The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 17, 1950, Page Page Seven, Image 7
MORDECAI PERSKY, Sports Editor
Norma Bergman Rudy Thigpen
Ralph Gregory Bob Wallace
Bob Kederick
Gants
Chiche#a...
WITH MORDECAI PERSKY
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears for they
are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.
-Charles Dickens
From Great Expectations, Chapter 19
A Tragedy in Four Quarters
There were no drowning casualties among Carolina stu
dents returning from Charleston last weekend, but it was
only because, even in the depths of despair, they had the
foresight to roll down their automobile windows in order
that their tears might flow out with expedience. And even
so, rumor from down Battery way has it that a tidal wave
of immense proportions descended on the city about a half
hour after the game was over, and that the wave seemed to
come from, of all directions, inland.
It took a lot of time for the full impact of the Citadel loss
to get home to the Birds' bloodthirsty following that was
forced to leave, thirst still unquenched. The first time The
Citadel scored, there was only a forlorn conjecture as to
whether or not Carolina would lead at the quarter. The sec
ond time, emotions were loosened a bit more, and there were
mumbled assurances that this would so arouse the Game
cocks that, if need be, they would pound from goal to goal in
the second half with the combined speed of half a hundred
students leaving their teacherless classroom at ten minutes
after the hour.
No complaints, mind you, but when it comes to making
effective half-time speeches to a bunch of bewildered fa
vorites who find themselves in the rear at the two-quarter
mark, we are not yet ready to nickname Mr. Enright
"Knute." The Birds ran spiritedly back upon the field, em
barrassedly scored a touchdown after quite a tussle, and then
seemed to call a halt to their activities, in toto. When The
Citadel scored its last six-pointer in the last quarter on a
"sleeper" pass, the onlookers on the Garnet and Black side
of the field looked very tired and laughed an unfunny laugh.
They knew their boys had been liclsed by a gang that was
scheduled to lose by 40 points. They had come to see what
had been scheduled, and they stuck around two hours to see
it, but it never came off. In any other form of entertainment
they could have turned in their tickets for refunds, but now
all they could do was trudge wearily home.. Home to leers
from the lair of the Clemson man, and home to those painful
good-natured shouts of, "Don't you go to Carolina?" and,
"What happened to the Gamecocks?" both drawled forth in
the most sarcastic, spine-grating tones the interrggator can
muster. "War," said General Sherman, "is hell"- nd people
remember that quotation after a century's lapse. Losing to
The Citadel, we say, is double hell and a half, and we hope
the Gamecocks don't forget that before next time around,
because we're also gonna say, Wait till next year, and then
we're going to sit around and really sweat it out.
Alive and Kicking
At the risk of being branded Carolina partisans and Pen
land consorts, we are going to express our displeasure at the
frustration which confronted the Bird cheering section. It
is a short story: directly adjoining that cheering section are
the stands containing The Citadel cadets-every last military
one of 'em. As a general rule, they have anywhere from
very little to nothing to cheer about, and very few to no
occupants of the visitors' stands, so there is little conflict.
But last Saturday they grew quite vehement and towardl the
game's close they were getting in quite' a number of cap
tosses, a la Army. The effect on the visitors, who were
already affected no little by the pretty pass which theepro
ceedings had come to, was unnerving to say the least. Every
other student body we knowv of sits to itself on its own side,
and wvhen it has something to get gay about it gets gay
without bothering anybody. Why not The Citadel?
Up through this late stage of the season, The Citadel has
not gone into an intercollegiate tilt as the favorite, whereas
the Gamecocks had been favored in three previous games
and were heavily favored in this one. After the Bulldogs
scored their first touchdown, the Birds played under terrific
pressure, while the only pressure Citadel is ever called on
to endlure can be measured with a barometer. If Carolina
had won 19-7, it would have still been a moral victory for
the cadets. As she stood the implications were, and still are,
terrifying. There just ain't no justice!
There Certainly Isn't
And while we're being original, tomorrow our two pla
toons will clash with the North Carolina Tar Heels from
Chapel Hill, and there ain't no Justice there, either. Although
any optimism at this point may seem out of place, North
Carolina had a very trying afternoon here a year ago, even
when there was Justice, so Coach Carl Snavely may do well
not to dwell on last week's results. There is something about
the Enrightmen that is repelling to single-wing outfits, and
Mr. Snavely remembers a part of that something as a rough~
and ready young Ohio gentleman named Harry Jabbusch.
Harry will be back tomorrow with a gang of angry oni-the
bounce colleagues. Let us then look to the future and forget
about the past as best we can, even if it ain't easy.
Pep Rally
The Pep Club announces its pre-game rally at 6:30 o'clocx
tonight. Remember that the guys who got out there and
actually did the losing are no happier about it than those
who watched them. Let's go out there and give them a vote
of confidence, for they have been great before, and it's down
right un-Carolinian to desert them when they're down.
"Tears, Idle tears, I know not what they mean."
-Alfred Lord Tennyaon
Looking Ah4
And Co. To
Coach Frank Johnson took in
ventory of his basketball birds as
they went into their third week of
practice this Monday and found
that, if anything, his stock was
going up. The frame around
which this year's edifice of talent
is being built, otherwise known as
Jimmy Slaughter, has served no
tice to Gamecock opponents. lie
hasn't lost a bit of his scoring
technique and he has more help in
sight than was his last season.
During last year's campaign,
when USC finished fourth in con
ference standings, Slaughter had
the concentrated attentions of
most of the opposing defenses, who
let the other Gamecocks "fire at
will." However, this season along
with sharp-shooting guard Don
Cox, who scored 232 points his
sophomore year, Carolina has an
influx of junior college and rising
soph talent that will add to the
scoring punch.
Besides the Indiana hot-shots
guard George Clauson from South
Bend and Johnny Peterson, for
ward from Elkhart, the Birds have
been bolstered by guard Mickey
Best and forward Dwane Morrison,
two sharpshooters who led the
Campbellville, Ky., Teachers into
the national junior college tourna
ment, plus Walter Quinn, a na
tive of Inman, S. C., who starred
for Georgia Military College last
season.
These boys, along with Green
ville's Randy Coleman, forward,
who will be ineligible until next
semester begins, show signs of
forming the best Gamecock quintet
since the days of the celebrated
Tompkins brothers, who led the
school to the Eastern champion
ship in the early 1930's.
Reserve strength will be on the
upgrade this season, too, with
sophs W, A. Skelton, Bill Logoth
etis, Jack Mahaffey and Henry
ChuiLress ai, LU'wuiU, BU XUIIle'
backing-up Slaughter at center,
Biddies Seek Reve;
Night Set-To Agair
At Orangeburg Fa
By RALPH GREGORY
Revenge was the hopeful cry of
the Biddies as they went forth to
do battle with The Citadel Bull
pups last night. It was a case of
the little brother taking up lost
honor when they took the field at
Orangeburg in an effort to avenge
the varsity's loss and at the same
time their own of last year.
Eight native South Carolinians
were in the starting lineup for
Coach Frank Johnsoni's Baby Birds.
On the strength of their present
record and the great offensive
p)unch, the Biddies were favorites
by several touchdowvns. Quarter
back .Johnny Gramling and left end
Warren Clark, playing before a
home town crowdl, served as cap
tains for the Biddies, who were de
termined to prevent an upset such
as occurred last year.
Other natives in the starting
eleven were Billy Evans, a guard
from Darlington, center Robert
Brunson from Sumter, Clyde Ben
nett, an end from St. Matthews,
and backs Jeepers Jeffeoat of Co
lumbia, Jimmy Cox of Camden,
and Bobby Drawdy of Summer
ville. Rounding out the starters
are tackle Bobby Doan of Atlanta,
Ga., Steve Herezeg, guard from
South Bend, Ind., andl tackle D)ick
Kohlhagen from Rockford, Ill.
Coach Frank Johnson's likely
choices of substitutes from his tal
ented bench included backs Gene
Wilson of Fayetteville, N. C., Bob
Korn of Wheeling, W. Va., and
defensive ace Don Songer of Mel
vindale, Mich.
The Biddies one remaining game
is on November 23 at Winston
Salem, N. C., wvhere they take oni
the Wake Forest Freshmen.
With tkis .wealta of material
ready to enter varsity competition
the students and backers of the
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ad: Jim
Be Better
Reynolds Tops
Mr. TD Contest
Although he failed to score
against Citadel, Stout Steve Wad
ink still has an outside chance to
become "Mr. Touchdown, U. S. A."
This title, going to the nation's
leading inlividual touchdown pro
ducer, could bring Steve a deluxe
model RCA television set as well
as a great deal of honor and pub
licity. The contest is being spon
sored by RCA Victor in advertis
ing their latest record release by
Hugo Winterhalter, "Mr. Touch
dow,n, U. S. A."
Wadiak has six touchdowns up
to the pitesent time while Bob
Reynolds of Nebraska leads the
nation with 15.
The top 20 scoring leaders of
the 119 major colleges through
November 5 are listed below.
Bob Reynolds, Nebraska; Eddie
Talboom, W y o m i n g; Wilford
White, Arizona State (Tempe);
John Bright, I)rake; Bob Smith,
Texas A & M; Merwin Hodel, Col
orado; John Turco, Holy Cross;
Everett C r a n d e l i u s, Michigan
State.
Also Ollie Matson, San Fran
cisco; Al Pollard, Army; Wade
Stinson, Kansas; Pete Schabarum,
California; Frank Smith, Miami
(Fla.); Byron Townsend, Texas;
Kyle Rote, Southern Methodist
University; Bucky Curtis, Vander
bilt; .Jim Garrett, Utah State.
Many players tied for 48 points
each.
200,000 SEE TAR IIEELS PLAY
Chapel Hill, N. C., Nov. 17-A
total of 211,930 people have paid
their way to see North Carolina's
Tar heels perform this season.
an1d Spec C i ner aniid .John L.ai
torre at guards.
ge i Thusday =
111 Jl nul i ua J
tst Bullpups
irgrounds
Gamecocks can have some assur
ance when the' raise the time
honored cry, "Vait 'til next year."
BOB-SING
ALONG
THE AIRWAVES WITH
BOB: Judy G.arland! You're a sight
for oe eyes!
BING,: Well, I'mn here' too.
BOB: I kniow, you gave moe thet soreQ
flING: You're the' one on tilevi ion..
giving everygone erraotic orbs.
BOB:) Don' lie bit ter. noh t imert'. Y iu'll
get into that niew~ medium yet. Tlhey 're
waiting for the wide scee'n. The
you'll madke it.
* * *
BOB: I'm, ('hesterifield's fi -hiredj,i
&oaire'd; G;od|reyi is red-ha iredi; then
there',s fling.
* * *
BlING: < to Boh) H ave you taken a
good look att yourself lately ? It's get
tigfatter than you think.
* * *
BOB1: ( to fling oni a bit of floipe. tart
ing ) I Ithouighit I did thait very teell.
.llili have gotten Os'cars for less..
I)idln't yiou?
* * *
BING: (to Bob') I have always been
of the opinion that you were never
eqluiplpeid for any radio work moire
dlemning than choppiing liver oni the
Chicago Round Table.
* * *
BOB: Piooitlill season. Thaot's a spjoits
termn meanfing,. "I can't make a touch
do ien, 'oaichI. .Iljy driaft bioard's taaiting
int the endi :ne."
Enjoy h and ling on radio: Blob
every Tu'esdauy ntight on N BC and
Hing e'vers Wedneosday night on ('1S.
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"Jeepers" Jeffcoat is the man who
has the countryside astir with
dreams of the future. This star
Iliddie scatback runs in a manner
that reminds observers of Justice
in the pink. A native Columbian,
he starred for Olympia High.
chesterfield
Contest
Last week nobody even picked a
winner, much less a reasonable
facsimile of the score, so according.
to the rules of the game, we can't
give away our (arton of Chester
fields.
It will go, this week, however, to
the man whose USC-UNC score,
written on the back of a Chester
field wrapper, is nearest to right.
The scores should arrive in the I
Saturday morning mail in time for
official inspection before game
time. Address all entries to Game
cock Sports, Box 79, Campus Mail.
Be suPe to include your own box
number so that you can get your
reward without delay.
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Chapel Hill, N. C.-Competition
is still keen on the University of
North Carolina football squad for
the big berths left vacant by the
departure of All-Americans Char
lie Justice and Art Weiner.
Neither the tailback nor left end
slots, in which the talented above
mentioned operatives provided the
team's big punch last season, have
been definitely filled.
1)ick Bunting, who was so sharp
aga*inst Notre Dame last fall, is
heir apparent to the Justice job,
but Bud Wallace, a big and fast
sophomore has also been cast in
the role and has looked impressive.
Wallace, all along regarded as
one of the "Golden Boy" sopho
mores on the squad, was used in
L'arlier practices at blocking back.
Coach Carl Snavely, seeking to
speed up a backfield that has been
too sluggish, shifted Wallace to
add both swiftness and power to
the attack. Bunting, one of the
squad's best hustlers and most
earnest workmen, is always sure
of a spot with the lefensive com
bination.
Wallace, who lives at Kinston,
weighs 195 pounds and is both
fast and strong. North Carolina
has not had a tailback of his stripe
in a long time. The great .Justice
was light and most of North Caro
lina's ball carriers have been small
men.
Ernie Liberati, another sopho
more, earlier served notice as a
challenger for the job and is still
scrapping hard for it. Both Bunt
ing and Wallace, however, are
ahead of him at this writing. In
cidentally, Wallace is down for a
defensive post if he is used spar
ingly on offense.
C. C. White, a rangy 190
pounder from Victoria, Va., who
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as Plenty
kackfield
was ineligible last year, at present
is number one at offensive left end.
It is still not known what he can
do under fire, but he has been
looking able as a pass catcher and
is one of the squad's fastest run
ners.
Benny Walser, lighter at 175
but agile and a good competitor,
has been alternating with White.
His blocking has been better in
most workouts and he is listed as
a strong contender. Bill O'Brien
and Bill Ellington, the latter a
sophomore, are others working
hard to look a little like the great
Weiner.
Tom Higgins apparently has the
starting offensive right end job
nailed down. He is a handsome
sophomore prospect, 6-2 and 207
pounds, from Newark, N. .1.,
Weiner's home town.
Steve Is Still
In Thick Of SC
Scoring Race
Steve Wadiak, although he
gained 96 yards in 17 carries in
the Citadel game, or nearly 75 per
cent of his team's total rushing
yardage, failed to chalk up a tally,
and remained at a standstill in
the scoring column. While Steve
was motionless, Fred Cone scored
two touchdowns and an extra
point, and Ed Jasonek scored one
touchdown. As a result these two
hold down the first two positions
in the state race, while Wadiak is
tied with .Jackie Calvert of Clem
son and Bob McLellan of Wofford
with 36 total points scored, all on
touchdowns.
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