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Gamecocks I Intra-Mural F< On The I SPORTS1DE < ByI ers George Zuckerman di on ing Thoughts of a fr Bewildered Columnist for "th So much of the spectacular and the irregular have occurred since the last has issue of "The Gamecock" that if I were to properly annoy this typewriter I or would culminate by making "Gone With The Wind" look like a pocket-sized edos digest. Hoping against hope that this column will not end up by appearing are like a long-winded sentence of James Joyce-or a long-winded column of italics ' by 'T'ribble-I best decided to ramble along with incongruity. Anyway here is in the gridiron stew-served the second Tuesday of each week-that resulted n1ie from blending three football games, two fairs, two near-riots, one inebriated gentleman, and spiced with some cuties from the side shows, etc. etc. wh wh Under the Big giv Tent-Or Stadium un After viewing the Clemson and Citadel affrays this column goes on record th -with a broken needle-as favoring a separation of the gridiron battles and gar the side shows which pose as state or county fairs.... Each year the situation bal grows worse; for there hasn't been a real ball game for the past two years at Mr Columbia or Orangeburg. In fact you have to be perfectly sober to dis- uni tinguish between the side shows, the penny arcades, and the football games.... ate At the close of the Clemson-Carolina varsity encounter one of the best re- I porters in the press box remarked that the ball game wasn't worth two cents. Nc Of course, he added several phrases not fit for freshmen to read; but he had bal the right idea. And everyone in the press coop practically agreed with him-.... tua One sure thing the team that played against Clemson was not the same one tea that played such good football against North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. fra Although I readily admit that Clemson had the better outfit, the score greatly col exaggerates the difference.... When one of the South's greatest sports writers, is 0. !. Keekr, Atlanta Journal, predicts that the McCallistermen would beat t Clemson 20 to 0, and the final score finds Clemson on top with a 34 to 6 score, wil there is no sane explanation.... And this column is not going to get involved the in the matter of "overstressing the game....Banjo Smith in the Columbia Cr: Record adequately took care of that....Shame of the matter is the unde niable fact that the Clemson battle is the most publicized game of the year for the Gamecocks. It is the yardstick for our national reputation. For the T game is played on a Thursday and is the only important football contest on that day. And in the leading journals throughout the nation you can find ge the result in screaming streamers (headlines to you). On the other hand- we not sleight-of-hand-if we were to beat Kentucky, we would not receive much So space in the Sunday sports sections. Even in the South the sports pages are Or ovrIkhaded with the results of Minnesota, Notre Dame, Pittsburg, California, and the chosen others whose names appear on the football betting sheets, tot tw Hallucination ya Over Orangeburg cha Most fantastic of all fantasy was the football game staged--not played-at let Orangeburg. In the blur of fleeting moments it is difficult to recall if it was Gene Robinson or a shapely chorine from the "Miss America" show who, aided by a gang of Gamecocks, trucked it on down across the goal lin.....From the e newvspap)ers we learned a mysterious Mr. B. made that sensational tackle of kni Jack Lyon-or was it one of those Lions from the trick motorcycle act. And shi sometimes I believe (I believe as I please) that it was one of those oily-skinned 7 alligators from Indian Village who reached out of the mythical jungle and' dIragged Lyon or the Lion to the earth. 'rhe Four 01(1 Men-officials-some-' how hypnotized the pigskin and before you could rattle off something or other there were six more points sitting on the score b)oard.... Bob Ripley could get a free item in Ralph Dearth's scoop; namely: South Carolina crossed the C:itadlel goal line once; and scored" three times. Thle wvhole mess reminded this columnist of something concocted b~y Mack Sennett or the mad Marx Brothers in an inebriate moment. It belonged under the penny arcade tent instead of the spacious football gridiron... .I don't be lieve all the hooey about first downs. Touchdowns still win the ball games. And moral victories are forgotten by 'tater plantin' time. But I would give Citadel the slight edge .on performance last Friday; they showed more spirit and fought harder... .But Luck sat on the Gamecock bench... .Bill McCal lister, Biddy quarterback and brother of coach Don, revealed in a bull session the other afternoon his prediction that the Gamecocks would win the five re maining games on the 1937 schedule.... My opinion-not copyrighted-is that Carolina will have to display a better brand of football than exhibited atD Orangeburg to accomplish this deed... .And the Gamecocks can do it.... l'redliction: South Carolina 13, Kentucky 6. The Rats Stole0 The Show On some cold Wednesday night some (lays ago at Melton Field was con testedl one of the finest gridiron battles seen in these Dixie parts for a long inne. Hailed as an "appetizer" to the state fair classic, the Carolina-Clemson frosh affair proved to be the only game worth the admission price. Thanks to3 Mr. Alios Brygo, a fine time was had by all the Gamecock rooters. And, says Biddy mentor Ted Petoskey, a thousand thanks to the powerful Carolina frosh forwvard wall. (This is beginning to sound like an after dinner speech). As a dessert a capacity crowd whetted its appetite on a mob rigt started by some Clemson frosh player, who still carried around his high school habits andI tried to wrest the ball from Lucius Henson at the close of the contest. Hope ran high on Main street that night and everyone was looking for a break in the clouded streak of Clemson victories... .I predicted a Gamecock triumph by one touchdown... .Anyhow we had a good time for three minutes ..All of which reminds that I ought to say something before I reach the end of the page. A Return To The Un-conscious Going from the sub-conscious to the un-conscious I recall that I forgot to Place my nominations for the All-State eleven. Out of the Gamecock grab bag comes the names of Ed Clary, Irvin (Man Mountain) Granoff, and Gene Robinson. To Ed Clary also goes my vote (not purchased) for the most valuable man on the South Carolina team.Jeeves, another double malted mniik Vleet I "otball 4 rawford To cad Campus hrid Games t is open season for football play on the Carolina campus as the '37 -a-mural football campaign gets un way. The first game will be played November 15, the Monday follow the curtain performance of the olina Biddies against the Furman sh. Unfortunately," says Jack Craw d, director of physical education, e committee on intra-mural football not yet made a schedule of games decided which tenements may play ether. All these details will be post on the bulletin boards and the boys asked to watch for them." rophies this year will be awarded h a slightly different way. The eleven l n on the winning team will each re- t ve a medal while the one outstand- sl player of the whole tournament, R ether he be a back or a linesman, c ether his team win or lose, will be tt en a trophy. V. H. Harth, athletic director of the d iversity, has promised to furnish forms to all the boys. These will be p ied at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of o day the game is to be played. All D nes will start at 3:30 o'clock. Foot- C Is can be obtained for practice from n Crawford by the team captains ti o will be responsible for them and h forms to all the boys. These will be ti ly after the game. sl tules for elegibility are the same. tc one who has participated in foot 1, freshman or varsity, here or else- d ere can play. Boys will have to ac- a: Ily live in a tenement to play on that p: m. Same goes for fraternities. Only of :ernity men can play for a fraternity. a: e game against the Middle Georgia o lege this week will not count as this ust a pick-up game for the fun of it. C nyc plhying intra-mural football h i be excused from gym classes as in F past but only after seeing Mr. T iwford personally. F -U. 8. 0. itadel Learns That bF )uch1downs Pay Off [ouchdowns count-so the coura- A us Citadel Bulldogs learned as they re defeated by the University of uth Carolina, 21 to 6, in the 32nd an- y' il Carolina-Citadel classic at tc angeburg last week. iLen thousand spectators were as inded to see the University score o touchdowns in the first half, make t a first down, and gain only six -ds from scrimmage. On the other id, Citadel, clicking perfectly, ilked up ten first downs and a goose g on the scoreboard in the same gth of time. -u. 8. 0. rioyd O. Tanner, nowv vice-president General Motors in charge of Labor at ions, started out as a wvorker in a tting mill, later served an apprentice p as a machinist and tool maker. Standard Business Courses Comptometer, Salesmanship and Accounting Jolumbia Commercial College 1556 Main Street Telephone 2-3288 Columbia, South Carolina EPENDABLE TAXI SERVICE CHECKER CAB Co. Telephone 2-3311 UR RATES ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST Columbia's Preferred Transportation C OMP LIME NT S of HAVE RTY Furniture Co. "A GREAT STORE GREAT CITY" 1638 Main Street Telephones 5993-95451 (entuc To BE Boxing Begins Boxing coach, Frank DeMars has sent out a call for men. Those who have a desire to sling the mittens for U. S. C. this year are asked to report for a workout in the Uni versity gymnasium every afternoon at four o'clock. If' enough material reports for early training a great team is assured for Carolina this year, since only two men gaduated from last year's fine squad. Zeserves Meet Viddle Georgia lere Saturday By Frank Martin Gloom hung like a dark cloud over e Carolina campus today when it was arned that Bill Bochman, stellar iple-threat back, would not be in the arting lineup of the South Carolina eserves, who meet the Middle eorgia College Saturday afternoon at ree o'clock on Melton field. Boch an sprained his ankle during a signal 'ill. Both aggregations have displayed >wer and deception and the outcome [ the contest is expected to be close. espite the heavy loss of Bochman, oach Lyn Kalmbach is very opti Listic about encounter. He stated to us correspendent "that everything ad been done to win this game and at with the full cooperation of the udent body he was confident of vic ry." Assistant coaches Hughes, Alexan r, Craig, Martin, and Kelly have ded head coach Kalmbach in whip ing the Reserves into shape, working [ new razzle-dazzle formations, which e expected to utilize the full strength f the Carolina team. Probable starting lineup for the arolina Reserves, L.E., Hilton; L.T., [oultrie; L.G., Spigner; C., Knox; .G., Martin; R.T., Williams; R.E., urnbull; Q.B., Rollins; H.B., Wolfe; [.B., Wilson; F.B., Kalmbach. -L. 8. 0. "Some fellows seem to think that just cause they've driven 200,000 miles with it an accident, they are immune. No )dy's immune if he gets careless." merican Magazine, November, 1937. Steel disk wheels appeared in 1917, the ar Buick enlarged production capacity 750 cars a day. AT THE CANTEEN COMPLETE GYM OUTFIT Only 85c We Also Have Tennis Supplies --Men's Wearables CLOTHING-HATS-SHOES Merchandise of Quality for the man who cares KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES, STETSON HATS, FREEMAN SHOES, MANHATTAN SHIRTS, WILSON BROS. FURNISHINGS. 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Cagers Start Season's Work Led by Captain Guy Lipscomb and Torn Hutto, members of last year's State championship team, the Univer sity of South Carolina basketball squad reported for the first practice session of the season last Monday night in the Field House. A disappointing small squad of fourteen players reported to Coach Ted Petoskey. The 1936 Carolina team, captained by diminutive "Skeeter" James swept to fourteen victories in twenty games played to win the state title and a bid to the Southern Conference. Drawing the seeded Washington and Lee outfit in the opening encounter, the Game cocks went down to defeat in a nip and tuck battle. Washington and Lee eventually won the Conference title. Bernard James, Guy Lipscomb, and Tom Hutto were chosen on the All State five. Through graduation South Carolina lost the valuable services of Captain James and Goody Taylor, sparkling forward. -v. S. C. Harold: "You shouldn't keep me after school so often, Miss Jones. 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Said McCal lister: "Any team that is beaten forty to nothing even by so fine an eleven as Alabama, is bound to be out for )lood the next time it plays!" Doubtful starters in the South Caro lina lineup are )ick Little, halfback and Ralph D)earth, quarterback. Little, who was the mainstay of the Game cock attack earlier this fall and was being boosted for All-American hon ors, is being kept on the sidelines by a serious leg injury. In the Citadel encounter last Friday, which saw victory conic to Carolina, Ralph Dearth incurred a broken nose. And for the second time this year he has a pair of black eyes. Dearth may enter the Kentucky battle protected by a special nose-guard. In seven contests this season, the Gamecocks have won three, lost three, and tied one, beating Emory and Hen ry, Davidson, and the Citadel, losing to Georgia, Alabama, and Clemson BURETOR U. S. Pat. No. 2,082,106 .LM-DULE ew way of burning tobacco --better, eooler. cleaner. Car buretor-Actioq oools smoke. 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