University of South Carolina Libraries
Frosh Meet Krowing With Kirby BY JOE KTRBY THE CURTAIN RISES TONIGHT Tonight under the arcs of Melton Field, when the Carolina Biddies and the University of Georgia Bull-pups go into action, the curtain will rise on the first act of the all Georgia football opener that the fates, the gods, and the schedule makers have designated for The Gamecocks. Iex inright has had to move over in.order to make room for #Frank Johnson, coach of the Frosh forces, at the wailing wall. Coach Johnson's squad has also fallen victim to the injury plague that seems to infest Melton field, and at the time of this writing it appears highly doubtful if several of his best boys will be ready to answer the opening whistle. Earl Dunham, Macon fullback, has been benched by a bad charley-horse, and -first string guard Wilson Johnson, Charleston, is the victim of a fractured finger. Several other squadmen have been kept out of the heavy work this week by lesser injuries. It has been the habit of Georgia freshman elevens, as long as this corner can remember, to descend on the capital city with a squad of boys built along the general lines of a fleet of busses. If the advance reports that have been sifting in can be relied upon, this year will prove no exception. Georgia has spoiled the otherwise perfect record of the Biddies for the past two seasons (don't worry, i'm not going to mention last year's score) and hasn't fallen victim to the Biddies since Grygo and company turned the trick three years ago. Don't sell the Birds too short, for although they probably will noL 'be able to- match1 th eorgian's beef and numbers, they have been displaying a fighting spirit on the practice field thaf counts when the going is tough. Coach Johnson will also be making his football coaching debut at the University tonight. Ted Petoskey has left him a high mark to shoot at, for his frosh elevens have captured the State title for the past three seasons. A PEEK AT THE TIGERS Last Spring I journeyed to Clinton all togged out in my brand new Easter outfit for the State track meet, sat in the hade, and1 narrowly escaped fre-zing to death. This year clad in my new fall duds (no this is not a Mayo's 0. P. 0. advertise ment) I traversed highways that would have baffled Ben Saw yer or Dan'l Boone, sat in the sun ahd came darn close to melt ing. To top this off, Clemson showed their respect and esteem for Walter Johnson by kicking his diminutive Bluestockings around like Hitler did the Poles. The Clemson team that I SaLW was a good team but certainly not a great one. Clemson trotted out its whole array of backs, but nowhere did I see a McFadden, a Bryant, or a Grygo. The burly Bengal line is probably an improvement over that of last year, bub the backfield, like the "old gray mare" ain't what it used to be. Of course the calibre of the opposition, arnd the fact that this was the opening game for both teams make it difficult to put a barometer on Clemson's power. However, the fact remains that the Tigers looked none too smooth on offense and presented a pass defense that was anything but impregnable. P. S.-It cost me 5 bucks to get.this story, so even if I am a week behind the other columnists, anybody who doesn't ap preciate it is an ingrate. , WHY NOT MORE MANAGERS? Prospective student football managers are staying away from the field house these (lays like B. 0. from Lifebouy. As a mat ter of tact these same studlent manager's have been staying away in such droves that Manager Fitzsimmons has been forced to depend on neighborhood boys to do the managing. In most schools the position of football manager is one of *the most coveted officVs to be had and is striven for as such. Here the head manager is usually the only manager. This job entails tough going at times but the rewards are rich.' The football manager gets a block letter for his efforts and makes all of the trips with the squad. So, to all of you ambitious frosh who hope to be big shots, this should be interesting news. Take it from me, this is the biggest opportunity now open to you. JOTTINGS .. ., "I'm in the army now. I ain't a journalist anymore," plain tively prattles Flying Cadet Elliot "Slugger" MfcCants, former Associate Sports Editor, in a postal card addressed to this cor n....Carolina and The Citadel will be the quly State teams that have not yet launched their 1940 gridiron campaigns after this Saturday.. .The Bulldogs open with Erskine on October 4.. .William and Mary, the darkhorse of the Southern Confer ence, turned out to be very dark indeed. N. C. State downed the Indians by a score of 16 to 7... Laverne "Nub" Floyd, one armed frosh baseballer, is back in school for another bout with the scholastics... Lucius Henson, who played a lot of quarter back for the Birds before his knees went, is now assisting Coach Frank Johnson with the freshman football team. . .City High Schoola' prayer-Thank Gods for Bully... Both the fencing and awimnming teamis are plazdning bigger things for this year... Bill Overton, whose mermaids went far in competition last umener, will-direet the destinies of the Bird mermen. : Geor Enright. Reg 'Il K: . BIRD BRAIN TRUSTERS un4 as guides of Gamecock gridiron de fortune behind it as the 1940 season the coaches are promising no worl, The guys wh3 guide the Gamec< (left), Enright (Top center), Ted I Heise's Pond Collects BAM Club Members For Barbecue Tonight Enright To Speak On Chances Of Varsity During Coming Year The BAM (Buck-a-Month) Club is holding a barbecue tonight at Heise's ponid as a prelude to the opening freshman football game with Georgia. Although the club was or ganized only last spring, it already has a membership of 1,018, and a ~large nlumber of this group is ex The feature attraction on the pro gram will be a talk by Coach Rex Enright on thle Gamecock's 1940 pros pects. Quite a niumber of out-of-town members have already made reserva tions to attend the barbecue. Secre tary and treasurer, Tatum Gressette will remain in his office until time for the barbecue to. begin wvith an extra supply of tickets for out-of towni members. The barbecue will be over in time for all present to get to tIle game for tihe opeingf kick-off. BAM members will have a section reserved for them and tickets can be procured at tile barbecue. Tile BAM club members primarily interested inl tiis year's freshman squad because it is tile first year thlat tile club has helped to bring football stars to Carolina. They hlave whlat thley've been asking for for a nlumber of years, an almost complete collection of S. C. boys playing frosh ball, Joe Patron( Goes Gunnil gl.a Ir !me Opens Thi ler head coach and athletic director stinies. The Enright cavalcade has looms ahead. With a small squad I beater for Carolina, but they do I 3ck Gridders to battle against Geor Peioakey (iowcr venter) and Ted 'I Pony Backs May Shape Bird Destiny Heroes Of 1939 - Return To Raise Enright Hopes Pessimistic proponents of the Gamecock pigskin parade still insist that the annual injury jinx will delete Enright's already minute squad before the season is well under way. To guard against a recur rence of such a catastrophe Enright is grooming his fleet and famous pony backfield to step into the breach if injury riddle his heavier backs. Many observers believe the minute quartet-Kirt N o r t o n, Bill Lowry, Harvey Blouin and Joe Grugan-can perform as well as its more favored brother combinations, especially with a more experienced line leading the way. Norton, the brains of the combination was a star back at Easley several years in history. When he made his debut at Carolina it was at the guard post. But when Dutch Elston was relegated to the bench by injury, Norton took over the reins of the Notre Dame "T" party and has remained in the signal slot. Blouin, he of the high knee action and booming blocking Prowess, already has erased many wrinkles from Enright's fevered brow. He was voted (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7) : Plays On. 1g For Mast Smart Guy F While Perfoi A college graduate on a college football team-such is the paradoxical status of Joe Patrone, stellar Game cock guard. Patrone, now fighting his third and last campaign in the Bird front line of defense and offense, was awarded the Bachelor of Science degree this summer after three years and one summer school at Carolina. To occupy leisure hours after foot ball sessions, Joe is now working on a Master of Science degree, laying particular emph.isis on chemistry. During his undergraduate career Patrone maintasined a "B" averag iOpei 'd Campaign Rex Enright begin their third year one year of success and one of mis and no capable reserves this year >romise to put out a fighting eleven. gia next week are Sterling DuPree womey (right). Rawi Expects 20,000 At Bird-Georgia Grid Tilt At Stadium Oct. 5 Supporters Of Bulldogs Rally Behind Squad As Opener Draws Near From the way that tickets for the South Carolina-Georgia football op ener, that is to be played at Caro lina Stadium as the feature Home coming attraction, are selling, Whitey Rawl, manager of ticket sales, ex pects a crowd of better than 20,000. Several large block orders have b)een received from Atlanta, Augusta, and the University of Georgia. The Bulldog institution originally placed an order for 300 pasteboards, but this number wvas increased to 500 by an add(itional order that wvas placed b)y telephone Tuesday. Plenty of good seats still remain to be sold between the 30 yard lines, but from the way that they are go ing nowv, Rawvl isn't worrying about dlisposing of them. RawI plans to visit Fort Jackson this wveek to launch a sales cam paign among the soldiers, Hie esti mates that betwveen 5,000 and 6,000 tickets will be sold on the reserva tion. About 2,500 bleacher seats will be erectedl in the end zones to take care of the overfIowv. The add(ition of thee seats will bring the seating ca pacity of the stadium to approxi mately 20,000. Ducats for the freshman football opener wvith Georgia are priced at 75 cents. The game will be played at Melton Field, with the kick-off sched uled for 8 :00 o'clock. After Gettin er Of Scienc ept Up "B" Average For mning On Gridiron And Dia while playing on the football and baseball teams. During horsehide season Joe performs as catcher, first baseman, and even takes a look at the outer gardens. While starring in America's favo rite pastimes, Patrone also showed his ability as an arbiter. This summer he umpired for the Columbia Soft ball League, and became known to players and fans alike as the Mager kurth of South Carolina softball. While calling balls and strikes, Pa trone puts everything into his de cisions, bellowing and dancing around after each pitceda ball . .. ready ier _ Johnson Me Against Airr Strong Bullpup Grid 8 Biddle Roost Under 3 Football pokes its nose into at 8 p. m. when the "Bullpups" clash ivith the "Biddies" represe Frank Johnson, coach of the "I to tonight's setto. Johnson wa as an athlete, and is now seeking his old alma-mammy. Bird Amazons Cop Prizes Last Summer Crum And Rushton Plan Active Golf And Tennis Season Co-eds Jane Crum and Sara Rush ton are two University of South Carolina athletes who forgot to take their vacations, at least as far as ath letic competition is concerned. Miss Rushton quite successfully carried the Gamecock colors through the sum mer's tennis wars and Miss Crum up held Carolina's interests on the golf links of the South. Carolina's first lady of golf was both winner and medalist of the Asheville, N. C. Invitational Tourney, disposing of Mrs. Horack. Atlantic City champ in the finals. At Bilt more Forest, Jane was runner-up to Dorothy Kirby, the well known At lanta player. Not only does Jane swing a mean club in the summer, but she can't wait for the Winter Florida tourneys to get under way. Says Jane, "I am planning to enter as many Florida tournaments as I can schedule after Christmas, without missing too much of my school work." As this is her Junior year she finds it more difficult to get away from her studies. Sara Rushton, who held down the number 5 spot on the men's varsity tennis team, has been no less success ful than her golfing sorority sister. As a contestant in the Southern Tennis Tournament which was held in Charlotte, N. C., Sara, an Un seeded player, was victorious over Jessie Glossnickle, Mississippi State champion and seeded number 2, before bowing out to Mrs. Lila Porter in the quarter finals. In her niext tournament, the South Carolina Closed at D)arlington, she won the \Vomen's Singles in a walk and teamedl with Sam Daniels, former Carolina net star, to take the mixed dloubles. She repeated her double triumph again at the Carolina Openi in Hlartsville by making a clean swveep of the feminine field and com ing out on top in the mixed doubles, with P. C.'s Billy Farmer as her partner. Next to her all consuming interest in tennis, Sara places aeronautics. If she can get her parents to consent, she plans to enroll in the C. A. A. course this fall. May be she'll out class some of the men in the air as bad as she did most of her male opponents on the court. Who knows? One Boston University student will win a trans-Atlantic phone call with a leading European statesman in a contest to create interest in a Finnish relief campaign. g Degree; es Honors Three Years mond Teams wit keeps pugnacious fans and play ers completely under control. Once a bunch of Carolina football players razzed their teammate by booing each decision, no matter which team it favored. Finally the umpire stopped the game and facing his tor mentors, yelled, "Did you pay to see this game ?" During off-seasons Joe amuses him self by coaching backward football players in Spanish. An accomplished inguist, he derives his pleasure frorA seeing his less brilliant cohorts blos som from foundering translators into onighn kes Debut a Mater quad Invades Crippled elton Arcs At 8 P. M. bhe picture at Carolina tonight from the NJniversity of Georgia ding Carolina on Melton Field, iddies" adds the personal toucy s a former "great" at Georgia to upset the team representing > The "rats" go into tonight's battle in the role of underdog, if advance re ports from the Georgia "Crackers" camp mean anything. Around 40 Georgia freshmen are expected to make the trip to the "Gamecocks Coop". The "Biddies" will have the advantage of playing on their own home ground, however. The freshmen representing Caro lina are 26 strong, and are plenty tough as a result of their scrimmagA ing against the Varsity Birds. Plenty of heft is mixed with speed as the. galaxy of former high school shining lights shoot the works in seeking their first victory in the '40 gridiron sea, son. Lucius Assist Johnson Coaching the freshmen this year are Frank Johnson with Lucius Hen son serving as his assistant. Both were rather drastic in speaking of the injury plagued Biddies. Said' Coach Johnson, "We ain't got a chance. Too many injuries, but we'll put p a fight." The freshman team as a whole is the biggest collection of South Caro lina boys ever to play "rat" ball for several years. Nearly a!! the candt dates for the team were stars on their,, separate high schools. Plenty of pep is present at all practice sessions, and all the players have a free for all while seeking their separate positions, Seven are Columbiana A total of seven men are on thq squad from Columbia 1igh's once de feated '39. team, and present indica tions are that they will fill at least four positions regularly. To pick out a starting lineup for tonight's battle is difficult, in fact, Coach Johnson says, "I won't know$ myself until Friday night about ari hour before the game." The fellows who look strongest at the positionl to date, and whom we pick to start tonight's block and tackle scene are as follows: Bill Millner and "Skimp'! Harrison at the ends, Tsm Stevenson and Neal Allen at the tackle slots Reggie Wilson and Wilson Johnson the Charleston twins, at the guards and Bruce Tate filling in at centet to complete the line which should stand up well against the thrusts of the "Bulpups". In the backfield at quarter, Doyle Norman looks like the class, Ansel Bridwell and Benny All lard at halfbacks, and Bill Turner at fullback. Subs are Plentiful Subbing or may be taking some of the above positions before game timlq are: Bill Neeley, Tonm Knox, B. MacMillan, and York Wilson at the ends, Ernest Bauer, George McDoni aId and Jack Keenan at the tackles Jack Tobias, Pat Pruitt, and Toa Abell at the guards, and it's a clos4 fight at center but Delk looks like thq sub so far. Francis Nevils is giving Doyle Johnson a close fight for quat ter, Jack Little, Jules Riley, Jay Ward and Blackwell "at the halvesW and Earl Dunham and Tommy Sligb1 subbing frequently for Turner at ful The injured list for tonight's bat tIe would make many a coach tea , out half his hair, but most of the ine jured have recovered enough to t part in tonight's game. Jay War to-be starting halfback has an jured leg and will play but little the game. Earl Dunham, puntinga of the squad, also has a bum pi Tom Abell is having foot troubl Jack Keenan a tackle with plenty0 heft will not play tonight because a bad shoulder. Girls Athletic Group Meets Today To Make Year's Plans ' Plans for the Girls' Athletic sociation will be discussed at a mee ing of the Athletic Association ,Cou cil Friday, September 27, accordi to Miss Nancy Pope, head of Phys cal Education for women in the Uni versity. At the meeting of the council F day officers will be elected and pl for girl's intramurals and other sp will be discussed. -The Athletic Association Cou is composed of a representative f each sorority, one from the day dents, and on n, the. d..rm....-:-: