The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 19, 1965, Page Page Six, Image 6
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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