Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LEAD THE GAMEOCKS' OFFENSE ... Leading the Gamecocks in game are the above first-stringers. They are (front to rear), Lawtc quarterback; (left to right), Alex Hawkins, halfback; John Saund back. EDITOR'S CORNER Student Interest Can Solve Swim Team Problem Ma Jerry Mickey Jimmy Ratliff, Swimming Coach here at USC, tells a story of when he and Ernie Lawhorne, one of the Gamecocks football coaches, were roommates here at Carolina. Seems Ernie used to kid Jimmy about his swimming team saying, "Well, you don't win many meets, but then you don't have many boys on the team drowned either." Though said in jest, Ernie seems to have summed up pretty well one of the basic athletic problems here at Caro lina-the lack of student interest in the minor sports. The swimming team finished the season last year with 11 boys on the squad. Sure, they had a lousy season, but with only 11 boys on the team what can you expect? Some of the Mermen, after having swam in as many as two events, were forced to enter other events, despite the fact that they were already exhausted, simply because the team just didn't have enough swimmers. Back when Dean Penny, and the other founders of the ACC, were drawing up rules by which to govein the confer ence, one was passed that stated that all conference schools would be re'quired to have a swimming team, and to partic ipate in meets with other ACC schools. Coach Ratliff receives no scholarships to offer swimmers here at Carolina, and draws completely from student partic ipation for his team. And thus far student participation has been practically nil. Last year at The Citadel, a school dwarfed in comparison of size to the University, there were 100 boys who came out for the swimming team. There's no reason why, in a school as large Carolina, we can't have at least that many out every year for the team. Coach Ratliff, who has coached the Mermen since the Fall of 1948, says that "Many boys hesitate to come out for the team because they think they're not good enough swim mers, since few of them have had high school experience. For this reason we lose quite a few boys who could greatly help the team." An example: Arthur Gaston, a Senior here at Carolina, had his doubts about his ability. He went by to see Coach Ratliff and told him that he was interested, but had had no previous experience in team swimming. Jimmy gave him an opportunity to prove what he could do. Last year Arthur broke the school records in both the 220- and 440-yard free style. "I'm real encouraged about this year's team," Coach Ratliff said. "Interest is growing each year due largely to several swim clubs in and around Columbia. I'm looking for ward to seeing a large number of boys out for the team this year." Coach Ratliff is having a meeting of all persons interested in going out for the swimming team this coming Monday, October 20, at 4:00 at the swimming pool, which is located just in back of the gym. If any of you are evenly remotely interested in swimming, please be present for the meeting. Let's get behind this thing and put out a team that we can really be proud of this year. How to take the chill out of a fall night by Arrow... This man has discovered the se cret of being perfectly dressed even at a sport rally: he insists on the Arrow label. He is wearing a strikingly handsome Arrow sweater vest of a wondrously soft and warm 100% lambswool. $7.95. His perfectly fitting University - Fotlard shirt also bears the proud Arrow label. $5.00 up. Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc. first in fashion to next week's "Big Thursday" in Rogers, center; Bobby Bunch, lers, fullback; King Dixon, half Alex Hawkins Leads Birds In Offense , Every time Carolina's great half back, Alex Hawkins, has "touch ed" the football in four games this year he has moved it 6.8 yards toward opposing goal 'lines. On all types of plays, Hawkins, who is recognized as much for his defensive ability and blocking as anything, has gained 433 yards in handling the ball on 63 occasions. The South Charleston, W. Va., senior has picked up 151 of those yards on rushing plays, added 55 more on five pass completions in 10 attempts and another 60 on three pass receptions. Further yardage has been added by Hawkins in returning five punts for 55, three kickoffs for 67 and one pass interception for 45. Hawkins has accomplished this against rugged opposition, includ ing Duke, Army, Georgia and North Carolina. He'll face continued pressure in his next game against undefeated Clemson here on Oct. 23. Following Hawkins in the Game cock rushing figures are halfback King Dixon, who has picked up 135 yards and averaged 3.9 per try, and fullback John Saunders, who has 118 yards and a 3.8 average. Sophomore Doug Hatcher of At lanta, Ga., who punts without a shoe on his kicking foot, has aver aged 40.6 yards on eight punts to leadi that department for Caro lina. Dixon is next with a 32.4 average on 20 kicks. Quarterback Bobby Bunch is the team's leading scorer with three touchdowns and a two-point conversion for 20 points. The Gamecocks enter next week's game against Clemson with a record of two wins and two losses. They have beaten Duke and Geor gia and lost to Army and North Cariolina. Western Reserve Changes in houts for a major, a lag in "honors" courses at West ern Reserve University, the greater importance of faculty quality over any change in course types, are some of the more recent curricula trends foreseen by faculty mem bers on this campus. Possession Spec salizin The basic requirements which enables a team to rely on a Ball control type offense cdh be sum med up in the following state ments. First the team must have a rugged defense which is profici ent in containing its opponents running attack as well as their passing game. Secondly the team must have an offense which is,capable of gen erating at least two long scoring drives of its own and which is generally able to take advantage of opponents mistakes. Large, hard running backs are a must, for much of their yardage gained will be credited to their ability to lit erally "bowl" over the defense. A great deal of importance is also attached to the ability of the teams punter to keep opponents bottled up deep in their own territory. With talent such as this a team would have a minimum of difficulty playing percentage football and waiting for the other team to make mistakes. However, as we at Caro lina are well aware, a team that, for one reason or another, is in the midst of a losing season, or behind in a ball game, very rarely gets its share of breaks. And furthermore, if a team which is ill-fitted for this type offensive game, continues to employ it, the results could be disastrous. A team such as.this invariably finds itself in a situation where they are forced to "open up," and find ing themselves unable to adapt to the complete change in offense, rarely if ever succeeds. The reasoning behind control style football is sound; based main ly on the theory that if one team has possession of the ball their opponents cannot score. But, in order to control the ball a team must have the strength to move consistently for enough yardage to gain one first down after an other. This then would eventually lead to a score as well as con suming quantities of playing time. Further more the team which can run the greatest number of plays during a game has many more op portunities in which to score and consistently maintain a high de gree of pressure on the defen sive unit. The overall plan for control style ENGLISE Lucky St T f' Englsh: SCKREPB ThInklish: ILLIGAT English CROWDED COLE Football vs. g Of Skills football is, simply to gain' three or more yards per attempt and thus enabling the offensive team to keep possession. The big falacy here is, that a team with few or no long gain plays, upon beihg penalized or thrown for a loss has little or no chance for recov ery. The possession type game de pends mainly on a strong ground game and rarely, if ever do they pass except on what are known as "passing downs." Consequently the defense is able to adjust to this pattern, making the job for the offensive much more difficult. It is impossible for an offensive team to defeat an equally strong defensive team who knows approxi mately where each play is going, and is familiar with the offensive formations. Football on a college level is primarily played for the benefits that can be afforded the partic ipants as well as the students and personnel of the participating school. It is not the winning or losing that counts so much as the lessons learned thereof. Therefore it is of great importance that players as well as followers feel that they have done everything in their power toward victory and not merely lessened the margin of defeat. Football, at this te'vel, should not be based on calculation and percentage, but moreover, con centrated on the development of those features of character which can transfom an "also-ran" team to one of championship caliber, or at least provide the most im portant of all aspects of character, that being, the will to "never say die." This then brings to mind a ques tion. What can possibly be the outlook when a team is two or more touchdowns behind late in the game and knows that it Is mathenfatically impossible to win? The qvestioin why is it impos sible to win, immediately comes to mind. The answer is that, due to the limitations of time And in our instance, possession or control style football, it is impossible to score by any other method then a concentrated drive and thereby defeating our purpose by using up much valuable time. IaNI I: endorsement o1 rike cigarettes HINKLUSH TRANSLATION: Other ands of cigarettes burn (with ivy) over the matchless taste o1 Lucky Strike. 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