Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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END ZONE BY RI HARD PRIOK Its Homecoming Again . Tomorrow afternoon at 2 P. M. a great many of old Carolina grads will have the opportunity to see the 1939 edition of Gamecock footballers for the first time. The team, although, not boasting a back with the devastating power of a great*many backs of other schools, or the line play of the last year "it on dukes", will in every way give as good an account of itself as any team to represent the school. At the beginning of the year Rex Enright faced the problem of building an entire new team, with the departure of twelve lettermen via graduation, two by the scholastic route, and one by death. The team was "blown up" by newspaper all over the country telling of the various potential qualities of the Gamecocks, putting the Birds very much on the "spot". In the opening contest Wake Forest took the Birds by a substantial margin. But this was expected. When Catholic U. trimmed the Gamecocks it was seen that the Birds were in dire need of an offense. Villanova won one from the Birds, and then victory number one came the next week when the Enright Riders took the Davidson crew in, by a 7-0 score. The Clemson game came, and another defeat. Some criticized, others moaned, but not the team. The same eleven that took the beating from Clemson went into the West Virginia fray a week later, and played the highly favored Mountaineers off their feet, getting a tie for the afternoon. Last week the Gamecocks went into the Florida contest slated to lose by two touchdowns, but when the dust cleared from the stadium turf, Carolina had a well earned 6-0 win tQ put down in the asset column. So Grads don't put your money on the "wrong" team tomorrow, but believe the Birds to take the Purple hoard. It is my prediction that the Gamecocks will win this game not for the team, but for the thousands of Carolina men and women that are at the stadium to see OUR team play. Even if this year's edition is not up to par remember that "Rome wasn't built in a day". Freshman Are Trying For Number Three For the third consecutive year the Biddies are the leading candidates for the freshman championship of the state. Two years ago Grygo and company ran up an enviable record to take the first title. No team scored on the first year men that year. Last year in taking their second title again the Biddies were unscored upon again. This season saw the freshman team take a 14-0 game from P. C., coming back later to trim the mighty Clemson first year men for the third consecutive year, this time 6-0. Friday, last, The Citadel gained the distinction of the first state team to score on a Carolina freshman team since 1936-in taking a 18-6 licking. So tonight when the Biddies take the field against Furman, the "Little Breezes" will not only face a Carolina team trying for a win, but an inspired Carolina team trying to make it three straight state titles-a record that has never been equaled. To Coach Ted Petoskey goes the credit of moulding these championship teams from boys that probably never saw each other until entering the University. Gamecocks Come Up With Second Win . . . Last Saturday the Gamecocks upset the dope bucket again, this time by taking Josh Cody's Gatormen in camp 6-to-O. The dopesters had given Florida a two-touchdown margin over the Birds, the same as the week before when the Birds tied the Mountaineers from West Virginia. It looks as if Coach Enright's second "November Offensive" got started as scheduled, for the Birds played the best ball of the season in winning the game. The play in all departments showed considerable improve mnt over early season form. For instance on most occasions Gamecock punters got off boots that carried as much as 65-yards from the line of scrimmage. The average for the afternoon of 12 punts was a fraction over 36 yards. Th blocking was better timed, with dowvn-field blocking showing great im pFvemen t. As for tackling-wvell the Birds never hit men truer, or harder, pulling their opposing backs down for sizeable losses on many instances. To give credit for the win-to one, or even twvo men, would be unjust. For in the game at' least eleven men showved up better than any time this season. Gus H-empley finally camne through, and put up his best performance at his end, backing up at times getting of punts that averaged 47 yards from the line. Fred Snell played equally as wvell on the other end, smearing play after play around the left side of the line. T'wo "hello Joes" got back from the vaudeville show in time to give the citrus boys a dose of tackling that will 1be har to forget. Both Joe Krivonak andl Joe H-atkevich play their best ball of the campaign. As for the center slot, it wvas handled capably l)y Ken Webb and Leonard IKantian. Kanian, junior college product, got in on several plays that stopped the hard charging Florida backs, many timies for losses. The pony backfield of Norton, Lowry, Blouin, and Gruigan wvorked the pigskin up and dowvn the field better than any time during the canm lpaign. Elston, Stroud, J. H-enson, and George Crawvford, back tup the first backfield with no little success. It was Crawford's 30 yard pass to lllouin that set uip the touchdown. Brief Cases . .. Attention Coach Enright-last weekend the V. P. 1. Gobblers turned loosc a bunch of black cats on the field just before the Furman encounter andl emerged with an overwhelming victory. Maybe if the Gamecocks could release about thirteen white doves just before the game the home coming crowd could be treated to a wins. Baseball mentor-"Catfish" Smith being prominently mentioned in the Sporting News, baseball's exclusive newspaper, as the coach of young Johnny Rucker, Atlanta Cracker centerfielder. While at the University of Georgia Smith had Rucker on his nine one year-the second year an operation kept him out-and the third season Rucker was to play, Enright packed up and came here bringing the "Catfish" with hinm. Rucker, incidently, was sold by the Crackers at the end of the past baseball season to the New York Giants for a reported sum of $40,000-Coach Petoskey informing us of the fact that there are more "simon pures" out for the freshman football team than at anytime during his reign here-a great number of old intramural football stars saying that unless the regular tackle ball were played this year they would not participate.-Dutch Elston being paid a visit by relatives over the weekend.-LeVerne Floyd, one-armed fresh man baseballer-getting in some fall practice-being reminded that it was last year that the Furman student body treated the Gamecock rooter "royally" when the Birds went to Greenville-so you better look out for your rooster this year.-Kirk Norton claiming Homer Nor ton, coach of Texas Aggies, as a cousin-remarking "cousin Homer has a pretty fair club down in Texas".-The News and Couirier coming up with "Citadel is conceding -the mighty Tennessee team nothing"-yeh remember last year after the "scrimmage" Neyland ran his first stringer through a stiff workout-GOING OUT ON THE LIMB-CAROLINA 1 3-FURMT3BAN 7-am Rejuv Meet Biddies Cru Frosh At CI Feather Brigade First Years To Score 01 The Citadel "Feather .Briga Friday, of being the first Pali cross the goal line of the Unive in three seasons of campaigning of an 18-6 count. Minus the services of both of4 their offensive stars, Line Busting Leitner and speedster McIver Riley, the Biddeis succeeded in entering the Cadet end zone in every period but the third. The greater part of the game found the play deep in Citadel territory. Ropeleskie capably shouldered the offensive burden and' sparked every touchdown march of the Bid dies, besides doing yeamon service on defense. Both of the first half. tallies chalked up by the Biddies came after the recovery of fumbles in Citadel territory. The third touch down came as the result of a sus tained 60 yard march which found Ropeleskie and Maurice Carter bearing the brunt of the ball carry ing. The only Citadel six pointer caie midway in the second quarter as a result of a 20 yard weak-side pass. Sanders crashed over for the first Biddie touchdown after Ropeleski had driven to the 4 yard stripe. Ropeleski personally accounted for the next six points in the second quarter. The third Biddie touch down was scored by Maurice Carter climaxing a 60 yard drive. Lineups: Citadel Pups Carolina Biddies LE-Huffman ............ Nowak LT-Wolf .............. E. Carter LG-Abiouness ......... J. Brown C-Overman ......... Sossoman RG-Lindsay ............. Coman RT-Lund ............... Haynes RE-Heyward ............. Lytle QB-Dukes ............. Walling LH-Ferguson ............. Rope RH-Tison .............. Sanders FB-Bolduc ........... M. Carter Score by periods: Citadel ........... 0 0 0 6- 6 Carolina ........ ..6 6 0 6-18 Scoring Touchdowns: Citadel, Ferguson. Carolina, Sanders, Rope and M. Carter. Substitutions: Citadel, Lindsay, Cold, Brown, Jones, Wahlgren, Fischer, Pierce, McIntyre, Smith, Rollison and Adduci. Carolina, Nowak, Karuka, Spill ers, Middlebrooks, Fersner, Broom, Funderburk, Pittman and Lumpkin. Bird Back Is Living Up To Check List Before the start of the current season, Eddie Dooley's Illustrated Football Annual placed South Car olina's Harvey B3louin, sophomore halfback, on the AII-Americani check list. Blouin's nomination for the gridiron valhalla was quite startling dlue the not so flippant fact that he had not yet appeared in a college football contest-varsity or fresh man. Harvey's hectic career was con fined to the Bohunks, or the Legion of Incligibles whose only opponent was the Gamecock varsity. But, Blouin, who will lead the Gamecocks again Furman Saturday in the annual Homecoming Day game, has, by his season record, made that nomination appear like clear logic. A coach's idea of a football player is B3louin, who blocks, tackles, ce ments up holes in the forward wall, andl continually breaks up enemy aerial attacks. By more than ade quately performing these funda mentals of football Harvey has gained the plaudits of coach Rex Enright. .The average football fan not on the outlook for the finer points of the game, has cheered Blonin this season for his pass catching prow ess and his high knee action when plunging and running through the opposition. At the Sumter Fair, with the af fray seemingly headed for a score less deadlock, Blouin blasted through the Davidson forward wall on a weak side reverse and carrIed (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) enatec Geor sh Citadel harleston State Team In Three i Petoskey's Forces le" gained the distinction, last netto freshman aggregation to rsity of South Carolina Biddies but came out on the short end Officials: Rogers (Citadel), ref eree; Lowman (South Carolina), umpire; Kilpatrich (Citadel) head linesman. Anright Riders Take Cody's Gators For Seasons Second Win Pony Backfield Leads Gamecocks To A 6-0 Win Over Citrusmen Slated to lose by two touchdowns, a rejuvenated Gamecock eleven took advantage of a un-Florida-like day to take in the Gators from the "sunshine" state 6-to-O last Satur day at the Carolina stadium. It was a perfectly executed pass from Billy Lowry to Harvey Blouin that tallied for the Birds, but it was the brilliant work of the entire Gamecock team that made this pass possible. Shortly before the half Walton, ace Florida back, puntedl to Stroud on the Gamecock's 25. Stroud started to his left wvith the whole Gator team after him, but came to find out that Rock didn't have the ball. Stroud had slipped the pigskin to J. B. Henson on a reverse, and J. 1B. was off to what looked like a repetition of his last run against the Florida boys, b)ut after 52 yards J. B. was run (own from behind and dowvned on the Florida 23. Failing to gain in two plays Henson dIropped back and attempted a field goal from the 20 yardl marker, but the kick wvas blocked. Florida gained the ball on downs, andl Walton kicked out to the Birds' 410. Crawford then started the ball rolling with a pass good for 30 yardls to Blouin. Two plays picked up but a yard, and Lowvry and Grut gan camne back into the game. On the first play after his return Lowvry faded back, andl with perfcct pro tection, dIropped a pass into the waiting arms of Blouin, w,ho gath eredl it in on the 10 and crossed the pay marker -untouched. Grugan's attemp)tedl placement was blocked. Best Bird Exhibition fThe game was the best exhibition yet given by the Gamecocks. Time and time again Bird linemen broke through to hit Gator backs for big losses. The Birds p)ut up a pass dlefense that would have made Chamberlain's London aerial de fense look like a seieve. Com pletely rushed off their feet, the Florida passers were able to com plete only three out of 14, for a net gain of 28 yards. Late in the last period the Ganmecocks rose to unexpected heights, when three passes going straight to the mark, were knocked down by the Bird secondary. Individual stars were numerous for the Birds. The pony backfield of Norton, Lowry, Blouin, and Gru gan, functioned with much pre cision, with Blouin playing the best game of his short career at Caro lina. From end to end the line put forth the best exhibition of the year. Snell and Hemiply, both sophomore, stopped play aferplay. coming IGarr 'gia Expected to see some action in tomorrow's game are these #amecock stalwarts - above, George Crawford, back; right, Joe Hatkevitch, guard; left, Toe Patrone, guard; below, Harvey Blouin. Advanced Class In Gym Shows Promise Eleven Meni Working Out Under Crawford Aftcr several day's practice in tuImbling andl other exercises, the gymnastics class will start more in tensive dIrills beginning W\ednes day, J. A. Crawford. coach and di rector of physical edlucation at the U7niversity' of South Carolina, an nIoun1ced this week. Th'Ie team will give an exhibition soon if they continue to improve, Crawford dleclared. However, no attempts will he madle to schedule team matches with other schools this season wvhile the team is merely in the embryo stage. "It's not too late for other men to enroll in the class, or try out for the team", saidl Crawford. "All a man needs to qualify is to possess a strong, sound1( body andl have a willingness to wvork. "You saw what the Florida cheer leaders did last Saturday", Craw ford continued. "W\ell, our class teaches these simple tricks very quickly. In fact, the men working out nowv can already do them". Mien who are showing most prom ise of making good team men are: Willis Reall, Ralph Culhertson, William S. Chapman, W. Mi. De Lorne, \V. H. Eggerton, WV. H. Miay, J. H. Levine, C. B. Powell, Frank S. Smith, R. B. Waters, and H. H. Young. around end. Joe Krivonak made a bid for all-state honors by his great defensive tackle play. }oe shot through the Gator line on sev eral occasions that made the Flor ida backfield look like it was made up of five men. Hatkevich Star. Another guy named Joe also came up with play that made him all state last year. Hatkevich smashed the Florida line at will, getting in on practically every line play. Ably assisting "Hat" was Jim Weir, the other guard, who piled ump plays coming on his side with ease. To (COT%MIlNU ONM PAG2E Q) tecoci Iext_ Veteran Cr@ Faces Caro Cate, Fordham, And MiT Pony Backs Expected If there is any lumage left < Big Breeze gets through scatt stadium tomorrow afternoon, t: Gamecocks will be favored to p dogs next week in Athens. But the Bulldog's nose is pl terrific fight the Georgians pt versity's rough and ready Viole several weeks ago. Intramural Football Will Be Tackle Decide Crawford And Dr. Law Trophys To Be Given To Winning Track And Football Team Jack Crawford, Director of Phy sical Education, has finally spoken the word that hundreds of Carolina students have ben waiting for "tackle". After further investigating the so-called "touch" variety of foot ball and conferring wtih Dr. Law, the University physician, Mr. Craw ford found that the difference in in juries is negligible. Play is scheduled to begin on the first Monday after the varsity season closes. Five games wvill be run off each week, one each day from Monday through Friday. One loss will eliminate any team from the running with a trophy being presemleu to tne wmmnnng eleven. Thle intramural track program wvill be launched on November 20, withI three events being run off every third dlay and one the last dlay. There will be sixteen events on the program with the 100 yard dlash, the shot put, and the high jump being run off on thec opening dlay. lInformation on this subject will be postedl on the campus bulletin hoards. Both team and individual trophies will be p)resented the win ners. Edl Atkinson and Dan lIen dlerson, who assisted in the meet last year, will again aidl Mr. Craw ford. 20% Ann< That Through the COLUMB I They are giving a prevailing pr Novem -- NO DISCOUNT ON B PICK-UP AND DEIL THE C COLUM BII sTo Week icker Team lina Team na Give Bulldogs Punch To Pace Gamecocks n the Old Bird after Furman's aring feathers over University e University of South Carolina eck the nose off Georgia's Bull, mnty tough as evidenced by the t up against New York Uni ts before finally yielding, 14-13, Georgia will have practically the same team that beat Carolina 7-6 last year. The only change will be in the center of the line. At the pivot slot will be Tommy Witt in place of the great Quinton Lump kin, the Southeastern Conference nominee for all-American honors, last year. Cracker Backs Lead Team I nthe Cracker backfield will be Vassa Cate, 170 pounds of squirm ing, lightning-fast dynamite. It was Cate who dashed 45 yards to spoil Carolina's homecoming last year. Cate's moleskin coagitors in the Georgia rear ranks are line-smash ing Jimmy Fordham, who almost smeared NYU, and Billy Mims, the pass dropper with the aim of a Nazi bomber. Bird mentor Rex Enright, who is now trying to get his annual "No vember Offensive" started against Dizzy McLeod's Purple House of Magic this week, hopes the Game cocks will get sweet revenge for last year's one point defeat at the hands of the team across the Savannah. Before coming to Carolina Enright served as assistant coach at Georgia under Harry Mchre. It would be heavenly bliss for Enright if his Birds defeated his former charges. Stars of Last Year Missing The Garnet and Black warrior will miss gigantic Alex Urban, the center who last year snatched a Georgia pass from the elements and "jitterbugged" about fifty yards for Carolina's only score. Urban is now serving time with the buhunks because of his failure to listen to the professors. Also conspicuous because of his absence is Ed Clary whose booming kicks kept the Doggies backed up most of the time during last year's fracus. Clary, with Larry Craig, the greatest endl in Carolina football history, has invadled the golden gridiron of professional football. Also among the missing is Earl (Big) Durham, who graduated this sprmng. Blouin to Lead Birds To fill up the gaps left by these stalwarts Enright has "Horrible H arvey" Blouin, the best all around man on the Carolina eleven. Coach Enright says that Blouin works so hard on dlefense that he is usually too tired to shine on offense. H-ow ever, IIarvey finally broke loose to scorc Carolina's winning touchdown against Florida last week. TIhen too, Billy Lowry and Joe G'rugan, the two pony backs of the Bird backfield, will be ready, will (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) TH E DANTEEN sunces Cooperation of the LAUNDRY 20% saving over the ices beginnng ber 6th IJiDLES 25c OR LESS - VERY SERVICE ON AXPUS I LAUNDRY