The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 28, 1951, Page Page Eight, Image 8
RALPH G*EGQBY, Sport. Edito
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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
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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
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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.
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N. 0. State over Wake Forest
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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
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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).
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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
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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
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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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