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Frosh Meet Krowing With Kirby BY JOE KIRBY 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. Rex 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 not be able to match the Georgian'is beef and numbers, they have been displaying a fighting spirit on the practice field that 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 shade, and narrowly escaped freezing 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 saw 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, and the fact that this was the opening game for both teams make it difficult to put a barometer on Clemson's power. H-owever, 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 days like B. 0. from Lifebouy. As a mat ter of fact these same student managers 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 offic.gs 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 rewvards 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. JTOTTINGS . . "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 ne...Carolina and The Citadel will be the qmiy State teams that have not yet launched their 1940 gridiron dampaigns afteir 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 ... .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 Schools' prayer-Thank God for Bully... Both the fencing and swimming teams are plaining bigger things for this year... Dill Over'ton, whose mermaids went far in competition last tinmer, will direct the &0stinies of the Bird mermen. SGear. Enright. Reg I ......... O'N BIRD BRAIN TRUSTERS uin as guides of Gamecock gridiron di fortune behind it as the 1940 seasor the coaches are promising no worl The guys who guide the Gamec (left), Enright (Top center), Ted 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 holdiig a barbecue tonight at Heise's pond as a prelude to the opening freshman football game with Ceorgia. Although the club was or ganized only last spring, it already has a membership of 1,018, and a large number of this group is ex pectedl. The feature attraction on the pro gram wvill be a talk by Coach Rex Enright on the Gamecock's 1940 pros pects. Quite a number of out-of-town members have already made reserva tions to attend the barbecue. Secre tary andl treasurer, Tatum Gressette will remain in his office until time for the barbecue to. begin wvith an extra supply of tickets for out-of townt members. The barbecue will be over in time for all present to get to the game for the opening kick-off. BAM members will have a section reserved for them and tickets can be procured at the barbecue. The B1AM club members primarily interested in this year's freshman squad because it is the first year that the club has helped to bring football stars to Carolina. They have what they've been asking for for a niumber of years, an almost complete collection of S. C. boys playing frosh ball, Joe Patron( Goes Gunnii gia Ir ;ime Opens Thi der head coach and athletic director tiies. The Enright cavalcade has looms ahead. With a small squad d beter for Carolina, but they do I ock Gridders to battle against Geor Petoskey (lower center) and Ted T Pony Backs May Shape Bird Destiny Hernes 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 or to 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 wrinkcles from Enright's fevered brow. He was voted (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7) * Plays On.A rmg For Mast< Smart Guy E~ While Perfor 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 emphasis on chemistry. During his undergraduate career Patrone maintained a din"~ aveag Opei 'd Campaign Rex Enright begin their third year one year of iiucceas and cne of mis and no capable reserves this year >romise to put out a fighting eleven. gia next week are Sterling DuPree womey (right). Rawl Expects 20,000 At Bird-Georgia Grid Tilt At Stadium Oct. 5 Supporters Of Bulldogs Rally BehiInd 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 Raw!, manager of ticket sales, ex pects a crowd of better thati 20,000. Several large block orders have b)een receivedl fronm Atlanta, Augusta, and the University of G;eorgia. The Bulldog institution originally placed an order for 300 pasteboards, hut this nunmber wvas increased to 500 by an additional order that wvas placed by 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 now, RawI isn't worrying about disposing of them. RawI plans to visit Fort Jackson this wveek to launch a sales cam paign among the soldiers, le esti mates that between 5,000 and 6,000 tickets will be soldl on the reserva tion. About 2,500 bleacher seats wvill be erected in the end zones to take care of the overflow. The addition of these seats will bring the seating ca pacity of the stadium to approxi mately 20,000. Ducats for the freshman football opener wvith Georgia are pricedl at 75 cents. The game will be playedl at Melton Field, with the kick-off sched uledl for 8 :00 o'clock. After Getting er Of Scienc ept Up "B" Average For ' mning On Gridiron And Dial 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 showedl his ability as an arbiter. This summer he umpired for the Columbia Soft ball League, and became known to players andc fans alike as the Mager kurth of South Carolina softb)all. While calling balls and strikes, Pa trone puts everything into his de cisions, bellowing and dancing around after each pitched ball . .. ray rierT Johnson ME Against Aln Strong Bullpup Grid 9 Biddie 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 wi as an athlete, and is now seekin 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 woirk." 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 next tournament, the South Carolina Closed at Darlington, she won the Women's Singles in a walk and teamedl with Sam Daniels, former Carolina net star, to take the mixed doubles. She repeatedl her double triumph again at the Carolina Open in Hlartsville by making a clean sweep 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 badl as she did most of her male pponents on the court. Who knows? One Boston University student will win a trans-Atlantic phone call vith a leading European statesman in a contest to create interest in a Finnish relief campaign. Degree; 85 Honors ['hree Years nond Teams Ait keeps pugnacious fans and play 'rs completely under control. Once a bunch of Carolina football >layers razzed their teammate by >ooing each decision, no matter which cam it favored. Finally the umpire itopped the game and facing his tor nentors, yelled, "Did you pay to see his game?" During off-seasons Joe amuses him elf by coaching backward football >dayers in Spanish. An accomplished inguist, lie derives his pleasure froth~ eemng his less brilliant cohorts bIos om from foundering translators into teady performer.. ikes Debut ia Mater Iquad Invades Orippled [elton Arcs At 8 P. M. the picture at Carolina tonight from the,University of Georgia nting Carolina on Melton Field. liddies" adds the p6rsonal touch L8 a former "great" at Georgia" r 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 scrimmag 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 u 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 all the candi 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 Columbians A total of seven men are on the squad from Columbia High'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 an. hour before the game." The fellows who look strongest at the positions, to (late, and whom we pick to start tonight's block and tackle scene are as follows: Bill Millner and "Skimp" Harrison at the ends, Tom 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 center 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 Al lard at halfbacks, and Bill Turner at fullback. Subs are Plentiful Subbing or may be taking some of the above positions before game time are: Bill Neeley, Tom Knox, B. MacMillan, and York Wilson at the ends, Ernest Bauer, George McDon-' aId and Jack Keenan at the tackles Jack Tobias, Pat Pruitt, and Tom Abell at the. guards, and it's a close fight at center but Delk looks like the: sub so far. Francis Nevils is giving Doyle Johnson a close fight for quar ter, Jack Little, Jules Riley, Jay: Ward and Blackwell at the halves, and Earl Dunham and Tommy Sligh subbing frequently for Turner at full.. The injured list for tonight's bat tle wouldl make many a coach tear, out half his hair, but most of the in jured have recovered enough to take, part in tonight's game. Jay Ward, to-be starting halfback has an inC jured leg and will play but little ini the game. Earl Dunham, punting ace of the squad, also has a bum pin. Tom Abell is having foot trouble. Jack Keenan a tackle with plenty of heft will not play tonight because of a had shouldler. Girls Athletic Group Meets Todayr To Make Year's Plans' Plans for the Girls' Athletic A sociat ion will be dliscussed at a meet ing of the Athletic Association Coun cii Friday, September 27, accordin to Miss Nancy Pope, head of Physi cal Education for women in the Uni versity. At the meeting of the council Fri ~ day officers will be elected and pl for girl's intramurals and other spo will be discussed. ,The Athletic Association Conn is composed of a representative f each sorority, one from the day dents, and one from te d..rir.