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GAMECOCK LAVAUERS OFF AFTER WEEK OF j HARD PRACTICE Birds Reign Slight FavoritesWith OneVictory Tucked Away ONLY CONFERENCE GAlVfE Duke Favors Sophomores In Line-up; Birds May Spring Air Attack After a week of secret practice following their opening season set-to with Erskine last week, Coach Billy Laval's South Carolina Gamecocks departed I from the city early this morning for Durham, N. C., resolute in their one purpose?to reduce Duke's terrible Blue Devils to a placid, angellic flock of spiritual attendants. Coach Laval was robbed of a wonderful chance to size up his men last week when clouds wept bitter tears on the Birds while attempting to get a jump 011 the Dukesters in an early season opener. At any rate the Birds will reign favorites should a wet field complicate matters. However, the great uncertainty regarding Duke's starting eleven indicates that Coach DeHart is having problems of his own with his untried warriors. Beginning his last year at the Durham institution, DeHart will send an eleven against Carolina which in 1929 suffered a disastrous graduation year. Seventeen regulars have migrated, so, with raw material forming the bulk of Duke's hopes, prospects are bright for Carolina to hop off with a conference victory right at the start. As the Birds and Blue Devils mix in the only game which has a bearing on the conference title, conference-wide attention will be focused on the Durham stadium tomorrow. In the past few days the Gamecock mentor has directed his charges intensively toward the perfecting of an offensive threat that will carry the Birds to their first conference victory. Bill Brigham has returned to the squad after a short stay 011 the injury list, and the others from Captain Gressette 011 down are intent on spoiling Duke's initial grid festival of the season. An idea of the sort of team which the Birds go up against tomorrow may be had from the following players, who in all probability will be starters, and their respective weights: left end, Rosky, 180; left tackle, Taylor, 200; left guard, Werner, 188; center, Adkins, 184, or Rupp, 182; right I guard, Carpenter, 200; right tackle, Bryan, 205, or Harton, 215; right end, Hayes, 180, or Hyatt, 180; quarter back, Mullen, 168; half back, Abbot, 146; half hack, Murray, 175, or Rciber, 180; full back, Brewer, 185. As evidenced from recent practice scrimmages with the tfreshmen, -the ' Birds will probably spring an overhead attack on the Blue Devils should their line refuse to be dented. First, however, the Duke forward wall will 1 have to stop the powerful line plunging tactics employed by Swetto Hicks and Heyward Culp and overhaul the fleet Bru Boineau, Hap Edcns, Miles Blount and other Bird backs. A large number of Columbians as well as a few Carolina students are making the trip to Durham to witness the Gamecocks' coming out party in " Southern Conference 1930 play. use 1 UNIVERSITY GYM ADDS NEW GAMES Equipment for two new sports has 1 been made available for the University | students, according to Jack Crawford, J men's physical director. Handball courts have been constructed on the gymnasium floor and every day are gaining in popularity, especially with members of the boxing team. Mr. Crawford also stated that instead of ( intra-mural football which in past ' years has held sway on the campus toward the close of the regular grid season there would be this year intra- 1 mural soccer football. It is planned to 1 hold several tenement soccer football 1 tournaments in the near future. 5 Mnoni HI. jjUa I BMk SB. . . . dH^Hk ^HUk EbHI^HL K PRIMED %,c$ Birds Gamecocks Victors Over Erskine in Hard Downpour BOINEAU AND EDENS STAR Toddmen, With Lone First Down, Prove No M&tch For Birds ?? I Outclassing their opponents at every turn, the South Carolina Gamecocks ploughed through the slush and mire of a last halt to score an easy 19 to 0 victory. last Saturday on Melton Field, over Erskine's 1930 Flying Fleet in the opening tilt of the grid season for both institutions. A terrific downpour, interrupting the opening half of the contest with only a few moments to play, sent the packed stands as well as both elevens scurrying to shelter. By common consent of the coaches and officials, the first half was declared completed when the shower had slacked up a bit and play was resumed on the second period. A steady drizzle kept up during the remainder of the game, and undoubtedly, kept the scoring as low as it was. During the antediluvian portion of the game, the Seceders were never allowed to get started. The Bird's first team strength completely subdued every movement of the Toddmen, and although twenty men saw service for the Gamecocks, Erskine was able to chalk up only a single first down, this coming as A result of a gain and a penalty. Carolina registered eleven first downs. -Bru Boineau, who made a strong bid for all-southern honors on last year's eleven, touched off the Gamecock scoring for 1930 in the opening quarter when he climaxed a march from Erskine s v38yard line with a dash through the line for Carolina's first six points of the season. Bru's attempt for the extra point was low by inches. Carolina's second touchdown came in the middle of the next quarter, when Boineau tore loose to cross the last chalked line on the field for the second time. It was a pretty, cut-back play on which the Bird quarter was able to employ some nifty 'side-stepping. He first directed his course to the right, reversed his steps and then headed toward the left, leaving tacklers sprawling on all sides. Boineau was hurt on the play, and, Edens, substituting, kicked the extra point. After being held scoreless during the third quarter, Hap Edens added the Gamecocks' final touchdown with a beautiful 30-yard gallop shortly after the fourth period began. The pass from center was fumbled in the attempt for the extra point. Lineup and Summary ERSKINE CAROLINA Reid le Laval Stevenson It Adair McKay lg Hughey Frcssly c A. Correll Nance rg Freeman Caldwell rt Shand Hambright re (c) Gressette Mason qb Boineau Petty (c) hb Culp Carr hb Blount Hood fb Hicks Score by quarters: Erskine 0 0 0 0? 0 Carolina 6 7 0 6?19 Scoring: Touchdowns, Boineau (2), Edens; point after touchdown, Edens (place kick). Erskine substitutions: Bell, Gettys, Auten, Carson, Moore, and Pearson. Carolina substitutions: Ewing, Gilmore, Leardo, Fleming, Moore, Edens, Brantley, C. W. Smith, Bostick, Gaskin, E. Correll, G. Blount, DeVaughan, Farr, Moore, Wylic, Ayres, Watson, Reynolds, Wannamaker, Moore, and A. Smith. Officials: Rut Osborne (Carolina), referee; Plug Osborne (Wofford), ufil>ire; Archie Taylor (Alabama), headinesman. u. s. c. With fourteen letter men swept by the graduation plague from last year's squad Coach Jakie Todd has had to construct an almost totally new machine for this year. It is doubtful whether Haywood Moore, guard and letter man of two reasons at h. S. U. will don a football uniform again this year. Moore was injured seriously in an early practice. - ;r '?'Z&Lte 'A W^f&x By ALLEN FOR FIRS1 ; Rout Sea BIDDIES OPEN UP I SEASON WITH P. C. \ Heavy Line And Fast Backfield To Mark Freshman Team I With one of the largest and likeliest j looking turnouts in recent years on hand following the call for the University freshmen team, the Biddies should loom heavily over the race for the Palmetto frosh championship this year. j About seventy-five candidates poured into the field house as a response to Coach Norman's first call, and although the squad has been considerably reduced since, a heavy, hard charging line and a light, fast quartet of backs should step out on the field on October 4 when the Biddies meet the Presbyterian College freshmen. In the few scrimmages among themselves and one or two with the varsity, a few of the freshmen candidates have shown some great stuff, but although the first game is only a week off it is difficult at this time to say just how the freshmen will line up against the first year Blue Stockings. Earl Clary, of Gaffney, who gained much notoriety over his many and lengthy gallops over high school gridirons, is practically a sure-shot as a starter in the backfield. He weighs 160 pounds and appears to be in splendid shape. Shinn, 180 pound pivot man, has shown up well at the center position while Fortson and Morehead, the former weighing 190 pounds and the latter 235 pounds, appear to have an edge over the field for the guard posts. Johnson, 230, and McManus, 195, should make Coach Norman a good pair of tackles. Williard and Raby have been used regularly as first string flankmen, while Cason, Ballcntine, and Hambright have been pressed into much service in the backfield assisting Clary. Using this dearth of material to full advantage, Coach Norman in scrimmaging the Biddies against the varsity has presented a powerful front wall. Although they scored almost at will through the air, the Birds encountered much difficulty in opening up the Biddie line. The Carolina freshmen are scheduled to meet five opponents this year. They open with the Presbyterian freshmen on next Saturday, and then rest until the 22nd when they take on the Clemson Cubs as a prelude to the CarolinaClemson state fair classic. Both these games will be played in Columbia. On October 30 the Citadel yearlings will be played at the Orangeburg fairgrounds and on November 8, the Biddies will journey to Athens where they meet the University of Georgia Bull Pups. The season will close with the Furman freshmen at Greenville on November 14. SCHEDULE FOR THREE STATES South Carolina South Carolina at Duke. Presbyterian at Mercer. Erskine at the Citadel. Wofford at Clernson. Newberry at Furman. North Carolina U. of S. C. at Duke. Wake Forest at U. of N. C. Davidson-N. C. State at Greensboro. Guilford at W. and M. Atlantic Christian at Catawba. / Virginia Randolph-Macon at Virginia. U. of Richmond at V. M. I. Roanoke at V. P. I. Hampton-Sidney at W. and L. Guilford at William and Mary. Ken. Wesleyan at Emory and Henry. The Gamecocks are scheduled for three opening games. Last week they instituted the Erskine season as well as their own, tomorrow they open up the Duke schedule, and next Saturday the Birds will journey to Atlanta to inaugurate the Grid season for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. / v 9 * tf-jS 'i/jitliLiti . v.A : tJiii .J'. . flHH k p:;:.,;:, j m B i I L w ROLLINS CONFERE ' " ' . .. ' ' '> iders in O, % Cock-A-Doodles BY ALLEN ROLLINS __ As a result of the maritime football game between the Birds and Erskine last week statisticians declare Boineau stepped off one particular run at the rate of 16 knots per hour. With the exception of Georgia Tech and Kentucky, every member of the Southern Conference will thunder into action tomorrow, although the South Carolina-Duke game is th? only interconference tilt. Louisiana State University, Carolina's opponent on October 11, opened the season impressively last week by scoring early and often to defeat South Dakota Wcsleyan 76 to 0 in an in'ersectional battle. Furman's Purple Hurricane will make probably its greatest bid for gridiron fame this year. In addition to many state battles, the Big Wind will swap tackles with the powerful DavisElkins of West Virginia, Army and Oglethrope. I Word comes from the ^Tennessee camp that Gene McEver, all-southern back in 1929, is out for the season due to a knee injury suffered in a baseball game during the summer?a tough break for the Vols but a great one for Major Neyland's opponents. Beating Newberry is nothing over which to halloo for relief measures from thp executive office in Washington to stop the cheering, but the 43 points which Wofford scored against the Indians last Saturday indicate the Terriers will offer quite a greater problem in the state race this year than last. Here's hoping the Biwls are hungry for Tiger meat this season. The Louisiana State University Tigers, Auburn Tigers, Sewanee Tigers, and Clemson Tigers meet the Gamecocks in games this year. The South Carolina freshmen are expected to make a strong bid for state honors. Freshmen teams from Presbyterian College, Clemson, Citadel, Georgia, and Furman will oppose the Biddies. t # The Gamecocks entrained this morning at 6:40 o'clock for Durham where they oppose Duke's Blue Devils tomorrow. The winner of this game will rest on the pinnacle of the Southern Conference standing for the coming week as no other games are scheduled between conference opponents. If Duke University doesn't get off to a flying start it can't be blamed on tough breaks from its schedule. The first, second, and third games are played right at home with the Gamecocks, Virginia's Cavaliers, and the Davidson Wildcats in the order mentioned. GAMECOCKSMEET FIVE NEW TEAMS The South Carolina Gamecocks will meet five new teams in 1930, all of whom are members of the Southern Conference, Georgia Tech, Duke, Louisiana State, Sewanee, and Auburn are the new teams added. Three of these will be met away from home and two on Melton Field. Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, Florida and North Carolina, conference opponents, and Presbyterian College, an S. I. A. A. school, were all stricken from the Bird schedule. With a victory over Erskine already chalked up, the remaining games scheduled for the Birds are as follows: Sept. 27?Duke at Durham. Oct. 4?Georgia Tech at Atlanta. Oct. 11?L. S. U. at Columbia. Oct. 23?Clemson at Columbia (State Fair Classic). Oct. 30?Citadel at Orangeburg (Fair). Nov. 8?Furman at Greenville. Nov. IS?Sewanee at Columbia. Nov. 22?N. C. State at Columbia. Nov. 27?Auburn at Columbus, Ga. iv V ii uwluV'.S*. .? ' ' J J ' I'"""" ? : ssp ^ Esa^^v V , r . NCE TILT A pener *$ *? Ilaval men spread coaching system Former Gamecocks Engaged Throughout Carolinas As Athletic Heads 1 The Laval system of coaching will be spread even further through the Carolinas than the parts where the Gamecocks play. In the persons of Julian Beall, Barney Smith, and Hugh Stoddard, three more Laval-trained men were added to the list of football coaches when the football cohorts were gathered together during early September. Julian Beall, captain of the team of 1929, is now head coach at High Point College, a member of North Carolina's Little Six. Bcalt's charges are said to be making rapid headway by sport observers, and will be seen in action in South Carolina twice during the coming season. ? Hugh Stoddard, also a Columbia boy and the fleet halfback who was awarded the Jacobs Trophy for giving the best interference of any back in the state, is now head mentor at Sumter High School. Sumter may possibly play Columbia High, which would give local fairs an opportunity to see Hugh's boys against first-class opposition. Barney Smith, football and baseball player here for several seasons, is i coaching at New Brookland High. Barney did well in college competition and his friends are expecting great work from his team. Carl Wingard, a swell little back for i the Birds in 1929, is directing athletics at Swansea High School. Telephone 4620 1442 Main St. s Carolina Me Can t go Wi at Wright s f< el a \\ 1 \ . Schloss Bros. Clothes a t Society Club Hats ^ Stetson Hats R Arrow Shirts and Collars C Ralston Shoes a Wrij 1 1330 Mt I ;|| WHAT WOU1 If y$>u should hear of a school 1 enrolled elsewhere for a business t personal investigation, examining teachers and seeing the students a If the. student body in that scl former business college students e ates whq have the A.B., B.S./LL.l you that you would find everythin and that no* graduate ever had t< would you do? "Join them." Well, BOWEN-CONNA' UNIVERSITY, J. B. CONNAT Telephoi Classes formed weekly :v,: Ow ___ rDURHAM ' CAROLINA ALUMNI " FORMING CHAPTER IN ATLANTA, GA. Enterprising- Club Expected to Awaril Efforts Old Graduates * SATISFACTORY RESPONSE Welcome For Gamecocks Expected To Assume Wid6 Proportions The South Carolina Gamecocks will not be without friends when they invade Graht Field on October 4 to swap jolts ' with the Georgia Tech eleven. Plans have been under way for well nigh onto a month by active Carolina alumni in Atlanta to organize an Atlanta chapter of the South Carolina Alumni 'i Association. Alumni are reported as re- | sponding enthusiastically and it is be- f lieved that a live, enterprising club will be the result. Meetings are planned to be held at intervals between now and the date of the < game and all efforts have been made to J bring out every Carolina chanticleer for | rallies. Barney Early, secretary of the South jt Carolina Association, has been requested 1 to submit the names of all alumni residing in Georgia and the welcome is expected to assume state-wide proportions, j * u. s. c. The Stetson Hatters, fresh from the palms of sunny Florida, threw a considerable scare into the Citadel camp in the opening game for the "Keydets." A forward pass in the last five minutes of play, which bounced off a Citadel player, struck a Floridian, and then nestled into the arms of a Bulldog g^idder across the goal line gave Citadel a 13 to 7 victory. CAROLINA TRADE ALWAYS APPRECIATED MOONEY'S DRUG STORE Gervais St. Rear Columbia Theatre in rong l I j j There's something (liferent about College Men's lothes . . . there's an air nd an atmosphere about 'hat College Men should nd do wear. We furnish you rith that distinctiveness. 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