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MORDECAI PERSKY, Sports Editor Norma Bergman Rudy Thigpen Ralph Gregory Bob Wallace Bob Kederick Gants Chiche#a... WITH MORDECAI PERSKY Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. -Charles Dickens From Great Expectations, Chapter 19 A Tragedy in Four Quarters There were no drowning casualties among Carolina stu dents returning from Charleston last weekend, but it was only because, even in the depths of despair, they had the foresight to roll down their automobile windows in order that their tears might flow out with expedience. And even so, rumor from down Battery way has it that a tidal wave of immense proportions descended on the city about a half hour after the game was over, and that the wave seemed to come from, of all directions, inland. It took a lot of time for the full impact of the Citadel loss to get home to the Birds' bloodthirsty following that was forced to leave, thirst still unquenched. The first time The Citadel scored, there was only a forlorn conjecture as to whether or not Carolina would lead at the quarter. The sec ond time, emotions were loosened a bit more, and there were mumbled assurances that this would so arouse the Game cocks that, if need be, they would pound from goal to goal in the second half with the combined speed of half a hundred students leaving their teacherless classroom at ten minutes after the hour. No complaints, mind you, but when it comes to making effective half-time speeches to a bunch of bewildered fa vorites who find themselves in the rear at the two-quarter mark, we are not yet ready to nickname Mr. Enright "Knute." The Birds ran spiritedly back upon the field, em barrassedly scored a touchdown after quite a tussle, and then seemed to call a halt to their activities, in toto. When The Citadel scored its last six-pointer in the last quarter on a "sleeper" pass, the onlookers on the Garnet and Black side of the field looked very tired and laughed an unfunny laugh. They knew their boys had been liclsed by a gang that was scheduled to lose by 40 points. They had come to see what had been scheduled, and they stuck around two hours to see it, but it never came off. In any other form of entertainment they could have turned in their tickets for refunds, but now all they could do was trudge wearily home.. Home to leers from the lair of the Clemson man, and home to those painful good-natured shouts of, "Don't you go to Carolina?" and, "What happened to the Gamecocks?" both drawled forth in the most sarcastic, spine-grating tones the interrggator can muster. "War," said General Sherman, "is hell"- nd people remember that quotation after a century's lapse. Losing to The Citadel, we say, is double hell and a half, and we hope the Gamecocks don't forget that before next time around, because we're also gonna say, Wait till next year, and then we're going to sit around and really sweat it out. Alive and Kicking At the risk of being branded Carolina partisans and Pen land consorts, we are going to express our displeasure at the frustration which confronted the Bird cheering section. It is a short story: directly adjoining that cheering section are the stands containing The Citadel cadets-every last military one of 'em. As a general rule, they have anywhere from very little to nothing to cheer about, and very few to no occupants of the visitors' stands, so there is little conflict. But last Saturday they grew quite vehement and towardl the game's close they were getting in quite' a number of cap tosses, a la Army. The effect on the visitors, who were already affected no little by the pretty pass which theepro ceedings had come to, was unnerving to say the least. Every other student body we knowv of sits to itself on its own side, and wvhen it has something to get gay about it gets gay without bothering anybody. Why not The Citadel? Up through this late stage of the season, The Citadel has not gone into an intercollegiate tilt as the favorite, whereas the Gamecocks had been favored in three previous games and were heavily favored in this one. After the Bulldogs scored their first touchdown, the Birds played under terrific pressure, while the only pressure Citadel is ever called on to endlure can be measured with a barometer. If Carolina had won 19-7, it would have still been a moral victory for the cadets. As she stood the implications were, and still are, terrifying. There just ain't no justice! There Certainly Isn't And while we're being original, tomorrow our two pla toons will clash with the North Carolina Tar Heels from Chapel Hill, and there ain't no Justice there, either. Although any optimism at this point may seem out of place, North Carolina had a very trying afternoon here a year ago, even when there was Justice, so Coach Carl Snavely may do well not to dwell on last week's results. There is something about the Enrightmen that is repelling to single-wing outfits, and Mr. Snavely remembers a part of that something as a rough~ and ready young Ohio gentleman named Harry Jabbusch. Harry will be back tomorrow with a gang of angry oni-the bounce colleagues. Let us then look to the future and forget about the past as best we can, even if it ain't easy. Pep Rally The Pep Club announces its pre-game rally at 6:30 o'clocx tonight. Remember that the guys who got out there and actually did the losing are no happier about it than those who watched them. Let's go out there and give them a vote of confidence, for they have been great before, and it's down right un-Carolinian to desert them when they're down. "Tears, Idle tears, I know not what they mean." -Alfred Lord Tennyaon Looking Ah4 And Co. To Coach Frank Johnson took in ventory of his basketball birds as they went into their third week of practice this Monday and found that, if anything, his stock was going up. The frame around which this year's edifice of talent is being built, otherwise known as Jimmy Slaughter, has served no tice to Gamecock opponents. lie hasn't lost a bit of his scoring technique and he has more help in sight than was his last season. During last year's campaign, when USC finished fourth in con ference standings, Slaughter had the concentrated attentions of most of the opposing defenses, who let the other Gamecocks "fire at will." However, this season along with sharp-shooting guard Don Cox, who scored 232 points his sophomore year, Carolina has an influx of junior college and rising soph talent that will add to the scoring punch. Besides the Indiana hot-shots guard George Clauson from South Bend and Johnny Peterson, for ward from Elkhart, the Birds have been bolstered by guard Mickey Best and forward Dwane Morrison, two sharpshooters who led the Campbellville, Ky., Teachers into the national junior college tourna ment, plus Walter Quinn, a na tive of Inman, S. C., who starred for Georgia Military College last season. These boys, along with Green ville's Randy Coleman, forward, who will be ineligible until next semester begins, show signs of forming the best Gamecock quintet since the days of the celebrated Tompkins brothers, who led the school to the Eastern champion ship in the early 1930's. Reserve strength will be on the upgrade this season, too, with sophs W, A. Skelton, Bill Logoth etis, Jack Mahaffey and Henry ChuiLress ai, LU'wuiU, BU XUIIle' backing-up Slaughter at center, Biddies Seek Reve; Night Set-To Agair At Orangeburg Fa By RALPH GREGORY Revenge was the hopeful cry of the Biddies as they went forth to do battle with The Citadel Bull pups last night. It was a case of the little brother taking up lost honor when they took the field at Orangeburg in an effort to avenge the varsity's loss and at the same time their own of last year. Eight native South Carolinians were in the starting lineup for Coach Frank Johnsoni's Baby Birds. On the strength of their present record and the great offensive p)unch, the Biddies were favorites by several touchdowvns. Quarter back .Johnny Gramling and left end Warren Clark, playing before a home town crowdl, served as cap tains for the Biddies, who were de termined to prevent an upset such as occurred last year. Other natives in the starting eleven were Billy Evans, a guard from Darlington, center Robert Brunson from Sumter, Clyde Ben nett, an end from St. Matthews, and backs Jeepers Jeffeoat of Co lumbia, Jimmy Cox of Camden, and Bobby Drawdy of Summer ville. Rounding out the starters are tackle Bobby Doan of Atlanta, Ga., Steve Herezeg, guard from South Bend, Ind., andl tackle D)ick Kohlhagen from Rockford, Ill. Coach Frank Johnson's likely choices of substitutes from his tal ented bench included backs Gene Wilson of Fayetteville, N. C., Bob Korn of Wheeling, W. Va., and defensive ace Don Songer of Mel vindale, Mich. The Biddies one remaining game is on November 23 at Winston Salem, N. C., wvhere they take oni the Wake Forest Freshmen. With tkis .wealta of material ready to enter varsity competition the students and backers of the CO6BURN Tihe Buisinuess Mecn Choice at A ATISFIED 1317 Sumit MS..ree ad: Jim Be Better Reynolds Tops Mr. TD Contest Although he failed to score against Citadel, Stout Steve Wad ink still has an outside chance to become "Mr. Touchdown, U. S. A." This title, going to the nation's leading inlividual touchdown pro ducer, could bring Steve a deluxe model RCA television set as well as a great deal of honor and pub licity. The contest is being spon sored by RCA Victor in advertis ing their latest record release by Hugo Winterhalter, "Mr. Touch dow,n, U. S. A." Wadiak has six touchdowns up to the pitesent time while Bob Reynolds of Nebraska leads the nation with 15. The top 20 scoring leaders of the 119 major colleges through November 5 are listed below. Bob Reynolds, Nebraska; Eddie Talboom, W y o m i n g; Wilford White, Arizona State (Tempe); John Bright, I)rake; Bob Smith, Texas A & M; Merwin Hodel, Col orado; John Turco, Holy Cross; Everett C r a n d e l i u s, Michigan State. Also Ollie Matson, San Fran cisco; Al Pollard, Army; Wade Stinson, Kansas; Pete Schabarum, California; Frank Smith, Miami (Fla.); Byron Townsend, Texas; Kyle Rote, Southern Methodist University; Bucky Curtis, Vander bilt; .Jim Garrett, Utah State. Many players tied for 48 points each. 200,000 SEE TAR IIEELS PLAY Chapel Hill, N. C., Nov. 17-A total of 211,930 people have paid their way to see North Carolina's Tar heels perform this season. an1d Spec C i ner aniid .John L.ai torre at guards. ge i Thusday = 111 Jl nul i ua J tst Bullpups irgrounds Gamecocks can have some assur ance when the' raise the time honored cry, "Vait 'til next year." BOB-SING ALONG THE AIRWAVES WITH BOB: Judy G.arland! You're a sight for oe eyes! BING,: Well, I'mn here' too. BOB: I kniow, you gave moe thet soreQ flING: You're the' one on tilevi ion.. giving everygone erraotic orbs. BOB:) Don' lie bit ter. noh t imert'. Y iu'll get into that niew~ medium yet. Tlhey 're waiting for the wide scee'n. The you'll madke it. * * * BOB: I'm, ('hesterifield's fi -hiredj,i &oaire'd; G;od|reyi is red-ha iredi; then there',s fling. * * * BlING: < to Boh) H ave you taken a good look att yourself lately ? It's get tigfatter than you think. * * * BOB1: ( to fling oni a bit of floipe. tart ing ) I Ithouighit I did thait very teell. .llili have gotten Os'cars for less.. I)idln't yiou? * * * BING: (to Bob') I have always been of the opinion that you were never eqluiplpeid for any radio work moire dlemning than choppiing liver oni the Chicago Round Table. * * * BOB: Piooitlill season. Thaot's a spjoits termn meanfing,. "I can't make a touch do ien, 'oaichI. .Iljy driaft bioard's taaiting int the endi :ne." Enjoy h and ling on radio: Blob every Tu'esdauy ntight on N BC and Hing e'vers Wedneosday night on ('1S. \'S GRIL L A1l Times USTOMR Next To Fire eStau.. A "Jeepers" Jeffcoat is the man who has the countryside astir with dreams of the future. This star Iliddie scatback runs in a manner that reminds observers of Justice in the pink. A native Columbian, he starred for Olympia High. chesterfield Contest Last week nobody even picked a winner, much less a reasonable facsimile of the score, so according. to the rules of the game, we can't give away our (arton of Chester fields. It will go, this week, however, to the man whose USC-UNC score, written on the back of a Chester field wrapper, is nearest to right. The scores should arrive in the I Saturday morning mail in time for official inspection before game time. Address all entries to Game cock Sports, Box 79, Campus Mail. Be suPe to include your own box number so that you can get your reward without delay. WI ITHI PHILIP any other I to sug HUNDREDS OF SMOKERS, who report in signec I PHILIP MORRIS LESS IRRlTATIN4 1. .. LIght.up a P Just take a puff-DON s-I-o-w-I-y let the samok your nose. Easy, isn't Other brands mer to cornparu, to jaa Try this simp1d 1 PHIU.P MORRIS is, NOC( HA means MO SFORI NC, Too,] Men For I Chapel Hill, N. C.-Competition is still keen on the University of North Carolina football squad for the big berths left vacant by the departure of All-Americans Char lie Justice and Art Weiner. Neither the tailback nor left end slots, in which the talented above mentioned operatives provided the team's big punch last season, have been definitely filled. 1)ick Bunting, who was so sharp aga*inst Notre Dame last fall, is heir apparent to the Justice job, but Bud Wallace, a big and fast sophomore has also been cast in the role and has looked impressive. Wallace, all along regarded as one of the "Golden Boy" sopho mores on the squad, was used in L'arlier practices at blocking back. Coach Carl Snavely, seeking to speed up a backfield that has been too sluggish, shifted Wallace to add both swiftness and power to the attack. Bunting, one of the squad's best hustlers and most earnest workmen, is always sure of a spot with the lefensive com bination. Wallace, who lives at Kinston, weighs 195 pounds and is both fast and strong. North Carolina has not had a tailback of his stripe in a long time. The great .Justice was light and most of North Caro lina's ball carriers have been small men. Ernie Liberati, another sopho more, earlier served notice as a challenger for the job and is still scrapping hard for it. Both Bunt ing and Wallace, however, are ahead of him at this writing. In cidentally, Wallace is down for a defensive post if he is used spar ingly on offense. C. C. White, a rangy 190 pounder from Victoria, Va., who DA U .MJ MORRIS ci leading bran gest this test THOUSANDS OF tried this test, I statements that IS DEFINITELY 3, DEFINITELY M~iLDERI HIILIP MORRIS 1.. Light u 'T INHALE-and 1Do exactly if . come, through I INHALE. Notice It? And NOW... Quite a differ. ely make claima-but Piua I go*, to!! ddd.0 ori yoref. est. We believe that you, to, indeed, America's FINEST C |IGAR NGOI RElSMN Page Seven as Plenty kackfield was ineligible last year, at present is number one at offensive left end. It is still not known what he can do under fire, but he has been looking able as a pass catcher and is one of the squad's fastest run ners. Benny Walser, lighter at 175 but agile and a good competitor, has been alternating with White. His blocking has been better in most workouts and he is listed as a strong contender. Bill O'Brien and Bill Ellington, the latter a sophomore, are others working hard to look a little like the great Weiner. Tom Higgins apparently has the starting offensive right end job nailed down. He is a handsome sophomore prospect, 6-2 and 207 pounds, from Newark, N. .1., Weiner's home town. Steve Is Still In Thick Of SC Scoring Race Steve Wadiak, although he gained 96 yards in 17 carries in the Citadel game, or nearly 75 per cent of his team's total rushing yardage, failed to chalk up a tally, and remained at a standstill in the scoring column. While Steve was motionless, Fred Cone scored two touchdowns and an extra point, and Ed Jasonek scored one touchdown. As a result these two hold down the first two positions in the state race, while Wadiak is tied with .Jackie Calvert of Clem son and Bob McLellan of Wofford with 36 total points scored, all on touchdowns. RE ILL! iallenges s your present brdd * same thing-DOV4 that bIt., that sting? nc. from PHIup MOItIuSI Igarette! ETTE FIR IORRIS