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-MASTER SPEAKS By BOBBY ALFORD As I kat in the stands Saturday and watched Maryland push over their second touchdown I began to think for a change. It worried me as I watched the Gamecock line try to t old the line thrusts of Horning, Waller, and Bielski. I thought, there are the Gamecocks that have spent so many hours working and listening to coaches lecture about the Maryland team. Many hours on the practice field when you and I were up town enjoying a movie or sitting around shoot ing the "bull." Now, after all the preparation put into actual use the Gamecocks are losing. It is tougher on the players than it is on the fans. The fan sits in his seat and masterminds the whole foot ball game. He thinks he knows more than all the coaches put togeer. He thinks that all he has to do is tap a player on the shoulder and send him in, then the game will be won. One hardly realizes the hard work that goes into putting a football team on the field. Football players should be envied, not so much because he is good, but because he has what it takes to pracUice and learn. Many football games are won on the practice field. The usual statement that every ardent supporter of any athletic team makes after his team has been soundly thrashed is "wait until next year." This thought struck my mind as I watched Maryland's Terps down the Gamecocks. There is always hope for next year. LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING It has been figured by some of the experts that a team has to call at least 70 per cent of its plays right to win a football game where both teams are about evenly matched. In the old days, which are not far back, a quarterback took the field knowing that he would be complete master. The quarterback would call almost all the plays, whether right or wrong. This practice fully gave football its greatest meaning: Lea4#rship and training. Today, we have but few quarter backs who call their own plays. Whether they are capable of calling the plays or not is not a question to be answered by the fan, but by the coach. Maryland played its best game of the season against us. Coach Tatum admitted it, so did the players. It seems to be our luck to catch teams on the rebound and have them play their best game of the year. Carl Brazell, Carolina's little man, put on a terrific dis play of football both offensively and defensively. He ran beautifully, punted almost beyond belief and some of the tackles he made on defense were something to watch. Carl caught four passes during the game to move him well up in the receiving department in the Conference. It is unfair, but when a team loses, fans lay the blame on the coach. In the first place too much emphasis is put on winning games in college football nowadays. Pressure is applied to the coach and his staff particularly through alumni who think everytime his school takes the field in a football game it should come out victor. This stems from the fact that all of us set our goal too high, and when we fail tq reach that goal someone has to take the blame. WHAT IS TRADITION? One of the main faults of the University and the Athletic Association of the University is "too much emphasis on the -Cledson game." It has been referred to in a number of na tional magazines as Coach Enright's "bread-and-butter tame." Most of us say the reason for the emphasis on Clem * son Is tradition, but what the hell is tradition ? We should not point to the Clemson game as a yardstick in measuring our football successes, especially with teams like Army, West Virginia, and Duke on our schedule. Either one of the three rate more ranking and more preparation in my book. I think it would be better for both Carolina and Clemson to quit playing each other for three or four years. CHOO-CHOO PAID WAY TO COLLEGE CArlie Justice actually paid his way to the University of North Carolina, indirectly that is. Charlie went into the Navy when he was just out of high school, but he married his high school sweetheart, Sarah, before he went into the Navy. When he came back from the Navy he had numerous offers for scholarships to many schools. Sarah had waited to go to college along with "Choo-Choo," and Charlie decided on North Carolina. In order for Sarah to go to college too, Charlie ar ranged for her to receive his athletic scholarship and he would use the G. I. Bill. After his discharge from. the Navy in 1946, the bids came rolling in to Justice. He had just about settled on South Caro lina University when his oldest brother, Jack, changed his mind. Too bad that brother Jack wasn't in Casablanca or somewhere else at the time. * By completing 11 of 15 passes Saturday, Mackie Prickett is now number 11 In the nation in passing, based on com pletin. Gamecocks Suffer Bi At the Hands of Strt Maryland's vowerful Terrapins the Orange Bowl. ground out a 20-0 win over Caro- There was a smell of orange lina's fighting Gamecocks Satur- in the stadium at gametime. Somf day. It was the first time Carolina 24,000 fans inhaled the invigorat has failed to score in a game since ing odor, but when Marylanc 1950. In the 1960 opener Duke scored their second touchdowt shut out-the Birds. Carolina's orange had been com Carolina outplayed the Terps pletely eaten except maybe for a almost the entire first half, but in few seeds that were left. the closing minutes of the half the Maryland's third string quarter Terps rolled to a score. In the back Frank Tamburello, called th second half the pattern was set, plays exceptionally well He wa it was Maryland through the line 'lick and cagey with his bal and around the ends. The second handling and many of the Terl string line of the Gamecocks plays went off smooth and easy were no match for the rebounding The Birds dominated play dur Terps, who knew they must win ing most of the first half bu this game if they were to stay in couldn't get going in Maryland the running for a return trip to teFritorya very time the Game -N ... Seen leaping iato the air is Mackie P'rickett an he gets off one of tht passes that makes him the eleventh best passer in the nation as far ai completed passes go. The actio took place in the Maryland game wit the Maryland defender being unidentified. (Landis Perry) We Have Your Official USC RINGS in Stock th rnnngfor IMeDuntIA oterioy D E VERYtieheGm 134pSene atseo STeetio Coklacre inTwer Aartndgmet WeHa ode oficiaec USCRINS i ptockaro L.c G. BALFOUR~ C. yml FRED WILKIN, Reresenftari othe Joane Dicstrte Lovey Holywod sar nd hr fmodel acoteengr cul herar sm parinaBra +hot melCael orsemlf! Lov yHo wod sora the amousadrco C aml Mildness Test. Smoke only Camels for 30 days! niu'r inEete. .by a4 tter Defeat mng Terps i cocks penetrated Terp ground the cock attack. This happened all rerrapin line stopped the Game afternoon except in the final min utes of play when Carolina drove w> the Maryland one-yard line only to fumble away their chance to score. The breaks went in favor of the Gamecocks. Several times Mary land shook men loose on long runs only to have the play brought back by a penalty. The Gamecocks certainly were upset by Maryland's offense shift. The shift threw the Bird line off balance and caused several of them to jump the gun occasion ally. The Gamecock passing attack was held to short gains by the Maryland.defense. The Birds com pleted 11 out of 20 for 77 yards. All of the cmpletions were by Mackie Prickett who threw 15 times during the afternoon. The Birds looked as if they were trying to pull a "Frank Howard" when Prickett pitched out to Bill Tarrer and Tarrer threw a pass that was intercepted. Frank Mincevich, Dick Coving ton, Bill Tarrer and Harry Lovell received injuries in the game. All of them should be ready for the North Carolina game this Satur day. Carolina's intramural sports program is well organized, with fraternities and independents com peting for championships in foot ball, basketball, softball, swim ming, tennis, volleyball and track. ALASKA? Mystify Your Friends! Confound Your Enemies! Break That Blind Date! The Easy Way! The Alaska Way! MAKE THEM THINK YOU ARE IN ALASKAI Write letters or cards to "victims." Then seal and stamp as you would an ordi nary letter (postage same as in U.S.A.-air mail is best). Place in another envelope and mail to us. We swiftly air mail your letters to secret agent in Barrow, Alaska. Your letters are mailed from there and the fun starts. 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Carolina took three of the first five places in the meet, but could not bring the other two placers across the finish line in time to gain the win. Carter of Clemson was finished first with a time of 16 minutes and 50 seconds. Allen Inabinet took second place for Carolina in 17 minutes flat. Freddie Roberts When Shm 5 Po Stop i C. ALBERi "Always in G 714 Saluda Ave. This one's on We mean the collar .. . and a reay smart clothesman, yc several Arrow spread-collar hand. Pick Arrow Par, left Pick a smart Arrow Bi-wa) right (85.00). Pick any of th, spread styles. But be sure an Arrow. For immaculate I and the "custom look," Arr shirt by jar. Prices begin at A RROW UNDERWEAR * HANDKFRt >w it started Ireland, ex-mara teur actor, stock ~ r-now a brilliant are man-and-wife new screen hits. Drop Second ugh Tigers finished third ten-seconds behind Inabinet. Sonny Wilcher took fifth place in the match. 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