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Opens in Tourney Baseba To Meet Amherst First Tilt With the nucleus of his pitching staff back, baseball coach Joe Grugan has announced that the 1960 edition will open the coming season March 24. The lidlifter should he one of the highlights of the year, as the Carolina nine will take out the first three days of the year for a round-robin tourney sponsored by Rollins College of Winter Park, Florida. In the annual Rollins Collegiate B.seball Week, the Gamecocks will tangle with Amherst, Ohio State and Rollins. Comprising the strong pitching corps, which was the major com ponent of Carolina's attack last s e a s o n , are returnees Roger Groves, Bud S w y g e r t , Roger Brown, and Melvin Quick. Eligible this year, after a fine season in 1958, will be .lim Craig, along with sophomores George Eppes and Perry Ellisor. The catching staff will likely be handled by Itobert Ellenburg, while so0phomore Hobby Robinson will serve as his understudy. In the infield, the main loss was that of Ken.Rosefield, first base man and the team's leading hitter. fl o w e v e r , the pictffre looks brighter oin the other side of the h rn, where second sacker Marion ('iorley and shortstop (Griff Ear hart are superb glove men, along w i t h Chester Dukes, who will handle the "hot corner." Centerfilder Jimmy Hunter, an (iffensive threat and a fine defen sive man, will be the only return ing letterman along Coach (;rl gan's Picket line. A possible boost in the outfield may come from M i v k e y Strickland, a transfer frmi North Greenville Jiuior Col eg.. 'Ilhe remainder of the squad will come froin last year's fresh man corps and new boys who try out for the team. Bucket Parade P'lay er Points Avg. Whisnanlt 236 18.2 Callahan 234 18.0 1.. Ilidson 104 8.7 I'uigs 97 7.5 .uohnson 97 7.5 Dial . 57 5.2 Roin son 52 4.7 Player Rebounds Avg. ('allahan 171 13.2 Whisnant 139 10.; IDial 64 5.8 B. HIuds,n 56 4.7 I.uigs 49 3.8 lioinsn 3 3.8 Jonsn12 3.2 ACC SIatistics layer and Schtool P'ts. Avg. Huinge, Md. 172 21.5 Shaffer, N. ('. 187 18.7 Adkins, Virginia* 185 18.5 Wh isnant, S. C. 23l; 18.2 ';allauhan, S. ('. 231 18.0 l.arese, N. ('. 160 16.0 PaLttersn, Clemson 192 10.0 P'arker, W. F. 172 15.6 Iluirt, Duoke 1 4. 14.4 Salz,, N. C. 143 14.3 I taner, Virginia 137 13.7 G;. Krajack, Clemson 162 13.5 Youingkin, D)uke 131 13.1 Mortell, Vir.ginia 128 12.8 Ritchie, W. F. 139 12.6 Want Sometht Try Howard Celeb, STRAWBERRY SHORT aos Corner State & I 11 To B4 Trackster Jim Cathcart hitti the sai anid other prompective tracksters hs Enright Athletic Center the past v Behind T'h In Car olimd BY MORIS TATUM BE sportI4 Columnist fir Art Whisnant, dynamic sopho- ca more forward on the Gamecockco varsity cage team, is probably the pe champion bird-whistler of th e in Carolina Community. While on the in Miami trip recently, Art picked h up the whistle at a local storeh C and has caused more than one stu- s dent to look up into the sky and i the trees to see where the bird is,pe when all the time it is Whinantl riack Coach Weems Baskin's vall for students who are interested in track or field events has met with a good response. Some 25 to 30 hopefuls have been down to the practice field for preliminary Workouts. A committee to make plans for the dedication of the REX EN RIGHT ATHLETIC CENTER has met and made its recommendations Lo the Administration. President Sumwvalt wvill no doubt issue a statement soon as to when the ceremonies will take place and what form they will take. On the president's special committee to make plans for the dedication of the former Roundhouse are: News D)irector Dave Abeel, chairman; Sports News D)irector Don Barton; . D)ean of Men George Tomlin; Band l)irector Jim Pritchard; Frank Johnson, Business Manager of Athletics; .Jim Leventis, president itf the student body; and Ellis Boatmon, chairman of the Enright' 4tudent committee. The Tankers are suffering from their age-old problem: I a c k of 4wimmers. This is especially un Fortunate in view of the fact there ire many excellent swimmers on -ampus, some of them life-saving ~xperts, who refuse to participate n USC swimming. As a result of his poor spirit the Tankers are inving a weak season-in most -ases due alone to their lack of wimmers to enter the various areas of competition. Freshman football players pres nuted a trophy to Coach Jess ing Special? ated ICE CREAM CAKE Ilesonm Str.es, 0i gin MI d in a broad jump. Catheart ve been working out at Rex leek. e Scene i Sports rry on Tuesday evening for his ie work with the Biddies this st Fall. The freshman Game !ks finished with a 3-2 season. USC Miler Paul Masem is ex ted to make his best showing the running of the two-mile dur e the coming t r a c k season. ksem is in fine physical shape, i v i n g maintained a rigorous iedule of personal conditioning. e ACC is expected to be rather ak on two-milers a n d Caro a's entrants should do quite 11 at that spot. Popular Bob Stevens, head cage WINTER CI SA Use GAMECO I'U irch 24 Swim Team Sees Defeat In Two Trips South Carolina's swimming team invaded the campuses of Davidson College and Duke University the week-end of January 8 and 9, only to be defeated by,both schools. The Gamecocks met Davidson Priday afternoon at the Davidson swimming pool and entered all ten e v e n t s. The placements of the Carolina swimmers are as follows: 220 relay Jones, third 50 ......Collins, third 200 individual relay Chance, third Diving Grunert, first 200 butterfly Pruitt, second 100 Chance, third 200 breast stroke Harter, third 440 .. .......Jones, third 200 back stroke Bowie, third Carolina's swimm ers then traveled to Durham to meet the Blue Devils Saturday afternoon and again entered all ten events. The placements of the Carolina swimmers in this meet are as follows: 220 Jones, third 50 Bowie, third 200 individual medley Chance, third Diving Grunert, third 200 butterfly Pruitt, third 100 Chance, second 200 back stroke Bowie, second 440 Jones, second 200 breast stroke Harter, second The Carolina team is composed of Bill Jones, Flynn Bowie, Ken Chance, John Grunert, Tom Pruitt, and Ed Harter. coach, is an ex-Marine. Coach Stevens entered the Marine Corps in 1942 and was commissioned at Quantico, Va. He served in the South Pacific theatre as a platoon leader. Stevens was discharged as a first lieutenant in 1947. LEARANCE L E TUXEDOSj Values 49.95 to 65.00 S39.90 CUMMERBUNDS AND TIE SETS Reduced 20% to 40% s Our Exclusive CK CHARGE PLAN Diver John Grunert is pictured co: sommer"auIt in the Univerity p natex have had a tough time of il DUAL I Filters as for mild, full Here's how the R_usj Fi 1. It combines a DItgjy prveJt 1 2. with an efficis best of the best to NEW DUAL FILTER ming out of a one and one-half ool. Grunert and his swimming in recent meets. ILTER DI nosingle fil lavor! Iter does it: unique liter filter of ACTIVATED C arette s ok o amildjjjj a it pure white outer filter. Together t baccos-the mildness and taste that 5 &r y7 Three Sign Grant Aids In Football - Head football e o a c b Warren Giese has announced the signing of three highly touted high school stars to grants-in-aid at the Uni versity for next year's freshman squad. The first, Billy Kaigler, an im pressive two-way guard frow St. Matthews, is described by Coach Giese as one of the better pros pects to come out of this state in recent years. Another 1 i n e m a n , 225-pound tackle Byron Godwin, has also inked a four-year contract here. The Lake City native was selected for several Palmetto All State teams and played in the annual Shrine Bowl in Charlotte early-in December. The strapping lineman has also received praise f r o m his high school coaches, as well as Univer sity tutors who have seen him in action. The third player is Jay Doo little, a triple-threat halfback from f Greer. The 165-pounder has been a regular on the Yellow Jacket squad since his sophomore year, and this year was elected team captain and the squad's m o a t valuable player. Although hampered by an early season leg injury, Doolittle man aged to pick up 771 yards via the overland r o u t e, averaging 4.5 yards per carry, in one of Greer's worst seasons in recent campaigns. lie also excells in passing and punting, posting a 39.2 aferage in the latter department. Doolittle was cited as being active not only in sports, but in a t u d e n t government affairs as well, and ranked in the top ten per cent of his class scholastically. ES IT! Tareyton 0 DIJALFILTrit~ ter cain.. HARCOAL. ..de_ hey bring you the ay off in pleasurel ton.