Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Bir ds-Cit Krowing With Kirby BY JOE KIRBY GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL The Gamecock invasion of Miami was successful to the point of perfection. The Birds won the ball game, the magnificent city of Miami won the Birds, and the Block "C" Club, the South ern Railroad, the Venetian Hotel, and the Club Bali won the money won by the supporters of the Birds. The trip was almost spoiled however by a howling Miami Hurricane that seemed to forget that it was everybody's door mat and whistled up and down between the pay-off stripes to the tune of 16 first downs. After the Gamecocks first quarter touchdown that came with comparative ease, they were forced to settle back and undergo a battering three quarter siege that penetrated as far as the 1 foot line on one occasion. Don't get the idea that our boys weren't in there pitching with everything they had. They were. The Gamecocks are simply battered and fatigued after their terrific schedule sans adequate substitutes, long railroad hops, and lack of practice due to incident weather conditions. The Miami team that rose from the wreckage of its most disastrous season in history was a team that was long due, a team that was greatly underrated, and a team that was bent on salvaging something from its schedule besides bad press notices and cuts and bruises. THEY TREATED US SWELL The thing that will live longest in the memory of the Game cock followers however is not the football victory, the beautiful palms that line Biscayne Bay, or the bevies of beautiful babes at the Bali, but the hospitality of the students of Miami Uni versity. From the moment that we stepped off the train, until the time of our departure the Students of Miami U. were on hand to see that we enjoyed ourselves. We were met at the sta tion by the band and student body, and ferried back and forth from our quarters at the Venetian to the dances and the game. (Personal modesty will not permit us to tell of the two beaute ous blondes who plucked us out of the parade and whisked us off in their convertible). In short the Miami students made sure that a good time was had by all. WE BEGIN A SERIES The Gamecocks as you know met the Wake Forest Deacons in Charlotte yesterday in the first of a ten year series of Thanks giving games to be played in the "Queen City." The front page of this sheet carries the story of the game that came to us by leased wire direct from the scene of action. At the time of this writing the outcome of this game was of course unknown, but prospects of a Bird victory did not appear very bright. Seven gruelling games have taken their toll of the thin red line, and yesterday's tussle with the Deacons pitted the Enrightmen against a foe that stacks up favorably with any encountered this season. THE GAMECOCK'S ALL-STATE Picking all-star teams is about the last duty that his depart ment would voluntarily assume, but since being besieged from several sources, among them Bob Purdy of the Wofford Old Gold and Black, for an All-State selection, here goes. E-Urban, South Carolina. T-Fritts, Clern son1. G-Barker, Furman. 0-Sossamon, South Carolina. G-Patrone, South Carolina. T-Carter, South Carolina E-Blalock, Clemson. KB--Grygo, South Carolina. B-Proctor, Furman. B-Maness, Clemson. B-Collangelo, Newberry. That's the way I like 'em but the odds are that there will not be a single reader who'll agree with me on all eleven positions. The toughest job in making the above selection was in leaving off the name of Harvey Blouin, the most consistent back in the State. Injuries have kept Harvey on the sidelines the mma jority of the season. While speaking of all-star teams, it would be well to note that Arthur "Dutch" Elston, erstwhile regular quarterback and a converted guard, has been selected on the second string All Southern team of the Charleston Evening Post. Quite an accomplishment for the "Dutchman," who has played only two games this season at guard, isn't it? ENRIGHT GETS A PLUG The Sports Department of the Gamecocks heartily endorses the following sentiments which were recently expressed by Eddie Brietz, in his nationally syndicated sports column and congratulates him on his fair and far reaching coverage of the sports front. Said Eddie: "While tossing posies for first rate coaching jobs don't overlook Rex Enright of South Carolina University, who probably has been confronted by more obstacles than any other coach in the country and has still turned in a better than fair job." And How!I idel Gameco Pass Minded Birds ' Attack; Hurricane Striking early in the first qi march, The University of Soul the Miami University Ilurricai night in the Orange Bowl. Grygo was the spearhead of the Bird attack tallying the touchdown with a plunge from the one yard line. DeWitt Arrowsmith added the extra point with a perfect kick from placement. Miami's two points came early in the second quarter when DeWitt Arrowsmith attempted to kick from behind his own goal line. Finding himself too badly rushed to get awvay he passed out of bounds for an automatic safety. From this point on the Game cocks were forced to stay on the defensive, threatening only twvice more in the game. Both of these threats came to an abrupt end wvhen Grygo wvas thrown for heavy losses while attempting to pass. Ground Attack Scores The usually potent .Gamecock aerial attack completely bokged dlowni and the Birds were forcedl to depend on a first quarter ground attack to take the verdlict. One Grygo to Urban pass was inter cepted by the Orange and the re mainder were either never gotten off or fell incomplete. The Miamians took to the air fre quently and successfully and three times marched to the shadow of the Gamecock goal before desperate stands b)y the Carolinians took over the ball. The half ended with the Ball in the Hurricanes' possession on the Bird seven yard marker. Birds Half Again No sooner had a second Hurri cane threat been averted in the third stanza, than they came storm ing back for 90 yards in a drive which finally petered out on the Bird one foot line. Steiner sparked the Miami attack with his line plunges and aerial sharpshooting. The Hurricane rolled up 10 first downs to the Birds !b, but were never able to penetrate across the double stripe. A crowd of about 11,000 was on hand to see the game which was the Hurricane's fourth straight loss. Several hundred Carolina support ers accompanied the team and cheered it on to victory. Receipts from a basketball game between a William & Mary honor fraternity and a faculty quint will be turned over to the Finnish Relief fund. A new cyclotron at Washington University (St. Louis) will require 78 tons of special steel. Rene o Hurdles Hurrican cks CIa Vin 2nd On Land Howls In Vain arter on a 56 yard touchdown i Carolina Gamecocks downed ics by a 7-2 count last Friday Wake Forest Ace Seeks Loop Cup Gold And Black Places Two Leading Scorers Tony Gallovich, Wake Forest's chief candidate for All-Southern honors, held grimly on to his Southern Conference scoring lead this week despite the fact he failed to score in the Texas Tech en counter. With only one more game to play, it shapes up pretty definite that either Gallovich or Virginia Tech's H-erbie Thomas will win the title. Richmond's Art Jones, early season contender, has just about faded from the picture. Thomas will get to show his stuff against V. M. I. this week. Gallovich goes up against the stronger South Caro lina squad. Leading Scorers: g td pat fg tot Gallovich, W. For.. 9 9 8 0 62 Trhomas, Va. Tech.. 9 10 0 0 60 Jones, Richmond .... 8 6 9 1 48. Proctor, Furman...8 7 4 0 46 Spencer, Davidson.. 9 7 0 0 42 Hackney, Davidson.. 9 7 0 0 42 M uha, V. M. I......9 6 5 0 41 Catlett, V. M. I..9 5 6 0 36 Lalanne, N. Caro... 9 o 0 0 36o Polanski, W. For..9 6 0 0 36 Gressette, Now Gamec TATUE OIWET, w Ol e Line For Touchd j..~ 1W Miar Banquet In Honor Of Football Team Given By Students Tickets For Affair On Sale At Canteen Now; Limited Accomodations A student body banquet in honor of the football team will be staged in the Wade Hamp ton hotel Wednesday evening, Dec. 11. Activities will begin at 6:45 p. m. Sol Blatt, president of the student body, and several serv ice organizations are making arrangments for the big feast the first of its kind in Caro lina's long football history. Tickets for the banquet will go on sale Monday morning in the canteen at 50 cents each. Because of the limited facilities of the hotel, only about 400 stu dents can be accommodated. Since this is the first time such a banquet has been held, Blatt said he thought everyone who wanted to go could get a ticket. Two speakers will make short addresses at the feast and Coach Enright will be extended the floor for a short speech. The football team will be in troduced and expressions of thanks made to the squad. WAA Holds Meeting To Discuss Volley Ball Announcement- W. A. A. will have an open meeting this after noon at 4:15 in the chapel. All girls interested in Volley Ball and all members are urged to be pres ent. Plans for the volley ball tournament will be discussed. tar At Can :ock Again; BY LEONARD TURNBULL Next Saturday when the Bulldogs of The Citadel bare their teeth at the University Gamecocks they will not only renew an old rivalry with a state institution but will also be facing one of their old coaches, Tatum Gressette, who last Feb ruary joined forces with the Bird athletic regime and now is an in tegral part of it. Mr. Gressette is an alumnus of the University. He finished in 1922, serving as fullback on the football team which whipped Clem son two years, and was captain ,his last year. From Carolina he traveled over to York to begin his coaching ca reer. This town held him for one year before .he received an offer d,R Dwn ni 7-2 Small Basketball Squad Rounding Into Condition Only 12 Men On Squad At Present; Johnson Is Making Debut The numerically small basketball squad of the University- of South Carolina is continuing its pre-sea son menu of getting into shape for the 20 gaine schedule that lies ahead of them. The Gamecocks are swinging into the'40-41 season with the loss of one regular player of the past sea son, Gene Alexander, who received his sheepskin last June. Also the coming season will mark the debut into the basketball wars of Coach Frank Johnson, who is taking the helm of the Bird basketeers from Ted Petosky, who1 advanced up the coaching ladder the past year upon the departure of "Catfish" Smith. Coach Johnson is a former All American basketball guard, receiv ing this rating on the University of Georgia quintet. The elongated Gamecock football schedule which continues until De cemb)er 7, will put off the arrival of approximately five football guys on the hardwood. These five, Fred: Lytle, Ken Roskie, "Biscuits" Co man, "Bobo" Carter, and Maurice Carter, are all sophomores and have yet to face inter-collegiate competi tion in basketball. The 12 fellows composing the practice sessions so far are: Pres ton Wcstmoreland, W. Carns, J. Haynes, J. Hymson, D. Anderson, Clem Nowak, M. Herman, S. Brose, Henry, Brooker, Lawrence, and Pike. Ilina, Coach Cornpl icatec from LaGrange High School of Georgia. His career at LaGrange was marked by his turning out two state championships in the four years he was there. The Richmond Academy of Au gusta, Ga. heard of this miracle man and drafted him for duty with the Musketeers. He filled this coaching slot for four years and lost two games in four years as head mentor there. While at Richmond his coaches played such large schools as Erie, Pa., Huntington, West Va., Tech~ Hi, Atlanta, Boys Hi, and other G. I. A. A. teams in Georgia. Au gusta nearly had a relapse when the Citadel of Charleston offered him an assistant coach's position there and .he accepted. va ry, Weet Dec. 7 In season's Finale In Charleston Bulldogs Hoping To Break Long Gamecock Winning Streak; Lost Win In '26 BY PAUL CALLAHAN When the University of South "arolina and Citadel football teams 4 'lash, Saturday December 7, the lulldogs will be seeking their fi'rst vin over the Gamecocks since 926. For 35 years the two teams have net in friendly rivalry on the grid ron. The Bulldogs have come out >f these many tussles, victorious mnly four times, tieing the Birds I times and losing 27. The Light 3rigade managed to turn the tables mn the Gamecocks and come out on he long end of a 12-9 count in 926. 1928 saw the two teams >attling to a scoreless deadlock but ince then the Carolina boys have ield the upper hand in wins regis ered. Charlestorr Scene of Game The annual Carolina Citadel -lassic up until '38 was staged in 3rangeburg, but Citadel officials tated that they weren't -supersti ious but just couldn't conquer arolina on the Orangeburg field. ?rotesting that Carolina owed them game in Charleston, the scene of he series was shifted with Charles on as host. The Charlestonians under the utelage of a new coach, John H. 'Bo" Rowland, former assistant to *. arl Snavely of Cornell, who took )ver the head coaching duties this rear, have already proven them ,elves to be one of the outstand ng gridiron aggregations in the state. With seven games already played he Cadet4 have registered four vic :ories against three defeats. The Bulldogs lost to Furman by a 36-7 :ount, Presbyterian in an upset ,cored a 19-0 victory over them knd N. C. State eked out a 20-14 min over them. To offset these defeats Coach Rowland's boys have won decisive rictories over the Erskine Seceeders 15-0, Wofford's Terriers 7-2, the ntormy Petrels of Oglethrope 25-0 ind the Sewanee Tigers 13-7. They * :ake on the Davidson college Wild :ats November 30 before tackling he Carolina eleven. Football Finale This game will mark the football finale for the two teams. Carolina, #ho this season experienced one of he toughest schedules the Game. :ocks have had in years have only >roken into the win column twice. Winning over Kansas State 20-13 ind Miami U. 7-2 and losing to eorgia, Duquesne, Clemson, Penn state and Furman. The Citadel boasts some out ~tanding stars in "Big Ben" Suitt, ~20 lb. end who was brought by oach Rowland to the varsity ranks rom an intramural team of last rear, Johnny Howard, fast stepping anton, Ga. boy, Hank Foster, an >ther swivel hipped back who has ;parked the Bulldogs this year, 'King Kong" Shealy, titekle, Belser and DesChamp, a pair of stalwart guards from Columbia and Lock wvood, a Charleston product, at one >f the flank positions. The game is expected to draw a arge crowd as it will be home-com ng for the Cadets and the final game of the season in the year. At Citadel I sn't It?. He passed one year as an assis tant, then was - promoted to the head coach's position and athletic lirector. His lack of material :own there defeated him however, mnd he resigned the past February and came to his alma mater to give, v'ent to his idea about an organiza-. tion for getting athletes to Caro lina. His idea was supported by the loyal University alumni and the Buck-A-Month Club has grown to the present membership of about 1,100 members. He is the secretary mnd 'treasurer of this club and he ## expects to put on a new drive for members beginning with the new vear, 1941.