESDAYS Ie For 9 Holes ag Range alf Shop and Club House GuCns. of a L.ijeim." MEET THE GAMEC4 Soph Jake I Are Former John Joseph "Jake" Bodkin, who made his first appearance in var sity competition last Saturday, made his debut an auspicious one as he contributed his effort in Saturday's 8-0 defeat of Duke's Blue Devils. Jake, 6 foot 2 inch, 210 pound sophomore, played his high school ball at South Charleston High School in West Virginia. He was a regular guard on the 1952 and 1953 teams. Jake attended high school and was a teammate of another Game cock standout, Alex Hawkins. Upon graduation from high school, Bodkin enlisted in the U. S. ArmyGameIs Homecoming For Yankees For Carolina's football squad Saturday's meeting with Army at West Point, N. Y., entails the longest trip of the season, but for four members of the squad it might be considered "homecoming." The four in question-halfback Steve Kopian of Glen Cove, N. Y., halfback Joe Gomes of Newark, N. J., fullback Bob Drost of Union dale, N. Y., and tackle Don Rogers of Newark, N. J.,-will be playing close to their native territories. The two Newv Yorkers and two New Jersians figure prominently in Coach Warren Giese's plans against Army. Rogers is the starting left tackle and considered one of the finest in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while his fellow stater, Gomes, ,backs up King Dixon at the left halfback post. Kopian is the third-unit left halfback, and Drost, a converted end, has been improving rapidly at fullback since his switch about three weeks ago. The foursome add considerable weight to the Gamecocks, with Rogers listed at 225 pounds, Drost, 215, Gomes, 195, and Kopian, 175. These Yankees on the Southern squad will no doubt have added inspiration against the Black Knights, as friends and relatives front the surrounding area will be traveling to "The Point" to watch them in action. Plenty more support for the Gamecocks will come from over 1,000 fans who will make the trip on special buses, trains and priv ate conveyances. Alex Considers Himself At Ideal Weight Carolina's All- America halfback candidate, Alex Hawvkins, considers himself at an ideal weight for his senior season. Hawkins, who received his first test against Duke's Blue Devils Saturday night in Columbia, was a puny 160 pounder when he checked in at South Carolina four years ago. "Nowv," says the six-footer from South Charleston, West Virginia, "I weigh about 188 pounds, and I hope to stay around there. Dur ing the summer I gained up to 197, but that's a little too much for me to carry and still maintain the desired speed." was scheduled to go over to Clem son to check the Tigers in prac tice. lie will see 17 college foot ball games this fall looking for prospects. "Sometimes I think the only reason I got this job was because I like to travel," the big, friendly man who has made football his life said. Try The New Ui And Avoic Breakf as1 Coffee Brei Lunch )CKS ;odkin-Alex Teammates Army, serving a two-year stretch in the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. "I always had wanted to play college ball, but I didn't think I was heavy enough to make the grade," says Bodkin. He grad uated from high school weighing 168, somewhat light for a lineman. He returned from the Army, how ever, weighing 205, and in last year's Spring practice he weighed in at 222. "1 guess I just started growing a little late," he said. Jake came to Carolina in 1956 as a center. He "bohunked" last year, but he had a fine spring practice, moving up to the second unit right guard post. Bodkin comes from quite a foot ball family, having two other members of his family who played football at the University of West Virginia. His father played tackle, and his older brother %Xas a stand out end for UWV. "I've found football at Carolina quite different from high school ball. You really have to put out in college ball," he stated. "There's always somebody there who can take your place." Bodkin, who proved his worth in Saturday night's game, is ex pected to do big things for the Carolina squad and is considered by Gamecock coaches to be poten tially one of our finest linemen. Jake donned the ball and chain this summer, marrying the former Miss Jerry Mullen of South Charleston, W. Virginia on Au gust 27. He is a business management major and attends the Episcopal Church. USC Mystery Team In Meet With Cadets Carolina's Gamecocks remained somewhat of a mystery team, des pite their 8-0 opening upset over Duke iast weekend, as they pre pared to fly northward today for Saturday's meeting with mighty Army at West Point, N. Y. All who saw the Gamecocks shut-out Duke for the second time in the past three years were con vinced that Coach Warren Giese's team is capable of furnishing trouble for any team on the schedule. However, the Duke game still left plenty of "guess ing" for opposing scouts to do over the Gamecock tactics. Against the Blue Devils they showed signs of new offensive twists in marching 42 yards for a first-quarter touchdown, but with an 8-0 lead in their grasps, the IGamecocks wvent into a more con servative attack and held on. The experts predict that the South Carolinians will be placed under greater pressure to score in Saturday's meeting with Army. The Cadets have been ranked among the nation's best teams in early Polls, and they have two of the nation's finest halfbacks In All America Bob Anderson and Pete Dawkin s. The Gamnecocks, having watched their talented halfback tandem of Alex Hawkins and King Dixon come out ahead in the competition with Duke's Wray Carlton and George Dutrow, are anticipating the second big "Comparison" dt West Point. Coach Giese and his squad are scheduled to land at Stewart Air Force Base near West Point today and will be quartered and nearby Bear Mountain. The winner of Saturday's game will likely move, at least tempo rarily, into the ranks of the na tion's top 10 teams. Despite South Carolina's fine showing in their opening victory, Army will likely rate the favorite by at least a touchdown. stairs Cafeteria I The Rush t- -7-9:30 k -9:30-11 Li1:30-1:30 - 5-6:30