The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 19, 1954, Page Page Seven, Image 7
This afternoon forty to fifty Gamecocks will journey
to Durham, North Carolina, along with their coaches,
trainers, and managers. This afternoon, also, and tomorrow
K any Gamecock supporters will make the better than 200
ile journey to witness the Rooster's clash with the Duke
Blue Devils. All of these people will be going to see the Birds
win, not gain a bowl bid or better their chances for a confer
ence crown but just to WIN and better their season's record.
The Blue Devils are one of the top teams in the South.
They have a strong line and a very potent running and pass
ing offensive attack. The Devils have been victorious in all
their outings except for two and these were against Army
and Navy. The two service academies beat Duke "up front"
on the line. They showed superiority at both offensive and
defeatve play in the line. Here is where the Blue Devils had
better watch out again, tomorrow.
GREAT LINES MEET
The Gamecocks are noted primarily for their outstanding
line, from end to end, with plenty of depth on the bench
to back up that which is on the field. The Birds' forward
wall will be up for this game as will the entire team. Every
man is in "tip-top" physical shape and will be eyeing an up
set as well as attempting to gain revenge for last year's
defeat at the hands of these same Duke Blue Devils, last
year.
One of the conference's biggest troubles at the end of
the season will be to pick an All-Conference quarterback.
Tomorrow's contest will find two of the top contenders for
the All-ACC field general's spot locking horns. They are
Carolina's great Mackie Prickett and Duke's Captain, Jerry
Barger. Both have proven themselves as top-rate team
directors through this season, but then this is all that
Prickett has to go on. Barger has the upper hand in ex
perience in that he has been playing three years as the Blue
Dev'1 field general with this making his fourth.
PRICKETT SHINES ON THE RECORD BOOK
A look at the latest conference statistics as sent to us by
the ACC Service Bureau, in Greensboro, finds that Prickett
is first in total offense while Barger is eighth. Neither man
finds his name in the rushing offense column. Prickett also
leads all comers in passing while Barger can do no better
than fifth with all of his experience or not. The competition
will prove a challenge to both of these great competitors. A
good showing by either one of these two could mean the
coveted All-ACC ranking. One thing, however; it comes to
our minds that all great athletes usually have one GREAT
day that outshines all their other top performances. We have
a funny feeling that Prickett is just about due for such a
performance and he may just "run wild."
Another important aspect to many Carolina fans who
may make the long trip or just listen to the game on the
radio here ip South Carolina is that Mike Caskey has finally
reached his 1953 form and this could prove quite a menace
to any opposition the Birds may meet, Duke included.
With some bias in the back of our minds we find that it
is a fairly safe bet to say that the final score in tomorrow's
game will be 2 1-13, Carolina!!!
HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE .. .
T he St. Louis Sporting News sent to us a letter asking us
if gwould please pick an All-American team to help them in
choosing their All-American team. 350 college sports writers
were contacted and this is how we picked it: Ends, Don Hol
Ileder of Army and Ron Beagle of Navy; tackles, Bruce
Bosley of West Virginia and Sid Fourot of LSU; guards,
FRANK MINCEVICH of USC and Bud Brooks of Arkansas;
center, Mat Hazeltine of California; quarterback, Ralph
Guglielmi of Notre Dame; halfbacks, Howard Cassidy of
Ohio State and Primo Villaneauva of UCLA; and fullback,
Allen Amache of Wisconsin. We were also told to pick an
outstanding player from out of this lot and Amache was the
man we named. . .. The top ACC candidate for All-American
honors is Carolina's own Frank Mincevich with many, many
Sgood guards playing throughout the country. . .. The leading
candtlates for All-ACC honors from the Rooster roster are:
Mackie Prickett, Carl Brazell, Frank Mincevich, Bill Wohr
man, and Leon Cunningham. Cunningham, Wohrman, Mince
vich were on the 1953 edition. . .. One of Carolina's all-time
greats on the basketball court, Don Cox, is really "strutting
his stuff" with the Fort Jackson hoopsters. He and Furman's
Neild Gordon seem to be the sparkplugs of the service quintet.
...Other Carolina alums are making an occasional bid for
attention in the newspapers. Dave Sparks is playing a pretty
regular guard position for the Washington Redskins, Gayle
Kerr is shining with the powerful Fort Jackson football
team, and Pete Booth is seeing quite a bit of action with the
Camp Lejeune eleven . . . When Carolina and Duke meet a
weird combination will arise as seen from the record books.
Duke leads the conference in total offense, rushing offense,
and pass defense. Carolina leads the conference in pass
dlefense, only. However, Duke is last in both total defense
and rushing defense . .. There are twenty-one basketeers on
full scholarships fighting for the thirteen or fourteen berths
on the Carolina varsity. A better-than-average year is antici
pated in many quarters for the Gamecock basketball team.
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Today; M(
Carolina's Gamecocks move to
Durham, N. C., today to battle
Duke's Blue Devils tomorrow af
ternoon in the football game that
might decide the Atlantic Coast
ConfETence representative in the
Orange Bowl January 1.
The Gamecocks, fresh from a
big win over Virginia's Cavaliers,
will be about a two-touchdown
underdog at game time. Duke
with Maryland who has completed
its schedule. At present Duke
needs the win in order to keep up
leads the conference with a 2-0
record.
Duke had to put on steam to
drop Wake Forest last Saturday.
The Blue Devils won a 28-21 vic
tory over their annual foe. Caro
lina flashed top form in dropping
Virginia, 27-0.
The Gamecocks won their make
or break game for the season.
Before entering the Virginia game
the Birds had won three and
dropped the same number. The
win over Virginia may be the
spark that sets off the powder
for a successful Carolina season.
. Up and Down
The Birds have had an~ up and
down season to date. They won
the 'opener from Army, 34-20,
then dropped a 26-6 decision to
strong West Virginia. A win over
Furman was more of a loss to
the Gamecocks. Several key men
were injured in the game that
hurt the Birds.
The annual do-or-die Clemson
game rolled around and the Game
cocks were up and ready. They
dropped the Tigers 13-8 while
playing a bang-up game. After
Clemson came Maryland's Terri
pins, and the Terps ran over the
Bird line and around both ends to
win a 20-0 battle. After Mary
land came North Carolina, and
the Tar Heels upset the Game
cocks with a story book 21-19
decision.
The Blue Devils have had their
good and bad games too. They
opened the season with a 52-0
shellacking of Pennsylvania. They
squeezed by Tennessee, 7-6. After
Tennessee they stoppced Len Daw
son and the Purdue Boilermakers
with a 13-13 tie. Army stopped
the Blue Devils by a score of 27
14. The Devils bounced back
against North Carolina State
after State had outplayed them
for the first period.
In one of the season's most ox
Perfectly Normal...
At Oklahoma City University
a co-ed placed a want ad in the
school paper to recover some
lost articles. Among the items
she advertised were two mechan
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$3 check, one shoe, a pajama
bottom, a suit of long underwear
and a white shirt.
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thana things,? he said.
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citing games the Devils came
from a 20-0 deficit and dropped
Georgii Tech 21-20. After Tech
Navy humiliated Duke with a 47
6 win.
Front Runners
The Gamecocks have averaged
18 points per game, but they have
yielded 14 per game to their op
ponents. The Bird defense rose
to new heights Saturday by hold
ing Virginia to 13 yards rushing.
The Blue Devils will offer a much
stronger running attack than the
Cavaliers. With Jerry Barger,
Bryant Aldridge, and Bob Pascal
running the ball the Devils "will
offer a very formidable ground
offensive.
Pascal is second in the confer
ence in rushing with 411 yards
and a 4.7 average. Aldridge has
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ference.
The Gamecocks have some froni
runner in league statistics also
Mackie Prickett leads the confer.
ence in total offense and forward
passing. Prickett has completed
52 passes out of 89 attempts. Mike
Caskey and Carl Brazell lead the
Bird running attack behind the
great blocking of Bill Wohrman
Caskey moved up to fifth place ir
rushing offense in the conference
with 103 yards against Virginia
The game should be a duel be
tween Prickett and Duke Quarter
back Jerry Barger. Barger ig
master of the option play whici
features the Duke offense. Barge1
also has thrown three touchdowi
passes while completing 24 of 54
passes thus far this season.
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Sigma Chi
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Sigma Chi, the overall cat
last-season's campus volleybal
fraternity championship, Mot
known at the present. ThesE
year with the Sigma Nu's v
play-off set will meet the Ca
pendent crown by virtue of
Brotherhood in two sets, last,
pendent kings will meet to d<
titlists toward the end of the
Basketball Starts
Dec. 2 with Georgia
Twenty-one outstanding basket
eers may make the Gamecocks the
dark horse of the Atlantic Coast
Conference in that sport this
winter. The Roosters may also
startle many basketball experts
when they hit the floor against
Georgia in their season opener on
Dcvember 2.
The Birds have been practicing
since the first of the month with
many new faces and much hard
work. Last year's starting five
of Tom Hofferth, Jack Hufford,
Lee Collins, Joe Smith, and Paul
Goldsmith, has returned in tact
but the 1954-55 starting five does
not exactly read like this.
With the addition of the entire
Pikesville Junior College five from
Pikesville, Kentucky, the seveith
ranking junior college quintet
last season, some changes seem
probable in the starting five.
Smith, the captain, is still holding
down his forward position. Across
from Smith is Woody Preston who
averaged 26 points per game last
season and is a very good shot
from anywhere on the floor. Tall,
6'-7" Lee Collins is at center with
last year's "fireball," Jack Huf
ford at one guard and Benny
Fannin, from Pikesville, at the
other guard slot. This combina
tion seems to show great speed,
agility, and a big improvement
over last year's team.
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npus champs, meet Sigma Nu,
1 kings, in the playoffs for the
iday afternoon, on a court un
same two teams clashed last
ictorious. The winner of this
rovets who annexed the inde
their victory over McBryde
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termine the campus volleyball
month.
At the end of the regular play
ing season Sigma Nu annexed the
crown in League Number One
without a lose while the Sigma
Chi six did the same in their
league. The play-offs were set up
in double elimination fashion and
the "Nu's" were paired off
against the Pi Kappa Phi's whom
they beat 15-8, 15-3. The "Ohi's"
earned the rig'ht to meet Sigma
Nu by stppping Phi Kappa Sigma
15-8, 12-15, 11-0.
Great Contest
In a great game, witnessed by
almost 100 people, the two teams
clashed. In both sets the "Nu's"
took qff with 5-0 leads which
were slowly whittled down. Fine
offensive play by Jimmy Cox and
Moe McCredie won the first game
for the "Ohi's" 15-12 but only
after a long hard uphill climb
which saw the "Chi's" playing
more a defensive game against
the mighty "spikes" of Billy
Walters, Newland Collier and
Wayne Kilgore.
The second game saw the "Nu's"
off to a flying start but a deter
mined "Chi" six fought back and
evened the score at 9-9. Then Joe
Smith came into the game and he
definitely was the difference a
he "spiked" six points almost in
a row in the same spot and the
"Chi's" left the court with a 15-13
victory.
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