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Frons The SIDELINES BY ERNIE TRUBIANO Sports Editor By ERNIE TRUBIANO Sports Editor The young men from South Carolina matured in a hurry Monday night in what is easily the biggest upset of this young basketball season, and may well turn out to be the biggest of the year. Not only did they stay on the same court as the mighty Blue Devils, but, . . . well, you know the rest. I can't recall ever watching a better pair of sophomore guards than Jack Thompson and Skip Harlicka. And when Gary Gregor and Mike Grosso are eligible to play up front South Carolina will have, in words of Frank McGuire, "a great team-and I mean nationally." That the future of athletics at South Carolina is on the brink of greatness was never more apparent than Monday night. That there is spirit in our student body was evidenced in two of the greatest victories in the school's history-the win over Clemson that brought with it a share of the ACC title and the win over Duke that brought with it hope-hope and reward for the faithful Gamecock supporters-not the poor-mouthing, fair weather fans but the faithful and avid followers, who expressed their stored-up emotions by lifting sweaty ballplayers to their shoulders and cutting down the hoop nets in the age-old victory ritual. After the Duke game, a USC fan could very well sit back and think without too much rationalizing the bright overall future at the University-the most exciting football team in a decade; a young basketball team that needs only time; a baseball team that inherits the finest freshman diamond talent ever assembled here to go along with a strong varsity nucleus; the strongest freshman swimming and tennis teams in the conference and among the best in the nation. All that is needed to turn Columbia into a South Bend, Baton Rouge, or Tuscaloosa bedlam is to start the ball roll ing. And this year we have done just that. We know that F'rank McGuire can bring the talent here to build a winner. In football, having successfully held our own with national powerhouses, and won an ACC Crown will be a big recruiting factor. Current Freshmen, you have a lot to look forward to! Taking away some of the glamor of the Duke victory, was the continued poor behavior of little children in the stands of the Field House. We must request, therefore, that school officials please do not allow these minors into the Field House for future games. It must be pointed out that their places could easily be filled by responsible, mature students waiting eagerly out side to gain entrance to the limited seating inside. These little brats do not know any better, true. But why endanger the safety of our own players as well as the oppos ing team? Anyway, it's usually well past these little people's bedtime by the end of a game. So, dear officials, for one time we're in favor of your Gestapo action. Take away these juveniles before someone is seriously injured. Besides, it's strictly bush league to throw paper, and remember South Carolina is going only up, up, up these (lays. USC Players WlbriLnd Ink Pro PactsAlStrpo Five USC football players have "215pudrfo otmuh signed professional contracts in Vrii,hsbe hsi opa the last two weeks. fo h ot qa nteana J. R. Wilburn of Portsmouth, Aaaa nCrsmsDy Va., and tackle Steve Cox of ihr,a eirad h 'v Easley, both drafted as futures a iotre fspooeqatr year ago, inked contracts with thecahigrodbokatUChi Pittsburgh Steelers and the AFL's ptsao,huigi 8tse Kansas City Chiefs, respectively,.o ~ a(5an 1 OC(On Fullback Phil Branson has signed lercnl indapoesoa with the Baltimore Colts, tackle cnrc ihteIitbrhSel Bob Collins with the Atlanta Fal-erofteNinaFobllL cons, and wingback Ronnie Lamb ACadAlSaefrttasa wit te alasCobosWpilbrnd.nd W ihaLO EkedJ.RS ibun h Thirgiss ni hs e hoepla onn tSaid hoth squd4i-th1anua "MotBonuneGray Cameliat"otoey Gamect By ERNIE TRUBIANO Sports Editor Fresh from an upset over third ranked Duke, South Carolina swings east this weekend to face stiff opposition in Pennsylvania, N.Y.U, and Assumption College. The Gamecocks face Penn to morrow night at the Palestra in Philadelphia as part of a twin bill with St. Joseph's facing LaSalle in the second game. Penn, the strongest of the road opposition, has one of the biggest front courts in the nation with 6-10, 6-8, 6-9 starters, and 6-6 and 6-5 reserves. These giants are complimented in the backeourt by two all Ivy guards. One of these, Stan Pawlak, averaged 21.5 points last year and rates aF one of the East's best players. The Quakers will prove a tough test for our tenth-ranked Gamecocks. New York University, coached by Lou Rossini, figures to be tops in the New York's tough Metro politan Conference. The Violets are led by 6-5 Stan McKenkie who averaged 18.7 points and 9.3 re bounds a game last year. Center Ray Bennett at 6-8 is the tallest starter. Assumption, numnier one small Frosh Rout Greenville 106-74 By BILL POLLACK Staff Writer South Carolina's Biddies pre luded the varsity's sensational up set of Duke by flowing over the centurion mark for the first time this season in defeating North Greenville Junior College, 106-74. While the Biddies' attack was fairly balanced, Carolina fans had a chance to view the greatness of super star Mike Grosso. During the first half Big Mike exploded for 22 points, and there comple mented this stistie with 16 re bounds. While Mike only saw limited action in the second halfi he added three more points to his total and gained an additional 12 rebounds. Charlie Vacca also gave Caro lina a big bxst by pumping in 22 points with his novel jump shot. If this combination of Grosso and Vacca was not enough for NGJC, Bob Felter decided he would add another 17 points to bring the total points of this threesome to 66 of the total 1 06 points the team scoredI. DEADLINE All sports copy musit be sub mitted to the Gamecock office by 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday nights. Europe's ref reshan 4111 is the cologne from Colt fumed cologne. It ref reshes, your usual fragrance. From TI $3.00 a 4 Blocks East of 608 H-ae stee )ckS Swi college team in the east two years ago, faces such opposition as Providence, Holy Cross, Fairfield University, and St. Michel's, and compete with Long Island Univer sity, and N.Y.U. in their Holiday tournament. Top G r e y h o u n d scorer is 6-4 George Ridick. USC Swimn Duke For F By JOHN LOTTICH Staff Writer The USC swimmers made Mon day a day of total triumph for Carolina and its entire athletic program, by w iping out the Duke Ilue Devils, 73-21, in the murky waters of the Duke pool at Dur ham. This was the first swimming victory ever for the Gamecocks over Duke. in a series which dates hack to 1947, and it came on the same day that the Carolina bas ketball team lifted itself into the national spotlight with a stunning win over the Blue Devils. The mernien of Coach Jack lhompson, who will also be draw ing national attention in the not too dist4tnt future, completely ob literated the Duke swimmers, win ning nine out of eleven events. Only one school record was set, that in freshman competition, as the condition of the Duke pool it-1 self made really fast times diffi Cult to achieve. Duke is currently building a new swimming stadium which USC Coach Thompson says will be one of the finest facilities around. It is expected to be ready for use next season. KINCAID PACES 'lhe Gamecocks were paced by an excellent performance from team captain Jeff Kincaid, who won both the 200 and 500-yard freestyle events and placed sec ond in the 100. However, Carolina had other heroes tWO. GLi-nett French, a sen ior from (;Iateford, Pa., capltuied I the 200-yard backstroke and swam a leg on USs victorious 400 yardi medley relay team. Bill Mtil ler of Baltimore ran away with both the L10-yard individual med ley and the 200-yard breaststroke in addition to his contribution to the medley relay team's victory. I)arryl Pettus, another member of the medley relay team, also beat out sophomore teammate John Pitington in a (lose battle in the n-yd. butterfly. Other Gamecock wminers in luded: Dick Miachata (a leg in he *00-yd. medlley relay); Chie L an gne hs in springboard (living; ind t he 40t0-ya rd freest yle relayv 'aml of Toddl Lewis, Paul Knapp, ary Szym ansk i, and J1ohn P it ington. Closest contest of the dlay was he virtory of Du)ke's Bob Randle ver US('s John Parry in the 50 favorite t cologne igne. A refreshant, not a per et its scn a' clash with e House of 4111. $5.00 'LOC JUNIOR Five Point, ng East The undefeated Gamecocks are certain to be a good drawing at traction after beating Duke, and being rated tenth in the nation by Associated Press. An impressive eastern trip might keep our dark horse Gamecocks rated among the country's best. zers Defeat irst Time yard freestyle. Randle clocked in at 23.5, Parry at 23.7. COACH PLEASED A beaming Jack Thompson de clared himself very pleased with the effort of his team. "It was a lot bigger margin than I ex pected,'' he said, "and I believe it will give us impetus for the rest of the season. I said at the begin ning of the year that if we beat Duke we'd have at least a break L-ven season. 1 believe that will be the case now. In fact, I'll he I isappointed if we don't take Fourth in the conference." Thompson w%ent on to discuss individual performances. "I'm ex eptionally pleased with Jeff Kin aid. lie has been swimming par :icularly well." In the two meets Lo date, Kincaid has won four -vents, placed second once, and w%vum a leg on the freestyle relay ceamll against North Carolina, vhich defeated the Gamecocks 65 !9 last week. FIOSII ROLL The USC freshmen showed )uke's Blue Imps no mercy in roll ng up a 68-9 triumph. The power ul Biddies swept every event but me--the 200-yd. backstroke. In -hat they got a fi.rst from Bob Mc \Qahon and a third from Edwin ledger. Mike Slenker, a 6-3, 182-pound >rep school All-American from \llentown, Pa.. set a new school nark in the 100-yard butterfly vith a time of 57.5 erasing the >Od record of one minute flat set aSt season by Darryl Pettus. The USC aquanien now take a weather until .anuary 11 and oo()k forward to a tough 1966 chedule which will include N. C. state, Maryland, Georgia, Geor ia Tech, and Davidson. because now you can complete Air Force R4 just half the time! Are you interested in starting a while in college-but afraid it wi into your schedule? Well, here's good news for ROTC now offers a 2-year pr< start it any time you have 2 ycai cation remaining-whether on I ate or graduate level. Here's another good thing gram: you get a chance to "sar life before you sign up. During mer orientation session, you your mind about the Air For< Force gets to make up its mind 4on1, at six-fi1 184-pmunder, from pmoint a1nd nin asists to( the USC v Vacca Wins Sth Pilots Biddies 'I Charlie Vacca watched from the sidelines as the 1965 basketball season opened against Chem strand. lie sat fixed in his place throughout the first eight minutes o)f play until Coach Buck Freeman decided tA) replace starting for ward Jim Prather, and then things began to pop - and they're still poppilg. Vacca. a 6--, 200-pounder from Bishop DuBois lIigh School in New York, finished the Chen strand game with 20 points and 10 rebounds. In the following game with Furman, Charlie pumped ini 22 points and followed suit Mon day night against Greenville with 22 once again. 3TC in military career when bo0th are se Il cut too deeply in the program. You'll learn a you. Air Force curriculum has b gram. You can accent is on aer, *s of higher edu- ment. But of cc he undergradu- beginning. The it taking the first b~ about this pro- great responsibil iple" Air Force Aerospace Tean a special sumi- Find out mo: et to make up ROTC program :e, and the Air space Studies tot Ibout you. Only . vi Jack Thoevmiis lend.4 the Game Palestra Salsirday night. Thiompi Hrtmkiyn, N. Y., conributed 16 -in over Duke. irting Spot; 'o 3 Wins Charlie's uncanny, two-handed jumper has found the range most effectively in these early games, but it must continue to cut the nets as the loss of Mike Grosso pulls 25 points from the line-up. A fter the opener, Charlie ex pressed his gratitude for a chance to play. I was very glad to get the opportunity to play," he said. "It's just great to be able to play with Mike (Grosso) and all the >ther guys." Grosso is sidelined now, so it's up to Charlie and "all the other 4 uys" to pull through, and if Vacca 'ontinues to rip the nets and rav ige the boards, the Biddies will be in fine shape when Mike returns to action second semester. twe., 'oCn i. oreRTC.h eecmletlyreape.*h tisedtecle are yoonnaly thle nportant thing is that you'll be ig step toward a professioni of ity, as a leader on America's re about the new Air Force .See the Professor of Aero lay? dlted States Air Fore