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Fowl Or Fair by Lloyd Huntington The Despair of Wishful Thinkers Once in a while somebody around the campus gets the idea that Carolina is gping to have a really good football tean. Almost every year by listening closely you can hear any number of students speaking quietly among them selves that maybe this is the year when our Gamecocks will hit the big time. Before the season started this year this wishful thinking was particularly apparent. This was caused by two main factors: one, Big John Boyle whose rifle-like passes could be expected to give any opponent A troublesome afternoon by giving the Birds a definite scoring threat every time they had the ball, and two, a fine all-around freshman team coming up would give the varsity plenty of reserves for this year. Both of these factors have materialized about as ex pected. Boyle came through the opening game with Baylor in fine form and ran the team from his quarterback slot better than many veterans who have handled the Gamecock "T-Party" in recent years. He also turned in a creditable passing performance against the Bears by directly setting up the lone Bird touchdown and several other times throw ing what could have become scoring passes with more adept receivers. The rest of last year's fine freshman team also per formed well with sophomores Mitchell, Prezioso, Stephens, Gargano and others playing better ball than many more experienced men. The Birds Don't Have A Winner Still Carolina does not have a winning ball team. By a winning ball team we do not mean a team that is all-con quering and ends its seventh straight season undefeated, though this of course is a bit of a winner. We mean in this respect, however, a team that can be expected to go out any given afternoon and hold its own with the best teams in the state, or conference, or country. We mean a team that can be given a fair chance of winning against anybody. Hard as it may seem to those who have built up their hopes for a Garnet and Black team that would surpass the record of arch-rival Clemson's bowl victors last year, Caro lina just doesn't have such a team, as the Baylor game well proved. Baylor wasn't a great ball team. In fact we believe that a few Saturdays will prove that they aren't even the best in the Southwest conference. Any team that has such an unbalanced offensive as theirs can't be called great. Stop their passing and you can stop the Bears. Of course it may be quite a man's sized job to stop Adrian Burk, their fine passer, but plenty of teams will at least cool them off. Whith is slightly more than Carolina did. Mistakes Were Numerous Yet pass defense wasn't the only mistake that the Birds made. They were woefully weak in protecting the passer, when he did get it away the receivers were more often than not butter-fingered and couldn't hold on to the ball, and still more, the Birds could neither stop the opposing safety man from running back t.heir kicks fifteen or twenty yards nor stop long kick-off returns by the Bears. Which all may or may not mean anything in future games. These things can perhaps be corrected but for four years we have seen the Gamecocks seemingly on the verge of putting out a very good team and then watch it all blow up in a long series of "little mistakes." Any number of games will bear out the writer on this statement. The Alabama game of 1946 when the Birds could have easily upset the highly-touted Harry Gilmer and his team and then blew their chances by a couple of mental lapses, more recently the Clemson game last year when the Birds were on the road to-victory and then saw it vanish by a few "simple little mistakes." There are any number of games that we could point to in the same manner to support our statement. These, however, are the prime examples. Our contention is this: these "little rihistakes" are the marks of mediocrity and the Carolina team instead of im proving with time will continue to make them. Because in our humble opinion they just don't have the making of a truly good ball team. Birds Have Color and Spirit Yet all of this doesn't mean that the spectators are in for long dreary Saturday afternoons. One thing has been added to the 1949 Carolina aggregation if nothing else: this year the Birds have color, spirit, and determination. Also they have a big, rugged quarterback from Brooklyn and a halfback who are among the best of them. We mean of course John Boyle and Steve Wadiak. These boys alone playing with the worst team in the country would be capable of putting on a good show and saving their team from any' gross humiliation. Add to them Bishop Strickland, Red Wilson, Cecil Wool bright, and Len Ekimoff and you have the makings of ta pretty fair ball team. Which is just what Carolina has. A team Which is capable of pulling a few surprises and a team that could make -a fool out of even the most expert in-og nosticator. Seen in Waco: Don Johnston and Bill Thompson who hitch hiked the sentire distance for the game. The boys left Co lumbia Wednesday, attended the football game arnd then left Sunday for the trip back. They were back at school this past Tuesday. Merle Mouzan and Hal Middlebrooks, both former Carolina students, were also present at the game. Note to Intramural Groups: Don't forget the meeting of athletic representatives which will be held in Flinn Hall at Birds M ,New Coach Backfield Coach, George Terlel brings the best in the old Notre Dani Terlep handled the quarterbacking his undergraduate days and later Professional Buffalo Bills of the A] guidance the Bird backs are showii New Backfield Fine Record To By AL GILBERT and JIMMY HOWLE Coach Rex Enright's coaching staff has been greatly strength ened this season by the addition of a new backfield coach, George Terlep. Coach Terlep is a native of Elk hart, Indiana and while in high school there won all-state and all conference honors as a back. He became a freshman at Notre Dame in 1942 and while there alternated at halfback and quarterback for Coaches Leahy and McKiever. After graduation from Notre Dame, Terlep moved to the Great Lakes Naval Station and quarter backed the team that so humili ated the Irish in 1945. Upon leav ing the Navy, Coach Terlep fol lowed his football career by joining the Buffalo Bills. He quarterbacked offensively for the Student's Reaction Pleases Anderson Tike maae ikAdro sashei lesdwihte ti ackeld omach Georet mte brnthoe beldto iemae studentre muat Terle hnded same purceispidg hor underdate as and lter ticket,siona Busalo priile of stheng gine tdet Bei wickh aresi Fie tdn'saec crd and vst sasoben grcetl mstrbenpre sened ti theaten byrer atone Toe gae. Th ateicar scloerevli wo alltesmanal beame. fehmna oteDm athlfak Yn qurtAcK for CahsLandy and Dlvry LakeeNaval Station urer queradofey for ten Stude P eKAc RTon tudeshow b UR student to r th e sse o euigtik et rvasiyfotbl ga an eet Furr 4nd Family al L - B. ei fi al S21 ,pictured here with his family, p e tradition to the Carolina campus. p chores for Frank Leahy's boys in filled the same position with the I-American Conference. Under his ' ag great progress and promise. s< Coach Brings > Bird Campus Bills in 1946 and 1947 and then for the Cleveland Browns in 1948. The coach was well pleased with the performance of the Carolinn backfield during the Baylor game. He commented favorably on th( passing of John Boyle and the ground gaining ability of Steve Wadiak and Jack Mitchell. Of Boyle Coach Terlep said, "When I compare Boyle with Baylor'. fine passer, Adrian Burke, I'd rather have Boyle as a sophomore han Burke at the same stage." In addition to a great store of football knowledge the coach pos sesses a pleasing disposition and a winning smile and here's hoping his stay at Carolina will be a long one. 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The game will probably develop ito a battle of offense, for Fur tan is reported to be vastly im roved from an offensive stand Dint over last years defense kinded squad which held the amecocks to a hard fought 7-0 .ore. Carolina's offense showed up FOOTBALl Whai South ( CovCRECT SCORES - WIN 1,000 PHILIP MORRIS C IGARETTES FIRST PRIZE ON YOUR CAMPUS Beautiful ,~ia Radio. Phonograph Console, High Fidelity AM and FM radio. Automatic 2. speed phonograph plays standard and long-play records; one full load. ing provides 4 hours of entertain meat. To grsa aasa~a grateua Cone.stat winning on me winning balloc. Boxes wil at Corntest Hesdquarter P for templete ceetest de tells-pws weekly pest lngs ef individuel winners ceelf t eeetest heed. Aee.L - FOR IH night At In Good Shap r Loss To Ba well against Baylor with sopho- aj mores John Boyle, and Steve ti Wadiak leading the way. 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