The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 05, 1948, Page Page Eight, Image 8
'At Halftime
By MANNING HARRIS
Guest Columnist
Last week Carolina lost to West Virginia 35 to 12. It
was their third straight loss of the season, and they had
entered the game two touchdown favorites. Immediately
the big question around the campus became, "What's hap
pened to the team?"
When the Birds left for Morgantown they left behind Len
Ekimoff, first string center; Pete Lane, placement kicker;
Phil Alexander, starting right tackle; Kale Alexander, sec
ond string guard; Bill Rutledge, fullback; Ernie Lawhorne,
half-back; and Jack Kaneft, guard.
Of those that made the trip, the following were on the
injured or sick list: Strickland, suffering from sinus . . .
had gotten out of the infirmary a week before to play in
the Clemson-Carolina game. Red Harrison went along on
the trip, but played only two minutes because of injuries
suffered in the C-C game. . Red Wilson was hurt before the
trip as was Mitchell Scott, second string center. Ed Dew
was not in shape to play because of injuries. Harry DeLoach
was air sick and couldn't play. Will Harvin was injured
early in the first quarter and saw little action.
West Virginia, in their game with Penn State, racked up
18 first downs, and the touchdowns scored by Penn State
were all on long runs. The Mountaineers had been beaten
twice this year, by Penn State and Pittsburgh, the first, one
of the few unbeaten teams in the nation. '[hey had beaten
Washington and Lee 14-7, Temple 27-7, Wainsburg 29-16
and Worcester 34-6.
The West Virginia line outweighed the Gamecocks by
about 20 pounds, and they employed a two team unit sys
tem, assuring themselves a fresh team at all times.
The Mountaineers were playing before a homecoming
crowd of 25,000. It was a crowd that was hungry for a
West Virginia victory. Coach Dud DeGroot, West Virginia
coach formerly of the Washington Redskins and of the Los
Angeles Dons, had brought his boys along all through the
season, picking up experience, and pointing for the Game
cocks.
During the first half, the offensive West Virginia team
had not had the ball in Carolina territory to put into action
the wide-open offense that Coach DeGroot had installed at
West Virginia this year. This same system had enabled
West Virginia to run up 18 first downs against the great
Penn State defense.
The turning point of the game came during the first half
when the Gamecocks were on the West Virginia one foot
line, and were unable to push the ball over for a score.
From this time on the Modntaineers picked up momentum.
Carolina lost the ball during the second half after picking
up one first down when Strickland fumbled. The Moun
taineers recovered the ball on the Carolina 40 and began
a sustained drive that ended with a score. They made the
extra point and West Virginia led seven to sir.
Carolina received the kick-off and promptly fumbled. An
alert West Virginia offensive team came back to score again
before the Gamecocks could recover their senses.
After receiving the West Virginia kickoff, Bo Hagan tried
desperately to get the Carolina passing attack, which had
completed 6 out of 8 attempts during the first half, back
into action, but the Carolina linesmen, who had played
nearly the entire game, were unable to stop the hard charg
ing of the Mountaineers.
Even in defeat the Gamecocks had men to be proud of.
Red Wilson, Roy Skinner, Dave Sparks, Bob Dockery, and
Cecil Woolbright all' rooked good.
In the backfield Hagan and Wadiak played superb of
fensive ball, as did Pasky and Couch on defense.
The overall record of the Gamecocks this season hasn't
been too good, but look for a re-vitalized Carolina team to
take Maryland tomorrow. The Old Liners have had a good
season this year, and will be out to add to it, but the Game
cock squad should be sufficiently recovered from injuries
to regain some of the form that was expected of them.
LINEMAN OF THE WEEK
Bill Estes, the big boy from Rock lill, merits the selec
tion of lineman of the week for the second time this season
after his bangup defensive play against West Virginia.
The defensive play of the Gamecocks was anything but
up to par against the Mountaineers, but Estes was credited
with tackle after tackle.
Estes has come close to getting the coveted sophomore
of the week distinction of the Southern Conference several
times this year but has lost the awardl to highly-publicized
backs. Last year he was choseni freshman of the week
twice by the Associated Press.
Prior to last week's game, Estes has been p)aired with
big Phil Alexander to give Carolina the best pair of de
fensive tackles in the state. Alexander, however, has been
out since the Clemson game with a leg injury.
Estes has two more years to play for Carolina and his
coaches expect him to develop into one of the best defensive
tackles in the schools history. His 220 pounds, coupled with
unusu.al agility and speed for a big man, make him a con
stant threat to opposing offensives.
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Kahle came to Carolina from
Charleston where he was stationed
in the Navy at the Charleston
Navy Yard. While in the low
country, he played football and
basketball with the Navy Yard
Bluejackets for a couple of years.
He gained quite a reputation in
the city-by-the-sea and left there
with the city league basketball
scoring record neatly sewed up.
Oddly enough, Kahle came to
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with Furman favored to take the
visitors by at leagt two touch
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result of their brilliant offense
led by John Boyle which left the
Clemson team dazed with amaze
ment as Boyle filled the air with
needle-threading passes. Boyle
connected with 15 out of 24 at
tempts and might have completed
more if his receivers had been able
to hold on to all of his bullet-like
passes.
Coach Frai)k Johnson reported
that his team wa. in good condi
tion before the game. The tean,
worked hard all week with particu
lar stress on defense. This haF
been by far their weakest point all
season. IndividuaA attention was
given linemen under the watchful
eyes of Johnson, and his assistants,
Hal Middlebrooks and Rock Stroud.
Boyle gave the coaches some
reason for worry this week as he
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The team this year will be built
around such veteran performers as
Henry Martin, sharpshooting for
ward, Jimmy Slaughter, a 6-7 cen
ter who is among the best in the
conference, Cy Szcacksi, a fine all
round guard, and David McQuil
lan, who saw little action last year
but gave every indication in the
games that he played that he will
be the man to watch when the
Birds take the floor in their open
ing game Dec. 11. Len Ekimoff
will also be on hand to bolster the
squad if he recovers from his foot
ball injuries.
The complete 1948-49 schedule:
Dec. 11-Newberry, Columbia.
Dec. 17-Miami, Miami, Fla.
Dec. 18-Miami, Miami, Fla.
Dec. 21 - Bowling Green, Bowling
Green, Ohio.
Dec. 22-Lawrence Tech, I)etroit,
Mich.
Jan. 8-Davidson, Davidson, N.C.
Jan. 11--The Citadel, Columbia.
Jan. 14--Wake Forest, Columbia.
Jan. 18--Georgia, Columbia.
Jani. 2l---Clemson, Clemson.
Jan. 31-Furmal&n, Columbia.
Feb. 4--Clemson, Columbia.
Feb,. 7- --Gee. Washington, Wash
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was sidelined for several days with
a bruised foot. The injury proved
not to be serious, however, and he
was reported ready to go at game
time.
The Biddies have built thei
selves up a following this year
that has seldom been equalled by
freshman football teams. With the
total collapse of the varsity the
student body has turned to the
freshman for their football thrills
and the Biddies are practically as
sured of having a large crowd on
hand whenever they play.
The amazing passing of Boyle
is the main factor in this crowd
interest but the wide open type
of offense that the Biddies use also
helps to draw the fans from their
radios and easy chairs. There is
no doubt that it has succeeded for
a large number of people unable
to see both games decided this
week to pass up the varsity game
tomorrow to see last night's tussle.
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Feb. 8--Maryland, College Park,
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Feb. 12-Furman, Greenville.
Feb. 16-Newberry, Newberry.
Feb. 19--Maryland, Columbia.
Feb. 21-N. Carolina, Columbia.
Feh. 24-Davidson, Columbia.
Feb. 25-Citadel, Charleston.
Feb. 26-Georgisa, Athens.
Feb. 28-Wake Forest, Wake
Forest.
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On December 6
An open hadminton tournament
will start in the field house Dec.
6, Joe Grugan has announced.
This tournament is open to all stu
dents of the university and will
include both doubles and singles
matches.
All players entering the tourna
ment must sign up in Grugan's
office by Nov. 19 and may enter
as groups or individuals. Results
of the individual matches will also
serve as the basis for group com
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