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By Carroll Gray Marvin Bass, personable Gamecock Head Coach, a dressed the press luncheon of some twenty-five reporte and sportscasters from the Columbia area Monday in t Azalea Room of the Russell House. Questions flew fi and thick at Bass who was aided in answering by Ral] Floyd and Clyde Biggers. Bass commented on the Wake Forest game. "1 would like to single out several boys who played ot standing football for us Saturday. They are John Jon and Mike Kirkpatrick. I never saw a guy put out as mu as that Jones. At one point Jones waved to the sidelin for a rest, and he sure deserved one. He pounded th guard across from him all night long. Kirkpatrick did fine job, too. That boy has improved with each practicc One question was: How do you account for the vas improvement of the team over last year? Your personne is virtually the same but performance is much sharper Bass grinned, "That one is double-barreled. The mail difference, as I see it, is that the boys have more of , hand in running the team. A person takes more prid, in something that's his own. "Another thing is I'm trying to make the game of foc ball more fun. For example, actual contact scrimmage held to a minimum. If you cram bruising football down man's throat all week long, he's not going to be hungry < Saturday. Many teams leave their best games on the pri tice field. I know. I played the game. Some (iys I didy know if I would have the strength to get to the showei let alone come back the next day. If the game is not enjo able, it's not worth a toot-the whole point is missed." Another question Bass fairly tore into. The questioi was: Would you comment on (Tommy) Pilcher's wort] to the squad? Bass turned and faced the reporter squarely. "Yoi can het your last dollar I will. I can't say enough word; in Pilcher's behalf. Pound for pound he is the best foot ball player in college football today. Just look at tha boy. He weighs less than 145 pounds and is the bes tackler on the squad. I've got confidence in that guy. left him in when Duke had a first and goal on the four Does that show my confidence? Pilcher is averaging 3' yards a kick in the punting department, too. What mor can you ask of somebody?" Last week my predictions were rather sick. Only thr out of five. But this week I'm sure that they'll all he righ Attention, Parley players! Carolina over Georgia-Vally Butts is gone. Duke over Wake Forest-This one is for my percentag LSU over Georgia Tech-I'd like to see that one. North Carolina over Clemson-Cheer up, Cousin Fran the worst is yet to come. Say about . . . November 11? Furman over William and Mary-Bob King's fourth Oh, Yeah! The sports staff has a very re liable crystal beer mug in the "Gamecock" office that invari ably predicts the future. It pre- resents (lits Cincinnati winning in four; free cuts tomorrow; Jake Penland voluntarily retiring; Roger Maris l c on Waivers; Dean Tomlin doing the twist at the next Student Union dlance and Clemson in the top ten!! MMMM . . . We had better get a new mug. , ~> Intramurals are eagerly1 awaitedl. Every day Davis Field V is crowded with frat and indepen dlent teamis sneaking in a work out. Should be a goodl year. Robert Gamskin is leg man for most of the pictures on the sports pages. Robert nmadle some good shots this week. A good man to have around, too. SPLEASE...MISTERI u Save me the Bone Ifrom that delicious STEAK SPECIAL: S Served during "ROUNDUP TIME"7 * at I NO WARD SEveryone finishes the IFrench Fried Potatoes S& Lettuce &Tomatoes Ithat go with it-I expect that, but please mister,' CH N E 1 USave me the bone . .. ~m..m m mmmm m -- -A.T.C.. The front runners of the Fighl practice sessint before the Georgi, ]AAter, jimt Moss, Johnt Jones, V~ d-- "'''" "'" """' rs ?1 oju1tin eRoger Maris 2h Greatest Hoi The "Gamecock" would like to I go on record in paying tribute to E the most prolific homerun swatter c in the history of organized base- r hall - you know him - Roger f Maris. t But even though Maris has ac- 8 complished this gargantuan feat 0 of 61 round trippers in a single I season, will posterity remember a his name coincidentally with idol ized nane of George Herman i "Ha.be" Ruth ? In seeking our an- t swer, let's examine the 1927 base- h S, ball season as it drew to a close. r , Three days before that memora- i GambrellO Top Grount L Hilly Gambrell, South Carolina's ( I hack-field candidate for post- t . season honors, is proving himself C I to be just the ball player he was y expected to be and a little more 1 at that. In the two games played v ?e hie has logged 140 yards rushing 1 t. and has added four pass recep- C tions for an additional 46 yards. a Ilis rushing average of 8.7 yards 1) e. per carry is one of the best in the s, ACC and if maintained for the t] k, year could possibly be one of V the nation's leaders. tl Ganibrell's performance in the IKE . home, send him off to - college, and right away, . look what happens." SOPHOMORES, JUNIOR! have been known to becc inaugurated into your woi how the Ph.D. wears his college students smoke r bigger man, and you'll O0 LUCKIES and< Product of <$ og Gamecocks line up with Marvin I n, game. They aire (kneeling, left t1 ichard ilnnas, Dave Adams, Joel ,g Pays - -World's mer King >le season was over, Ruth had 7 homers. His previous season's 4 utput of 59 swats was a world's ecord also under attack. In the inal three games Ruth powered hree home runs and a record that tood for 34 years. There was .nly a small four-inch paragraph eralding the sixtieth home run I nd a new world record. This year, millions of words ave hit the sports pages. From he weight of sheer volume base all fans of the future will emember with misty eye the ames of BABE AND ROGER. rteOfACC's I Gainers :arolina-Wake game was cer- t ainly one of the best given by a I arolina player in the last several 3 cars. He rushed for a total of c 16 yards in nine carries which c ,as good enough for better than L 1 yards per try. Wake Forest oach Billy Hildebrand remarked i fter the game that Gambrell's ex- ( loding 69-yard run on the p 2cond play of the game, "was ii ie play that broke our backs. t le never really recovered from t iat play." Give 'em Hell, Gambrell! i> I FR, "THE ~"I'd keep out of there, Fros the School of Pyroteci This wit ~, SENIORS: DON'T TREAD ON me employers. A freshman wan -d. Walk him to class, teach hir tassel, introduce him to Luckie: nore Luckies than any other re be able to borrow Luckies fr yet some taste f 3ass during a Johnny Caskey. right), Ken Sowell, Dickie D oodrich, and Off... The teams that met in the Pied nont Bowl in Winston-Salem last Saturday night sought victory for ;wo entirely different reasons. Wake Forest was trying to regain "ace and to show the football public that the Deacons are a Jetter team than the 31 to 0 Irubbing at the hands of Baylor indicates. The Gamecocks were ighting bitter disappointment iaving seen their 6 to 0 lead itand for fifty-seven minutes igainst Duke. Wake Forest was up. There's io denying that. They were point ng for the Carolina game much n the same way as the Game ocks had pointed for Duke. In >oth instances, the pointing paid iff-ahuost. Except for the pleas tit 65-yard scamper of Halfback 3ill Gambrell, Carolina didn't nove against the Deacons with ut extreme difficulty. The Deacs vere wanting that game, and bad. Bass says our depth got them n the last half-and that we were ortunate to get within striking istance of the valuable right toe X Dean Findley. Findley says he much-wooed Lady Luck was iolding his hand when his 31 ard-kick barely skimmed the rossbar, but, to borrow the words f Charlie Justice, he would rather e lucky anyday than good. The Demon Deacons had noth iig to be ashamed of. Like the ;amecocks in the aforementioned -ame, there was definitely a feel )g of accomplishment although lie game was lost. There is some hing, after all, in the proverb It's not whether you win or lose, ut how you play the game." FRESHMEN" 6. That's ni/cs. is your dormitory, e. You'll share it 19 other boys." FRESHMEN'!They ts, above all, to be n longhand, explain (and tell him how gular). You'll be a om him any time. >r a change! c.htfaeo-isur middle name (Standing), Henry Crosby, Jim Costen, Marvive Ba-, coach, Dave ay, and Jack Morris. 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