Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MORDECAI PERSKY, Sports Editor Norma Bergman Rudy Thigpen Ralph Gregory Bob Wallace Bob Kederick James B. Sims C/giche#sS ... WITH MORDECAI PERSKY -------------------------------------- The Sun Rose At Night All through the first half the Biddies were stymied. Their offense was sluggish and their defense was the same. At halftime they looked like good bets to repeat the performance of their varsity brothers and their 7-6 lead looked v'ry small indeed. When the Baby Birds came back on the field after inter mission they looked like the same club that had just left, but they didn't act like it. For the first time that night they began performing as though they really did have vengeance on their minds, and it wasn't long before they had it on the scoreboard. The Bullpup ground game rolled off the Biddie wall like plaster off a dormitory ceiling, while Biddie backs reeled off tremendous gains on almost every play. The Cita del linemen were bewildered. Cox went around them, Jeff coat went through them, Wilson and Drawdy took them along for laughs, and Gramling and Gleichman flipped aerials over their heads. It was not hard for even the most disinterested onlooker to note that the Gamecock sun was ascending. For the first time in many years the University had harvested the cream of this state's high school football crop, and it began to seem that the harvest would, for once, be as rich as it was cracked up to be. Can't Win For Losing Carl Snavely's Tar Heels took the Gamecocks by one touchdown last Saturday, but they had to put the one-two punch out of commission to do it. Both Bouncing Bishop and Startling Stephen sat out goodly portions of the game with Tar Heel-inflicted wounds, and that may very well have been the difference. At any rate, it was not the club. that lost to The Citadel a week before. It was a spirited crew, and although there may have been a boner here and there, South Carolina lost a football game while playing football, and there is a great deal to be said for that. Bright and Cheery Perhaps the brightest feature of the entire Carolina panorama is the student spirit as displayed on the eve of the game at the Pep Club's rally in the Field House. Better still, perhaps, as it was displayed out of the Field House. The band, parading before a few hundred really enthusiastic faithful who happily yelled their lungs out for their Game cocks, went down Sumter to Washington Street, then came back down Main to rally again on the Capitol steps, just as they do on the eve of Big Thursday before burning old Clem Tiger. All this to show their Gamecocks that, win or lose, they remained their Gamecocks. Throughout the game the faithful kept supporting the Birds to the hilt, and we believe that they will continue to do so through the Wake Forest finale. * The Last One Is A Big One J In the form of Wake Forest a major gridiron power coes once again to Carolina Stadium. The Deacons rank second in the nation on rushing defense, and they know that is a hard rank to hang on to while facing the ground--gaining machine that the Enrightmen have kept rolling consistently, regardless of wvhich end of the score they eventually arriv'ed at. Thle end of football season is at hand, and there is no boW4 talk at Carolina. Instead, there is that which inev itably -re'ph as Iowl talk, and that is Enright talk. With sincere-apologies to Sidney Lanier, who would be ini great danger of capsizing his coffin if he saw what we have done to his "Song of the Chattahoochee," we present at little something of our own. Song Of A Coach Wetting the whistle of Wallace Wade, Denting the dentals of D)odd, I had no pain from the Hurricane, Taught the Tigers to fear their God; Meeting with Davis, I came back sane, Making George Washington get down and lie, And even came off from Marquette with a tie Ere allowing each gain to flow down the drain Long after we'd played with Wallace Wade, Long after we trod upon Dodd I barely remembered we'd played with Wade, Or that we had trod upon Dodd, And the writers said I'd be better off dead, D)ead and buried and under the sod, Than alive and reading their stories instead For it made me think that my life was at stake, Just seeing what people were writing to Jake; And I ached in the head as I lay in my bed Wond'ring if such ever happened to Wade, Or occurred to the squad of Bob Dodd I forgot the fortunes of Wallace Wade, I forgot the fame of Bob D)odd, For my ownl team's spirit was rising again, Rising while students hurrahed; And I saw that it all hadn't gone dlown the drain, For although the Tar Heels have left us astern With a wobbly win that they sweated to earn, Some pride we'll regain if the Deacons are slain, Without any aid from old Wallace Wade, Without- ny prodding. from nDodd! Birds, Sportsquiz George Ratterman of the New York football Yankees was the sub ject of last week's nameless de scription, and for the second con secutive week C. Kareggeannes and W. F. Wilson got in their answers promptly enough to rate having their names tossed into a hat, along with that of E. N. Brandon. The name drawn was C. Kareg geannes, and he is already to hand of his duo of ducats to the Caro lina theatre. A few others knew the right answer, but were a little slower in answering. Still others, by far the majority, thought Frank Tripucka was the man, but al though it is true that Tripucka played behind Johnny Lujack, the rest of the description does not fit him. This week we don't expect quite so many answers, for the mystery man is not quite so well known. One reason is that he is a lineman, in fact, he is a tackle. He is big enough to be seen at 245 pounds, and the six foot four, thirty-one year old ex-Alabama star is seen plenty by the opposition. The mammoth Kentuckian went to high school at Manual High of Louisville, and has always been a left tackle - he never has played in the right-hand slot. He plays mostly on defense, but he is a demon on offense as well. He was sold to his present club by the Washington Redskins, who got him straight from Alabama. Name the club and the man and your own name and address and drop it in the Campus Mail slot ad dressed to Gamecock Sports. Be right and be quick, and two tickets to the comfortable Carolina Theatre will be u A 1 MIL 1" 0BACC PN YE...o YES.in... on Saroma. Prove Now smo and they Ieave Wakes By RUDY THIGPEN Carolina's Gamecocks will meet the Deacon Demons from Wake Forest Saturday afternoon at Caro lina stadium. Kick-off time is 2 p. m. This is the twenty-third meeting of these two schools and should be a thriller if last year's game can serve as an index. Wake Forest comes into this game after a disappointing tie last week with underdog N. C. State. The final score was 6 to 6. But Carolina will be gunning for a win in this season's final, after a defeat last week at the hands of North Carolina's Tar Heels. The Deacs had better luck with the Tar Heels, defeating them 13 to 7 in their meeting earlier this season. Wake Forest has only one defeat and two ties so far, boast ing wins over such schools as Duke, George Washington, and Richmond as well as North Carolina. The Clemson Tigers were the only ones to upset their applecart and then by only one point, 13 to 12. Carolina, however, stopped the Clemsonites with a powerful defen sive line and a man named Wadiak. The Gamecocks' 14 to 14 tie with the Tigers was better than any team has been able to do this season. Pasky, who stole last year's show with his pass interceptions, will probably not be able to go for the Gamecocks. Steve Wadiak, left halfback and All-American candi date, will probably be slowed down Students! For the and Food, i COLLEG COMPARE Breakf i - te I (Meat and Vegel Steaks, .75 p-Sand Co plete Foui Special A La Serving Carolina Stud 1015 Sumter IOTOGRAPNS TAKEN ON CAMPUS THE TOBAC BlESS TES S TH AT SMELL ILDE pare Chest&iGeld with men a pack ... smell th: - tobaccos that smell mi ke Chesterfields.- they NO UNPLEASANT A F3 E d Se by a bruised hip suffered in the North Carolina game. Bouncing Bish Strickland is another who has been on the injured list after ,be ing shaken up in the Tar Heel fracas. He is expected to be able to go, however, in this, his last game for the Gamecocks. Wake Forest will feature two brilliant seniors in Carroll Black erby, quarterback, and Jim Stan ton, left tackle. Stanton, a 225-pound, 6-4 left tackle, will be remembered from last year's game when he was the defensive standout for the Deacons. Blackerby, a 165-pounder from Bes semer, Ala., is a dependable passer and an excellent field captain. He for Shoes thdt look like new .0 VISIT ROBERTS SHO REP IRING S R Shoe cessories L er Goods * * * Across From CALDWELL'S 1319 Sumter St. Best in Service isit the E SHOP UR PRICES -.30 Up unch ables) - .50 Up wiches of All Types itain Service Carte Orders ents For 25 Years Genuine Home Atmosphere SMELLJi BROWERS' OUR6ELF... R SMO( MILDER" the bran ,you've bec at milder dhiesterfiekc ider smoke milder. do smoke milder, ERR.TA AS&R ason S has been splitting the quarterback ing duties with Dickie Davis this season. Davis is Coach Walker's ace-in the-hole. It was he who threw the touchdown pass in the closing min utes of the Clemson game and nearly tied the score. He is always dependable when the Deacs are hurting for points and is a smooth We invite charge accoun rr . '" i HandsomI type expe filled engr Sterling si link slerlin bracelet. I KINGS ii 1625 Mai Samrnsonite Po-o iturday ball handler as well as a passe He is the lighteat man on the squad, weighing only 145. Two other regulars in the back. field are fullback Bill Miller, and halfback Nub Smith. Miller is a line smasher and one of the hard. est men on the squad to stop. Smith is an ace at end sweeps and a excellent broken field runner. is. No charge for credit. identification bracelet. Watch nsion band. Gold oving plate. $12.50 Iver identification bond with flat g silver chain 'riced at. $7.50 WELERS n Street Luggage LOUISE SANFORD AUBURN '51