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BIRDS CLOSE On The SPORTSIDE By George Zuckerman Retain The Entire Coaching Staff Rumors have been cropping up this week concerning the c< ing situation here. Some are ridiculous ; others are suggestive. One source has it that Don McCallister will be retained Dutch Stamman and Frank Pauly, assistant coaches-will be g free passes to the breadline. This columnist does not know what the pensive committee decide. But if the blame is shifted to the assistants and they are f the committee will have acted-in my personal opinion-very wisely. Basing my judgment on the inside facts known to me, I would to see the South Carolina coaching staff kept intact. And let me remind the sideline quarterbacks and 'interest alumni that U. S. C. has not the money to pay for Carl Snave any other big time gridiron mentor. Some people got the idea can have a million dollar outfit by paying two-bit salaries. )on McCallister and his entire staff ought to be retained. Subsidization Hangs Above And Behind Quite a furor was caused last week by the front page editc of The Gamecock heralded the cause of "Open Subsidization." ( ment both good and bad reached Gamecock Editor Williams. I, papers recognized the importance of the item and reprinted it; soon the Associated Press was sending the story over its telet; and the United Press was shaping up its version. The A. P. patchl carried an accompanying statement by South Carol Athletic I)irector Bill Harth. A lot of things were said and unsaid. But the local situation brought out in the open. Preceding The Gamecock editorial by several weeks was outburst coming from the University of Pittsburgh, which p - ay has one of the largest foota.l budgets in the nation. ] had comie from educational Johns Hopkins, it would have beer nored. But coming from the Rose Bowl champions, it creati mild sensation. After they close the ticket windows on the gridiron season, the major colleges vill sit around the hot s and attempt to terminate their secretive policies-and stop fo< the public. This month President J. Rion McKissick and Bill Harth attend the annual meeting of the Southern Conference. What 1 plans for action are this columnist does not know. But I believe U. S. C. representatives will not cater to any proposal that is vene with sham and hypocrisy, and covers up the truth. Tllis columnist advocates open subsi(lization of athletes. advocates a withdrawal fromhl the Southern Conference-if that 1 continues its l)reseIlt policy. Big-Time Football A Frankenstein Time was when the situation was trivial and local enough to rant a certain amount of secrecy. Blht even suchh a great fool college as Pittsburgh a(lmits that big-tine football has becom I'ranlkenstein. College football is the Fall etuivalent of major league base Both gamnes arc, ini this writer's opinlion, p)layed honestly and( ar< tainted. But gambling is prevalent ini both of thenm. The foo bet .ting sheet p)robably nets as niuichi revenmue nowv as does the I ball pools5. Particularly prloitable for the bookmakers was the season; for each Saturday hats seen a ninnuber of tie gaimes throi out the land. Etspeciallhy in this sector the suickers dlon't get a b They aren't allowed to p)ick tie games. The IIlarmion Case at the U n iver'sit y of M ichmigani, wvhere Tum Utniversity atteumpted to raise tihe bid for the athilete's service ind(icative of the situat ion today. Compijosinig tihe miajor footbmall elevens in the countriy are pla w'11h have beeni proselyt ized by scouts, coaches, and~ interestedl alu Thecy were not attendhing their ahnma mater because their father g j ate fi romi t here, b ecauI se of certa in courIses, profIessor~s, or1pr sHiinal schiools, beca use tihe college fees was withini thirm final range. M.Xost of them arme a hard working lot and( dleserve every penn favor tihe universities extendl t hem. In fact we believe that in end the athlete is alwvays tihe loser. Scene At Union Station, Greenville After' watchinig Furman 1hold a nmuch sup)erior Clemson outf a scoreless tie ini the Thanksgi ving D)ay skirmish in G reenville. colutmnist (discovered somiet hiing lhe had heard about bu col believe : that Clemson plIays against F"urmmian the way Card play13s againlst Clemson and( Citadel against Carolina. And t is only one suitable aldjective-p)utridl (apologies to 'fed IIusi 'hus, th is sports w riter' reverses the Pirandello adage, "Belie is Seimg.' I saw the game, now 1 believe it. And I believe bail situation in this state olers ai happy hunting ground for grunmtled psychiatrists. Night camne to Greenville andl after dlevouirinIg a steak this w hieaded for Uniionl Bus Station. After waiting twenty miniutes thnig aboumt W alter D)avenmport and the missing Collier's in zmnes, thiis columnist boa rded tile Spa rtanburg bus and entered aud(ible r.ange of a loud boisterous voice emanating from tile in atedl gentlemen who sat on one of time front seats and( greeted passenlgers. Said he: "...wonmn and chtildren first; Clemson next. . .don't putshl, I these Clemson boys are fragile.. .If I hadnlf't lost $481 on the g *I'd b)e ridhing home ini a Packard. . .Duck, boys, here comes Furmi *get out of the way, you toy soldiers... Hey, fatty, Ill tmalk wanit to. . .Anyway you ouight to be qluarterback for Clemison dlon't scare so easily; and you're fat enougih... I weighl 220 pol lady; think you can (10 it?. . .So you like uniforms. .. Well, wait til tile next wa... .Hey, vend(or, give a big applle to Furmia 'Well, anyway, Clemson puts ont tihe best hitch hikers in tile world .And tile roaring engine of the bums dIrilled tihrough the thick night until Geer', where Giarrulity Personifiedl got off, the nmght moved to make room for hlim. And this writer conti: from Spartanbuirg to Asheville. to sit on a. little hill-and laugh SEASON Carolina C ach But iven nwill //456L M vYR " red, Alternate-Captain Hasel Murray, un- palying his final skirmish for the Gamecocks, has been a bulwark on the like Carolina forward wall throughout his , oGamecocks To Catholic The Carolina Gamecocks made the trip to Washington last week only to lose to Catholic University as several of their touchdown threats failed to Irial materialize, 27 to 14. A home-coming '0m- crowd of 6,000 saw the game. oet Ihe mushy field hindered the Caro lina sprinters as they slipped and fell and throughout the game. Captain Jack Vpes Lyon did break loose in the first quar dis- ter on a fake reverse, making 41 yards 's and the score. Lonchar kicked the ex atra point. The second Carolina score came in the second quarter when the was Gamecocks were behind 20 to 7. A pass, Williams to Meyers, made the touchdown with Lonchar again kicking the the point. rob- Fullback Ronco Pirro of Catholic f it seemed to be able to go through the Gamecock line at will. His running ig- set up each of his team's touchdowns d a while he himself carried one of them 1937 over. tove Tlhe crowd yelled for the "Big Ap ple" as the University band took the ing field at the half but got the usual ex hibition. 'T'hat night the Young Dem will ocrats Club of Washington entertained ei the football players with a dance. Catholic made 14 first downs to the the Gamecocks' 11. Although the Game ered cocks outgained Catholic through the air, they missed several scoring oppor tunities. The Gamecocks totaled 123 And yards on passes to Catholic's 112. )ody Catholic's first score came early in the first quarter after a Gamecock fum ble on their own 28. A pass and a line buck took it over. Catholic scored again in this same period when Cala BASKETEERS PRA *o FOR APPROACHIN ball. The 19:37 edition of tihe University of lin- South Carolina basketball team is rap ball idly taking shape undler the able coach ase- ing of Ted Petoskey. The Bird has 193I keteers are hard at work nightly in the ighi- big field house, polishing their com eak. plicated plays and improving on their hall-handling technique. lane I lolmes E~ 1 e a z e r , sharp-shooting s, is freshman star, reported for p)ractice last M ondlay ev'ening to swell tihe tiny yesGmcc squad to fifteen p)layers. n.Several football men are expectedl to rad-I rep)ort to practice directly after the )fCS_ Miami game. E.leazer has been ill for miiseveral weeks and Bill Simpson, star forwvard on the 1936 state-champions, is still suffering from a leg injury ac y or qluiredl in the Kentucky b)attle. the Newv backboards andl baskets are b)e ing erected in the Field House in prep aration for the stiffest schedule in the history of the Garnet and Black and the team has worked out on thle floor without the aid of the baskets p)erfect ttoing floor work and out-of-bounds plays. . A smooth fast- breaking team to back fthis t he sharpshooting of Tonm ''Padge'' niot H utto, all-state guardl, and Guy Lips >inta combl, captain and( a I-state center, is here what Coach lPetoskey is aiming at in these nightly workouts. . Iwenty-four games are scheduled Q'II for tihe 1937-38n Bird team and the tiot- schedule includes invasions b~y D)uke, dijs- Tennessee, Georgia, Georgia T'ch, atnd Clemson. In the mlonthl of February, .iet thle Gamecocks wvill p)lay on an average erof once every two days and will travel and on several four (lay tril)s. aga- At present the b)asketb)all roster in the cludles, Guy ILipscomb, Tom Hutto, Gene Alexander, Oliver Wolfe, Archie P etty, Carl Simpson, George Coleman, the George Kanuck, Louis Biryan, Holmes Eleazer, Louis Tabor, Lucius Hlenson, ad II. Johnson, Bill Simpson, andl Buck tirne, -- _____________ in" * Shadows In Space you TO A LADY OF MEMORIES nids, Silken morniing stars, un- Reflecting pale thru velvet night, From placid seas a tendler light, '',' Are seeing from afar - - Like eyes of you are watching mle. lark Could I beyond the sky but see and1( Again how beautiful you are. udLet me drink once more, WITH I -captain s C1oE Y -d- GuARD college career. Never spectacular Murray always turned in good per formances and gained hte reputation of being a "players' player." Drop Game 27 To 14 brese recovered his teammate's fumble C over the Carolina goal line. The third bac Catholic touchdown came in the second quarter after a punt had been returned car to the Gamecocks' ten. A pass did sity the work. Carolina threatened in the can fourth period but Catholic intercepted tou a Carolina lass and then passed for nin the touchdown. Score: Catholic 27, South Carolina - 14. The line-up: Pos. Catholic Carolina LE-Calabrese ............ Stillwell LT-Katalinas .............. Granoff LG-Sabo .................. Durham C-Ambrose ................ Burns RG--Sochon (c) ............Murray RT-White .............. Dorflinger RB-Shine ................ Simpson QB-Munhall ................ Dearth H 1--Carroll .............. William H11 Vidnovic ............Lyon (c) 1 FB- lPirro . ................ Lonchar By periods: Catholic University ..13 7 0 7-27 South Carolina ...... 7 7 0 0-14 Catholic scoring: Touchdowns, Pir ro, Calabrese, Guyon, Munhall. Points after touchdown, Cairo (2), Carroll. South Carolina: Touchdowns, Lyon, Myers. Points after touCIdown, Lochiiar (2). Officials: Referee, Cummings (Bos ton college); umpire, IDaniels (George town); linesman, 1-Iohan (Lehigh); field judge, Brewer (Maryland). TICE HARD 0 SEASON 'Boxers Open Against Duke By Paul League Dunke University will furnish the op position for Coach Frank DeMars Gamecock b)oxing squad when the col lege pugilists mix glov'es in Columbia at the University Fieldl Iouse on Jan uary 8. W\orking out at present are several men in each dlivision and there prob ably will be a lively scrap for the va rious positions on the team. In the heavyweight dlivision is D)ick Batenr w ho pushes the scales around to 205 pounds and just below him in the 179 class are Jun Polattie of last year's team , and Frank Sossaman, a scrappjy newcomer. Other men who are training in their resp)ective divisions are: Allen l,egare, I,ou Carleo, Bob McCrady, Frank Jenkins, Southern Con ference 119 pound1( champion, Stan ley Fisher, Calcock and Gilbert Colina. Rex Williams, Benjoe Williams, and Jerry I lughes all middleweights-will rep)ort this wveek along with Jack Dor inger, a heavywveight, now that foot ball season is over. The team wvith six lettermen back this year is pointing towardl a South ern Conference championship and Coach D)eMars hopes to sendl several men to thle national finals in Wiscon sin next spring. Following is a schedule of matches dIrawn uip for tihe coming season by WV. II. Hlarth, (director of athletics: 'Jan. H--Duke, here Jan.15-N. C. State, here Feb). 1--P. C., here Feb. 5-Clemson, here Feb. 12-U1. of Ga., here Feb. 18-Citadel, at Charleston From lips thlat seem to weep A perfumed nectar; And let your warm voice fall Upon0I miy ears, the rousinlg call 'lo search again, and far. Where buds upon thle snow Newfallen, lie as gossamer And soft as spun by morning air, I felt you touch my brow And breathed tile perfume of your hair. Why should meeting be so rare Thlat we have met but once, and long IIAMI 1 e Careers f gle der din left ter gar C to nat coc sea ly } the giv fro ton diti per gal Bit l Po: LE L 'I LC RC R'I REII CAPT. UA4CC 1.Y# QHi RI aptain Jack Lyon, diminutive half- FB k, will end his collegiate gridiron ,1 er tonight against Miami Univer- inc Last season Lyon beat the Hurri- nor e single handed by scoring the lone fro chdown of the game, Carolina win- of g6-O. *' dit " A1 coonskin coat, we'-ve WVards off chill windsfi In which respect its chit Much like No Draft I-' ktake such things as tion as a matter of cours cars have this improvem4 add Knee-Action, the 1 Turret Top, improved H a steady parade of betterri a great organization moa resources for the benefi giving greater value as il GENERAL 1 aMANS Goon 'ONIGHT 'en members of the Gamecock grid ad will be playing their last game the University when the Birds tan with the University of Miami un the arclights in Miami's new Bur e Stadium tonight. 'he coaching staff and 27 players for Miami by train at 2 P. M. yes lay for the final contest of a twelve ne schedule. oach Don McCallister is planning :ontinue the practice of using alter ing elevens, with which the Game ks have been most successful this. son. 'op Howell will be replaced by Wal Craig, due to an injury received in Catholic University game Thanks ing Day. Dick Little has recovered m a knee injury sufficiently to play ight. lhe squad has appeared in good con on as they have worked this week fecting a defense against the Alli or formations and polishing up the d offense. 'he alternating elevens: "A" Team "B" Team -Glenn Myers ...... Ed Stillwell -Wally Craig .... Irving Granoff -Alfred Bretz ...... Big Durham -John Burns ...... Harold Hartel -Hasel Murray, George Makovic -Jack Dorflinger.... J. T. Biggs -Frank Urban...... John Crews -lenjoe Williams, Ralph Dearth [-Jack Lyon (c); Gene Robinson [-Dick Little ........ Red Snider -Tommy Lonchar .... Ed Clary -V. 9. O. 'he olive crop in southern Italy, ltiding Sicily, will be a little above mal this year, according to reports in Naples. The crop in other parts Italy will be a little below normal. 'he forget-me-not grows chiefly in :hcs and damp meadows. No other Christmas present for $5 equals this value I Four genuine Yello-Boles. all different-a "pipe collection" in itself, each with a special smoksnd feature and distinctive satisfaction I All cured with honey I $5. I.I ~I &eard it said, -om heel to head; f -vocation's ntilation's. No Draft Ventila now that all GM ~nt. But when you Jnisteel Body, the yrdraulic Brakes and lents-you see how ~es ahead--using its t of the public - wins greater sales. IOTORS KEAsUns Dtmli . LA mAn.= . CAnDUAC