Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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sportopics MIKE McCARTHY Sports Editor What is the role of the athlete in the college community? This question is constantly being asked by people who do not understand the importance of athletics to college life. Athletics as a part of the college curriculum dates back to the late 1800's when the Ivy League schools first engaged in formal competition. The idea of athletics as a part of college life developed as the colleges developed and is now at its highest point. Athletics provide college students with an outlet for their emotions, a form of entertainment and something to take pride in. It would be difficult for an American college to exist without some form of athletic program. The only major fallacy in the system of maintaining col lege athletics at present is the extent to which it is done. College football and basketball have become money making operations. It is now essential to spend large amounts of money to field a team in these sports. Success on the field can be determined by the amount of money spent. In general, participants in major college sports can be considered professionals. They trade their athletic ability for the right to an education. Whether or not they receive this education is solely up to them. Their value to the team they represent is the most important thing. Athletes as individuals vary a great deal. It is not true to say that all football players are big and stupid or that they lack personality. Athletes are a product of their environment. The football player at Harvard looks very much like any other college football player, but his sense of values is probably a bit more realistic than the average player in the Big Ten or ACC. Why does this discrepancy exist between the two groups? First of all the football player at Harvard is not under as much pressure as one from the ACC. He likes to win, but winning is not essential to his existence. He earns his degree through work in the classroom and not on the athletic field. Secondly, the people whom he competes with or against are not all subsidised athletes. Even those individuals who do not have scholarships are given the opportunity to play. In general, the Ivy League athlete or small college athlete plays because he enjoys the sport and not because his educa tion depends on it. He may never make All-American, but how important is this honor if it turns out to be the last success in life. College athletics should not be deemphasized. They are of utmost importance to the college way of life, but the ap proach which is made to them needs to be looked at. Recently Clemson released a news article which told of the number of football prospects that it had signed, but it also told that some had not been admitted to the College be cause of low entrance scores. This is a pretty clear indication of how some schools ap proach the question of college football. It seems a bit ridicu lous for any school to even consider a football prospect who cannot meet academic qualification. His chances of ever re maining in school long enough to be of any value are some what doubtful. When athletes graduate from a school, they are forever representatives of that institution and their success or fail ure mark that institution. We should never look upon the athlete as a separate class from ourselves or judge him solely by his performance on the field. Athletes are continually in the spotlight and therefore more is expected of them than the average student. If they do something wrong, it always seems more drastic than if an unknown individual did the same thing. The athlete should not be protected because of his value to the team, nor discriminated against because of his unim portance. Athletes are the actors on any campus. They are expected to be fierce animals when they play, but reserved individuals off the field. They are often condemned for being stupid, yet who ever pictures an intelligent "jock." .The good athlete must be a little bit of everything. More is expected of him, but very often we never give him a chance. The next time one of those oversized individuals goes by you, don't judge him by his appearance. He may be more of a man than you give him credit for. Ronnie Collins gave the sportswriters who attended the North-South Doubleheader last weekend something to think about when they decide on their All-Conference selections. Ronnie scored a total of 49 points to lead all scorers in the two-day event. His 27 points against N. C. State was his high point total for the season. Collins is also the leading rebounder on the Gamecock squad with 171 rebounds. In the game against North Carolina, Ronnie hit 14 of 14 free throw attempts to set a new North-South record. .Ward continues to lead the Gamecocks in scoring with a 17.9 average. Ronnie Collins is averaging 16.8 points per game. FOR SUPPER TONIGHT - Try Our Specialty - CHAR-BROILED CHOPPED BEEF STEAK Half Pound Choice Meat Served With French Fried Potatoes Onion Rings Tomato and Lettuce Garnish $1.55 Noon 'til Midnight NOUanwJounsn "Lmd.ark for NH.gry Ameries" c.mer of sns end 3be..m s..' CATC, s. C. At left Ronnie Collins leaps hi for the Tigers as he pumped in 14 a layup as Clemson's Mike Bohan out a 51-45 victory. Methodice The Gamecocks added a Tiger t< their trophy case as they downe< Clemson, 51-45, Tuesday. The game was highlighted by Scotti Ward's reaching the 1,00( point mark. Scotti, who has no-v 1,007 points for his college career Swim Team L Losing Streal The USC Merman gave Emor3 all they had, but it wasn't enough as they suffered their ninth setback of the season and the thirtietl consecutive defeat. Carolina conceded the first event the Medley Relay, to Emory anc could never catch up after that. Sophomore star, Johnny Evans gave his usual brilliant performanc< by winning two events and setting Cheering Defeats Clemson Once again the Gamecock Sports pages will be filled with filler Why? Because again a student promhisedl to write an article an< then didn't. Yet, just listen any Friday morn ing to those wonderful critics cut ting our school paper to shreads without giving a thought to spend ing even an hour a week trying t< write an article. It certainly wvould be appreciated since the sports editor doesn't rclisl the thought of staying up to dawvi every week just to fill his page with filler. In case you didn't notice, ther, was a new type of fan present a the basketball game Tuesday night He is the type you usually see a football games. He came a hal hour late, dressed to kill, wvith hi half pint bulging from under hi sport coat, Hie (lid very little cheer ing. He did bo00, and buy cokes, an talk with his friends, hut wasi rairel concerned with the game. Yet, he did have a few choie comments about Harvey Gantt t relate to the Clemson basketha players. Have Y -Come in, 8 See thDE Ladies' 1 SPORT It Takes 0 to Openn Your. gh to snag a rebound from the bewil points and was all over the court on < k looks on in vain. The Birds had to Birds Be is the eighth highest scorer in US history. Carolina got the ball at the oper ing tip and trailed for only 48 sei onds during the entire game. Clemson did not score for ti first three minutes and did n< oses To Emory k Extended school records in both. Evar started the evening off with smashing victory in the 200-y freestyle. He followed his victory in tl 200 freestyle with a new scho record in the 200-yd. butterfl; Both races were won by comfortabl margins. Surprise The biggest surprise of the mei came in the 100-yd. freestyle. Teai captain, Joe Hulings missed ti school record in this event by thre< tenths of a second. Hulings was also a double winn( with victories in the 100 and 50-yi freestyle events. Cole McDaniel came up with good performance in the Individu Medley to take a second place. Mike Foley finished third in bot the 50 and 100-yd. freestyle, ar swam a leg on the relay along wit Evans, Hulings ,and McDaniel. Relay The Gamecocks won the fini event of the meet wvith a decisi, victory in the freestyle relay, bi Emory had already clinched i meet. The final score of 55-40 gave t} Carolina swimmers their higher point total of the year. It was gallant effort by a team of seve individuals who have shown grea heart throughout the season. Coach Jimmy Ratliff said thk the team has showvn improvemei .through the season and he expec that one or two of them will pla< f well in the Conference Meet. The team has two more mee left. They will face Virginia ne: - Friday night at Charlottesvill i Virginia and the Maryland Terps< Saturday. There is little hope for a tea e victory this year since both Mar; a land and Virginia have poweri I teams. Maryland defeated a stror Navy team 62-31 earlier in the ye& >)u Visited Lately? rowse Around - Beautiful "rad itionalI SWEAR ily 2 Minutes Charge Accemmt Gamecock Staff Photo by Campbell.) dered Tigers. Collins was the spoiler lefense. At right Bill Yarbrough scores a much zip for the Tigers and pulled at Clemson C register a field goal in the first five and a half minutes. Even so, they - were still in the game because of USC's slow down. USC led at halftime, 23-21. The game was touch-and-go unti _ Ronnie Collins took charge with eight minutes left, scoring six points p in one minute and 40 seconds. The others came on a driving layup from the corner and a shot close in off the backboard. Both Chuck Noe and Clemsor Ls Coach Bobby Roberts had words of a praise for Ronnie, who was the game's high scorer with 14. After Collins' attack, Clemson dic e not give up and came back to cui a nine-point USC lead to four ir . three minutes, 49-45, but Carolin le held on. The freshmen lost to the Cubs of Clemson in a preliminiary game 15-10. The haltime score was 6-6, n The Biddies held the ball for 12% e minutes of the first half and 15 minutes of the second half. aZone 2 tl h Trounces ,d .l In a one-sided intramural basket Te ball game Zone (2) defeated Zon< at (14) by the odd score of 72-14 e Zone (2) took charge of the game right from the start and1 never Id at Henry Thompson led Zone (2) a wvith 14 p)oints, followed by Et n Thomas with 12 points. it For Zone (2) it wvas their second victory against one defeat. Then, it only defeat was at the hands ol it league leading Zone (6). ts SAE squeaked past PiKA lasi :e Wednesday night to take the leac in League I. The game wvent intc ts twvo overtimes before SAE pullec <t it out. e, ul r. The one lotioi - brisk as The one-and-on!/ Old Sp ct alivd fen t r Gamecock Compete At The USC track team will meet the North Carolina team in a prac tice meet tomorrow night at Chapel Hill, N. C. Coach Weems Baskin hopes that this meet will prepare the team for the Confer ence Meet to be held on the 9th of March. Thirteen events have been sched uled. A mile and a two-mile relay will be run along with the other Dunkleberg Establishes Track Record 880 Mark Smashed Former Clemson track star, John Dunkleberg, came within three tenths of a second of the listed world record for the 880-yard run indoors with a time of 1:50.2. The existing record is held by Peter Snell of New Zealand. Dunkleberg missed the world record but set a new American record for the event. The listed mark for the 880 was set in 1957 by Arnold Sowell with a time of 1:503. Dunkleberg is well known to many members of the USC track team. During his tour of duty at Fort Jackson this past year Dunkleberg worked out with the USC team, and helped out Coach Baskin. In the National AAU Meet last summer Dunkleberg finished eighth in the final after placing well in the trial heats. Disappointed he vowed that he would train harder and pre pare for the indoor season as well as the outdoor season. "Dunk" was Invited to several indoor meets this winter, but his name has not been mentioned along along with Ernie Cunliff, Keith Forman and many other of Ameri ca's middle distance runners, until his victory at the Louisville Invita tional Meet last Saturday night. While at Clemson College, Dunkle berg won many State and ACC Championships. At one time he held the ACC record for the 440 and 880. He was also co-holder of the 600-yd. run record indoors. EXCELLEN DEVELOPMENT( for Engineers and I The Naval Ordnance Laborato suburb of Washington, D. 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If footballers Billy Nies and Walt Christensen are able to take time off from spring practice, they will throw the shot. Nies has been with the varsity track team the past two seasons. Neil Atkinson and Carl Hendrix will handle both the low and high hurdle events. Lettermen Robbie Stanford and Dean Fowble, along with sophomore Bruce Byrne, will run the 60-yd. dash. Of the three, Stanford must be given the edge because of his meet experience, but he will be closely challenged by Byrne and Fowble. Alan Rose, Eddie Cribb, and Ken Smith will compete in the 880, mile and 2 mile. Cribb will probably run the 880 since he is a bit short on conditioning. Smith will run the mile and Rose the two-mile. Coach Baskin has not decided on his relay teams yet. He said it would depend on how the boys felt after their first race. A tentative lineup for the two mile relay is Ken Smith, Bland Alli son, Eddie Kenyon ,and Eddie Cribb. Alan Rose will fill in if needed. The mile relay will see Steve Kulp, Erick Wowra and Robbie Stanford with the fourth man in question. Conrad Coolidge and Dickie Melton will run where they are needed. The freshmen runners will also see action. Hurdler Dave Gatch will run both the lows and the highs. Gatch was a Georgia State Champ ion last year. State record holder Fulton Dukes will run in the 60-yd. dash along with Bill Morton. Aussie, Bob Crombie will run either the 880 or the 600-yd. run. He may also be called upon to run on the mile relay team along with Mike McGuines, Rea McKinny and one other man. Jim Poulous is the lone distance man for the Biddies. He will run either the mile or the two-mile. Wendell Gatch is the only field event man for the Frosh., and he will compete in the pole vvault. T CAREER )PPORTUNITIES shysical Scientists -y (NOL) located in a desirable -now one of the nation's lead iors in Engineering and the er development opportunities ~pons Systems . .. 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