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Frosh Base Begins To, By CHARLES BRADLEY Sports Editor Having had the pleasure ot being closely associated with Freshman Baseball Coach Paul Rawl's charges, I am happy to report that a great deal will be heard from these boys in the fu iture. -After a week and a half of hard work the Freshmen are beginning to take the shape of what could well be Carolina's best yearling squad in years. George Epps, Perry Ellisor, and Art Whisnant will form the nucleus of the pitching corps while the catching chores will be ably handled by Bob Robinson and Bob Ivy. Jim Corley and Bill Lipscomb are the .leading candidates for second base while Fred Krasney and John Dalisa are waging a neck and neck race for starting position at shortstop. Chester Duke.is expected to hold down the third sack but a lot of competition can be expected from. Wallaoe George. Outer Garden Battling for starting assign ments in the outfield will be Howard Jones, Charles O'Cain, G. W. Stover, and Aaron Green. STUD Get In On The Chum Simply think up a 5 POINTS RESTAU suggestions on a I drop them in the I 5-POINTS R Remember Youj T1 AR0 NR '4,0NCN u a eso ball Squad Shape Up First base is. the only position in which there is a decided weak neas. Several players have been working around the first sack, any of whom, with added experience, could fill in nicely. Naturally the roster cannot be 'definitely set, as new men have come out for the team every day, and several ;prospects are expected to report for drills the latter part of the week. One thing is for sure, the Fresh man will play a running, heads up game, possibly outclassed but never outhustled. If desire wins games they should have a good year. Schedule The Freshman schedule is high lighted by four encounters each with state rivals Clemson and Citadel plus games .with several of the state's Junior colleges. Any member of the freshman class wishing to try out may do so by contacting Coach Rawl or Varsity Coach Joe Grugan any afternoon at the roundhouse. University head football Coach Warren Giese will be a featured lecturer at the 'Northwestern Uni versity coaching clinic, May 1 and 2, at Evanston, ll. ENTS1 ice To Win $10.00! new name for the RANT. Write these ilece of paper and ox at the restaurant. ESTAURANT Friend LOUIS IL Enaglish, SL.OW-WIn ~ Thinklsh translati team include a sh sorehead (poutfiek~ question-a lout#I RBI is the second it comes to smok tobacco ... the ur [Get the ger NGet th< English: STINGING VI ~E 4ARe ANTNONY NOWAC"1 WISCONStW ST SPORTS C MARCH 21-Tennis, Wake Forest, H. 23-JTennis, Presbyterian, T. 26-Baseball, Kentucky, H. 26-Baseball, Kentucky, H. 27--Baseball, Maryland, H. 28-Basebali, Virginia, H. Track, F l o r i d a Relays, Gainesville, Fla. 30-Baseball, Citadel, H. 1-Wake Forest, H. APRIL 3-Baseball, Clemson, T. Tennis, Charleston, H. 4-Baseball, Newberry, T. Track, Georgia, H. Golf, Duke, H. &-Baseball, N. C. State, H. Golf, Presbyterian, T. Tennis, North Carolina, H. 7-Baseball, North Carolina, H. 8--Golf, N. C. State, T. Tennis, Erskine, T. 9-Baseball, Citadel, T. &1--Golf, Citadel, H. Tennis, N. C. State, T. '11-Track, North Carolina, T. Tennis, Duke, T. '13-Baseball, Maryland, T. Golf, Wafford, H. 14-Baseball, Virginia, T. Golf, Furman, H. Tennis, Erskine, H. .15-Track, Duke, H. 17--Baseball, Duke, H. Golf, Maryland, T. Tennis, Maryland, T. 18-Baseball, Erskine, T. Track, Virginia, N. C. State, Charlottesville, Va. Tennis, Virginia, T. Golf, Virginia, T. Former Game< Participate On Four players who participated on two of the finest teams in the school's history have accepted in vitations to 'play for the Alumni against the University of South Carolina's 1959 varsity in the an nual spring .game here on April '1-1. Fullback Bill Wohrman, half back Gene Wilson and Center Hugh Bell, all members of the 1953 team that won seven and lost there, and Frank Destino, who .played for the 1956 team that also had a 7-3 record, will bolster the ranks of ex-Gamecock stars. Wohrman was voted the best blocker in the Atlantic Coast Oon ference and state of South Caro lina in 1953 and 1954. He has returned to Carolina for the spring I! 0L0 rTEDBASEBALL P on: The guys who patrol the igger (cloutfielder), a braggari fer)-reading from left field t elder-rarely breaks into the line of an eye chart. But he's ing. He goes all out for the forgettable taste of a Lucky HO1 MAMM Take a word-in With it, you cal (finstitution),a b tion), a fireworks Sor a saloon (ginsti lish-and it's tha $25 for the Think --your check's ite words to Lucky Vernon, N.Y. Er E S dress, university a uine article a honest ti f aLUCKY IN _ ?ngIish: COI ALENDAR 20-)aseball, Georgia Teachers, H. Golf, North Carolina, H. 21-Baseball, Georgia Teachers, H. 22-Tennis, N. C. State, 11. 24"Baseball, Wake Forest, T. Golf, Wake Forest, T. 25-Baseball, North Carolina, T. Track, Clemson, H. 27-Golf, Presbyterian, H. 29-Tennis, Furman, there. 30-Golf, Clemson, T. Teknis, Clemson, T. MAY 1-Baseball, N. C. State, T. Track, State Meet, Colum bia. Golf, Furman, T. 2-Baseball, Duke, T. Track, State Meet Finals, Columbia. 4-Baseball, Erskine, H. 5-,Baseball, Newberry, H. 8-Ba seba se , Clemson, H. (Night). Track, Atlantic Coast Con ference Meet, Columbia. Tennis, ACC Tournament, Chapel Hill, N. C. G o, I f, AOC Tournament, Chapel Hill. 9-Track, AiOC Finals, Colum bia. G o l f , ACC Tournament, Chapel Hill. Tennis, AOC Tournament, Chapel Hill. H--Home. T-,Played at opponents' home grounds. :ock Players Alumni Team semester to complete work on his degree before taking a high school coaching job at Sparta, N. J. Wilson, who gained 1,145 yards rushing (luring his three years at Carolina, ranks as the school's fourth leading ground-gainer. Both Wilson and Bell, a regular on the 1955 team, make their homes in Columbia. Destino, who played on the Gamecock second units in 1956 and 1957, is completing work on his degree at the University. Last year the Alumni led the 1958 varsity at halftime but lost, 20-12, in one of the most entertain ing games ever played in Carolina Stadium. .AVER ' fences on this man's (sho utfielder) and a o right. The clod in line-up. He thinks no doubt'ielder when honest taste of fine 3trikel M TO ?*25 stitution, for example. i make an aquarium wling alley (pinstitu faictory (dinstitution) tution). That's Think t easy! We're paying ish words juidged best hing to go! Send your Strike, Box 67A, Mt. close your name, ad iste STRIKE ED BULL SESSION Sophomore Prospects Uncovered Early spring practice sessions have uncovered some determined sophomores who could be valuable assets to the University of South Carolina's 1959 football campaign. In mentioning some of the more impressive sophs Head Coach Warren Giese pointed out that they had gained the attention of the coaching staff with their funda mental movements and desire to play. "We'll learn more about them in respect to team play as spring practice progresses," Giese com mented. Four ends -- Conley Taylor of Richmond, Va., Neel Patrick of Decatur, Ga., Bob Drost of Union dale, N. Y., and Dick Rockafellow of Columbia - were among the sophomores mentioned by Giese. Frank Staley, the North Au gusta boy who was chosen "most outstanding junior varsity line man" last fall, has continued his fine work at tackle. Rookie guards causing optimism include Howard Sohm of Green Cove Springs, Fla., David Adams of Short Hills, N. J., and Bob -Shaffner of Charlotte, N. C. Brains Two sophomore quarterbacks are indicating that they will be top candidates for starting assign ments. They are David Sowell of Cheraw and Jim Costen of Decatur, Ga., both members of the 1958 freshman squad. Giese said, "They have been looking good, mechanically, and, if they show that they can learn the other phases as well, we can ex pect .them to play a great deal next fall." At the critical halfback positions, vacated by Alex Hawkins and King Dixon after three years of regular duty, 'five newcomers have been encouraging. They are Jimmy Hunter of North Charleston, Jack Morris of Macon, Ga., Henry Crosby of Ridgeland, Bobby Ivey of Woodruff and Ken Baity of Kings Mountain, N. C. Hunter was named most outstand ing jayvee back last fall. Ivey played fullback on the freshman team after a career as tailback at Woodruff High School. Giese said that Ivey is learning his new position rapidly and show ing a lot of possibilities. Coach Giese has just finished reviewing 2,000 feet of movie film that recorded the full-scale scrim mage ending the first week of spring practices for his University football team. "What did the movies show?," he wvas asked. "'Well, for one thing, they showed the squad just how much work remains to be done before the end of spring practices," Giese answered. "Physically, I think they've made good progress, be cause they have stood up wvell under some extremely rough work." Giese added that there were a lot of ragged edges that need to be remedied in order to make the Gamecocks efficient enough to cope wvith 10 rugged opponents next fall. The Columbia city handball championship is again in the hands of the University coaching staff. Head football Coach Warren Giese andl Assistant Coach Ralph Floyd teamed up to wvin the doubles title for the second straight year in the 1959 tournament. SHIRTS LO WITH "SLEEPI FITS WELL! STORES 9 LOOK Use The Locati A- LAUNI Carolina Stu Behind The & By WES SCOTT Sports Columnist (Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of columns in which the author will attempt to infornt the reader of little known facts concerning Caro lina athletes.) A certain gridiron star stopped one of the Gamecock sports writers in the lobby of Pres ton the other day, and with all the sincerity he could muster, asked, "Why don't you write a column criticizing these outsiders who come into Preston, tear the place up, and give us athletes a bad name?" . . . . Frosh cager Bobby Robin son, now turned to baseball, is getting a full workout at the hands of his coaches. He remarked to a buddy, "We may not win every baseball game, but we'll beat everybody in track." . . . Coach Warren Giese's dis pleasure was made known when his ban was recently broken that no member of the squad could speak with reporters without his consent. . . . Don Goodroe's injury comes at a crucial point. We certainly hope he is able to recover quickly, and our best wishes go out to him. . . . The West Virginia delega tion on the basketball team sported rather large smiles as W. Va. came through "with flying colors" at the Charlotte tourney. . . . Dean Gaddy, a diamond standout from Clemson, was lost to Carolina's use when it was dis covered at the last minute he was ineligible for service at USC. This was a tough break, for Dean did some fine playing at Spartanburg Junior College and at Clemson. Sugar Coated . . . We understand Bill Tinder had a word of complaint about red and white cold pills; seems our track team likes sugar-coated ones better. . . . The cage .twins, Bury and Walt Hudson, will carry a great deal of the weight next year, as all the fans look forward to a more promising season. Certainly wins are not all in the world that matters, but we know Coach Ham brick and his men find them greatly encouraging. We all do. High School USC Grants Two of the top linemen in state high school football circles last fall, tackle Roger Chastain of Anderson and center Bob White of Fa irfores t, have signed grants-in aid to enroll at the University, it was announced Saturday. Chastain, one of the key men in Anderson's undefeated season and claim to the state Triple-A cham pionship, stands 63-1, weighs 216 pounds and is 17 years old. White, whose Fairforest team went to the Class Double-A upper state finals, is 6-3 and weighs 202 p)ounds. Head coach Warren Giese said that he considered the two boys among the finest prospects in the state. Chastain, a regular for Ander son the past 'two years, was named to the All-Southern squad for '1958 and was chosen to play in the Shrine Bowl game at Charlotte, N. C. Over 12 colleges contacted him about an athletic scholarship. OK SHARP NG COLLARS" TELL! S SWELL! cn Nearest You YOU'RE IROUNDED BY... PIHINE bRY & CLEAN ft lent Ventures ports Scene . . . Robert Ellenburig, a junior college transfer, will carry some of Carolina's hopes as catcher on Coach Grugan's '59 rotter. . . . Double honors for two of Carolina's finest athletes: King Dixon Street in Laurens, a permna nent reminder of King's memor able football career; and the out standing basketball trophy to Ray "Cookie" Pericola, who now ranks with the University's all-time scorers. . . . Hats off to Coach Jess Berry, who does a hundred jobs well, and keeps in the best spirits while doing them. ' SPE's Are Tops . . . It appears f r om this writer's typewriter that Sigma Phi Epsilon is one of the powerhouses in the intramural basketball league. . . . Another footballer h a s joined the squad of the married athletes. Congrats to Ken Baity. . . . Coach Ratliff's Tankers did all right for themselves this year. We only hope a larger group of men interested in swimming will report to the pool when the sea son rolls around again. . . . It is not too often that one finds a talented artist on a football squad. The Gamecocks are fortu nate to -have that distinction. This is only another point to prove that the overwhelming majority of our (football team are not 'Ibench warm ers" and trouble-makers, as some of the critics attempt to show. In fact, Carolina can well be proud of having one of the finest group of men anywhere in America take to its gridiron. Their good grades, participation in campus organiza tions, and honors in non-athletic fields verify this statement. . . . The protest. over the Steve Wadiak memorial in last week's "Gamecock" is being ignored. Ac tuaJly the memorial should be placed on the first floor of Rus sell House. Two things are certain: no particular respect is being shown Steve or the memorial by having it in its present location; and no great harm is going to be done by placing it out where some one can see it. We are not trying to be unreasonable in our request, but it appears to the "Gamecock" sports staff that if the class of 1952 meant the glassed-case as a tribute to an outstanding athlete and a great guy, then it-is certainly being "sold short" in its present locale. I Stars Sign -In- Aid He is a member of the Anderson 'basketball team and runs the hur dles and throws the discus on the track team. At Carolina he plans to study mechanical engineering. He is the second member of the Yellow Jacket team to sign with Carolina this year, halfback Dean Findley having been announced earlier. White, who was also sought by several other schools, was named to the Class AA all-state team, voted the most valuable player on his squad and chosen to play in the Shrine Bowl. He is a regular on the Fairforest 'basketball team and catcher for the baseball team. He is interested in studying pharmacy. Chastain was coached by Bob 'Patton, and White, by George Floyd. John Gordon, returning center letterman for the University foot ball team, is also one of the top candidates for the Gamecock golf team this spring. A native of Huntington, 'Pa., Gordon is one of three letterman golfers returning at South Carolina. Compluee Stock of STEREO RADIOS RECORD PLAYERS PORTABLES -- CONSOLES Dfreet Fae.ry Deal.r Fer Magnavox StroambersW.crIe.a Se Maa.-usa-A 4 ....