Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Gamecock swimmer Johnny Eva in the butterfly event. Evans holds e Swimming I Bul BY MIKE McCARTHY c Sports Editor d Probably the most under-pub licized, but overworked group of athletes on campus is the U.S.C. hi swimming team. The past three r years have not been fruitful for r this sport at Carolina, and as a e result the efforts of a few dedicated individuals have been overlooked. s The Gamecocks have not won a r meet since 1960 and even then the c team reconi was only 2-8. This poor s, showing in a sport that is extremely b: popular t.u-oughout the country o would lev I one to think that Caro- I lina has n swimmers. s Coach ! immy Ratliff has praised s this year's team as the best he has ever coached. His excuse for not v producing a1 winning team is lack r sporti |Mll Last Thursday night Caro] opportunity to see a style of 1 played in the Field House for i Faced with the problem o: tremendous height and shoo1 chose to control the ball in t Deacons to bring their big mer Bob Haney successfully < Wollard several times to scorf a very deliberate type of baske to make mistakes, and despit4 from the floor the Gamecocl< Wake in front by just three r The second half was a diffe able to harass the Gamecocks built up a substantial lead, but last ten minutes to within foi Wake Forest had been a little and the Gamecocks a little hot have been different. The game was a battle of Noe relied on the psychology was the only way his team cou: more accurate shooting Deacoi Quite different from the fa cocks of past years the crowc strategy. Bob Haney's actions il laughter from a crowd that lef the efforts of a gallant, but o1 Basketball fans are often reach their hand high over the Russian high jumper Valeri I with his feet, but he can tou< his toes. The fiberglass vaulting pole pole vaulting. Three years ago indoor record of 15' 9". Bragg pole. Since that time the rec< dozen different times, but in has been used. Men who nevei feet have soared over the sixtee are acrobats rather than vault same caliber as Bob Richards,1 Cornelius Warmerdam. As the basketball season r Cincinnati looks unbeatable, L( just keeps rolling on. Students often look down of intellectual prowess, yet sti point ratio of athletes at Caroli: student. Carolina had thirty-four i won letters this past season. Ole cousin Frank recently a tryout before receiving granti with the development of some* program is bad. The Boston Celtics continu( old pro Bob Cousy doesn't play he has an able replacement in The Gamecocks will only p next year. This will be the secor Maryland. The Horseshoe Relays are at USC. They are held in earl; few ambitious students feel thi If you think the informatior try writing something coherent is shows the excellent form which chool records in the 200-yd. butterl 'eam Dedic Participat f depth. In fact, the team has no epth at all. Eight Men Thus far this season the team as faced opposition that used a inimum of fifteen men in each ieet. The Gamecock squad has only ight men. The team is led by two very fine wimmers. Johnny Evans is the 1ost versatile man on the squad. He an compete in any event and wims all strokes. This is compara le with being a triple threat mar n the gridiron. Team captain Joe lulings is the number one back troker, but he also swims the free tyle sprint events. The other member of the team rho has shown tremendous improve rent through the year is breast op Ics E McCARTHY ports Editor - ina basketball fans had the )asketball that has not beer nany years. overcoming Wake Forest's ing ability the Gamecocks he backcourt and force the out from under the basket. >utmaneuvered Wake's Box on layups. Carolina played tball and forced the Deacone a low shooting percentage s left at intermission witli oints. rent story. Wake Forest was into mistakes and gradually Carolina fought back in thE ir points of the Deacons. II less accurate from the flooi ter, the final outcome mighi coaching techniques. Chucli of control basketball whici d stand up to the bigger anc is. at moving play of the Game seemed pleased with Noe' wiping his forehead broughi t the game well pleased witi itmanned team. amazed at the way players rim to stuff the ball through trumel cannot shoot baskets h the rim of a basket witi has taken the vault out o1 Don Bragg set a new workc did this without a fiberglass )rd has been broken a hali all cases the fiberglass pol4 vaulted better than fifteer n-foot mark. Today's vaulters ers and they are not of the )on Bragg, and the immorta] asses by the halfway mark >yola undefensible, and DukE upon athletes for their lack~ itistics show that the grade la is higher than the average arsity football players whc Congratulations, men. aid that boys should have a ;-in-aid. He is not satisfiec players. Maybe his recruiting to dominate the NBA. The as much as he used to, bul John Havilchek. lay one night football game d game of the season against ;econd to none in popularity 'spring on a night when a Surge to run. in this column is worthless, 2 \ \\ r\ has brousht him many first places ly and the 200-yd. freestyle. ated on Lackin stroker Keith Elliot. These three along with Mik Foley, Bob Brabham, John Sandifei and Cole McDaniel combine to forr a small but hard-working team. Opposition Thus far this season the opposi tion has had an easy time agains the Gamecocks. In many meets th opposition only swam one man ii some events. This was done to keel the score down. Why we cannot produce a large group to represent U.S.C. in swim ming is a difficult question to an swer. Carolina has an excellent poc in which to train and the seatinj for spectator attendance is probabl: the best in the Conference. Many people believe that on must be an All-American hig school swimmer to compete in col lege swimming. This is not truw Interest and hard work in the spor would produce very versatile it dividuals. A.C.C. The swimming team compete against all teams in the A.C.( Conference. This gives the tear members a chance to visit othe schools and meet athletes from othe Universities. The Conference is one of tb finest in the country. North Carc lina has one of the top backstroker in the world, Thompson Mann. N. C. State produced three All Americans last year and one na tional champion. Maryland has de veloped into a swimming powe after only seven years of activ competition. Lack of Support Sinc Caoiai amme ha s ot him acfirest placs ofan the Univeresty'ss-led in spotedhthspacdu tt botto ofLheCneenein t strokrin forithe lli chaot. schooe wthree alogstherl pe andmaCe Mcinethoet incos.r a smllbtShrng-Soriteam Opin pposiestiongnw eThus fry thi seon tte os somerevst. Thiou donae to kee Why wae cato prouens a lArnge Palmer to rpesen Ugolf, in swiet inellic tou traink.n Juthbe fightin forasectator atndanci foro.S.C. mutb nAll-iAme frican tenig scholsmeurge to omete inoach 4lege swmng Thisday,o Febuar 1 entesnt pect worki th e spo wod Lavroduc, veryo veratie any Tem. migtem cop agintal eam nte C. Th Cnfrece is onAd f fiet nth outY ort Car N. . tae Rueduhe<A competition. Sinc Caolia oi a HOWbr suhago orn ce, = iti= Harriers Beginning Trainng The track season for Weems Bi kin's harriers does not open another month yet, but alres Coach Baskin has started traini his team for the coming indoor s outdoor meets. The team does i officially open the 1963 season ur the Indoor Conference Meet March, however, an informal m with North Carolina has be planned for the 23rd of Februt at Chapel Hill, N. C. This meet v give the team a chance to run K the same board track where 1 Conference Meet i3 held. The team will be strong in I dashes, but there is very little del in the distance events. Seniors E Wowra and Robbie Stanford v be the leading sprinters in the ] and 220-yard dashes. They will ceive support from sophomore Jc Hemmer who placed well in 1 Freshman State Meet last ye Hemmer and Wowra may be cal upon to team with quartermi B Bland Addison and Eddie Ken3 ' in the mile relay. n The middle distance event will handled by Eddie Cribb and I1 Smith. Cribb placed third last yi in the ACC Championships. Smi - who is only a sophomore, shov t promise in the 880 and mile l, e year. Alan Rose completes the t of distance runners. He had a vE successful cross-country season s finished tenth in the Conferei r Meet. Carolina will be strongest in I hurdle events, where Carl Hendrii son and Neil Atkinson will form strong duo. Hendrickson placed w ' last year in the State and Conf, ence Meets, and can be considei e one of the top hurdlers in the C< ference. The field events will be woefu weak without the services of Bi t Gambrell. As yet there is no c in sight to fill Billy's shoes in I broad jump and javalin. Bask baller Ronnie Collins will be I s number one high jumper, but he 1 - no jumping mate. n Billy Nies will handle the disi r and shot put as he has done I r past two years. This year's track season will e high-lighted by the first Carol Relay Meet. It is hoped that t s meet will become so popu throughout the East and Southei that some of the track powers the country will attend. The fi facilities for holding a track m r at the Rex Enright Athletic Ceni e make the possibilities of success this meet very good. f New Aussie STells Track Techniques e In an interview with Bob Cro e bie, a member of the U.S.C. tra team who recently arrived fri Australia, we were given insij into the reason why Australia 1 produced some of the best distai runners in the world. SCrombie said that all his traini Swas done in the Melbourne Botanii a Garden which is a large public pi d located in downtown Melbourne, r Every evening the members of I Preston Track Club of which Cro gbie was a member met there to x .. on the grassy slopes and lawns the park. Crombie feels that the mosphere of trees and flow< makes training very enjoyable. Despite the beauty of the pai which the young runner has I behind him, Crombie was very i pressed with the Rex Enright Al letic Center and he is looking fi< ward to the coming season. His first race will probablyr be until the indoor meet at Chaj Hill on the 23rd of February. dison 'ENTS! Will Admit a Special I Price of This Attraction Only to See LION" am HOLDEN ARD-CAPUCINE ILMETTO . for dy ng nd 4; lot til in et en ry Fill on ;rQ he ith rik ill 00 re hn he ar. ed ler on With a look of frustration asi the Carolina field house during h be spirits and his team kept them up en Gamecocks. ar Freeze Tactic ist As Deacons 6 ry nd ce BY MIKE McCARTHY he Sports Editor k- Wake Forest bounced into firs a place in the A.C.C. with a 54-41 el victory over a pesky Gamecoel squad. n- South Carolina after a bad beat y ing at the hands of nationall; lly ranked Duke only two nights befor ne played slow-down tactics and al he most defeated the taller Waki he Forest team. The Gamecock's stall as ing efforts all went to waste in thi first ten minutes of the second hal: u as Wake gradually built up a 36-2: lead after holding a three - poin be edge at half time. na The Birds never fully recovere< us ar from this fifteen point bulge al ist though they closed the gap to fou of points with three minutes left t ne et play. er Walking or With Carolina down by only fou points and in control of the basket ball, Jimmy Collins was called fo walking and the Deacons took pos session of the ball. Chuck Noe's boys had a poo: shooting night, hitting on only 347 of their shots from the floor an< 11 of 20 tries from the foul line. The offense in the first hal: placed Jimmy Collins on the pos ck and Ronnie Collins in the corner Scotti Ward played far back in thi ~ht center of the back court flanked b; Bill Yarbrough and Bob Haney. ce Perfection ng The plan to draw the defense ou ~al in the first half worked almost ti rk perfection. Carolina capitalized oi the sloppy play of Wake's big mei he to score on easy layups, but Bone: rn- McKi nney successfully djiagnose< un the situation at half time and place< of his big man in the middle to elo it- things up. 'rs Ward wvas the leading scorer fo: the Gamecocks wvith 17 points. H ks has made 24 consecutive free throw ~ft in the last three games. Ronni h CANDY LO kd disgust "Bones" McKinney leaves nif time. "Bones" returned in better with 54-45 victory over the irritating s Overcome verpower USC Collins followed with 10 points. Bones McKinney was quite im pressed with the fired - up Game t cocks who stayed in the ball game i despite poor shooting and a lack of height. Strains of laughter and jeers from the crowd sounded forth as Bones shuffled his men about - the court like chess men in the first half. Coach Noe was satisfied with his team's performances because they bounced back after a period of - frustration and mistakes in the first ten minutes of the second half. The Gamecock will play host to the Cavaliers from the Univer sity of Virginia tomorrow at 2 P.M. The game will be regionally t televised. In last year's television appearance, the Birds defeated North Carolina State. Here is your chance for the folks at home - to see you on the T.V. screen. r Erik the Red had no choice will keep your hair neat all c Naturally.V-7 is the greaseless groc with V-7e fights embarrassing dar keeps your hair iaeat all day without KILK COFFEE SAND1 MANY CONVENIEI CATIONS ON CAMP DISTRIRBUTINGr C South Wins Again BY TED NARROW Sports Writer Lower South Dormitory swept first place recently in the Women's A t h 1 e t i c Association basketball tournament. The girls from Lower South now have another first to add to their first in the bridge tourna ment. The final game was held in the Field House. Lower South and its big basketball rival - Upper South -- battled it out in a very seriously fought game. Both teams- showed fine spirit and athletic poise in not relaxing for one minute of this ex citing contest. Tension broke in the final minutes as Lower South pulled it out of the fire with an excellent display of teamwork. A surprising team from McClin tock took third place to round out the final standings. Helen Zimmerman was h i g h scorer of the tournament as she blistered the net with a game high of 26 points. This month will be devoted to the Bowling and Swimming tourna ments in the Women's Athletic As sociation. Good Luck, Girls! VALENINES for Thurs., Feb. 14 Select Yours Now! Campus Shop -but Vitalis with V-7 lay without grease. iming discovery. Vitalis@ -7 druff, prevents dryness, . grease. Try Vitalis today! RFICHIES IT US 0., INC.