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?ranA Opinioni By FRANK GRIFFIN, JR. TO THE SPORTS EDITOR OF THE GAMECOCK: I am a V-12 student here at Carolina. I, like many of those in the V-12, did not choose this school, but was sent here. This fact has naturally dampened the Carolina school spirit among us. One factor, however, has boosted the Carolina spirit among us V-12' more than anything else. That is the football team. The team is mainly composed of navy men, and that means a lot. It is the one part of Carolina in which we take the most interest and pride. We are a part of that team; and since that team has always been an integral part of Carolina life, we have come to consider ourselves a real and important part of Carolina. Although others may differ with me on this statement, I say for myself that. Carolina has a DAMN good team. -An only molus I don't kntow the ntamie of the person who wrote the above letter, but I'd like to shake his hand. He's hit the nail right on the head. Yes, Carolina has a "dainm good team'' and as for school spirit, that's not in our department, but we will say this. If anybody stays here long enough, the SPIRIT's bound to hit, 'em. -E. D. * * * * Much interest and controversy prevails over the six rule changes by 1 he Eastern Intercollegiate Association and many conferences throughout the countttry are following the example. Up to this writing, however, the Southern Conference has taken no action on the matter and it is doubtftl if they will. The changes tle l:. I. F. A. made are: 1. Prohibit out-of-bounds kickoffs by penalizing the kicking team five yards itntil a legal kick is tmade. 2. Permit tse of a one-inchi artificial tee for tle kiekoff. :l. L,essen severity of penaltie.s for illegal ft,rward passing when madc beyond the liiie of scrinttage or when made by team which did not putt hall in play. 4. Clarify the otfside rifle. 5. Permit all fumbhles to be advanced by opponents. ti. Permit passing aniywhere behind the line of st"rinutnage. If these change's a re approved inl t' Soitithert Coinference. they will encourage passing. Coach Newtc,tt has expressed his approval (if the changes it' they are made in the Southern Con ference. These clanges are not no0W in football. The pros use these rules and in many southern high schools sonic of these rules have been used successfully. .If action is taken in the Southern Conference, the fans will probably see a radical type of foot ball, possibly a little bit wild and undoubtedly quite exciting. * * *. * FINALE As the suinme'r football practice closes the outlook on the coming season becomes somewhat rosier. The fact rentains, how ever, that the imajority of the squad is somewhat inexperienced and no prediction on the tuture is wise as it is still early in the season. But Coach Newton in his first year here, is loing a w,onderful job in whipping the boys hito shape. Whatever the boys do. win ori lose, they will be in thle fight twh'tittling out glory f'or l '. S. C. On le mumst reimemtbera. tio.o, that thle hi rds arue facing a t ough schiedutle. TPhere are no breez.ers. They'l11 need plenty of suipport. So let' st iiid in behind them. They 'll give the oppoiientx all they 'ye got and1( let 's boost thle t eamlf withI all we 've got. We~t munst hl P shiove t Iieii to thle top)1. Tlhmen as thle curta in rises uisherinig ini a new sea~sont let's briing out t he old wvar cry aidive 'e'el,'(1ocs' BOOKS :-: OFFICE AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES ,THE R. L. BRYAN CO. 1440 Main Street Phone 5017 * ANY THING NEEDED IN THE CLASSROOM "A Good Place To Eat" THE GOODY SHOPPE Open All Night Phone 9166 I@R ECO RDS@g IColumbia's Most Complete Record Deportment 1DIX '0 COMPANY * ~E-NO-RADIO) I1712 Mai Phone 22103-04 The coaching staff of the Gamecocks o After a rest of two weeks, the Birds willi is pictured above as he discusses the execu Klocker, extreme right. Newton coached field, former Davidson star, has made a signed last week as coach of the Sumter a naval officer attached to the Carolina serve ac head coach of the Gamecocks in Presenting Mac Erwin Youi l proablyv he iearsing a lot alout this freshme ai haltf -ck woahen grid season opens: so get acquainted i with Mac Erwin. \lac, one of the few strong fresh man candidates for the first tcamt. won a reputation throughot the South ;as a half-hack at G..reenville High where he became all-state anid all-sotuthern. .\ae is a feet 11 inches tal -and weighs la7 pounds. Mac will be 1is in September. \\'ithtout doub)t he will miake a name for himiself and in time will become a pain ful head ache to our traditional foes. 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Although the team met with such handicaps as conflicting lat." classes and the grueling heat, Coach New ton said the practice was satitac tory. The hoyz are putting spirit in their workouts and are making up for their disadvantage in weiglit and experience by preserving the good old fighting spirit. Though mot,t of the candidates are green and inexperienced Coach Newton will place one strong team afield. Reserves remain a problem btit it is still hoped that thi. draw hack can be ironed out- before the opener. Some holes in the line h;ave been filled. Pat 'fhrash, star end, and Skimp Harrison, recently reinau gurated on the Bird's roster are counted upon to do the brunt of the pass receiving. Phil \\arren and Ralph Hodges, hefty tackles. Toni inac and Bell. guards and I'atrone center dominate those positions. .\ change has been made in the backfield. Brick Bradford has been shifted to hold down the blocking back post. Jim Hu nnicultt racy scat bac-k holds wingback. .\ ac Erwin, promisiuig freshlmamn fullback and Curly Kuldell froni the University of \~a. will probable complete the hack field. Neverthieless Caroliuna will be in there punching. and( our maiiy gamecock fanis will see somec excit ing gaimes this y ear at the staditum. Decoators, "THE OLD RELIABLE" METRO POL Dining Room for Reservatio.n - 1222 HAM~P Open 'Tit Midnight WHERE STUDIl CAROLINA'S MOST Pt BIHARI'S R 1229 Hampton Street I"Look For The Dog" MEH LMAN'S 1427 Mc * ALWAYS GLAD T4 1015 Sumter Street MEALS. I oog final session of summer footbalI practice. illiams "Doc" Newton, second from right, Vingfield, left; John McMilIlan, and Hairy to Carolina for the 1944 season. Wing C.) high school team. McMillon, who rc - a former Gamecock quarterback. Klocker, Newton is the first Carolina alumnus to rills Shut Down; umed Sept. 4 Out Of The Past; Hope You Like It The following was uncovered in the recent transfer of the Gamecock office. It is about the "good ole days" when every morning the V-12's went out on Melton Field for their morning exercise. We're -orry. but we needed copy. and maybe somebody will laugh. 'They nmove. they walk, they talk. they shout. they munihle and they gruan. Of all these things groaning is the no t predominant. They seem to have human characteristics-four extremities. a head, ears, eyes and nose but the shape is a little dis torted - in some cases extremely distorted. Melton field one morning last week at five fifty-five (the middle of the night). The spies returned breathless and turned in their res ignation. They told weird tales. of mysticism. They saw these crea tures carrying on their mystic cere monials. First they marched on the field; their extremities swinging in union to the chilling chant of their leaders. They assembled on the field and faced'their chief who stood majestically above the thong. At a few heated "ords from the nighty one they bowed doun again an:d again emitting inhumnian groans. For almost thirty in ute s t hey danced, pranced, bowed, stretched and groanied-their hod ies' nrthi~ng in agony. Finally. sagging from pain and exhausted. they limped from lhe tich'l aniid ret rea ted to their Capitol Drug Store 1213 Gervois Phone 8177 * Excellent Fountain Service COMPLETELY AIR CONDITIONED ITAN CAFE - Capacity Up to 100 Persons QN S[REEJ J TS MEET TO EAT Columbia, S. C. )PULAR RESTAURANT ESTAU RANT JEROME SIHAR I, Corolino. '32 Record Headquarters RECORD BAR in Street ) HAVE THE CROWD E SHOP Phone 5173 FOUNTAIN Alababa, Os Catch Signa Forty Thieves And Sally Program Of Secret Del By JIMMY When ever you night hear a fel aba" please don't call a physic'a sn't crazy, he is just repeating sor ootball team will be u'ing this fai: all signals that the team will be us ractically all teams have defensive 014 Presenting Skimp Harrison This week the lens of the Game cock sports camera focuses on lanky Skimp Harrison, Carolina letterman extraordinary. Now six feet one inch tall, Skimp is a seni,r here at Carolina. While here he has won three letters in fi-otlali and one each in haseha!' and trac'. iiis favorite and "oniv" positi-n is right end!. Re'les hi- activities hi re on the ramp:-. Skimp coaches the American l i n ba eb al team and i, director of phy'cal edu:cation at . ni, ersitV liIigh Schoo;.' where he also sers es a coach for the bas~ketball team. \\ hen asked for his opinion of thtis I; grid team .Skim p comonented. "It's going to be a fair halE club." Columbia Office Supply Co. PRI INTING ommercial Stationery -Office Equipment 1112 LADY STREET PHONE 5163 ECONOMY DRUG STORE CUT RATE DRUGS SODAS AND LUNCH EON ETTE Five Points * Phone 8119 Motorcycle Delivery SA NC K EN'S *SOLD AT MANUFA RICH LAN CUT RATE 1530 A, rage rive ki -wow-wo w Is'For Squad Rand To Figure In Newton's enses For University Eleven NEWTON low yeli "Oski-wowc-wow" or "Ala i or a head specialist be.use he se funny words or signals that the The) words are what you might ing on defense. This is not new as signals. I became interested one day while watchmng a scrimmage session being put in p:av, and all of a sudden I heard the f-nniest w urcs. one of the p:aver's shouted to one of his mates, "Alalaia". then there w as a big pile of men all pilei up as if someone had put them there. Soon another player called ''Oski-wow-w ow" and the ball changed over. Such language aroused my curios ity so I went to Coach Newton and asked him why these words were used, and he said that they are code words and are as secret as the plays. I then went to the library and found that "Alababa" was the leader of the forty thieves. Now how would this apply to football ? They couldn't steal the game because there are four of ficials watching them. Then "Oski-wow-wow." There are other words used such as "The Sally Rand", the reason they call it that is because it is a naked re verse. 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