Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Gamecoc] Press-Box Splinters Greetings again, sports fans. It's with sleep-laden eyes and an overtaxed typewriter finger that I face you with this issue. I've been working on your paper all day without time out for food or pinball machines, and if it's your paper, why don't you do something. To open up the column, I want to urge all of you who can possibly make it, to be in Jacksonville for the 'Gator Bowl game. Your team needs your support, and it would be a grand way to start off a New Year. I've talked with several Jack sonville students and they promise dates for everybody that comes. That's real Southern hospitality. KICK OFF Junior Meeks, your sports editor, got a letter that he thought you'd like to read. Junior hasn't had much time to spend with 'the Gamecock, but you can be sure that his hand is guiding the efforts of the zports staff. Anyhow, here is the letter as it came to Junior. Jacksonville, Fla. PDear Mr. Meeks: I see by the papers that the Gamecocks are to play Wake Forest here on January 1, 1946. 1 am greatly interested in this game and will be rooting for you. I entered South Carolina College in the fall of 1891 and graduated in 1895. That's 50 years ago last June! I organized and was Captain and Coach of the first Eleven that the school had. We had a great time, .Bob Moorman of Columbia was one of our "backs" and James McJames, who was later the famous pitcher of the Brooklyn team of base ball, was one of the guards. I will :ook forward to seeing the team win. Faithfully yours, Ml'LTON CLARK. TIME OUT Time out for congratulations. To Bobby Giles, George VI)onald, Phil Ball, Dutch Brembs and Junior Meeks for making the South Carolina All-State team. Most of us students have received the news of the Asso ciated Press All-Southern team with ill feeling. Not solely because we placed no one on the first string, but because we disagree with the choice of Ralph Jenkins, Clemson, as All Southern center. It is considered extremely unfortunate that the writers choosing the Clemson captain did not all have the oppor tunity of seeing the Carolina-Clemson ganie, and of compar ing "All-Southern" Jenkins with "All South Carolina" Meeks. In the game, there was no doubt that Meeks outplayed Jenkins. Carolina student just can't stomach the fact that a player can make All-Southern, when he can't even make his own state's first string. THE HALF * And as long as we're asking questions, I think the ques tion of the week should be, "HIow can Mr. Butch Butler be eligible to play for Clemson when he was on a 45-day pass from the Army sprcifically to p)lay football ?" Now Mr. But ler is back at Fort Jackson playing basketball for tne Red Say, w~hat is this, anyhow? FOURTH (QUARTER I see by the papers that Coach Ted Twomey, one of Rex Eniright's old assistants, is back at the University getting readly to take up where he left off in 1942. T1womey has been very busy in the Navy since he left Carolina, giving operational training to Navy pilots and taking part in teaching the Land-Sea Survival program. The Gamecock coach served 16 months overseas, and sawv ,duty in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Curacao, Trinidad, Antigua, and Dutch, British and French Guineas. Twomey is at p)resent contacting prospective studlents and will not begin to (10 any actual coaching until after the pres ent season. CLOSING WHISTLE Another minor sport at Carolina is b)eginning to get under wvay in this post-wvar era of plenty. Golf, whose official sea son dloesn't start until March, begins to raise its head. .The Scotch game finds many supporters here at Carolina. Under the new physical fitness plan, golf classes are avail able to returned veterans and civilian men in adapted gym. T1hese classes provide instruction in dlriving, putting and the fundamentals of the game. And that about winds up another column, so remember these two proverb)s, If you go to bed early, and get up with *the sun, you may liv'e a long time, but you won't have any fun. And winning isn't all that counts, it's how you played the game. SAUL LAVISKY. ALL SEASONABLE CUT FLOWERS ART FLOWER SHOP 1227 Hampton Street Columbia, S. C. PHONE 2-6781 CORSAGES A SPECIALTYI Coach McMillan To Remain For New Year's Day When the Gamecocks tangle with the Demon Deacons of Wake For est in the 'Gator bowl on New Year's Day, Coach Johnny McMillan will still be holding the reins. Although his contract expires on Dec. 31. the young mentor and his staff will re main to coach the Birds through their first post-season encounter. Coach Johnny Mac, who at 26 is believed to be the youngest college football coach in the nation, has led an interesting sports life. Just five years after playing at USC as quar terback, he has come back to coach the Birds through a surprising sea son. Coach Mac came back with his first assignment being to assist Doc Newton, then head football coach. Taking over the Gamecock cagers, he pulled them through their contests with 14 wins and I loss to become undisputed South Carolina champions and take them into the semi-finals in the South ern Conference tournament. McMillan then took over the base ball team and led them to a suc cessful season. Under his careful coaching, the Carolina nine defeat ed Newberry to win the South Car. olina State championship. Now, at the close of a surprising football season, after an underdog eleven came through with three consecutive upsets, Johnny McMill an will be around to lead them against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Born in Fitzgeraldi. Ga., Johnny Mac is a firm believer- in the old No' ae Dame system that he learned from Rex Enright. Use of- the T for malion against Miami was in a la-ge way responsible for the Gamecock's uipset. Thte Gamecocks had not used the T hefore that time, and none of Mi ami's scouts had seen the Blrd's T. It came as a complete surprise to the Ilurricanes, who seemed to fiz zle out to a small breeze. At any rate, Coach McMillan will not leave the Gamecocks until aft er- the Jan. 1 game. He has not an nounced any plans for the future. GET THAT I THE- Cl *Sandwic *Cold Dr *Cigaret *School! * Student The Gamecock und I First Post-Sea Birds Will Bi By Saul Lavisky When New Year's Day 1946, rolls around, the Gamecocks of South Carolina will be entering the Gator Bowl for their first post-season bowl ganle. Although the number of wins accounted for by the bat tling Birds Isn't particularly im pressive, a surprising season has bolstered the Gamecock's standing considerably. Coached by Johnny McMillan, the youngest college football coach in the nation, the Birds will be meet ing the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest for the second time this year. The first tilt in Charlotte on Thanksgiving day, tied itself down to a 13-13 knot, when the passing attack of South Carolina refused to bog down. The Deacons were fav ored by three touchdowns then. and by the looks of things now, the same odds will prevail at the Gator Bowl. There was a great deal of discus sion about whether the Gamecocks would play In Columbia, in the pro posed Tobacco Bowl, or accept the Jacksonville bid. President Norman Smith said that the South Carolina eleven made the decision them selves as to where they would play. If the Birds had remained at home. sponsors of the Tobacco Bowl now state that they would have been matched against the Clemson Tig ers, but this was not known at the ime of the decision. If it had been the Bird's choice, it might have been different. TIHE RECORDS By the records, the Demon Dea. cons hold a big lead over, the gal daunted the spirits of the playel s or of their supporters, who are ex pected to flock to Jacksonville fol the game. The Deacons started their season with three defeats. After a 7-6 set back at the hands of Tennessee. 1hey were stomped on by Army, and lost to Duke. Then they won four out of five games, tieing South Car olina. On the other hand, the Game cocks lost to Duke and Alabama by tremendous margins, beat P. C. and Camp Blanding. tied Clemson. Mi. ami, and Wake Forest, and c4sed their surprising season by losing a close one to Maryland, 19-13. UNDERDOG Carolina has been the underdog practically all year long. Only against P. C. were the Birds rated superior, but they defeated an evenly matchedl Camp Bianding eleven, and tied three superior teams in three consecutive upsets. The Carolina attack has featured the accurate passing of two peanut b)acks, Biyli Carr, and Dan lar-al son ,aided and abetted by some nifty tossing by Rlay Maginn and Dutch Brembs. Fleet-footed Dutch won honors tis year as the State's leading scorer, and is believed to b)e one of tihe Southern Conference's fastest backs. Bobby Giles, returned vet er-an, hlas taken over the fullback post, and played plenty of foot ball sinIce his return. ~ITE TO EAT t !NTEEN hes inks -es >upplies Deposit-ory or G, ison Football e Held In Jac In the line on offense, and back ing up the line on defense, has been South Carolir-a's Mr. Center, Junior Meeks. Sports fans have been rav ing over him in every game he has played, and he has turned in four 60 minute games, calling signals on the defense and offense. Buddy Riggs will be back in the line-up after a session with the flu and he'll share the right end post with Frank Scruby. At left end will be Eades and Schmidt. At tackles it's McDonald and Strobel. Big George has been play ing heads up football all season, and the only reason there isn't more publicity for him is that he has turned In so many consistently good performances. Strobel has been im proving too, and the line will be stronger against Wake Forest this time than last. HUFFMAN IN Ken Huffman will start at right guard in place of Jim Hudson who is out because of illness. The 165 pounder from N. C. started against Wake Forest and Maryland, and de spite his size turned in good per formances. At left guard, it will be Pete Lane, discharged air corps man whose blocking and tackling have cheered up Carolina spectators since his joining the team. At 180 pounds he is the heaviest guard on the squad. Coach McMillan has been switch ing hris line around so as to stop fullback Rock Brinkley, who plowed all over the line in Charlotte. A new guard is Warren "Rabbit" Daniels. formerly right halfback. Ilis 190 pounds of hard tackling and block ing will give the line a little more zip, and he'll be of more use to the team since Brembs and Maginn, two dependable right half-backs, are now filling that slot. SlHFTY CENTER Neill Commins, who started the season as a center. but who has seen no action because of Juniot Meeks' lour 60 minute games, has also been shifted to the guard po sition. John Castleman, another player who joined the squad late in the season will make the trip as a sulbstitute guard. The recent rainy weather has caused much trouble, and has hamp ered practice. rhe Gamecock's are depending on their passing and punting to put them ahead in the coming battle, and under the pres ent weather conditions, they have tnot been able to do any outdoor prtactice. McMillan haxs cut the squa-l (lowtn to .32 men. Using thiiree' men One of A Everyl PAINT 113 South Se Whol SI itor I Game For ksonville for e%ery position except center, where Junior Meeks has played without substitutir. for the past four games, the starting line-up looks like: RE-Buddy Riggs RT-Jim Strobel RG-Ken Iluffman C -Junior Mecks LG-Pete Lane LT-George McDonald LE--Bud Eades QB-Buck Isom RI1-Dutch Brembs L1-Bill Carr FB-Bobby Giles Rules Say That Tolichdowns Ain't Touchdowns Now Football fans at the University of South Carolina have been discuss ing the constantly changing rules of the game. Many of them won der how football eve became pop ular, when almost every play could make necessary an official interpie tation of the rules. The best known term In football is "touchdown." Even people who have no interest in sports vaguely realize that tie term is good and has something to do with football. And yet, a touchdown is no longer a touchdown. A player needs only to cross the goal-line to score. Using the latest rule book, stu dents at the Vnivarsity who follow tle pro games, discusse(d thorough ly a vlay where one team's fullback carried the ball over the line, but the opposing team's center snatch ed the ball from his hand and was tackled on the two-yard line. The official ruling was that it was a touchdown, though the ball was never "touched down." Another set-tip diveussed at the bull session was the Navy-Notre Dame game, and the much dispute( goal-line tackle by Skippy Minisi. The argument. at this point, reach ed the brawl stage, and was dis conltinuned. But the official rulinp is that though a portion of the player is over the goal. some part of the ball must go over. Swimiinlg Pool hs Open The 'niversity of South Carolina swimming pool is now open for rc creational swimming for students The sched(ule wil bI e as follows. Wednesday and Fridlay evenings from 7-9. and Saturday afternoon I ronm 3-6. No plans have been madhe yet fou a swimnung team. e Most Complete rtists SuppliE IN THE SOUTH hing For The )BLE' AND WALLPAPEF lIsbury St. R esale --Retail Distribi Mail. Orders uppned Prompti Page Five ~Ow1 Ao51 DUTCH BREMBS, Back South Carolina Dutch Brembs Leads Scorers With 45 Points Dutch Brembs, the fastest man on the Gamecock eleven, dashed across the goal six times and boot ed nine extra points to sew up the individual scoring honor for South Carolina. Brembs, a naval IROTC student from Pompton Plains, N. J., can do the 100 yard dash in 10 seconds in football togs,. and 1'oved to be just as elusive as ho wa int. Chosen for the South Carolina all-state teoam, Dutch added one point to his total in the game against Maryland to bring his ree ord up to 45 points, just two ahead of his closest competitor, Don Max weli, Nw %erry halfback. M-avis Cagle, Clemson tackle, took top honors in the extra point de 20 times for as many points. The individual -oring records of the leading South Carolina college foot ball players at the end of the 11th and final week of their 1945 Schsonl. Play% er-School Pos.Td Pat TP 1)utcli l3rembs, USC-1113 6 9 45 D. Maxwell, N'berry 1113 7 1 43 Rt. Lynch, N'herry.. F13 5 1 31 J. Reynolds, Clemson FB 5 0 30 Marion Butler, Clem. 1113 5 0 30 Dewey Quinn, Clemi. FBS 4 0 24 .\lavis Cagle, Clemson TI 0 20 20 :1-l Elliott,. Newberry 1113 3 0 18 Ilii:: Alford, Clemson F13 3 0 18 B3illy Poe, Clemson. . 111B 3 0 18 Frank Rush. N'heirr 11B3 3 0 18 Lines of Artist leigh, N. C. tfors y