The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 13, 1961, Page Page Six, Image 6
Cock Tales. . .
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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:
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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
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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
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Team Lists
Sam Fewell
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oughest opponent of the year
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?ason, the Baby Tigers have
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per outing, but may be hampered
in this contest by an injury. Ma
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