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It's Jffust for The B'Irds By CARROLL GRAY Every year, about this time, it is customary for the out going Gamecock staff to huddle tearfully about the old linotype machine, sing Aul Lang Syne, and do as old sol diers do-fade away. As the old staff fades, a new bunch materializes, composed of eager, untried journalists(?) who wait impatiently for their solo flights. As this column is a joint effort of Doug Gray (last week's columnist) and yours truly, this is my solo! WELL DONE At this point may I throw a rose to the outgoing sports editor, Howard Ilellams. IIaving worked with him the past few months. I have come to regard him as a very capable writer who bore the responsibility of this section of the Gamecock in a manner of ease and confidence that gives clue to a young man with a definite future in the journal istic field. O'le. ROUND RALL A (ledicated, ais well as talented, young man can be ob served (uLring basketball games in the vicinity of the Caro lina bench. Coach Stevens' unconscious gyrations of glee and despair bring a word from interested spectators, "Please be careful." Maybe Coach Stevens' actions would be more along the gleeful line if he had a big man to give Art a hand on the boards, say maybe a Dive Kistler or Len 'happel!? )on't know if bohunk Jim Podell will piove to be a player of above mentioned caliber for the Gamecocks next year' oi not, but Podell is the class of the city league averag ing well over twenty-thr'ee points per game and (isp)layillg tremendous spring on rebounds and (dunk shots, a I Wilt the Stilt. Podell. along with Fre(ddie Luigs. is leading unde feated M'Master's Sporting Goods to an amazing 84.3 points per game average. As long as Art Whisnant continues to give yeoman of fensive service for the Gamecocks against overwhelming height, each and every spectator is in for an evening of good basketball at the Fiell Ilouse. Your next opportunity will be Wcdnesday night when North Carolina ilva(les the cam pus. The "Ilawk" is back! Alex Hawkins is back in pursuit of his sheepskin after com)leting a successful season as the starting left halfback for the Baltimore Colts. Steve Kopian says lie Will give the books another try, too. WHO KNOWS? With King Dixon III and Little Alex teamed up at. Half backs for the 198 edition of the Gamecocks, who can stop us? Those Iunn1iniIg passes made famons by King and Alex will surely )e revived. A lot of goo(d fast basketball (all be seen thrioughout the intramural league this yeai'. Why don't you trea.t yourself to a surprise and atten( one of the seVeIal games each night either in the old gym or at University IIigh? CLOWN'S CORNER Lou Bello, with his "unusual" whistle antics, became a po)ular official around the ACC. Whenl a pelson has a good thing going, everyone hol)s oil the hndwagon, so it seems. IIlave you nloticedI that sever'al of'i cialIs (of (juestionable ability no less) take each interim ini the game to give foul calls the Hello treatment? Mmmmm, must say, not as good as the original. A lot of '"high school'' sitidents have st ar'ted at tending Carolina home games lately, as evidenced by wadded Coke cups that apIpear like mushrlooms oni t he play inig conurt. The on ly recsulIts of' all ihbat arm work to (late has been to hit our silly' mascot ini the eye. LET'S FACE IT! It is a proven f'act~ t hat Stev'enis' style of' basketball dr iaws 'a pacity vcriowdls (se urin 1ig a losintg season. Where we gonnia pu ' em wheni he gets a winner? T'here is 1no ''horse 0ho to i'ounid out mi our1 prieseint gym. As (Carolina basket - bit1 is inl a .;teepl cljib to t he top, it seems as though at top flighit gymniasiumin shoul be afflor'ded the coach and the play i'r'a for' thir efftorts. lsi't it t rue that Nor'th C'arolina ref'used to play her'e for' sever'al yearis in a row ? Priosp)c't.ivye basket ball t alenit wuh bedI gre at ly i mpressed wit h ult ra-modern facilit ies. Ii is no smiall help for~ Fu'rmani t'niversity, a school onei.-fifth ouri size, to retfer to the :\emor'ial Auditorium in G;reenville as "'our home' court." In thle age-old rivalry of' Gr'eenville and ('olumblia, it's a shiam(e that (Coluimbiatns'and ('aro'jlna supporteris have let G reenivillianis and lFurmani sup TAKE(1, A LOOK Many stui n and~[I~i alunmi would likhe to1 voce hearty approval of' lie:l ( oach lis' dec'laring sping football Ja l:b-ain the pbla\('s. 1\' thei samei token, (each layer(' should1( gie his two hour's andt fifteen miiiutes a b)etter1 (ffor't, if' his '"sweetie" i.s there watching!? We are glad th Iat (oanch ii afss is on thle r'uni here in the st att after local toot ball talenit ( heret ofore'(, this rich vein has lirgely been left to ouri l)ast ure-walking, upcountry c'ousins). 'Why go a thousand miles to sign a boy if' one of equal talent can be signed locally ? AfIteri all, this is the University of' South Carolina. D)REAM-TEAM C ompili ng the All-ACC basketball tecam t his yeair, will not be the easiest job arou nd. Top) player's from p rac'tic'ally ever'y team rate ai berth, suc'h as Moe aind Lare'(se of Nor'th Carolina; Packer and1( Chappel of Wake For'est; H eyman, Kistler and( H urt of Duhke ; L4acqu int ano of Vi rgi nia ; Patter son of Clemson; and our own Art Wh isnant. D isregar'ding positions and choosing the top five meni, the "G(amnecock's" choice of an All-ACC team wold incUlude D oug Moe and York Larese of North ('arolina ; Len Chappel of Wake Forest; Art Whisnant of South ('aroli na ; and Art Hleyman of Duke. Agree ? EVERYTHING IS NOT .JAKE Sporting news must be at an all time low iln the State's sports section if the sports editor must resor't to casting a disapproving eye on the ability of the Carolina cheerleaders to fill his column. The cheerleaders certainly (10 appreciate the publicity, though, Mr. Penland. Birds ( The Gamecocks are always a junmp ahead of the opponents, and Head Coach Marvin Bass proved this Monday as his footballers re ported for spring practice, earlier than any other club in the confer ence. The new head coach told the 95 players-one of the largest turn outs for football practice in Caro lina's history-that he would not try to predict how many games the team would win next fall. "You're a fine looking group of boys and I know that we can find enough pretty good football players among you to have a representa tive team this fall," the big man said. He said that he would have men on the field who want to play, "We'll pick the best 33 players out here and play them. It doesn't matter what positions they've played. If they are the best, we'll fit them into the job." Coach Bass gave the football candidates a straight-from-the shoulder warning to put out in the classroom and on the gridiron or get off the squad. le told his players there was no room for academic or athletic slackers in his plan for the Gamecocks. Bass had previously said he would move players about to fit them in spots where they best hell the team. First major move of the spring session was shifting Punky Hot-Shooti Play At 12 Teamplay on both offense and defense has combined to make this year's freishman basketball team the best ever at Carolina. The young Gamecocks carry a ten game winning streak into Satur day's game with Wilmington Junior College. Currently sporting a 13-2 record, the liddies have used a potent balanced offense and a tight man to-ian defense to run up this fine slate. Averaging around 80 point. per game, the starting quintet boasts of five members putting in over ten markers per contest. Led by the all-around talents of forward lZonnie Collins, the baby Binids have bowled over such power ful frosh unit -, as Clemson and Wake F'orest. Collins, a 6-3 former All-State high school performer, looms as the top threat on the quintet. Sporting a deadly long jumpshot, he ha learned to use his agility and natural speed to become a remendous dlriving threat. Aver aging about 22 points per game, he has hit over 310 several times wvith a high of 391 against Georgia Southern, probably a Carolina fr ,sh record. Six-foot -seven Al Tlhiry, an im port from Pennsylvania, has been developing rapidly and should be of great aid to the varsity next year. P'ossess;ed of a real good shooting touch for a big man, Thiry gave his best performance of the year when he hit for 23 points against the strong Clemson freshman team. T he best reblounder on the team Grugan NursE As Baseball P Hly Gene Steadman Sports Writer Has'eballI practice for the UJniver sity teamli be'gan on Thursday. Coach dloe Gruogan and a squLaid of about 25 started preparations for the coming baseball opponents withi high ex pectat ions of improv ing on List year's 41-18 recordl. The re are quite- a few problems and quiest ion) mailrks 5con1froniti ng ('ach Gruogan abouIlt this year's U SC team. O ne of the foremost prob lenms is the eligibility of the play ers; running a close second is the unceritainty of how well the many' sophonmores on the teaim can per form. One of Coach G;rugain's biggei heallaches is the qluestioni of George Eppes, left-handed hitting left fielder who led the Atlantic Coast Conference in hitting last year with a .3t79 average. Eppes struck out acadlemically, but hopes to have s passing av'erage back up to par ir time to play. Hut even wvith Epper out, Coach Grugan is backed up; with many fine hitters and may come1( up with ai stout hitting team. The biggest problem for the squad wvill be the pitchers. Hilly DeBruhl and .Jim Craig, two fine pitcher~. from last year's team, have beer lost from the mound. Only ont new pitc-her is being added to the veteran staff of three. Adding fine support and strength to the team this year are the new~ faes of Lee Burns, nutfielder; Jinm )pen S Reggie Logan Holler from fullback to take up th slack at quarterback. Holler wa a quarterback at Dreher Hig] where he guided the Blue Devils t the AAA state championship it 195G. The 6-1, 210-pound risini junior w a d defensive specialis and linebacker last season. The afternoon was cold and th, clouds dropped a little rain on th, squad and the spectators present Regardless, the two-hour and 15 minute practice session was kept a a fast pace. The first outing ende rig Biddies Tomorrow is 6-5 Dave Barrett, a strong, high jumping forward. Moving well fo a big man, Barrett excells oi tipins, but needs to improve hi: shooting if he is to become a con sistant scoring threat. Speedy Terry Lucansky ranks a: the top scoring guard. After start ing slowly, he improved his lonj jumpshot, too, with his good driv ing layups and is currently put ting in over 17 points an outing Russ Littleton mans the othe: guard, putting in points frequentl with jumpshots from the baseline Giving able relief is 6-4 Bill Yar borough. Although hampered at th< beginning of the season by injuries he has recently been showing hi: true abilities and scored 21 points ir a recent game. Unselfishness of offense and hustling defense have been primar ily responsible for the Biddies' fin record to (late. Coach Gordie Staf fer's charges have shown a smootl passing attack and the ability t< successfully fast break on anyone The man-to-man used by the fresh men has been improving con stantly and has been successful ii holding down the scoring of mos of the freshman starts they hav< Carolina's toughest opponents however, loom in the future. Thei1 next two foes are quintets fron Wilmington Junior College anm Fturman ,the only two teams abb to defeat the Biddies thus far thii season. After these i mportan clashes, the young Gamecocks yen ture away from home to (10 batth with two tough outfits fron C (lemson and Wake Fore(st. ~s Headaches ractice Opens tLnfordl, shortstop; Laney Roof first baseman, andl Frank Knox righthanded pitcher. If Kno> com nes through he would bolstei the veteran staff of Roger Groves Hud Swygert, andl Everett New man, all right-handed pitchers. Th< catchers for the team will be Bol Ellenburg, senior, who was idlet last season with a broken leg Hiobb y Robinson, and G;rady Shel ley. SOUTH CAROLI 1013 Sui Across from WE BUY, COLLEGE AL\WA pring 40 Frank Staley with a full-speed scrimmage in which about half of the squad took part. When Coach Bass was asked about the condition of the players, he turned to his trainer Herb Gulick and asked him his opinion. "For opening (lay, and in this kind of weather," Gulick said, "I think the boys are in pretty good shape." Bass agreed. - The first (lay was devoted to the t routine drills, but the hard knock ] ing came as no surprise. Coach Former D Gamecoct r One of two vacancies on the I Carolina coaching staff was filled i Monday as Elmer Barbour, for - ierly of the Wake Forest staff, joined the Ganmecocks in time for the initial spring practice session. The announcement of Barbour's - arrival was made Sunday afternoon - by Head Coach Marvin Bass and brings the number of his advisors to seven. The assistants remain ing when Bass took over were Clyde Biggers, Jack Scarbath, Ralph Floyd, Elroy Hottinger, Hank Bartos and freshman coach Bill England. Coach Barbour, a 1945 graduate of Wake Forest, played blocking - back on Peahead Walker's single wing powerhouse. Signing a pro contract with the New York Giants, Barbour was a standout back until an untimely injury cut short his - professional career. - In 194G(, Barbour entered the coaching ranks as head coach at Durham High School in Durham, North Carol ina, wvhere he remained until he joined Wake Forest. While at Wake Forest, Barbour was a valuable man serving in the capacity of (defensive backfield coach and especially pass defense. Bass said, "We h1av.e a very ca pable man in Elmer, and one who wvill fit into our scheme of things here, for he is our kind of p)eople. Hlis main job will lhe pass defense, and being associated with such a passing te'am as Wake Forest, he ce'rtainly should be able to help us 5 POINTS THEATRE - CALENDAR - FRI. & SAT. 2/10.11 Cecil B. 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A boy has to put out and show us that he wants to play football before we can say anything definite about his posi tion on the team. We are doing no pre-judging." The backfield seems to have iuite a bit of experience, but the ine was ripped practically from nd to end via graduation. The inly returning lineman from the irst unit is Frank Staley, a 6-2, 15-pound tackle. Staley is a rising enior, and was a mainstay in the orward wall last year. Preach Sermon vith this phase of the game." Harbour will also be counted on o (10 a good portion of recruiting or the Gamecocks. A most out tanding job was done by Harbour n this category at Wake Forest. iorman Snead, outstanding quar erback, was Barbour's top find. "I consider my position at Caro ina a wonderful opportunity," said 3arbour, "Having known Marvin nd several of his assistants for nany years, I look forward to vorking with them very much." 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