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Gamecock Gabs with TOM HUNTER Sports Editor Another Coach For The Birds It seems evident now that Coach Frank McGuire will soon be a member of the USC athletic staff. The former pro fessional basketball coach has given all indications that he wants to return to his former profession and has openly stated that Carolina is the only school with which he has discussed employment. His arrival here could be the turning point in the history of Gamecock sports. Never before has a man with this much national fame come to work at our University. McGuire became well known after his '57 North Carolina team won 32 straight games and the national championship. Then, with the Philadelphia professional basketball team, he was also a success before quitting when the Warriors decided to move out to the West Coast. Everyone here hopes he will bring this kind of success to USC and take the Gamecocks up the ACC ladder. But what does the man whom we are hoping will do all this have to say? "Takes Time To Develop" "It's going to take a couple of years to develop a team of national rank. We will still win with the boys here, but it will take a few years to get rolling." He talks big doesn't he? He thinks big too. This basketball job at USC will be McGuire's biggest challenge yet. IIe won't have hoards of lettermen back, like he did at North Carolina. He won't have Wilt Chamberlain to average 50 points a game as he did when coaching the Philadelphia Warriors. It's going to be a little different down here. But success has always followed Frank McGuire wherever he has gone, and things should not be any different this time. Like the man says. "It will take a few years to get rolling." When asked why he wanted to change jobs, the former film company representative said, "Some time ago I decided coaching was better than business. It's better for my family. My boy has cerebral palsy and can't walk and the weather is better for him down here." McGuire added that he had been raised in coaching for 28 years and found it increasingly difficult to stay away. Last Saturday on his first trip to Columbia in some time he said, "I haven't seen your freshman team, but I plan to study it. As far as seeing basketball," he continued, "I have seen more in these two years than all the years I was coach ing." "I haven't been wasting my time, by the way. I know all the high school players in the area." McGuire remembers leading North Carolina's temm into the Field House when he was coach. le added, "We would like to get a bigger one." But this will do until "we get rolling." SPORTS IN SHORTS Peahead Walker, scout for the Nev, York Giants, is tell ing everyone the rag-mop Beatles remind him of Clemson's Frank Howvard as a boy. "Frank's folks wvere very poor," explained Peahead, "and couldn't afford a dlog. Insteadl they allowed Frank's hair to grow out and his daily chore was to bark the cows home at night. The animals thought he was a sheep dog. He was originally known as Rin-Tin-Tin Howard.'' Benny Galloway, one of the 153 most wanted high school football players in the nation, has asked that he be released from his contract with Auburn. The Easley, S. C. halfback had mentioned USC as his second choice and is exp)ectedl to sign with the Gamecocks soon. The University of Miami has a touchy situation on their hands concerning a member of the tennis team. The coach placed a girl on the team and one member is in disagreement about the whole thing. lie's Rodney Mandelstam of .Johannesburg, South Africa . . . the number one singles man on the former all-male team. Said Mandelstam, "I did not come 10-thousand miles to play on a team with a girl . . . it makes a mockery ol the team. I would rather lose than win with a girl." Alpha Phi Omega will sponsor USC's first all-star basket ball game on March 24, 1964 at 8:00 in the Field House. The game will pit the fighting independent all-stars against the battling Greeks. Selections for the all-star teams will bt printed in the March 20th issue of The Gamecock. Admission for this interesting and exciting game will be 25 cents. Erskine Team First On ListCAD For Baseball Head Coach: Bob Reising Mar. 16 - Erskine Mar. 18.21-Ft. Stewart, Ga., Inv. Tournament Mar. 24 - Furman Mar. 27 - Maryland Mar. 28--- Maryland Mar. 30 - Virginia Mar. 31 -Virginia Apr. 2- Cornell A Apr. 3 - Cornell A pr. 8 - at FurmanLO Apr. 10 - at Ga. Southern A pr. 11 - at Ga. Southern Apr. 17- at North Carolina Apr. 18 -at N. C. State Apr. 21 -at Erskine Apr. 24 - at Wake Forest A pr. 25 - at Duke A pr. 28 - Clemson May 1 -Duke May 2 - Wake Forest May 5 - at The Citadel May 8 -- North Carolina May 9- N. C. State May 12-. at Clemson ______________ Will TI Nation BY BOB HANEY Assistant Basketball Coach It is the general opinion around the Atlantic Coast Conference that Duke, if they play up to their usual standards, should win the National Championship. If Duke is to be beaten, It will have to be by a team that has the size, speed, and depth to match them, and I know of no other team in the country that has these three ingredients In such abundance. In going over their personnel, one finds few weaknesses. The guards, Denny Ferguson and Buzzy Harrison, rate with the best in the league. Ferguson is an excellent defensive man, and Har rison, one of the most underrated I players around, is not far behind in defensive skills. They can both shoot from out side, as evidenced by Harrison's 28 points against North Carolina a few weeks ago. In Steve Vacendak and Ron Ilerbster, Duke has two more talented and very fast guards. Due to the fact that Coach Vic Bubas has these four guards, he can run his pressure defense. At the forwards, Jeff Mullins, i Duke's great All-American, leads I Basebal' Monday ( BY ED BOND Sports Writer I1 According to Head Baseball b Coach Reising, who just returned t from the meeting of the ACC base ball coaches in Spartanburg this f past Monday, "The league should a be stronger and more well-bal- P anced this year than it was last t spring. This can be attributed to s the good freshman ball clubs that s most of the schools had last year." Reising went on to say, "Duke I and UNC are always tough, v but Wake Forest is supposed to v be the best team, not only in the 1 ACC, but in the entire South. El Esc I IAN tou: Fam ~J~I~YTou stea all ~'"Frec g sea 35-6 Alsc g age See comn MJ#m Swe [ILK COFFE E SAND, 'MANY CONVENIEI ATIONS ON CAMF DISTRIRBUTINGf C" iose Dul l Cham the way. It's useless to say any- hi thing about him because he can s do it all and usually does. He is a fine shooter, a good rebounder, s1 and an excellent floor leader. w At the other forward Is Hack t( r'ison, listed as 6-10 tall, but who (4 itands closer to seven feet. Tison ej :an hurt an opposing team in close Wth tips and the short jumper. it But he will not be nearly as effec- A ive if forced to play away from V he basket. tc And, of course, because of his ieight, he makes it tough to shoot round the basket. Backing these two up at for vards are Brent Kitching (6-7) md Jack Marin (6-6). These two ould start for any other team in he league, but not for the Blue )evils. Center Jay Buckley, at 6-10, is ai finally coming into his own. tr Buckley does all that a big man w is supposed to do. He hooks with ai either hand, plays adequate de- a fense, and is very strong off the ce boards. He has probably been the most important man in the te Duke line-up for the last eight fc or 10 games. m Duke, with all their fine ma- Vl erial, also han a few other things in oing for them. One is that they B lers Open )n Home I Clemson isn't supposed to have ar iuch, but their coach has been fo nown to under-estimate his club ot efore when they've had fine dt sams." M The Gamecocks are now in their ea inal week of pre-season training nd Coach Reising is "reasonably st leased." The team had a full in- fo ra - squad game Tuesday- which w] howed the boys to be in good H hape. Reising says, "They made a ew bad mistakes, but on the ihole they were hitting the ball vell and hustling. I think they ooked fairly good." The head mentor plans to have JROPE )LLEGE )URS :>rted, all-expense -s for ages 18-30. ed Brownell College rs feature excellent ners, choice hotels, neals, comprehensive rarnes. uent departures by and air. 2 days, from $1047. Popular Tours - no us for folders and plete details. BAy Travel Bureau Lobby, Jefferson Hotel Telephone: AL. 6-6109 WJIC HE S JlT 'US 0., INC. kes Be [ pions? ive tremendous pride in them- W lves and in their ball club. offs We've examined some of their actic rong points. Do they have any and oak spots? Definitely. Every .he em does. Duke lost to Loyola dem 'hicago) last year by simply not T tecking off the backboards. the The Duke defense, as strong as ever is, is at times very vulnerable. som quick, sharp-passing team, like plan illanova, could possibly use this G. great advantage. ful ; Their big men, Tison and with Buckley, are not the most de- time )endable men in the world. To of iat it bluntly, one good crack in Leal he mouth early in the game over night make them a little leery the he rest of the night. D Mullins, at times, becomes over- the ixious and will leave his man He ying to get the ball. We've al- POW ays tried to use Duke's over- Smil ixiousness against them, and to Zon< certain extent, have been suc- all ssful. fielC This about covers the Duke Til am. They should, in my opinion, way 'r what it's worth, win all the top arbles. However, Villanova, with Day 'ally Jones and some great speed, Par ight make things tough for the ranl lue Devils tonight in Raleigh. mur poin goal S with it w tamondZn 61,i i easy practice Wednesday be- that re going back to heavy work- pla its Thursday, Friday, and Satur- Eilal y. Since the season opener is der onday, the team will have an goal sy batting practice on Sunday. line, Coach Reising hopes that the of tf udent body will turn out en mass Zc r the Erskine game on Monday gai hiich will be played at the Round won Duse. Zone Kick up your heels in the sock. Nothing gets it down leg stays up and up and up in stripes, or solid colors. No It up. In the air, her Shap< TAPP'S RITTONFC Intramt Nears T] BY JOHN LOTTICH Sports Writer ith the 1964 intramural play just around the corner, thq on ic becoming more intense more colorful, due mainly t< improved caliber of pla3 Dnstrated by the teams. ie play-offs will take place ir Field House March 16-19, ant yone that shows up should seq a exciting basketball. Mak s to be on hand. kME OF THE WEEK: Power. 'one Seven won its fifth gamt out a loss and, at the sami , gained undisputed possesuioT first place in Independeni ,ue One, with an 80-70 victor3 Zone 10, in the top contest ol week. ek Sheridan paced Seven ir first half, scoring 16 points inished with 22 to take higt t honors. Reserve Dwayn ;h came off the bench to sparl i Seven's offensive attack h second half. He got 14 points in the last period, on seves goals. e spirited battle, close all th4 brought two of the campus players together in Dennij s of Zone Seven and Stev4 ridge of Zone Ten. Davis ing number seven in intra il scoring, pumped in 21 ts; and Partridge led his tean 18. Both teams had high fielk percentages but, in the end as Zone Seven that prevailed League Two, the big guns a Six and 16 were idle, bu Two got by Zone Eight, 68 n a big one. Despite the faci Zone Two, now in third place the game, the outstandinj ar on the floor was a Zon t man, Bill Henderson. Hen yn scored 36 points, on 10 fielk i and 10-for-13 from the fou tho highest single game tota ie season. ne 13 lost its third consecutiv4 s as the cagers from Zone 1, their first of the year, 48-41 14 displayed an extremel3 "ICR ew Adler Shape-Up coti .The indomitable Shape plain white, white with ten tatter how much you wh< tte, 694, his Shape-Up, I - - - Available at LA DV iral Ball he Finals , well-balanced offense, with Wells, McDonald, Simons, and Knox all scoring nine points each. Fraternity G a m e a: Unbeaten Sigma Chi outlasted previously un defeated ATO 56-43 in the week's most significant fraternity game. The victory, made possible in large part by Voit Hurst's 19 points, left Sigma Chi in undisputed pos session of first place in League Two, a half game ahead of Phi Kappa Sigma. Hurst scored 17 of his points in the first half. Bivens and Thorn ton kept Sigma Chi going in the second stanza. Bob Norton, with 15 points and fine defensive work, was the key to the ATO attack in a losing cause. Other League Two action saw the Phi Kaps shoot into second place with a 70-45 lacing of PI k Kappa Phi, still winless in four i outings. Louie Hinson and Jeff Stafford, with 20 and 17 points, respeatively, led the Phi Kaps, who featured four players in double figures. Aside from Hin soa's 20 and Stafford's 17, Evans and Bell each had 10. In League One, PiKA main tained a tight grip on the top slot, with a 71-11 massacre of Sigma Phi Epsilon. 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