Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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On The SPORTSIDE By George Zuckerman THE GAME OF THE YEAR Those in the know could tell you that all the gridiron contests prior to the State Fair battle today have been preliminaries; and that everything afterwards will be anti-climax. True it is that we have and are scheduled to meet more famous aggregations than the one Jess Neely 'ill bring here. But today is TIIE GAME. Ilhe winner won't go to the Rose Bowl; and there is no national championship at stake. But this skirmish is what may be termed a "natural." And a good part of the battle will be fought off the gridiron; will be fought until the next State Fair pitches tent in Columbia. 'I'he downtown quarterbacks have labeled it an even-money game. According to the contestants' previous records against the leading elevens of the nation, it seems like they are right for once. Any how a record crowd is expected to pass through the gates via their precious (eats and witness the game of the yez.r. Any'one having spare chairs in the kitchen please get in touch with Bill Ilarth. * * * * * THOSE TWO INVISIBLE OPPONENTS 'fis correspondent after viewing the )avidson encounter, which saw Victory returmi to Carolina, reflected how cloudy and precari ons was the boundary between ' ictory and defeat. Besides wag ing battle against eleven human projectiles a football team has to contend with Time and Coincidence. Horror enters with the thought that the minutes might have hur ried along and not given Gene Robinson a chance to dive into the end zone. One minute was left to play in the first half when the Gamecock halfback registered his six points. If South Carolina had lost Saturday's game there would be a goat in the Gamecock lineup. What was probably the best for ward pass thrown this season in Carolina stadium spiralled from the adept right arm of Ed Clary, the pigskin sailing at a high arch some forty yards and exploding in the arms of the moving target that wts Ed Stillwell. The Stadium became full of sound and fury. And signified noth ing-instead of a touchdown-because one of the McCallistermen was off side. Had the opponent been Clemson and had the Game cocks beei on the bad end of the score this columnist believes not even Lloyds would have insured the life of the official who called the play. * * * * * A COMEDY OF FUMBLES Watching the Gamecock-W ildeat skirmish was like viewing a Clark Gable-Greta Garbo film--without Clark Gable and Greta Gar bo. For two of )ixie's candidates for the All-America team, Caro lina's Dick Little and )avidson's Teenv Laflerty, spent the afternoon in the camipacity as spectators. And in these sober (lays they don't allow the spectators to carry the ball. But the program of the day was saved when i)on McCallister opened the trap and releasel his Mickey Mouse in the person of Gene Robinson. And Wildcat rooters hissed while villain Rock Stroud stole repeatedly through the Davidson line. To add interest to the game South Carolina gave D)avidson a handi cap by playing ten men against their twelve. McCallister p)ernmit tedl Man Mountain (Granoff' to play in McEver's backfield. This caused much troublle beCcaiuse Giranoff and the Wildc'at hacks seemed to ditler about which way the ball was supjposed to travel. And D)avidson refused to take everything with a Granoff salt. Th'le McCallister Stars also demonstratedl a bit of slow motion. Capta in Jack Lyon grew a heard in the backfield before he discovered that F'rank Urban had declared squatter's rights ini sonme unshaded nook of the end1( zone. Lyons p)roIipjtly telegraphed the ball press rate colleet for one touchdown. Next- week: East Lynnle; or, What Happened To Clemson? * * * * * MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA FROSH Like the beardedl man onl the notorious p)ostage stamp), last Sat utrday a handl of Yankees from the hills of Pennsylvania-clad in Biddy uni formus-ma rched through Georgia and left a 25 to 0 stain in Augusta. Victim of this raid by 'fed Petoskey's iron men was the U niversity of G eorgia froshi eleven. Erie's Al Grygo escap)ed the Georgia shotguns three tinmes andl trespassed into th en cd zone. TIo keep the honors in the keystone state right end Nowack proved that. three couuld he conipany by in tercep)ting a pass onm his owvn ten y'ard line andl ambling ninety yards (downl the field, watching hiis teamumates howl over onconming Bull pups~ like big p)ins. This sunmmer the University of Souith Carolina set New York on its heels-or toes-with the Big Apple. Next fall whlen the McCallister men go to Gothamitown these Yanmkees will be in there against the F~ordhamin Ramns andt they'll march and runible so loudly in the P~olo Grounds that the Emplire State building will sway like a reedl in the wind. Anyway at least we will have soume umnpronmouneable names to match those of Fordham. * * * * * NOTES AFTER THE DEADLINE Some Winc hell orchidos to Scumggs Hope, who is working hlard to make the excursioni train to Orangehurg for the Citadel game a reality... Italies TIribble nmust inalvt run out of scandalml and1( poetry andit Specu lum Vitae Willianms must have lost the address of the exchange edlitor. Because both of them have become F'OOTI HA LL PROG NOSTICA TORS. . . A sports editor in one of thme leading southern college jour nals predicting that it would he thme Gamecocks (down the homnestr'etchi in the Southern Coniference... This rag -went to bed too early to repor't the Carolina-Clemson froshm game. . .A recordl crowd is also elnectedl in the press b)ox todlay. South Caro Record Cro Gamecock G Coffin Kicker I IF ED CLARY -Ac4C Ed Clary, who is rated one of the Fi ~~>: : best punters in Dixie, proved his ver- iv satility by heaving a forty yard for-ass snat ward pass into the end zone. But an snat off side penalty nullified the aerial. ger getti Man Mountain pas /RV/N GReAoF/F Irvin Granoff is now showing spec tators why he was chosen All-Scho lastic guard in New York City a few years ago. Radio announcers pro nounced his name easily by reason of ball his being in on most plays. this pera lines Hard Rock fiv guar BACAC Heber Stroud has been pounding enemy lines for long gains since the Tc start of the season. Carolina opponents all t will be pestered by Stroud for two spen more years. This is only his sopho- ning more year. In the Wildcat game throi ina And 'wdTo 1 rid Fotos Fir7t Scorer FRANA oR&qAV 2NDN ank Urban, who was on the re ng end of Jack Lyon's forward in the Wildcat encounter, has beern thing aerials all season long. Ti. secondaries won't let him out of s:ght but Urban has a way of ng lost. And only the Ggumecocli er can find him. Stone Wall * .\... .\*ORGE MM(V/ pl 4ay g rU akvicfml tive Uorbaun wo wsns themye rngend ofv been Lyonre so forr scondares wn'thi etk himeoutko mmy ~ Urbca has e a jack Of ngalest ndl the Gamecoc kid ierfernefne putig,mnakn ogte Maie, on llik thet ye atr. BrthnerFnkouiti Clemson R Kitness Bat4 Extra Seats Erected Establishing a pre-game sales record for the Carolina-Clemson fi asco at the State Fair grounds to day, William H. Harth, director of athletics at the University, said yes terday that all reserved seats put on sale had been sold at $.40 each. Over 1,500 temporary seats have ] been erected at the south end of . the Stadium, tickets for which will be sold to the first who comes at a flat rate of $2. Due to the large number of alumni planning to at tend the game, 250 chairs will be used to accommodate the overfloW c from the alumni box. South Carolina Hands Wildcats 12 To 7 Setback Gamecocks Frank Urban And Gene Robinson Make Touch downs For Carolina A Parents' Day crowd of approxi mately 8,000 saw the University of i South Carolina gain its first southern t conference victory of the season by ( defeating the Davidson Wildcats, 12 1 to 7, at Carolina stadium last Saturday. I Unimpressive and never seeming to t exert, the powerful Gamecocks scored t twice in the second period, only to let Davidson tally from the one yard 1 line late in the fourth after an 84 yard march to which the Gamecocks 1 contributed 58 yards in penalties. Bailey Williams, Davidson captain, ; made the kick after touchdown good. t Little and Lafferty Missing The expected duel between the rival . flashes, Teeny Lafferty of Davidson and Dick Little of Carolina, failed to materialize as both were recovering 1 from slight injuries suffered in pre- I vious games and did not play. ( Both of the Carolina touchdowns came as the result of breaks which the Gamecocks used to good advantage. l Williams of Davidson attempting to punt out fumbled and the ball went to Carolina on the Davidson 29. Two gains and a Carolina penalty for clip ping finally worked the ball up to the 20. Captain Jack Lyon started on a long end run but threw a pass over the goal line to Urban. Lonchar's place ment went wide. In this same second period the sec- 1 ond Carolira score came. A pass in- i terception by center John Burns start ed the drive. Nine plays made the necessary 46 yards to the goal. Soph omore Gene Robinson carried the ball practically all the distance to make the score, but missed his drop-kick for the extra point. Touchdown Called Back In the third quarter a touchdown by Carolina was made on a long 33 yardl pass hurled by Ed Clary and caught by big Ed StillWell in the Davidson end zone. Unluckily for the Game cocks the play was called back because a Carolina man was off-side. High yard man of the afternoonr was Gamecock Rock Stroud who av eraged 4 1/3 yards to the rush. Hea carried the ball 15 times, netted 65 yards which was 20 more than the run tner-up, Dennis of Davidson, gained. Gamecock punter Ed Clary showved much improvement in running, hold ing joint honors with Dennis for the longest run of the game, 21 yards. Carolina hurled 6 passes and com-i pleted one for 20 yards while David son triedl 15, making 4 of them good(t for a total of 44 yardls. The Game- a cocks gainedl a total of 196 yards by rushing with the Wildcats making only Davidson (7). Carolina (13). [LE--Williams.-.-....... ... . Stillwvell LT--Warden ...............Granoff LG'-Johnston ..........B. Durham C-Punrdy-.--............... Burns t< RG--Hill .................Makovic la RT--Graham.-............. Bethune RJ'-Iverson ...............Simpson QB-Hland .................Dearth LHI--ennis.--.............. Stroud Ri--McCellan .............. Snider s b'B-Boln.----............... Clary Score by periods: Davidson...........0 o 0 7_. 7~ Carolina.............0 12 0 0-.-12 Carolina scoring, Urban (sub for E. a StilIwell), Robinson (sub for Stroud). Davidson scoring Dennis. Extra v point, B. Williams (placement). h Carolina Substitutions: Ends, My- P ers, Urban, Crews, Baxter; tackles, g 1-owell, Craig, Long, Biggs, Martin; guardls, Blretz, Murray, R. Williams, I Norton; backs,I Li nl..r.,.,, 'fabor, F ited Even; ile Today Dick Little Probably To Start Game Bailey, Clemson Star !eely Says Result Of Today's Clash Hinges On The Way The Breaks Go (Continued from Page One) All seats except a few at the ends >f the field have been sold in advance Lt a straight price of $2.40 each. Tick ts on both the Clemson and Carolina ides are on sale at McGregor's Drug tore in Columbia. Coach Neely of Clemson broke his :ustomary rule of absolute silence in dvance of his team's contests to say: The teams are more evenly matched han at any time since I have been :onnected with this game...It may be football game hinging on the >reaks..." STARTING LINEUPS He will probably use the same start ng lineup that has begun the past hree games. Tom McConnell and :arl Black are slated for the ends; 'red Wyse and Curtis Pennington, ackles; Bill Bryant and Oliver Payne, suards, and Charlie Woods will be at he center position. The regular starting backfield of Bob 3ailey, Ben Pearson, Don Willis, and \l Sanders are scheduled to test the aamecocks' defensive strength. In his third attempt to break the tring of Clemson victories since he ook over at Carolina, Don McCallister vill probaby give the nod to his "A" leven'. Glenn Myers and Frank Urban will the flanks; Pop Howell and Jack )orflinger will hold down the tackle >ositions; Al Bretz and Alternate apt. Hasel Murray are slated at guard ind Johnny Burns at center. Lit Durham will be at the quarter >ack post, with Capt. Jack Lyon and lock Stroud at the halves and Tommy .onchar at full. Alternating with this group will be 3ill Simpson and Ed Stillwell at end; Irvin Granoff and Wallace Craig at ackle; George Makovic and Big Dur am at guard, with Harold Hartel at enter. In the backfield of the "B" ean will be Ralph Dearth, quarter )ack, Van Edwards and Red Snider, alves, and Ed Clary, fullback. TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED The Clemson attack is built around 3ob Bailey, triple-threat back, who is lhe most consistent player on the Tiger oster. Beside being the spearhead of heir ground offensive, Bailey is a sure asser and an exceptional punter. Contrasted with this will be the Mc 2allister method of runninig two equal y strong teams into thle fray at any uncture. Both teams in previous lames have shown a tendency to tele traph running plays to the opposition. The Tiger passing combination of 3ailey-to-McFadden is perhaps supe ior to the Birds' aerial attack, because if McFadden's height and adeptness t taking passes on the dead run. If a punting duel should eventuate, lhe edge would probably go to Ed lary, although Bailey's booting has >en a god-send to the Tigers this casoni. Banks McFadden can be de ended on for more distance In his icks than either of the other two, but a bit slow in getting them away. Trh.ere is little to choose between the wvo teanlis in the matter of reserve trength. The edge, if any, goes to the jarolina team because of their season hg, although the Clemson reserves re speedy and strike fast. -U. U. 0. -Notables (Continued from Page One) >rs and( 50 members of the House of epresentat ives. Senator James F. Byrnes, ex-senator ole L. Blease, President Shelton Phelps, Vinthrop college, Miss Briggs Ander n, president of tile Winthrop college udent body, congressman H. P. Fulnmer, Ion. Wynldham Manning, Mayor Burniet .Maybanik, Charleston, Lieut. Gov. J. E. [arley, and Dr. William Way, Grace piscopal church, Charleston, will be ruong those comprising tile group. Several former students of the Uni ersity are among those representing the ouse and senate, and others are ex actedl to be on hand by the time the ime starts. --U. . 0. yon, Lonchar, Edwards, Kalmbach, ob)inlson. Brown, B. Williams.