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Standing forlornly in the rain, part of the sparce crowd watches 4. the Spring Intra-Squad football game Saturday night. In spite of the miserable weather conditions, from 500 to 1000 die-hard Rooster fans turned out for the contest and saw a close, defensive battle. (Photo by Nye.) The "Gamecock" Sports Staff would like to announce that there are still opportunities for interested persons to write for the Sports page. Anyone who would like to do this, or obtain more information about this matter, please see either Blanding Clarkson or Fred Schumpert, or come by the "Gamecock" of fice any Monday or Tuesday afternoon. All stories for the sports page should be turned in by six o'clock on Tuesday afternoon of any week for the Friday edi tion of the paper. (Author of "Rally Round The Flag, Boys", "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", etc.) SHAKESPEARE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE A recent and most heartening development in American college life has been the emergence of the artist-in-residence. In fact, the artist-in-residence has become as familiar a sight on campus as Latin ponies, leather elbow patches, Rorschach tests, hula hoops, and Marlboro cigarettes. And we all know how familiar that is-I mean Marlboro ciga rettes. And why should it not be familiar? Why, where learning is king, where taste is sovereign, where brain power rules supreme, should not Marlboro be everyone's favorite? The same good sense that gets you through an exam in Restoration Poetry or solid-state physics certainly does not desert you when you come to pick a cigarette. You look for a flavor that is flavorful, a filter pure and white, a choice of pack or box, a lot to like. You look, in short, for Marlboro-and happily you don't have to look far. Marlboro is available at your friendly tobacconist's or vend ing machine, wherever cigarettes are sold in all fifty states and Las Vegas. But I digress. We were speaking of the new campus phenome non-the artist-in-residence-a man or woman who writes, paints, or composes right on your very own campus and who is also available for occasional consultations with superior students. Take, for example, William Cullen Sigafoos, artist-in-residence at the Toledo College of Belles Lettres and Fingerprint Identifi cation. As we all know, Mr. Sigafoos has been working for many years on an epic poem in rhymed couplets about the opening of the Youngstown-Akron highway. Until, however, he went into residence at the Toledo College of Belles Lettres and Finger print Identification, his progress was not what yotu would call rap)id. He started well enough with the immortal couplet we all know: They speed along on wvheels of rubber, rushinsg home in time for subber... Then Mr. Sigafoos got stuck. It is not that his muse deserted him; it is that he became involved in a series of time-consuming episodes--a prefrontal lobotomy for Irwin, his faithful sle dog; fourteen consecutive months of jury duty on a very com plicated case of overtime parking; getting his coattail caught in the door of a jet bound for Brisbane, Australia; stuff like that. He was engaged in a very arduous job in Sandusky--posing for a sculptor of hydrants-when an offer came from the Toledo College of Belles Lettres and Fingerprint Identification to take up residence there, finish his magnum opus and, from time to time, see a few gifted students. Mr. Sigafoos accepted with pleasure and in three short years completed the second couplet of his Youngstown-Akron Turnpike e pic : T he highw'ay is made of solid concrete and at the toll station you get a receipt. Then a few gifted students came to visit him. They were a prepossessing lot-the boys with corduroy jackets and long, shaggy beards; the girls also with corduroy jackets but with beards neatly braided. "What is truth?" said one. "What is beauty?" said another. "Should a writer live first and write later or should he write and do a little living in his spare time?" said another. "How do you find happins-and having found it, how do you get rid of it?" said another. "Whither are we drifting?" said another. "I don't know whither you are drifting," said Mr. Sigafoos, "b)ut as for me, I am drifting back to Sandusky to pose for the hydrant sculptor." And back he went, alas, leaving only a fragment of his Youngs town-Akron Turnpike ep>ic to rank with other such uancoma pleted masterpieces as Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, the Venus dhe Milo, and Singer's Midgets. e nes M. .a1m. Take cheer, good friends, fronm one masterpiece that is com plete. We, refer, of course, to Marlboro cigarettes. Filter end and tobacco end are both as good as tobacco artistry and science can make them. Reds Wadiak; Gone But Not Forgotten BY BLANDING CLARKSON, JR. Ten years ago last Friday, an era in Carolina greatness came to an abrupt and unscheduled halt. The fabulous Steve Wadiak was killed in an early morning automobile accident. Possibly the greatest per former ever to don the Garnet and Black, Wadiak had just completed a four-year career that was and remains unequaled in either Gamecock or Southern Conference football annals. A stubby, 5-9, 185 - pound halfback from Chicago, "the Cadillac," as he was nicknamed by sportswriters, was known for his ability to come through with t r e m e nd o u a performances against the toughest opposition. He led the Southern Confer ence, which the Gamecocks were then members of, in yards rush ing in both his sophomore and junior years and was voted "Outstanding Player for 1950 in the Southern Conference" after the latter season. Wadiak set Conference rec ords for rushing yards gained for one season (998 yards) and a career (2,789 yards). In com piling the latter mark, he broke Charlie Justice's old record after only six games in his senior year. "Steamboat Steve" cut and slashed his way for yearly totals of 420, 775, 998, and 685 yards. Even during his season of lowest production, his fresh man year, he averaged 8.2 yards per carry. Wadiak always seemed to reach his peak for heralded riv alry with the Clemson Tigers. He used the "Big Thursday" affair as his personal show case, especially in 1950. In that contest against a Tiger team that won the Orange Bowl that year, he almost single - handedly derailed the Clemson express by running for 256 yards and a pair of touch downs. With runs of 40, 66, and 73 yards, he carried Carolina into a 14-14 tie, then on the last play of the game, he ran 60 yards with a kickoff before being pulled down short of victory. Called the "best player I ever coached at South Caro lina," by the late Rex Enright, Steve Wadiak has been gone from this campus for ten years. But neither he nor his exploits will ever be forgotten. PALM BEACH: DENIM BlAZER 29.95 A sport coat that will log a lot of service. DenIm blue in a cool com bination of coffon and Daeron. Completely wash and wear Ask About tor GAMECOCK CMii WinS .A. Quarterback Jack McCathern goe spring practice game last Saturday nip Marty Rosen (25) of the opposing N tion dive, but McCathern scored the o by the Red team, 10-0. (Photo by I Tennis Te Several P BY ED JACOBS S Sports Writer I The prospect of having to build a tennis team around a few let- U termen who were ranked well down last year's numerical ladder has given Tennis Coach Marshall t Reed serious problems as work outs continued for the netters. Only Dick McPherson, Joe Lo gan, Charles Nash, Phil Mansell t b and Billy Woods can boast of any sort of experience from last year, and Mansell and Nash have sched ule problems which may prevent them from playing. "We are starting virtually from 'scratch,' " comments Coach Reed. "We lost Bobby Daniel, Jim Burn- n~ ett and Joe Smonk and have a a' little less than a month in which to construct a team." Of the Gamecock schedule, Reed d Volley INTRAMURAL VOLLEYBALL LEAGUES Fraternity Leagues League I Kappa Alpha Phi Epsilon Pi Pi Kappa Alpha Phi Sigma Kappa I. ee 9 rie's Exclusive ARGE ACCOUNT.A prmng 0' F for tihe "coffin corier" in the ht at Carolina Stadium. Halfback Vhite teani makes a last despera Inly touchdown of tile gaie. Won Nye.) am Has roblems iid, "The ACC is really 'loaded' lis year; UNC has its usual owerhouse, Clemson boasts of nusual depth, Wake really has me good players, and Duke and faryland have enough strength > make us underdogs all the ray." Newcomer Tommy Mann. a Iphomore, has shown good poten al for doubles play, says Reed, ut adds that he will need "bring ig along" before he will be ready o play solid singles. Reed also xpects good play in the future rom freshman LaMlar Hlamilton, rho should help the varsity team nee he b)econmes eligible. The opener onl the Carolina ten is schedule will be on March 22 gainst F'urman at Greenville. (esi stated that he expects Fur ian Coach Dick McKee to field stronger team than t he Pala ball Le Sigma Nu Chi Psi Kappa Sigma eague Il Sigmia Chi Alpha Tau Omega Sigma Phi Epsilon Lambda Chi Alpha Phi Kappa Sigma Pi Kappa Phi Signia Alpha Epsiloui Independent Leagues eague I Zone 4 Sammy's Lw 711 S. N Next Door to Todd-M GOOD FOOD - REA Friendly A LUNC 55c up 1 Meat, Choice o Bread, Butter, 1 HOMEMAI Ouar Spi Chopped Liver Lasagna On Chaes Rin.tze Gam( McCathern S FIis Team 's ' A steady rain and a heftj Ihite team line failed to dete >phomore field general Jack Mc athern from his self-appointe )unds in the Spring Intra-Squa ame Saturday night and th ridiron "mailman" delivered nin oints in his Red team's 10-0 vic sms Dorm Wins WAA Volleyball Sims Dormitory won the Wom n's Athletic Association volley all tournament held in the 01 ,ym Wednesday and Thursday efeating Chi Omega in th hamipionship game. Sims ousted Delta Zeta to mak he finals, while Chi 0 made it o bye. Seven sororities and fou ormitories participated in th -omen's intramural action. Chi 0 took an early lead in th ile affair, largely through th fforts of Susan Hart and Jud tokes, but a late Sims surge le y Helen Timmerman, L y n mither, and Patricia William ave the dorm girls a 21-14 vic 3ry. The next women's intramura vent will be a ping-pong tourns wnt. Sims, which has capture 6vo of the five activities held thu ar, is expected to be strong i hiis sport. A possible softba) -ame, which will not count as ournament. is also being consid red. Trophies for first, second an hird place in Women's Athlet: ssociation competition will b warded at the end of the currer ntramural a c t i v i t y , probabl ometime in May. The officers of the WAA at tnn Digby, President; Hele 'immerman, Vice-president; An anders, Secretary-treasurer an tozelle Mathis, Publicity Chaii ian. agues Zone 5 Zone 7 Zone 8 Zone 10 Zone 11 eague II Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone if Zone t# Zone 12 ncheonette cain St. ore Sporting Goods SONABL.E PRICES mnosphere :o 69c 3 Vegetables, sa, or Coffee )E CHILI cialty On Monday Nednesday On Fridayu 10 0 cores Nine Of rotal In Rain r tory over the White team. r Good solid defensive play and - power running by several backs I highlighted the contest. The rain cut the attendance down below 1,000, but those that braved the elements saw the White team, composed mainly of last year's freshman squad, fight a valiant battle before falling because of their own errors. Pass Intercepted The Red team, led by the "keeper" running of McCathern, took the opening kick-off and marched deep into White territory - before a White secondary defender picked off an errant White tean aerial. Picking one of the numerous White bobbles, the Red then pene e trated to the five-yard-line, but still failed to score. Jack "The Toe" r After another drive was ground ed to a halt by the White team "beef" up front, handy-man Mc Cathern stepped back and booted a straight-as-an-arrow, 41-yard field goal to put his team on top 2 3-0. The rest of the half evolved i into a series of grinding shoves around the 50-yard line. The White team finally opened up S late in the half, but a 19-yard -1 completion from quarterback Billy Wood to halfback Larry Gill left them on the Red 13 yard line as time ran out. More Mistakes After the intermission, the i White team began to open up somewhat more and move the ball better, but they were still plagued by the crucial fumbles which - seemed to occur whenever they were beginning to start a drive. d It was one of these mishaps e that set up the lone TD of the game. After recovering the ball e on the White 38, the running and t pass-catching of halfback Sammy Anderson sparked the Reds to the seven-yard-line. ei Touchdown Play n On the next play, McCathern 1 started to his right, then kept 1on wheeling and went in the other direction in a sort of im promptu "naked reverse." lie managed to score just inside the flag at the sidelines. (See picture at left.) l)ean Finlev kicked the extra point and the Reds had their final margin oif the night. The underdog White team, kept coming back, with Marty Rosen, Larry Gill and Pete D)iVenere carrying the rushing load and Billy Wood throwing bullets to Johnny Wilhurn and D)oug Sen ter, but they wvere never able to pierce the defense of the Reds with a consistent drive. Hall Control The White team kept making sporadic threats until with about five minutes left in the game, the Reds regained po"session of the pigskin. From then on they were content to grind out enough yard. age to retain the ball. Lewis Brown, a 215 - pound bruiser of a fullback, repeatedly bombed his wvay into the White line for from four to eight yards, alternating with powver thrusts of McCathern and Anderson. Biass Pleased Coach Marvin Bass reported Ibeing pleased with what he saw on the rain-drenched field, even though there were mistakes made. He said he thought that the squad was more advanced than it was last year at this time. He also commented that the one thing that the team lacked more than any other was exper ience. They will be a much better group of ball players once they get a couple games under their belts, he added. Freshman b a seb all coach Bobby Ivey has announced that practice will be held every afternoon at the Round House at 1:30. All interested fresh men are encouraged to try out.