The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 06, 1961, Page Page Eight, Image 8
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
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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<
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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
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me employers. A freshman wan
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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. (Photo by Gaskin)
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