The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 11, 1946, Page Page Six, Image 6
Chick'en In The Rough
By
Chick Shiels
We greet the New Year of 1946 with the usual eagerness
and highx hopes of bigger and better things to come-leave
us all hope that we will not be disappointed. In the waning
moment of '45 quite a few pernts of interest came by the
boards and these, coupled with recent developments, shall
be aired here. . . .
FOOTBALL
The tense expectancy of Jacksonville was finally broken
and the lads began active workouts for the 'Gator Bowl on
Friday, Dec. 28. Conditioning, heavy workouts and new plays
were the order of the day in all sessions preceding the Gar
net and Black's first appearance in a Bowl affair. The gang
was ready to go, and, on a bright, sunny, but rather windy
New Year's PM the match was on. Approximately 13.000
non-partisan fans watched the Wake's Deacons rip and roll
to a first period score which further backed up the scribe's
guesses that the Deac's would experience little trouble with
our Birds. But these same fans stood open-mouthed as the
half came to an end with the underdog in the lead by a 7-6
count, thanks to the Haralson-Brembs-Giles combine which
tossed all possible wood on the hearth to perform in fine
style. To those that have followed the Birds on all exp)edi
tions, this second quarter splurge was most unusual for not
until the second half did the Macmen ever begin to work like
the champs that they were. But never-the-less all boosters
felt that the lads had found their stride early and were de
termined to bounce back and take home the bacon. 'Fact is
we pulled no punches on the radio in telling all iion-believers
that the end had come for the Wake. WJAX will never for
give us for this major faux pas. Anyhoo, as half No. 2 rolled
around the G&B began their march again but the breaks,
were against them as the Deacons held on their own 20. And
here the Yellow and Black unleashed all possible power on
the home towners and eleven plays found the Wake adding
another tally. The tussle from here until the waning moments
was all Sacrinty-Brinklev and Wake Forest as the lads be
came more and poohed out in the face of 'he constait on
slaught but the previously mentioned "waning minutes" (sec
onds, we should say) were THE thrilling seconds. Leave us
enlarge on ts S.Ctio. With no more time left in the game
than it takes to write this, the "Flyin' Dutchman" gathered
in a Wake pass on his own ten and raced un1totuchled for 90:
yards to add the final score of the tilt. The Brinkley, Sacrinty
Corporation might have exhibited some fine ball but no ef-I
fort during the afternoon was near as thrilling as "l)utch"
Brembs' jaunt to end his football career, for the present, here
at Carolina. The New Jersey product did nothig but run
but this was enough to give any safety man the usual bad
time as he stepped off the distance in good 10 second style.
Pete Lane added the extra point to close the first bowl game
in Jacksonville, Florida. with the ministers-to-be in the driv
ers seat by a 26-14 margin. It was evident from the start that
the Deacons were not going to he satisfied with any half
way measures on this go rouind. It had to he all or nothing
for them. We don't think that the 1:8-I:8 tie on Thanksgiving
Day added any jioy to the North Carolina camp~us. They
gained their victory--the hard way-to avenge the red faces*
suffered in Charlotte.
It was interesting to note the play of' the two centers. l"ore
man- and our own .Junior Meeks. As all will remlembler that
Associated Pr'ess p)ickedl Foremian over Meeks for All-South
ern piv'ot man. The "Meek" was dlefinitely' far superior to
Foreman who inade no terrific showving dutiring the day's
work. Maybe that's the reason the famous l)hilosopher once
said, ''They put erasers on pencilIs for one sole punrpose, peo
pIe make so many mistakes." Meeks tallied another full sixty
minutes of work, each played to the ole '"" which is notable
in itself.
Right across the Iinew, the G;&B looked good but when they
tiredl there were none to replace the regulars and this is
what tells as the game wears on. Buddy Riggs turned in his
finest game of the season with sterling lay on both offtense
and defense. "Big George" McDonald and .Jim Strobel, assist
ed by Joe Spivey and "The Old1 Sea D)addy," I look lIelmly
were strong at the tackles. Pete Lanhe. Ken IHuffmnan, "The
Nut'' Botkinis and "'IIee- Yah'' Da ni(els did their best at gutardl
while The Meek was superlative. In the seconidaryv, Brembs,
Gliles, Har'alson, Carr' and Hanson gave the crowdl all the
thrills and chills they could mnuste'r. The latter', "Swede" IHan
son, did a masterful piece of field genieraish ip in setting up
the Carolina dlefense and assisting in evr play. In the third
quarter he was carried from the field af'ter' giving all for
the cause. Though our boys lost their final match much can
be said for the way that they accep)ted( def eat. "In true sports
man style'' j1ust about sums up the situnation. We saluite, againi,
the ball club bearing the G arnet anid Black in 1945.
BIGHT OF~F THE NEST
....Big George McD)onald was th(e proud( l)osse'ssor' of a
bouncing baby-boy on the Saturday before the Howl Tilt.
. .. All members of the Bowl excursion were r'ightly present
ed with See-gars. . . . "J. C. Him," trainer has a newv protege
in the shape of GEORGE who is only visible by them in the
know. .. . This individual caused mor'e than one chuckle duri
ing the sojourn in Florida. . . . If' you see Bud Eadles (a na
tive of "Cennal City", K(aintuck, suh!) wearing a hig smile
of late yo.a may rest assnured that he's hap)pv. . . . HIe's hadl
his picture takeni so much "oni the train" of late that he's
practically a national figure. .. ..illy' BIoee.. . .This just
about runs the string (out for this tipil. 'Tis sad we must adl
mit but maybe a New Year's resolution will hell) in th(' long
run. And so we take leave of beautiful never'-never' land and
come back (down to earth with just enough to say, IlappIy
Not-unquote. .. . Adieu. . ..
CAR
Shown above is Carolina cei
Newberry cager. The gante, play<
quered the Indians by a score of
Boxing Enters
Sports Picture
With 3 Matches
With tIe sportiig program of
South Cilarolina fast returting to its
pie-war condition, 14 men, handy
witli lheir dihkes, have hinded to
gether to form the first University
boxinlg teai since bofore Pearl
II1r1-bor.
Coachd bil Fr I z 'Tu Irer, and
aided by h-e111is Powols, stulenil
maalr,teso m11,n work oul ditily
in lie gymn asiull from 5 unitl 6::10
p. mll. Frit. Turnr, wf loarned his
boxin g leller. hack in tile :10's, has
sent out tie call for additionlal
fighlers inl the light hay and
hoaYw h classes.
ThOs1e men'l out for fthe teaIM .1r':
18: Kisei. (; 0.. 178: ,Jones. .1. J.,
1,2(6: P'ldmlontl, .1. A.. 1-H:loliz, i.
C.-, 165:": .\-1rChanl, .\. T., 1410; DU
SVInberrY, R. G., 1-16; Coram, A. D-.,
185; Anderson, 176: Raines, 14.1;
Sw\i(-ord(, If. G.. 127: \\*all, \V. A.,
171: Sa-al, T. (., 16:1: Slowers. \v. 1f.,
126; W:itv, C. I., 137: Isom, T. D..
190: Deas. 1., 160.
Of these men, the only five wili
any exlperiiecel me Piediont, Smil.
Dui.senlberry, Deas. and4 \Whito. \Whilt.
is all ex-.\la in while .\ilthan is
an AJilimy v eter-lanl.
ralged, one with North Cio olina :it
Chapel Iill, (I t Jini. one w til
Noi th Carolina aW Columbia oi Fob.1
2;and one with li iy l ii \Visl
ilgol, oi Feb. 1.
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Flii o i,ibSmaloliilJl Te mall
iooba. ~ll 1)an' heri I ati o linacc
thanithe li impotisibele logl tr
lo ing ith uinter ci st t th e si
bi lity of11 l l fI i o ~ofl, d. l'l ki
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.OLINA VS. NEWBI
ter, Warren Foote, wrestling the
Rd on an overwaxed floor, saw mai
53-21.
Birds Lose To C
As Experienced
The Cage Situa
A scrappy quintet from the
fought to the final horn N Wedr
bUt were OutClasIse(I by a superi
Point Marine Base and fell in
was a fast game that feature
brilliant floor work by both fi,
The Marines took an early
Frailey, their star forward, I
outdone, fought back into the
Schedule
Witi an (-ye to past iwrformarnies.
1th1. spot's staff would like in print
a 1r4-cord of last .\ A haskvI haIl
'SC :18. UNC 27.
'S( *-18, 8121h Ta n kers 37.
USC 51. 300 11n f. 33.
USC 60. Davidson 26.
USC 41. INC 40.
USC 46, Red Raiders 56.
USC 52. Newhvirry 16.
USC 53, U. of Ga. 25.
1 'SC 58. Clemson 34.
USC 66, Wofford 4:1.
USC 6( 1, Newberry 36.
.S( 59. Ciladfe 51.
USC 64. 300 Inf. 52.
1SC 75, Furman 41.
I S( 64. Congare Malrim.s 53.
VSC 71, Furman 17.
ISC 76. Clemson :38.
USC 68. Voffoi d 20.
USC 73, Cit adel 47.
Ifere follows a sched ull. of tlie
r4mainin -g games of tlhe '46 season.
('tip this copy out and save it for
Jani. 18. Geogia amt ( otiumbia.
Jain. 1t. N'ort hi 'at inah at ('atum
Jtain. 2:1. tiuki at Dii ua.
Jtani. 25, Clemisoin at (Clemison.
.Jain. 26. Fum man, at Greille. t,~
Fe.2, (;I'orgja Techi at At int a
letb.. tai nuiamn at Columbniia.
leb,. 8. Clemisoni at ('olumbmit.
Fe., .;iorg ia at A t hents.
Feb. t'i ('itadet at Chtarit-ston.
Feb,. 16 (; lia Tech at Coum
hid.
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ERRY
ball away from an unidentified
tf tumbles, as the Gamecocks con
herry Point
Marines Get
Lion In Hand
University of South Carolina
esday night in the field house
or cage squad from the Cherry
defeat by a score of 45-35. It
J Ma1ny fouls as well as soIC
:'s.
lead in the first lialf behind
>ut the Ganecocks, not to be
ruilnning and the score at the
half stood 21-16 for the ('her
ry Point quintet.
An inspired Gamecock squad took
the floor after ihe interiission and
roared back al the Marines foa five
minules until tihe score I-ad: Ma
iines, 22: U.S.C.. 21. Then the Ma
rinos bv,,an clicking at Gamwcock
vxpense, racking up 12 tallies in at
row. From tlire they coasted on
in with the Birds unable to vrack
tile Cherry Point defense to nar
!ow tihe maigiti. The Marines came
back after every Gatiecock goal to
score themselves and at the final
whistie the score stood -3.-).
Cherry Point displayed at superior
Ilintet all the way, w\ith belautiful
ball handling and fast. accurate
passing spotlightiig Oheir offense.
Frailoy led ihe scoring alade with
a total of 20 maikets. and O'ourke
coltuted for six tallies along with
Mziewski to follow. Schlmidt turn
t-d in t tier offesive game ai cen
le', dlisplaving soni brilliant piv
oting and(] doing a nice job of ball
hawking all niglit.
Pizza stood out in tle Gamecock
offen-a', andc was high man with 11
I oin ts. PIi hibin antd Tlarbhel show~
('d uap wilt for Ithe outtchltssecd Caro
hiuna sqitud, as did Matilis. In t he
:,M(ctnd half. liThotn played a tice
'T'he tilt wvas rought all thetc wet
wit ti numeii ouis fouls aint eupttt int
a fat tunin g ,amie.
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By SAUL LAVISKY
The University of South Carolina
Gamecocks will meet the Red Raid
ers from Fort Jackson on their own
home floor tonight, without much
of a record, but with determination
and the will to win. The Birds have
tasted defeat three times thus far,
winning only their game against a
smaller Newberry squad.
In the opening game, the Game
cocks were matched against the de
fending Southern Conference cham
pions, the North Carolina White
Phantoms. Although the Birds
held them to a 6 point lead In the
first half, paced by Dillon, N. C.'s
candidate for All-American honors,
the Phantoms had no trouble at all
putting the game on ice. The final
score was 56-32.
The second game of the season
ts a home game against the Duke
Blue Devils. Once again experience
was the deciding factor. The Game
cocks just weren't prepared to
handle a team like Duke. Though
they led the Blue Devils at the
half, it was due solely to some bril
liant long shooting, since the Birds
were unable to work the ball
through the Duke defense for an
open shot. Carolina wasn't able to
follow up shots either, losing the
hall to Dike every time.
Soon after the second half got
undcr way, the Blue Devils' criss
urcss got the Birds off-balance, and
Duke tucked the game under their
arm, walking off with it by at scor*'
of 5?-35.
The III id g ae was played
a-ainst I snallet anid weaket team.
file Newberry Indians. It became
evidei t i ihe beginning that Car
olina was far superior, and almost
all the players on the squad had a
rack at the Newberry quint. it
was all Foote's show as time and
again he outiumped his rivals for
ilossession of thle ball or. to tap it
into the basket.
Steady playing by the Birds
wasn't enough to crack the Cherry
Poilt defense in Wednesday's game.
Although at one time the Carolina
playes came within a single point
ff the Marines, some rapid tallying
and a tightening of their defense
barred the Gamecocks from a pos
sible victory and refused to even
let them narrow the margin. Tie
rinal score was 45-35.
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The Gamecocks have been losing
these games primarily because they
lack experience. Nick Philbin and
Phil Mallis have been holding down
the guard posts in a steady manner,
but the Birds' slow breaking attack
fails to jar their opponents. In
stead it serves to give them more
time to prepare themselves.
And on the defense, the Carolin
iang failure to get the ball off the
backboard has cost them many a
two-pointer. Only their team spirit
plus cooperation has enabled them
to do as well as they have.
It all boils down to this: The
Gamecocks lack experience and the
ability to handle the ball rapidly.
The Carolina quintet is composed
of inexperienced players and until
they've had time to develop. there
is no point In getting upset over
losing games.
All of us students feel had abo(it
the depressive string of losses we've
rolled up so far. We haven't any
firehiallis oil this year's team as we
did last year. and we aren't expect
ing anywhere near the record of
the *45 quintet. if we can just he
patient long enough, and get out
and support our team, eventually
they will develop and grow into a
team we can boast about.
Soithiern Conlference To
Chiuge Selection Method
For Radeigi Tournaments
A revised system of selecting
teams to compete in the Southern
Conference Annual basket ball tour
nament at Raleigh, N. C., taking
into consideration not only their
final percentage standing, but their
schedule and the recommendation
of conference coaches as well, will
he instituted this %inter.
The innovation of the met1hod ot
picking the eigh lt iturnament teans
was aIlounced by Eddie Camcion
of Duke University, chairman of the
basketball committee, during file
conference annual meeting in Rich.
mond, Va., last month.
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