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RALPH GREGORY, Spore #kor Mik Lovejoy Irv Llskov 51 gt Murry Seaman &A! GREGORY: Hi, Sport! At the beginning of this football season coaches and sportswriters made the observation that Carolina's success would depend largely on the manner in which freshmen and sophomores aided in plugging the gaps left by graduation. Saturday's loss to George Washington proved this point to be painfully accurate. When a youngster with only high school or freshman ex perience enters a varsity game he is, naturally, nervous and likely to gum up the works until he becomes accustomed, to the action. An inexperieced ball player is apt to be great one week-end and an absolute goon the next. That has been the case with several of the newcomers to the Gamecocks. The Birds have been helped tremendously by some of the fresh men and former Biddies. Yet at other times they have been pitifully hampered by the work of a non-veteran. From here to the end of the season the Gamecocks have a rough road to travel, the obstacles being West Virginia, Vir ginia and Wake Forest, in that order. It doesn't take a great genius to figure that we could very easily drop all these re maining games. All three teams have terrific lines, rating high in rushing defense. On-the other hand, some of those frosh could be hot for one of these games and it would not be too big an upset to whip any of the three. Clemson came back from the State Fair shellacking to beat Wake Forest, 21-6, a team that trounced North Carolina, 39-7. That game shows that the Gamecocks beat a pretty good team when they knocked off the Tigers, good enough to beat anybody else on the schedule. BINGO FOR BARRIERA It's not very often that we see a ballplayer that we con sider good enough to rate a spot in this column but we con sider Bino Barriera to be one of the gamest ballplayers in the nation. Barriera is a midget in comparison with most present day backs. He stands only 5'6" and weighs only 150. Yet he ranks in the first ten in rushing in the Southern Conference and is in the first five in pass receiving. Despite his small size he was the most potent weapon that the Colonials had in Saturday's contest. He consistently snatched passes away from the Gamecock defenders and wound up with nine recep tions, good for more than 130 yards. He set up two of the scores with his pass catching and bulled his 150 pound frame through the line for the other. YOU'RE EXCUSED, BOYS Our guest sport last week, Mordecai Persky, predicted that Clemson supporters would come up for an excuse for the way they were mauled in the Big Thursday massacre. Persky proved to be accurate, for in looking over the latest issue of the Clemson paper, "The Tiger," we have found the reason. According to News Editor Stan Kohn of the "Tiger," Gamecock coaches or supporters, or possibly both are paying off the state sportswriters to make Clemson a favorite for the annual game. It seems that this puts the pressure on Clemson and they go into the game tense and with the atti tude that they have to win. On the other hand, Carolina goes into the scrap as underdog and with nothing to lose. They are, therefore, loose and have a decided advantage over the milk-men from the hills. Kohn freely admits that USC doesn't pay off the national writers like Grantland Rice and Hugh Williamson, but since these experts follow the picks of local writers it amounts to the same practice.' There is plenty of logic to Kohn's reasoning. After all, with all the bribing and fixing of college athletics it seems only probable that Bam Clubbers and the coaches make a mysterious visit to Jake Penland, Scoop Latimer, and Van Newman at some quiet hour to slip them an envolope with the instructions to "dope those Tigers with ego-itis." Maybe Stan has uncovered a national menace. He may go down as the Stanley Woodward of the South. Think of all the college games that are lost each year by upset. Every under dog in the nation may adopt this practice of buying the writers if it is not exposed to the public view. Of course Stan may still be tasting the effects of his meal immediately following the game. He was one of the three Tiger editors to dine on some of his bwn words. Apparently he still has indigestion. Keep up the good work, Stan. Remove the stain from college sport. JUST CHECKIN .. . This will be the third meeting for the Gamecocks and the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Mountaineers came out of the first three games with two wins and a tie. . . . Top man in rushing for West Virginia Is Dick Luciani who has a net total of 318 yards on the ground for the first six games. He' is averaging 4.7 yards per carry.. . . In the general crowing over the outcome of the Big Thursday game we overlooked the accomplishment of one of the stars of this game. For his terrific work against the Tigers, freshman linebacker Leon Cunningham was named freshman of the week in the South ern Conference. . . . Passing for the Gamecocks is already far ahead of the 1950 pace. With three games left on the schedule Carolina has gained 438 yards passing compared to 396 for the entire season last year. . .. Intramural football will get under way on November 25, according to Wilma Hughes. Entries have to be in the Intramural office by No vember .5. . .. Jess Alderman, head trainer and boxing coach of USC athletes, has been playing aL, different role the past few weeks. Jess has been treating the knee of Governor James F. Byrnes regularly since a few days before the Clemson game. It was Jess' work that allowed the governor to attend the Big Thu.saye lash. Birds T Plays......Foi i N.ked reva Mountaineers Show On Ground Over Fi West Virginia has one of the most impressive sets of statistics of any team the Gamecocks are scheduled to meet +his year. In their first six games the Moun taineers had scored 151 points com pared to only 50 for their oppon ents. They had pushed across 23 touchdowns and added 13 extra points. In the first down department WVU leads the opposition 72 to 49. Most of the West Virginia first downs have come via rushini. 48. Twenty-two were garnered ly passing and two by penalties. The opposition has made 19 rushing,l' 26 passing and'four via penalties. Net rushing is overwhelmingly in West Virginia's favor. The Mountaineers have gained 1214 on the ground to a meager 406 for all their opponents. The opposition does outclass the Mountaineers in the air, however. The WVU foes I have 610 yards passing to 549 for West Virginia. West Virginia has intercepted 16 passes so far this year. Individual rushing is led by Dick Luciani who has carried the ball 68 times and has gained a net total of 318 yards for a 4.7 average per carry. Hal Norman is second with 275 yards and a 6.9 average. The passing is led by Gerald Mc Inerney who has 17 completions to cover 205 yards. Two of the passes have gone for touchdowns. Bill Marker is the leading pass receiver with 14 catches for 195 yards. The scoring is led by Luciani who has three touchdowns and two con versions for 20 points and Ray Nicholson who has three touch downs for 18 points. The Mountaineers seem to play a rough game for they have 49 penalties called against them in the first six games covering 432 yards. In the same period their op ponents have been guilty of rules Infractions only 26 times, for a total of 183 -yards. J. Paul Sheedy* Switchei Because He Flunked' POOR PAUL was eggzasperated becaus pus gave him the bird. They told his up!" Then one day his roommate si you beak-cause your hair's messy, yol know feather you've heard of Wildr< but you better fry it-er, try it! Conta Relieves dryness. Removes loose, ugi pass the Finger-Nail Test." 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AgainstStr By RALPH GREGORY Sports Editor The USC Gamecocks make their second road trip of the football sea son to Morgantown, West Virginia where they.take on West Virginia University tomorrow at Moun taineer Field. The game will-match Carolina's fine running backfield against one of the Iest defensive lines in the country. The West Virginia line has lim ited its opponents to only 406 yards rushing in six games or less than 70 yards per game. The guards are led by 180-pound captain, Jim Danter and Ron Schaerti. The tackles feature co-captain Kiki Konstantinos find Joe Harrick with able assistance provided by Joe Berkich. Stan McLaughlin is the man who holds down the center slot. He is backed by Stan Chlon, a sophomore, and Ralph Starkey. The ends are strong defensively and offensively. Bill Marker and Paul Bischoff are the offensive flankmen with Marker pulling duty as a defensive man, too. The other defensive end is held down by Jim Starkey. The Mountaineers run from a modified split T with the quarter back holding the key to the of fense. The quarterbacking is split up between Gerald McInerney, a sophomore, and DIck Loring, a senior. The chief runners are the HOW Mi [50?) IF YOU'RI THE RIGil No. " All i~4 FOR ' 0u Virgmini rpected To ongMount halfbacks led by Dick Luciani, who leads the team in rushing, and Hal Norman. Al Purello is another half back who is important for spot running assignments. To offset the huge line thrown up by West Virginia the Game cocks are expected to take to the air on the arms of quarterbacks Dick Balka and Johnny Gramling. Both are expected to throw more than they have done in any other game this season. For targets these two have Walt Shea, Fred Duckett, W. A. Skelton and Clyde Bennett. Shea looked better in the George Washington affair than in any previous game, snaring a long touchdown toss from Dick Balka. Of course, the Carolina chief threat is still Steve Wadiak, ace halfback, who is after his third conference rushing title. The rest of the backfield will be Hootie Johnson and Gene Wilson splitting the right halfback duties and Bobby Drawdy running from the fullback slot. West Virginia has lost only one game, that to Penn State, 13-7, while the Gamecocks have a 3-3 mark. The Mountaineers swamped Western Reserve last week, 35-7 Toal's Studio 1435 MAIN STREET Phone 6141 %NY TIME A'. 100? E AN AVERAGI r ANSWER IS C Yes, 200 th your nosec exposed te 200 GOOD YOU'RE BUTTE PHILIP s PROVE PROVED defi any o ING PEAU, MHILIP N i Today rakeToAir aineerLine while Carolina was losing to George Washington, 20-14 in a squeaker. According to past performances West Virginia will rate a one touchdown favorite for the game. GRAYSO N'S Style Headquarters For Men 1347 Main St. Phone 2-6714 Roblee Shoes Catalina Sweaters Enro Shirts Berle Slacks Hickok Belts Interwoven Hosiery S A DAY I, E9 200? 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