Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V 12S Gamecock Photo by Galloway Final Burst Duke's Ed Sternberg Crosses Finish Line Ahead Of Bob Taylor To Win Mile Run Gai.'. S P0 R T S SPORTSCOPE By DONALD CALGIIAN Sports Editor Now that the Carolina sports year is almost completed, we would like to take time out to recognize certain members of the USC athletic community by presenting them with the first annual Gamecock Dubious Achievement Awards: - The Simon Legare Memorial Whip Award is presented to the football coaching staff. - To the Carolina football team goes the IPTAY "Tiger Rag" Award. - Recipients of the James H1. Weaver Friendship Trophy are Eddie Cameron and Frank McGuire. --The Lou Groza Golden Toe Award is given to Martin Becker. - The Come-Through-In-The-Clutch Award goes to the USC baseball team. - To Jack Thompson goes the Cassius Clay Humility Award. Former Gamecock star split end ,J. RI. Wilburn is being counted on as a starter at flanker for the Pittsburgh Steelers this fall. Wilburn, who played behind Gary Ballman last season, moved up to the top spot when Ballman was traded to Philadelphia during the winter. Chicago Cub shortstop D)on K(essinger and Bubba Smith, Michigan State's monstrous defensive end, are both report edly considering careers in pro basketball. Smith, the number one draft choice of the Baltimore Colts, was also picked recently in the NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets. "I'm going to talk to the bullets and try to work something out," says Smith, who indicates that football is his main interest. "There may be too much overlap of the football and basketball seasons and I wouldn't want to get behind in either." lie played no college basketball, but the 6-8, 280-pounder averaged 27 points per game (luring his high school (lays at Beaumont, Texas. His high school coach, noting that there is some talk of Smith participating in the Bullets' sp)ring camp, said if Baltimore were looking for a strong rebounder, "you couldn't find a better man in the country." Kessinger has admitted being offered a contract to play for the New Orleans Buccaneers in the new American Bas ketball Association. "I've not decidled what to (10," noted Kessinger. I don't want to (10 anything to hurt my career and I'm afraid this is what would happen if I triedl both sports." Dallas fullback D)on Perkins, who announced his re tirement from the game after last season, has recon sidered and signed a two-year contract with the ('ow boys. Hie had planned to devote all his time to his new state job as director of the New Mexico D)epartment of Courtesy andl Information, but changed his mind after what he termed a substantial increase over the $25,000 he was paid last year. Perkins' job with New Mexico pays $11,000 per year. * * * Georgia All-America tackle George Patton, who was drafted by Atlanta as a linebacker or (defensive end, has begun a four-month Army tour of dluty at Fort .Jackson and will not be available to the Falcons before Sept. 1. Since Patton will miss much of the Falcons' pre season drills, it is expected that he will be placed on the taxi squad for the 1967 season. Atlanta coach Norb Hlecker had instructedl Patton to gain from 218 (his Georgia playing weight) to 2410 or 245, but he had grotten only to 225 when he left for the Army. Track In Co Clay May Be Key To Victory By TONY SMITH Asst. Sports Editor Clay may be the key to the USC tennis team leaving Durham, N. C. tomorrowv afternoon with the At lantic Coast Conference tennis title The conference tournament Iw gan yesterday on Duke I niver sity's "hardti-true" surface cottt'is ai some of (Carolina's nelters feel the clay mixture surface may he a factor in their favor in the tour nev. Before leaving early W'ednesdaq morning, U SC's Bobby Hleald ex !)lained that the team had spen M o n d a y and Tuesday afternoor practicing on the courts out at th Forest Lake Country Club to ge acquainted with the "slower" sur ace. Ilea;d, the No. 1 singles playe or ('.tolina, added that the tean was leaving early so they could ge i a 1ew hours practice on Duke ourts Wednesday afternoon. Ii xplained that the clay surface ha a tendency to slow the ball enougl to give the player more time to ge into .osition for his type of returr Jay SchloNser, the No. 2 net man for I S , said the clay surface enables the player to "slide into the hall where a pla.er would have to run all the way to it" on regu lar hard-surface c o u r I s such as t'5:'! Maxey Gregg Courts. M o s t of the Carolina player have at one time or another sai they prefer the clay surface court! usually because they played on th. type before coming to Carolina. llowever, Ned Burke, who wa to start in the No. t( singles pos tion for USC in the tournamen doesn't share the same view as th majority of the players Burke sai the surface tends to "neutralize th effect of my serve." lie normall depends on a quick return to pic up his points, but the slow surfac neutralizes that advantage. Hut there is unautnimity iamonig the platyers when it come's to the quest ion of which teaum will he the one11 to b, e a t for the conferene crown. All rate' the University of w,ith Clemtsoni anud i:SC aLso vinlg for the title. Schlosser saidl, "The clay court have got to be some help, but defintitely feel we will finish amoni the top three. If we all play well we might win it." Defen siv In Game Hv D)ON lII'l,T Staff Writer Last Saturday the G a nm e e o ec football team held its eleventi p ractict' s e s s i o ni - a game-typ sc rimtmage at ('arolina Statdi umi before mtembers of the statewid G;atcock Club. After thte practice, (Coach Paul Dietzel seemed~t to 1w qjuite pleased with the progress of thet teamh, e.specially thet defenusive sqtutd. Hie dubbed thte de'fense' "'piranhatus" sittce they are small, fatst and vouraciouts. From the outset of the scrin maige it was applarentt that the (Ie fense is a hit aheadl of the offens, in preparing for the fall camplaign Tackles D)on Somnma antd Joe Ka nmoroski anud linebiacker Tim IBici stootd ott. Perhaps thet mn t) t e'ye-opentini performncue wasit t u r n e tI ini b; secotnd teamt det'fens ive endu Dait< Lucas, (at t;-5, 200-pound retdshir from Bishopville ) who twice th re' offensive backs for big losses ani knocked down two passes. The dlefentsive bt a c kt f i' e 41 of Orr-el and Paut # attson also tturnted in gewul jwrformnattces. TIhe defense seemedi to domitinat until the "basebatll cont ingent" a' rived. First, Toy McCord, out fo his first tim itn padIltts this spr i ng looketd good at tquaurterback . M ik Fai, nathe basnball nplaye the STenn nferen Gamecock Relief Ace I Ovf t Basebal Against Ity JOHN DAVID S'ADE Slaff Writer .J ackie Powers' Gamecocks came ,ack to friendly Rex Enright Field Friday and Saturday to roll to d - t 0 - Jay Schlosse e Unit Sti cock Grid took over the quariterbhacking dut ies for the first team. Fair combined the receiving of " Fred Ziegler an d Btc h R e e v e e with the running of Warren Mluir o mao his team down the field. e O )ierall, the. defensiim se uni will be nemuch quiecker thanm Iiast full, r e -iS -eev Quarerb i r cc Ch] isi c,e Ch Ii5 I' i'rs One Irnntie Evanrt lturls One To Duk -r The Ilue I)e%ilw aIst .aturil lers En Georgia hack-to-back ACC wins over Wake Forest anid D)uke. 'arolina had dropped thrne of ts previous four games on the road before returning for their final Ga eok hto ib Galo y u r. amsmecc phindere by jrilloa Thes Outl O fie l n Harhuus ison iSerame-T Ins CO: 0 imp ioi Gamecock photo by Galloway e Ittter In [(C's Win Iv SYear T eam i lme Stand again_t colferene foe. 'e dltesday'S gam again:t T - ('it :ldel in ('harle -ton \wa ;te ;a :iwv gane fur them. (emirgia Nouthern cmnes to 1e-x :enrig;ht t(Na% for a tweo-iay-, two gamr"e stand argaint the" (,arne cork.. (.arulina ha' to%t onhI two of 18 ga.e at hene. ('oach 'owers' nine put together a sIx run seventh inning againt Wake which saw nine Ganecocks go to the plate. Four hits, a walk and then hack-to-back do uble by I tan Scarpa and Billy (arh gave Carolina the big inning. Starter Billy Reitmeier had al 1>wed only two Deacon runs going into the eighth when Wake Forest put a scare into Carolina. Wake Forest's first h a s e m a n Steve Wrenn slamned a three run homer over the right field fence to give the I)enon I)eacons hope. Two nire ir Vake" runners reached base Iwfore ldie (hester came- tin to atrike out the la.t mun to end the inning. t- allowed it harnie. run inc the itht as the Gamercck.. wonis by thwe,. 9-6. Bobbty BIryant, fresh from a two hit shut out of Virginia's Cavalier-,. pitched a t r o n g seven innings against the D)uke Blue IDevils, as three runs in the eighth lifted the G amecocks5 toC a come f rom bhmd viecoryv. Ronniie Evans relheved H ryanit in he eighth to colleet his sixth vi tory of the se'asonl w ithout a les-. Itrx ant had bceeni har ing cont r! probcilems all dayv, but double plays he!ped him ouflt of trouble in te middle i n rn i n g l.It the eighth, ahead by trne run, tht ace left handeuir walked two nen anid al l owed a rutn secorm g i ngle before ivinig way to Evans. Fcian. amlowede ai double, witich scoredc ai run, iand pcroede to be the, cunh hit oiff the u nt d e f c ac I e ci pcitcher. Thei blne lhci ii, oni cci lectd eve it aii CL. aroina cc h.ad 11. liTe Gamnecocks fiiished a 5 inc hew A(C. XQuarterback wet Away From D)efendler' Clu ir=olina SeadiU... mpete iships Terrapins Picked As Favorites H.% JAY BENDER Staff Writer The Gamecock track squad is in Durhan, N. C., this weekend for the A(( championihips. Their 5- 1 dual meet record indi cate, that they will he in the midst of the rcramile for points. Iar"land i, fa.ored to win this mieet a" the" have done 12 tirmes ini 13 trie-. North (:art lina won the title in 1955 to pre eit a Ierp "w eep. 1 N(. dor!- not ha.e the -ame enliilwr of teami now as the id thien. Mar" lanld downed themiii iii a dual meet earlier this season 129-13. Hattt's are e"xpect.d in most 'vI nt at thl top individuals are ehiIeI together in performances. For '"xamtpie. the t'p four times in the 4lt yard da-h are separated by n!%" .# second. La-t year the Gamecocks placed <end in the meet which was held at Rex Inright Athletic Center. The:r second place total of 54 was , 1 p o i n t s ahead of thir<l place INC. The I C teai had three in - Edi'. ihal chamripie n. and %on the 1 $0 and iile rela. -. lThe three in di. idrial w inner! return for the (,amececk, and the rela.. are the saie witi the exception of one '[pot on OhettO team. libl Tav or w~n the 880 and ran n the mn.le relay. lie also placed Seco nd in .he mile run and was selected a- the out standing athlete n the neet. Edd:e Snnienfld won the 440 vard r tlat vear and s(r far this era n he has suffered only one defeat. I:.chard Greene of Clet -e)n and Ron England of N C. State will offer strung c rm etit:>n f rI Sron nofe':l ir: h:. final a;pear :tnce iri the A( C leet. Art ;wart. wont the dic. llwith a throw of 1~3-1 last .ear and his ne"w ,eason's he,t of 192-1 is well alw e that miark. 'he cIhest comn petilor in the coiference is Naul ;e cha of Mar" land who has thrown 161-10'2. The toll mile relay performance in the A('(' has been turned in by .;tate with a time of 3:10 4. They ran the evenIt in the Florida Relays w hen all of their runners we.re fresh, hut they have the ability to run well ('ven after competing in~ .heir other events first. The Gamecoc''t~ks hav'e the third b'est timet behindl (lemsonf, but the Gamecocks out distanced the Tigers in a dual meet two weeks ago. The s 4: 440-'.ard relay team alwi huas the third b,e-t time in the conferencre tis yeaer with a 42.1. Manri land tops the field w4ith a 41.3. Ini last year's ameet. Maryland 11ad1 three dollAle winners. .1 ames Lee woIn the liO and 200 yard in h-s fIr the TerpIs, and he re' turn~ th, \ year as the favorite mn helIt h eventts. 1Ed Mar-ks, who tookI4 the bt r II a dI .ump1 and the triple-jump. HIe i> ret urmn g th:- y'ear anid so far he ha> the topl34 I 71 perfrnaneS in thie in ference. h'ranik ( otellol of Mar" lmd w ho444 patt ern, his. high jum p 'ti Ie after 4. nemtinu,ed on Page 10) Oameceek Ihete by Caltoway Iceea In Las a.turd..a..