Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GamecocIl Is Best Sil The 16-7 record posted by Coach Frank McGuire's Gamecocks this year was Carolina's best basketball mark since 1945 when the Johnny McMillan - coached USC team was 19-3. There h a v e been only eight t winning seasons in the past 22 years, and this ye a r 's record was the first winner since the 1'5-12 mark under Bob Stev ens in 1962. LOVELACE The 16 w i n s were the most since All-American Grady Wallace led USC to a 17-12 record and the finals of the ACC Tournament. Skip Harlicka finished with 385 points for a 16.7 average to lead the Gamecocks in scoring. Gary Gregor scored 300 points for a 13.0 average; Frank Standard had 255 1'r 12.1, and Jack Thompson had 268 for 11.7. Standard missed two games with a sprained ankle. Al Salvadori wound up with 189 points for an 8.6 average. Salva dori, one of four gr a d u at i n g seniors, scored 773 points during his three-year varsity career for an 11.2 average. Come One Come All To The GAMECOCK STAFF MEETING Every Friday At 1 P.M. h.i.s. give a kick inth COMPTON'S DEP TRIANGI West Colun .i.s. gives akickin with bold new colors Get the best of two worlds. The authent uninhibited took of new hues. 65% Da< at uninhibited stores. Pres-Free Ls' Record ice 1945 Lyn Burkholder, the big senior who became a starter m i d w a y through the season, had 91 points this year and 180 for his career. Earl Lovelace scored 273 points in three seasons and Bob Gorgrant had 52 in two. Gregor led the ACC in rebound ing with 305 for a 13.3 average and Standard was third with 11.3. The Gamecocks were the best de fensive team in the league, .allow ing opponents an average of 64.6 points per game. They r a n k e d among the top 20 in the nation in defense and were among the top five in rebounding percentage. USC recovered 1,081 rebounds to the opponents' 827, a recovery average of .567. Offensively, the Gamecocks aver aged 73.1 points per game. They shot .464 from the floor to the oppositions' .410, but were a poor foul-shooting team with an aver age of .660 to the opposition .711. Dietzel: I Competet By Ix)N lIUl:r Staff Writer W h e n Athletic Director - Coach Paul F. Dietzel arrived at Carolina to join Frank McGuire, everyone expected the Gamecocks to enter a virtual Golden Age of bowl genies and tournament bids. But there have been problems. Dietzel and his staff did not have a full spring practice to prepare for the Gamecocks' tough s c h e d u I e. Troubles were compounded when bas ketball season opened with the Mike Grosso situation, cancellation of the s tradition e pants at ARTMENT STORE LE CITY ibia, S. C. tradition the pants featuring Dacron.' ic comfort of Post-Grad styling. The :ron*polyester, 35% Avrilrayon. $8 Post-Grad Slacks by hLs I 7v_ J Gamecock Senior Lyn Burkhol In Big Win Over rank Anti I As Chai Duke games and the NCAA proba tion. According to Dietzel, "Carolina's athletic fortunes seemed to reach their low point on Jan. 7 when we lost to arch - rival Clemson, but worse yet, our school was disgraced by the poor sportsmanship of a few of our fans while in view of the entire state. "But since that black Saturday, our team and fans have more than redeemed themselves. Since then, visiting teams have commended the hospitable receptions they've re ceived here," he noted, "and all the hoopla concerning probation, game canccllations a n d eligibility is over." When Ca r o l i n a does reach its Golden Age, Dietzel believes that the one spark that set it on is way was layt Friday's basketball game with' Dike. "Through the bad times, every WESTERN Men's or La MOEI Corner Lady c One drive in an SS 39E self committed to a nev scene. Chevrolet took horsepower V8 and tea 3-speed full-synch trans sleek Fisher Body . . . Size departure from wi you. Try it now dui d It Gamecock photo by Crewe decr Goes Up For Two Points a North Carolina( i Players !fpions <>ne associated wvith Carolina ath-t letics kept his composure," he oh served, "and then last Friday the:( University redeemed itself beauti-r fully. Despite the pressure Coachc M cG ui re .and our aithletes con-,r ductedl themselves 'as true cham pions." "Of course we all expect a distinct improvementz for the '67 football 1 wcason," Dietzei predicted, "but therec sre problems. We've lost f i f I e e n players from last fall's team, severalt af whom are valuable linemen -I nid uf course, Bobby Bry ant and I Stan Juk. We won't have a bumper erop of f r e s h m e n contributinig h.eavily to this year's varsity either. t "We came here to accept the challenge of trying to bring a foot ball and athletic program to the top after it's had a long history oft mediocrity and near misses," Diet-I zel recalled. "The University cer tainly has the potentiaL." | BOOTS dies' LEVIS, EVY'S nd Assembly $63 Suddenly, you'r and you'll find your way of changing the its spirited new 325 med it with a special hmission, put it all in a amd ther it is: Quick- r datever's been boring on ring Chevy's BonanC Austral [las 'Hi By JAY BENDER Staff Writer The man to watch in USC track uring the coming years may well e Tony Callander. le is a freshman high jumper with a great deal of ability and in he next four years he should score zany points for the Gamecocks. Callander comes to USC from he Sandringham Track Club of lelbourne, Australia. He was born a Warrnambool, Victor i a, 160 iiles southwest of Melbourne. A ear later his parents moved to rarram where they still reside eith his two sisters. After completing high s c h o o l allander moved to Melbourne at he urging of his track club. Dur ng the next three years he worked .s a clerk for the Melbourne City 'ouncil before leaving for South arolina. As a high jumper, Callander has een very successful. He is the urrent holder of the British Com rionwealth Sub - J u n i o r (17 and nder) high jump record of 6'1/". The mark was set in 1963 while he was in high school. Last year Callander was eligible o compete as an alternate on the kustralian National Team for the ,ommonwealth Games held in Ja naica. Unfortunately, a b u d g e t ut forced a reduction in team size mnd he did not make the trip. The athletic system is organized n a slightly different manner in Australia as there are fewer col egos and less emphasis is placed n college athletics. In high school there is just one rack meet per year in each con-i erence. The winners of the con erence meets go to the State High chool Championship Meet. The top thletes in the State Meet qualify o compete in the State All-School feet which includes contestants rom both public and private' chools. Dual meets such as are held in his country are mostly at the club evel in Australia. A National [eam is selected from the out tanding athletes in the country to oopresont Australia in the Com nonwealth Games, the Olympics mnd in meets against other national eams in the off-years. As mentioned earlier, Callander was a member of the Sandringham rack Club, one of the outstanding lubs in Australia. Presently there .re Sandringham team members ompeting at Texas W e s t e r n, 'lichigan, Houston and Texas be ides Callander. Several schools, including South rn Illinois, Michigan State andl Sport Coupe-comei 96 e elsewhere There's a 350-horsepov frthat extra kick and, cver, the Turbo Hydra advanced transmission offered. Shift it yourself, forget it. SS396. Wastes very lit Twhere you'd rather be. m Sale at your Chevi ia s CaL gli' Am. T e x a s Western, offered scholar ships to Callander before he settled on USC. His choice of USC is in part due to former trackman Bob (;rombie and swimmer Alex Alex ander, both Australians. "I had a contact with Bob and wrote him while he was here," said Callander. "Alex was here and I thought it would be good to have another Australian in school." Callander's performances a r e (nsistant to say the least. Of his record last year, he said "I jumped W'-6" thirteen times and n e v e r lower than 6'-4" in a meet." While here he hopes to better his personal mark of 6'-7", set in a meet in 1965. "I haven't been very fit since high school," he said "as I had to drive for half an hour to -aA~ Chi Psi Gary Maurer Passes ( In Mondav's V ATO Whips PiKA Upset (Continued from Page 8) Elsewhere in League I action, ATO defeated KE, 66-31, and SPE lost to KA, 7.1-59. In this game Don Kinsey scored 36 to lead KA and Wendell Gatch lead SPE with 25. L.eague II has Chi Psi leading with a 3-0 record after defeating SA E. 5.3-43I. David Carr and Gary in convertible version, too. ier version available as you'll quickly dis -Matic is the most Chevrolet has ever or put it on "D" and tie time getting you rolet dealer's lander bitions reach the track after work. By then you don't feel like training hard. The system here is very con ducive to hard training," he added. Since his arrival in Febraury, Callander's training program has been progressing rapidly. He won the Freshman Division High Jump at the ACC Indoor Games with a jump of 6'-5" in the Chapel Hill meet last month. Of the feat he said, "I was quite pleased to be coming into form this early in the season. You can't beat the set-up here." The Business School was Gal lander's choice of curriculum, but he is not sure where the degree will lead. "I'll probably go back home after school, but I don't know," he said. V Gamecock photo by Cox )ff To Teammate Da- id Carr 'in Over SAE. Kappa Sig, s Phi Kaps Maurer had 1~ and Ii, points in a winning eau -e as liobby). Temple scored ten for SA E. SN maintained its ,tcond - place standing with a squeaker win over I,amnbda (Chi Alpha. 40-38. PiKA gained a second place tie with a 45-43 wi over Phi Kappa Sigma. IHdh He'ald' two free t h r o w s with 15 seeomds remaining yielded the margin of victory. He&ald scored 18 points for the winne.rs. Donnie Me*yers scored 20 and T o m m y Player added 12 in a losing cause. Ieading scorers in the fraternity' leagues are Ron Rhoades Pi Kappa Phi -~ 31.0; Phi Kap's Meyers -- 25.0; Wendell Gatch of SPE -- 21.5. All games scheduled for March 23 will be played at a late dlate. MAKE PAY WHILE THlE SUN SINES on al sonner job withi We have musele-building, bankroll building jobs for college men in factories, warehouses, stores . .. in doors and outdoors. And the rates were never better. 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