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Gamecocks, SPORTS ANDERS BY SANDERS Somebody Goofed!! Last week this sports staff ran a series of pictures and sports blurbs about the seniors who would be playing their last game at Carolina Stadium against Maryland's Terra pins. Quite inadvertently two of the eleven seniors were omitted. With much apology to Tony Byers and Roddy Robbins, we are very sorry this oversight wasn't caught in time. However, here is a run-down on the two Birds who have been a major factor in the success of the Gamecocks this season. TONY BYERS-This corner, with many other people, feel that Tony is the most improved lineman on the Game cock roster. Byers, a fierce 200-pound tackle, is from Pickens where he was named to the all-state team in 1952 as a junior, then came back to acquire similar honors in '53 and was chosen to play in the annual North-South football classic in Columbia. Tony saw duty with the 1953 Biddies, and then continued his march up the line to the varsity where he saw some action as a sophomore, but not enough to earn a letter. Last year, however, Byers came into his own and understudied Sam DeLuca. When spring practice rolled around this year, Tony made a determined bid to gain a starting berth on the Giese-coached squad. And, his determination paid off. At the beginning of the 1956 season, Tony was in the starting line-up against Wofford, and he has held on to his tackle position through the weeks even though sophomores Don Rogers and John Kompara have been applying the pressure. In the Maryland game, Byers, playing his usual outstand ing offensive and defensive game, had a rough time of it as the end and tackle of Maryland's fine line double-teamed him in order to open a gap in the Bird line to give Mont's young backs some running room. Roddy Robbins Tony Byers RODDY ROBBINS-Roddy, a Greenville product, is one of the better punters in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Back in the days of the two-platoon system and before Roddy was called on by Uncle Sam, he was a punting specialist and still holds the school record for most punts in one year (69). For three years, he executed every Gamecock punt. Roddy was called on at the last minute in 1951 to (do the Bird punting, and he made the jump from high school to college football pretty well. In the first game of the season that year, Robbins kicked five times and averaged :36.6 yards. Robbins returned from the Army this fall and began to assume his punting duties when needed. In the game against Miami, the Birds were deep into their own territory and Coach Giese called upon Robbins to get them out of the hole. And, get them out of the hole he did, for he laid his toe to the football for a punt of about 58 yards. In other games, too ,he has been responsible for t he 0loppoents' basket ing in their own (ackyard for a while. Modern Strategy For the first time in a college football game in South Carolina and quite possibly the first use of such a strategy device by a collegiate coach, Warren Giese had a closed television circuit televiewing the game from the press-box last Saturday to a -monitor set located at the Carolina bench. The quarterbacks of the Birds could watch the several defenses being set up by the Terrapins and then could devise means of getting around such defensive posi tions. Modern electronics certainly have become an impor tant part of football in this age. Line Play Outstanding The Gamecock-Terrapin game last Saturday certainly was an excellent example of the type ball which is interest ing to some people and very, very dull to others. Many people feel that in order to see a good football game, one team or both teams must score many points to make the game exciting. Personally, I must dlisagree with Deaco TAKE IT EASY ... King Di on the South (arolina 16 by a .iunior center of Mint's squad, n ing in to assist on the play. The game. (Photo by Ken Sturgeon: Birds' Ba Depend ( South Carolina's basketball coach, Frank Johnson, is quite frank indeed about his team's chances in the ever tougher Atlan tic Coast Conference race that gets under way in December. le says that his Gamecocks' fortunes will be influenced great ly by the way a couple of sopho more centers come around. They're being groomed to take the place of Lee Collins, one of South Caro lina's all-time big scorers who is now graduated. Iasket ball (' o a c h Frank Johnson has announced that the student body is invited to watch the scrimmage game between the varsity and freshman quints this afternoon in the Field louse at .1 p.m. The im portant p)ivot mantle has 'een handed dIown to a boyish, im. )roving Fred Lentz, 6-7 athlete fronm Asheville, N. C., and (6-6 Don G~oodroe, from Albany, Ga., wvho las enough speeCd that he'll be .(L uted onl by USC's track team 0 run1 the high hurdles next pr)ling. Lentz has been making strides these p)articular critics, for I g inig the outstanding play of I fe'atutres two outstanding forv Last Saturday, I attempte< blocking and tackling than ust with the play of all-conferenc< IBuddy Frick of South Car'oli lack D)avis of Maryland. SULTRY SCENE WITH TH She sat next to me on the train And a wave of perfume waft< -A dangerous scent that is call * Deliberately made to drive I tried to think thoughts that w( I did the very best that I cot But alas, that perfume was strc I gave her a kiss . . . and got If kissing strangers has its dang~ smoking at least enjoy the real th~ big, big pleasure of a Chesterfiel, Big size, big flavor, smoother all the way because it's packed more smoothly by Accu.Ray. Like your pleasure big? A Cahosta=4lefd King kha Evas-ythI K K Mon, the sophomore flash from Lau rio of massive Terrapin linemen. ( made the initial stop with Jean Wate Gamecocks downed the Terps 13. sketball F )n Pivot in the right direction since prac tice opened October 15. At first the competition he got from var sity members under the backboard made rebounding a difficult chore. But experience during the past month has improved the lanky Tar Heel boy, and indications are that he'll probably be ready by the time South Carolina takes on Wofford in the first game, December 1. Goodroe, a forward on last year's freshman team, was a high scorer and a good floor man. Like Lentz, his rebounding has im proved since drills began. Johnson can be more definite about his other positions. Return ing at forward is senior and cap tain Grady Wallace of Mare Creek, Ky., whose 23.9 average per game last. season was the best in the school's history. Other top forwards are Art Snejkal of Lake Villa, Ill., a rough nian under the basket and a good floor player; Marshall Perkins of Inmian, who has fine physical qual ifications, and( sophomore Dick Hoffman of Union City, N. J., who will probably alternate between forwa rd and guard. The guard position seems solid enough with the spectacular Ray (Cookie) Pericola graduating from the freshman team. Cookie, also from Union City, is an excellent ball-handler', floor man and shot et qluitd enthused with watch he linemien ini a game which ardl walls. I to watch more of the actual ial, and I was (juite impressed cand(idlates Sam D)eLuca and na, and Mike Sandusky and by Chester Field E HOUSE-PARTY QUEEN that day ~d my way ed "I'm Bad!" men mad. re pure and good ild! nger than I a black eye! era, in ing, the i King! es GAR TTE5 0 Uargett * Myers Tobaecc Co. Meet NbN ens, is shown being brought down ene Alderton (51), the 200-pound rs (85) and Jack Davis (60) eom ) in the final six minutes of the ortunes Position specialist. The other guard posi tion will likely go to Bobby McCoy of Pikeville, Ky., who was one of the squad's best foul shooters last year. Two Greenville boys, forward Joe Granger and guard Dean Crain, returning from last year's squad, are ready reserves who will likely see plenty of action. Besides the two centers, and Hoffman and Pericola, the only other sophomore on the roster is center Bill Andrews of Foxboro, Mass., who transferred here last year. Wayne Godfrey, a sharp-shoot ing guard from Greer, S. C., came to USC from Spartanburg Junior College where he was one of the nation's top scorers in that cate gory. Other upper elassmeni who did not earn letters last year are Lee Anderson, a forward from Roc'k ford, Ill., and Jim Cauthen, a gnuard f'rom Haritsvillec. Sports Staff Has Openings Several positions are open on the sports sta ff, Sports Editor JTerry Sanders anntounced1 today. Especially needed are reporters to hellp in the cov'erage of intra murals, frosh basketball, and mio prs A sports feature Sanders urgedl freshmen to ap)ply for the jobs, if interested. The Gamecock office is located on the second floor of the Russell House. I _ TO iIICU TO ftIILLI Q0A4oE'.i In Ch4 1956 Fin Both AC Carolina's Gamecocks will be out to nail down a first division finish in the Atlantic Coast Con ference when they meet the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the 1956 finale for both clubs tomorrow at Charlotte, N. C. The Thanksgiving Day battle is slated for 1 p.m. in the Queen City's Memorial Stadium. The game is in conjunction with the Carousel festivities in the North Carolina city this weekend. The Gamecocks, 6-3 thus far this season, could tie the school record for most wins in a season (7-2, 1903; '24, '25, and '53) with a victory over the Baptists. Their most recent conquest was last Saturday's 13-0 decision over the powerful, but injury-riddled Maryland Terps. That ACC en counter saw the Birds' offense come to life in the final period to score twice against the visitors' strong defense. Carolina is 4-2 in ACC play while the Deacons have a 1-4-1 conference slate. By way of com parison, USC defeated Duke, 7-0, North Carolinas, 14-0, Virginia, 27-13, and Maryland, 13-0. Wake Forest lost to Duke, 26-0, Virginia, 7-6, and Maryland, 6-0. They tied North Carolina, 6-6 and beat N. C. State, 13-0. State defeated the Gamecocks, 14-7. The game tomorrow will mark RENTALS - SALES 00 FOR 707 Ha COLU Attention .. . ALL STI Oru MAI 1415 GER! 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The probable starting lineups: Wake Forest: Ralph Brewster and Jack Ladner, ends; George .Johnson and Angelo DeSimone, tackles; Bo Claxton and Jim Horn, guards; Eddie Moore, center; Charlie Carpender, quarterback; Larry Brooks and Dewey Horna day, halfbacks; and Bill Barnes, fullback. Carolina: Buddy Frick and Ju lius Derrick, ends; Sam DeLuca and Tony Byers, tackles; Jimmy Merck and Nelson Weston, guards; Lawton Rogers, center; Mackie Prickett, quarterback; King Dixon and Alex Hawkins, halfbacks; and Don Johnson, fullback. ARGEST IN THE SOUTHEASr V1AL WEAR FOR MEN irdes S. * 1s sw I MBNA, 9OT CA>'JA VDENTS VAIS ST. 0 P.M. ain Street, just one block from the fast service and quality workmanship. E AND CLEANERS 2601 Devine St. 0 2343 Two Notch Rd. n St. 0 2731 Millwood Ave. ERT ATIiE FUTURE 2 3O