The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 03, 1958, Page Page Four, Image 4
IN THE
BIRD CAGE
Last Saturday night, Carolina football fans received a
preview of. what to expect next season. Warren Giese's
Gamecocks eked out a 22-15 win over the alumni. The game
provided many thrills from the entertainment standpoint.
It was exciting to watch such 'ormer Gamecock stars as
Frank Mincevich, Bill Wohrman, Gene Wilson, Buddy Frick,
Sam Deluca, Julius Derrick, Tommy Addison and a score of
other former Carolina greats.
Many people expected Giese to display a bit more of
a razzle-dazzle brand of football than he did last season.
Instead they saw only the same handful of plays that
made Giese's control system "famous" last season. And
this is understandable because there was a slew of
scouts on hand, representing every team the Gamecocks
will face next season.
Last year's Gamecock varsity finished their season with
a so-so 5-5 record. Things should be much better next season
than Saturday's practice game ifldicated.
Position by position, here's the way the team stacks up:
The quarterbacks should be a bit stronger than they
were last season. While there are no lone standouts,
several men are capable of handling the team under
pressure. 'Bobby Bunch and Stan Spears are currently
the leading candidates. Steve Satterfield, Harvey Shif
let and W. L. Strickland are close on the heels of the
leaders. If these men come through, Carolina can hope
for the best.
Since King Dixon and Alex Hawkins are both back this
year, the halfback slots will be just as strong or stronger.
Giese is currently beaming over Joe Gomes, now running
second unit behind Dixon. Ken Norton, who missed most of
spring practice because of an injury, and Johnny Dorsett
should prove to be a rugged pair of replacements.
John Saunders and Phil Lavoie give the Gamecocks
two of the hardest running fullbacks to be found any
where. Both looked good in practice. Saunders devel
oped into a terror on defense.
At the end spots, Jimmy Duncan and Weems Baskin will
have their hands full maintaining their lead over Buddy
Mayfield, Jack Pitt, Eddie Beall, Bucky Walker and Jerry
Frye for the starting positions. All are capable of playing
first unit.
The guard positions have the potential to be better than
last year. At left guard, Corky Gaines has improved tremen
dously on offense. He was always a good defensive player.
Jack Ashton and Ken Derriso give the position adequate
depth. The right guard spot suffered most from graduation.
Tommy Addison and Bill Bullard will both be missed. How
ever, Jimmy Merck and John Bodkin are staging a red-hot
battle for the starting berth. If competition from other can
didates continues to improve, this side will also be strong.
The tackle spots are currently one of the strongest
spots on the team. Don Rogers and Ed Pitts figure to
be next season's starters. There is adequate depth at
these positions. Kirk Phares, John Kompara, Sammy
Fewell and Ted Girardeau provide plenty of competition
for Rogers and Pitts.
The center position should be stronger. Lawton Rogers
and Dwight Keith are staging a close battle with Rogers
having an edge at this time. John Gordon, Bobb,- Long and
Jim Reilly could also help.
On paper, the 1958 edition of the Gamecocks figures to
be much stronger than last year's. Even though Saturday's
p)ractice game didn't show it, 1958 may be Carolina's best
season im many a year.
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Champion Maryland and run- I
nerup North Carolina won team
scoring honors in the Atlantic
Coast Conference during a 1957
58 season which saw league scor
ing take a drop from the previous
season.
Final ACC Service Bureau fig
ures show team scoring within the
league is down 5.6 points a game
from 1956-57, and North Caro
lina's winning average of 71.8
points a game is a whopping 10.4
points per contest under the 82.2
points South Carolina averaged
last season to take top laurels.
Defense against scoring is like
wise down over a year ago. Over
all, A CC teams held the opposition 1
to 4.7 points a game less than last
season, a defensive improvement <
of seven per cent. Maryland, the I
perennial team defensive king, <
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Basketball
iad an average yield of only 57.6
>oints this past season, an im
)rovement of 3.9 points a game
>ver the Terps' winning average
)f 1956-57.
In 1956-57, ACC teams averaged
F3.9 points a game to the opposi
ion's 71.6. This past season they
veraged 68.3 points to the oppo
ition's 66.9.
North Carolina State and Vir
ginia won shooting honors, the
Wolfpack averaging 43.1 per cent
.rom the floor and Virginia 73.2
)er cent from the foul line. N. C.
3tate also led in team rebounding,
iveraging 46.4 recoveries a game,
rnd in personal foul avoidance,
veraging only 18.4 infractions per
ontest. Wake Forest had the high
~st per-game foul average, 19.5
game.
ACC figures fail to prove the
hange in the free throw rule as
he cause for lower scoring. Nor
lo they indicate ball control
and the
tip was
cause all
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fewer shots-to be the cause.
Rather, within the ACC poorer
shooting accuracy is the ap
parent reason.
Field goal shots taken per game
are down only from 63.3 to 61.5
per game. Free throw opporAuni
ties are down only 30.1 to 27.4.
ACC teams averaged only 2.3 less
points from the foul line and 3.3
from the floor. However, seven of
the eight teams posted poorer field
zoal pgreentages and likewise
seven of the eight showed poorer
free throw percettages. Only
Duke improved on its floor shoot
ing, from 38.7 per cent to 40.2.
Only Virginia improved at the foul
line, from 67.9 per cent to 73.2.
Meantime, North Carolina's
Pete Brennan was crowned indi
vidual scoring champion with a
final average of 21.3 points a
game. He is also the top rebounder
with 11.7 recoveries a game.
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Varsity V
Old-Time
South Carolina's varsity came
from' behind in the second half to
defeat the "Old-Timers" 22-15 in
the spring football game at Caro
USC Loses
Close Game
In Baseball
Duke defeated Carolina, 8-2, in
the opening Atlantic Coast Con
ference baseball game of the sea
son for both teams Saturday af
ternoon in Capital City -Park be
fore a crowd of about 400.
Lefthander Dick Burton, who
had a 6-1 record for the Blue
Devils last season, pitched the en
tire game for his team and gained
his first 1958 victory against one
loss. Duke now has a 1-3 record
in all games. Carolina is 0-1.
The Gamecocks had the poten
tial tying run cut-off at home plate
in the eighth inning. Jimmy Roof
singled, and Ken Rosefield went
all the way to second on an infield
error. Bunky Shore's single scored
Roof, but Rosefield was caught at
home plate by a perfect throw
from centerfielder Pete Maynard.
Duke scored two runs in the
fourth inning on Deems Allie's
single, Bernie Buteau's double, i
walk to Steve Crihfield and Bill
Domhoff's single, which chased
home two runners.
South Carolina scored once in
the bottom of the fourth. Cleon
Reece was safe on an error, Dave
Ketchum singled, Roof flied out,
sending Reece to third, and Rose
field hit an outfield fly to send
Reece home.
Duke scored the winning run in
the seventh when Domhoff singled,
stole second and raced home on a
single by All-Atlantic Coast short
stop Lon Benczek.
DUPCE
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Dom hoff, if ............................5 1 2 2
Morris. 21) ....................... 5 0 1 0
Bonmek. ............ .......4 0 1 1
Maynard, ef .......................... 3 0 0 0
Dunlevy. rf ............................ 4 0 0 0
Allie, 3b ................................ 3 1 1 0
Buteau, 1) ............................ 4 1 2 0
Crihfield, c ..................,......... 3 0 0 0
Burton,,P ................................ 3 0 0 0
Totals ................................34 2 7 2
USC
ab r h rbi
Stokes, 31 ............................ 4 0 0 0
Rleece, 2h ..................4 0 0
Ketchum. rf ... .............. 0 1 0
oof er ..................................4 1 2 0
Howstfield, l1b ................... 3 0 0 1
Shore, e ...............................4 0 4 1
Destino. If................... 3 0 0 0
d-Uher ...... ....................1 0 0 0
Fisher, c ......................... 3 0 0 0
Norton, p ............................ 1 0 0 0
-Theuse .............................. 2 0 0
e1-Stuou ore.Destin..... 0n 0th
Lonald, . h ..r.................0 0 0 0
Totl....... . 9 7 ASTE
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lina Stadium Saturday night.
The "Old-Timers" surprised the
varsitymen by taking a 7-6* Ied
at halftime. They continued to put
up a good fight in the second half
but lack of conditioning soon
caught up with them. The "Old.
Timers" had the backing of most
of the crowd of 8,000 that watched
the game. '
Alumni backs like Gene Wilson,
Blackie Kincaid, Jim Jarrett, Mike
Caskey and Bobby Barrett proved
tl?ey could still run with a foot
ball as they continually punctured
the varsity's defenses. Johnny
Gramling showed the varsity quar
terbacks how the art of passing
should be conducted.
Many "Old-Timer" linemen also
showed good form. Led by big
Frank Mincevich, the alumni line'
constantly held against the on
slaught of the varsity backs.
The varsity scored first on a
nifty halfback pass-Alex Haw
kins to King Dixon-that covered
63 yards. Dixon caught the pass
on the alumni 35-and ran unmo
lested the .rest of the way.
Don -Johnson scored the first
alumni touchdown when he went
over on a neat draw play. The
scoring play was set up by a 21
yard pass from quarterback Jack
Hall to end Buddy Frick. Blackie
Kincaid made the conversion to
give the "Old-Timers" a 7-6 lead
and that's the way things stood
at halftime.
Early in the third period, the
varsity recovered a fumble on the
alumni 14 and four plays later
they scored when Dixon went over
from the three. Dixon passed to
end Weems Baskin for a two-point
conversion to make it 14-7, varsity.
The varsity got another scoring
chance and made good in the
fourth period. A fumble recovery
at the alumni 35 provided the
break.
Hawkins got the TD when he
blasted his way across from the
six-inch line after the alumni had -.
held for two plays at the one. Haw
kins' pass to Dixon made it 22-7
with four and a half minutes re
maiing.
Led by Gramling's, passing, the
"Old-Timers" took the kick and
marched 68 yards up field to score.
Mike Caskey finished off th'push
with a four-yard sprint around
right end. Gene Wilson ran for the
concluding twvo p)oints with 1:40
seconds ofr'the clock.
An on-side kickoff by the alumni.
failed and the varaity ran out the
clock to end the game.
Varsity.. ... .. .. 6 0 8 8--22
"Old-Timers" ...7 0 0 8--16
Varsity scoring: Touchdowns
Dixon (65, run-l)ass from Haw
kins), D)ixon (3, run); Hawkins
(1, plunge). Extra points-Bas
kin (pass from Dixon), Dixon
(pass from Hawkins).4;
"Old-Timers" scoring: Touch
downs--Johnson (11, run); Cas
key (4, run). Extra points--Kin
eaid (placement), Wilson (run).
Golf Team
In Action
Tomorrow
Carolina's gol-f team travels to
Greenville togiorrow for a match
against Furman.
Coached by Ernie Lawhorne,
the golfers are seeking to improve
on last year's 6-8 record. Letter
men on this year's team include
Tommy Mahoney, Tommy Mattox
and Bobby McCarty.
Following is the remainder of
the 1968 schedule:
April 4 - Furman, at Green
ville.
A pril 8--Wof ford, at - Spartan
burig.
April 18-N. C. State, at Ra
leigh, N. C.
A pril 19) -- North Carolina, at
Chapel Hill, N. C.
April 21--Presbyterian, at Clin
ton. ,
A pril 22-Wofford, at Columbia,
A pril 24-Wake Forest, at Co
lumbia.
A pril 25-26-S. C. State Tour
nament, at Hampton.
A pril 30--The Citadel, There.
May 6--Clemson, at Columbia.
May 9-10 - ACO Tournament,
at Winston-Salem, N. C.
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