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Cock Tales. . . NI . ..W With Gray Marvin Bass accepted the head mentor's position here at Carolina last December 22, and since that time, he and his very able staff have been beating the bushes constantly in search of new talent. They have done an excellent job thus far, and we feel that the recruiting program has defin itely taken a turn for the better. "If you are going to build a house," said Coach Bass recently, "you have to get the materials first." The well liked football boss said that they had landed several good boys, "but we hope to sign quite a few more within the next few weeks." Ralph Floyd, who was recently made Bass' administrative assistant, is the overseer of the re cruiting, and he says that the Gamecock coaches are go ing after talent all over the country. "We will recruit in any area where there is an opportunity to get fine players, and where we have contacts. Of course, the heavy em phasis is being put on home-grown products," remarked the veteran recruiter. And they are putting heavy emphasis on recruiting in the land of the Palmettos. Just last week Jim Tom Oliver, the highly sought after quarterback f r o m Orangeburg, signed a grant-in-aid to Carolina, where, in the fall, this talented prepper will exploit his numerous attributes as a first-class field general. Oliver caught the eye of nearly every scout in the area, as well as the eye of every gridiron - fan that sat and watched him lead his team to an undefeated season and the Class A A Championship. We had heard rumors that this All-State footballer was headed for an institution in a neighboring state, but the new football boss k. at Carolina put a stop to that, and landed him for the Game cocks. After signing this fine (Iuarterback, the Carolina coaches began to look around for more backfield talent, and found a winner in their own back yard in the person of Mike Ritchie, a stan(dout passing quarterback from Columbia High. Unlike Oliver, who is an excellent runner as well as a passer. Ritchie is strictly a passer, and a good one at that. He was rated as onw of t he best in the high school circles. Lven though Ritchic was a standout in football at Columbia, he atl ended Uiiversit v High. an(d was recently honored with a berth on the Greater kolumbia All-Tournament basketball team. In football, lie set two new school and area records. IS1 Against one opponent, he at tempted 38 passes and gained 238 yards, bo0th of' t hem new miarks. His best game was against an out of state team in which he threw fourth touchdown passes. andl completedl 12 of 18 attempts for 168 yards. This fut ure Gamecock, who reportedly can hrow the ball 70 yardls, should greatly strengthen the quart erback corps. Thetre is one more fu tur Ga;mecock that we would like e to talk about, and then we will move inito the area of the su type of offense that will be employed under C'oach Bass. m Tlhis fuit ur gridder is L ee mvtl i ng, Elloree's highly touted 'j back t hat finiis hed h is high sc htool carjeer as the highest- ih scoring toot bal l phiyer in modern-day South ( 'arolina his- 1j, t ory. Bowl intg, a (;-2, 19(0 - po untd, well - developed athlete, a scored 231 points to lead his club to the state Class C wi Chainplionshi p. and1( a sp)ot in t lhe record books. This out- or standling footballer is an all-A st ud(ent, as well as a coach's (dream on the t urf'. IIe runs the 100-yard dash in ten seconds - and is a powerful runner. Ilie atlso dloes a fine job1 as a re ceiver, ias indlicatedl by hiis 82 recep)tions1 in 1960. (Concern intg the otfenisiv(e met hods t hat (Coach Bass will 11 use, we a re anuticiPatt ing4 sprin pra~ f~ ct ice to see j1ust what:ad will evolve. The Iperso)nabl)e hieadI menutor saidl that the locals '1r will ol)eratte from the TI with split ends and close andl widle so flankers. "'We wan t to have a good dr( uaw, trap, and screen, w~ and at leatst a fair 01mssing a ttaic k," noted Bass. lie also wi said t hat "t here are t hree watys to get the ball over the pi goal. You citn ruin, throw or kick. If somleone dlevises a means of gettinug across by going uinder t he goal, we'll try that too. We want touchdowns, andl( we watnt to p)lay a game that is interesting to our people."'W With that quote, we will let you readers evaluate for th yourself the calibre and type of foot ball that will be played th at Carolina in the future. Now let's look briefly at the returning personnel for 1961. The Gamecocks will practically be stripped of their studd(ed forwatrdl wall of last year'. NineW men, from end to end, have left via graduation, buIt the Blirdls can always look to the outstandling sop)homlore atnd j1unior linemen that will be returni ng in the persons of endls .John Caskey, Sam Humphries, and Ken Lester. F"rank Staley, ,Jim Moss, Joel Goodrich, .and .John .Jones will be filling in the tackle spots, andl Woody Harfiel, H arold ,Jones, and( H oward Sohm are the returning guiardls. We will have two fine experienced centers in ('lark Waring andl Richard L4omas. We can't for get the dozen or more p)romnising linemen the 1960 fresh man team will be sendling uip. "These boys look good to me," said Bass, "and I believe we're going to get a lot of good football out of them." Two of the top) (quairter'backs, D)ave Sowell and Jim Cos ten, will be back, plus Tommy Pilcher. D)ick Day and Carl Huggins are two fine fullbacks that are back. The halfback corps is headed by Hilly Gambrell, Reggie Logan, Jack Morris, and Dean Fowble, as well as Jimmy Hunter, a speed ster who saw lots of service last year. From where we sit, we can't help but see success spelled out in large letters when we think about the new talent being sought and the great talent that we have re turning. But, let's not expect a miracle overnight. Give the honorable man time, and Carolina will be one of the grreater threats in the South. oughest Opponent Y Biddie Art Whisnant (44), fine Caroliv (22) and Bud Cronin (33), as the tomorrow night. Head Couch Bob and they lhave proven thems%elves it: 'tevens' C .ose To IE larolina's slumping Gamecocks, o have not tasted victory since final rounds of the Gulf South kssie in December, d r o p p e d ,ir latest game to hapless Vir ia, 9.1-91. [t was the first conference win - the Cavaliers, and only their -ond victory this season, against defeats. It also marked the rd straight conference loss for (;Gameroosters, wvho have not n in the ACC yet. Their overall; ord is 6.6, which is still better mn the record they p)osted at s time last season. l'his was the G;amecocks' high p)oint output of the season, I. they were still three points irt when the final gun sounded. P margin of loss was slim, but fact remains that the Birds t, and to the ACC cellar team, team which began the season h only four lettermen, only one whom was a starter last year. r)ne consolation came when all e~ Ga cc starters hit in the nble figures, with Art Whis. nt leading the pack with 23. bbyx Itohi nsoin and Scotti Ward dled 18 e'ach, wvhile Bud Cronin r'pped. in 1 7 and( Ronnie .John. n 13:. ('avalier .Jack Ha,shr ouck 5s tIhe game's top p)oint man t h 27, wvhile R o n a I d Miller -ked up 21 for the Virginians. liow.ever, the real hero of the me4, at least for Virginia, was ruir guard T1 o n y Laquintano. ith less than a minute to go in contest, the shifty guardl sank ree field goals to give his team Have a Pepsi PEPSI-COLA BOTT Columbh Basket4 Junior Birdmen in forward-center, plans game strategy three juniors prepare to meet Clemm Stevens has dependedl on this trio for he top-flight performers. -amecocks [apless Vir the margin. Hie tied the score at 110-90 with his first, and after Carolina's Bobby Robinson netted at free thirow, Laquintano sent the Cavaliers athead 92-91 with 25 secondls left. The insurance basket c ame as the final buzzer sounded, g,iving Virginia Ats first confer ence wvin in 17 meetings with ACC tems ncuin asyar Th Ilssebed oahBil the foTaig ner, wiu. enae tegw tem junor pratte to out fosles pstses sno hede baemnti.rio Pla.pcoleGams Vt.ivg heymarn, Duke tie the scoe.6 Lafreseth, NC unt10 sent 22.1 Chaliers, ae 2-10 with 25. Packf et. ake inurn2 basket. iam astheo,ial 11ze sounded, Patte rinia Cem firs 240n18.5 eoncein, in k 117 meswih 9C teard, iUdin las year .4 thK ii ellar, d. 1 force C13.3 linahno, tie wit C139o 12.6 ltphc. 'lmrrws lshwt Bers Ta with team mates Bobby Robinson mI's Tigers in the USC Field House the nucleus of his team this year Falter, ginians IMMMM MEW +- - Mi 8,0 a kin,o0upar Mntar that spells executive opportun in engineering and other profee choose between two paths of one within their own technics within over-all management. Your progress up-the-ladd< positions will be aided by a mi programs. 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Rebounding, however, looms as the Cubs' most powerful depart ment. Two hefty boys who stand 6-8 give them awesome strength under the boards. Manning Priv. ette, 205 pounds, and Donnie Ma haffey, 230 pounds, are the two bulwarks for the visitors from the hills. Privette, the top big prep man in South Carolina last year, gives Clemson additional scoring punch. A good jumpshooter and re bounder, he is putting in 12 points per outing, but may be hampered in this contest by an injury. Ma haffey, an All-Georgia choice in high school, gives the visitors great strength w i t h his board work. These two are not all of the Clemson height. R e a d y on the bench are 6-7 Woody Morgan and 6.5 Gary Berneski. The fifth mem ber of the starting quintet is Nick Hall, a 6-0 defensive ace. The Tiger Cubs run from a 3-2 formation most of the time with the big men playing inside. The small men outside do most of the shooting with their tremendous i n s i d e strength providing ade quate protection. 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