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ThO PRESSBOX By CHARLIE BRADLEY Sports Editor - Recently a committee composed of members of the stu dent council began looking into the possibilities of forming what is to be known as the "Carolina Hall of Fame." It's purpose would be that of honoring outstanding athletes who have brought both glory and prestige to our school through their entributions to the sports world. In order to qualify, a person must have attended the Uni versity during his period of excellence, and no longer be eligible to compete on the intercollegiate level. Absent From University Furthermore, in order to be nominated one must have been absent from the South Carolina scene for a period of one year in order to prevent temporary popularity or unpopular ity from influencing the selection. If this bill were to pass, a Hall of Fame committee would be named. The duties of this group would be to screen and vote on nominees, and would consist of: the faculty chairman of athletics, the athletic director, the sports publicity direc tor, the head coaches of each sport, both major and minor, the sports editor of "The Gamecock," "The State," and "The Columbia Record," as well as the student chairman of the student council Hall of Fame committee. Committee Chairman The faculty chairman of athletics would serve as chair man, and the athletic director as secretary. This committee would meet at least once a year, and more often should the chairman deem it necessary. A vacant office in the Russell House lobby has been tentatively set up as a home for the Hall of Fame. Trophies, retired uniforms, and other such testimonials of greatness will accompany a picture of each player named to membership. Coach Giese Names Forty Players To Receive Letters The University head football Guards - Jake Bodkin, Kirk Coach Warren Giese has an- Phares, Jack Ashton, Ken Derriso nounced the names of 40 players and Wayne Shiflet. who will receive letters for the Centers - John Gordon and 1958 football season. Bobby Long. Of the lettermen 24 will be Quarterbacks - Buddy Bennett, available for the 1959 team, while StAvo Satrfield A Ha 16 will 'be lost through graduation. Silt Following are the graduating Hlbcs-JeGms tv lettermen: Kpa n i omn Ends-Buddy Mayfield, EddieFamrPhlLvean W.L Beall, Bucky Walker and WeemsStckad Baskin. Tackles,Don Rogers and John Kompara. Guards -- Corky Gaines andlSA E Jimmy Merck. 'Centers ,- Lawton Rogers andBU TH RSEL Dwight Keith. Quarterbacks - Stan Spears CNRC (graduates but has another year of eligibility remaining.), and Bobby Bunch. AALBEO Halfbacks - King Dixon, Alex A OET Hawkins and Johnny Dorsett. Fullbacks-Dan South.________ Returning letter-winners include: can, Jack Pitt and Doug Hatcher (punter). ~ Tackles - Ed Pitts, Sammy t.ti finGuad aeBdi,Kr ARROW GleAntn,Ke Drrs It's theashirtwyth theistatd ouCenterce- Johollardon the regularrbbckton-dudny ornner maKopiansand JimoBowman. carrmer,tPhiughavoeetrnd,W.aL. to cff. Smnorid"tricad CiVAN,PuabcdCONTRACTn.. *ARRWOWe ExcVl lusv ioanalrn CLUTCH PERFORMA Biddies S Past N.G. By WES SCOT Sports Columnit In one of their closest games to date, the Biddies of the University squeezed by the Mountaineora of North Carolina Junior Colege, 62-60, in a roughly played contest February 3 In the Field House. Last Minute Win The victory resulted from a weird combination of magnificent ball handling by Bobby Robinson, beautiful defense by Bud Cronin, and two last minute foul shots by leading scorer, Art Whisnant. Frosh Hot The game began as a one-sided rout. The fresh ran away with the Mountaineers, who were not hitting, and looked ragged after their 105-67 crushing defeat of Spartanburg Junior College. Caro lina had a ten point lead after three minutes of play. Joe Laird, heavily-taped guard, was having a bad night, and North Green ville pushed harder to hit the scoring column, which after seven minutes of play found the score, 13-2. Control Ball The frosh now decided to con trol the ball. Bud Cronin was doing some fancy maneuvering but he could not stem the tide of an aggressive junior college team who kept pushing ever harder. The weak points in the Biddies' defense begin to show, and It became evident that they were suffering from lack of first rate competition over the past three weeks, that would have prevented their staleness and made them ready for the tough contest ahead. The Mountaineers were behind only two points, 26-24, mid-way of the first half. Whisnant Off Art Whisnant, who has played better ball than he did this game, was having his troubles at the foul line. During the evening he hit only five out of 16. Adolph Grabenstetter, 6-4 forward from New Jersey, looked good, but he too had trouble connecting with the basket. Coach Ken tRosemond now pulled the ailing Laird out of the tussle, sending in 6-0 guard Steve Brown, who quickly added much needed speed and drive. In the waning moments of the first half, Cronin scored six points, con firming that he is a dynamic ball handler and one of the finest freshman cageman seen at the University in a long time. It was during the last 48 seconds that the freshmen gave the fans a glimpse of their potentiality when they stole the ball three times in succession from a weary band of . Mountaineerg, and clinched a half-time lead of 34-31. VI0NEY HOUSE CAFETERIA OARD PLAN INSTALLMENTS tA CHARGEI T7E4 Vasesse LNCE queeze l.C. - Crook Sparks Bob R*aan looked good as play resumed. He is one of those valuable athletes who always im proves a@ he plays. Cronin re turned at guard to hit hard and furnish a spark that no other man' on the team seemed to be able to give. After three ninutes of break-neck pace, the frosh led, 44-88. Floor Show It was here that Bobby Robin son, 6-0 guard from Camden, South Carolina, scurried onto the floor to steal second half honors, and to furnish his team with some superb dribbling and fancy foot work. Fast Break As Robinson's fast break loom ed to highlight the game, the Uni versity held a 58-48 lead. The North Greenville aquad had by no means given up. Led by forward Ronnie MeAlister, who tabbed 15 points, the Tigerville boys pressed harder than the Biddies had an ticipated. Things befame rough, and Cronin fouled out. The score was 58-51, with five minutes re maining. It was at this point the excitement intensified itself, and Coach Rosemond proved that he has a ten-man team. Fouls Costly With one minute and seven seconds remaining it was a tie game, 60-60. Whisnant was vis ibly tired and Robinson was un able to whip his teammates for ward. North Greenville took the ball with -33 seconds remaining. It looked like a lost cause, but the Mountaineers fouled guard John Pfalzgraf who missed his shot. Eight seconds remained. Tough Under Pressure The junior college five now com mitted another foul, and it was Whi;snant who stepped up to the foul line. His average had been rather weak, but despite the sta tistics he bucketed -the all-im portant two points, the -buzzer sounded, and another win slid securely into the hands of the Carolina freshmen, who though they had not played :their best game, had nevertheless played hard. MAKE *25 We're paying $25I lish words judged 1 words from two a EngIish: MALE SH EL LYND0N 0gSRD P T hWinkI traslat ion: '3 lineman. When some noses to make sure totted up crimes of the popularity of Le makes this heartwa fine tobacco are una Get the genuir Get the Gamect Drop C South Carolina's basketball for tune's took a dip, percentagewise, last weekend as they dropped two ganes during the North vs. South doubleheader held at the Mammoth CW6a&lotte Coliseum. However, they won the respect of many "diebard" North Caro linians with their drive and deter mination to make contests of the encounters, which according to na tional rankings, should have been runaways. -The fact that the Gamecocks lost did not in the least dampen the spirits of Carolina booaters. Play Top Teams Not only did Walt Hambrick's charges play the No. 2 and No. 4 ranking teams in the nation, but they did so on successive nights. During that time no University supporter could -be ashamed of his team's performance. Led by 'Mike Callahan, Cookie Pericola, and Dick Prater the Gamecocks were never out of the running. South Carolina played the teams from "the old North state," Uni versity of North Carolina, and North Carolina State, at such close quarters, that except for sev eral tough breaks and costly mis takes, the scores could have easily been reversed. USC vs. N. C. State The Gamecocks decided in pre game strategy, to play a deliberate type offense against their taller and faster opponents; employing the fast break sparingly. This worked to perfection as Carolina drew to an 18-18-deadlock with four minutes remaining In the first stanza. Hambrick's team then ran Into what has proved to be their nemesis throughout the season. South Carolina found Itself in the middle of a scoring "deep freeze," managing only three markers to State's 16, making the score at the mid-point 84-21. Comeback The 13 point Wolfpack ad vantage failed to shake the con fidence of the Gamecocks, how ever. Living up to their name, the I START TALI IN ~ach for the hundreds of Think est! Think1ish is easy: it's new 'ords--like those on this page. LPISN nls:WOt .. . . . . . .K... a.'.I. m N. CAROLINA \IRUCI MIIIAK. English: WATERPOWl ROE ENNS.U FCL egNa*uMAN WH ['isfllow Mn morHaO one starts, "Hail, hail, the gang's .If he canvassed women, he'd violence, he'd be a stabulator. A oekies, and that makes him a laud rmning point: Students who was nimously foi- Lucky Strike! ne article honest tas F a LUCKY cks Im lose C. Carolina five tomed back afte the 12-minute rest period. With four and one-half minute remaining the South Carolina quiv was only five points down. How ever the Gamecocks failed on tw excellent opportunities to close th gap and State, with four succes sive free throws, virtually ice the game. Carolina ,outshot, outscored, an outrebounded Coach Everett Case team the second half, but State lead at intermission proved to great to overcome. It was just a case of too mui height in the person of Joh Ricber, and unbelievable playmal ing by the "little giant" Lo Pucillo. USC vs. UNC The University of North Cart lina Tar Heels under the guid ance of Coach Frank McGuir stormed on .to the Coliseum cour Saturday night with thoughts o their No. 2 ranking and surprisin win over N. C. State fresh In the] minds. The boys from Chapel HI wanted to Impress the sporte writers with what they thoug1 would be comparatively easy win over highly undbrdog Atlant] Coast Conference foes and ha been visibly shaken the night be fore by a surprisingly toug Clinson five. This was to be the night the North Carolina would catch on an literally blow the dome off th Coliseum. But Coach Hambrick' squad bad different ideas. Slow Star The contest started slowly, a the Gamecocks were content t play a possession-type game, a reminiscient of recent footba: games played in the ACC. Thi resulted in a scoreless game afte nearly three minutes of play. At that point, a half court pres and successive goals by Shaffe3 Moe, and Larese gave the Ta Heels a 6-0 advantage before Mik Callahan could break the ice wit a two-pointer for Carolina. The Gamecocks closed the ga to 10-8 behind the driving o (ING OUR L KLI Send yours to Lucky Stril Vernon, New York. Enclose college or university, and cl IG TECHNiQUE ASE uSEiIITUTE OF TEC. FORMATIONI NARRl CONDUCT S VEYS oils than a telephone alhr!"-he cout be a galculator. If he ctually, he checks on itori His latest survey t the. honest taste of STIKE proved.", ntests r Cookie gericola, but the Tar Heels pulled back out to lead at 164. From there until the hilf, South ,t Carolina was never ahead but maintained a position always with o in striking distance. The score at intermission showed McGuires team out in front by 10 -points, d 2747. Doug Moe d Doug Moe, a slick sophomore e from Brooklyn, 19. Y., hit five on a secutive baskets in the first six o minutes of the second half. Sals and Kepley aided the cause with h nine more as the Gameroosters n fell behind 44-28. Carolina's Pericola, Walt Hud u son, and Prater took advantage of a momentary UNC "passing lapse" to hit three quick ones and cut the gap to 10 points, a lead that held up throughout the re e maining minutes of the contest. t Individual Performances f Although South Ce-rolina defin I itely played "the class of the con r ference," individual performances of Cookie Pericola and Mike Callahan need not take second to those of any other participants. t Cookie is recognized as one of 8 the best playmakers in the con c ference, and his scoring ability was d proven against UNC when with - 3:48 left in the second period he h scored the 1,000th point of his career. t Callahan, in spite of the fact d that he is forced to give away. e two or three inches height advan a tage to his opponents, has proven that he can hold his own rebound ing against the toughest opposi tion. Against Richtor and COM o pany of N. C. (State, he was high 0 man for the night in that depart ment. Prater Leads r Dickie Prater led all Gamecock scorers during the two-day event, a racking up 28 points for an aver *, age of -14 points per game. r As a closing comment we quote e Gamerooster Coach Walt Ham h brick. "We did it the same way we've done everything else this p year--on hard work and deter f mination. I'm proud of my boys." ANGUAGEI ke, Box 67A, Mount your name, address, gish TALKING INSECT DELME HCIT. SYRACUE :MIDNIGHT SNACKER C J G A R E T T I S