The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 04, 1955, Page Page Six, Image 6
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In the October 31 issue of Sports Illustrated there is an
article titled "Tigers, Truncheons and Tradition."
The title itself gives an idea about how the article runs,
and it is lousy besides. It is pro-Clemson.
It starts off with something that is near the truth-that
the Clemson-Carolina game is the one which will decide the
state championship. Coles Phinizy, the author, talks about
the tradition of the game then goes into a lot of drivel about
people trying to trade whole chickens for tickets and calling
Jimmy Byrnes the Governor and being informed by an officer
that a fellow named Timmerman holds that office at present.
Mr. Phinizy-a strange name, that-lists some reasons
why the attendance should be less than for the other games,
but in some unexplainable way there is always a full house.
His reasons, a mid-season game, on Thursday instead of the
conventional Saturday as a football game should be, and<
competition from the fair such as cotton candy and fat
cattle, seems like a lot of nonsense to me. The idea of
spangled dancing girls and whirly rides distracting from the
game! Yet the 35,000 are always there.
The article sounds like something written to fill in extra
space. Maybe Mr. Phinizy is a member of IPTAY. He claims
that Clemson took all the honors, pre-game activities as well
as the game. He lists the hair cuts administered to Carolina
students and confiscated property which belonged to the
Gamecock rooters. It seems that the Gamecocks only got to
clean the scalp of two Tigers, and were not able to penetrate
their stout defense and paint up the heavily guarded statue
of Tom Clemson.
Besides all that, the seemingly inexperienced reporter
even failed to get the right name of the head coach at
Carolina. He referred to Coach Enright by the name of Tex.
I have heard him designated by various other names but
this is the first time for Tex. He does mention one time that
Carolina has dominated the game for about the last 10 years.
* * * *
Carolina played a somewhat better game against Mary
land than was expected by some. The halfbacks did not fare
very well, though. Brazell previously had a better than nine
yards per try average, but he only got seven yards in five
attempts against the Terrapins. This dropped his average to
7.3, still not bad. Caskey maintained his average, 5.0, but he
ran the ball only twice.
It was a day for quarterbacks. They attempted 26 passes,
completing 10 of them. This is much more than usual, but
they couldn't get any yardage on the ground and.had to try
something.
The Gamecocks are now 2-4 for the season and would have
to win all three of their remaining games to have a winning
season. Even I wouldn't make such a prediction. But I will
predict that they will win two of them, North Carolina and
Virginia. In spite of Duke's loss to Georgia Tech, the Blue
Devils will be too much for Carolina. The Gamecocks don't
quite rank with Tech.
North Carolina has won only one of their six games and
that was N. C. State by one touchdown. They lost to Okla
homa by only six points, their best game of the year. The
Tar Heels lack a good quarterback.
* * * *
Clemson leads the ACC in total offense with 306.6 yards
per game average. They are the only team with over 300
yards per game. Carolina ranks fourth with 276 yards per
game. Clemson also leads in rushing offense with 216.8|
average per game, with the Birds fourth with 176.8 average.
Clemson leads the conference in pass defense, is second in
both total defiense and rushing defense. Maryland is tops in
the latter two. Both teams helped themselves in those dlepart
ments against Carolina.
Wake Forest leads in passing offense with 139.3 yards
per game. Carolina is second through the air lanes with 97.5
yards per game.
Individually, Consoles of Wake Forest leads in total of
fense with 576 yards. Carolina does not have a man in the top
twelve. In rushing, Wells of Clemson leads with a 6.1 average.
Caskey of Carolina is 12th with 5.0 yards per try.
In the passing department the Gamecocks fare a little
better. Prickett is eighth, Hall tenth and Bunch eleventh.
Consoles of Wake Forest leads with 62 completions in 111
attempts for 692 yards. This is less than his total offense
because of lost yardage when he got swamped trying to pass.
Those losses counted in his total offense.
* * * *
The column is all football this week, but, after all, this is
football season and a lot of people are interested in it. Besides,
I don't have anything else to write about.
In this forthcoming issue of Sports Illustrated there is
another article to which I will bring your interest. This one
is titled "Football Down South" and is by Herman Hickman,
who is much more of an authority than a fellow named Coles
Phinizy. Mr. Hickman gives a rundown of the three big
conferencea in the South, the Southeastern Conference, the
Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Southern Conference.
In the Southeastern he rates Georgia Tech as top dog,
with Mississippi as a strong choice. He calls this the second
strongest conference In the country.
In the Southern it is West Virginia on top with Virginia
Tech running second.
In the ACC, of course, Hickman places Maryland in first
slot with Duke running close behind. Carolina is down the
line sornewhere, along with North Carolina and Virginia.
Center George Stavnltski and end Will Fry are the Tar Heel
standouts.
Birds Will Mee
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PRICKETT GETS YARDAGE -. . Quarterback Mackie Prickett is si
to be back in his old form against Maryland last Saturday as he playe
Two unidentified Terrapins stop him after he has picked up several yard
Prickett And Caskey
Lead In Statistics
The Gamecocks to date have scored only 78 points to 122
for the opposition. However, they have a lead in statistics,
leading in first downs, rushing yardage, total offense, and
are only five yards behind in passing. The complete statistics
follow:
TEAM STATISTICS
USC Opponents
First downs 88 '82
Rushing yardage 1061 1005
Average per game 177.9 167.5
Passing yardage 595 600
Average per game ......99.1 100.0
Total yardage .1650 1605
Average per game ......275.0 267.5
Passes attempted 97 77
Passes completed 40 43
Passes had intercepted . 11 4
Number of punts . 25 28
Yards punted . 875 985
Punting average 35.0 35.1
Fumbles lost 7 6
Yards penalized 233 320
Points scored 78 122
INDIVIDUAL RUSHING
No. Yds. Ave.
Mike Caskey, hb ....43 217 5.0
Carl Brazell, hb . 28 204 7.3
Carrol McClain, hb . 27 104 3.8
Bob Barrett, fb . 21 99 4.7
Bobby Bunch, qb . 26 99 3.8
Bill Trarrer, hb . . ..31 82 2.6
Mackie Prickett, (lb ...31 66 2.1
Jim Jarrett, fb .15 53 3.5
Jack Hall, (lb . 20 46 2.3
H~eyward King, hb . .. 2 29 14.5
Eddie Field, fb . . 8 26 3.2
Ed Adams, fb 4 16 4.0
F'rank D)estino, hb . . . . .5 7 1.4
Don Johnson, fb 1 6 6.0
IND)IVIIDUAL PASSING
No. Comp. Yds. Int.
Mackie Prickett, qb -42 18 242 5
Bobby Bunch, (ob . 24 10 183 2
Jack Hall, (lb . 28 11 160 4
Bill Tarrer, hi) 2 1 10 0
Carl Brazell, hi) 1 0 0 0
IND)IVIDUJAL RECEIVING
No. Yds.
Julius D)errick, end 8 128
Carl Brazell, hb . 8 81
Buddy Frick, end 6 122
Mike Caskey, hb 4 29
Larry Gosnell, end 4 66
Carrol McClain, hb.....- .........4 82
Joe Silas, end ..3 40
Bill Tarrer, hb .2 28
Bob Barrett, fb .1 6
TOTAL OFFENSE
Plays Yds. Ave.
Mackie Prickett, qb . .. 73 308 4.2
Bobby Bunch, qb 70 282 4.0
SCORING
TD EP Pts.
Mike Caskey, hb 4 0 24
Carl Brazell, hb . 2 0 12
Carrol McClain, hb 2 0 12
Jim Jarrett, fb 1 1 7
Bill Tarrer, hb 1 1 7
Bobby Bunch, qb 1 0 6
Eddie Field, fb .. . . .1 0 6
Joe Silas, end ...............0 3 3
Julius Derrick, end .. . . . . 1 1
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Lown carrying the ball. lie appearec
d his best game in several weeks,
9. (Photo by Sidney Spann)
Cars Cause Bad Grades
Freshmen won't be allowed t<
bring their cars to Colorado Uni
versity this year, but the ban i.
strictly from an academic view.
point and not to solve parking
problems.
A study of first-year student.
who have trouble making the
grade scholastically showed tha
more Freshmen with cars are or
academic probation than those whc
rely on their feet for transporta
tion.
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South Carolina's hopes for a vic
tory over North Carolina in tht
Oyster Bowl at Norfolk, Va. Sat
urday afternoon depend greatly or
the play of quarterback Mackie
Prickett, who is rapidly regain
ing the form that made him the
leading passer in the Atlantk
Coast Conference last season.
Prickett was kept out of actior
much of the time and handicapped
at others by a broken finger and
injured rib in early games, but lasi
weekend against Maryland he was
"whole" again and able to pEform
as Gamecock fans have expected.
Against the Terps, who are
rated as the nation's top defensive
team, Prickett was able to com
plete five of 10 passes for 44 yards
and gain an additional 21 on quar
terback keep plays.
Prickett now leads the Game
cocks in passing for the seasor
with 18 completions in 42 attempt
for 242 yards and has picked ur
66 yards rushing for a total of
fense of 308.
The Gamecock ace will continue
to get capable relief from sopho
more Bobby Bunch, who is second
to Prickett in total offense wit1
282 yards. Bunch has completed
10 of 24 passes for 183 yards and
has run the split-T option play
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Prickett and Bunch will have the
team's top receiver, end Julius
Derrick, available again after he
missed the Maryland game with a
side injury. Derrick has caught
eight passes for 128 yards.
Other top targets for the passers
are halfback Carl Brazell, end
Buddy Frick and halfbacks Mike
Caskey and Carrol McClain..
Caskey leads the Gamecocks i'
rushing yardage with 217 and a
5.0 average, along with catching
four passes for 29 yards.
Brazell has the best rushing
average, 7.3, and has picked up
204 yards rushing. He has caught
eight passes for 81 yards and is
one of the most dangerous broken
field runners in the Atlantic
Coast Conference.
South Carolina's inexperienced
line is impoving rapidly, and if
Prickett, Brazell and Caskey can
get a little more room to maneuver
in the remaining games they are
likely to end up among the confer
ence leaders in their specialties.
The Gamecocks' appearance in
the Oyster Bowl this week end
will be their second trip to Nor
folk. South Carolina defeated Vir
ginia, 21-14, there in 1952 in a
game that featured three USC
touchdowns within a minute and
45 seconds.
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