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MrrO's ComNER Experts Pick Bluq Devils ... Only Time Will Tell ~~M JeesW.-g MicAkey The controversial two-point conversion rule, one am blocking, less; stringent substitution rules, and greater mobil ity for downfield blocking, all of which were products of las winter's hotly discussed rules changes, got their first majoi tests Saturday in opening games all over the ACC.' And th results were as unexpected and widely varied as were th scores throughout the conference. The one rule that, perhaps, had more to do with the out come of Saturday's games would probably have been thi new conversion rule. The rule, changed after the 1957 sea. son, moved the converfion line to the three-yard line from th( two. A kick is still good for one point, but a run or a pasi into the end zone now counts two points. None of the game played in the ACC Saturday were ac tually won or lost as a direct result of this new ruling, bul several games, had the scoring been different, might havc been. The ruling had armchair quarterbacks all over the conference discussing after the games what might have hap pened "if we had scored again." Perhaps the one game that stood out as one that might have been different "if we had scored again" was Clemson'. 20-15 win over the Virginia Cavaliers. The scoring went something like this: In the first quarter Virginia scored and kicked the extra point, 7-0. Clemson rebounded, missed the kick after the touchdown. Had the Tigers elected to run or pass the extra point and succeeded, they would have been ahead by one point, a point that might have one the ball game. Otherwise, by kicking, all they could hope for would have been a tie had the score become frozen at that point. Later in the ball game, with Virginia leading 15-14, the Tigers scored again. They tried for the PAT by kicking. It failed. Had the Tigers succeeded in their conversion, all the Cavaliers would have needed would have been a touchdown to tie the game. Any type of conversion would have put them ahead, and perhaps given them the ball game. Even though this scoring is purely hypothetical, one can still readily (or can he?) see how the new ruling could have affected the outcome of the game. Gamecock Coach Warren Giese, faced with the question of the new conversion ruling, had this to say: "The percentages and odds are way with you when you elect to run of pass for the point after touchdown. If you elected to kick everytime, you would have to be 100 per cent accurate in order to score the same number of points as if you ran or passed and were'successful only 50 per cent of the time." "For example, if one team scores four touchdowns and kicks all the points, they must make all four of them good in order to tie a team that runs the PATs and makes only two of them good. An excellent percentage for kicking points is 80 per cent. Our average last year was 62 per cent. Sc you can see how the odds are almost 2-1 in your favor if yor elect to run or pass the points after touchdown rather than kick them." Coach Giese's charges leave for the Point tomorrow, tak ing with them the hopes of every Carolina fan. The team had heavy drills Tuesday and Wednesday, slacking off some. what today. The drills, Coach Giese said, have been concen. trated on defensive plays-stopping the Army halfback com bination of Anderson and Dawkins. "Starting positions will be about the same," Coach Gies4 said, 'however, a couple of positions are still a shake-up." Commenting on Saturday night's game with Duke, Giese had nothing but praise for the fine defensive play of fullback4 John Saunders and halfback Alex Hawkins, who reportedly referred to himself as a "glorified guard." refreshrnnt Pqpe.Cola 3eBotng Company, Colambla, S. C. Birds M Winner Could Be One Of To Ten In Nation By Jerry Hiekey Sport. Editor Carolia's Gamecocks, fresh from their 8-0 win over the Duke Blue Devils last week, face an even more potent Army team Sat urday in a game that is to be the second rung on the Game cocks ladder to the top. The out come of this game could prove to be of monumental importance, for the winner of Saturday's game will likely move into the ranks of the nation's top ten teams. As in last week's bout, the Game cocks are again the underdogs, with pre-game predictions giving the Cadets the edge by at least one touchdown. These predictions are not un founded, however, for Army has what is'thought by many to be the best pair of halfbacks in the country in the form of Bob Anderson at left half and Pete Dawkins at the other. Carolina fans have their own opinion. Anderson, 6-2, 205-pound All American from Cocoa, Florida, turned up somewhat unheralded last year, making his first bid for fame in the Army-Notre Dame game when he ran 81 yards from scrimmage for a touchdown right through the middle of the Irish's defense. In later games with Pittsburgh, Virginia, Utah, and Tulane, he ran wild. He rambled enough yardage in other games to run up a season's total of 983 yards, which surpassed the all-time record set by Glenn Davis in 1945. Anderson was second in the nation in touchdowns with 14 and fourth in scoring with 84 points. He has been referred to by Army coach Red Blaik as "the best sophomore we have had at West Point since Glenn Davis." The other half of the Cadet's one-two punch is Pete Dawkins, who in last year's season racked up 665 yards and 11 touchdowns. Dawkins is a fast, strong runner, an excellent pass receiver and defender and also has the ability I to pass left-handed on the run. Braille Alphabet Louis Braille's famous alphabet for the blind is fashioned from only six dots, reports the October "Reader's Digest." They can be arranged in 63 different combina tions. Modern aids for blind house. wives include Braille labels on can ned goods, a Braille cookbook, Braille timers, card index files, knitting and crocheting patterns and an unusual pressure cooker. World's largest publisihng house for the sightless is the American Printing House for the Blind in Lexington, Kentucky. ASSOC COFFEE Across From T Weekdays 6: Saturdays 7:00 A Sundlays 9:00 A. eet Cad PROFESSOR AND PUPIL... date for All-American honors, A pected to compete for top halfb kins as the two teams meet Satan The Cadet's chief problem seems o 6e their lack of seasoned re serves and their lack of an ex ,erienced quarterback. Their key juarterback is Joe Caldwell, a flim 162-pounder whose varsity xperience is limited to three in :omplete passes In a brief appear ince in the 1957 opener. Caldwell ias supposedly developed in to a 'ine field general, ball handler md defender. He'll direct the run iing attacks of not only th,e An terson-Dawkins pair, but also full )ack Harry Walters, supposedly i superior ball-carrier. Except at center, there's some ?xperience at every position in ,uards Novogratz and Chuck Lytle, ackles Ed Bagdonas and Maurice 4illiard, ends Don Usry and Bill ,arpenter. "We're still plagued by lack )f depth which hurt us consid rably last Fall, and we intend to ,o to a more open game," says Blaik. There's little doubt that Satur Team Statistics Carolina Duke First Downs ........ 12 11 lushing Yardage ... 241 e 202 ?assing Yardage 21 62 'asses.............-4 6-12 lasses Intercepted ..0 0 'unts . . .. ...... 9-30 6-32 3enalties . 12-130 8-80 iumbles lost ....... 0 2 Individual Statistics Rushing No. Yds. Avg. King Dixon, hb . 11 64 5.8 ~lex Hawkins, hb 6 22 3.6 fohn Saunders, fb 10 44 4.4 Buddy Bennel;t, qb 4 35 8.7 3obby Bunch, qb . . 13 27 2.0 rim Bowman, hb. . 3 21 7.0 Foe Gomes, hb . . 4 10 2.6 Dan South, fb . . 5 10b 2.0 stan Spears, qb . . 1 4 4.0 Elarvey Shiftlet, qb 2 4 2.0 ATES SHOP he Horseshoe 30-11 P. M. .M.-4:OO P. M. M.-11:00 P. M. lets Satt . .~: .. ... Coach Warren 0,6se, left, seen with lex Hawkins, righ t. Alex -and his rn ick combination honors with Army'e lay. day's game, which is to be broad cast coast-to-coast on a national hook-up, will be quite a thriller, as it pits the two different the ories of the two coaches. The Duke Came A c aerored fumble, a 42-yard drive, and a gamble on a two point run play were all factors in Carolina's win over Duke' in the season's opener last Saturday. The fun began when Duke Full back Butch Allie fumbled on their 48-yard line and Carolina's center' Lawton Rogers recovered. Nine plays later found the Gamecock across the Blue Devil goal line. Alex Hawkins got It started with a five-yard gain. Saunders bulled his way down the field for eight yards, and King Dixon Shop Pe a Wto Roer reovre . Nin acos oheBue'evlgol Li 4 1 irday . . . one of his prize pnpis and candi inning mate, King Dixon, are ex twosome of Anderson and Daw took off to the right, faked a pass and breezed -down to the 20 for* 'a first down. Three plays later Alex Hawkins found Dixon with a pass down to the two-yard line.. Buneb sneaked it over with only a lit tle over five minutes, gone In the first quarter. Bunch elected the run-pass op tion for the extra two points, kept the ball and went over stand ing up. Carolina had a 8-0 lead. The Blue Devils never recovered from that first quarter. Caro lina controlled the ground game for the rest of the match and the final gun went off with the score still the same, Carolina 8, Duke 0. THAT PEP EY meaw controlR men'i nney'4)s Mer ve ettr, Inomal UNIV STYLi' SUIT .*~ ~ isigmpe in i otn, Pene took of to te rig t, fadoa pass an breeze down ton he forstyfirst down. to te tw-yar lie Buc sneaked t overewtnly a lt firstuquarter. USC Downed Army In 154; Again In 58l 'a forthcomii. 'was*oU of Army's Michie Stadium at West Point, N. Y., Saturdayb" b Ick I glorious memories o 154 to every Gamecock follower. They remimber the September afternoon of that year whei the Gamecocks,.then coached by-'ex Enright, moved unheralded into the football castle of the Black Knights and exploded a 84-20 up set befo-e the eyes of unbelieving experts. That Army team recov ered from the shock and went on to a great season, but they were never allowed to forget that first game reversal at the hands of some fired-up Southerners. r Four years later the Gamecocks are returning under similar cir cumstances, except that Warren Giese is now coaching the men of Carolina. Otherwise the set ting is- there-it's Army's first game, the Cadets are rated highly, and the Gamecocks are once more bearing the role of underdogs. However, as in 1954, there is still danger in the South Carolina lineup. New Yorkers remember - the hard-running infantry led by halfbacks Mike Caskey and Carl Brazell that were turned loose by South Carolina. This year the Gamecocks ground troops are rated just as treacher ous, as Giese considers Alex Hawk ins and King Dixon the equal of any halfback combination in America. A testimony to the confidence that Palmetto State natives have in the Gamecocks' chances this weekend Is the huge following that will be in New York for the game. Well over 1,000 fans will board special trains, buses and private conveyances to move north ward Thursday evening, far sur passing the loyal throng that cheered the Gamecocks through their 1954 victory. 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