The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 11, 1949, Page Page Seven, Image 7
Lloyd Huntington, Sports Editor
Jimmy Howle Dick Du..p
Al Gibert -ick Duap
Tom Price Bill Kaufman
Fowl, Or Fair
by Lloyd Huntington
THE PASSING OF SIR JOHN
There came a Brooklyn Cavalier, A magic arm they said,
He owned, that oft had dropped on the field of joust
The bittered enemy that sought to invade these walls.
One year passed and this knight was praised by every tongue,
Fortune and fame, and loud acclaim, followed from every
lung.
Sir John, they said, why is it so, that on these very fields,
You knock over the hated Tiger and allow us not to yield.
When we would yield our glory, our fame, for honor alone?
Sir John then boldly told us all as there we sat relaxed,
Wond'ring at his wisdom and braver'y, My friends there is
No honor without victory. No fame unless we win.
No reward unless we strive, No heaven for an end.
Time went on and Sir John grew each passing day a myth,
Until there was none in all the state,
As well known as him. September came and went and October
Burst upon us in full swing, still we waited for Sir John
To make his mark upon the enemy. Sometimes he lief would
Fire a shot and then retire, but never did he fight full fight
To protect us against the Wolves and Tigers and Bears that
Invaded our fields and chewed up our chickens. Then the king
Becoming angered one day called Sir John aside and
whispering
To him said, "John, old boy, you can never know the full
health
Of winning the good fight. Your days are done ere they yet
started,
Go and come not back for we here must turn our minds and
hearts
To bigger things than petty grIevances and puny tempers
That flare when the fight is big and we are losing,
For we are noble men and we tolerate no ignoble acts."
Sir John then bowed and practically speechless he turned,
Saluted and walkWd away, Without speaking until we
wondered
If suddenly without our knowing he had lost the use of
His vocal cords and would henceforth spend his days
In muted silence. But later on before Sir John had horsed
He talked again with the King, saying, I would have given
My life to please you but so are men natured. I talked
And acted like a true knight but deep within I was the
Kitchen knave after all who came here in disguise, And now
I go.
Then Sir John jumbed into his saddle and without more ado
Rode away beyond the forest, beyond the country into
Another world where knaves such as he had called himself
Were in abundance. And we here worried at his passing,
Reviewed in the lonely hours his exploits which could
Have been so great perhaps in the years to come, for he
Had showed that he possessed the good qualities in abundance
From which good knights are made. But the King was
Unrelenting in his attitude and said, "We. have no
Place for ignoble acts and no place whatsoever for
Sir John, who having shown his cowardice must go and stay
Gone." But we weeping at these wvords considered that even a
King can be wrong and sometimes hasty. And we thought
of the
Things which Sir John,had done and reached the end,
And thought unto ourselves that the good, Sir John might be
More of a knight than the King himself. For we looked into
The future and could foresee only the crying need for a
Champion to protect our Chickens in the long cold winters
Ahead. And thought, Sir John is more champion than the
King.
Sorry Condition Of Fields
Cause Football Injuries
By HARRY BRYSON wihnahotwieferheal
Melton and Davis fields, the two tr eisadte r akt
practice fields used by athleticthiorgnlcdtonnasot
teams, are noted for their poortie
physical condition and have long Thsyatooldwnheig
been criticized for this. This con- rt flgijre asdb h
dition can not be helped as the twofilthtrnngsafotefot
fields are the only sites available bl qa a ruh bu
for outdoor sports which take place cag ntepeeseupet
on the campus and also for a great Teodsyepitdcet
many of the high school gameswhctebosfrrluedav
which have no other place to bebenrpadbyolgcetsuh
held,.swr sdmnyyasao h
/With so many people on the fieldadntginhiishttenw
the year around the thin covering tp fcet ontdgit h
of grass has little or no chance togoudsdepyathpind
gain any headway towards an am-onsadtefreontdsry
ple covering for the field. Eachthtuf
year there are many ankle and Te lordc h agro
knee injuries mainly caused by the teby etn hi etcuh
borry condition of the fields. Late i h ruda ootnhpee
in the season the fields become bfr n hnhvn eiu
bumpy and uneven with dangerousinuyourwethysaedo
holes in them'caused by the lack rno u n rsueo h
of grass. lg hshspi f ofra
During the summer months thethnubroijresasnl
fields are worked over very care- be rcino h atrt
fully to develop a strong stand of we h l laswr en
grassrbtt thiseusuallyidisappearsbused.
Gamecock Line
Owes Strength
To Coaching
By. DICK DUNLAP
In the pro-season prospectus it
was of general opinion that the
Gamecocks would be weak through
the middle of their line. Much ex
perience had been lost by grad
uation and in addition, Red Harri
son, one of the best linebackers in
the country, played his last year
under the Garnet and Black.
However, since the opening of
the campaign, Carolina's forward
wall has been one of the staunch
departments in an otherwise dull
season. As it turned out, passing
has been the thorn in the side of
the Birds all year.
Credit for developing those
charges, that have pft a crimp in
some good opponent's averages,
must in great part go to Hank
Bartos and Weems Baskin, the
Gamecock line coaches.
Bartos, who used to play a bet.
ter than average tackle at North
Carolina, came to Columbia in
1946, after a turn at professional
ball with the Washington Redskins
and line coaching at Wake Forest
under Peahead Walker. He believes
in hard work and makes sure
there's plenty of it out on Melton
field.
Perhaps a little less ferocious is
Weems Baskin, who came out of
private business to add his skill
to the Gamecock task. Baskin
comes out of Auburn, where he was
one of their outstanding linemen.
He also doubles as Carolina's track
coach, and it is this sport for
which he is best known. He set a
world's record in the 60-yard high
hurdles and traveled to Germany
under the United States colors in
the 1936 World Olympics. Baskin
formerly coached at Auburn, after
which he accepted a position as
head track coach and football
coach at the University of Georgia.
WAA Basketball
Starts This Week
In Field House
The women athletes swifig intc
action this week as the Women'E
Athletic Association begins basket.
ball practices.
Practices will be divided int<
two groups, one consisting of fresh.
men and sophomores and the othei
juniors and seniors.
The freshmen and sophomoret
will practice each Monday anc
Wednesday with the juniors anc
seniors practicing on Tuesday anc
Thursday.
All practices will begin at 7 p
m. in the field house and will lasi
about an hour.
Playoffs will be held betweer
the classes at the end of the prac.
tice periods to determine the WAA
campus champion.
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Seven Carolina
Students Play
For B-C Stars
Four former Carolina football
players and three present students
hold down key spots in the strong
semi-pro Brookland-Cayce All.
Stars lineup.
Ed Dew, guard; Jake Land,
tackle; Ernie Hartman, tackle and
Frank Beckham,, guard are im.
portant cogs in the 'Stars' forward
wall. All are fo mer Gamecoci
varsity players. Dew and Lani
played last year.
End Dick Marelli, wingbacki
Bob Solomons and Tom Mace ar4
now enrolled iat the university.
The B-C team clinched the first
half league championship Saturda3
night with a convincing 25-0 wir
over the Augusta Rockets. The]
are also the 1948 champions. Land
Dew and Marelli will probably b4
in the starting lineup when the All.
Stars meet the Florence WhitA
Flashes Saturday night on the B-(
high school field at 8:15 p. m.
Dew was rated as one of Caro
lina's best defensive guards in 1941
by Coach Rex Enright. Land, ii
addition to being a top-flighi
tackle, played the centeg and guarc
positions when the Gamecocks wero
riddled with injuries the sam4
year.
These Carolina men had a chanco
for partial revenge two weeks ag<
when they defeated Gaffney's Bij
Chiefs. The Chiefs lineup include<
Oscar Thompson, Ray Clanton an<
Jack Miller of Clemson's 1941
Gator Bowl team which whippec
the Gamecocks, 13-7.
Tickets Cost
$1.20 To Tech
Game Nov. 19
Dick Anderson, manager of th4
ticket office, says that plenty o:
tickets are still available for th4
Carolina-Georgia Tech footbal
game to be played in Atlanta ot
Saturday, Nov. 19. The price o:
these student tickets is $1.20. The!
are located on the five-yard line
Students who plan to attend theso
games are urged to secure theii
tickets well in advance.
Tickets to the Carolina-Wak<
Forest game, the last home gam
by the varsity team this season
are also available.
Ready Turns Cages
Frank Johnson, varsity basket
ball coach, has announced tha
Roger Ready, center on the footbal
squad would no longer be out fo
the gridiron game following thi
week when he will report for th
pre-season practice session of th
basketballers. Roger is expected t
be of some aid to the Carolini
team's predicament of having eac1
team they play have a three t<
four inch height advantage ove
them. Roger is a mere five fee
seventeen inches tall in his sock
with his knees slightly bent.
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chartered bus are asked to contact
John Lagothetis in room 314 Maxcy
or by campus mail in box 2411.
The game is to be played Nov.
19 at Georgia Tech, and as in sev
eral previous games, an effort is
being made to make it possible for
more Carolina students to follow
the team to out of town games.
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Dick Anders
"I wish to thank the students of
Carolina for working out a sensible
seating arrangement for the var
sity football games and making it
work," said Dick Anderson, man
ager of the ticket office.
"There really was a problem in
seating students at these games,
and this new arrangement has
worked because of hard work and
very admirable cooperation on the
part of the student body. This new
arrangement works so that the
most students get the most good
from it," Mr. Anderson continued.
"The behavior of the students at
these games has been wonderful.
In my eleven years at the Univer
sity, I have seen nothing to equal
it. So far it has been almost a
perfect year in this respect. I
would also like to offer my deep
est appreciation for the good job
done by the Kappa Sigma Kappa
boys in helping students find their
seats.
"We have been contacted by
numerous other colleges who have
seating troubles who wish to study
our new system."
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Constant Stream
Of Athletes Here
Coach Rex Enright almost land
ed the fabulous Charlie "Choo
Choo" Justice but in failing to get
Justice he did bring quite a few
more boys from the mountain city
while he was there. Since Enright
came back to Carolina after the
war there has been a steady flow
of athletes from Asheville, home
of Justice. At the present time
there are six on the football squad
and one who will go out for the
basketball team.
On the football team are Bob
Cline, Gus Allen, Jack Mitchell,
Harry Bryson, Bob Dockery, and
Jim Pinkerton from nearby Cand
ler, while Graham Price will be on
the basketball squad.
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