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sportopics MIKE McCARTEY Sport, Editor ----- Spring practice will end this Saturday with the Spring Game sponsored by the Block "C" Club. It should be a fitting conclusion to four weeks of hard work on the part of the players and coaches. Those boys who have struggled 81 to gain a position on the 1963 Gamecock football team will L have a chance to show what they have learned on the prac- fi tice field. Spring practice is probably the second most important C element of the USC football program. Good recruiting is C the first. These four weeks in the early Spring give the coaches a chance to see what type of material they have B for the coining season and give freshman ballplayers a B little taste of varsity action. L If spring practice were not held, the players would have p an eight month lay-off between seasons. Such a long period ai of relaxation, free from the physical and mental strain of Ii football would soften up the team and make it extremely di difficult for them to be in shape come September. F The coaches and players have both expressed a liking tc for the spring get together because it is a chance to work di on fundamentals without the pressure of games. Players in who may have been overlooked during the regular season have the chance to prove themselves. It can rightly be said that many positions are won and lost on the spring practice i field. The success of the practice is left up to the players. q Whether they are willing to put forth their best effort with th the idea of self improvement is entirely the responsibility di of the individual. The coaches serve only as instructors to Cl give advice where it is needed. s Too often the coaches are blamed for defeat when ac-p tually the players themselves are the real culprits. If a man is a member of a team it is up to him to see that he does t all that is possible for self improvement. The coaches are only out there to guide you; they can't play the game for you. S As college football has gradually become more of a busi- T ness than a game, the idea of perfection has become more important. A game is won or lost by the most fundamental A moves of a player during a game. The inability to throw Ao a good down-field block or react to a defense are just two b( of an innumerable list that cost defeat in the fall. Success in the Fall can be measured to a large extent R by how much effort is shown at spring practice. The play ers themselves have acknowledged this and the majority b express the willingness to seek improvement. Football is the most subsidized sport a tthe University and should be given the most support. This does not mean se that we should just take interest in the team during the se season. Spring practice is an integral part of the football season and it should be looked upon as such by the Student Body. Tomorrow is the Spring Game. Here is a chance for us to see a preview of next year's team. Let's all make an effort to pay a visit to Carolina Stadium and see the 1963 ;a Gamecocks. I Some of you "street corner" quarterbacks may be sur prised at the progress that the team has made. ev SEE YOU AT CAROLINA STADIUM. fe Jim Beatty is as good as Cassius Clay at making predictions. Beatty told the press that he would smash the world indoor record for the two-mile run. He did and without any help. The tiny runner pushed himself to an 8:30.7 clocking. This bettered the record held by Murray Halberg by almost four seconds. It was only eight-tenths of a second of Beatty's own two-mile record outdoors. In a recent issue of "Sports Illustrated" the famed Lou Bello said that referees tend to favor the home team. His reason for this is because the home team is responsible f paying the referees. There seems to be some good sense in Hulings, Evans, Fitzpatrick Rewrite USC Record Books The swimming season is over yr aktoesilsad ei for the USC Mermen, but it will as ebro h eodb~. long be remembered as a year in igrlytas which nearly all the existing school Aogtetreo hmte records were broken by threo ter- hl1eee ffute colrc rific swimmers. rsKetElithdsheec When the season began in No- r ntelOyadhessrk vemnber Coach Ratliff felt veryan ArhrGso hld te confident that for the first timescolmrinte20ad4 in three years he would have ayadfesl.Evnan uig F team with more than just one or ddntsi hs vnsti two good swimmers. Captain Joeyer Hulings was the only returning Nx erlosbte o wm letter man, but along with sopho- a S.Anme fp'? more Johnny Evans and JimFiz patrick Carolina had three swim- mmeso h emwosre mers capable of winning againstsofihultisyawllgv good competition.CocRtifthdehncsar Evans took sick in the Fall and frago em it was believed that he would not participate this past season. The agile little swimmer from Cali fornia recovered from his illness and shortly thereafter he began WT training. It was a long and diffi cult road back, but Johnny came through in fine style setting five"S E PN records of his own and being a member of two record-breaking FT relayelteaeas. firstmhalftoe theeeeason,eandhhe brokeltwolfrvestle fecorde.nhichOOK timerdfin3.6ein0theard-yardstreeok_ stlebrkea ecrdthtadbe nd ArturGato hod h hechooopperkoin thes220oandt440 endard theefirst.semesterntoHuttend dentotawiltssecvetslhi The tem capain,xoe Hueags,Oks bettServr swim has beenfcalledntheomostithprovee membmmeroontthetteamwbo soavh CoachyRaatifffth dopthanebeenar member of heorarsgtofortehre helay tecos. I h 0 n 200yar btptrl ic wahony teMl-A brokeb twohnnesyl ecods, btHis rieo 23. the te500-yard freel,-. n.N~Mn 20tyard baketrerd th 100bee State-Iecord Etelay Meet \ttracts Many Coach Baskin Very Pleased With Entries At least a dozen institutions, retching from Florida to the Ivy eague, will send entrants to the rat annual Carolina State-Record elays at the University of South arolina's Rex Enright Athletic enter April 6. Gamecock track coach Weems askin, Relays coordinator, said rown University of the Ivy eague will send 25 to 30 men to atrticipate in the big outdoor track 1d field carnival. Brown coach ran Fuqua will bring his squad rectly to Columbia from the lorida Relays, arriving in time expand the April 3 scheduled :al meet with William and Mary to a triangular affair. William and Mary will also stay er until Saturday to participate the Carolina State-Record Re ys. Other schools that have re tested entry forms and indicated - ey will participate include Flori State, Georgia, North Carolina, 9 emson, Furman, North Carolina ate, Wake Forest, Maryland and resbyterian. The Gamecocks will be host am for the relays which will be Ca -sponsored by the University of m< )uth Carolina and Columbia's two in ily newspapers, The State and te Record. Facilities at the Rex Enright nu thletic Center, which already ten ast the finest track in the cor >utheast, are being expanded to or< ndle the Carolina State-Record flays. Runways and pits for the Ga oad jump, high jump and pole coc ult have been doubled. att Baskin said there was a good ' ance several other schools would led nd either complete teams or out- cor mnding individuals to the relays they could work out schedule - tes. "We are delighted with the re onse to our first stab at hold - the Carolina State-Record Re vs and expect this meet to de lop into one of the top such ents in the country within a w years," Baskin said. In addition to the University (Continued on page 7) Last Few Days! THE GIANT STORY OF MODERN HAWAII! PAUlaviIO.s usAITW CotOR - and - Roadrunner Cartoon NOW PLAYING STUDENT PRICES 75c WITH ID CARDS FOR THIS ATTRACTION K SHARP ~OLLARS" S SWELL Request . CLEANERS oss the Street Donnian,gg. Spri BASEBALL March 23-Pfeiffer College 26-Furman 27-Yale 29-Georgia Southern SO-Georgia Southern April 3-at The Citadel 9-The Citadel 10--at Furman 12-at Maryland 13-at Maryland 15-at Virginia 16-at Virginia 19-North Carolina 20-N. C. State 23-at Clemson 26-at Duke 27-at Wake Forest May 3-Wake Forest 4-Duke 10-at North Carolina 11-at N. C. State 14-Clemson 63 Game( 'he 1962-63 University of South rolina basketball team was the st accurate from the foul line Gamecock history. Joach Chuck Noe's "Scratchers" .de 461 of 625 free throw at ipts for a percentage of .738, epared with the old school ree I of .723 set by the 1960-61 mecocks. By comparison, Game k opponents made 335 of 487 empts for a percentage of .688. ['he assault on the record was by co-captain Scotti Ward who verted 118 of 136 for a per that i & to be leada Alme torn additi The c If you appro To hy gre.? I NU CONNQ een a g Spor TRACK February M 23-at North Carolina (Indoor) March 9-ACC Indoor Meet at Chapel Hill 25-Duke 30-Florida Relays at Gainesville Al April 3-William & Mary 6-Carolina State-Record Relays at Columbia 11-North Carolina & Vir ginia at Columbia. 15--at Ala. (Pending) 24--at North Carolina 27-at Clemson May Ms 3-State Intercollegiate 10-11--ACC Outdoor Meet at Chapel Hill ocks Set Ne centage of .868, sixth best in the C nation. Junior forward Ronnie Col- poir lins, who set the Atlantic Coast gua Conference free throw record with wit! .884 in 1961-62, made 115 of 148 in for .777 during the season just Han ended, in I Ward ended his career with 422 care points for the season and 1,044 and for his career, moving him into H seventh place among all-time a ro Gamecock scorers. He finished 10 Wal points ahead of Henry Martin who seas, scored 1,034 in his career which poin ended in 1949. the Scotti's senior season average Nor was 17.6 points per game. A AT PRATT &'\ YOUR EYES CAll UT YOUR FEET MU glamour and excitement of space age pre larsightedness must be coupled with sou attained. 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