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Baseball I
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With The World Series only
days away, Coach Joe Grugan's
baseballers seem to have gotten
into the swing of things as they
began to "gets the kinks out" in
fall baseball practice which began
this week at Capitol City Park.
Coach Grugan has lined up an
impressive schedule of 20 games
for this year's team and will prob
ably extend it to 24 games. The
A&edule includes two games with
.tucky on March 25, 26, two
games with Citadel, two games
with Newberry, ard probably two
games with Erskine. He also has
a long list of Atlantic Coast Con
ference foes lined up.
"Fall practice will be based
primarily on fundamentals," Coach
Grugan stated. "Every position
on the team is wide open, and the
boys will really be scuffling for
those, positions."
Quite a few standout lettermen
were lost from last year's squad
through graduation, including
pitchers Murphy Lemmon and
Leon Norton, catchers Ward Fis
cher and J. B. Lawrimore, in
fielders Pete Stokes and Dick
Theusen, and outfielder Steve
46tchum.
Despite these losses, Coach
Grugan has quite a number of
lettermen in addition to several
"new faces." They include:
Infielders
Kenny Rosefield, who finished
last year's season sporting a fine
.351 batting average, good for 5th
place in the Atlantic Coast Con
ference.
Cleon Reese, who,'due to an in
jured ankle early in last year's
season, missed most of the games.
Velton Champion-who was in
eligible last year because of
transfer .rulings; plays first.
Bobby Bridges-also on last
year's injured list for most of the
season due to a broken leg.
No Extra Inducements
As far as University head foot
ball coach Warren Giese is con
cerned, he has no complaints
toward his Atlantic Coast Confer
ence brethren on the question of
Axcessive aid for athletes. "I
n't think anything outside of
friendly persuasion entered Into
our losing a football prospect to
another ACC school," comments
Giese about this year's incoming
freshman crop.
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ractice
is Week
Bunky Shore-last year's regu
lar shortstop.
Outfielders
Jimmy Roof-another on last
year's injured list.
Carroll Norell-doubled as a
pitcher last year.
Dan Morgan-a new face on the
varsity squad just up from last
year's frosh.
Roger Groves--another up from
the freshman team; has indicated
that he might do some of the pitch
ing chores this year.
Pitehers
Curtis Jones - back from last
year's squad.
Bob Ramsey - ineligible last
year.
George Jones - "Big George"
chunked a few last year, too.
Pitchers up from last year's
freshman team include Bruce
Frazier, Chu Chee Newman, Roger
Brown, and a southpaw Marion
Funderburke.
Catchers
Jerry Frye-one of last year's
regulars, now playing football.
Bob Ellenberg-another new face
on the varsity; a junior college
graduate.
Coach Grugan also announced
that Ken Roseman, an assistant
basketball coach, will act in the
capacity of this year's freshman
coach. Freshmen who are expected
to be standouts include pitchers
George Epps of North Charleston
and Benny .Taylor of Eau Claire;
Catchers Robbie Robinson of Cam
den and Chester Dukes of Colum
bia, second baseman Marion Cor
ley of Lexington.
Coach Grugan stated that
"These boys make up a good
nucleus of youngsters if they live
up to their potential."
Coach Grugan is looking for new
talent, and anyonr interested in
going out for either the freshman
or the varsity tean should contact
him as soon as possible.
Faster Progress
South Carolina's Gamecocks
were able to progress a little more
rapidly in their early practices this
fall than th~ey did in two previous
seasons under head coach Warren
Giese.
"We're a more mature team,
now," explains Giese. "For in
stance, in 1956 we had 25 soph
omores among our top 88 men, last
year we had 19, and this year we'll
probably have only seven."
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Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf, former
dean of college football coaches,
thinks that the Atlantic Coast Con
ference "is developing into one of
the best and most evenly balanced
conferences in the U. S."
Waldorf, wbo coacbed college
football for 32 years before be
coming personnel director for the
pro San Francisco '49ers last
year, was in Columbia Saturday
to scout players in the Duke-USC
game that San Francisco is in
terested in.
Waldorf visited the USC campus
Saturday afternoon as a guest of
the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
A Pi KA alumnus at the Univer
sity of Syracuse, Waldorf spent
several hours at the Pi KA house.
Waldorf was Impressed. favor
ably by the USC campus.
"I was here one day during
spring practice and found the
campus very nice. I think the fra
ternity quadrangle is beautiful and
jira~Eical 'af the' s~ime titfe," the
ex-Rose Bowl coach said. "Those
new buildings are impressive, too."
Waldorf soon turned the conver
sation to football. A huge, round
man, he ipoke in a deep base voice
that suited his friendliness.
"Good football is being played
all over the country," Waldorf
said. "This should be one of the
big years for college football."
"Pro football is college football's
biggest fan," Waldorf said. "With
out college ball, pro ball would be
dead. We're anxious to see college
football have a good year."~
Waldorf estimated that he tra
vels 70,000 miles a year in making
personal contacts for the '49ers to
players they'e received reports on.
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Waldorf, as personnel director,
has reports on what are considered
the top 250 pro prospects. Whether
or not San Francisco gambles on
drafting them or not is in a large
part up to Waldorf.
He was in town Saturday night
with his eyes especially set on two
halfbacks; USC's Alex Hawkins
and Duke's Wray Carlton. Al
though Hawkins did not have a
great night, Waldorf was im
pressed.
"He seems to be a fine ball
player and a fine boy. We need
both in pro football," Waldorf
said.
"Carolina also has some big line
rhen that we're interested in. I
want to look at them more closely."
Before Waldorf became top man
with the '49ers, he was considered
one of the top college coaches in
the business. In 1936, his first
year as head coach at Northwest
ern, he won the Big 10 title and
won Coach of the Year honors.
Waldorf coached at Northwest
ern until he moved onto to the
University of California in 1946.
He built three powerhouse Pacific
Coast Conference champions in
1948, 1949, and 1950 and went to
the Rose Bowl in each of those
years.
In 1950, Waldorf was selected
as National Coach of the Year as
well as being named the top
alumnus coach by his fraternity.
Waldorf finished his career with
an impressive won-lost-tied record
of 174-99-22, a remarkable job for
any coach.
He was also a standout when
he played football for Syracuse
University from 1922 to 1924. He
was president of his graduating
class, president of the Interfra
ternity Council, and president of
his local chapter of P1 Kappa
Alpha.
Waldorf is also past president
of the Board of Trustees of Col
lege Coaches Assn. and was on the
board when the new extra point
ruling came up.
"I honestly don't know what I'd
do if I had to decide," the big man
chuckled. "I would probably stick
with the kick. The hardest place
on the field to get any yardage Is
that 10 yards in front of the end
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On control football, Waldorf
smiled and said, "It's great if you
can control the situations. Any
coach would love to have a good
control game."
On pro football,Waldorf said he
is expecting a good year.
"The teams are pretty equal this
year. The winner in the Western
division, the one San Francisco is
in, will probably have an 8-4
record. The draft keeps the teams
equal."
"In pro football," Waldorf went
on, "you have to pass a lot. No
body can run against those mons
trous lines. We feel, too, that
passing adds a lot of spectator
enjoyment to the game. It gives
you some real cliff-hanging endings
some times. We won four games
in the last two minutes last year."
Asked about the chances of a
rookie out of collbge sticking with
a pro team, Waldorf answered,
"Each team drafts 10 players.
After picking up free agents, there
are approximately 400 rookies try
ing out for jobs. The teams have
to cut to 35 men by the first game
and around 60 rookies are left
through the year."
"A lot of times, a good college
guard can't make the grade. The
pros usually take a tackle out of
college, usually the biggest man
on the team, and make a guard out
of him to get more size in the line
up. The guards can't measure up
then."
"Pro football players aren't too
much as like people imagine them
to be. Most of them are pretty
smart boys and have good-off sea
son jobs, earning as much as they
do playing football."
Looking back over his years as
a coach, Waldorf recalled many
pleasant moments in the game.
But he also pointed out that he
enjoys his present job.
"Traveling around as much as
I do, I get to see a lot of old friends
all over the country. Rex Enright
is an old friend, and I'm supposed
to meet an old fraternity brother
of mine from Syracuse this after
noon in Columbia."
After Waldorf left Columbia, he
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John Joseph "Jake" Bodkin, who
made his first appearance in var
sity competition last Saturday,
made his debut an auspicious one
as he contributed his effort in
Saturday's 8-0 defeat of Duke's
Blue Devils.
Jake, 6 foot 2 inch, 210 pound
sophomore, played his high school
ball at South Charleston High
School in West Virginia. He was
a regular guard on the 1952 and
1953 teams.
Jake attended high school and
was a teammate of another Game
cock standout, Alex Hawkins.
Upon graduation from high
school, Bodkin enlisted in the U. S.
ArmyGameIs
Homecoming
For Yankees
For Carolina's football squad
Saturday's meeting with Army at
West Point, N. Y., entails the
longest trip of the season, but for
four members of the squad it might
be considered "homecoming."
The four in question-halfback
Steve Kopian of Glen Cove, N. Y.,
halfback Joe Gomes of Newark,
N. J., fullback Bob Drost of Union
dale, N. Y., and tackle Don Rogers
of Newark, N. J.,-will be playing
close to their native territories.
The two Newv Yorkers and two
New Jersians figure prominently
in Coach Warren Giese's plans
against Army.
Rogers is the starting left tackle
and considered one of the finest
in the Atlantic Coast Conference,
while his fellow stater, Gomes,
,backs up King Dixon at the left
halfback post.
Kopian is the third-unit left
halfback, and Drost, a converted
end, has been improving rapidly
at fullback since his switch about
three weeks ago.
The foursome add considerable
weight to the Gamecocks, with
Rogers listed at 225 pounds, Drost,
215, Gomes, 195, and Kopian, 175.
These Yankees on the Southern
squad will no doubt have added
inspiration against the Black
Knights, as friends and relatives
front the surrounding area will be
traveling to "The Point" to watch
them in action.
Plenty more support for the
Gamecocks will come from over
1,000 fans who will make the trip
on special buses, trains and priv
ate conveyances.
Alex Considers
Himself At
Ideal Weight
Carolina's All- America halfback
candidate, Alex Hawvkins, considers
himself at an ideal weight for
his senior season. Hawkins, who
received his first test against
Duke's Blue Devils Saturday night
in Columbia, was a puny 160
pounder when he checked in at
South Carolina four years ago.
"Nowv," says the six-footer from
South Charleston, West Virginia,
"I weigh about 188 pounds, and
I hope to stay around there. Dur
ing the summer I gained up to
197, but that's a little too much
for me to carry and still maintain
the desired speed."
was scheduled to go over to Clem
son to check the Tigers in prac
tice. lie will see 17 college foot
ball games this fall looking for
prospects.
"Sometimes I think the only
reason I got this job was because
I like to travel," the big, friendly
man who has made football his life
said.
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Army, serving a two-year stretch
in the 11th Airborne Division at
Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
"I always had wanted to play
college ball, but I didn't think I
was heavy enough to make the
grade," says Bodkin. He grad
uated from high school weighing
168, somewhat light for a lineman.
He returned from the Army, how
ever, weighing 205, and in last
year's Spring practice he weighed
in at 222. "1 guess I just started
growing a little late," he said.
Jake came to Carolina in 1956
as a center. He "bohunked" last
year, but he had a fine spring
practice, moving up to the second
unit right guard post.
Bodkin comes from quite a foot
ball family, having two other
members of his family who played
football at the University of West
Virginia. His father played tackle,
and his older brother %Xas a stand
out end for UWV.
"I've found football at Carolina
quite different from high school
ball. You really have to put out
in college ball," he stated. "There's
always somebody there who can
take your place."
Bodkin, who proved his worth
in Saturday night's game, is ex
pected to do big things for the
Carolina squad and is considered
by Gamecock coaches to be poten
tially one of our finest linemen.
Jake donned the ball and chain
this summer, marrying the former
Miss Jerry Mullen of South
Charleston, W. Virginia on Au
gust 27.
He is a business management
major and attends the Episcopal
Church.
USC Mystery
Team In Meet
With Cadets
Carolina's Gamecocks remained
somewhat of a mystery team, des
pite their 8-0 opening upset over
Duke iast weekend, as they pre
pared to fly northward today for
Saturday's meeting with mighty
Army at West Point, N. Y.
All who saw the Gamecocks
shut-out Duke for the second time
in the past three years were con
vinced that Coach Warren Giese's
team is capable of furnishing
trouble for any team on the
schedule. However, the Duke
game still left plenty of "guess
ing" for opposing scouts to do over
the Gamecock tactics.
Against the Blue Devils they
showed signs of new offensive
twists in marching 42 yards for a
first-quarter touchdown, but with
an 8-0 lead in their grasps, the
IGamecocks wvent into a more con
servative attack and held on.
The experts predict that the
South Carolinians will be placed
under greater pressure to score in
Saturday's meeting with Army. The
Cadets have been ranked among
the nation's best teams in early
Polls, and they have two of the
nation's finest halfbacks In All
America Bob Anderson and Pete
Dawkin s.
The Gamnecocks, having watched
their talented halfback tandem of
Alex Hawkins and King Dixon
come out ahead in the competition
with Duke's Wray Carlton and
George Dutrow, are anticipating
the second big "Comparison" dt
West Point.
Coach Giese and his squad are
scheduled to land at Stewart Air
Force Base near West Point today
and will be quartered and nearby
Bear Mountain.
The winner of Saturday's game
will likely move, at least tempo
rarily, into the ranks of the na
tion's top 10 teams.
Despite South Carolina's fine
showing in their opening victory,
Army will likely rate the favorite
by at least a touchdown.
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