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By BOBBY ALFORD Already the basketball Gamecocks have surprised a lot of people with their aggressive and spirited play. This could be only the beginning for a team that has won four of 11 games this season. Now, the time has come for the Confer ence teams to battle each other and forget about the outside competition. At home, the Gamecocks are a match for any team. The fans are in no small way responsible for this. The spirit and enthusiasm exhibited in the Field House, have boosted the Gamecocks in their efforts to play giant-killers. The future looks bright for basketball at Carolina. We predict that Coach Bob Stevens will build the Gamecocks into a powerful basketball machine in several years, maybe next season. We aren't counting them out this season, this present team possesses the ability to "Beat the good ones" and along about ACC tournament time, this team could emerge as the dark horse. Many people make resolutions for the New Year. We made some wishes that we would like to see come true, here they are. We wish for the Gamecock basketballers to win the ACC Championship, for the football team to have an undefeated season, for a new 10,000-seat gymnasium to be built at Carolina, for the intramural athletic program to be rejuvinated, for the Gamecock football team to lead the ACC in pass defense, for Ken Norton to gain proper recognition and make All-American along with Jack Pitt and Jerry Frye, for Coach Marvin Bass to produce as fine a line as the one in 1959, for Winnsboro High's Ronnie Collins to enroll at Carolina, South, for an injury-free football team, for Athletic Director Rex Enright to regain his good health, and for Ed Pitts, John Saunders, and Kirk Phares to make good in professional football. In this last issue for this writer, I would like to thank Howard Hellams for the time and effort he spent writing for these pages. I, also, thank Wayne Corbett for his fine contributions. My appreciation goes to the entire athletic department for the cooperation given to this staff, and particularly to men like Coaches Bob Stevens, Jesse Berry and Rex Enright who make sports-writing a pleasure instead of hard work. 'Coon Huntin' Can't For Good Outdoor I BY SPORTS WRITER their thermo socks, underwear, A dog barks in the cold clear ivy-league vests and Bavarian hats night, a light moves swiftly into and beatnik beards. the wood, and the cold wind shakes Anyway, there's a wait, thirty the leafless trees and makes funny minutes, an hour, maybe longer; noises among the branches. If you then there's the sharp bark of a are 'coon huntin' and these things dog from the distance. Now's the occur simultaneously, you turn up time for action. Off through the your coat collar, put your feet in water, breaking in a run toward forward gear, and hurry off in odfihu.Tewoefrs o the direction of the barking dog. cmsaie iesasyui h 'Coon huntin' is fun; sometimes fc,abs ncstebr f it can be a riot. It is an inex- yu hnadtisyu ra pensive sport; all it takes is a bcmseaordadcuce couple of able-bodied Paul Bun-wihabncrsngu.Yown yans, a flea-bitten hound, an oldthsfgtaintauradyo flashlight, an axe, and desire. rahtedg hr sta ol Some people carry along a rifle,crauepwnathernko - but this is simply to convince ate,ypiglk oa h themselves that they are hunting. hsjs ere ert It may come in handy if you run Nwtefahih osit into a bear or cat-any kind of ue o ho h emuo h cat, furry or slick-skinned,. re p p p yurahtetp A Simple Sport bttelgti odmta ohn It's a simple sport, too. The 1 iil.Yusattelgtbc most difficult job is to convincetohegun-ldi!Tr, the dog that he isn't afraid to go aot5-etoftegon,i traipsing about the wood. Occasionhoeitetr. ally one or two kicks will ade- A hspitaspriilnm quately convince the critter, some- rdh tesfwucmlmn times a blow from the rifle butt tr od n evs u or axe handle does the trick. When hne oeshsha n rb the dog decides that he's a man, teae it's only a matter of time. Once the dog takes off, sensible Js li ie hunters build a fire, sit back on JocKiernvrwt'on the damp ground with a log for hni. hnh adsaeta back support, and light a cigarettetrehewsaligbotacy (most hunters don't bother to te.Aya,teco utri think for themselves, so t h e ynoalubrjk.Tecisfy smoke cigarettes with tobacco in-thaxgrwho,hebdtid stead of filter traps). After theananhultetetrefls hunters have m a d e themselves B o h utr r o ie comfortable, they usually engagetodanhigsohestdwnn in their favorite pastime, lying.thfeldreanpatori. Sense And Nonsense Mawieteodfe on The sensible hunters build a fire, hsfudtehl ntete n and the superficial nimrods bravepoehrnseiitToba!t the eemens; tey jstfeezeira nohe;mowi oks modrear,k We H v iss-eagu You ndBvrinht WeIcm ack and..beaniREAds Anywy, hsawi,try mntS,nhUPr ab ogr Birds Lose Two Games In Florida On the first leg of their Florida :our, the Gamecocks dropped - a ;hrilling 107-106 decision to Miami n an overtime. period F r i d a y iight. With the score knotted 95 )5, the Birds fell to the Hurricane )ecause of trouble at the foul line. Mike Callahan played well for Doach Stevens' corps, picking up 15 points for the night, as he did n the previous tilt with Lafayette. rhis brought his season's average ip to 19.9, third high in the ktlantic Coast Conference. The >ig forward, a major factor in the 3irds' four wins this year, also eads the squad in rebounds with in average of over 13 a game. Dial Stars Center Larry Dial, who got off :o a slow st4rt this season, came nto his own in the Miami clash, is he controlled the backboards ind played well defensively for he Gamecocks. 93-75 Loss Led by a sophomore sensation, )ave Fedor, Florida State rolled :o a 93-75 victory over Carolina in rallahassee Monday night. Fedor )umped in 28 points and grabbed !0 rebounds for the winners' cause. It was all FSU from the outset, is they built up an early eight point margin and held the Game :ocks off by at least six points throughout the tilt. The Seminoles led 43-31 at halftime and picked up 50 points in the second half, as 7ompared to 44 for the Carolina quintet. Whisnant Hits 27 Sophomore forward Art Whis nant picked up 27 points in the losing effort, while scoring leader Mike Callahan slipped to 12. The rangy s e n i o r had collected 70 points in the previous two contests. rhirteen of Whisnant's markers ame from the free throw line, as the team bolstered its average in this department with 25 of 40 foul shots. Be Beat 'leasure t piece of live hamburger. Things ire lively; the wood is filled with ripping sounds. Stentor had noth ng on an ole flea hound. The iunters make it up to 'the hole 'inally. They thrust the flashlight nto the hole and look at their >rey. They are now ready to en oy the feast. They take the axe ind make the hole bigger and poke >le flea hound in it. In several seconds it's 'coon against dog, and :he hunters light up another cigar atte and enjoy the banshee-like icreams which insue forth from :he tree hollow. Lucky Old 'Coon This continues until they figure flea hound is about finished. They reach in and grab flea hound mnd pull him out. The 'coon still iangs onto the piece of live ham burger and also comes out with the dog. Once they are on the ground one of the hunters takes the trusty old rifle and caresses the 'coon gently with two hollow point bullets. Old flea hound lets ut one last yell; the 'coon doesn't feel like talking just now but 4hows her teeth as a parting vol ey. The hunt is victoriously ended. The moral of this story is: if you must be a fool, the least you can lo is keep it to yourself. WHAT'S MY NAl ENTER OUR "NAME THE PIGGIE PARK MASCOT CONTEST" AND WIN A PONY (OR CASH EQUIVALENT) DAIVE TO ANY ONE OF OUR THE COlFVENIENT LOCATIONS AND 01 TAIN A COPY OF THE RULES ANI AN OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK. No. 2 eMember of South Carolina e Maember of Col.....ia Q "Need Depth,".Says C Bird Ti TH1E MARYLAND GAME was a i Camecock football- team moves in tackle and quarterback Jim Coste left to righU Jim McGoverno, Jacl Football St Moments A Sports' Writer Plagued by injuries to valuable p 1 a y e r s throughout the season, Carolina's Gamecocks managed to rack up a 6-4 overall record in football this season. In conference s t a n d i n g s , the Gameroosters posted a 4-3 mark. An underdog Carolina eleven inaugurate(d the season with a spine-tingling 12-7 win over con ference foe Duke, as halfbacks Kenny Norton and Steve Kopian handled the scoring chores. Norton took his first step in filling the position vacated by Alex Hawkins by pulling the game out of the fire late in the tilt with a spark ling 55 yard TD scamper. The contest was costly, however, as the Birds lost the services of full back John Saunders, a pre-season All America seJection. 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Guard -n gets ready to pat a shoulder into E Morris, Bob Farmer, Kirk Phare, ason Had J s Well As Al in for the injured Saunders and handled the job masterfully, scor ing 18 points that evening. The staunch Red and White line also proved a factor in the outcome, holding the Hurricanes to 35 yards rushing. Coach Warren Giese's forces ran their string of consecutive victor ies to 7, dating back to the 1958 season with a 30-14 upset of the nation's twelfth-ranked team, the Georgia Bulldogs, the next week. Offensively, Lavoie was once again the top man, as he compiled 20 more points to place him second in Your Univers (JAN FREE: A You can be thm for personal use,' ily or friend! Nos AbA PLUS: Second and ful Wedgewood "' set worth $14.00 Only I 1. Ask for a lon Shop, fill in the llanI of the C~ampus Shoj 2. Only one ticki to the Campuis Shop Shop as you wish hy when ticket-giving y 3. The three win student committee, a thme Campus- Shuop. 1 An alternate first-pla 4. Winners musl January 15, 1960, am n Begir the Birds won 22-6. Above, the Don Miles gets set 14) imiake the his work. Other Gamecocks from Fraik Staley, and Ken Derriso, Pleasant 'ad Ones the nation on the scoring list. Going in to the North Carolina game with a scent of bowl-fever in the air, the Gamecocks had the props knocked from under them by the crafty Tar Heel passers. Clemson Too Much After a week's rest, the Birds prepared to do battle with tradi tional rival Clemson in the last of the Big Thursday classics. The story was simple: the defense was not quite enough: the offense was not quite enough; the Gamecocks lost, 27-0. Getting back into the winning ity Campus Shop Pi IS THUR IUARY 14, 1W I[-Channel RCA Port Worth $239.95! e USC student who gets this r as a magnificent post-Chri hIdng To Ru | Third Prizes of a full four-p Queen's Ware" with Univeri ISC STUDENTS are Follow these simple rules: u -Thrsday ticket at the cash re (s, and drop, the ticket in the box et will be given to an individual -- but you miay make as many tween now and 1 P.M. Thursda ill he lhaited. nling tickets will be drawn iunder ud natmes of winners will h.e pi ou do not haove lo bDe present ne r'e winner will also, be drawn. claimi Iontus Thursday awardl ud each winne.. mn.. .r...t t Works Track C o a c h Weems Baskin issued the call for trackmen to begin working out this week. Bas kin is particularly interested in having anyone interested in par Licipating in track to contact him it his office in Rex Enright Ath etic Center. "I want to get 'a jump -in con litioning this season," Baskin re lated. "I plan to let the tracksters :one down between two and four )'clock in the afternoon and workQ )ut for twenty minutes or so'forW the remainder of this month; and then, get back to their studies. The wvorkouts won't interfere w I t h itudying for examinations; after ill if a person isn't eligible aca lemically, then there's not nuch oint in having him work out," laskin continued. "A track team needs depth. %lost people don't realize the im )ortance of depth; but a third tringer is just as important as a rirst-stringer," Baskin said. The :rack team needs men for all vents especially in the high jump, )ole vault and the sprint events. When asked about the quality )frthis year's prospects the easy ,oing Track Mentor replied, "I am t1ways Optimistic." The Gamecocks will participate n ten track meets this season be inning March 1, with an indoor neet at Chapel Hill, N. C. The )utdoor schedule is listed below: Date Event Site Mar. 26 Florida Relays Gainsville, Fla. Apr. 2 Georgia Athens, Ga. A pr. 9 UNC (Yolumbia Apr. 16 Open A pr. 23 Va. & N. C. S. Columbia Apr. 30 Clemson Clemson May 6 & 7 State Meet Columbia May 13, 14 ACC Meet College Park, Md. The final date for/a meet with Duke at Durham, N. C., has not yet )een decided. Form, South Carolina put on a turprise show and overcame Mary and's Terrapins b e f o r e 20,000 iomecoming fans. The Carolinians ;cored their initial tallies on pass )lays as halfback Joe G o m e s acked up 2 touchdowns for the ;amecock cause. resents . SDAY 96O) able TV i beautiful TV set stmas gift to fain late set of beauti ity scenes -each elgible gister in the Campus providedl In the rear duiring a single visit visits to the Campus y, January 14, 1960, tihe supervision of a isted In a window of the drawing to win I by 1 P.M. Friday,