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By GORDON HILL, Jr.
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You can look far and wide but I don't think that a writer the
can be found who could accurately describe the feelings of the ball
Carolina students and fans when the whistle blew to end the tha
game last Thursday. We were happy over the victory; we. Tig
were proud of the team and their coach; but we were still I
shaken over the mental anguish that we had just undergone pla
during the last two minutes of the game. the
What took place the last two minutes was only one of tor
the many incidents that could be cited as a summary of scC
the game. When the Tigers took the ball just 120 seconds
before the closing whistle, they started to march from their si"
40 yard line. In four plays the Bengals had reached the tie
Gamecocks' 23 with a first down. During those next four un
plays nobody in the Carolina Stadium took a deep breath. an(
The Tigers gained six yards in those four plays. The 19;
Gamecocks had held them; the Tigers didn't fumble or have
a pass intercepted but the Gamecocks held. But that wasn't TI
enough. With 58 seconds left to play, the Gamecocks ser
picked up 13 yards and a first down in three plays. That lo
ended the 39th meeting of these two teams. 19
The Gamecocks started early and simply played the Bengals 19(
off their feet. When one team blocks harder that they are 194
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blocked, tackles harder than they are tackled, and plays harder 1
than they are played, it just doesn't count up if they don't win. 19
Well, it counted up last week with a fine margin of one touch- 19
down. 19
The first half was all Caroliua's-by statistics and scores. 19
The Gamecocks scored four touchdowns-one of which was 19
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called back. They made eight first downs this first half to 19
Clemson's three-one of Clemson's coming on a penalty 19
against Carolina. The Bengals had a net yardage, running 19
and passing of only 19 yards for the first half. I'm stin 19
trying to figure out how the people in the Clemson stands 19
felt at the half. 19
'The 30 minutes of the second half was all Carolina's except 19
for about five minutes. Those Tigers almost wrought havoc in 19
those five minutes though. A minute and 15 seconds before the 19
end of the third quarter the Tigers clicked with a pass play 19
that was good for 60 yards and their first score. The Tigers 1
only brilliant playing came in a 80 yard drive in the middle of 19
the final quarter. In nine plays the Bengals drove from their 19
20 for the score. The actual score was set up by a pass-lateral 19
good for 44 yards. Even in the second half, the Gamecocks 19
made seven first downs to Clemson's six.
- Boyoboyoboy-was that a ball game I11
THE STARS
The game that the Gamecocks played last Thursday was 19
better than the magnificent game that upset North Carolina. 19
It was probably one of the best games that a USC football team
has ever played. The whole team blocked and tackled with
untold power, precision and ferocity but the players were justE
working off the fiery spirit that had been injected into them1
by Coach Rex Enright and the darolina student body.
Finding a Gamecock who didn't give a good account of
himself is like trying to find a democrat in N~ew Enigland.
But the best in the backfield were Stan Stasica, Al Grygo,
Harvey Blouin, Dutch Elston, Ken Rosie and Hedge Ar
rowsmith. Page after page could be written about these di
fellows but they were the star backs anyway. S
In the line, Steve Nowak, Bobo Carter, Harold Middle- g~
brooks, Bill Applegate and Louis Sossamon played a mite ti
better ball than their line-mates. That still speaks good Ia
for the rest of the line and the fellows who substituted for B3
these five boys. These five were the fellows who were
largely responsible for stopping the Tigers' great offensive
line play which until last Thursday at 2:00 was rated the
fourth best In the nation.
Coach Frank Howard gives Louis Sossamon and Dutch Elston
the credit for stopping Charlie Timmons with their great back- el
ing up of the line. Joe Blalock 's All-American candidancy was a
murdered in cold blood, largely because of the efforts of Steve t<
Nowak. The Tiger's Fritts didn't show his All-State form
either. In fact the Tigers presented only one star and that was a
Booty Payne.s
A COMMENT ON SPIRIT
"The marvelous school spirit'manifested by the student h
body was as big a factor as any in helping bring about Car- .ti
olina's victory over Clemson." With these words, Coach *
Rex Enright told what he thought the ardent school spiritd
meant to the football team.
, This was enough but Coach went on to say that "the ..e
students started early by putting up signs and banners and b
the swing of things picked up all along. This got in the a
blood of the boys (the football players) and they knew that
they couldn't let the students down when they went on the
field last Thursday." And they certainly didn't.
School spirit is a great thing for it went a long way to help ,r
- win the game over the Tigers but the closest it could rank in s
helping win that game is second. Coach Enright was nothing r
but modest when he rated the spirit first for I know as every- I
body else knows, that the number one factor in Carolina's vie
tory was Coach Enr .t's handling of the fine bunch of players
that are in his care.
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3rolina Has Big
Ige'Over Bulldogs
Ancient Rivalry
LISC Has Won 25 Times
3f 33 Gane Series; The
Citadel Victor In 5
'he Gamecocks will clash with the
ht Brigade of The Citadel tomor
, for the 34th time. The series of
.South Carolina-The Citadel foot
games is one of the longest on the
t is longer is with the Clemson
:ers.
)f the 33 games that have been
yed, the Gamecocks have won 25,
Bulldogs have emerged the vic
in five and there have been three
reless ties.
[he Citadel has not beaten Carolina
ce 1926 but there was a scoreless
in 1928. The Light Brigade tri
phs came in 1910, 1915, 1916, 1919
1 1926. The scoreless ties were in
.1, 1918 and 1928.
rhe scores from the files of the As
:iated Press of the South Carolina
e Citadel football games since the
ies originated in 1905 are listed be
15-Carolina 47, Citadel 0
)6-No game
)7-Carolina 12, Citadel 0
18--Carolina 12, Citadel 0
)9-Carolina 11, Citadel 5
O-Carolina 0, Citadel 5
[1-Carolina 0, Citadel 0 (tie)
2-Carolina 26, Citadel 2
[3-Carolina 42, Citadel 13
4-Carolina 7, Citadel 6
L5--Carolina 0, Citadel 3
16-Carolina 2, Citadel 20
17-Carolina 20, Citadel 0
18-Carolina 0, Citadel 0 (tie)
19-Carolina 7, Citadel 14
20-,-Carolina 7, Citadel 6
21-Carolina 13, Citadel 0
22-Carolina 13, Citadel 0
23-Carolina 12, Citadel 0
24-Carolina 14, Citadel 0
25--Carolina 30, Citadel 6
26-Carolina 9, Citadel 12
27-Carolsna 6,. Citadel 0
28-Carolina 0, Citadel 0 (tie)
29-Carolina 27, Citadel 14
30-Carolina 13, Citadel 0
31-Carolina 26, Citadel 7
32-Carolina 21, Citadel 0
33-Carolina 12, Citadel 6
34-Carolina 20, Citadel 6
35-Carolina 25, Citadel 0
36-Carolina 9, Citadel 0
37-Carolina 21, Citadel 6
38-39-Relations severed
40-Carolina 31, Citadel 6
iddies, Bullpups
o Meet Saturda)
Carolina Frosh Downed
By Superior Cub Eleven
Coach Frank Johnson and the Bid
cs will journcy to the City by th
ra, Saturday where they will en
Lge the Citadel Bullpups in a gain
at night. In the prelude battle ti
st Thursday's State Fair game th
iddies were defeated by the power
tI Clemson Cubs, 20-7 and will b
ghting hard to break into the wi
lunmn again.
The Clemson line shone again an
rain and forced play almost entire
in Biddie territory. The Cu
even excelled on the ground as we
in the air while running up a tw
uchdown lead. A spirited Biddi
1lly in the third quarter led b
ideman, Halsall, and O'Harra nette
~ven points but other drivers wer
aIled by the big opposing line.
Carolina and The Citadel freshme
ave lost to the Cubs by practicall
ie same score. Citadel dropped thei
ricounter 19 to 6 and Carolina we
owned 20 to 7.
The Biddies have been workin
ard this week in preparation for ti
ash Saturday night. The cadets at
oasting of a fine ground and ai
ttack and this is what the Carolir
reshmen have been working hard I
ry to stop.
The cadets have played heads-il
all this season and their star, Bet
ett, looms above the quick as
nappy squad of Bullpups: HeI cal
ies the ball like a veteran and h
assing and punting is superb.
The Biddies are in good physic
ondition as a result of the Clemst
attie.
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Head Coach Rex Enright is pictur
be watching any of his stellar backfield
right: That's all right coach, we'll do 1
Bottom left: What will the quarter
ped behind the scrimmage line, and I
Gameco<
Gamecocks I
Second Time
A;c Fen1,T State: Scidom, i
if ever, have Carolina stars shone I m
more brilliantly as the Gamecocks T
fought with every ounce of strength te
and stamina at their command. Great ti
passing by Stan Stasica and Ken w
Roskie . . . coupled with brilliant A
receiving by Harvey Blouin, Roskie ti
and Dutch Elston carried the Game- t<
cocks to victory, but it was the truly d
great teamwork of a team which was n
blocking and tackling like demons r<
that mad' those passes and runs click.
Banjo Snith, The Columbia Rec- C
ord: Clemson's 1941 dream of grid- v
iron empire and its seven-year reign ti
over the football forces of the Uni- m
versity of South Carolina tumbled to v
earth together . . .Never in the mnem- t
ory of football fans here has a team, Ii
heavily favored, been mnore com- f
pletely outclassed than were the Ti- s
gers in the first half . ..The Game- ii
cocks played to the last ounce of ni
their energy, and with all the spirit
that has been instilled in them by I
Rex Enright and a loyal student v,
body.
Scoop La.timecr, The Greenville i
News: University of South Caro- a
lina's alert, smart and spirited foot- v
- ball team out-distanced the slow,(
e sluggish Clemson Tigers with daz- e
zhing speed and spectacular forwarda
passes to upset the defending South- i
ern conference champions . . .Caro-c
-lina played 55 minutes at top speeds
Sand Coach Frank Howard's Clenmsons 1
Iwere in the battle only about five I
minutes.
e Jack 'Troy, The Atlanta Constitu
SBAM Club Sees
Bird-Tiger Pics
n' Over 500 BAM club members from
Y Richland county and the state gath
r ered last night at the Hotel Colum
s gia ball room to view pictures of
South Carolina's recent stunning up
g set victory over the Clemson Tigers.
e The ball room was packed with
e BAMnmers as they re-lived the thrills]
r of the Gamecocks' win. Head Coach<
a Rex Enright of the victorious Game
o eocks was given a resounding ova
tion. HIe explained the high spots
p of the game.
'Eighteen hundred feet of film were1
d shown at the meeting. This is 200
-more feet than is normally used in
's filming a game.
Tatum Gressette, secretary-treas
i urer of the club, declared that the
n meeting was the largest gathering of
BAM club members since the organ
-izations' beginning.
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ed above in several candid photos
sweeping an end. Center above:
oetter next time.
:ack do now? In the lower cente
>ottom right: A coach's life is a
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This Year
A dcadiy passing attack, as
uch as anything, wrecked the proud
igers . . . For almost three quar
rs a fast charging Carolina line
ioroughly out-played the Tiger fore
all . . It was a stunning upset
. lot of money changed hands or
ie result. But if it ever deserve&
> win, it was the Carolina team to
ay. Coach Rex Enright did a re
iarkable job of getting the tean
!ady for the game.
R. Af. Hitt, Jr., The News an
ourier: Because Clemson was fa
ored by twenty points and up befori
ie game, the triumph undoubtedii
ill be labeled an upset. But ;
!asn't. The experts were wrong ii
ie beginning . . . The Tigers, help
ss, sluggish and somewhat amazed
nally started clicking in the shadow:
tages of the third quarter and turne<
one final, desperate thrust a fev
iinutes before the game ended.
Burke Davis, The Charlotte News
couldn't happen and it did. Ther
ras a bowl parade and it wa
rrecked.' There was an overwhelm
1g Clemson advantage in manpower
rnd it was cut down to nothing. Ther
las an All-American guy name,
harlie Timmons, and sonme big back~
rs-up cooled him down. There wa
team that wamned to win for a
lolized coach, and that team wer
ut so fiercely determined, with it
pirit so boiling hot, that it couldn
e handled. Almost any team woul
rave fallen victim to South Carc
ina's Gamecocks.
Jimma,aie Thaompsonr, Tihe GrceenviIi
"iednont: It was no fluke, thi
Jarolina victory. They simpl
vhipped the pants of! one of th~
inest Clemson teams of all timi
E'hey took the jump from the oper
nig gun and held the advantag
hroughout, except for the last p<
iod . . . It was something to behokr
omething to tell your grandchildrer
Red C'anup, The Anderson Inde
~endent: The University of Sout
arolina's favorite yell: "Our Tear
[s Red Hot", explains the Gam<
:ocks' 18 to 14 upset victory over tl
iitherto undefeated Clemson Tigei
..before more than 22,000 peop1
.vho didn't doubt it a single minul
..Everything Carolina did we
right, and just about everything tI
I'igers tried for three quarters wJ
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hard life.
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Stasica Spurs
USC Victory
22,000 See Gamecocks
Rack Up 18-14 Victory
The University of South Carolina's
fast, alert, spirited football team tum
bled the mighty Clemson Tigers from
the ranks of the nation's unbeaten
untied football teams with a smash
ing 18-14 victory at Carolina stadium
last Thursday. The game was played
belore a record crowd of 22,000.
Playing one of the most spirited
games seen in the history of the 39
year old rivalry, the Gamecocks
scored all three of their touchdowns
in the first half, and then fought val
iantly to protect their lead against a
last quarter Tiger rally.
The game was less than five minutes
Iold when Stan Stasica, sophomore
star from Rockford, Ill., handed the
ball to Ken Roskie on a reverse, and
the versatile Roskie passed to Dutch
Elston for 14 yards and a touch
down. Mike Patrone was rushed into
the fray to kick the poAint, '>ut his
attempted conversion w~as low.
e After Roskie had ran 30 yards for
.a touchdown and it had bee~n called
- back because Carolina's backfield was
s in motion, the Gamecocks moved
" steadily into Clemson territory. Stas
tica flipped a six yard pass to Roskie
s for the second Gamecock touchdown.
tAgain Patrone's attempted conversion
dwas low.
- Carolina's third score came with
only a few~ minutes left in the first
"half.
y wrong . . . Along about the half the
e temperature reached 90 degrees...
.Carolina w~as just as hot as the
a weathecr.
e O. 1B. Keeler, The AtlantIa Jour
nat: Well, that Clemson Tiger's tail
I, got a twisting in the first half of
~. that 18-14 South Carolina victory...
.that yanked it right out of the un
h beaten ranks and out of any Bowls
n that might be around, as Rex En
-right's super-inspired athletes tore off
eC yardls of revenge and also three
s touchdowns . . . Right off the bat.
e yoti might say, the Gamecocks tippedl
e over the apple cart that had been
Ls loaded with dope to the effect that
e the Tigers were all set to clean up
s5 on this ball game. .
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Doubtful For Tomorrow
The South Carolina Gamecocks,
resh from the spanking they gave the
:lemson Tigers, will travel to
)rangeburg where they will meet the
.ight Brigade of The Citadel tomor
:w at the Orangeburg County Fair.
'he Birds will be undergoing a test
) see whether or not they can con
inue the prowess they exhibited
gainst Clemson.
"The Citadel will go into the game
:morrow holding the same position
hat we held against Clemson," com
iented Coach Rex Enright in view
f the 34th meeting of South Caro
ina and The Citadel.
The Gamecocks emerged from the
lash with the Tigers in excellent
hysical condition except for one
nan-Harvey Blouin. Harvey's leg
vas wrenched and was in a cast from
ast Friday until yesterday. His
ondition has not as yet been deter
nined but his ace pass defense and
ass receiving will be sorely missed by
he team.
Before the season started, The Cita
Iel was rated to have a weak team
his year. But they opened the sea
ion with a bang and crushed High
Point. Then the football team with
he student body journeyed to West
Point where the Army was glad to
get by on a 19 to 6 decision.
The Bulldogs then dropped but still
managed to beat Presbyterian, 21-13.
The Purple Hurricane invaded Char
leston last Saturday a week ago to
ind a spirited Light Brigade hold
them to a 13-all tie. That gives The
Citadel two wins, one loss, and one
tie so far this season.
The Gamecocks hold the same rec
ord of two wins, one loss and one
tie. The Birds have upset both North
Carolina and Clemson, lost to Geor
gia and were tied by the Deacons of
Wake Forest.
The Birds have been working hard
this week in preparation for the clash
tomorrow. Coach Enright has tried
to impress on the players that The
Citadel will present a spirited squad
which is not to be taken lightly. The
victory over Clemson naturally made
the players feel good but the coaches
have been deflating this feeling all
week in hopes to have the Birds in
prime spiritual condition tomorrow.
The Citadel has not defeated Caro
lina since 1926 although there was a
scoreless tie in 1928. Of the 33
times that the two teams have met,
the Bulldogs have managed to win
only five of these games.
The Gamecocks had moved deep
into Clemson territory after Leitner
had recovered Butler's fumble on the
Clemson 40. Al Grygo, who was
out of most of the game due to in
juries, scored from the three yard
line. Joe Krivonak's place kick for
the extra point was no good, and as
the gun ending the first half sounded
the Gamecocks led 18-0.
After the half-time intermission the
Bengals from Clemson roared back.
Late in the third quarter "Booty"
Payne passed 30 yards to Franlin
who ran 30 more yards to cross the
goal line standing. Timmons booted
the extra point and Carolina led 18-7.
After several successful passes the
Tigers again struck paydirt. With
five playing minutes left the Bengals
scored as Payne crashed off tackle for
three yards and a touchdown. Again
Timmons kicked the point, and the
score read 18-14.
The last five minutes of the game
were probably the most exciting five
minutes of football seen in these
parts in many years.
On a fake kick Payne passed to
Blalock for a 30 yard gain and with
the ball resting on Carolina's 2.
yard line it looked as if the Tigers
would score again. The Gamecock
line fighting desperately held and
took over the ball as Payne was
tackled a yard short of a first down.
As news wires and radios carried
the news to a stunned sports world,
Carolina supporters rushed out onto
the field to carry off their heroes.
For the first time in eight years
the South Carolina Gamecoeks had
defeated the Clemson Tiger.
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