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RALPH G*EGQBY, Sport. Edito tuiak 'IVight Mike Lof 1or Irv I r Philip Moody Bl Lieen RALPH GREGORY: HI Sport If you think the Gamecocks have a pushover in The Citadel tomorrow night, you had better take another quick look. This is the same team that refused to roll over and play dead last year. Almost the entire team returns with the added advantage of experience. Last year the Carolina team journeyed to Charleston where they were supposed to take.the Cadets by a margin of 85 to 60 points,. provided whether they played the third or fourth team. You probably know the sad results. The Bulldogs were fired up and capitalized on a lethargic Gamecock's first half errors to win 19-7. They blocked two punts and turned them both into touchdowns. They effectively held the Birds any .time they were threatening. The Gamecocks opened their season last Saturday with a disgusting display of something vaguely resembling football. Duke passed the team silly with every type of pass play in the books. The only time they didn't complete a pass was when the Duke end dropped the ball. Citadel has one of the best passers in the state in quarter back Buddy Friedlin. In last week's loss to the University of Florida Friedlin completed eight passes in a steady rain that had the field soaked. The 27-7 score would seem to make the Bulldogs look pretty weak but the whole story of the game isn't told in that score. The Citadel held Florida on even terms until an attempted field goal turned into a 75-yard touchdown for the Gators. That broke the ice and the Floridians quickly clinched the game. There wasn't anything good to be said about the Birds in their tussle with Duke. Within six minutes of the kickoff Duke had scored, thanks to a Gamecock fumble. Throughout the afternoon the Birds were bobbling the ball and con tinually losing it to the hard charging Blue Devil line. The absolute lack of blocking was a little nauseating. To watch a great runner like Wadiak snowed under by any num- b ber of Duke tacklers before he could get past the scrimmage C was painful to say the least. When a team lacks the funda mentals of football, such as blocking, there's not much hope of them ever beating Duke. We're taking for granted that it was an off day. Here's hoping the Birds come back this weekend and smother the invaders from the coast. But as we said before, these boys are no pushover. It'll take some pretty good football to beat them. PROGNOSTICATIN' SEAMAN This week we're presenting a new member of the sport staff, Murray Seaman, who is beginning a different kind of sports feature. For the balance of the football season Murray will be going out on a limb each week to pull a Gamecock version of Fearless Fraley. Each issue will carry Murray's predictions on the top games around the nation for that week. Most of the games will be of interest to local fans. His weekly series will not feature the Gamecocks. DRAWDY SHOWS DUKE Bobby Drawdy lived up to his pre-season rating against Duke Saturday. He was about the only Carolina back who was able to gain consistently and scored the only Gamecock touchdown when he dashed 42 yards through the entire Duke team. In all Drawdy ran the ball six times picking up a total of 74 yards for an average of 12.3 yards per carry. Bobby is also a valuable defensive man and to prove his versatility will probably be used on defense this week as a linebacker. JUST CHECKIN' . . Since 1944 the Gamecocks have scored two touchdowns against Duke while the Blue Devils have pushed across 24. The total points for Duke are 181 and for Carolina 18. .. . An encouraging factor in Carolina's openng loss to Duke was the end play of Bob "Moose" Kahle, who was slowed by a leg injury last year. The Blue Devils weren't able to gain much around Kahle's end any time during the afternoon. .. . Steve Wadiak was slowed considerably on scrimmage play by a strong Duke defense and inadequate blocking by his teammates but he set up the lone USC touchdown with a brilliant 51-yard kickoff return. . .. Roddy Robbins, fresh man from Greenville who was called on at the last minute to become the Bird punter, made the jump to college ball pretty well against Duke. Robbins kicked five times and averaged 88.6 yards per try, despite one out-of-bounds kick that netted but 15 yards. . .. Larry Smith received a leg injury in the opener Saturday and will likely miss the Citadel fracas. He will be replaced by Harry Jabbusch on offense.. BIrds Seaman's ( By' MURRAY SEAMAN King football is with us again, and The Gamecock, to keep up with other worthy papers is going into the business of predicting the win ners of each week's outstanding games. Since I weigh only 180 dripping wet, I have been chosen to crawl out on the limb and do the prog nosticating. And a mighty slim limb it promises to be. With the campaign only one week old there is already one major upset in the books, Georgia Tech's win over Southern Methodist. One prediction I feel safe in making is that the day of the undefeated team is drawing to a close. With the continued use of the platoon sys tem and increased efforts at re cruiting star players, more teams will be on a par. For obvious reasons, none of Carolina's brawls will appear in this column. However, for inter est's sake, each week I will Include past and future Gamecock op ponents. Most of the nation's squads saw action last Saturday and tomorrow such other name teams as Tennes see, Notre Dame, and questi.Qn mark Army will be unleashed to begin their bids for headlines and bowl bids. Here is how the old crystal ball sees tomorrow's major grid battles. Clemson over Rice-Our chief nemesis gets the nod due to more experience. Duke over Pittsburgh-Too much Barger and Earon. West Va. over Furman-The 'Iountaineers too rugged for th 3amecocks' next week foes. Virginia over G. Washington 3o moi-e Papit .but plenty of re lacements for him. North Carolina over Georgia 'he old master Snavely has enough oys for two teams. But watch anny Wally Butts. Maryland over W. & Lee Lnother case of too much - both n numbers and ability. STURDY! Golden Scotch Grain Wing Tip. Stormwelt. Guess where 1 Scotch Grain c Manm It came froi a book abc Mansfield! Young ni .j~ft~Pwarm, meli O. rain. The: S the rugged upper. And 1ool ing sole -t ) weather! HOPE:D MAIN A 4*eet Cii rystal Ball N. 0. State over Wake Forest So I missed one. Kentucky over Miss.-The Wild cats to roar back from last week's defeat. Miami over Tulane--The Hurri cane whipped Ft. Jackson-nuff said. Tennessee over Miss. State-The Vols picked to be No. 1 nationally. Alabama over LSU-LSU finally ran out of Van Buren's. Villanova over Army-Cadets still no pushover but the Wildcats have been pointing for this for three years. California over Penn. - Cal traveled too far to lose. Princeton over Columbia-Kas maier to take up where he left off last year. N. Dame over Indiana-Trust Leahy to come back strong. Michigan State over Michigan Should be a real thriller. Ohio State over SMU-Janowica up to his old tricks again. Texas over Purdue-Promises to be another close one. Texas A. & M. over Texas Tech -Bob Smith to set any records he missed last year. Navy over Yale-The same back field that beat Army. Gamecocks Use Ten Freshmen Due to the pressing war condi tions in Korea the Southern Con ference declared that freshmen would be allowed to participate in varsity sports. With this in mind the university coaching staff has chosen ten freshmen to positions on the varsity football squad. Perhaps the most outstanding of the "rat" members of the Game cock roster is George Giovanos, from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, who is presently holding down one of the first -string defensive guard posts. Giovanos played a bang up game last Saturday and figured in n any tackles throughout the entire mcounter. Other frosh are: Gayle Kerr, >ack; Norris Mullis, back; Roddy Robbins, back (Robbina did thR shis handsome ame from? n the people who can write 'ut styling Scotch Grain - ien vote "YES!" for the ow colors of this Golden vote "DOUBLE Yes!" for comfort in that plump at that hefty, long-wear bat special welt to seal out AVIS Co. LT LAnY adel T Gamecocks SeeJ Rely On Friedli The Gamecocks, still smarting from a 84-6 lacing handed them by Duke's Blue Devils, face the Citadel Bulldogs tomorrow night at Carolina Stadium. The Gamecocks will be out to avenge last year's stunning 19-7 upset handed them by this same Citadel team. Last year's win by the Bulldogs was the first over a Carolina team in 24 years. The Citadel, under Coach Quinn Decker, has many of the same boys who sprang the upset of the South ern Conference last year back for another season. The 1951 edition of the Bulldogs is expected to be just as strong on defense as last year and even better on offense. Quarterback Buddy Friedlin may be the key to the whole offensive picture. He is the passer and ball handler in the "T" as taught by Decker. Other offensive stars are paced by John Mamjek, the top runner of the squad. Rounding out the punting Saturday with an average of 37 yards); Emmett Dietz, back; Leon Cunningham, center; Gene Kopec, tackle; J o h n McClain, tackle; Frank Auten, tackle (he also saw a lot of duty against Duke); and Marion Lee, end (Lee filled in for "Lip" Latorre quite a bit at defensive end this past Saturday). NE Thenj smo0Kini NO i HI means M [rnmorrOi k ToAvenge195( n, Mamajek Foi running attack are Rudy Wilcox, Leonard Smith and Curtis Bose man. Captain Sam Rubino, a 20 pound center, is the leader of a rugged Citadel line. Rubino is the lad who paved the way for the downfall of the Gamecocks last year by blocking two punts. Norman Clyne and Bob McGinn are the tackles with Al Malacarne, Joe Bost and Amos Fox fighting for the guard posts. Dick Zelinski, shifted from quarterback, is the leading end for the Bulldogs. The Citadel opened against Flor ida last week by losing to Florida 27-7. The Gamecocks still remember the humiliating upset handed them by the boys from the port city last year and are determined to do something about it. In absorbing their worst beating since 1949 the Gamecocks looked woefully weak against the Duke eleven. Lack of blocking and an adequate passing attack proved the glaring weakness of the Enright men in their opener. Inability to hold the ball didn't help matters any. Steve Wadiak, the Gamecock All America candidate, couldn't get started behind the weak blocking Cornell A FLOWERS FOR I Corsagesc Phone 3Yc IAL 9 'Ire DNi o PHILIP! ...because Pi definitely h definitely mj other ieac PROVE I ...start enjoyli CIGARI LNGOV ORE SMOKING I 'HIL IPH P Upset; Bulldog PassingAtac_ he was given against "the 81 Devils and totaled only 26 rushing in 18 carries. Coach Rex Enright has stressing blocking and pass de f, all week long and the Birds sure to improve these two nessee of their opener. - The Gamecocks will be slig favored over the Cadets because o their great offensive backfield. 3 Korn may start at fullback so th' Bobby Drawdy can be used as linebacker on defense. The only change from last week lineup is likely to be at cent where Harry Jabbusch will play 11 place of Larry Smith, who was i%.' jured in the first half' agah Duke. Game time is 8 p. m. 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