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Zone SN Takes Fraternity Title Game A red-hot beginning started the ball rolling and Sigma Nu kept putting it in the basket as they raced away to a smashing 68-47 win over PiKA to win the Fra t e r n i t y Intramural basketball championship for the second con secutive year. A seven-point splurge by Jimmy Howell in the opening period paced SN to an 18-7 advantage after one quarter. An early 12-2 deficit put PiKA in the hole to start with and they never could get back in the game. The score at the intermission was 30-17 and in the second half, it was all John Breedin. He hit for seven field goals to score 14 as the "Snakes" increased their margin to the end. A balanced attack by SN saw Breedin lead with 21 points, but Howell with 18 and Jimmy John son with 17 were not far behind. For PiKA, high man was Woody Woodward with 12, followed by Charlie Hussey with 10. Sigma Nu moved into the final contest by sweeping past Lambda Chi, 56-40, in the semi-final round. PiKA gained its ticket to the finals almost as easily by blasting previously undefeated ATO, 55-34. In the consolation game for third place among the fraternities, Lambda Chi gained revenge for an earlier one-point defeat by knocking off ATO, 47-40, in a return engagement between the two top teams in League II. CAMPUI GRADUATION F4 JUNE Now A~ PRICE $2.00 Do: Owned an The University C Cool, clean Old Spice After Shc gets you off to (1 last, smooth s good between shov:s o~s it do Rates A-OK with dates. 1.25 a' 6 Ta UP... AND IN! Lefthander two-pointer against Sigma Nu d mural Basketball. The undefeated second straight year over the Frat4 NROTCA Sports A Carolina's Naval ROTC rifl team ended its season last weel sporting a 6-3 record on individua two-team matches, even thougl SHOP INVITATIONS 1962 mailable ten or 20c Each d Operated V f South Carolina nd.it to c vo lotion always art. Feels just as so/ler shaving. rd 2.0 plusn tane ikes ( Joe Prehodka of Zone 6 puts in a Wring the Campus finals in Intra Independents took the title for the rmity men, 5548. (Photo by Nye.) ifle Team 6-3 Slate they managed to finish only fifth in the State Match. The members of the team were Frank Howatt, captain of the team, Jerry Spencer, Henry Rob ertson, Dave Roth, C. E. Brock, John McLeod and Gary Adams. The team competed in two types of matches, postal and shoulder-to-shoulder. The differ ference between the two is, in the former, the two teams shoot in different localities and mail the results to each other to determine the result. In the latter method, the two teams compete directly with each other, as the name im plies. Individual postal matches were won from Pr i nceton, 1338-1369, Tennessee, Columbia, 13130-1387, Kansas, 1266-1:386, and a forfeit from Idaho. A shoulder-to-shoul der match was won with Wof ford wvhile others were lost to Georgia, The Citadel, and a three way match wvith Wofford and Clemson. In the state meet, a shoulder to-shoulder affair, USC finished fifth, behind The Citadel, Clemson, Furman, and Wofford beating PC. Scores in this match were Howatt, 288, Spencer, 269, Robertson, 268, Roth, 266, and McLeod, 266. ther mewn 'AFTER SHAVE tee LOTION Aamp Sigma Nu Dealt Its First Loss Beef under the boards and )ullseyes from outside were the ifference as mighty Indepen lent Champion Zone 6 beat a righting Sigma Nu quintet, S5-48, for their second straight Oampus Championship in Intra mural Basketball An inability to stop victors' rront line of Ken Lester, George Williams, and Lyles Adair from getting second shots off and a cold streak from the floor proved to be the downfall of the Fraternity champs, who saw their undefeated record go by the boards. The game was extremely close, especially in the opening [talf, with the score either being tied or the lead changing hands twenty-two times during the contest. Williams and Lester led the defending titlists with 17 points apiece, many of them garnered on tipins or rebound %hots underneath the basket. rhe outside shooting of SN's Jimmy Howell and the high lumping play of Jimmy Johnson kept the Fraternity men in the contest. The turning point of the game came when SN went cold from the floor mid-way in the second half and fell from a two point lead to an eight point deficit. After Howell hit a jumpshot to make the count 34-32 in s favor of the Fraternity men, t Jimmy Nelson, substituting for r Ken Lester, hit on two shots to t push the Independents back in the lead, 36-34. Joe Prehodka's hook shot I (see picture at left) and a jumper by Lyles Adair stretched the margin to 40-34 before big John Breedin hit a jumpshot from the side to break the famine for the Fraternity team. This was SN's only basket dur ing a period of about eight min utes and forty-fire seconds, be ing outscored by Zone 6 12-2 to trail 44-36. From then on out it was just a matter of Lester and Williams hitting enough free throws to stay ahead of Howell's frantic but futile efforts to get his team back in the game. He ended up with 17/ markers to lead the Fraternity men in scoring Zone 6 jumped into an early 5-0 lead, but the Greek quintet came back with a rush to tie the contest 7-7 and first period ended in a deadlock also, 11-1l. After the score went to 14 all, the Independents pulled Into the lead of 26-20, but again the scrappy SN five closed the gap to 26-24 at the intermission. In the second half, the lead changed hands with every buck et as the teams matched points until the Fraternity champs' of fense went sour and Zone 6 busted the game open. For the balanced Campus Champs, Lester's hustle and of fensive rebounding and Adair's work off the boards and floor play were most Impressive. Johnson and Jimmy Mills, along with Howell, were outstanding in a losing cause for Sigma Nu. CAROLIbN Camden, Sou SATURDAY, wil CLOTH ES Poplin Suits ....... All New SPORT C Denim., Seersucker, and Sport Straw Hats - New Spring DRESS SHIRTS - G4 "Style Head quari 1347 MaIn t. asTi THIS TOLD TIE STORY . . in Intramural basketball between Sig Howell (with ball) tries to get clear fense, but Lyles .4dair (jumping) a cloud. Howell was superlative with 1 7 (Photo by Nye.) Water Safety I Training Offern A Red Cross water safety in- s tructor's course will be taught at C he University Pool starting Wed- t esday, April 4, and lasting' t hrough Thursday, April 19. The course will consist of two iarts. In the first part, the Pre aratory Phase, instruction will be teld on April 4. 6, 11, and 13. The essions will be held at night rom 6 to 9:00. Part two, consisting of an In Alex Hawkil Still Carvin BY FRED SCHUMPERT From an All-America in high school at South Charleston, West Va. to the ACC and South Carolina Player - of - the - Year, and now starting right halfback for the Baltimore Colts. Alex Hawkins has created an indeli ble figure of the gridiron. After high school Alex re eeivedl 12 football and nine basketball scholarship offers. Claiming that the South blended with his love of sports, and that he was very much impressed with the Carolina coaching staff, he enrolled at the Univer~ sity of South Carolina in the fall of 1955. It was here that he met his b a e k f i e 1 d compliment, King Dixon. For four years this half back combination dominated the plans of the coaching staff, the adlmiration of the spectators, and virtually every desk in the surrounding newspapers. Leaving Carolina in 1960t3 to accept a contract with the pro fessional football league, Alex IA CUP ih Carolina MAARCH 31 FROM ......39.95 Colors OATS Plaids - From 16.95 - 3.95 and 4.95 Colors in RLD CUP SOCKS e'rs For MIen" Columbia,. C.e tie, of Monday Iight's Campus finual na Nu and Zone 6. SN'- JimminY of the lindependent s sticky de dl Ken Iester cover him like a point., but his team lost. 55-48. nstructor's -d In April tructor Review, will take place n April 16, 17, 18, and 19. The ime will be announced later for hese meetings. The swimming >ool will be closed to students on Vednesday April 17. Those eligible for the course are iast instructors whose appoint nents have lapsed through inac ivity, or persons who hold cur ent Red Cross senior life saving ertificates and who are at least 8 years old. as, Gameco r Career F( has returned to wind up some undergraduate courses in order to get his diploma. Alex, in his sophomore year, carved a name for himself that lingered around the school, state, and in several spots in the nation. That year (1956), Carolina was third in the nation in pass defense (47.6 yards per game), and this was, in part, due to the inherent contribu tions of Alex Hawkins. Alex created a lucid example of a single-game performance. In the game against the Texas Longhorns (1957), he scored two touchdowns, kicked three extra points, and passed for the Gamecocks' third score. His Alex jaunty performances were spot tedl with games of consistent running and passing formations that placed a thorn in the side of opposing coaches' ideas for victory. Hie was also a member of the All-ACC' second team, along with King D)ixon and John Kom para. He landed the first team halfback position on the All 05-=48 Prestonites Win Zone Crown Too Balanced scoring and a surpris ing defense propelled the Zone 6 juggernaught to a crushing 81-37 triumph over previously unbeaten Zone 5 to clinch t second straight Independent Intramural basket ball title. A sticky nan-to-mnan defense was the defending chamips' ace in the hole for this gait. and they used it well to cut off almost all of Zone 6's good shots. Two field goals by three play ers put the champs into the lead early, but after one period, the margin was only 15-8. A field goal by Joe Greiner was the only bucket that Zone 5 could manage in their disastrous second period and they were outscored 14-4 to trail 29-12 at the half. In the final half, the control of the boards went completely over to the P3reston boys, and when Zone 5 found its chief offensive threat, Mike Kirkpatrick, vir tually stymied, their offense be gan to disintegrate. George Williams, Zone 's 6-4 center, began to hit every shot he took and after a scoreless first half, he crammed the nets for 19 points in the last sixteen minutes of the game. Driving Ken Lester was high for the winners with 21. who had three other scorers over ten points. The best any Zone 5 man could manage was nine by Kirk patrick. NEXT WEEK, THE ALL CAMPUS SELECTIONS AMONG INTRAMURAL PLAYERS WILL APPEAR IN THE "GAME COCK." ck Of Past, r Himself His best performance during his senior yar was against Wake Forest. He threwv three touchdown passes andl led the Ganmecocks to a 24-7 victory over the Deacons. To climax a brilliant career at Carolina, he was named to the AP, ACSWA, and UP All-ACC teams, A ('C "Player-of-the Year," South Carolina "Back-of the -Year," AP All -America i third team), Paul H. William son All-America, and captain of the All-State squad. Used sparingly as a defen sive halfback for the Baltimore Colts, Alex exuded a little of his old Carolina tradition and became starting right halfback Hawkins for the professional "horses." Coach Web Eubank was none too cursory to give Alex top honors for punt and kick-off re turns, as he displayed fervorous speed and power on the long runs. D)uring the off-season, outside of school, Alex devotes a con siderable amount of time to sitting on the river bank and fishMng.