The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 17, 1952, Page Page Eight, Image 8
PAUL P1ILLIPS. Sport. Editor
. BOB BLAKELY TOM (:ARR1
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PIThe Carolina-Duke game last Saturday is in the record
books to stay but will be the subject of many bull sessions.
The most controversial play of the day was the pass from
Quarterback Johnny Gramling to End Clyde Bennett in the
first quarter. If the pass had been ruled complete it would
have given- the Gamecocks a first down on the 1)uke two
yard line.
Movies of the game clearly show Linesman Dalton \Wil
liams of Pittsburgh moving in on the play to mark the ball.
Carolina got a tough break when Williams was out voted
and the pass was ruled incomplete. The big question facing
the officials was whether or not Bennett held the ball long
enough to have the pass ruled complete. A teammate and a
Duke defensive man thought Bennett had caught the ball
and then had fumbled when he was knocked to the ground.
There was certainly no quest ion as to which team recovered
t he loose ball after it was dropped by Bennett. It was Carolina.
The play meant a great deal more to the Gamecocks than
j.ust another completed pass. It would have given them a
first down oil the l)uke two-yard line and a great chance to
get an early jump on the powerful Blue I)evils. The psycho
logical edge would have been a terrific help to the underdog
Gamecocks. Just what would have happened had the pass
been ruled complete and the Birds had gone on to score
can only be left to guess work. Army got off to a very fast
juimp against the (amecocks and vent on to win. Seven points
more for the Gamecocks in the Duke game would not have
made much iifference, but ain early touchdown by. the Birds
would have put a great deal of unexpected pressure on the
highly rated l)ukes. Although it is doubtful that the Game
cocks would have won the game even if the pass had been
ruled colplete, it certainliY wo iul d have made it a lot closer
all the war.
A Glaring Fault
()ne glaring fault was shown by the movies of the game
and that was the inability of the offensive line to keep the
hard charging I)uke line out of the Carolina backfield. Ed
Meadows, l)uke's candiahte for All-American honors, was
coistatiily the fifth man in the Gamecock backfield, lie is
probably the best tackle the Birds will see all year, for which
Roddy Robbins should be very grateful. Everv time Robbins
punted Meadows was charging him, allowing very little time
to get his pulit awav. Meadows seemed to lead the way because
there always seem(ed to be other I)like linemen coming
through with him. Robbins averaged about 85 yards per punt
for the game. ('ertainly his average could have been much
better had he been allowed a little more time. The offensive
backfield also had more than they could handle in Mr.
Ieadows. The backs who were supposed to block for Robbins
could not stop the hard charging tackle and on almosit every
1)u1nt he was close to b)lock in1g it. Meadlows certainly played
like an All-American last SatuLrday and the Gamecocks should
be glad they have seen the last of him.
there were other breaks t hat went ag:inlst the Birds. A
d!ewnlield block uon a G;ra mIing 1(1 IIoot ie J1ohnuson pass in the
f irst qularter wvouk(I have resulted ini a touchdown. As it was,
dJthinsoin was stop)ped ton the I )uke I15-yard line, bunt the Birds
failed to get th ose last few ya rds in four tries.
Ainot her bad break was a D)uke punt that was fumbled
wi th I )uke recoverinig. Thiis led to a Blue I )evilI touchdown in
th ree or I ounr Iplays. ('rli na slit)i d have had at last a fair
irun back on that hunt, hut that was just another bad break.
Inm all, t he G amn ecoc ks lost thet Iball fou r iimes t hroiugh tu mbles
and once on an intfer'cep)tion.
A New Record
The G amecoc~ks are on their way to a new school record
f or completions and1( resl t inmg yar<biage withI Quarterback
Joh nov Gramli ng t hrowing to F,nd Clyde Bennett.
In f our games this season the Biirds have compiled a
record of -l() comp)letioins in 82 attempts for 454 yardls. The
rtetcod was established by fte 1949 Gammecocks withI a season's
total of 62 completions in 152 tries for 747 yardls. Bo0 Ilagan
andl Johnny Boyle were the quiarte'rback*ls doing the throwving
at that time.
Pratically a cinch ftor an all-time indiviodual record, Gram
Iinog has already com)ple'ted 28 out of 60 passes for 882 yards
to beconme a Coni tender' for ~Sout hern ('onfCerence honors. Five
of Gram Iing's Ipasses Ihave gon e for ftouchd(ow ns and only
thbree have been initercepitedI.
'l'e coniferenice's leading pass receiver, (Clyde Benniett,
has caught 1 4 thu far ad 13 of them hlave! been thrown by
(iramling. Bennett's receptions have been goodl forn 228 yards
and( two touchdowns. A not her reason for t he. Gamecock fans
to be so happy about this passing combinamtion is that both
G ramling and Heunnet t are jun iiors an w11 ~ill be eligible to lihav
next year.
A Look At "The Tiger"
Word has finually dlrifItedI downi f'rom the hiills of (Clemsoin
that '"The Tliger,"' the (Clemsoi inewvspaper, predIicted( that the
final score o f the (Clemson --Florida game would be 13-7inm
favor of Clemson. The final score wvas Clemson 18, Florida 54l.
At least they had Clemson's score right.
Ini a story undO(er the by-line of Frank Anoderson, there is
a reference to the Clemson defensive line. Mr'. Anderson
goes so far as t o call the miger (defensive unit "'unconqfuer-.
able." Of course this was m .tten on or about October' 9, and
Cowdet Anderson mayv have changed his mlind( about that
"unconquerable" junk after Florida finished with the boys
from the hills that following Saturday.
lall Picks
n, Duke, 1
dies seem to have something this
d year, however, they're biting a
little too much for their bellies
here.
A Michigan over Northwestern: A
close inter-conference game.
Michigan State over Syracuse:
Both still undefeated but the Spar
tans hit their stride finally.
Penn State over Nebraska: With
the injury to Bob Reynolds, State I
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Wake Forest over North Caro
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Notre Dame over Purdue: Purdue
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Ohio State over Washington
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,rot this one, but I'll bank on
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Virginia over VMI: The Cava.
iers to waltz through this one.
Boston U. over Wn. and Mary
'he great Agganis still keeps them
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Southern Cal over Oregon State:
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Almost to the half way point an
still chugging along, if not goin
strong, is the old crystal bal
After the soirees were over an
the results flowed in last Sunda
the ledger showed 22 right and
miscues for the weekend's work.
Rather than trouble someone t
mathematically figure the pet
centage, we'll just let it ride til
the end of the season and find ou
the score then.
Tomorrow the top game shouli
be either the Stanford-UCLA bat
tie or the one between undefeate<
Kansas and Oklahoma. First am
second ranked Michigan State am
Maryland have shown the class ex
pected of them and meet compara
tively easy menaces.
Here's our view of this week'.
scuffles.
Alabama over Tennessee: I car
hear the dissenting voices now; bul
iu;t a hunch.
(eorgia Tech over Auburn: Teel
shouldn't get seared until Duke
time.
Texas over Arkansas: The Long
horns were badly beaten by Okla
homa last week. They'll be out to
salvage their pride.
Pitt over Army: Pitt showed it
had it by heating the Irish.
Villanova over Boston College:
The Wildcats should start aiming
for a bowl bid. No strain here.
California over Santa Clara: The
Golden Hears to go grumbling
along unchecked.
Furman over Citadel: The Kadets
won !:t week. Now they go btck
to their old ways.
Cornell over Yale: The Eli's don't
spend the money any more to keep
up with the big boys.
Duke over N(' State: and just
about everybody else they play.
State waits for basketball season
for its glory.
Florida over Vanderbilt: Floridu
showed its power last week.
Ceorcia over I.SU: Should de
velop into one of the best scraps of
the South.
Illinois over Minnesota: Minne
sota just can't seem to get started
Wisconsin over Iowa: The Badg
er's should hav'e their dander ui
after losing to Ohio State. They
still want that wvestward trip.
Oklahoma over Kansas: Th<
I)assinLr arms of Crowder andl Reiel
c ouldl well dec ide this.
Kentucky over M\iss. State: Heca.
Bryant to get back on the winning
trail.
Maryland over Navy: The Mid
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