The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 09, 1951, Page Page Five, Image 5
RALPH GREGORY, Spore #kor
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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.
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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.
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Sportsquiz
George Clauson and Bob -Ellison
;ed as winners for last week's
3portsquiz and we had to decide
L winner by the toss of a coin.
aauson was luckier and won two
;ickets to the Carolina Theatre.
rhe answer was Glenn Dobbs.
There were several other correct
answers but they were all received
too late to be considered. Rod John
3on. Frank Loveless. George Trot
ter and Bob McInnis were the
Dthers to send the correct answer.
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swers. All have to do with the
Southern Conference and its 1950
statistics. You probably know that
Steve Wadiak led the conference
In rushing last year. But can you
tell us: (1) Who led the conference
in total offense ? (2) Who led the
conference In passing ? (3) Who
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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
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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
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