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BOCOCK HA .. . ............. This is Branch Bocock who arrived in C work as coach of all sports at Carolina. page and appears on Page One. The G University and wish him all the success JASKIEWICZ TOPS CAROLINA SCORERS Jazz leads all the Carolina football warriors in scoring points during the past season running up at a total of 31 out of 120 but is pushed hard by P. 1. Boatwright who amassed 27 points. Harmon of Clemson leads the members of all state teams in scoring by running up a string of 48. McPhee and Reihl of Newberry come close on his heel with 42 and 37 respectively, Robinson of Clemson rates foutrh with 36, and Jazz is fifth in the state with his 31, Boat wright ranking sixth. These figures are of course totals and do not show that these men played only parts of some games and perhaps not any in some of their team's hattles. The Carolina scores were made by : Jaskiewvicz....................... 31 Ioatwright...................... 27 Johnston......................... 13 Hrice ........................... 13 Rogers.......................... 12 Swink........................... 6 JefT ords .......................... 6 .\eyer .......................... 6 Biartell ........................... 6 TO'TAL .....................120 CAROLINA HAS GOOD RECORD THIS SEASON Carolina has no cause to kick over the 1924 football record. True we lost three gaimes and only have a joint claim to the State Championship but look this over. The Birds (defeated: Erskine ini the opener, N. C. State, conquerers of the redoubtable fying cadets of V. M. I., Presbyterian, last year one of the State's big three, Clemson, the muchly feared and greatly respected rival, Citadel, said by some to be the second best in the state, North Carolina, always a high ranker in the conference and Wake For est, Champions of North Carolina and Virginia. Carolina .iost only sto Georgia the second wee'- of the season, the Crackers held the u'idfeated Yale team to a one point mar"ain arid came second in the South. Furman got the breaks on an overworked Carolina team and scored ( C' ' 'ud on Page Six) S ARRIVED ilumbia, Monday morning to begin his His record wvas crowvded on the sports amencock. wishes to join with the entire posible. LOOKING BACK A WEEK IN FOOTBALL Sports Writer Discusses the Sea son as a Whole. Bright Outlook For 1925. BY JAY EM BEE "Looking Back a Week ini Football" we see the curtain dropped on anothcr season, so far as thc eight South Carolina colleges are concerned. Sice the latter p)art of September, thousands of South Carolina enthusiasts have beeni all work ed upl ')y the presentation of an exciting and thrilling play-a combination of the dIrama, the mystery and the comedy. The audlience now turns over in its mind, the various and varied happenings that have transpiredl in this most unusual spectacle. The scenes have shifted so often and so much has beeni offered in the play "Who Will Win ?" that had not been expected, that dlesp)ite the sad tinge as the actors madle their finial appearance, there was a b)it of relief for nerves had been practi caily ruined. It was a sad ending, too, for many fans viewved for the last time the appearance of this or that favorite wvho carried the ball for the last time on Thanksgiving Day or who tackled an opponent for the last time. Frankie Meyer, the greatest end in South Carolina and as some of the experts of National fame say "the greatest end ini thd South" (despite the opiniions of a couple of wvell-kniown coachies in South Carolina wvho failed to pick Frankie on the all-state teams (has played his final game for South Carolina. So has the valiant 'rom Brice, the illus trious Blake Edmunds, the worthy Bud dy McKee andl perhaps the Rt. Hon. J. C. Long (although we all hope that old Jay C will be back on the job in '25). And in the other eight colleges, star players have bid adieu to the gridiron. OPEN SEASON FOR ARGUMENTS. Now is the open season for argu mnits. Mr. A. wvas hold andl heroic enough to pick either for public or pri v'ate information his "All-State team." Mr. B. comes along and voices a strong protest. In polite language Mr. B. calls Mr. A. a "dumb-bell," although -'etimes the language might not have so polite at that. "v Weeks of the Citadel has been ti r,a'limous choice of sports writers 'itnuedon Page Six) IL The Gridiron Inkpot ALL OVER now but the High School Championship games. Some season wasn't it? Hats off to Metzger and the team for the greatest season Carolina has had on the Gridiron in many years. CAROLINA might not be sole claimant to the State Champion ship but the r,st of the gang surely knew that they had been in a real race against a real team. ANYWAY we are champions of North Carolina and Virginia and rank about sixth in the all star Southern Confer ence. Seven wins out of ten games and most of them big teams. THAT Wake Forest game was a wonder. The Birds swept them off their feet to start things and kept them that way. And the Demon Deacons were a real fight ing football team too, the kind we like to beat, or, are worth while losing to. AFTER Furman slipped up and kicked over the dope pot to beat Carolina the decision the Focus Club committee made was about as well as they could have in awarding the cup. Carolina has no kick. We just say we should have beaten Furman. MEYER, Brice and Edmunds play ed their last game for Carolina Thursday and right well did they perform. The Gamecock is de lighted to hear Long will be back next year. As to the other three -they did their best and their best is good enough for us.. PERHAPS the Freshmen did not win a single game but we are not ashamed of them. Some mighty good varsity material for future use was developed on the field this year by Coach Brock ington. MV.TZGER has no reason to be ashamed of his stay at Carolina. He has made a wonderful record and% we will long remember him as the man who put football on the South Carolina map. BOCOCK, the newv year round Coach, is a man whom personally everyone must admire. He stands for everything that is high in~the life of the loyal sons of Carolina and will teach the men to fight for Carolina with this same spirit. IF OLD SOL had wanted to throw awvay these same ideals he may have wvon the State Chain pionship butt the motto of every Carolia coach is win fairly or not at all. THAT kick-off Metzger wvorked out anid Jazz p)ulled so wvell is in the writer's opinion, is the thing that heat the Dea cons. Carolina caught them on the jump and played aggressive ball throughout. CAROLINA is now ready for Basketball and anxious to see Coach Branch Bocock strut his stuff. Carolina should have a wvin ning team to surpass the football team in glory. FOOTBALL at Carolina drew larger crowds than ever this year andl really paid a return but the fans saw better games than ever before. Carolina i not in the game for money but it is necessary to keep up the sport. CAROLINA does not play the Deacons next Thanksgiving but will entertain the Praying Colo nels from Center, Southern Champs this year, on Davis field next Turkey Day. It is hoped to miake this game l)ermanient. OR I OF ALL SORTS S. W. Eichel, Editor Carolina Defea In Thrilling Th Birds Displayed Greatest Offen sive of Year to Win Hard Fought 'Contest. SOUTH CAROLINA 7, WAKE FOREST 0. Early in the second period Jazz (love across the final three inches and a minute later Brice kicked the point that spelt ultimate victory for the Gamecocks in their Thanksgiving bat tIe with the Demon Deacons, champi-1 of North Carolina and Virginia. To attain this victory Carolina play, a better brand of ball than at any time during a very successful season awd Wouni1d up the career of Sol Metzgcr. Carolina's greatest mentor up to mo. with a rosy halo of glory. Th n displayed a greater and moni sive attack and played better ball than at any time in the the scribe who has seen evei game for five years. We all know of the game resume would not he amiss may have in permanent rec( derful victory over (xie of tl teams in Dixie. The Old Gold' and Black off their feet from the \ and never recovered to show sive until the final period portulnity was given them 1 perate but futile passing t. Demon Deacons played a ' fensive game throughout a. averted at least two more that seemed within the Bird' THE KICKOFF. Jazz kicked 11 yards and Caroli;a l on the ball, without calling signals Car olina lined up and Rogers shot a 11 to Swink for 35 yards. The 1 incomplete but the referee had dk the game trying to decide whether or not the kick was legitimate and Swink had been offside so the play did not count. Carolina was penalized 5 but Rogers and Jazz made 7 and then a 30 yard pass to Rogters to Swint: put the ball on the 7 yard iine. The Birds ad vanced two yards and a fumble gave the visitors the ball. Rackley punted out and the remainder of the quarter was a punting duel with Carolina making several first downs in mid field. Wake Forest could not gain to any appreciable extent. PASSES IN THE SECOND. The Rogers to Johnson passing conbi natien the first half completedl several passes, establishing Johnston as the re ceiver. Then to cross up the visitors Wright had Rogers throw the passes to Meyer for sev'eral long gains. The Gamecock Staff. FIRSTl TEAM Meyer (Carolina End Wollett (Newherry) E.nd Wagener (Citadel) Tackle Long (Carolina) Tackle D)obson (Furman) Guardl 'Tennant (Clemseni) Guard Boyd (Carolina) Center Weeks (Citadel) Quarter Robinson (Clemson) Half Bloat wright (Carolina) Hal f Jlaskiewicz (Carolina) Full At the end of every football season' the va,rious newspapers pick an ''all something" team. In the past it has beeni the custom of "The Gamecock" to p)ick an all-state team. The seven members of the staff have triedl not to let school prejudice in flu ence them but to pick the team on the merits of the pilayers themselves. Per haps some who were put on the second sqjuadl or left off entirely should have bieen placed on the mythical eleven. But the staff sawv neither Newberry or Wof ford play this year. Of all votes cast Meyer received 7. ts Deacons 7-0 rnksgiving Game To start the second stanza. Riley in tercepted a forward pass but the Dea cons were penalized 15 for roughing and the ball went over. A triple pass was fumbled but Rogers recovered for a 5 yard loss. Then Rogers dropped back and let drive a long pass for 27 yards. The visitors were naturally watching Johnston so Meyer circled in and plac ed the ball on the 26 yard line. Rogers again passed to Meyer for 15 yards plac V( I' Forest's 30 yard line. Brice made 5, Karleskint intercepted a pass on his 20 yard linec. Wake Forest made two first downs andI then an exchange of punts gave thiemi back the ball on their 25 yard line. El-lenton threw a pass 30 yards to Armstrong and another pass to Peganto was successful. Daniels drop ped a pass on Carolina's- 10 yard line in their only chance to score. Rogers in tercepted another on his 25 yard line. Carolina drove out to midifiefld nd the a assRoersto ohnto wsin tercptedby Pganoon hs ow 7 at in . xhneo unsfloe n LilrlaLrdcwatng with otstretche arst Twoar line. andrten Curaen-. 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