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Gamecocks Seek To Snap Losing Streak In Homecoming Battle Against Virginia By JAY BENDER Asst. Sports Editor Tomorrow the road-weary Game cocks will return to Carolina Sta dium for the first time in four weeks to do battle with the Vir ginia Cavaliers. If the Gamecocks' injury prob lem can be licked the Homecoming alumni will see something new in STRAIGHT TALI From the ROUNDHOUSE . By PAUL F. DIETZEL Director of Atiletics When you fail to score, it's The loss of Toy McCord Georgia game was bad enough time we've lost a player on a turned from the movie, safety the bus and twisted his bad kn4 We started the season with secondary-McCord and Orrel game. The fellas who took the Wally Medlin and Butch Ree same as those guys who are i sides, when you move someoi always weaken yourself somei It's a matter of a chain rea Boyd was knocked out in th half. Bobby Cole, our strong and missed part of the first h half. Starting end Gene Schwart leave the game. We played the out McCord, Orrel, Boyd, and backs and our strong lineba< either-just a fact. And still: if the offieial doe the game as pass interference twelve passes for 120 yards. yards. But, they still scored 1' We lost fullback Warren T Our move of Butch Reeves to < alternate fullback Cooter Willi, Muir out, we had to go with ou Much of our attack is centerei particular abilities so we did i pointer-a very painful but r We hope to have him ready f< tell. We really committed somi our game at FSU. The biggesi had our chances. We missed < help! But, we really stopped < we had five in the game. Thi Those penalties really can cau untimely ones! It was really fortunate that The temperature in the press was over 95*-after practicir that could have really wiped wilt. We moved the ball in the any points on the board-we that we have had for the past at scoring the first three outin -zip!! Worse than that, wve Once again, our defensive I just hate to single anyone o 'When we fail to win the gain winners. Hundreds of loyal fa this really was not deserved. rapture in the eyes of those< heros that makes all of us keenly than ever before. But, that's water under th< blessed thing about Florida S Our frosh won Thursday n ing the frosh of Furman. As some real mixed emotions on to beat the fire out of a team o The Dietzels went home wit1 frosh look a little better each They really look bad in have undoubtedly set new reci motion. We seem to be center: of the time. We have to corre of the frosh week!) We feel that we'll get greal right where we'll need it ne interested in--getting help whi our frosh have a big test at freshmen on the Clemson hom< interesting game. (Understa week!) But, our varsity turns thei Homecoming encounter versus so very pleased that we are re three weeks on the road, thisi in front of our students-man Oh, our fans have really Georgia-and even at FSU; I in front of your own people. gotten into the spirit of their looks forward to playing for We're just going to close rank begin the second half of the half ended 3 to 2. We've been a second half b reason why we should not con1 bat we can count on our sun~ the "Cockpit" besides the Alcoholic t Beverage Control agents. This week's practice was marked by personnel shifts as Coach Paul Dietzel attempted to fill the gaps left by injuries. Fullback Warren Muir is re covering from a hip-pointer and should be ready by game time. His running is the key to USC's at hard to win! at defensive halfback in the , but this has to be the first bus! Friday night as we re man Wally Orrel stepped off !e-and was out for the game. two veterans in the defensive -and both missed the FSU ir place did really fine jobs ves, but it's never quite the ised to playing together. Be ie from other positions, you vhere else. ction. Our rover back Candler e game and missed the last linebacker, twisted his ankle alf and almost all the second ing was staggered and had to second half defensively with Cole. That is three of four ker. This is not an excuse s not rule the opening play of , FSU would have completed As it was, it was 13 for 170 I points. And we scored none. iluir very early in the game. lefense caused us to move our ims to right halfback, so with r third fullback I)on Dunning. I around Muir because of his miss him. Warren has a hip iot extremely serious injury. >r Virginia but only time will e serious offensive errors in one was failing to score. We ne field goal and that didn't urselves with interceptions it really kills you every time. se devastation too. Especially our team was in good shape. box was 850 and on the field ig in cool weather all week, us out. But, we really didn't game but we just couldn't get must overcome this tendency two weeks. We were excellent gs and then Georgia and FSU topped ourselves! tackles played very well but ut for plaudits when we lose. e there just must not be any .ns met us at the airport and There's something about the thildren as they look at their feel our responsibility more Sbridge. We can't do another tate (until next year). ight quite handily, 53-3, beat you understand, there were my part. It's a little strange f which your son is a member. hi mixed emotions. But, our time out in many ways. the pcnalty dlepartment. We ords in penalties for being in ing the ball a count late most ct this. (The understatement help from this frosh team-i xt year. That's what we're are we needl it. And this week i they take on the Clemson < soil. It is going to be a most t tement No. 2 of the frosh a r undivided attention to their Virginia this week. We are turning to the Cockpit. After s most pleasant. And to play but we have missed them. been excellent at D)uke anid ut, it's just not like playing t Our student body really has c -team. And our team really a them again in the Cockpit. s andl continue to march ! Wei season this week. The first k all club all year. There is no s Linue in the same vein. Hope r port. ack and he is the leading rusher n the Atlantic Coast Conference. Toy McCord is back on the ctive list after a week's absence lue to a charley horse. However, e will not see action with the lefensive unit as he has been noved to offense as a back-up iuarterback. Linebacker Bob Cole tore a liga nent in his ankle in the Florida tate game and wore a cast until Chursday. Hopefully he will be fit or duty tomorrow. Defensive safety Wally Orrel's tatus is still questionable at best. -le injured his knee stepping from t bus last weekend in Florida. Sophomore Tony F u s a r o was noved from his s e c o n d string ackle spot to the starting right -uard position on offense last tonday. He is a fine blocker who as the speed to get outside and ead the power sweeps. At 6'2" and :30 pounds he has good size for guard. Carolina's unbeaten, o n c e - tied freshman football squad will meet the Clemson frosh today in an encounter at Death Valley. Kickoff time is 3 p.m. for the game, which will be carried over many stations on the Gamecock football network. The Virginia Caval:ers come to own with a balanced team that as two of the ACC's top backs. Quarterback Gene Arnette is one )f the ACC leaders in total of ense. USC Coach Sam Wyche said of krnette, "He is an adequate passer and a good scrambler." Wyche also said, "They have a )alanced attack and good running vith Quayle (Frank)." Quayle is the Cavalier's leading ubi er from his wingback slot. He s also among the leading rushers n the ACC. Arnette uses Quayle )ften as a pass receiver too. Fullback Jeff Anderson is a Endowment Creation of a new athletic scholarship fund was an nounced Tuesday by USC president Thomas F. Jones. T h e announcement w a s made at Coach Paul Dietzel's weekly football press lunch eon. Called the Athletic Scholar ship Endowment Fund of the University of South Carolina, the fund was established to perpetuate scholarships as tributes or memorials to friends of Carolina. The fund, termed "an in tegral part of the University's overall dlevelopment program for educational support," will McGuire As Practic By STEVE CRICK Staff Writer Trhe outlook for the 1967-68 bas ethall season is bright, according o head USC basketball c o a c h 'rank McGuire, providing that the niddlemnan "gal)" will be success ully filled. "How good a season we have vill dI e p e n d on how good a layer we have for the center p)osi ion," Coach McGuire said in an nterview prior to Monday's sea on opening p)ractice session. "The e n t er man is like the uarterback in football. We needl a ig, strong player in this slot. Look t North C a r oli na. They have tusty Clark who is 7' for a center. Lndl Duke has Mike Lewis who is '8"." "These are facts, not excuses," he Carolina coach statedl. "We ave goodl guards coming back rom last year's team such as Skip larlicka and Jack Thompson and wo excellent forwards in Gary tregor andl Frank Standard. Rut goodl midd(leman is needled." "We have three possibilities for his position," he saidl. "Skip Kic ey (who missed varsity play last eason dtue to injuries), Gene Spen er andl( Clyde Lewellyn (bo0th are edl shirts from last year) ." "A lot of hard wvork has been hard runner who picks up the short yardage. As Virginia uses a great many draw plays in its attack, he should see plenty of action to morrow night. The offensive line is experienced, but the familiar problem of lack of depth could undermine their ef fectiveness. The defensive unit was a big question facing the Virginia staff at the season's beginning, but since then they have molded a defensive squad that is balanced and works together. "Primarily they use a five-man front with a lot of stunting and linebacker blitzing," Wyche said. The linebackers are led by senior Malcolm MacGregor who is a candi date for all-ACC honors. He is also the Virginia captain. Safety Paul Klingensmith has started the past two seasons and fought off a strong bid to retain his spot this year. He is one of the fastest men on the Cavalier squad. Virginia's record stands at 2-2, but they have played good football with a few lapses. Last week they had the opportunity to secure a Homecoming victory over Duke, but they were thwarted by un timely penalties. Their other loss came at the hands of Army in the season'r opener. Victories were over Wakc Forest and Buffalo. A crowd of over 33,000 is antici pated for the annual Homecoming affair. Kick-off is at 7:30 p.m. Florida By DON HULT Staff Writer Aerodynamics of an aircraft in flight was pondered by many members of the Carolina football team as they left terra firma for the first time last week. But more important to most minds was the aerodynamics of a football in flight after leaving the hand of quarterbacks such a' Announced be supervised and adminis tered by the Endowment Fund's Management Comm it tee of the University. The first scholarship fund has been established as a me morial to the late J. D. Parler of St. George. Additional gifts and be quests are solicited. Donations should he made to The Ath letic Scholarship Endowment Fund, care of USC, Columbia, S. C., 29208. In addition, it was an nounced Tuesday that a fund in honor of the late Mrs. Frank McGuire will be an nouncedl in the near future. Says Pros e Opens I p)ut in to get the South Carolina ball club to the level of other con ference members," he said, "andl W4J~kU v. r A T. tt '*;r:? 07 iU G~irn o G a lopsStaff Photo by Mike Tyler IIult aloslfIack Ben Garnto charges through a G;amecoc)ks will return to Carolina Stadium hole in the Georgia line (luring action Saturday after three straight road games. against the Bulldlogs two weeks ago. The The Gamco~ S P 0 T S Columbia, South Carolina. October 20. 1967 Section B State I] Kim Hammond of Florida State University. And adding timportance to the challenge of stopping the air at tack was the fact that one of the strong links in Coach Lou Holtz's pass defense, Toy McCord, had been injured in the Georgia game and was unable to make the trip to Tallahassee. Saturday m o r n i n g dawned bright, but for one Gamecock it was not so pleasant. Wally Or rel spun out of bed, put his feet down and almost collapsed. The defensive back had given his previously injured knee a twist in alighting from the bus Friday, and Saturday morning found him self unable to play against FSU. The game itself started on an ominous note for Carolina. The Seminoles returned the kickoff to their 30. On the first play from scrimmage, the Florida State passer lofted a high pass down field for split end Ron Sellers. The Gamecock defenders had the receiver surrounded but were guilty of shielding his eyes and were charged with pass interfer ence. That gave the Seminoles the ball on the USC 30, and from there a down-and-out pass to Sel lers set up a fourth down touch down run after the Gamecock de pects Lool or Basket I'm very satisfied with our record last year." The Gamecocks posted a 16. e .f. Staff Photo by JNn Rockhoir ~rimmage Irops C fensive unit gave ground grudg ingly. In the second quarter the 'Cocks undertook their own drive as War ren Muir swept end and Mike Fair hit on 20-yard passes to Fred Zeigler and lIen Garnto. But Fair, fading to pass on second down, was thrown for a 10-yard loss, and Jim Poole's subsequent field goal try was wide. Later in the period, FSU again began to move by mixing their passing with draw and trap run ning plays. Backed up to their own 20. the Gamecock defense tightened but in the last few sec onds FSU kicked a field goal for a 10-0 halftime lead. The first 30 minutes proved to be very costly to Carolina in the Sports Briefs ID's Are For Futur Beginning Saturday p e r s o n s with student tickets will be re quired to show identification cards for admittance to USC home football games. 'Bright' aal Team season last year, the school's best won-loss percentage s i n c e 1945 and the second season in a row that a national power has met de feat in Carolina's Field H o u s e. Duke was trapped there (luring 1) eem her of 1965, 73-71, and North Carolina was bombed 70-5, last March. ''his season's opener w%ill be Erskine's Flying Fleet in the Carolina Field House on De ember 1. After two road tests against Maryland and Virginia, the Gamecocks will return home December 20 to face Furman. "The future at Carolina for bas-1 etball is also good," he said. "The >oys on the freshman team that t ire coming up are excellent play- 1 rs and great students. But good recruiting is again needed this ear in order to keep Carolina )asketball at its best. "I want to personally invite all tudents to watch the team (luring )ractice sessions," McGuire said. The Field House will be open rom 3:30-5:00 p.m. and we want ;tudents to feel welcome to come luring all open practices." "And while the varsity schedule or the Carolina Coliseum's first 'ear has not been drawn up," he iaid, "these future schedules will e on a national scale representing USC on a truly nationwiemass.. trolina way of injuries. Bob Cole twisted his ankle, Muir received a severe hip bruise, anti tackle I)on Somma sustained a gash over his eye. Carolina went to work as the second half began and moved the hall on passes from Fair to Garnto, Zeigler and John Gregory. The Gamecocks had the ball on the 20 when Garnto rolled to the right and fired a pass to Fair who sped to the eight. The Seminole defense tightened and on third down Fair's pass into the end zone was intercepted. Carolina could not score dur ing the r.!:ainler of the game, while the S'min des managed a touchdown in the final quarter to give them a 17-0 victory ever the twice-beaten Gamecocks. Required 'e Games Jack Thompson, supervisor of tudent ticket procedures, said his week that students will be re luired to show their ID cards for 1l games, beginning with the Vir miia contest. He said that date" tickets will be stamped and that couples with late tickets will be required to how only one ID. In all other cases, one ID per )erson is required, he said. * * * ('A ROLINA'S S a i l i n g Team )laced second in the Fall Invita onal meet held Saturday in 'harleston. Finishing first was the College f Charleston. Other participat ng schools were The Citadel, Wil iam and Mary, and Clemson. The Sailing Team will partici . te in the College of Old Domin on Invitational Sunday and Mon lay in Norfolk, Va. * * . TEN intra-squad tennis matches vill he conducted beginning at p.m. Saturday by the USC ten is squad. The matches will be played on he Maxey Gregg courts, where tew bleachers have recently been nstalled. The public is invited to attend. * * . CAROLINA athletes will join oaches and athletes from the Co umbia area Sunday for a Fellow ,hip of Christian Athletes rally it Columbia Hall. The rally will begin at 3 p.m., vith Jim Jeffreys, executive di 'ector of the FCA, as featured upeaker. The FCA officer spoke to the LISC chapter of FCA Thursday mnd was scheduled to make a num >er of other speeches while in Co umbia.