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Cock Tales . . . t . With Hellams As the basketball season draws into its 1961 segment we of the "Gamecock" would like to extend a tip of the hat to coach Bob Stevens and his cagers. Starting off with pos sibly the shortest starting lineup among major college throughout the country, the Gamecocks were 6-3 when w( went to press this week, a record they have not enjoyed ir quite a few years. This mark includes a respectable first place position iN the recent Gulf South Classic, which is a lot tougher tour nament than most people suspect. Pre-tourney dope sheets listed Mississippi as the favorite, followed by Georgetowr and Louisiana Tech. The Gamecocks were not figured tc show very much. We fool them! Some have said that we haven't played the tough ones yet, and we'll have to agree. This is not a sign of weakness, however, but a sign of smart scheduling. By playing some of the weaker teams at the beginning of the year, we build up a pretty good record and at the same time build up the players' confidence. This pro duces a definite psychological effect which is good for the Carolina squad We are not expecting the ACC championship or a perfect season for a few years, but Coach Stevens has the potential to make Carolina basketball teams a powerhouse in years to come. * * * * * Now we would like to retire to the gripe corner. First on the agenda is the National Football League's recent pro draft session. As far as Carolina athletes go, the whole thing was a farce. The only USC gridder selected by the NFL was tackle Sammy Fewell, who was picked by the Chicago Bears of the Western Division, but not until the 11th round. Sammy is to be congratulated for this, but what about the other Carolina gridders? It seemed at first that maybe some of them had al ready signed contracts with the teams in the new American League, but then I remembered that the boys drafted by the AFL had stated that they would wait for the Nationals to choose before they made a decision. Why wasn't Jake Bodkin chosen? After all, he was only a starting guard on everyone's All-ACC team, the most valuable lineman in the state, and the Jacobs Blocking Tro phy winner in the state. What about Jerry Frye? He is as good a defensive end as there is anywhere in the South. And he certainly doesn't lack the size. These are just a few, not including Jim Nemeth and Jack Pitt, who were chosen last year as juniors by Baltimore and Detroit, respectively. And speaking of juniors, there were many juniors from the ACC drafted and few of them can match the achievements of some of the Carolina men who were left out. Another gripe we have is ACC basketball officiating. Our conference is one of the best in the nation for round.. b)allers, hbut wve are slowly but surely becoming anl unpopu lar conference to outsiders. This is dlue to the number of fouls called in our games. Around here you get a foul called on you every time you b)reathe on an opposing plaver. This is ridiculous, not only because a b)oy loses vatluIlIe experience by fouling out early in the game, butt also be cause it makes for relatively uninteresting basket lball when the game is stopped1 every other minute for a foul shot. You've really got to (1o some dlamage out in the Al idwest or in the pros before they call you down. What we nieed is a whole flock of Lou. Bello's aroundl the ci rcuiit if we're going to survive as a national power. THINGS 'N STUFF Several Carolina alurnnae are -still making a name for themselves on the national sp)orts scene.. ....om my Adldi son, one of USC's finest linemen back (luring the 1956-58 seasons, is now grabbing the same laurels ini pro footb)all. Now a Boston Patriot performer, he was namedl to the American League All-Pro team as a first string linebacker. King Dixon, co-captain of the 1958 Gamecock squad, is still with the Quantico Marine team, and led his team to] the national. service championship for the sec ond conse(ct tive time this season. For his accomplishments last year, he was named the outstanding service athlete in the nation.. .Another name from the service ranks of interest at ('aim hina is Louis .Brown, a 6-2, 225-pound fullb)ack who will en roll at USC in the fall. An All-State p)erformer for three years at Bamberg High, he signed a grant-in-aidl here ini 1957, but decided to get his military obligations Over with first, and joined the Air Force, lie was namedl to several All-Service teams, and should pr'ove a valuable asset to] USC in years to come. Sig Eps Cop WELCOA Intramural Grid Crown MAY YOU H Rounding out the intramural I N YOU I football scene, Sigma Phi Epsilon downed Zone 6 of the Independent League 6-0 before the Christmas holidays for the campus champion-sLA SPE got Into the finals after pro-e *'t testing their loss to SA E because of an Ineligible player on the SA E team._ __ Marvin As Gie By DOUG GRAY Assistant Sports Editor Christmas comes only once a year, and with it comes good things in the form of presents, and, as in this case, in the form of personel changes. "It was the finest Christmas pres ent I've ever received," said Marvin Bass, recipient of the new football Head Coaching position. He replaces Warren Giese in this department, and 'Giese will remain as Athletic I)irector and Head of the Physical Education Department, two jobs he held along with the top gridiron position. This move, in our opinion, is one that has numerous advantages. Ath letic Director Giese, during his reign as head coach, had very successful campaigns, especially in Carolina Stadium. The Gamecocks lost to the Famers in 1958, and after that game, the local gridders were dealt only two losing hands, one to the Bashful Baron's eleven last year and the other to Bill Murray's victorious Cot ton Bowl team this season. This is quite a record. Overall, Giese compiled an unim pressive 28 wins, 21 losses, and one tie. But this can be attributed to the unfavorable 3-6-1 campaign of this past season, the first time he has ever ended up as such since acquir ing the head mentor position from the late Rex Enright in 1956. During his five campaigns, Giese had two 7-3 records, something that has been done very few times in the history Of foot ball at Carolina. In 1903, the (amecocks compiled a 7-2, and in 1924 and '25, the locals had 7-3 seasons. Enright produced only one 7-: season in 1954. Thus, Giese equalled the best record in history, iand in so doing, became the first Birds Rip 'Bring Ho llard, tenacious defense and the ability to correct previous game mis takes were the big factors that lead to Carolina's Gulf South Classic bas letball title in Shreveport, La., dur ing the Christias recess. Coach Bob Stevens believes this title has brought a "winning com plex" into the New Year. "When ever you win a tournament such as the Gulf South," said Stevens, "it ispires a ball club. It instills a win ing comiplex and I think our ooys have that now. WVe wvon, and we won away fronm home.'' "I thin k our b oys played tremen doui itfensively in the tournament. bu mi nore than that, they had th'e ability to hnekle dhown) and p)lay' real. hari d deense. That was the real - ry." stat ed the weii-liked coach. Tih' Gamecniocks defeatedl Ole Miss t5-7 to he trlophy, lbut Steveni thinik-z his riundlhallers were at their hecat against ('en tenairy (Coullege, t heir ecln gamie. "'We hal toi. Th'at was "T'lhiiy hadu as down four points abIle ti idetense th:'m, get the ball away andl tie it tup. Then ini the o)ver1 t uie, we were abl e to scor'e real wvell, anid agaii nor defense held thenm to tive poinits." 'The t hree v'ictories, firist one biei ng aga ist I ouiisia na Tech, gives the Gamerocl(i'1ks a I6-3 retcord. This time last year, the Birds hadl only four vi \ties before the turn of the year. TIhe Ga~Imecoiciks entered the tour namlenit with the ranking of fourth place, but soon biecaime favorities with the crowd. Scotti Ward was the rcipjien t of the touitrney's most valu aIb phry~er awarid, and team 'mtte Art Whisnant joiinedl him on the All To,i unmuent teamht. WI'hisnant wvas the lein~iig scorer of the totirney. eoll.ct ing 88 poiints forl thiee games, which boosted his average to 20.7 per game. The Gamec(ocks en'lter'ed the totur na ment tii gain ex perie'nce, because 4E BACK AVE SUCCESS 2 EXAMS TE R Bass Is T e Finds coach to do it twice. And what does Last that prove? It proves that this intel- the i ligent, well-poised strategist is one Jack( of the best in the business. medit Head Coach Bass has quite an im- top i pressive record, in that he was once Wl the head coach at William and Mary could in 1950, where he conducted hi- ment, team to a 7-3 season and himself to sity, I the Southern Conference "Coach of rectoi the Year" award. Leaving his Alma The Mater, Bass travelled to the pro cir- decisi cuits, and did a stay with the Wash- Bass, ington Redskins as an assistant. "M From there, he moved to North Caro- Coluini lina, and then came to Carolina in certai 1956 with Giese as the top assistant. mysel A Warren Giese 'Rebels In me 'Win Ct Stevens thinks "the real key to a of the young team like ours is experience. I of the felt the team voild improve with said t each game. It did." was f When asked to compaie the calibre Gulf "IT'S HERE Even b)efore IRon S 'neering dlegree from Ce from six comnpanlies. iIe joined The Ohio -his reason: "I was cc go further here-if he v As soon as IRon gc in telephone engineeril tough assignmient. 'The ing eqluip)ment mlodific Cleveland for nationwit distance calls. IRon wrapped it up he had earnedI a shot at In this job IRon helped long dlistance switching switching center conn< nlationwidle customer about a year later Lh "Our n gent, New Fi 3 PosI year, the well-liked coach joined anks of Bobby Dodd's Yellow Its in Atlanta, where he im-1 tely became the famed coach's ssistant. en Giese realized that one man not possibly head three depart in our ever-expanding Univer i1 suggested to the Board of Di s that Bass should replace him. Directors agreed to this wise on and after conferring with the announcement was made. y wife has always felt that ibia was her home, and she is nly glad to be back, as well as .. I. My son was a blood brother to T IIeI Ch l Iln kc Ll Pa< Whl l0 Mo, Classic; Pa mplex ' Yol teams in the tourne-y With that l)is Atlantic Coast Conference, he MIu ie overall strength of the ACC Joh 1r superior to t.he clubs in the A iouth. I o -Mm -IF YOU WAF petrino received his engi- t se he had goodl job) offers Bell Telephone Company t nvinced an engineer could ( ras willing to work for it." t his feet on the ground r ig, he was tappedl for a r job-to engineer switch- t ations nleededb to pre'par'e le customer (ialing of long in five months, andl found another tough assignment. engineer a completely new center for Cleveland. This actedl Cleveland with the dlialing network. It was at Ron put the finishing umber one aim is to hare in all ement jobs the moat vital, inte'lli ionilre and imaginative men we FREDERICK RI. KAPPEL, PresidentI AmarIcn Telephone A Telngraph Co. otball N s 'Too I Marvin .ass onie of huis fr ie nd on the streeot camupaiy we we miovedI to Atlamna, and I' ri.(Liting he will be anxious to return,"i As~ f .d . heen.. on Lis fa as organiz?ing his football tis pn1 .t as .jumped right in during the ch holidays and has( Pome upii( wiiiith hiouse i etopi-niotc1hball platyers. "'In or- yeari, a for a football clubl to have a good of findi Top Scorers yer, School edn crr At.1 itypetll, W~ake Forest 6 'se, Novth C arolin ker, Wake F'orest i(nan't, Sot h Car olh na . k ,Nor th C arolinai iietno, Vi rginia 1 tersn Clem( t isoni6 rt, W~ake F orest 6 rd, oith C arolina 5' wierowski, N. e. State LSeher, a rylandzn,hsfotalti r it, Duk 'ed ingkin, Du1ke tefano, N. C. State ohlehauer, N. co. State 1i vtopn South ali al o r y well, Clemson loff, N. C. State *es, oth Caoin2 a 79 !ker,....LeadingSc... or FG osiat outh sCafoli ths! 1,0 s1itallof fivergineer an(1 1'] erlphonemswicng inmcho7 liWae ForelVies th ( ;! anI rd,io orth Caof lp n a5 yar I.oDe motn,5ei 2hagdwt hetencN l C. ( S agral skill L-er, kN wat e's tali-n Illl Suthi bus'Oinas youhae1o1 ood, jo. W exatec a 4a8o eas ;ehrouct hIim t ta k 39posl 78tdyo h oba( hn o 4 BELL TLEPHOE C5 I lentor 4uch'< ::K I: ........ :' n, it must have a jam-up re program," he said. r as can be seen, there has y one problem to arise, and >hlem (lid not occur during ige-up. Coach Bass sold his hen he left Columbia last id now he has the problem ig a place to live. 'n ACC FT1 Pt%. Avg. 60 228 22.8 46 174 21.8 36 192 21.3 59 207 20.7 68 186 20.7 61 185 20.6 34 176 19.6 58 192 19.2 26 164 16.4 15 131 14.6 30 144 14.4 32 12.1 13.8 26 130 13.0 30 130 13.0 51 129 12.9 28 126 12.6 25 113 12.6 3I 122 12.2 26 122 12.2 31 109 12.1 .. ......... ' )R IT" )O0 project. Ron heads onsible for he greater chase of $3 And even dleveloping f his staff. ut when he > more than f-developer. y from his imnself. You loing time." given every esponsibility your Place S PANIES