The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 14, 1966, Page Page Seven, Image 7
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TERRY
Writing a column like this is
not very difficult, especially when
you have a strong interest in the
subject. . . . Start by thinking of
a current sports event, expanding
on the thought, and adding your
own ideas. That should fill at
least the first paragraph.... Then
peruse through Sports Illustrated
or The Sporting News, etc. Check
the sports sections of the St. Louis
Post-Diepatch or the Philadelphia
Inquirer and you'll probably find
some news bits not seen in a local
paper.... Go up to the micro-film
room in McKissick, or dig through
the stacks of old Gamecocks and
Garnet and Blacks at the Caro
liniana.... In short, learn a little,
- tell a little, and have a ball!
But there's more to it than
printed pages and pictures. There
are people - the most important
ingredient. . . . 'Iere're the guys
out on the field, digging in and
letting loose . . . players on the
courts, the tracks, running, jump
ing, and sweating . . . there are
the Basses, the McGuires, the as
uistants, the reserve players, the
trainers, the managers, the cheer
leaders, and - you and me - the
fans.
Yes, we count too. We count
big. . . . Someone once said of a
% team, "Why worry about them?
They don't worry about you!"...
l To a point that's true, but could
(By the atdhor
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Now as the end of the first
emerges clearly: you are all
There are two things you <
marry money. (I don't mean
mean you marry a person w
tween people and currency hi
the United States since the 8
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where and are, indeed, used
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up Personna Stainless Steel
sponsored by the makers of P
and they are inclined to get
product. Some of them get e<
because Personna Blades coi
Double Edge style.)
But I digress. I was saying
course, you will not because
living, pure-hearted, freckle-1
to keep from flunking, you
you must learn how to take Ic
According to a recent survi
undergraduates do not know
notes. To illustrate this appi
you are taking a course in hi
the lecturer is lecturing on I
You listen intently. You writ
making a topic outline ces yot
I. House of Plantagenet.
II. House of Lancaster.
III. House of York.
Then you stop. You put as
a tear, for you cannot go on.
that the next ruling house is t
ble is you don't know the Ror
III.
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you are not the only people w
ala. The fact is, the Romansr
suppose they could tell you h1
that, but when it came to ret
they just flang away their sta
have a bath or take in a circu
timres.
You may wonder why Ron
numerals when the Arabs ha
Well, sir, the fact is that Empi
to buy the Arabic numerals frc
but Suleiman wouldn't do bui
sian raised his bid to 100,000
to throw in the Colosseum, t
color.
So Rome stuck with Roma
It turned out. One day in the
to arguing about how much is
pretty soon everyone in town
ale. In all the excitement, nol
north gate and-wham! befor
rushed the G,oths, the Visigoth
Well, sir, that's the way ti
gress. Let's get back to lectur
about Burma Shave*. Why? I
by the makers of Personna B
are the sponsors of this colum,
of the ultimate in shaving hi
with Burma Shave, regular o
devil-may-care sort, some of ei
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PRICE I
a team play the same in an empty
field house or stadium? How
would they feel if no one wrote
or spoke about them? . . . It's silly,
of course, but it does remind us of
our responsibility. . . . We're not
responsible in an impersonal way
to a group of guys we may not
even know down there playing a
game. We're responsible to our
selves, and they are simply an ex
tension of "us." They are one part
of us doing what the other part
cannot do. . . . Everyone should
know what our part is. No one
should forget it.
ns will be the last time yours
truly will have a chance to put
his two cents in.... The officials
have given the two-minute warn
ing and the game will be over at
the sound of a closing blue book.
. . . Just for "the record," what
ever that is, here are a few parting
words of wisdom: don't spill bour
bon on the guy in front of you at
Carolina Stadium ... don't throw
paper on the court . . . get there
early for a good seat ... beat hell
outa everybody . . . and fulfill
your reponsibility as a good sports
fan. . .. Thank you, T. P.
Due to press deadline, The
Gamecock sports page was un
able to report on the Furman
game held Wednesday night.
The score will appear, however,
on the front page.
)f "Rally Round the Flag, Boys!",
Dobie Gillis," etc.)
HE GLOAMIN'
iemester draws near, one fact
going to flunk out of school.
an do about it. First, you can
you marry the money itself; I
ho has money. Weddings be
tve not been legal anywhere in
moot-Hawley Act. PersonnaO
e other hand, are legal every
with great pleasure and satis
ie Union and Duluth. I bring
Blades because this column is
?rsonna Stainless Steel Blades,
dgy if I omit to mention their
Igy and some get double-edgy
ne both in Injector style and
you can marry money but, of
you are a high-minded, clean
aced American kid. Therefore,
nnust try the second method:
eture notes.
1y, eleven out of ten American
the proper way to take lecture
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story. Let us further suppose
he ruling houses of England.
e diligently in your notebook,
i have been taught. Like this:
LX IV!
ide your pen. You blink back
Oh, yes, you know very well
he House of Tudor. The trou
nan numeral that comes after
some comfort to learn that
to don't know Roman mumer
iever knew them either. Oh, I
ow much V or X were or like
i zingers like LXI or M MC,
luses and went downtown to
s or maybe stab Caesar a few
e stuck with these ridiculous
Isuch a nice, simple system.
~ror Vespasian tried like crazy
m Suleiman The Magnificent,
iness-not even when Vespa
gold piastres, plus he offered
be Appian Way, and Techni
n numerals-to its sorrow, as
Forum, Cicero and Pliny got
CDL times MVIX. Well, sir,
came around to join the has
>ody remembered to lock the
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s, and the Green Bay Packers!
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lecause Burma Shave Is made
lades who, it will be recalled,
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menthol-or, if you are the
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Biddies
By JOHN IYITICH
Sports Writer
The USC freshmen, sharply
feeling the loss of big Mike
Grosso, dropped their second con
secutive game last Friday as
Spartanburg Junior College blazed
away for an incredible 109-85 vic
tory at Spartanburg.
For the tailspinning Biddies, it
was their fourth defeat of the
season and the fourth in the last
five games. Since Grosso was side
lined with a badly cut wrist, his
faltering teammates have managed
but a single victory, 93-62, over
King's College on January 3. Be
tween that and the Sparbanburg
game last Friday, the Biddies lost
a heartbreaker to Charleston's
Baptist College, 73-69, when a
last-ditch rally fell just short.
SUB HITS 21
Spartanburg's Pioneers sported
three twenty-plus scorers in their
battle with USC. Sterling Case
had 28, Ed Raines 26, and sub
Rick Dunagan came off the bench
and hit for 21 to bolster the SJC
attack.
Coach Buck Freeman's frosh
put five men in double figures,
led by Bob Felter with 20 points.
He was followed by Charlie Vacca
with 17, Eddie Powell, 16, Hank
Martin, 15, and Clyde Lewellen,
12. The Biddies tried both zone
and man-to-man defenses against
the Pioneers, but nothing seemed
to work. Spartanburg pressed all
Shrine Bowl Star
Signs With USC
Over the Christmas holidays,
USC football coaches signed four
Shrine Bowl football stars to
grants-in-aid. They include Mac
Tharpe of Charlotte, Fletcher
Spigner of Columbia, and Fran
Whitlock and Jeff Garren of Greer.
Tharpe is perhaps the prize catch.
The 210-pound fullback-linebacker
is formerly of Greenwood where
he played under Pinky Babb. When
Tharpe was married, he trans
ferred to Charlotte's Myers Park
High School to remain eligible and
starred in MP's unbeaten season.
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the way as have all the Biddle op- I
ponents, and their press was ef- I
fective. ]
Against B a p t i s t College, a i
school fielding its first team, the 4
Biddies hit only 39 per cent from i
the floor and lost by four points. I
Marion Salerni and Jim Gardner
sparked the Baptists with 26 and 1
23 points, respectively. Gardner,
from Warren, Ohio, was formerly
on a basketball scholarship to
Ohio State, and he looked particu- i
larly good.
Felter also topped USC frosh
scoring in that game with 19
points. Vacca added 17, Martin 13,
and Powell 12.
BIDDIES ROMP
The Biddies grabbed an early
lead against King's College and
ran the visitor's out of the packed I
little field house, with five of 1
Buck Freeman's charges rippling :
the cords for double figures. 1
Again, Felter was USC's leading i
Swimmer
After 62
By JOHN LOITICH3
Sports Writer
The Fighting Gamecock swim
mers upped the season mark to
2-1 this past Tuesday afternoon,
smashing the Davidson Wildcats,
62-33, at the Davidson pool.
Jack Thompson's USC aquamen
won nine of the 11 events in com
pletely dominating the dual meet.
Coach Thompson singled out
several of his team for individual
mention, particularly Jeff Kincaid.
Kincaid, the team captain, won
both the 200- and 500-yard free
style events.
"Jeff did a real fine job," said
Thompson. "le was not really
pushed but swam exceptionally well,
especially in the 500-yard event.
"Bill Muller swam very well.
He was just shy of the school rec
ord in the individual medley and
placed second to Kincaid in the
500-yard free style event.
"Chic Langnehs looked very
good in the diving," continued
Thompson. "He bested both Da
vidson divers by 100 points."
The Gamecocks, in addition to
the newest T.
comes fror
called
-tempo all the way. With a 400-c
lead. Heavy-duty front and re;
ustically tuned twin pipes to r
a to keep the w~hole score on trac
av. It's your kind of music! LC
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4ction Car.'is ie--- eeso
ourth
)oinit-getter, with 22. But he had
ilenty of help. Powell, Vacca,
ewellen, and Martin combined for
'I points and Jim Prather added
!ight more. Gary Black was a one
nan show for King's with 30
oints.
The Biddies, now 4-4, took on
he Furman freshmen (whom they
lefeated earlier, 93-92) Wednes
lay night after press time and
-un into Clemson's Yearlings at
'31emson tomorrow night.
GROSSO BACK
Coach Freeman expressed con
'idence that Grosso, the 6-8 super
itar, would be available for duty
7or the Furman game. Grosso seri
)usly cut his wrist following the
106-74 romp past North Green
iille Junior College on Dec. 6, and
ias seen no action since then. At
;he time of his injury, the big
.ew Jersey boy was averaging
3etter than 20 points and 25 re
>ounds a game.
s Now 2-1
93 Win
hoth of the longer freestyle events,
the individual medley and the div
ing, won the 400-yard medley relay
n 4:02.8, John Pittington captured
he 200-yard butterfly, Dick Machata
won the 100-yard freestyle, and
;arnett French splashed home first
in the 200-yard backstroke. French
Ind Muller teamed with Paul Knapp
ind Darryl Pettus to take the 400
vard medley relay.
The Carolina mermen, with only
a loss to North Carolina's power
rul Tar Heels marring the slate,
return to action tomorrow after
noon in the USC pool with a
iouble dual meet against Georgia
rech and Emory.
Says Coach Thompson, "Both
ire right now an unknown quan
lity to us. We beat Emory last
year but lost to Tech pretty badly.
rhis year, we should rate at least
even against both of them."
This afternoon, Carolina's impres
ove freshman contingent, 1-1 on the
year (a loss to UNC) meet Georgia
it Athens in what Thompson feel6
will be a "snortin' good meet.
Georgia has a fine team."
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By MERIU
Carolina athletes are forced to
play a dual role. They have to be
an average student and a hero
at the same time.
They are supposed to be an
average student which is impossi
ble under any circumstances. Con
trary to popular belief, it is hard
b e i n g the guy who made the
basket that won the game or the
one that made the all-important
touchdown pass.
Every student on campus knows
the athlete's name and face and
the student secretly believes that
this guy knows him. When Harry
Hero fails to smile he is conceited.
We are always ready to say "good
game" after a winning one and
know what they did wrong when
they lose.
When Harry sits in front of us
in class, we know he really thinks
we are swell even if we wait for
him to speak first and get mad
when he doesn't.
Harry makes a good grade in a
course and the professor is partial
because he is an athlete. Athletes,
supposedly, are dumb and good
grades simply mean they had the
"skinny."
They have to make higher on
the entrance examination to get
into c o ll e g e and they have to
maintain a certain average to play
ball. They also have to spend a lot
From The Sid(
(Continued fr
Now. at game's end, Pinky re
ported "one in every seven." And
this, for you brave readers who
are still with us, is how we arrived
at our careful statistic.
But, oh, yes, the plan. Since the
fairer sex therefore numbers ap
proximately 350 strong-or weak
as the case may be-at Carolina
games, we estimate that some one
in 25 actually knows what is go
ing on out on the court. For the
most part, we figure, they are
occupied to and fro the little girls'
room and the coke counters, tak
ing into account of who is dating
whom, and who is wearing what,
or everything but who is guarding
arry
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of their studying time on the
practice field and court.
Harry Hero also belongs to the
public. The university claims him
and so does every boy (and some
times girls) from six years old
up. They have their one hero who
is theirs alone. ie may play bas
ketball, baseball and the all-im
portant football players. At the
basketball game, you can see the
kids run to get the autograph of
their superman. J. R. Wilburn
signs his name at least ten times
at each game. He is proud to be
their hero but it takes hard work.
B e n n y Galloway expresses it
this way, "To be a good athlete
you have to be dedicated to the
sport. It takes more than just lov
ing the sport. You have to live it!
I have to think about football all
year round. Off season, I usually
do a lot of running, swimming,
playing basketball with some of
the guys, and I also set monu
ments to stay in condition. It's a
lot easier to stay in condition than
to get back into condition."
How do the athletes react to all
their fame and glory? They just
smile and use their sense of humor
which is v,ery necessary in being
an athlete. Al Sal expressed it so
exactly with "I'd like to be liked
by everybody, because when peo
ple like me I usually like them. I'd
like to like everybody."
Maybe the advice given above
could help us non-athletes.
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whom.
Now I ask you, wouldn't these
lovely lasses describe a double
screen as a houseold luxury, or a
sagging three-two as a worn-out
maidenforni, or palming as fortu
nate guessing, or a high post as
a drunk sentry, or goal-tnding as
a hide 'n seek technique, or three
seconds in the pivot as the key to
the Frug?
Our point is this: couldn't we
reapportion our s:-ating in order to
give 350 more real fans the right
to ho,ller for the Gamecocks. And
wouldn't the added male voices
make the already deafening roar
all the more nerve-racking for op
ponents?
We apologize to tho6e few loyal
female followers who would suffer
by our reapport.ionment plan.
Ladies, we submit, could be ad
mitted at game time if there were
seats available. and if none of the
male population were clamoring
for admittance.
Please try to see that we have
he good of the school at heart.
. . Well, something has to be
done since we started winning be
fore the new~ coliseum w as built.
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