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MMASTER SPEAKS By BOBBY ALFORD I managed to keep trace of the Gamecocks in their opener last Saturday by using two radios. Carolina really rolled as everyone has found out by this time or either they went to the game in New York and haven't, as yet, climbed out of bed. It was beautiful to hear, and I envy those fortunate people who had enough "greens" to make the trip. I was not expecting the Gamecocks to play the game that they did. I was optimistic about our chances of victory, but not by the margin that it came. The most pleasant sight was the performance of the second eleven. I knew we had plenty of backfield talent all the way through four teams, but I wasn't sure about the caliber of the linemen after the first team. We beat Army with depth, as Coach Earl Blaik pointed out after the game. Our second team kept up the style of play that the number one unit had started; they might have been a little better on defense. In the opinion of Coach Blaik the Cadets were ranked too high by the sports writers. Maybe they were, but we not only beat them, we comnpletely dominated the game during the second half. It was the greatest opener the Game cocks have ever had, and allowed the Gamecocks to be ranked 15th in the Nation this week. The Gamecocks were up against one of the top' passers In the country in Pete Vann. Vann completed nine out of 22 for a pretty fair average. It might have been the caliber of the passer or it might have been that our pass defense was not up to the rest of our game. Coach Art Lewis of West Virginia, our next opponent, was in the stands at West Point along with two of his assistants. I'm sure if there was any weaknesses in our pass defense he noticed it. Carolina's victory over Army Saturday at West Point received top billing on the sport pages of major newspapers across the nation. Some quotes from a few of these papers are given here. New York Herald Tribune: "The Army football team selected South Carolina for its customary opening-day breather today and lived to have its wind knocked out ... The Gamecocks arrived at the Point unheralded and un known. They went away leaving the Army, as well as the crowd of 12,000 with the impression they deserve a higher rating on the roll of the nation's better teams . . . In the program for the game, sold inside Michie Stadium, you were told that South Carolina is 'currently in the midst of an ex tensive building piogram.' As far as the Cadets are con cerned, the building program has gone far enough." New York Times: "It was an impressive victory. The Southern eleven not only showed quality but also quantity as its two backfields worked with equal success." N. Y. Sunday News: "It took a band of unreconstructed Rebels from the University of South Carolina to teach Army's embryo generals that ancient military axiom--4Never allow your flanks to be turned.' Spinning around Army's nonplussed ends yesterday at Michie Stadium in a dizzy series of hoodwinking split-T maneuvers, the fleet foot ballers from Columbia, S. C., charged from a 14-7 first-half deficit to upset last year's eastern champs by a 84-20 count. . .. If this had been a war instead of a friendly contest, the entire West Point garrison would have been wiped out." Charlotte Observer: "South Carolina double-platooned a green and undermanned Army football team with a horde of fleet backs." West Virginia is no team to be taken lightly. They are the best in the Southern Conference. There are some top flight football players on their squad; among them is Freddie Wyant, one of the best quarterbacks in the South. Last year Wyant completed 37 passes for 613 yards and four touch downs. Another top player is guard Gene Lamone, second team All-America last season. Big Bruce Bosley will play alongside Lamone in the line, and Joe Marconi will run from the fullback spot. We're favored over the Mountaineers, but- the score depends upon how good a job we do stopping Wyant. The Army game was a team victory in every sense of the word. No one player was a star, excepting Bill Wohrman. The list of stars reads like the roll of a History 11 class. The fact that the victory was a team victory is something to be proud of, but not proud enough to just stop with one big win. Who was it who said, "There's a good time coming, boys! A good time coming." IDLE CHATTER Last year before the Carolina-West Virginia game a die hard Penn State football fan dropped a card to the Gamecock asking that we knock the Mountaineers off, which is exactly what we did. The reason he wanted us to win was that West Virginia had just beaten Penn State by a score of 20-19. .. . Posted on the wail outside of the Carolina dressing room of the Carolina football team is a picture of a red rooster with these words written beside it: "WILL HE CROW SATUR DAY NIGHT OR WILL WEST VIRGINIA HAVE SOUTH ERN FRIED CHICKEN." Athletic Director Don Barton is a busy man these days with the Gamecocks one of the top teams in the country. Radio, television, and newspapers just won't leave him alone. Great feeling, Isn't It, Don ?. .. In a pre-season write-up on the quarterbacks In the Atlantic Coast Conference Harold Lewis was ranked fourth with this notation: Good passer, but can't run. He never once walked into the Army line last Saturday. BIll Weston's younger brother, Nelson, is on the freshman football team, like Bill, he Is a guard. He weighs 200. Mike Caskey (28) is seen het fourth quarter. Seen on the ground Let's Look By BOBBY ALFORD Last week because of the length of the paper I was not able to get my hot tips in the paper, but if luck is with me this time I'll make it. Last week I picked the supposed winners of the top 16 games. I was correct on 12 of them for an aveiage of .750; among. those right was Carolina over Army by six points, not exact but close enough. This week is even tougher than last week. In the game that is most important to us I'll give you the score before they start 0-0, now here's what it will be when the game is over; Carolina 28, West Virginia 14. South The Crimson Tide of Alabama will get rolling and should swal low Vanderbilt 21-6. The mighty Devils of Blue from Duke should have a pleasant weekend topping Tennessee 28-0. The Clemson Tigers bitten last week by the Georgia Bulldog will lick its wounds and little Virginia Tech 34-13. The Cavaliers of Virginia will halt the Generals of George Washington 26-14. Georgia Tech should sting the SMU Mustangs by the tune of 20-7. Top Games In the nation's top games: UCLA wvill endl Maryland's un beated string 20-14. The Buckeyes of Ohio State will stretch luck to down Calif. 14-13. Army will parade Michigan 20-7. Wisconsin will clip Michigan State 20-14. Illinois will dowvn Stanford 34 21. Closer home: Auburn's Tigers will claw proudl Gators of Florida 14-13. Mississippi wvill top Kansas State 35-14. In other games this week: Princeton over Columbia 14-13; Holy Cross over Colgate 14-12; Minnesota over Pittsburgh 28-0; You betting on the World Series? Better not take Cleveland 'cause the Giants will take them mn seven. Many Gamnecocks Star in Pro Ball Five of last year's Gamecock eleven were drafted by pro teams with all of them looking good or making good one or the other. The man doing the best is one of last year's captains in the per son of Gene Wilson who i.. dis playing some really flashy foot ball for the Toronto team in the Canadian Big Four League. Two other boys went to Cana dian football and they are All-ACC End Clyde Bennett and Johnny Gramling who composed one of the greatest passing combinations in conference annals. Both are with Ottawa and both are on the first string offensive unit with Bennett seeing a lot of defensive action also. Blackie Kincaid was drafted by the Baltimore Colts, traded to the Los Angeles Rams, and then to the Washington Redskins where he has been on the first string defensive units at halfback. The other one is Bob King who Is playing guard with the New York Giants. "Lu ding for the sidelines and on to is Bill Wohrman (36). (Picture by Mackie Pri ACC Soph 4 The Atlantic Coast Conference has chosen as its first Sophomore of the Week the Gamecocks' owr Mackie Prickett for his spectacular play against the "mighty" Army Cadets at West 1-.oInt this pasi Saturday. Prickett rendered very favorable services as the seconc "platoon's" field general while leading them through drives o 93 and 80 yards to touchdowns. Prickett came to USC fror Bennettsville where he starred as one of the top running backs ir the state. At Carolina he was switched to quarterback to try and add some strength at that position. He showed great prom. ise in spring practice and really made the switch worth while when he took over from Harold Lewis last Saturday. Got SEND IT II MAN PLAYING TROMBONE SN TELEPHONE BOOTH SHIP ARiviNO TOO LATE TO SAVE DROWNING WITCH @0 e @000 e @00e ee 0e FLAS~ aydirt on his 63-yard jaunt in the Gus Manos) ckett Gains f the Week He showed a great deal of know-how in mixing his plays so that his opposition never knew when or where to expect the next play to come. His passing showed signs of being very good while his running was outstanding. In the last seconds of the game 1he took the ball on his own fifty, faked to one of his halfbacks, and kept the ball, carrying it on his hip, dashing up the sidelines to the five where time ran out. He shined on defense during his tenure in the game making the ACC's choice as the Sophomore of the Week a very safe one. 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One a Carolina ar Tough F Tomorrof By MIKI LOVEJOY Co-Sports Editor The University oY South Caro lina will risk their national rank ing of 15th, when they meet the West Virginia Mountaineers be fore an expected sellout crowd at the Carolina Stadium tomorrow night. The game will be the Roosters' home opener as well as the Mountaineer's season opener. West Virginia is expected to go into the_game a slight underdog due to the high rating given the Gamecocks but revenge- will be the work in order when the West Vir ginians hit the gridiron against the USC eleven. The Mountaineers will be out to make amends for the 20-14 beating they took last season on their own soil, at the hands of Carolina, which blemished their otherwise perfect season record of 1958. 'South Carolina emerged from the Army game with no outstand ing injuries and will be expected to start much as they did against the Cadets in the home opener tomorrow night. 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