Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CAROLINA GAMEC AS CONFEI GOOD MATERIAL ( IS PLENTIFUL NO ROOM FOR PESSIMISM Coaches Laval And Assistants To i Shape Eleven From Likely Looking Squad The bronzed and stalwart gridiron warriors of old Carolina, recruited ? from the farms and towns of the Pal- w metto state, have long been a threat ? I in years gone past to larger and more 1 toowerful southern conference foes. J1, fhis year, in spite of reports to the 11 lontrary, they loom as a positive kienace. I We don't know just who is rcspon- ^ Bible for those gloomy reports they've |j fccen circulating about Carolina this ^ all, but we have a sneaking little lotion that persists in remaining with t s that the foxy and silent Mr. Billy g laval isn't as displeased over his Krospects this year as they've been Inaking him out to be. J There is no valid reason why he Ihould. He may not have the Lump- j, pin's, Crabtree's or Bankers to build y It great football machine from, he may (| nave lost some very capable men from y nis spring training squad, but it is In obvious and easily apparent fact ( lhat he has more material now than Q lie had to shape his eleven out of last s Reason. I YOU TELL 'EM I I And if anyone should try and tell I1 I'ou that Carolina's team last year s Ivasn't one of the cleverest and most r versatile in this neck of the woods, lust tell 'em to go and sit on a tack, a I The squad this fall may not be the ? Leaviest in the conference, it may not t fce the largest in numbers, but there is 1: good material out for every position c En the team and whats more, there Eppears to be plenty of it. T In the first place, we'll take up the lino, the backbone of any football c team. Captain Julian Beall who bids a pair to win an all southern berth this c year, will undoubtedly be the main- a stay of the forward wall at center. MORE SUBS C D> Should he stick a splinter in his eye < or meet up with any other similar ( disaster, Bill Brigham and Jimmy ( Farr, a husky 215 pounder, will be ( right on hand to step into the conflict. I But the chances of the rugged Beall 1 being disabled seriously, are about as 1 much as a rats chances of breaking I an elephants back. 1 Next, we'll journey to the guard berths. Hughey, Pat Leardo, Eaddy, j Williams and the two Smiths should J be capable of amply taking care of these two positions. If they can't, goodness only knows who can. Then, at tackles, Monk Shand, De Vaughn, Derrick, Pop Graham, and ] Moore look far from the world's worst. Shand is a veteran from last year, while the others have seen plenty of experience under fire. MOST WORRY Probably the ends arc the positions ' that will cause Coach Laval the most * worry. George Keels and Country < Richards promising candidates arc ' not back and Drufe Griffin, Power 1 Rogers and Bob Stoddard from last ( year's varsity didn't return. ( In fact, Bob Gresset, is about the only experienced wingman back in J school this year. Buddy Laval, the ' chief mentor's own son, Powell, Bostick, Cain and Sikes appear to be the most promising candidates for the ' other end at present. 1 All in all, it isn't such a bad array of talent that Coaches Laval, Thrash ( and Rawl arc drilling, secretly these 1 days behind the long strips of burlap ( that they so judiciously caused to be ' put up around Melton Field. We even ' believe they may develop strength enough to lick Krskine, Presbyterian 1 and the Citadel, perhaps, if they get ' any sort of breaks at all. Coach Laval announced Monday afternoon that any student discovered watching or attempting to watch the football squad during practice will be reported to Dean Baker, and subsequently "shipped" from the University. This ban will be carried out by means of the honor principle. :ocks loom j jence threats GAMECOCKS HAVE TOUGH SCHEDULE SEVEN CONFERENCE FOES Srskine Comes On Saturday For ] Opening Clash Of The Season When South Carolina's larruping jamecocks clash with the Erskine ieceders in the opening game of the eason here Saturday on Melton Field, hey will officially pry the lid off the most ambitious schedule any Caro- 1 ina football team has ever essayed. < After their little tussle with the ' )ue West Collegians, which by the * /ay, may not be quite the setup that < 'arolina supporters are inclined to be- * ieve it will be, Billy Laval will send t is bronzed gridiron warriors out to ^ o battle with the pigskin representaives of Virginia and Maryland on uccessivc week ends. $ NOT MUCH ( The next affray with Presbyterian ( College isn't expected to give the t boosters much trouble unless the t icotch Presbyterians improve a great ^ leal over their aggregation of last { ear. 1 ^ Then after the game with P. C., the ( }amecocks will settle down to a series f particularly tough games, demon's Tigers, Citadel's Bulldogs, Jorth Carolina's Tarheels, Furman's Jurple Hurricane, Florida's Alligators, 4. C. State's Wolfpack, and Tennesee's far famed Volunteers, will be net in the order named. Horida, Clemson and Tennessee are ,11 rated among the first five in the southern Conference this year and ' he Lavalier's will have to flash a \ rilliant brand of football to take any i >f them into camp. ELEVEN GAMES < All in all, a glance at the games :arded show seven conference foes md four states foes, an exact total of leven games. Which, of course, isn't ' is easy as falling of a log. The schedule follows: I >ept. 28?Erskine at Columbia Dct. 5?Virginia at Columbia Dct. 12?Maryland at College Park Dct. 18?P. C. at Columbia 1 Dct. 24?Clemson at Columbia Dct. HI?Citadel at Orangeburg vlov. ?)?North Carolina at Columbia Mov. Ifi?Furman at Greenville STov. 23?Florida at Columbia ^ov. :J0?-N. C. State at Raleigh Dec. 7?Tennessee at Knoxville LAVAL TO BE HONOR GUEST 3eall, Foster And Others To Be Guests At American Legion Banquet Coach William Laval, Captain Julian "call, I)r. R. K. Poster, athletic dirccor; and members of the coaching staff >f the University will be guests of lonor at "football night," Thursday, vhen American Legion Post No. <> levotes an evening to speeches and hscussion of the reigning sport. ^ At the meeting, to be held in the Columbia CJiambcr of Commerce i>rief talks will be made by Coach Laval, Dr. Foster, and Dr. Henry I>. Phillips. Subject of Dr. Phillips speech will be sportsmanship according to the attitude of the man on the sidelines, while the themes of the :oach and athletic director are to be football. OF '02~'12 FOR HOMECOMING: With a great deal of interest do the Carolina supporters look to Homecoining Day when the squads of 1U02n'ii~ V'" sit on *'u> ',ench to cheer Billy Laval's Gamecocks on I Mose: "Ah wins." Gawge: "What yo got?" Mose: "Free aces." Gawge: "Boy, you done lost." Mose: "What you got?" Gawge: "Two nines and a razor." Mose: "You sho' wins. How come yo'i are so lucky?" ?Farm Journal. By JULIAN KRAWCHEK Sport Chants BY JULIAN KRAWCHEK NIGEL LEAGUE, Carolina's bombastic and entirely efficient young :heer leader, is to be heartily commended for his efforts toward organizing a special cheering section on the campus to be known officially as the University of South Carolina Cheerios. LEAGUE plans to enroll something like 300 men or more in his organization of rah, rah boys and is formulating further plans to have a special section for the co-eds. It is a great idea and something that South Carolina has needed badly for years. TWO MUCH STRESS cannot be aid upon the necessity of organizing :hcering at an athletic contest. In act, its getting so nowadays that an ithlctic team can't put out their best efforts unless their supporters on the sidelines are urging them on madly o fight to the last for dear old Mwash. THEREFORE, we sec a lots of jood to be derived from the Carolina Dhcerios. For no longer will the organized cheering of the Citadel and Zlemson Cadets make out little sponaneous outbursts of yells sound like lie grunts of a dyintr pig. So, again, ,ve extend to Leapue the proverbial >at on the back and wish him luck. DOACH LAVAL sounded a welcome and long awaited note the other day when he said the University of South Carolina should have a football stadium to vie with the great new concrete horseshoes going up at Duke and the University of Georgia. AND MR. LAVAL, as is usually he case, was perfectly right- I don't ;ay that the University needs a new stadium this year, or even next year, for that matter. It isn't a thing to be Jecided upon and built 011 the spur of the moment. BUT WHEN THIS INSTITUTION'S ATHLETIC POLICY branches out as it is bound to do within the next few years, and bigger games are scheduled for Carolina teams, we are going to need a larger plant and better facilities for handling the large crowds that are sure to turn out. THERE ARE SOME FOLKS who will tell you that Carolina does not need a larger stadium because the one they have now has seldom been filled to capacity since its construction several years back. But that is a poor argument for several very obvious reasons. IF THE TRUTH IS TO BE 1 OLD about the matter, Carolina has seldom ever played foes of such fame that would attract enough fans to Melton Field to fill it up completely. Upon the comparatively few occasions when she has brought down big game, the stadium has been invariably filled. LET CAROLINA bring Chicago, Princeton, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Army or Navy down here for a game and see whether or not she will need accommodations for a crowd in the neighborhood of 30,000. As long as she plays Erskine, P. C. and Furman, she probably won't ever attract that many, but are we to stay in that rut for ever and ever? She: "I said 110." He: "Aw, Ma, all the boys are going barefooted." When head Coach Billy Laval I takes his pencil and pad off the shelf and goes about the highly interesting task of choosing eleven husky Gamecocks to take the field against Erskine here Saturday, it is a practical certainty that one of his wing selections will reveal none other than his own strapping son, Buddy Laval. Young Laval is a willing and scrapping 180 pounder, making fine impressioins in both spring practice last year and the fall drills this season. Together with Bob Gressett, a regular end from the 1928 varIsity, Laval is expected to start most of the games at end for Carolina. MANY PREP SCI OUT FOR UNIV. RIVALS Is PLAY IN DARK FURMAiN?ERSKINE CLASH ( First Night Football Game In State Held Saturday At Greenville. Great Success f When Furman and Erskine opened ? their 1929 football season in Green- ? ville last Saturday evening both teams g were completely in the dark! How- ? ever, they were in the dark more from J a physical standpoint than from a f mental one. It was the first attempt at night i football in the two Carolinas and it > will probably prove to be the neces- t sary inspiration for many other teams ( in this section of the south to light < up their stadiums also and tussle t around in quest of a whitewashed pig- t skin after the shades of night have fallen. ! The innovation of night gridiron 1 maneuvers has increased the atten- ( dance in some respects because it gives 1 the ardent Saturday laborers a chance to see the games, but it is still doubtful whether this advantage will justify the change which involves so many f other necessary changes. Time only > will be able to tell. 1 The press seems to favor the old 1 traditional afternoon game because it 1 gives them enough time to prepare ' reports and statistics of the results, ' while in the after-supper game they ' must cover it as usual in about one- ' third of the usual amount of time. Night football is still an experiment 1 and although it may have its advan- s tages in the early games for the sake 1 of coolness, it is hardly in for more ^ than a try-out. 1 We will now sing you a little ditty, entitled "Although my father was a ' Confederate soldier he wore a union ! He: "Please." She: "No." \ He: "Oh, please do!" < She: "Positively, no." He: "Oh, please, just this time." suit." C. REW necks, V neck and roun neck?they 're all here h this one selection of soli< colors or patterns. IOOL MEN IBIDDIE SQUAD 3IXTY TRYING FOR POSITIONS SEVERAL STARS REPORT loaches Norman And Stoney In Charge Of Promising Material As the echoes of the first call for reshman football candidates refunded over the campus, more than lixty men, representing the last word n gridiron prowess from t!'e high schools and prep schools of more than six states, treked over to the field louse and helped themselves to their irst Carolina uniform. The long afternoon drills of the first ,veek, in which Coaches A. W. Nornan and Burnett Stoney have tested he ability and mettle of these future jamecocks from every conceivable ootball angle, have disclosed a treasire chest of promising material. The cam, however, ill be somewhat ightcr than the monstrous freshman nachine of last year and will have o rely more on speed and cleverness ban upon the advantage of a ton or nore of surplus avoidupois. GOOD BACKS The backfield, including such high school and prep stars of renown as Sumter DeVaga of Charlotte, Astor Fleming of Spartanburg, Harry Freenan, Joe Benton, and Moon Musselwhite of Riverside Military Academy, Paul Martin of Asheville, and C. W. Smith of Batesburg-Lccsville, bids Fair to give the team plenty of flash, :rash, and drive in the backfield. Even though the line prospects are lot capable of running the arrow iround to the limit when they step on the scales, they have begun to show the speed and class and spirit that it takes to make championship freshman :ontenders and future varsity assets. Drafts of Bates-Leesville, Bailey \twell, former Virginia prep star, Bill Silinore, Nelson Gaskin, Ben Wood*uff, Etters, Powell and Fellers of Columbia are the men who are expected to come through with some -eal power in the line. They all have :ome to Carolina with wonderful high ;chool records, but they arc on their A'ay to overshadow these achieve(Continued on Page 7) shallF atum ?