Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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At Halftime By VAN NEWMAN Sports Editor The Carolina football team has been both attacked and defended, bl students in heated discussions for the past month. StUdents have either flailed Rex Enright's coach ing tactks or upheld them. So far The Gamecock has been a noncommittal bystander. Maybe it is because of the boldness we get from the knowledge that this is my last column, that we crawl out on the limb and enter the controversy in At Halftime. After the Duke-Carolina game last year, Coach Wallace Wade of Duke, who isn't addicted to making excuses, com mented that he would give anything to have the material on the Carolina squad. After the Maryland-Carolina clash Saturday, Jim Tatum said that Carolina had the finest backs he had seen all year. Grantland Rice in his column this week quoted Earl Blaik's defense of the two team system in present-day football. Enright has not been employing this system although he has followed the principle at some positions. The Carolina coach says he does not have the material for a two-team system. We dispute that statement. We are firmly convinced that the university has the best ma terial in its history. At least, it has certainly been spend ing the most for it. From the Newberry game to the Clemson game, Carolina supporters waited for the razzle-dazzle that would seem so adaptable to the type players available. Carolina supporters are still waiting for this razzle-dazzle. Apparently, the coaches in the nation have devised de fensive that have caught up with and gotten ahead of the "T" as it was used primarily after its re-introduction several years ago. New variations, however, such as employed by Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, and Army are still ahead of de fensive strategy. Carolina, obviously is not in this group. If Wake Forest beats Clemson tomorrow, we might still end the season on a pleasant note and regain a little of our lost prestige by upsetting the Deacons Thanksgiving Day. If Enright has a bag of tricks or any razzle-dazzle, we suggest that he use them in that game. In short, the coaching seems to be the answer to the problem in this case. Enright, through his influence and contacts throughout the country, is a decided asset. How ever, we feel that he could be of far greater service as aI athletic director than as a head coach, if we could afford both. LINEMEN OF THE WEEK In the mudfest with Maryland last week, two sophomore guards, Roy Skinner and Dave Sparks, dominated the de fensive line play. In choosing the outstanding lineman of the week, it would have been an injustice to have selected one and not the other. For the first time this season, this column selects two men as the linemen of the week. Skinner broke into the Carolina lineup in the opener LAST year against Newberry for a few minutes, but was hampered by an injury during the early part of the season. His next appearance was against Miami and his dependable play made quite an impression upon the C'arolina coaching staff. Against The Citadel, Duke, and Wake Forest, Skinner continued to play good ball in relief for Neil Allen and Max Walker. With these performances, he was making a strong bid for a first-team position on this year's squad. Skinner began his football career at Sumter High School .in 1942, playing guard and fullback. While in high school he was chosen on the annual All-Southern team as a guard. Skinner's high school days were interrupted by a three year hitch in the Navy. Upon his dlischarge he returned to high school and was a standout in the 1946 Shrine Bowl game between the high school stars of North Carolina and South Carolina. In addition to playing on the football team, Roy was also a member of Jess Aldermans boxing team last winter. While in the Navy, Skinner was undefeated against amateur box ing competition. Sparks played little at the beginning of last year also, as Coach Enright was wary of using untried freshmen until they were more familiar with the Carolina system. But from the beginning, he was considered by the Carolina coaches as potentially the best guard on the squad. It was not until this year, however, that Sparks started playing the ball that the coaches had expected of him all along. His defensive play against Maryland Saturday was the best performance of his college career. Dave is a native of Lorain, Ohio, and has 195 pounds well-distributed over his six-foot frame. His name and face will b)e seen in Carolina programs for two more years. SWAN SONG A sports editor's last column is always his hardest to write. And so it is this week with this writer. The typography, the writing, the opinions, that have been displayed on these sports pages have beeni far from good, but they have been the product of hard work by both the sports editor and his staff. The editor always gets the glory, if any, for all that ap pears on his pages, but usually the staff does a large part of the work. The sports reporters this semester have been far above the average in quality and have made the publish ing of these pages possible. To them should go the credit for them. Beginning with the next issue, Joe Molony, a member of the sports staff for the last three semesters, will take over the tremendous task of putting out three sports pages a week. The retiring sports editor now has to take over the serious job of preparing for a December wedding. Bayard Pickett, number 28, was Stan Kamash. number 25. Pickett rame. (P1ho(o by Harris and Ten Carolina Baskf Into Shape Aft With one week of practice under its belt, the University of South Carolina basketball team is grad uially beginning to round into 3hape. Coach Frank Johnson said it was too early to pick out individual players or to predict the Game 2ocks' possibilities this season. No doubt, the Gamecocks will miss guards Steve Trewhella and Phil Cantore, center Al Adams and forward Crick Talus, all of whom were either graduated or failed Lo return to school. The team will be built around "CHE buii new smoI MILI It's M "n Caught In The Act caught by the camera in the act o was one of Carolina's outstandinj 1). !teers Graduall) er First Week ( towering 6-foot, 9-inch center Jim Slaughter who alternated with Adams last year and showed great possibilities toward the close of the season. Harry Parone and Walker Small have joined the squad af ter a year with the city champion Miller Tire company. Parone is a guard and Smalls plays center. Cy Szakacsi, a sharp-shooting forward noted for his fast-break ing and superb ball-handling, re turns to bolster the Gamecocks' scoring punch. Bill Smith, Hacky STERFIELD is ling another big, factory for us kers who like the DER cigarette... Scigarette." RADIO'S FAVOR STAR OF CHBSTBRI ARTHUR GODFR - * - - -" f breaking up a pass intended for i defensive men in the Maryland Rounding )f Practice Walker, and a host of others havt been working out under Johnson'i close scrutiny. Carolina opens its season in mid December, therefore, Johnson hat another month to round his club in. to playing shape. The coaci knows that the current club wil he a lot weaker than last year'i state champs, but he's hoping t< come up with a couple of surprist packages before the season ends Win or lose, Johnson has alread5 indicated that his club will be a scrappy outfit. [TE SON 'IBLD'S EY TIME plane ove is budm weill kelp for the M Playoffs Beg In Fraternit By JIMMY I Fraternity volleyball enterec league 1 three teams finish< winning four and losing one. among Sigma Nu, Lambda Cl decide the two teams to meet Kappa Sigma won first honors in league 2 by finishing the sched, ule undefeated. They were the only team in either league to emerge without defeat. Kappa Alpha with five victories and one loss is the other team to compete in the final playoffs. A double elimination series among the co-champions of each league will begin Monday to de cide the fraternity championship. Swimming Meet Planned The fraternity swimming meet will be held at 4:30, Thursday and Friday, November 18 and 19. Among individual swimming events, will bp free style, back stroke, and breast strqke in the fifty yard distance. In the 100 yard only the free style will be held. One of the feature events will be the 150 yard medley con .iNting of back, breast and free styles. The 200 yard relay *ill L. G. I Tradin The Key Candy & WHOLESA Candies - Toba 1231-1237 Li Columbi .......\.. .ish I could take you 'r the big, new factors g at Durham, N. C. It supply the ever-increc JLDER cigarette." - Iluvoui" &a, 1U-0 in Monday y Volleyball 2RAWFORD i the final stage this week. In ad in a three-way tie, each A double elimination series ii Alpha, and Sigma Chi will league 2 champions. follow, with four men in each, using the conventional free style. In the diving division, three types will be required of each con testant: jack knife, front forward and back, and four optionals. Table Tennis A badminton tournament is scheduled for December 2. All per sons interested may contact Joe Grugan to register for this sport. The annual table tennis tourna ment is also being planned. Com petition will probably commence in January. All students are eligible to participate in this tournament and if a large number register for it it is possible -that matches will be played at the halftime of bas ketball games for the entertain ment of the fans. Ten men from this tournament will be selected to represent the university in the Co lumbia elimination series from which the winners will participate in the state contest. 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