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Gamecocks SPORTS fom dhe HILL-SIDE By GORDON HILL, Jr. HURRICANE OR BREEZE? Today and tomorrow, alumni and alumnae will come from all points of the State and neighboring States for the official home coming reunion. This is really the second homecoming of the year-the Clemson game was the other one. The Gamecocks have one of the best records to present to the homecoming crowds in many a year and we think that the Birds will play one of their best ghmes of the year in what we believe will turn into a decisive victory over Furman's Purple Hurricane. But the game with Carolina is one of the two games that Dizzy McLeod really preps his House of Magic for and when the game rolls around, the Hurricane will be blowing at its best. Furman has been as unpredictable as the war this season but still manages to present a fairly decent reoord of three victories, two defeats and two ties. Coach Enright should have the Gamecocks in fair condition for the game tomorrow. Although the long trip to Kansas did tire the players last week-end, they'll be rolling in form to morrow. The Gamecocks will deeply feel the'loss of Ken Ros kie who suffered a broken arm in the K-State encounter. Though Ken will be looking on these last three games, his heart will be out on the field. Last year. the Purple Hurricane almost had a field day when they met the Gamecocks in Greenville. While the offi cials were tootin' their whistle and horn until they were blue in the face, Furman racked up 25 points to the Game cocks' 7. To those whose memories reach back that far, they will recall that the most exciting part of the game was the fifth quarter. THE LAST TWO GAMES The Gamecocks were indeed lucky to win the game with The Citadel. The Bulldogs had been pointing for Carolina all sea son-even more so than Carolina gunned for thi Tigers. The Citadel presented a hard-fighting, scrappy, sophomore team to gether with a defense that was, almost disastrous to the Game cocks. But the Gamecocks held every time except once which is another pat on the back for the Carolina line. Stan Stasica, Ken Roskie and Bobo Carter were the boys in The Citadel game. Stasica's 80-yard touchdown run which was called back and Roskie 's long punt return to within The Citadel's 10 yard marker were the prettiest Carolina runs. Bobo played a magnificent game at tackle. After playing in 80 and 90 degree weather, the Gamecocks dipped into freezing temperature last Saturday after a tire some 1500 mile trip. The fact that Kansas State had a field goal artist turned out to mnean defeat to the Gamecocks and that is that. Al Grygo had the kinks out of his leg by last Saturday * and turned% in a fine performance but the big bow of the week goes to DeWitt Arrowsmith who time and time again pulled the Gamecocks out of the hole with his long kicks. Louis Soesamon snapped into his last season's form and probably played the best game he has played this year. The team interrupted their return trip with a stiff workout last Monday afternoon in Spartanburg. MUSINGS .. . The treatment that both the Carolina and The Citadel stu dents received at Orangeburg was swell . . . Stan Stasica was rather surprised at the reception the students gave the football team on their return from Kansas last Monday night . .. Dutch Elston said, "We've got a million-dollar student body" . . . I believe that Mike Patrone will come around with his place-kick ing-keep at it, Mike . . . Last year Gamecock John McMillan is head coach at the high school in Sumter . . . The Clemson student body and Coach Frank Howard seem to have different opinions of Carolina, her students, team and coachen-the Clem son cadets' opinion is commendable . . . a couple of the fresh men football players tried their luck in freshmen politics this past week . . .The Gamecocks open their schedule with Ten nessee next fall . .. Coach Rex Enright was a sleep-walker when he was at Notre Dame . . . If Carolina wins two of the three remaining games, nothing could be better . . . The Gamecocks' Sopponent next week, Miami, is undefeated and untied . .. There is an article (Block That Toot!) in the current issue of Collier's that rakes football officials through mud . . . Glen Rice is bo 4 hunking this year . . . this column caught the devil from the University of Georgia publication about what was said in ref erence to the Carolina-Georgia game. SBattI Birds Wind. Up 1 Season With Three Tough Opponents Furman, Miami, And Penn State Remain; Baptist Point For Carolina Tilt The Gamecocks have three more games on their "nightmarish" sched ule yet to play. Tomorrow the Birds will meet Furman University here; next Friday night, the South Caro lina squad will travel to Miami to meet undefeated Miami University and will end the schedule with a home game with Penn State, November 29. With a big pre-season build-up, Furman played the first part of the season disappointingly but have been showing more power every Saturday. The Purple Hurricane has three wins, two losses and two ties so far this season. Their biggest set-back was by Wake Forest who ran wild to easily crush Furman, 52 to 13. There are two games on Furman's schedule that they try hardest to win and they are with Carolina and Clem son. Records show that no matter how bad a season Furman may have, that the Hurricane always gives the Gamecocks and the Tigers a real game and are nearly even in the two series. fo Miami University is one of the few tli undefeated and untied teams left in a c the nation. The Hurricane of Miati B has allowed only one touchdown- - six points-to be scored on them this season in six games. The average score of Miami's six games is the Hurricane, 23-opponents, 1. The Birds close with a strong east ern team-Penn State. The Nittany Lions of Penn State have been de feated twice this season but have shown considerable strength in their last two games. The records of Furman, Miami and C Penn State so far this season are as P follows: FURMAN te Furman 6 Tennessee 32 st Furman 40 Wofford 19 fi Furman 13 Wake Forest 52 . Furman 0 N. C. State 0 ti Furman 13 The Citadel 13 k Furman 31 Davidson 13 C Furman 13 G. Washington 6 1 116 135 pT MIAMI fe Miami 38 Elon 0 cI Miami 20 Tampa 6 Miami 21 Rollins ' 0 I Miami 19 Howard tJ Miami 6 Texas Tech. 0 Miami 34 WV. Va. Wesleyan 0 s 138 6ws PENN STATE di Penn State 0 Colgate 7 Penn State 27 Bucknell 13 tc Penn State 0 Temple 14 0] Penn State 40 Lehigh 6 Penn State 42 N. Y. U. 0 Penn State 34 Syracuse 19 n 143 59 cI tc Biddies Win Over Game_Bullpups,19-9 ~ Fumbles Accompany Bad C Weather In Frosh Game I Coach Johnson's Biddies unexpect- p< edly :nded their 1941 football season w' by defeating the BuilIpups of The ir Citadel at Charleston. On November B] the 1st, the freshmen defeated the a Bulipups by the score of 19-9. p The game was played in a mist of f< rain which continued throughout the game. The rain and the exceedingly gl cool weather made the ball hard to at handle, causing several costly fum- b< bles for both teams. As usual,' Halsell and O'Harra si played a brilliant game in the back- tc field. The passing of this department al kept the Biddies from being pushed si back by the stubborn Bullpups. s Mote and Picket were the outstand- tc ing linesmen for the Biddies. They Ia played exceedingly well on most all w the defensive plays. Their breaking na up of many Citadel passing attacks was noticed. p< This game unexpectedly ended the C Bibbies' season due to the fact that s< the Furman frosh called off the game ai with the Biddies. These teams were y< to have met this afternoon but the tr lack of reserves on the Furman team c< forced the coach to deem it necessary a to call off the gae. eSp rhe Gamecock No M.. The Gamecock sports department r an All-State position and possib] e most consistent Carolina playet itent all the time that his playing is use of this, he has been under-ral abo will be in there. :-State Beats USC Vith Field Goal Gamecocks Battle Hard In Cold To Lose, 3-0 Travcling to Manhatter., Kas. last tiurday, the University of South irolina Gamecocks encountered a iwerful Kansas State eleven accom nied by freezing temperatures. Both ams fought each other to a stand ill for three and a half quarters, and ially with only five minutes' playing ne left, sophomores Earl Williams cked a field goal at an angle from irolina's 25-yard line, to give the rildcats a 3 to Q victory. The week previous, the Wildcats diled an upset in the Big Six con rence by defeating the defending ampions, Nebraska. The Birds de 'ated the Wildcats last year in Co mina by a 20 to 13 score. The Gamecocks had three scoring >portunities all afternoon, but were opped by the Wildcats' strong for ard wall. In the third quarter, Leit ~r ran back a punt 32-yards but wvas -agged dowvn 20 yards from the goal John Bortka. Arrowsmith passed Elston later, leaving the Birds with ily 23 yards to go. Carolina succeeded in bottling up [ike Zeleznak, the Wildcats' sopho ore sensation, but were unable to it their attack started. The Birds >mpleted 4 out of 11 passes for a tal of 40 yards. Arrowsmith kicked x times, for an average of 38.5 on ichi kick. oxing Squad Working lut Every Day In Gym Tlhree lettermen and half a dozen ather-throwing hopefuls have re >rted for this season's boxing team hich opened practice for the comn g season last Monday in the gym. oxing Coach Frank Demars issued call to all students interested in the igilistic sport to report to the gym. >r daily workouts. The schedule for Coach Demars' ove squad is incomplete as yet, but a outlay of powerful opponents will signed for matches. Bids have not been received for the te of this year's conference urnament thus far, but the ring traction might return to the Univer ty for the fourth consecutive sea in. One of the best tourneys in his ry was held in the local fleldhouse st year and a record-breaking crowd itnessed the exhibition of closely atched contests. Harry Lofton,,.winner of the 155 >und championship in the Southern onference last year, Sam King. rappy 135-pounder, and Kay Kirven e the lettermen around which this ar's contingent will be built. This io has had plenty of experience in lIege boxing circles and provides fine nucleus to shape the tea7p irited minates Bobo . S . in, fe m Cl Ir 4XV ar K F di! S B in st .bc is not only in favor of Bobo Carter A le All-Southern but deems Bobo as T on the squad. He plays so con more or less taken for granted. Be ted somewhat but come what may, . g( Birds Rock Up Win Over The Citadel r Carolina Pushed Hard To Down Fighting Bulldogs The Carolina Ganiecocks, having beaten a favored Clemson team the week before, eked out a 13 to 6 vic- p tory over an inspired Citadel eleven at Orangeburg two weeks ago. t Carolina dominated the play in the L first half, and took a 7 to 0 lead. f, Stasica, on a punt return in the open- p ing minutes of the game, galloped 85 2. yards for an apparent touchdown. but the run was nullified by a clipping penalty and pushed the Birds back to their own five yard line. Both teams fought on even terms the rest of the first quarter. I Early in the second quarter, Caro lina scored the first toucidtiwn A' I the game when Dunham took a pass from Arrowsmith on the Light Bri gade's 25-yard and raced over stand ing up. Mike Patrone kicked th'e ex tra point, and the Birds took a lead they never relinquished.t After Stasica scored Carolina's sec ond touchdown, Andy Victor sparked I the Bulldogs to its only score of the game. On passes from Victor to ' Gold, and runs by Victor, the Bull- U dogs wvorked the ball down to Caro lina's 2-yard line. Victor plunged l over from this point. The extra point was missed. 11 Both lines were tough, with Car- t ter, Sossamon, Applegate, and Now- U ak battling it out with Belser, D)amon.-t Keinedy, and Kierstead of The Cit adel. In the backfield, Roskie, D)unhamn. Grygo, and Stasica shared honors with Victor, Gold, and Salvato. Plans For Miami Trip Go "Flooie"-No Trains "It looks like our plans for the ex- t cursion to Miami on a special train have fallen through, but if enough students are willing to hear the added expense of a chartered bus down there, we might go after all," (Ie clared Dick Anderson, president ofS the University of South Carolina Block "C" club. Students interested in going by bus to Miami are urged to get in touch. with Anderson immediately. "It willt cost around sixteen dollars for the c round trip ticket, and if we beat Fur man we ought to have four or five buses full of Carolina Gamecocks go- c ing down to support the team," r quoted president Anderson. The emergency of the railroad sit- f uation during the Thanksgiving holi days was cited by Mr. Anderson as the main reason for failure to re serve a traih. Thousands of soldiers and civilians will be travelling home to slice turkey during the same pe- c riod that Carolina students hoped to i, travel south. Plans were also announced by An- ti derson to have a Block "C" jambo- p ree after the football season. Club t< members nnd independent co-dAil nat Hurr iame Tomorrow At 2 tadium; Birds Stati Carolina Ranks High In Team In Good Physical C The University of South Carol g to keep their state and conf at when they tackle the invadi in University at 2 o'clock tomc The Gamecocks have a clean emson and The Citadel-each L the Southern Conference, Cc ins and one tie. In addition to amecocks have defeated Nort Ld were tied by Wake Forest. ansas State. i K-Phis Lead In raternity Bowling eague With 7 Wins Steinbrecher Overtakes Long For Individual Honors With 975 Pins Pi Kappa Phi swept into the un sputed lead of the University of >uth Carolina Inter-Fraternity Ewling league at the Capitol Bowl g Centre, Gervais and Marion reets, Wednesday afternoon by ating the second place outfit, Sigma lpha Epsilon, two games to one. he Pi Kappa Phi's have now won ven games against two defeats. Spearhead of Pi Kappa Ph; scor g was Bill Steinbrecher, qf Chica >, who rolled 123-113-109 for the y's highest total, 345. Tied with in for single game honors was Billy yles, of Alpha Tau Omega, who lled 123 pins in his second game. i Kappa Phi also had the after ion's high total score, 1126. Steinbrecher picked up 66 pins on st week's individual lea'der, Jack ong, of Sigma Chi, and took over ic scoring lead with a total of 975 ins, a lead of 33 pins. Results: Sigma Nu won two games one from Sigma Chii; Alpha Tau niega won three straight from Pi ambda Phi; Pi Kappa Alpha de -ated Kappa Sigma. 2-1; Pi Kappa hi defeated Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1; and Pi Epsilon Phi defeated appa Alpha, 2-1. Next meeting, Wednesday, No -mber 19. 4:15 p. ni. ntra-Murals To legin December 1 Touch Football To Be Played In Full Uniform Coach J. A. Crawford announced aday that this year's tirst intra-mural motball game will be played Mon ay, Dec. 1. The same eligibility rules will pre ail as heretofore. If a boy has layed in any freshman or varsity anme, here or at anmy toatherco!c;c e will not be eligible. Full uniforms will be issued to all layers and blocking will he permit ~d, but two handed touch will be ayved instead of tackle. Each quar r will last 12 minutes, and teami ros :rs will be limited to 12' players. camn: will he coached by members fthe varsity football team. AX tw<lve inch trophy will be pre enitedl to the winning team. If a nement teaim wins the champion hip the out standing player on the am will receive the trophy. All gamnes will be played ini Mel m lield, and members of Mr. Craw .)rd's physical education classes will et as ofTicials. Present plans call for the schedule >be completed before Christmas hol lays begin. At the end of the sea >ni an all star squtad will be chosen. Cohumbia boys will be allowed to lay, btut they must first secure Mr. rawford's permission. All teams are urged to start prac ce immediately and to hand in a mplete squad roster as soon as pos ble. omibine~ to put on a program of va Iedl wake and color. "WVe'll have everything a fair does," recasts president Anderson. Petition Letting Profs Join Fight Circulated Syracuse university students cir ulated a petition armistice day ask ig leaves of absence for faculty rmembers who have urged declara on of war on the axis, so that their rofessors "may immediately volun eer their services to the forces of he United ttese." ICane O'clock In Carolina e Record At Stake Southern Conference; :ondition Except Roskie ina's Gamecocks will be fight erence records clean from de ng Purple Hurricane of Fur rrow at Carolina Stadium. state record of victories over by a one touchdown margin. .rolina ranks high with three Clemson and The Citadel, the i Carolina in the conference USC has lost to Georgia and Furman has won three games in ;even starts. They beat Wofford, Davidson and George Washington mnd lost by big scores to Tennessee md Wake Forest. N. C. State and 'he Citadel were tied by the Hurri -ane. Furman Forgets Odds As in seasons past, Furman will ,orget favorites and odds when they neet the Gamecocks and probably will >e in the best form of the season. -oach Dizzy McLeod has been tun ng up the Baptists this oast week on lefense against Carolina's plays. The Gamecocks have been pushed iard this week by Coach Rex Enright md the squad as a whole will possi >ly be in fine shape for tomorrow vith the exception of Ken Roskie, who is out for the season with a )roken arm. The Gamecock Line Carolina's great first-string line should be in top condition tomorrow from end to end. The line's most prominent players, Louis Sossamon at center and Bobo Carter and tackle, played the entire game last Saturday against Kansas State and will be ex pected to hold these posts with their usual superiority tomorrow. Steve Nowak, John Leitner, Bill Applegate and Bill Milner will be in their respective positions with plenty of fire in store for the lurricane. The Gamecock backfield will take care of itself with Al Grygo, DeWitt Arrowsmith, larvey Blouin, Dutch Elston and Stan Stasica carrying the load. The Hurricane's Brilliants The Furman line has two bright sparks in guard Bill Cornwall and tackle llazel Gilstrap. Both are all staters and have been living up to their honor this season. Another out standing lineman is Billy Seel, end, who accounted for one of Furman's scores on George Washington last week with an 80-yard touchdown run of a pass interception. The I lurricane also has a number of backfield brilliants. Dewey Proc tor has been the soul of the Baptists this season and has been assisted by Ralph Hamer, Jim Elvington, Jim Barnett and Jim Braziel. 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