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Gamecocks Aw Sportsology BY HAROLD PRINCE Just In Passing Everyone admires and respects a football coach who is able t produce teams that win games every week, but one of the mos commendable things about Don McCallister, head coach at Care lina, is the fact that he has built up real spirit of friendship be tween the Carolina players and himself. It would obviously be easy for a football coach to regard hi players as mere puppets to move when he pulls a string. This ha ever been true of some coaches in the limited experience of thi writer. However, this is not the case with Don McCallister. One of th first things McCallister does when a football player comes to th University is to contact him and make friends with him. He als gets in touch with the parents of the boy and becomes acquainte, with them. This has resulted in the formation of life-long friendships fo McCallister. On the gridiron, of course, McCallister is absorbed with the im mediate problems of the boys, but he is interested in them off th football field as well. Every night he goes around to visit the boy and talk with them. These discussions are often about football but they are quite as much concerned with such engrossing subject as a current movie or their best girl. Coach McCallister often finds himself doing work cut out fo Dorothy Dix as the boys come to him with their troubles. Recentl he received a letter from the mother of one of the players who ha neglected to write home. Immediately McCallister got in touc with the boy and advised him to write his mother at once. Sunday morning after a game on Saturday finds McCallister i the dormitories, visiting the boys to check up on any injury tha they may have received during the game. He has taken men o scouting trips with him and during this past summer he wrot cards and letters to every man on the squad. He likewise receive letters from them also. After a man has graduated from school, McCallister does ne lose interest in him. He has spent a great deal of time in helpin men secure employment, and has been successful in a large numbe of cases. McCallister has as his main purposes the production of a wir ning eleven, but he is also vitally interested in earning the friend ship and esteem of the men who have been under his tutelage. Meet Mr. Crawford Physical fitness is one of the most important phases of a man's lif Education concerns not only itself with the mind but also with th body. Long ago the authorities at Carolina realized the necessit of having a definite program of physical training for the student, and began the physical education department. For the past severE years this work has been in the hands of Mr. Jack Crawford. Realizing that the compulsory feature of physical education mnake the students lose much of thme benefit of it, Mr. Crawford has trie, to inject into his gym classes a spirit of fun that will enable ther to derive more pleasure from their workouts. In all his gym worn his main idea has been to instill in the boys a love for physical sound ness and athletic combat. Thus when one observes one of the classes, lie sees not students ir differently or rebelliously taking exercises which are nothing bui a bore to them, but men engaged in a hotly contested basketbal game, or working on p)ulley weights, or something else that they ca: enjoy. This year Mr. Crawford is planning to initr~oduce softbal into the morning classes. During the time that he has been here as physical director, iI Crawford has never had a serious accident to happen on the gym floor. However, lie has not stopped with gym classes. For the pas several years he has conducted an intra-mural athletic program whic: has included competition in basketball, boxing, and track. Last yea cups were awarded to the winning teams in triack and basketball ani medals to the first and second place winners in boxing. The wvor] he has done h~as been a valuable asset to the University and to th students he has helped. Sportid-Bits Football in 1936 is taking approximately the same toll of life tha it did a year ago and once more most of the deaths are attributed t sand-lot and high school gaimes. The records so far this season show 18 deaths which have bee: reported from the gridirons and 23 fatalities among football player since January 1. At the same stage of the 1935 season the toll stool at 17. There is no "lucky seven" on the Colorado college football squa any more. Earl (Dutch) Clark, only Colorado player ever to make th all-American team, wore No. 7 and when the former Tiger quartem back peeled off his black-and-gold jersey for the last time, it weri into the trophy room and No. 7 went out of existence. Boston University's home field, 12 miles from the city, is so incoi veniently located that players would have to commute daily durn the season for practice and home games. Athletic offieials, however, have taken care of that situation. The have built a duplex clubhouse for the players on the athletic fielc Gridders commute to class after breakfast, return in thQ afternoor work out, then dines study, and reire in domitory fshion cut Tarh Varsity C Start V Opening Game Dec., 17 Crawford, Wolfe, Overton, Bryan, Hutto, And Vaughn Add Strength To Carolina t With approximately 15 men reported - for the team, varsity basketball prac _ tice is being held every night in the Field House under the direction of Coach Ted Petoskey. S Practices are devoted mainly to the s fundamentals of the game. The boys have been brushing up on .their basket shooting, and have been practicing fol lowing up their shots, passing, and a guarding. e According to Coach Petoskey, the a team will use the fastbreaking style of offense, and a strictly man-to-man de fense. These styles of play are taken up at the practices; teams of veterans r and recruits alternately take the of fensive and defensive. Coach Petoskey announced that he - would inaugurate a new system to keep e tab on the percentage of goals and s misses of each player. Under this sys tem both the coach and the players ' will have a definite means of checking s up on improvement-or lack of it. Among the new men out for the r team are: Jack Crawford, who played in the intra-mural games last year; Oliver Wolfe, Columbia High star; Bill Overton, who also did well in the 1 intra-murals; Louis Bryan, another outstanding campus leaguer; Tom Hutto, of last season's freshman team; "Dinky" Vaughn, from the city league; t and others from the intra-murals are [ Frank Brown, Heyward Fouche, and e Preston Gibson. This list is expected to be enlarged as the season progress es, and when additional men are avail able after football season. t The first game of the season will be played with Erskine at Due West. The r first home game is with Duke, on De cember 17. Coach Petoskey said that a "B" F squad might be developed at a later a - (late, but that the plan has not yet ig taken definite shape. The idea of a G "B" squad is an innovation in Caro 1 lina basketball. p There is still a need for more as 3 sistant managers for the basketball e team, it was announced. Any boys who are interested should apply to Coach Petoskey or to Jim Polatty. -U. S. . Frosh Team SWins_Againd Biddies Down Furman Lonchar And Little Score In First And Second Periods To I) Win Game mi t' Carolina's Biddy team added another ]victory to its string b)y defeating a hard-d(riving freshman eleven from Furman by a score of 14-0, last Friday te 1night on M elton Field. at pc Carolina kicked off, and the Purple og Breeze soon took the offensive. Fur man recoveredl a fumble on the Cairo- tr lina 35 yard line, the threatened to te score, but the Biddies held. Thlrough- m out miost of the first quarter Carolina m r was on the defensive. in I As the second period opened, Fur- er t man was in possession of the ball, but wv Sfumbled, and Renault recovered for b< Carolina. Two plays later, Little took a< the ball around left end, and over the goal. Lonchar kicked the extra point. w The half ended wvith the ball in Caro- w lina's possession. cc tCarolina's second score came in the J< 0 third quarter, after a drive to the goal B~ all the way from Furman's 32 yard line. Lonchar carried the ball over, f andl kicked the extra point. Iie S In the last period, Furman threat- tI :ened again to-score, but failed to carry w out the threat. As the game ended, Carolina had the ball on their 29 yard line. For Furman, Slenrand Clink- t< scales were outstanding. Shetner's line is plunges and tackle drives were hard b< t to stop. In the Furman line, Lips- ai comb and WofTord were outstanding, al both in offense and defense-.t - IIartell, Sossamon, Makovic, Alex- ir ander, Biggs, and Crews played good ball in Carolina's line, a Coach Petoskey was enthusiastic o: over the outcome of the game. "It of was a wonderful game," he said. ir "There was some of the finest block- al 4 ing and tackling that I have ever seen. ei I'm proud of te boy." .el Invaw agers L Orkouts Biddy Ba v i our freshmen backs who have seen a re shown in the picture above. On th Dick Little, halfback, who is from CQ ene Robinson, a quarterback from C :chr wtr.oud is shown carrying the 'a ath for him. 3oxers Hold 0 Stiff Workouts Closed practice for varsity boxers, T1 atuiring sparring and punching the ig, is held every Tuesday and Thurs-th \ \-1 4yngti h Unvriy y. fr Becus ofth cogsto o' heW. m ~ floo inteateno,te-oig T am eet two " ni h s a w ek f r a o orotontebgsadi tern itted . "I ~ acticesihen fbak pyes who e ctn reshtow boicn hwocre ovewit th am.e Robilso, ae qJorerblams, fom C adc Jero iuhs shwn carrayn re srted for hm. nn patcs,adta 3esoilxer Huon. 0ea Snodtff_Workm my outn-se Cled pontdeve o arete fightng r i churnqe sparring as beelCng madec the1 ajo feagtur te ofntheratcs each frt autkin tof thenemint round thN the forin thcde aftrin, the box 'Ii oros onv the workosn in the ring. firesi >dy-buending and lihta exerciss te, Aditio tol( radantag of thee nightck. i Evntuhpactice is thtweobll nder he am, new iamen cnine Williams ofo yea ork Jerr ofhe have areent ew- com >mers aril e Aobet Green, gakyMirs >hn Crerat Te tiaeau,a Wicot sete Tehipo yeearCaopinga wil)ttve fight sEt chste searrwinh CacDas be- o th ajrvesaire o the pactesech fint ane yais.tw He-mninute ottths Nal ith e ring.ccesides sparring,th boua Cam-brig, ads.---A "Curses,era /itiom" thradworkld hetack. hea >Ecornat thog prateice ofl mn --- ay,g cniee cotiu oreportcientists oerSoo the sucssuoferecen new cots m ecs eldr hereen, cebratesthe reentear annivoesar fh fo not Tis ye arvar olallee. igt st Thtea widcan oach bease- of contiuance the Weste havieizadtin "C nrceyehrs.g he advcnfidntdha hisneal il the ao succesfual eader, acou gCamb pridgent bodyand Cortanizer ogrhedineso the nteligenc ofer rce,nte eanniersarof the foemn-0 igo avrdClee Te wol-anol.-surdo ion TO, Jrban, Out' ckf ield 1":jI1 great deal of service this year e left in the top of the picture )lumbia. Running with him is hester. In the lower picture I with Red Snider clearing the pening Delayed In Intramurals irce hundred and fifty students of University are making final plans heir intra-mural football program hi will get under way soon. ec sport will beC under the dlirection ack Crawford, phlysical education tor. AMr. Crawford requires that hose p)articipating get int training re p)laying ien one of the games. am doing this to keep down in s," saidl Mr. Crawvford. "Our ob is to b)uild upl the physical health te student and not to harm it." -.Itipment to b~e furnished to each includecs 20 jerseys, shoes, head s, shoulider p)ads andl pants. One v'ill be red an(l the other black. even teams have b)een formed from enements on the camupus and each rnity wvill enter a team. 3 Person is eligib)le to play wvho particip)atedl in any varsity or unan football game either at Caro or any other college. iis series of footb)ail games starts ntra-mural sports program for the . asketball, baseball, and track petition wvill be held later. nly one loss is necessary to drop im from the tournament. Ties will be cotantedI. Afemb)ers of the var footb)all team wvill officiate at all ue games. ie tournament was to have started er, b)ut the necessary equipment d not b)e ob)tainedl in time. Several he tenement and fraternity teams been practicing for the last sev weeks. OLUMBIA'S MOST UNIQUE" Opposite the Jefferson Hotel >en All Night Pone 87. morrow dwards Of Game Reserves In Practice Two Scrimmage Games Held This Week With Second Stringers Opposing First Team - r eceded by a parade, a banquet, and oth festivities, the annual Carolina H - Coming Day gridiron classic wj e played tomorrow when the Lrjt ersity of South Carolina Game oocks meet the Tarheels of the Uni versity of North Carolina. This game is expected to attract a record crowd of alumni and other Carolina supporters in this state. North Carolina will enter the game the favorite to avenge their defeat by Duke last week. The visitors have a well-balanced team which has a brilliant passing at tack which is expected to give the Gamecocks a great deal of trouble. Coach Don McCallister has put the Carolina squad through a hard week of practice in preparation for this game. Work on the tackling dummy and blocking dummy has kept the- men busy, and scrimmages have been held every afternoon. In addition to the regular scrimmages, two regulation games have been played this week with the reserves using North Caro lina's plays, opposing the first team. On Tuesday the second stringers kept up their good playing which they started last week in scoring the Game cock's only touchdown against the Purple Hurricane and defeated the reg ulars 23-7, one point being the only difference between that game and the game with Furman. Lewis Tabor, Ed Stillwell, and Tom Hutto, the men who worked the scor ing play last week have been particu larly outstanding in practice this week and indications are that they will see a tive service in the North Carolina game. Joe Williams, Curry Farnham, and Lit Durham were three other backs who have shown a great deal of im provement in their playing, according to Coach McCallister. Frank Urban and Van Edwards will not he able to play in the game to morrow. Urban has suffered a knee injury that will keep him on the bench for some time, and Edwards is out for the rest of the season with another injured knee. Paul Robelot and Ed Clary were taking things easy with charleyhorses this week. It is not known whether they will be able to play against North Carolina. Pat Tobias reported for practice dlespite a high tempera ture. Pass (defense has been stressed this week in order to stop the aerial at tack of the invaders. Dick Buck, all southern flankman for the past two years in notedl for his pass receiving. Both teams will enter the game to morrow with the hitter taste of defeat still with them. South Carolina suc cumibed to the Purple Hurricane last week, and North Carolina found the powerful eleven of Duke University too much for them. CHARLES OLD COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER PHONE 2-2258 HALTIWANGER'S Ladies' Ready-to-Wear and Millinery 1441 Main Street EAT THOSE DELICIOUS SHACK'S AT ALL SODA FOUNTAINS CAROLINA ENGRAVING Co. Compliments of S. H. 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