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"A thing of the past is some, this hardly applies to t1 former UNC track star. When approaching the old race (and with record speed), portunity to make the Gami cinders and knocking over hur halt and proudly walked over Before I had a chance to e to tell of his era in sports a this was another "high school that he set a school and state ter race (47.8) at the Caroli1 tained the UNC track team t future ambition is to run in His freshman -year he played basketball, but later decided against this sport. He comically stated, "Those yankees were too good for me - just ruled me out!" After basketball season he began to develop his talents on the outdoor track. A period of illness "black marked" his senior year, but it was during his junior year that he reached his peak, capturing several school and state honors. Besides his patented 440 running tech nique, he was also a compe tent 880 man. Calling him self a "free wheeler," he tries to stay in top physical condition all year. Benjy works out with the USC track team each day and hopes to make several exhibition runs along with f o r m e r Clemson distance man, John Dunkleberg. Ie is tentatively scheduled to run in the Piedmont Relays at Greenville, during the month of May. He is planning to run in the 440 this Saturday against Florida State, but it will not count towards Caro lina's score. He will, more or less, be running it as a time trial. He stated that he won't hit his best time until f he failed to get in top shape tl before. Benjy entered freshman la after graduating from UNC. ternity, he is quite a )ol)ular don't let him start telling yot North Carolina! BACK ON TH The Carolina baseball tea Joe Grugan three laps aro)undl last Thursday. To acqluire the to practice F'ridlay an automn: was obviously named "Oscar Jim Lanford and the "stic continuously banged the left in an effort to impress Gruga behind his catcher's mask au could do just as well against , ference between "Oscar" anid "Oscar" throws harder! LETTER RI Below is a letter receiv'ed ec in "Gamecock Glimpses" by y< of "The Gamecock." Dear Mr. Schum pert, I happened afcros your art Giese. Let me congratuflate y, presentation. You had1( nl/uckht things that you knew w'ere a .s knowledge w'as rest ricted to r I wish this article could1( be state. Very fewf peCopic( know/f contributions of W'a rren Giese unappreciated. Thank you for your' honesty~ Attention,4 The "Gamecock" Sports Staff has received some in quiries about students mak ing the trip to Chicago for the Gamecocks' o pe n ing football game with North western next fall. It may be possible for something in the way of a student trip to Chicago for the game to he arranged if 00IK IiMPSE5 by FREDDI E 3CHUmPERT L thing forgotten." True for ie ambition of Benjy Seagle, "home stretch" of the 440 Benjy suddenly saw an op cock headlines. Plowing up dles, he came to a screeching to chat a while. xplain my presence he began t UNC. At first it appeared hero" line, but then I learned record in the 440 open quar ias AAU Meet in 1960, cap hat same year, and that his the Olympics. t 4 t - t t t Benjy Seagle ie end of this season because ii.; fall, ais has been his policy I w school at Carolhna last fall D i member of Sigma Nu Fra fellow around campus-just a i about his days of glory at E DIAMOND) m threatened to run Coach the field for missing practice >layers' symphlathy, he brought tic pitching machine, which rolemian, Jr." man," .Johnny Farnsworth, field fence with home runs 1. Eddie Grasso peeped from 1(d casually remarked, "You ohn Coleman - the only dif Coleman's p)itching is that ECEIVED meeu.rning an edlitorial printed >urPs truly in a recent edition Mce laISt ieec about Warren wn on aI finc (and courageous u/h in it ;in fact, some of the urj>prise to mec. I thought this ryi few >eop>le. re'ad by p>copile aell over our the truth, aend the many fine haveN gone unrecognized and andl courage. Sin cerey , Rhett Jlackso'n (Sign ed) a mecocks! it is4 indicated that enough of the student body are in. terested. If you are in favor of this idea, please write to Mr. Ted Ledeen, Rt ui s e I I House, to make your op i ni on known. Only if sufficient in terest is expressed by the students will this matter be explIored further. mamanr-mmm m mm? Stevens, USC Players All Make The All-Star Unit Carolina's Gamecocks hit the ackpot in post-season honors rhen they grabbed off the Coach nd Player of the Year awards in outh Carolina, as well as domi ating the All-State team an ounced by the state's Sports vriters. USC Coach Bob Stevens was a m e d the Palmetto State's ,oach-of-the-Year and was joined >y his star player, Art Whisnant, k vho collected the accolade as 5.C.'s Player-of-the-Year. "Whiz" was also named to the ll-State team on every ballot Lnd as the unanimous choice, he vas named honorary captain. He vas the only Gamecock making he first team, the other members >eing Jerry Smith and Gerald 'lur of Furman, Gary Daniels of rhe Citadel, and Jim Brennan of 'lemson. The other starters on the USC Luintet were not neglected, how ver, for Bobby Robinson and connie Collins were named to the econd team, and Bud Cronin and cotti Ward were accorded hon rable mention. Carolina was the nly team to have all five of its tarters mentioned in the voting. Coach Stevens was awarded his onor because of his leading his eam to a 15-12 record and a T, ourth-place finish in the ACC, sc espite a lack of height. The ad- B iiration for his coaching job this to ear is not only local, as he was fc ecently named ACC Coach-of he-Year, becoming the first ti oach outside of North Carolina Ci c win the honor in the history of L he Conference. CC Track, Baseball Irennis Begin S Coach Weems Baskin's "tips for al ,utdoor living" will all be mus- m cred together tomorrow at the g tex Enright Center when the h amecock track team meets a ei owerful Florida State squad. lo Carolina previously captured te ifth place at the ACC Indoor feet at Chapel Hill. Coach Bas- g in feels that his field events are o little stronger than the track 1 0 G. COCK IS CROWINGS (SEE FRONT PAGE i NEXT WEEK) el P: fc Track Help Needed f Track Coach Weems Baskin urges that anyone from the student body who has pole a vaulted in the vicinity of 11 feet come out for the track team. Hie would like to see those qualified in time for the meet against Florida State tomor row afternoon. THE COI THE TEl When the collar looks sup sign that the whole shirti You can depend on SUNSHI professional care that assi L AUlkNDY & S'Whiz', & LEANING AGAINST A WALL IN. THE RUSSELL HOUSE AUDITORIU3A by Nye.) ,Xtension T The first Intramural Basketball to )urnament among teams repre- co nting the U S C Extension ranches will be held today and ca morrow in Beaufort at the Beau- at rt High School Gym. 3: The teams competing for the w le will be Aiken, Beaufort, O )astal Carolina, Florence and lo incaster. The tournament will w nsist of a triple-header of games 1 Golf And co ,pring Season the moment but the distance en and sprinters are steadily tining momentum. "I might tve the best material that I've rer had out here, even if we se every meet-no one has in ntions of losing though!" From the cindered track to the lf course green, another phase Carolina's sports for the year 62 has entered the score books. f to a fairly good start, the imecocks out-putted a PC team, -1. Norman Flynn, with a 71 no under par) took top honors r Carolina, followed by Chuck mons, 73, and Jack Seawell, 74. The Carolina tennis team, lack g in experience and depth, tray ad to the home of the "Purple iladins" of Furman yesterday r their season opener. With arshall Reed coaching a new am, this Spring club is hoping r a successful record. Coach Joe Grugan, with a bag 11 of transfers, newv players, and pablo)1 veterans, journeyedl to the mpus of Georgia Southern for dlouble header Wednesday and, ursday. lie feels that this year's! am has more depth than any at he has previously coached. CIG's VENDORS, INC. 2412 Two Notch Road COLUMBIA, S. C. "Pick Your Pack" LA R'S p-OFF Brb, it's a pretty good s expertly done. INE to give your shirts ares that superb look. LEANEFRS Birds I 4 DUSTY ALLEYWAY BE HIND rII1 (See story at right.) (Photo iurney Set day, with the title affair and a nsolation game Saturday. Friday games will have Lan ster meeting Coastal Carolina 1:00, Beaufort versus Aiken at 00, and Florence against the nner of the first game at 8:00. i Saturday, the two remaining ;ers will play at 10:00 and the nners will play for the title at DO. Admission to all the games will free, and the general public is rdially invited to attend. THE SOCK TA ADLER introduces the With stripes at the t sticks to you the way the new Shape-Up Ie ADLI JAMES 1. TAPP L ACK(FY'S IkC. Zrab Hc STEVE M Gone, Fo BY BLANDING CLARKSON, JR. Sports Editor Steve Wadiak was a great one, both on and off the field. He was universally mourned when an auto accident brought his life to an untimely end ten short years ago. Yet some peo ple here seem to have banished his memory from their minds already. Just after Wadiak was killed, a move started on this campus to provide a memorial both to him and his great feats on the gridiron. The Student Council and the Gamecock Pep Club took contributions from the stu dent body for a trophy case in his memory. Unveiled by the late Coach Rex Enright at University Day, 1952, the case contained his re tired jersey, number "37," his bronzed football cleats, a pic ture of the "Cadillac" in action, and his Blue Key Trophy for being outstanding Senior ath lete. Originally placed in Maxcy, it was to be moved to the Ad ministration Building upon its completion. More recently, the case has resided at several places in the Russell House, both by the Campus Shop and the Barber Shop. But what prominant spot does this sacred collection of Caro liniana now occupy? Do you know where our memorial to Steve Wadiak is located? LEANING AGAINST A WALL IN A DUSTY ALLEYWAY BEHIND THE RUSSELL HOUSE AUDITORIUM!!! People passing through the Russell House, both visitors and USC students, have been heard AT STAYS UP AS L A good-tempered cotton sock. N< op and reinforced with nylon, your little brother used to. P1 g. $1.00. ER'S good-tempered Alpine ave Co. DIAL-TREA[ m1ors 7ADIAK; rgotten? to remark, "Don't they have a memorial to Steve Wadiak here?" The fact remained and re mains. No one knew where it was. And all this time, since the spring of last year, it has been LEANING AGAINST A WALL IN A DUSTY ALLEY WAY BEHIND THE RUS SELL HOUSE AUDITORIUM. Forgotten, neglected, even re jected, this handsome mass of glass and wood now attracts only the admiration of thet Green Beetles. To join the crowd viewing the relics of this great Gamecock now, you prac tically have to possess a com pass and a native guide. How about a little equal rep resentation? The Debate Team has a whole wall for its tro phies. Wall space has been al lotted for both Air Science and Job Placement bulletin boards. Even Lost & Found is promi nantly displayed. Can't we spare a little area 8" x 2' 6" x 7' for Steve? MEN AND WOMEN OF CAROLINA, don't you care? A tribute such as this to a star who has become a part of USC heritage should be displayed proudly, not hidden. Is this all that Carolina thinks of its past? Isn't this a part of the hallo wedness that is Carolina? If not, let's tear down the Horse shoe and put up more veil block, let's replace the brick wall with a picket fence! Your cries could make the difference, Carolinians. Don't leave Steve's memory languish ing away in solitude. MEN AND WOMEN OF CAROLINA, do you care? TE ASYOU DO >thing ever gets it down. it's a white sock that ::tured, the Alpine with THE ADLER COMPANY.CINCIrNNATI14,0HI, liable at ~AWAY S AAE=N'S <SHO-P