Carolina's Gamecock iasl
will open its season Saturdu
Flying Fleet of Erskine. 'I'he
STRAIGHT TALI
.a From the
ROUNDHOUSE
By PAUL F. DIETZEL
Director of Athletics
One game a. season does n
That was my statement t(
victory over Iowa State and i
the football season. We had
some very sad ones. There c
we had at Wake Forest-our <
Those also were tough at C
teams!). But losing the final
stomach.
Clemson has every right
of the athletes they had on
best in the Conference and
of building, Coach Howard
hats are off to them. The
and a good sound group of
line, both offensively and de
son and Buddy Gore were
For the Gamecocks, we ha
spent the entire day running
unable to handle Clemson's c
greatest worry before the gan
offensive guard. We had had
ball from Tom Wingard and
bama game was more costly 1
But we have had a tremc
year long. They are really a g
I am very proud of them.
Garnto were not at their best
turned in a good performane
real difficulty playing over
spective weights are 179 lbs. N
made 12 individual tackles at
(lid a good job as usual and w
It's really tough to lose y
to have had the privilege of
conference title. As it is, wE
son and North Carolina Sta
We now are engulfed in th
ntever gotten out of these. W
unow we get at it in earnest.
South Carolina Shrine All StL
Charlotte and it will be the sc
In addition, I have a few a
The 16th of December is "sir
E school candidates will be elil
That is what will determine he
1969-70-71. The competition
keen each year.
Then, on the eighteenth
family will leave for San Fi
Game. Coach Ara Parsegh
head coach and Alex Agase
assist him. Ara and I were I
the ACC, we will take tacl
Carolina State; guard Ha
Wayne Mass of Clemson; an
center Jim Gobble of our Fi,
From the East-West gamc
to Honolulu for the Hula Howl.
*Etate) is the Head Coach of
~.issisting him. This is the grea
So, we still have two more foo
are really different. There is v
tion but when game time roll
c'hampions and they respond
hard as they can. And it is Jo
lots of fun.
But, Trhe Fighting Gamec
action in other sports. Coai
fine staff begin what promis
ball campaign-the last in ou
And Coach Jack Thomnpsor
ming team underway very soor
Coach Weems Baskin goes
-andl with Coach Weems invol
that it's going to be great.
All of us really appreciate
support. We have enjoyed
Marching Band under the g
our excellent cheerleaders, gu
we have appreciated the adr1
fine friend and leader, D)r. TFE
ulty and, yes, our student bod
and supported us-like the
after our first loss (Georgi
State loss!! We have much t<
As I have said quite often,
staff in America and( they has
are really hard workers. They
really a pleasure to be aroun
them! But then, I've always I
thing I feel most lucky about lb
really enjoy it here. The nicest
we have met. You hav'e been wt
and I want you to know that
bless you.
And1 remember, the best is
Starting Five
cetb all squad lineup will
y against the Cremins, Ski
USC starting Standard, Ga
Ot iakc!
> you after our opening game
t seems a fitting way to end
some great days and we had
>uld be no sadder night than
me great traged y/ of the year.
orgia and FSU (two Bowl
game was a real bitter pill to
to be proud of the calibre
their squad. They were the
they proved it. In 37 years
had his finest team. Our
y were rugged, aggressive,
athletes. They had a fine
fensively, and Jimmy Addi
uperb.
d some heros, too. Mike Fair
for his life because we were
lefensive line. This was our
i because of our situation at
a great amount of fine foot
3ob Morris. I guess the Ala
han we thought at the time.
ndous display of courage all
reat bunch of young men and
As you could see, Muir and
but I thought Rudy Holloman
Defensively, Tim Bice had
larry Olszewski. (Their re
ersus 245 lbs.) But Tim still
d three assists. Bc,bby Cole
as our second leading tackler.
our final game but it's nice
playing for a share of the
end up third behind Clem
t C.
e recruiting wars--but we've
e are alu'ays recruiting, but
The annual North Carolina
tr Game is this Saturdlay in
enie of major recruiting wars.
pecial speaking engagements.
-ning day" and at noon high
~ible to accep)t grants-in-aid.
w good a coach you will be in
for talent is growing more
of D)ecember, the D)ietzel
'ancisco and the East-West
an (Notre D)ame) will be
(Northwestern) and I will
eammates at Miami. From
dle D)ennis Byrd of North
rry Olszewski and tackle
d halfback Ben Garnto and
thting Gamecocks.
,the D)ietzels will be flying
D)uffy D)augherty (Michigan
the East team and I will be
test of all the All-Star games
:ball games to go. But, these
ery little pressure in prepara
4 around--these athletes are
as such. They play just as
ts of fun, because football is
acks are just swinging into
h Frank McGuire and his
as to be an exciting basket
r little Field House.
will get his 1967-68 swim
. They get better each year.
Lfter the winter track season
vedl with anything, you know
your tremendous help and
our wonderful Gamecock
uidance of Jim Pritchard;
ided by D)ean Gene (Cooper;
iinistration headed by our
m Jones; our superior fac
y. They have really backed
welcoming group of 1500
a) and after the Florida
be grateful for.
we have the finest coaching
e proven it this year. They
are the type people that it's
d. I'm very luclty to have
>een a very lucky guy. The
being here at Carolina. WVe
part is the nmany fine peop)le
mderful to the D)ietzel family
we are very grateful. God
i' to 'omlI
Staff Photo by Bob Benson
include: front row, Bob
p Ilarlicka; back row, Frank
ry Gregor, and Skip Kickey.
Swimm
In Mee
By STEVE KELLEY
Staff Writer
The Carolina swimming t e a m
opens its season here today at 3
p.m. against the highly rated Tar
Ileels of North Carolina.
Coach Jack Thompson, w h o s e
Gamecocks have finished fourth in
the ACC for two consecutive years,
rates the team's chances of improv
ing as good.
"We have an excellent chance
of moving into at least third place
if we can get past Maryland,"
Thompson said.
Carolina's swimmers will include
Covington Stanwyck, a junior, and
in Thompson's opinion "probably
the best swimmer on the team,"
and freshman Dave Hatton in the
distance events.
Bill Muller, Dave W h i t e and
Alex Alexander will handle the in
dividual medley, while the breast
stroke will be swum by White,
Muller and Jim Weinzettle.
"The weakest position on the
squad," Thompson feels, "is the
backstroke." Freshman Paul Lewis
will swim this event for Carolina.
Trend Ferry, Robby Allen, Mike
Slinker and George Fairy are pos
sible entrants in the spring free
stylh, and John Pettington and
freshman Ken Carnes will swim
the butterfly.
Vic Laughlin, defending confer
ence champion in one and three
meter hoard (living competition,
and John Thoder will compete in
the diving, called "our strongest
position" by the coach.
In North Carolina the Game
cocks will he swimming against
the "toughest team in the ACC,"
amccording to Thompson.
The Tar Heels have two All
Americans, Phil Riker, a finalist
Tigers Rc
Hy JAY BENDER
Asst. Spors Editor
Clemson's T i g e r s lived up to
their b i I I i a g as the best team
Frank Howard has brought from
the hills b)y r o m p i n g over the
Gamecocks 23-12, Saturday.
Tiger tailback Buddy Gore did
most of the romping, picking up
189 yardls on 31 carries. The out
p)ut raised his season total to 1,045
yardls and gave him an Atlantic
Coast Conference (ACC) rushing
recordl.
The victory in the 65th Caro
lina-lemoson c I a s s i e gave the
Tigers their second consecutive
AC:C crown and 6-4 season mark.
The first quarter was a scoreless
defensive battle, but Clemson got
in the scoring column early in the
second periodl with a 39-yard field
goal by Arthur Craig.
Gore capped a 413-yard dIrive
later in the p)eriodl by sweeping
into the endl zone from two yardls
out. Craig's conversion kick gave
the Tigers a 10-0 halftime margin.
After the intermissihn the Tigers
tallied twice in less than a minute
and a half to wrap up their scor
ing amnd put the game out of
reach. Addison p a s s e d to end
Edgar McGee for the first score.
Thie e-nsuinig kickoff to the Game
cocks was fumbled and the Tigers
got the ball on the UlSC 23. They
moved down to the 12 and Addi
son carried the hmall over frmm
there to score the first touachdownm
of his Clenmson career.
The scrappy Gamecocks n e vye r
gave up the fight and turned a
third-period break into two quick
score's early in the fourth quarter.
A high snap from center sailed
over the head of Tiger p u n t e r
Sammy Cain and rolled to the 12
yard line. Endl Dave Lucas scooped
Lup the ball to set up the Gamecocks'
first score. Feive plays lnter nnnr
'Cock:
To Oj
By STEVE CRICK f
Staff Writer
t
An exciting basketball season
will begin Saturday night in the
Carolina Field House as the 1967
68 edition of F r a n k McGuire's
Fighting Gamecocks m e e t s Er
skine's Flying Fleet in the season
opening tilt at 8:30 p.m.
Erskine will bring a well disci
plined team on both offense and
defense, according to Coach Don
Walsh who has scouted the Fleet t
for two of their games. i
"Erskine has four players back <
ers Ope
Again
in the 1961 Tokyo Olympics butter
fly event, and Jim Edwards in the r
spring medley. Ic
a.. L
Swimmers Practi
1ll Over G
te-back Mike Fair pushed over s
from the one for the first of his n
two touchdowns. -
Wally Orrel's onside kick was
re-covernd by Pat Watson at the p)
Clemsoni 46. 'The G;amecocks tookt
over and marched down the field a
for the score. Both USC attemnpts e
for two-poinit confversionis were e
foiled. A second onside kick failed
and the Gamec(ock comeback died. 3i
Led by All-America guard Harry
Olszewski the Tiger offensive line y
opened holes that freed their backs
for a net gain of 214 yards. Oneh
sp)ectator commentedl that C'lemn- Ih
Fair Nan
Quarterback Mike F"air, who
bounced back from an injury
laguedl junior year to lead the
Gamecocks to a surprising 5-5
s e a s o n, has been namedI the
G;amecocks' most valuable player
of 1967.
* Selection of the blond b,usi -
ness administration major from
Greenville was announced( by
Head Coach Paul D)ietzel at the
annual football banquet sp)on
sored by the USC Association
of Letternmen Tuesday night.
Fair compiled 1,228 yards in
total offense as a senior, rush
ing for 258 and completing 79
of 165 passes' for 970) yards. lHe
finished with 3,012 yards (luring
his career, second only to the
:3,376 gainedl by D)an Reeves in
a Gamecock career.
F'ai r scoredI sevenl touchdowns
to lead the Gamocks with A.>
s Bat
)enC
rom last year who can wage both
strong outside and inside at.
ack," Coach Walsh r e p o r t e d
They are the type of team you
ave to beat yourself-they won'i
eat themselves by their mistakes
rskine will be a real good open.
ng opponent since they have al
eady played two games."
'GOOD CONDITION'
Head Coach Frank McGuire
cho concludes pro-season practicE
his week, finds three of his start
ng five players in "excellent con
lition."
n Year
t NC
Second meet for the team will be
ext Saturday when East Carolina
omes to Carolina.
Staff Photo by Elliott Boreatel.
Ac For Opener
atmecocks
ml's endl swveep wvas led by so
tany blockers it should he catlled
he student body sweep)."
Clemson's d e f e n s e was both
iwerful andl alert as they held
te Gamecocks to 84 yards rushing
ndl 136; yards p)assing. They inter
'lpted three Fair passes andl re
>vere'd two U SC fumbles.
Fullback Warren Miuir gained
1 yards to' pace USC rushers. He
as followed by Fair w ho had 30
a r d s rushing. H alfback Rudyv
ollomani andl split end Fred Zeig
r had six pass receptions each to
ad1 t he Gimecocksi.
ied MVP
points and also passed for one
touchdo)wn thiis season.
".\ike's quarterbacking a n d
leadership were instrumental in
otur marked improvement oiver
our 1 966~ recordl," IDietzel comn
mentedl. "We will miss him and
the other fine seniors who con
ri buted so much to our 1967
season."
Split end Fredl Zeigler, who
led the ACC in pass receiving
with 35, received( the v'arsi ty
acadlemic award for the highest
gradle-point-ratio d u r i n g the
past academic year.
The award for highest GPR
based on freshman year went to
redshirt end D)on Blrant.
The captain's award was pre
sentedI Don Somma, while Joe
Komnoroski received the alter
nate captain's awardl. Somma
and Komoroski were elected by
their teammates prior to the
Cleoname.
tie Er
age S
"Gary Gregor, S k i p Harlicka
and Frank Standard are in excel
lent physical shape," Coach Mc
Guire said. "Skip Kickey has im
proved tremendously and he is in
much better condition than when
we began our pre-season drills.
"He has lost a lot of weight and
worked hard to gain his starting
position on the team," he said.
"Bob Cremins will s t a r t this
Saturday in place of Jack Thomp
son," Coach McGuire explained.
"We have to be very careful with
.Jack, as he has had a pulled ham
string muscle in his leg. The rest
of the squad is presently fighting
for the seventh, eighth and ninth
positions on the team."
When Coach McGuire surveyed
the upcoming battle to see which
school will lead the ACC, North
Carolina was his conference pick.
"UNC is way out in front and
'at present Duke is also very
strong, even though they're not ad
mitting i," he said.
'EXCITING SEASON'
"For the rest of the conference
on any given night a win at home
and a loss on the road is possible.
An exciting season is really in
store and four Carolina players in
good h e a l t h plus Cremins and
Kickey will give us a good ball
club."
The 1967-68 basketball schedule
p i t s Carolina's cagemen against
the seven other conference mem
bers and at least three outside op
ponents during its 20 games.
USC w i ll participate in the
Kentucky Invitational Tournament
Dec. 22-23 which features Caro
lina, Dayton (who lost to UCLA
in the NCAA finals), Cincinnati
land Kentucky. Erskine and Fur
man, traditional state rivals, com
plete the out-of-conference sched
ule.
The Gamecoc ks will again
appear in the season ending At
lantic Coast Conference Tourna
Intramura
Heads Fo
By BUZZ PLEMING
Staff Writer
Tight championship races in all
divisions of Intramural football
are bringing this season to an
exciting finish.
Among the Greeks, Sigma Nu re
tainedl their p)osition as contender
for the D)ivision II championship
by (lumping the Chi Psis 49-7.
'This win lefi Sigma Nu tied wiilh
Phi Kappa Sigma for first place.
Dec. 4 will find thes~e teams~ locked
in a battle for the chamipiosnship.
In D)ivis ion II, Phi Delta Theta
took their fifth win of the year
from Pi Kappa Phi. Marion Reed's
four touchdown p) a s s e s, Sonny
Parker's 78-yard return of an in
terce'pte'd pass, a safety, andl a run
by Reed tallied 47 points to heat
Pi Kappa Phi -47-6.
Zone 17 (M, 1-4), with a 7-1
record, is the number one team in
the I ndlependent Div-ision I. Bus
bee, of Zone 17, scored 12 of the 13
p)oints in the team's latest victory
over Zone 8 (H, 2-4), 13-12.
Zone 1 fom 'Ihornwell, Coke',
and Maxcy dorms, took control of
Zone 13 (L, 1-14) and beat themi
by a scor' of 19-6 as Zone 18 (M,
5-7) tromped Zone I1 (Columbia
Fair In
skine
eason
ment in March which is to be held
in Charlotte. It is this "sudden
death" tournament which decides
who will be the number one con
ference team and represent the
ACC in the NCAA finals.
Admission for students to Sat.
urdai's Carolina home basketball
game will be by ID card, accord
ing to athletic officials.
The same procedure will be
followed for future games, with
students being admitted on a first.
come14, first-served basis.
All home games will be televised
by WIS-TV in Columbia. Week
night games will start at 8:15 and
all Saturday games will begin at
8:30 p.m., with the exception of
the regular s e a s c n game with
N. C. State. The Gamecocks will
meet the Wolfpack at 2:00 p.m. in
a game to be televised regionally
on the ACC TV Network. USC's
away game with Wake Forest will
also be broadcast on the confer
ence network beginning at 2 p.m.
DECEMBER
2 Erskine
9 at Maryland
11 at Virginia
20 Furman
22-23 Kentucky Invitational
JANUARY
3 Maryland
6 at Clemson
10 Wake Forest
13 V'irginia
30 Duke
FEBRUARY
3 at Wake Forest
7 Clemson
13 at Erskine
16-17 North - South Doubleheader
in Charlotte
20 at Furman
24 at I)uke
28 at North Carolina
MARCH
2 N. C. State
7-9 ACC Tourney at Charlotte
Action
r Finish
Hall, 3-5) 32-0. George, Fisher,
Evans, and Vogel got together to
shut out the team from Columbia
Hall. For Zone 18, it was the
seventh win, putting them in sec
ond place behind Zone 2 of Di
vision 11.
Zone 2 was also on their toes this
week as th ey waltzed past Zone 6
in a 415-0 contest. This was the
eighth win for Zone 2 who now
lead [Division II.
A successful point after touch
dlown gave Zone 21 a winning mar
gin as the marriedl men's team beat
Zone 15 (K, 1-4), 7 to 6.
Zone 5 and Zone 12 were sched
uled to play this week, but all that
came of the game was a double
forfeit and therefore no winner.
Tom Webb of the Intramural
Office reports that following the
endl of the regular season, teams
will playoff to dletermine the cam
puswidle champion. The first round
of the tournament will match the
number one team of each division
with the number two team of the
other dlivision. This will provide
each league wvith a League Cham
pion. Then the best of the Fra
ternity League will play the best
of the Indlependents to decide on
the championship of the campus.
Staff Phots by cate. crows