Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE END ZONE BY RICHARD FRICK The Pessimist's View Wait Till Next Year-do you remember these words as they passed the lips of some dijected fan as he passed out of the stadium gate last state fair-well I do. So come to think about it, it has. been a year since then-and it looks as if we will have to wait another long twelve months for a Carolina victory. The Gamecocks-min'us the brilliant play of Larry Craig, "Pop" Howell, Jack Dorflinger, Big Durham, and others-are not as strong as the team that took the field last fair day. Also miss ing from the last edition of'Enright Riders are Al Grygo-he gained 126 yards against Neely's bunch-and big Alex Urban, who was a pain in the neck to any team-so you see we are in for another beating if last year's score indicates anything. The Optimist's View Looking at things from another angle-are the Gamecocks as bad as the sportq columns have painted them for the past few days I It is true that from all indications the Birds have no powerful backs-or as some sports writers have said no backs at all-but Carolina has a bunch of boys that have potentialities and these potentialities may come forth this afternoon. If you give Gene Robinson just a little bit of blocking-and so far this has been lacking-lie is apt to get going for ten or fifteen yards before a reasonable fast main can catch him. Rock Stroud who has been benched for the past two games with old injury troubles-is capable of playing some football before the season ends and today may be his day. As for the Henson brothers, Lucius and Co-Capt. J. B.-they play hea4sup ball most of the time they are in there so you can expect them to give all they got for victory. Harvey Blouin-new to the Clemson wars and -if he doesn't get the "Clemson" complex-is a powerhouse on defense and should be able to keep the Tigers from getting no tions about taking to the air for victory 'cause Blouin can really bat 'em down. Last but not least important is Dutch Elston-Dutch built on the order of a battering ram should be able to cope with any of the Clemson backs in brain and brawn -and I believe Dutch will do just that. As for the line-well if the same line starts as in the David son game-which is not probable-it has men tiat are plenty tough on ball carriers who try to come over them-but in mak ing in holes for their men they are-to be frank-ludicrous. From end to end-including Hempley, Alexander, Applegate, (ranoff, Hanna, Hatkevitch, Webb, Hartel, Patrone, Weir, Kr1to, Biggs, Krivonak, Crews, NVwIk and Snell-the (In cocks have never been better fixed defensively, but an offensive line is in dire need. Granoff-the whole line against Clemson in '37-will be playing against the Tig's the last time-as will Crews, Hartel and Biggs-so you canl expect all they've got for the first victory of their career under the Garnet and Black colors. Alexander will be held out of the fracas with a leg injury. Yon see the Gamecocks have all sorts of reason to win this game-so 1'11 give the Birds a fighting chance against the boys from the Piedmont. belt. What We Saw Last Friday Last Friday the Gamecocks won their first game of the year over Gene McEver 's D)avidson gang. If the first quarter were cuit off the game I could truthfully say that it was truly a great ex hiibit ion-but the first quarter is inmportant ini a football game so( as a whole the game was " Fair. '' 'The Gamecocks in the first period looked like a ball wvithi handles were more appro priat e for them, for no less thanu six times did the slippery pig sk(ini slide fromi the finger of hall carriers-andl all these fumbles camie in the first part of the game-to make the game complete, hiv) ~idsoni, not to be0 ouitdoine b)y their opplonents fumbles the oval three times. Thei~ secondl half saw a Carolina offensiv'e get undler way for the first time this season. With the two Hensons, Blouini, and (Gene Robinson lugging the ball the Birds startedl looking like lie Birds of last year. The thiird periodl saw this offense gain muomentum until by the endl of the periodl Davidson was backed uip to their one foot line-byv virtue of Stan Nowak 's brilliant and timely stop of Robinson 's low twisting punt. The fourth quarter saw the Gamecocks threaten once but stopped on the wo yardl marker-then dlrive back down the field to score. Ihats-off Department-To Lucius Hencuson-who showed the generalship of a ''Red'' D)awson in se'leet ing plays for the lDavidson encounter. Lucius played one of the best gamnes of his career. To Stan Nowak-for the heady end( that lhe played --for two catches that were really "'pips"'-and for that stop) on the one inch marker that would( have madle Joe Gordon look like a raw rookie--to Harold Hlartel-playing his last season at the University, Hlartel played 60 minutes of football never~ giving an inch-but giving encouragement to faltering team mates-to Gene Rohinson for the play lhe exhibited during the entire game-and(-to the rest of the team for the first game of the year-hoping that this wll not be that last of a goodl thing. Sumter Sidelites-Seeinug about two thirdls of the entire stu dent body at the game signifying the interest in Enright's R?iders-tle prettiest and b)est executed play of the afternoon was the 01(d Statute of Liberty pulled by the Gamecocks--coming at such an opportune time-secoind b)est-the reverse on which Harvey Blouin almost scored while the whole Davidson team was chasing J. B. Hlenson. Seeing Brooks Laney-the thing with a pipe in its mouth onm the Carolina benchi-directing ac tivities around the ambulance that earried Gene Alexander from the scene-'"'Brush hair"' Parker becoming a pinch-cheer leader for the Birds, and getting resuilts-onl the D)avidson side of the field-Coach Enright and Coach Petoskey treading back aind forth in front of the bench, whiile Coach Twomey anid Smith sat placidly on the bench, eyeing,the game for flaws in the Game cock machine--Clemson coaches (hown) looking tile Birds over for Five WI I Bird Gridders Meet West Virginia At Orangeburg Friday Mountaineers To Bring Well Balanced Eleven; 3 Sophomores To Start A colorful band of West Virginia Mountaineers will descend into South Carolina's coastal plain next week to attempt to break Carolina's 16 game winning streak at the Or angeburg county fair. South Carolina hasn't dropped a game in Orangeburg since 1916 when The Citadel eked out a 3-to-0 victory t upset the highly favored Birds. Last year at the same set ting the Gamecocks held the highly touted Villanova Wildcats to a 6-6 tie to mar a two-year record for the Philly team. The expression, "We can't be beat at Orangeburg", has become almost a maxim on the life of South Car olina students and supporters. So accustomed are the Birds to win ning the Orangeburg game that a loss would be nothing short of sen sational. If this is to hold true after next Friday, Carolina will need all her Orangeburg luck, for Dr. Marshall Glenn is bringing down a powerful, well-balanced aggregation. "Phy sically we've got a great ball club," said Dr. Glenn. This statement seens to be true as the Moun taine'rs boasts a rugged 200-pound line and a group of ball toters built along the lines of a locomotive. The West Virginians already have three tough games under their belts, losing only to mighty Pitts burg. The Mountaineers had little trouble steam-rollering little West Virginia Wesleyan 44-0, and down ing a strong Cincinnati University team 7-0. West Virginia meets Washington and Lee, a traditional rival, in their annual game in Char eiton, WV. Va., Saturday. So far this seas-:n, the Moun taineers have taken to the air rare ly, and have depended on a pulver izing ground attack. Results seem to indicate that this mode of offense has clicked very well. The Mountaineers, like the Game cocks, can put a strong first eleven on the fi(Id but are weak in reserve strength. Only a handful of men of varsity calibre were found on the 1938 freshman squad which dropped live out of five contests. The team scems strongest at the guard posts and weakest at the flanks. As to the starting line-up Coach Glenn will scnd a team made up of eight veterans and three sophomores agains tthe Ganmecocks. Backfieldl standlouts are Seabright, Hlockenbury--a fine punter, Clark and Carliss. Outstanding in the line are guards, Mike Gussie, and Pete Antolina, andl tackle Dick Dolby. Twvo of the three University of South Carolina football players who made the All-American check list have never played in a college game. Dutch Elston and Harvey Blouin both bohunked as freshmen last year. Dick Little, the other Carolina lad on the select list, is a semor. If expert training means any thing, the University of South Carolina should have exceptionally good ends. Two members of the Gamecock coaching staff, "Catfish" Smith, varsity end coach, and Ted Petoskey, freshman mentor, are former All-American flankmen. CREWS En r ig Meet Gamecocks "I Lucius Henson, Bird backfield the Tigers today. Clemson Leads in 43-Year-Old Feud Gamecocks Have Won 12 Games Of Series When the mighty Clemson Tigers and the scrappy University of South Carolina Gamecocks meet this after noon in the thirty-sixth battle be tween these two institutions the Ti gers will have a ten game advantage over the Birds, the former having won 22 games in the series with the latter coming out on top 12 times. There has been only one tie game, this being a 0-0 deadlock in 1915. There were two breaks in the se ries, the first coming in 1901 when no game was played, and the sec ond break in 1903 when relations be tween the twvo schools were cut off until 1908. The record: 1896-Carolina 12 Clemson 6 1897-Carolina 6 Clemson 18 1898-Carolina 0 Clemson 24 1899-Carolina 0 Clemson 34 1900-Carolina 0 Clemson 51 1901-No Game 1902-Carolina 12 Clemson 6 1903-1908-Relations Severed 1910--Carolina 0 Clemson 24' 1911-Carolina 0 Clemson 27 1912-Carolina 22 Clemson 7 1913-Carolina 0 Clemson 32 1914-Carolina 6 Clemson 29 1915-Carolina 0 Clemson 0 1916-Carolina 0 Clemson 27 1917-Carolina 13 Clemson 21 1918--Carolina 0 Clemson 39 1919-Carolina 6 Clemson 19 1920-Carolina 3 Clemson 0 1921-Carolina 21 Clemson 0 1922-Carolina 0 Clemson 3 1923-Carolina 6 Clemson 19 1924-Carolina 3 Clemson 0 1925-Carolina 33 Clemson 0 1926-Carolina 24 Clemson 0 1927-Carolina 0 Clemson 20 1928--Carolina 0 Clemson 32 1929-Carolina 14 Clemson 21 1930-Carolina 7 Clemson 0 1931--Carolina 21 Clemson d (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) e Seniors Who RT..R ht So Tige Brain Trust" 4:::.:: % 4%, star, who will see action against Municipal Stadium Is Jinx To Gamwcocks Losing Streak Is Longest In History Before the champaigne had dried on the walls of the University sta dium in 1934 Carolina started on the longest losing streak. in the history of- the 36 year old Clemson classic. Harold Mauney, a former Colum bia high star, led the Gamecocks into the new stadium for the first time on a hot October day that year. Al though boasting a strong team the Birds were unable to cope with len ry Woodward, a teammate of Mau ney's a few years before at Colum bia Hiigh, and his Clemson team, going down by a 19 to 0 count. The b)iggest thrill of the game was pro vided by these two Columbia boys when Mauney pnll ed WVood ward dIown on the 1 yardl line to stop a touchdlown runi. This was the WVater loo for Billy Laval at the South C.arolina institution. It was Bud Alexander the, follow ing year. under the new Carolina mecntok, D)on McAllistet, that led his teamu through a losing battle to how~ to the Tigers 44 to (. The stadlium provedl a hard-luck field again in the following year as Mac Folger and Joe Berry once more inspiredl a lime-burned Clem son eleven to another 19 to 0 over the Gamecocks, captainedl by Bob Johnson. Jack Lyons led the 1937 edit ion of Gamecocks into the stadium and although getting a first minute lead lost again, this time 34 to 6. Don McAllister lost his last game to the Tigers this year. Last year under Rex Enright, Carolina, led by Co-captains Craig and 1 lowell, lost 34 to 12. This year the Gamecocks enter the stadlium for the sixth consecutive year hoping to break into the win column for the first time in the Mu nicipal Stadium. Will they ?? ?? ??? Get Their Last ROBINSRON' phom krs T Birds Do What Duke Couldn't Do-Hold Davidson Scoreless Wildcat Pass Attack In Sumter Fair Fiasco Scares Gamecocks By Richard Frick Achieving something that the mighty Duke Blue Devils were un able to do, a revived Carolina Game cock eleven came through with a 7 to 0 win over an air-minded David son Wildcat crew at Sumter last week before 3,500 fans. Davidson, who had scored in every game this season started the after noon off rather lively with passes to all corners of the lot, but with elert- Carolina backs set for this sort of offensive the Calvinist could never cross the pay marker. Of the 19 passes attempted by the Wildcats 8 were completed, and 4 intercepted. To little Gene Robinson, Chester speed merchant, went the honor of bringing the Gamecocks their ini tial win of the season. Gene per sonally accounted for four first downs in the final quarter starting the touch down drive which resulted in victory for the Birds. In the third period Robinson punted out on the one-inch line to place Davidson behind the goal line, a spot from where they never recovered. Granville Sharpe, living up to ex pectation, was the main cog in the scrappy Wildcat machine. The speedy Tarheel back looking more like Joe DiMaggio pegging them in from center field than a pitching pig skiii fool, connected with waiting Davidson ends for 8 complete passes in 19 tries for a total of 58 yards, one pass going for 35 yards after be ing lateraled twice. Sharpe also punt ing for the Calvanist averaging 33 yards per try with 6 boots. Granoff and Applegate teamed with Biggs to play a lot of tackle for the Birds while Hanna, Kroto, and Weir held the guards like the Hlindenburg line. larold lartel played 60 min uics of football at the pivot spot to put up the greatest stand in his ca reer under the Garnet and Black col ors. Line up: Davidson (0) U .C 7 LE--Niveni.......I npe LT1-Bell.........ph ( l.G-ichm2ond -......Parn C-Mel.eani........ire R-P lennington........'rt RT-Koeller ........ig RF.-i\cClt:ock......an r QlH--Sharpe.........sti Ill-i. ~iln........1, I empsey l'~Il- hakne.............oI i t l"H-Y (er........ . .....I e,roio Sc re hA leernder D)avidson................ 0 0 0 0-0 U. S.C........00 0 7-7~ U. S. C. Scoring : Touchdown, Bhoting. Poiint after touchdown, J. I lenson ( p)lacemlent ). D)avidson Substi tut ions : Cow~an. Sih, ends: Bahnson, tackle;. John son., Marsh, guards : Balsey, Cald well, centers; Spencer. J. Bolin, Shan non, IIland(, back s. 1.. S. C. Subistitti ons : Nowak, end ;GranotT, t ackle ; l anna. W\eir, guards;: Norton, I ow ry, Robhinson, -Rice, Stroud, Crawftord, McMillan, backs. Referee, Thomuason (Georgia); umpire, Sholar (Presbyterian) ;head linesman, G;ardnier (Georgia Tech); field juidge, Iliill (WotTord ). Crack At Tige GRANOFF or-es Neely To Start Only Two Sophs Against Birds Bengals Ready To Pull Jungle Magic On Birds In State Fair Classic When the referee's whistle sounds at 2 P. M. today starting the thirty sixth traditional Clemson-Carolina game, at least five or more sopho more gridiron stalwarts will see action for the Gamecocks fbr the first time against Clemson. Although Coach Rex Enright has made no definite statement as to the starting team it is almost certain that Gus Hempley, Joe Krivonak, Ken Webb and Dutch Elston will be in the line-up. Other first year men to see considerable service are Zip Hanna, Jim Weir, and Fred Snell. There will be two sophomores in Coach Neely's outfit to pit against the Gamecocks. One in the person of Joe Blalock, brilliant Tiger end, and the other George FriAs, a tackle. Blalock, it is remembered, caught the pass in the Tulane game to give the Clemson team a first half lead. Fritts, who was barely mentioned in preseason press no tices, has worked up to a starting tackle. Word comes down from the Tiger camp that the team is in great phy sical trim for the Gamecock in vasion, while Carolina is just the opposite. Coach Enright faces the task of entering the game without the services of Gene Alexander, starting end, and Dewitt Arrow smith, dependable back. Arrow smith, who last week was hard at work getting in shape for the Clem son encounter, injured his already ailing foot and will be out indefi nitely. The Gamecocks thus far this season have fared rather bad as far as winning games. In four tries the Enright Riders have won one game while losing three. Wake Forest took the measure of the Birds in the opening game 19-7, while Cath olic University came to Columbia a week later to take a 12-0 game from them. WVeek before last a crippled Gamecock team journey to Phila delphia only to lose a 40-0 battle to a talented Villanova eleven. Last week Carolina won its initial game of the season by taking the David son Wildcats 7-0. Clemsr-n having a better recordl, with two wins and one loss have victories over P. C. and N. C. State withi a loss to the mighty Tulane green wave. Tlhe Ganiecocks, showing a better oiTensive than anytime previous last week, will dlepetnd on versatility rathier than slheer power will face the Tigers with terrific odds against them, first in the experts' predie tionis, andl secondly, in the old "Clemison" jinx that has followed them since 1933. The probable starting line-up: Carolina Posn. Clemson hlempley LE Blalock Granoff LT liritts Patrone LG Moorer W\ebb C Sharpe IHatkevich RG Tisdale Krivonak RTI Hall Crews RE Black Elston QB Payne (C) Stroud LHI Bryant Ihlouin RH McFadden J. B. Henson FB Trexler rs HATTEL