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From The SIDELINE BY ERNIE TRUBIAN Sports Editor This week high school sta will sign scholarships to play their choice. Here at USC, Coach McG with a strong freshman team to South Carolina. This years freshman team season's varsity, and an amial son is expected to flash. You might remember Jack in the basketball season, or around like Deputy Chester JACK TIHOIMPSON team that can get the baskel than the points. The biggest 1 court on a fast break and pas Asked how he got started school-yard adventures. "I u believe I was sick, then go o "I used to hate the snow it off bef.we I could play." Jack started playing agair tender age of ten when he pli teen-year-olds. At that time , Last year while out of sel New York, Jack played in a and Tony Jackson, former tc "It was there that Harry Guire's spotted me. It is prob Right now I'm looking forwa I can hardly wait." Thompson loves the Carol to be a happy atmosphere. I mother, who has never been at USC. Jack is popular on campus, His Brooklyn accent stands o drawl, and even from his fro hail from the New York-Nev People are amazed by Jac try to remember all the nan introduced to me only once. recognize me from the bask< care enough about me to reme do is remember theirs." Spring Spor Friday, March 19--Baseball Ge o r g i a Southern at Rex Enright Athletic Center, 3:30 P.M. Trennis - Wofford at Mfaxey Gregg Park, 1:15 P.'M. Golf - Presbyterian College at Clinton, S. C. Saturda., March 20-Baseball -Georgia Southern at Rex Enright Athletic Center, 2:30 Mlonday, March 22-Baseball Newberry College at New berry, S. C. Golf-Wofford College at Spartanburg, S. C. Wednesday, March 24 - Base * ball-Furman University at Greenville, S. C. Thlursday. March 25-Tennis Furman University at Green KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN MSLATER~ Watch For LUNCHEON and SUPPER SPECIALS 0 rs from all over the country basketball for the school of uire is expected to come up in his plans to bring a winner will form the nucleus of next ile fellow named Jack Thomp from his court wizardry early later remember his hobbling after he suffered an ankle fracture. Either way Jack Thomp son should be one of the best sophomore basketball play ers in the ACC next season. Jack in three full games before his injury averaged 24 points, and 14 assists per contest. The lad from Brooklyn, N. Y. who learned how to shoot baskets in the school yard across from his house takes pride in his playmak ing ability. "I'll take the points as they come; we have some good scorers on the s. I'd rather have the assist :hrill for me is to come down 3 off for the basket. in the game, Jack told of his sed to play hooky and make .t and shoot hoops." cause then I'd have to shovel ist the top competition at the ayed in a tournament for fif lack stood a diminutive 4-8. 'ool working odd jobs around tournament with Tom Stith, p N. Y. area college players. Gotkin, a friend of Coach Mc ibly the best break I ever got. rd to a big season next year. ia Community, and finds it n fact, he plans to treat his )ut of Brooklyn, to a weekend with both males and females. ut sharply from the southern sh teammates, most of whom Jersey area. k's ability to recall names. "I ies I can, even if someone is I realize that some people tball court, but still, if they mber my name the least I can ts Calendar ville, S. C. Golf-Duke Uni v'ersity at Durham, N. C. Friday, March 2G--Golf-Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N. C. Satu rday, March 27--Track lorida' Relays at Gaines ville, Fla. Baseball --Kent Staite (Doubleheader) at Rex Enright Athletic Center, 2 P.M. Tennis -- King College at Maxey Gregg Park, 1:15 P.M. -/t Attend the Carolina Your wveek-end plans begin wit G;len plaid seersucker, that's v< Fortrel* polyester. 415S Avril( for the coming season. D)ean greatest natural shoulder in Other fine sport coats Gray CeIoesy Fox Namo BY ERNIE TRUBIANO Sports Editor Jim Fox, six - foot - nine center for the Gamecocks has been elected South Carolina's Basketball Player of the Year by the South Carolina Sports Writers Association. Jim who was the Gamecocks leading scorer and rebounder, hails from Atlanta, Georgia. Last year Ronnie Collins, who also played for the Gamecocks, was given the Number One spot in the state. Big Jim once scored 63 points in a junior college basketball game but was a relatively obscure per former in the major college ranks until this winter. Fox, who enrolled at USC in September, 1963 after receiving a junior college degree from Gordon Military College was the Game cock captain and virtually the en tire South Carolina offense and rebounding strength. He entered his final season with a sum total of 13 varsity games CanPrinceton( BY JOHN LOTTICH The 1964-65 collegiate basketball season comes to an end this week end at Portland, Oregon, with four regional champions meeting to de Icide the national title. John Wo o d e n 's defending champion Bruins have once again earned the right to represent the Far West region at Portland. Gail Goodrich and Keith Erickson are the two vital cogs in the Bruin attack. Goodrich was selected to the All America team this year. Both are prolific point-producers and they get plenty of help. However, the Bruin defense is not up to last season's standards. Gary Thompson, the new coach of the Wichita Wheatshockers, lost his star players at midseason, but guided Wichita to the Midwest crown. Center Nate Bowman was dropped for scholastic reasons and All-America Dave Stallworth grad uated in January, leaving a gap ing hole in the Wichita forces. The Shockers, however, in a bad year for Midwest teams, lack the depth and overall talent to cope with the other three schools at Portland. and should come in fourth. The Michigan Wolverines, cham pions of the Big Ten, are led by All-American Cazzle Russell. Michigan is big, talented, and fast. Bill Buntin and Oliver Dar den are two tall, husky forecourt men, who score often and rebound voraciously, but in sheer talent, they don't ap)proach "Snazzy Caz zie" who can make any kind of shot. Russell has speed, and it is he who makes the Wolverines' fast break go. Russell is micst dlanger ous in critical situations, when some players tend to come un glued. Bill van Breda Kolff's Prince ton Tigers, representing the East are the surprise finalist. The Ivy sated.]wt h merica..$35.00. frm299 to$4. d Top Sta JFM FOX experience, having been ineligible the second half of last season. While working hard on his grades, big Jim worked equally hard on perfecting his moves to make his last chance at stardom a success. At Gordon Military, Fox was listed at six feet eight although he 7o All The Way? League champions roared past N. C. State and Providence last weekend to gain the trip to Port land. Their surprising victories were spearheaded by 6-foot 5-inch Bill Bradley, one of the greatest players ever to come out of the college ranks. No one has been able to stop Bradley, and it is not likely than anyone can. After watching the great All-American lead the Princeton assault on their teams, N. C. State's Press Marn vich and Providence's Joe Mul laney agreed that the Tigers were irood enough to win the national championship "just because of Bradley." The Tigers have the monentui now and they should be able to go the route. They had Michigan beaten convincingly back in December before Bradley fouled out, and now with the rest of the team greatly improved and Michi gan not too much better than it was then, Princeton could whip the Big Ten champs in their return engagement tonight. UCLA will defeat Wichita with relative ease, setting up a Princeton-UCLA fi nale for Saturday night. That should be some game of roundball. (and, casually speaking, you find them everywhere.) America's most wanted casual -r Bass Weejuns! Wear them, and how else can you feel but right. You've a choice this season too. For men, Weejuns in classic smooth leathers or dashing Scotch Grains. And - for the ladies - a striking Scotch Grain col lection of wardrobe-sparking Spring colors. At your shoe store I Only, Base Makes Weejuns)' G. H. BASS A CO.,.153 MaIn 8t.. Wilton. Ma3 te Player admitted shortly after entering South Carolina, "'I might be six eight and a half." A measurement last fall revealed the 21-year-old, 224-pounder to actually be 6-9%, making him the second tallest player in the Atlantic Coast Con ference. Only 6-10 Hack Tison of Duke is taller. His best game was in the sec ond meeting with Wake Forest when he hit on 11 of 14 shots to score 31 points and got 16 re bounds as South Carolina upset the Deacons 77-70. In the second Clemson game, Fox had 30 points and 23 rebounds. He also pulled in 23 rebounds against Furman and had 22 against Richmond. His scoring totals include 28 against Richmond, 25 against Erskine, 24 in the first Clemson game, 22 against Duke and 20 against Fur man. Coach Frank McGuire, who has seen a lot of good big men in his time, calls Fox "the best condi tioned big man I have ever seen" and credits Jim's perfect shape with much of his success. "Jim has done what he has (lone this season through dedication and hard work," says McGuire, "I only wish I had him another two years. If he had a little more time, I'm sure he would be one of the great ones in the Atlantic 1-oast Con ference." The 17.8 scoring average posted by Fox was the 10th highest mark recorded by a Gamecock basket ball player. The 6-91% center from Sand-. Springs, Ga., scored 409 points in 23 games. His point total was 14th highest in South Carolina history. Fox also pulled down 313 re bounds for a 13.6 average, sec ond highest in the Atlantic Coast Conference. His rebounding aver age was fourth best in Gamllecock history. Jim Slatighter having averaged 16.5 in 1950-51. Fox, the South Carolina work horse who played 81; of the 93( minutes of basketball played by the South Carolina team durinf the 196.1-65 season, scored 157 field goal.i in 326 attempts for a .42 percentage. HIe- led the team in free throws with (95 and in free throw attempts with 160 for a .594 average. Gant shirts-.rh;1 'TI Head |RICHI McGuinness Third In N4 BY MIKE EIDSON Sports Writer Beautiful Cobo Arena housed the First Annual NCAA Indoor Championship meet in Detroit, Michigan last weekend. The 52 million dollar, multi-purpose fa cility was equipped with an 11 lane board track used by the over 600 top athletes competing for individual and team champion ships. The Ath,ntic Coast Conference entered its eleven best in the meet, including the best from USC, Bob Crombie in the 1000-yard run and Mike McGuinness in the 600-yard dash. Naturally, since this was the first NCAA Indoor Meet, Crombie and McGuinness were the first two runners from Caro lina to ever compete in the Na tional Indoor Meet. Crombie raced to the front of the pack in the qualifying for the CAMPBELl COR PF 945 S Check On Specials Ai * Hamburgers * Grilled Chee e Milk Shakes Carolina Cup Ahead nt shiouhi thI,ink of Dial-'F'realaw 4)uIers andl all othier nlecessary1 ' DIA L lEA DAWP and Natural Shoulders Above th AND- MALL 7DOWNTC pena NTight At the Waihin, iay Nigh Entrance to Arc Finishes DAA Meet 1000 and led for three laps, but finished poorly and out of a place in the finals of the event. McGuinness ran back in the pack in the 600-yard trials, but with one lap remaining in the three-lap race the little Gamecock made his dash to the wire coming from seventh to third in the heat. Mike's actual time of 1:12.4 placed him 13th out the 24 beat in the country competing for the championship. There is no doubt whatsoever that both Crombie andl MeGuin. ness ran "under the weather." Both showed the ill effects of the unusually adverse weather conditions which Columbia has experienced for the last five weeks. Everything from snow to 50-mile-per-hour winds thwarted every effort at training in the right way for the crucial period before the national meet. NELL IARMACY UMTER r Fountain rter 5 P.M.! - - 19e se- 19c 19 y o oo ltiig tems ofcotig o Y9j e Rest1~ WN iI ... I -