The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 12, 1948, Page Page Eight, Image 8
Wadiak Takes Spotlight
With Sparkling Running
Steve Wadiak, the speedy halfback who has done just
about everything possible on a football field this season,
added another distinction to his long list Saturday by be
coming one of the few men to ever have his team's net
rushing less than the total yardage that he personally ac
counted for. Wadiak had a total of 102 yards for his af
ternoon's work; the net rushing for the entire Carolina
team against Maryland was only 94.
The Gamecock's have a peculiar habit of being trapped
behind the line of scrimmage. Saturday was no different
and what might have been a respectable rushing average
wias cut sharply by the terrific yardage lost thus.
RUSHING IN MARYLAND GAME
Times Yards
Rushing Gained Average
Wadiak 8 102 12.8
Pickett I 11 11
Strickland 8 20 2.5
Jackson 1 4 4
Harrison 3 1 .3
Harrelsoi 3 2 .7
DeLoach 2 0 0
Phillips 1 0 0
Pasky 1 -3 -3
flagan 11 -43 -3.9
PASSING IN MARYLAND GAME
Att. Comp. Yards
Hlagan .12 5 45
TOTAL RUSHING
Times Yards
Rushing Gained Average
Wadiak 41 314 7.6
Harrison 20 12 6.1
Strickland 64 326 6.0
DeLoach 31 147 4.7
Allen 10 46 4.6
Couch 19 62 3.2
r&.nt '7 27 3.8
Jackson 4 13 3.1
Phillips 7 17 2.4
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Tommy Woodlee, No. 21, is bein
game last Thursday night. Woodi
Harry Temple
In Early Boxin
Carolinas boxing team begai
Nov. 1, in the field house und<
Alderman.
A squad of 20-odd boxers re
conference champs Ray Avant
of ineligibles last year, Grad;
were also on hand to open pra(
Roving
Reporter
ly BI,L GO)SiALL
Do you attribute the football
team's decline t) the coaching
staff or not ? What is your opinl
ion ? Quoting popular opinions on
the campus we report the situa-1
tion like this:
"Yes, I attribute ite decline to
the coaching staff.
"No, I attribute h to a number
of reasons. For one, not enough
money is put out on our team and
wIet don't nave enough reserves
which are necessary to every suc
cessful team.
"No. I think that the physical
condition of the players is re
sponisiblei for the decline."
"Yes, I think they need more
coaching and less dliplomfacy."
"No I think that there are sev
eral fac tor s, inicluding injuries and
fumbling which has caused us to
lose games and niot by poor coach
ing. The caliber of the teams
lhat we' have lost to are such that
ii doesn't necessarily constitute a
pour teami to lose to them with
te possible exception of WVest Vir
ginia in which the abiove men'R
t ined factoris were' miost dom i
''Yes, I think any team which
has as manaiy inIjur'ies as we do
sho'w.. signs of meni beinig in pouor
conidi tion. Also thle outstanding
tnmber of penalties is a fault of
tIlhe coaching."
"Yes, it must be1 the lack of
good coac'hinig that causes Car'olina
to incur so many p)enalties. Be
eause' this kind of thing should be
ir'onedi out at scrimmliage and the
players woni't commit so many
p)enalties."'
"'No, I am uninformed as to the
abiility of the coaching staff. The
Carolina team lacks cooperation of
team work in complarison to the
other' teams of our superb state.
This might be attributed to the
coaching staff huit most likely the
individual players themselves lack
the football spirit. As an old gen
tlieman in Newberr'y said last week
while dliscussing Camrolina's decline
during the recent season 'They
ne'ver will have a team at Caro
lina because the players party too
miuch.' Respectfully submitted."
"Yes,. I contribute the decline
to fumbling in the backfield which
must he' due to poor coaching."
"Yes, e'vidently they are too
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Woodlee Romps
g hauled down from behind by a
e was one of the standouts in titisI
Looks Good
g Workouts
'i organized workouts at 7:30,
r the direction of Coach Jess
ported for the team, including
and Pete Compassi. A couple
Decell and Sylvester Lewis
itice.
"The boys look 100 per cent bet
year." Alderman said.
The coach seemed well pleased
over the progress of 155-pounder
Harry Temple. "He's the best
looking boxer on the squad," Al
derman said. The coach hinted that'
Ray Avant may he forced to fight
at 145 instead of 155 as Avant,
had planned, because of the fast
progress shown by Temple.
"Temple looks better than Avant
or Lewis, or anyone on the sqaad,
for that matter," the coach de
clared.
Pie -season dopesters have fig
ured the starting Carolina boxing
team to be: 125--Joe Stringer; 130
-Pete Compassi; 135-Grady De
cell; 145-Ray Avant; 155-Harry
Temple; 165-Sylvester Lewis;
175--none named; heavyweight
Bill Rutledge. I
Behi nd these probable first line
men come Fhetcher Dean at 130,
Red Douglas at 145, and Jim
Briggmani at 165, all holdovers
from last year's team.
Carolina is still without a for
miidale light-heavy. No one has
becen namedl by Alderman in this
weight bracket although the Skin
ner brtothers, Roy and James, were
used( last year. Bot h indicated that
they wouldnii't report for bioxinug
this year.
The loss of conaferenlce chiamt
l)ioni lClersoni Fowler and Bill
Janecsy has beeni of fset somewhat
by G;rady Decell's dlebut and the
showing of ,Joe Stringer. D)ecell
is a fast, shifty, hardl-hitting 135
pounder and( Stri nger has been
maovedl to the 125 pound slot to
allow Pete Compassi to fight at
130. These men are bteing count
ed upon heavijy to round out what
Alderman hopes will be the most
form idale team in, the Sou therni
Con ference.
The team will continue working
out every night in the field house
at 7:30 p. mn., Alderman said.
much of a first half team. We
have' the material but. it isn''
trained. But we have the ma
te'rial ! The morale is por exce'pt
for the Clemson game as wvell as
the student body."
"Yes, they look tOo, nmuch to
Clemson and no otthter game."
Hell, yes! We have as fine a
colletion of backs as is in the
South. The material is there. Ask
Wade' of Duke, Snavely of N. C.,
andl Tatum of Maryland about
that. The coaching isn't there.
ON ANYTHING
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Cross-Country
Team Engages
Clemson Today
Carolina's cross-country team
will have its first schedbled meet
of the season when they match
forces with Clemson's distance
runners at Clemson this afternoon.
The tentative :;quad announced
by Coach Weems Baskin is com
Ward, Foster Marshall, and Ken
neth Dean. Jim Meriwether, a vet
eran performer on teams in the
past, will not he able to compete
this year because of an injured leg.
The only other meet that has
been scheduled thus far iA the
Southern Conference meet at
Chapel Hill, Monday, Nov. 15.
Coach Baskin has oeen unable to
work a great deal with the team
because of his football coaching
hores and therefore the team has
been working out almnt entirely
on their own.
Cross-country races cover a dis
Lance of about 4 1/4 miles over
uneven terrain. In the course of a
race the runner may run part of
the time on paved roads and part
of the time across fields and
through paths. Judges are sta
tioned along the way to see that
no "short cuts" are taketi.
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The highly-touted Biddies,
ball proficiency, meet perhal
season when they face the
Forest t6night at 8 oclock ui
sity stadium.
The little Deacons bring to town
one of the most highly publicized
high school backs in the entire
South in Nub Smith, the Fayette
ville flash who was the talk of the
Carolinas last year. He piled up
an amazing average as he led his
high school team to an undefeated
season and a large crowd is ex
pected to see Smith and a stalwart
bunch of Baptists battle it out
with Boyle, Woodlee and company.
The Biddies will be slightly fa
vored t least in local circles on
the strength of Boyle's passing, if
the big Brooklyn boy has regained
the form that made him th, hottest
thing in Carolina football a few
weeks ago as he gave the most
amazing exhibition ever seen at the
stadium. Last week Boyle ws way
off but he still managed to throw
Unheralded Et
As New Defens
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lZated as one of the mos
the Gamecock squad at the
Pasky has become one of the t
but from a halfback position.
Last year Pasky came out of
comparative obscurity to give Bo
Hagan some much needed rest af
ter first-stringer Droopy Atwell
wats hurt in the Wake Forest game.
Against the Deacons and against
the Duke Blue Devils, Pasky turn
ed in good performances and fig
ured heavily in Carolina's showing
against these two teams.
A sharp passer, good kickwr. and
smart field general, Pasky opened
the 1948 season as second string
quarterback behind the veteran
Hagan, but this was before Coach
Rex Enright ran short of defen
sive halfbacks. In the Clemson
game all of Enright's halfbacks
needed rest and new strcngth wan
needed in the backfield to stop the
Tigers' potent ground and air at
Wck so Ed got the calL.
Pasky looked so good on defense
that day that he has been used as
the regular defensive halfback ever
since. Time after time it was the
boy from Erie, Pa., who stopped
the hard charging Clemson backs
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Carolina's only claim to foot
>s their sternest test of the
Deacon offspring from Wake
ider the lights of the Univer
two touchdown passes to lead the
Carolina freshmen to a 13-0 vic
tory over Furman.
It was the 165-pound Woodlee,
however, who stole the show
against Furman. Woodlee pleased
the crowd many times as he took
the ball around his ends for long
gains. He's a fast, shifty halfback
who can really go once he gets in
to the opponents' secondary and
tonight's game might turn into a
duel between Woodlee and Smith. -
Boyle has been slightly injured
all week but is expected to be able
to go tonight at full strength. He
injured both his arm and his leg
in the Furman game but neither
will likely impair his efficiency.
If Boyle did happen to be unable
to play, the Biddies would become
a two-touchdown underdog.
Pasky Stars
ive Halfback
1) D)UCKI'TT
L promising q1uarterbacks On
beginning of the season, Ed
ip defensive men on the team,
and again it was he who went far
out of his position to bat down a
pass in the end zone with touch
down written all over it. In the
West Virginia game he was equal
ly as good, always playing heads
up ball and quickly diagnosing
enemly plays.
Physically, Pasky is well equip
ped to handle his new position. His
194 pounds are .well distributed
over a 6-2 frame. His heighl ani
speed make him especially adept
on pass defen-L and he has plenty
of weight ' throw against ball
carriers 1.reaking into the Caro
lina secondary.
Against Maryland Saturday,
Pasky was one of the defensive
standous of the game. His half
back position proved to be one of
the busiest places on the field as
the fleet Maryland backs repeat
edly tore through big holes in the
Gamecock forward wall only to be
albruptly shaken from any touch
lown aspirations by a jarring
tacke by the big No. 29.
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