Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Gamecocks 0'X.. &F Bud Eadem, End Jim Strobel, Tackle Press-Box Splinters Greetings again, sport fans. Surprise! Surprise! That man is here again. Morris Shadburn, who was supposed to be Sports Editor this semester has been transferred by the Navy, and until football season is over and Junior leeks can do Gamecock work. I'll be back behind the sport's desk once More. Well, the Gamecocks w\on their third moral victory of the season by upsetting the favored Demon Deacons in a 13-13 Thanksgiving Day classic. Wake Forest, thought to be secondI only to Duke inl the Southern Confereiice had to come from behind in the last two minutes of play to tie the score. Be fore a capacity crowd in the Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte. N. C., the battling lirds fought to a tie, and were driving for the winning TD when the finai whistle blew. The Garnet and Black made quite ait impression on the Charlotte fans. Local bettors, who were giving the Game cocks and 13 points. really lost their shirts in Carolina's third consecutive upset. hit it wasn't only the team that made a good impression, it was the whole school. Carolina students migrated en masse to the scene of the brawl. preferring to be with T111EE1R team than with their families for Thanksgiving Dinner. Charlotte was crowded with Garnet and Black pennatnt-bearers. many arriving Wed nesday night and starting festivities earlv. The Corsairs were the first trick.\ drill platoon seen around the "Queen City" and their precis,! movements were beyond reproach. In the opinion of most of the Carolina spectators, they had never put on a better half-time drill, and were never more enthusiastica1lly received. The stadium was very small, seating only 16,000 fans in its horse-shoe arena. A record crowd attended the game, many of them standing thi'oughout the game. Carolina's side of the field was in the sun. and Bird rooters were verY pleased with this arrangement, since a cold wind was sweep ing the entire stadium. Carolina students, sitting inl a compact cheeiing section, made a very colorful sight as they waved red and w&.hite stis of paper' inl un ison. F"ollowvinig the cheers closely, they madle more noise than usually' comes friom the ent ire ('aro lina stand at most home games. One of the interesting sidlelights was told by Pr'ofessor Frank W~a rdlaw, head of' US(C public relations to Ihis iou rnal ism class on F'riday. As he was gett inig his car' from a parking lot afIter' the game, he ran across a sad looking little man with a Car'o lina l)(nnant, moaning to himself. "'Why~ did I everi marry that woman ?" WVhen WVard(lawi askied the man what he meant, he was as tonished at the rely.v The little mani explained that he was betting on Car'ol inna and had been getting two touchdown odds1, but ''my wif'e wouldn't let me h et but $10."' My attention was dlirectedl to last Saturd'oay's Columbia Recordl andl Eddoie F"inlay's column, Sport Slants. Mr. Fin lay devotedl most of his column to point out the faulty rea soning that a lot of Car'olina supporters hav'e been dloing. This recasoni ng concer'ns Rex Enright, Johnny McMillan, and the whole Ga&m(ecock team, A lot of people. F"inlay poinits out, have been assuming that the G'amecocks' imprlovement after Enright was discharged from the Navy was due to him, despite the fact that Rex has constantly ref'uted this. In fact, Enright says that he doesn't see the team ex'ep)t on week-ends when it plays. Speaking at t,he Quar'terback ('lub1 suppler' in ('ha rlotte on the eve before the Wake IForest game, he repeated what he said at Miami, giving full credit to Coach McMillan. Whereas Coach McMillan got full b)lamle for the D)uke and Alabama routs, he has failed to get (due credit for the pafst three moral wins. This is neither fitting nor proper', and the Sports D)epartment wvishes to correct this impression. Mr. Finlay's entire column can be borrowed from The Gaime cock office at any time. Before closinig, I'd like to anni ounice the add it ion of Red Tyler to the sports staff, andl in case there's another sports editor for the ne'xt issue, remember, winning isn't all that counts, it's how~ you play the game. SAUL LAAVISKY. BUSINESS SUPPLY Co. 920 Main Street Columbia,, S. C. COMPLETE LINE OF INKS - PENCILS - NOTE BOOKS and DRAWING PAPER YOUR MOST CONVENIENT LOCATION Face Pete Lane, Guard Birds Prove T Formation's Effectiveness ". . . it's the iodified T formation, the shift. is over to the right and lie ball comes back to Brembs. 131reis is skirting the end; he eludes one, two, three tacklers and lie's away to the races . . . " III so many words this tells very little except what we hope will happei this Saturday when the Me Millan coached Birds meet the Old Liners from the University of Maryland, for when this system, the r that is. is used to fullest ad vantage tihe results are quite pleas ing to thl 1 nervous coach on tle bench. The Nliami fray was a good ex ample of 1tie potency of this for mat ion. The Gamecocks had not eiployed Ihe T to aniy great extent it) until this time anld. when it was lossed into 11lie fire, tie Sinl Boys w t' v mffled beyond words. If I lie readl.r and scribe look a little deep er dlown into thIris sittuationi, Ihey will unlcover thre reason for ilite use of tle T i at Miami. When the Scouts reported On tle Hirds they worked over everything except tile possibility of Johnny Mac using his new at tack, thus thle T arrived as a comlplet e surprise to the Heach combhers. Th'Ie Gamecocks had heeni work ing on it frir some t ime and thad it cliceking part icu larty well for a team ursinrg it for Ite first t ime in tompe(t it ion. ITih' Bi rds fumbihled on ly three times on a we't field, which is not tradt, andI recrovered all thri ee fumbitles. Now .iust a wrd on thle versat lit y of Itihe 'T. It can hes worked so hat rei tier prassinrg or ground at tacks cnn he swung withI equal erse' andt rmany tricks can he evolv. edl from t his set -upI. And so mruch for thre T. CENTRAL DRUG CO. * 5197-P HON ES-5198 1204 Main Street WHERE OLD FRIENDS MEET and the YOUNG MAKE NEW ONES The University Grill 1008 Sumter Street COLUMBIA, S. C. I ne wamecockt aryha Junior Mecks, Center Lyle Hanson, Bock Raffle to be Sponsored by Block C Club George McDonald, president of the Block "C" Club, announced late last week that the Block "C" Club will sponsor a raffle during the pep rally to he held before the Maryland game. The raffle tickets have been on Sie for somi ltime now. and it is hoped 1hat the "deal" will be a grea Success., for al11 of t 114 rIO ceeds from this affair will go to the Club for their use in refurnist ing their rooms and other items. The time is Friday night from sev en to ten in the field house and from ten to ten thirty on Davis Field. This is a wortlhy cause so let's back it to our entirety! Hill Carr, Back LET OUR TR~ PERSONNELI SELECTIOI WEDDIN Gifts. For Visit . Our RUFF HARE 1649 M Announcin Gamecock i CIVILIANS, N Cle ann Between Preston - FRED ST4 ind in Jim Hudson, Guard Homecoming Between Vict And Strong I The University of South Carolina Gamecocks, the south's most im proved team, will take the field on llomecoming day wvithl Victory on their minds. Meeting the Maryland Old Liners, the Birds will he fight ing to close their surprising season with a win. And a glorious victory it would he. too. Maryland. fresh from top pling unheaten Virginia last week, uses the T formation with an ef fective punch. ('u1nsidered one of 1hi Soutivirn Coniffereice's strong est and most versat ile t eamis, they will be ia tough one to lick, hut the Gamecocks Ice] that they are about due to win one. In tl. Books Il're's how they figurt. it. played Clemlson to a scoetless tie. although the 'Tiges wer' favored by four touchdowns. and many peo ple said it was a fluke. The next week they tied Miami's powerful lurrivnes, Who had just defeated Clemson and looked like a stronger team than the rigers. Then last Thursday they launched an aerial attack that left the spectators dizzy Bobby (',les, Baek UlNED SALES ;UIDE YOUR I OF FALL &' GIFTS. ~Il .Occasions Gift Det. WARE CO. AIN ST. g Opening alet Service AVY, CO-EDS ing hIteraio ns I, Marshall's Office 3RK. Mgs. Final Geoe Me onald, Tackle Day Features ory Minded f %laryland Ele to tie Wake Forest 13 to 13, and the Gamecocks think Wake Forest is sfronger than vither Miami or Clemson. Having thus arrived by progres sive stages to the point where they are no longer un11derdogs, .oh1n Me Millan's gallant lads are deter mined to end up with a triumph and don't care who knows it. With little Dan llaralson and Bill Carr doing most of the tossing, the Gamecocks completed 12 out of 15 passes against Wake Forest for a net gain of 249 yards. It's no secret that they expect to keep up this actini harrage against Maryland. The Team Buddy Riggs. the University of South Carolina's veteran end from Charleston, will start at right end when the Gamococks clash with Mlmftyland t-hee on lomecoming Day. igi;s, a 18-i-pound Naval ROTC tiaincv, won letter last year as Skimp lartison's understudy and started several early games for the Bids this season. In the Clemson and Miami games, he was displaced by Frank Scruby as a starter, al though he saw service in both con tests, catching a touchdown pass against Miami. Riggs didn't stiat against Wake Forest eithei, but he played much of the game and turned in such a sterling performiancne that Crach John McMillan announced imnmedi ately that he will start again when Maryland co nes to town. # - Another end who showed up well agaiji4 te Demon Deacons prob ably will get file starting call this week also. lie is Herbert "Bud" Eades, a 160-pound converted back from Central City, Ky. Eades was a sulrprise starter against Wake Forest andt hled(Ik( his assignment well. Ilie replaces Ira Schmidt, the fresh man from Flormenee, who has been handicapped by injuries. Eades is a fine pass receiver and a good defensive end, dtespite his size. Although Seruby, who has had flu, andl Schmidt pmrobably won't stamt, t hey'll see plenty of service, as will Veteran George F"arris, a fine pass-receiver. Another lineman who will see heavy dut y will he Pete Lane, freshman left gualrdl from Florence. Pete played as hang-up game at Wake Forest, and( has filled Phil Ball's posit ion ini a mauner himt leaves no room for ('rit icisnm. Lane was an All-State fullback for Florence for two years, being graduated in 1943. UJsually, a hall ('arrier is loath to accept a joib up there in the line where the going The right slant on re fresmen November 28, 1945 Game I .4. .4A Buddy Riggs, Fnd Clash airds ven is rough and the glory scant. Lane reported in excellent condi lion, which is rare for a service man returning from overseas. lie is 20 years old, stands five feet nine, and weighs 180. And i the football player who thinks he can take ad-4 vantage of him because he is a freshman, had better Ihinl: twice. McMillan said that 12 of his play ers, including six first stringelrs, had been in the infirmary with in fluenza during the past week, and that five others had been absent from practice becauEe of injuries. "Most of these boys will play. but they won't he able to go for long against such tough opposition," Me Millan said. "However, we are go ing to throw everything we have at them and hope for the best." The Carolina-Mam yland game will feature the Gamecocks' IlomecomJ' in- Day celebration, and should prove to be one of the state's out standing sports attractions of year. latyland considered one of the South's most promising teams in pre-season calculations, lost early season games to Virginia Tech and William and Mary, but came back strong to lick V. M. 1. 38 to 0 and to give the University of Virginia its first defeat in two years, 19 to 13. Old Liner When the Old Liners knocked the Cavaliers out of the bowl pie ture Saturday at WArashington, they demonstrated conclusively that they are currently one of the South's hottest teams. Carolina did pretty much the same thing last Thursday when they tied powerful Wake Forest 13 to 13. Coach Paul Bryant w'ill hring to1 Columbia a vet eran teami which launches a flas,hy at tack from a part icularly' spectacular version of the "T" format ion. 'The Old Liners pass a lot and runi fast, quick-open. ing plays that change the complex ion of the game rapidly. Last week against Virginia the' big guns in their attack were Quarterback Hen Poling and End Don Cleasner, who teamecd t ogethecr in two spectacular last -quar ter pass lays. 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