Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

slieR' SPORI by Ton Huntc Field House I The chances of Carolin, will be among the main coi the General Assembly and v before the legislature lets o The subcommittee, whic Clemson with a new gym, the facilities would requirn they can and the state prov would probably come to arc institution. And with the five and 10%, we might s< the end of this session. If You Will If and when the Field H1 will be the seating capacit facilities accommodating be to be used for indoor athle and cultural activities of th Some people do not think for our University since U; rollment in the next ten ye, to see a 14,000 seat palace can be afforded. So, what we have on one and on the other hand one The smaller of these t present time, for students if our basketball Gamecock a -rew seasons? Then a gyn five or ten years after con So, to prevent outgrowin some miracle, a beautiful make it one of the biggest (Maryland's Cole Field Hou -12,500.) But then suppo. luster after a couple of bac bad with, say, 2,500 fans se ing for a ball game. It wou years. The Charl, When the Charlotte Cc years back, the owner lost a the relatively few fans who auditorium. Now the 11,66E sellouts for almost every ba As an example of the i the North-South doubleheac last season for the first ti this event. This year's Noi features USC, Clemson, N< is destined to break all pre A 12,000 seat Field HIc gested, would be just abot Clemson. And besides, lar anyway. And besides, they l, have one or not yet. Greenville Sports Illustrated. proba magazine in the country, ra (Feb. 3) about Charles E many basketball games in ing, "Most t.owns are the si place in the world to ref t human beings there." Baseball Practice Starts; 26 Report To Coach Reisin: Some 2G candidates reported Coach Bob Reising M o n d a y begin preparations for South Ci olina's 26-game baseball schedi wvhich opens March 16 agair Erskine. Reising, in his first season wi the Gamecocks, will have nine 1 termen from last year's varsi which posted a 7-141 record, pl a number of players up from 1 1963 freshman team which had 13-2 record. Top lettermen returning inech senior righthander .John Colem, who had a 3-5 record; outfielt Dick Moseley, who hit .350; seco baseman Hoke Greiner, .283; a first baseman-outfielder Jack l\ Cathern, .280. Up from the frosh and( expeci to help the varsity are lefthan< Loveard McMichael, wvho had 6-0 record and pitched three sh outs last season; outfielder R< nie Lamb, who hit .409, had runs batted in and four ho runs; outfielder Bob L a M o t .353; infielder Joe Tonelli, .3 and( catcher Bobby Northcutt, .2 NEW FRESIIMAN COACH Ge~orge McG;overn, former U versity of South Carolina footi player who has helped coach Gamecock freshman football the past two seasons, has b named freshman baseball coi for the 1964 season. McGovern, a high sceh o ol fielder, enrolled at the UJnivers on a football scholarship but juries prevented his participat after his freshman year. lie I helped freshman football coach Pitta the past two ansn. rorics roposal Studied i obtaining a new Field House cerns of the present session of ,e should have a definite answer ut. h is also attempting to supply aid in The State that financing the schools putting up what iding the rest. The total amount und six million dollars for each cost rising each year between e some favorable action before All Be Seated ouse gets approved, one problem V. The subcommittee suggested tween 10,000 to 12,500 persons, Lie purposes, student assemblies a two schools. that this would be large enough C is supposed to double its e.1 Ars. Therefore, many would like or larger be constructed if this hand is a gym with 10,000 seats vith 14,000 seats or over. wo would be adequate, at the md Columbians alike. But what develop a consistant winner in i of 10,000 might be undersized struction. g our Field House, we obtain by 14,000 seat arena which would in the South, if not the biggest. e is now the largest in the ACC e the roundball sport loses its I seasons. It would look mighty attered around that huge buil(l 1d also go broke in a matter of >tte Coliseum liseum was constructed a few great deal of money because of attended events in the oversized seat giant is in its glory with sketball game held there. -ise in attendance at Charlotte, er was a Saturday night sellout me in the five-year history of -th-South game, which annually )rth Carolina, and N. C. State, vious attendance records. use, as the subcommittee sug it right for both Carolina and ,er ones could not be afforded aven't even decided if we should Gets Praise bly the most widely readl sports n an article in last week's issue ckman. Charles, who officiates his section, was qluoted as say me. Greenville, S. C. is the best hough; they treat referees like th tyIseyu the a Charge Account nd/ nd1 -e / / e/d 'er n1 all the I ich it Swimmers Win, Lose And Draw Carolina's developing swimming team hit the road this past week end and wound up with an even split, winning one, losing one and tying one. On Thursday the G a m e c o c k splashers met Georgia at Athens, losing by a score of 65-28. On Friday they won their second vic tory of the season by a count of 54-41 over Emory, and on Mon lay they swam to a 47-47 tie with Davidson. 'COCKS LOSE TO GEORGIA Against Georgia the Gamecocks scored only two first places, with Soph flash John Parry winning the 100-yard freestyle, and the Carolina freestyle relay team set ting a new school record of 3:38. The swiin mme rs on the relay were Parry, John Evans, Mike Foley and Terry McGee. The C a r o l i n a freshmen also - dropped their meet to the Georgia w frosh by a score of 53-40. The bi Biddies won both r e 1 a y s, with C Carter Crewe, Rusty Winter, Rick el Farber and Paul Knapp copping .he medley while Knapp, Farber, Tom Sheehan, and John Rattaile d Biddies Batt With Ander. S o u t h Carolina's high scoring ai freshman basketball team, which Ii: knocked the Clemson frosh from p( the unbeaten ranks in its last out- fr ing. ends a 13-day layoff Thurs day with a trip to A ndersonK .Junior College. The Biddies, now 6-1 on the th season before last night's contest, D delfeated Anderson 103-70 in an earlier game at Columbia. How- N ever, their only previous road 1 game resulted in their only loss, 100-91 to North Greenville Junior fr College, a team the Biddies had a1 beaten earlier at home. 6t FLORIDA FROSIl UNDEFEATED a Following the trip to Anderson, Coach Bob Haney will take his fI freshmen to Gainesville, Fla., Feb. 9 11 for a game with the Florida gi frosh. tc Tall forwards Gary G r e g o r 6. (r-6) and Al Salvadori (6-9) con- o; tinue to lead the Biddies in both h; scoring and rebounding. Gregor, a, from South Charleston, W. Va., has 189 points for a 27.0 average hl and 105 rebour.ds for an average fI of 15.0 per game. Salvadori, of fc Beech Bottom, W. Va., has 165 h< points for a 23.6 average and 89 w rebounds for ani average of 12.7 g per game. SIIOOTING; PERCENTAGES m' Salvadori has hit on 57.5 per( cent of his shots from the floor a Left: Beacl pants wi blouson toi Bottom: withimn 5-13 USC VARSITY SWIM TEA in the above picture. They are, Bob Smart, Don Tindall, John P1 Garnett French, Mike Doane, ' Bob McLean. on the freestyle relay. Rick Fa !r won the individual medley ar arter Crewe took the backstrol rent. BIRDS BEAT EMORY A thrilling meet at Emory wi 'cided by the final r ela y. A le Again son Jumor id 79.4 per cent from the foi ne. Gregor has scored on 56 r cent from the floor and 70 om the free throw line. Earl Lovelace, 6-0 guard fron ingsport, Tenn., is the numb( ree scorer on the squad with ' )ints and a 10.9 average, an iard Dave Walker of Newpoi ews, Va., has 71 points for .1 average. Lynwood Burkholder, 6-8 cent( om Singers Glen, Va., is aven ring 9.9 points per game wit points and has 76 rebounds fi 10.9 average. Bruce Wells, 6-8 forward-cent< om River Edge, N. J., has 6 )ints for a 7.1 average; forwar< aard Bob Gorgrant of Binghaml n, N. Y., has 48 points for 9 mark ; and guard Steve PosE Americus, Ga., in six gaml is scored 17 points for a 2 rerage. Gorgrant came off the bench i t four of six shots from ti oor and four of four from tI ul line to spark the come froi 'hind win over Clemson fros1 'alker was high scorer in tha ime with 20 while Lovelace ha as the Tiger Cubs held the bi en, Salvadori (16) and Greg< l0) far below their season ave .res. 1 Party's d'<. bice denim t h non-bleeding madra; * . . .sizes 5-13 14.98 Ladybug's faded denim idras lattice trim . . . sizes 19.98 4 for this year is shown in its cnti front row, left to right: Mike Fe wry, Coach Earl Skidnmore. Back r 'erry McGee, Chuck Simondson, r- Emory win in the relay ad have given them a 48-47 vi ce but this was not to be. Ca won both relays, with G a French, Mike Doane, Terr3 is Gee and Don Tindall takin .n medley while McGee, Mike - John Evans and John Parry the freestyle relay. Parry won both the 50- anm yard freestyle sprints, with school record of 51.4 in thi Captain John Evans capture Al (Continued on page 7) .4 .5 a They i twin on rW For 'Baby Jane People! -O DAOD m Now at PALN STAI BOWLIP 921 AS~ SPECIAL TC BOWL FOR U.S.C. Stude and Indepen An I - FREE Ken Spencer Manager LET'S D AI SPECIAL STUDENT OFFER $50.00 Dance Course 3 PRIVATE LESSONS 2 CLASS LESSONS 2 PARTIES Si13.50 FOR DAI 1612 BULL SAL Carolina Lv Out Of Sec4 USC's bubble burst completely t Tuesday night when Wake Forest h trounced the unsuspecting Game- s cocks 92-79, to shatter hopes of I our "little team with a big heart" I from finishing second in the con- 4 ference. Carolina had hoped to break the f losing streak that the Demons u have built up since the formation i of the ACC. Instead the streak t was stretched out to 23 consecu- t tive loses without a victory at the hands of Wake. OOPS, EXCUSE ME! 8 Carolina found themselves in A foul trouble at the start of the t second half with Bill Yarbrough, John Schroeder, and Ronnie Col lins each holding four fouls. Collins picked up his fourth per sonal with 19:22 remaining in the r game. Schroeder captured his t ley, fourth with 14:47 left and Yar " brough with 8:30, Carolina was 1 down by only five points when 1 -- Bill picked up his fourth but the t would team was almost defenseless by ctory, this time. rolina TIIAT'S ALL, FOLKS f r n e t Collins and Schroeder tiptoed C Mc- through the remaining few min g the utes without catching their last Foley, foul but Yarbrough was not so swept lucky. Big Bill passed away with just over four minutes left and Caro 100- lina down by 12. Gorsage then r new came in and picked up two fouls 100. during his short stay. d the WAKE FOREST DOWN Wake was behind, 46-41 with 'ERTAIN!h vere sisters who :e looked act/ alike IHIARI MAIDEN&IPfR IAWEORD ETTO 0 Students 60c 4 LANES 10 CENTER EMBILY STREET U.S.C. STUDENTS 3 c PER GAME ntil 6:30 P.M. ats, Fraternities, Sororities, :ients Are Invited To Start ntramural League. INSTRUCTION - lone 253-1649 Jennie Corwan Instructress ICE MORE IN '64! SOLVE YOUR DANCING NEEDS At FRED ASTAIRE'S ICING PUN...VISlT DANCRSTUDIOS TREET - PHONE 253-9464 u ARInO D..r..... ses To WF; rnd Place bree minutes elapsed in the final alf, but fought back with the coring punch of Frank Christie, tonnie Watts, and Hassell. These oys put the game away for good, 7-45, with 15:00 remaining. The two teams swapped baskets or the next ten minutes of play ntil WF pulled away 61-56. Dur ng this time Hassell scored 10 of heir 12 points in a period of some hree minutes. J. COLLINS BREARS SLUMP Jimmy Collins broke his scoring lump with a 25-point perform nee coming on nine for 14 from he floor. Ronnie was next with 18 and Earbrough hit on 14 as the Birds onnected on 47 per cent of their hots. The Deacons were a difficult ean to defense due to their bal Lnce of scoring. Watts hit for 9 points along with his 19 re ounds to give Wake a 60-32 vic ory on the boards. Hassell was next with 17 with !ight of 15 shots. Bob Leonard ollowed with 16 and Frank hristi had 14. CAROLINA DROPS The defeat was the third traight road loss for the Birds, inth of the season and fourth of he conference. Wake Forest improved on their narks, making them 3-3 in ACC vork and 7-8 overall. Carolina's next game is with 1. C. State Feb. 14 at the North ;outh doubleheader. lENT "BEST COMEDY EVER MADE!" - N.wsw".I 1 7Ihe whole world lores Tom Jones! EASTMANCOLOR For An Evening of Fine Listening4 Enjoyment Tune WUSC-AM EVENING 6:00 Classic Mlusical 7:00 Night Fall 8:00 CBS News 8:15 Late Date 11:05 Night Owl 1:30 Noctuarne Tune The Golden Voice of Carolina * NEWS (CIIs, Mutual) * C AMPUS N EWS * YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC AND PERSONALITIES CilS Mutual 730 On Your Dial WUISC-AM