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NIN USC Quarterba 'Moose' Is Gets Butt 1Y WAYNE CORBETT Sports Writer Butterflies, Mr. Bass? It's only natural for a head coach of a football team to have anxieties less than 21 hours before a game. You have worked hard all week trying to prepare your team for its game against the win-hungry Georgia 3ullogs. Now it's Friday night and you watch your ball players as they board the busses waiting to take them to Athens, Georgia. You can't help but wonder, '"Are they ready ?" You sit alone as usual, at the front of the lead bus as it moves through the night. Yiou try to rest hut there are a hulndlred things running through your miind. most ly football. The bus is qutiet excepit tfor the constant chat teri of hare Wiliams. A few at hers t alk ~u ie tly. .Jack Mlorris haIs his dlraw\ing materials and is sketching alway. Aero ss the aisle sieep)ing are J1im ( osten and Billy Ga~mbrell who is "'going home" to Athens. At the rear' Ken Batity andl Jlack Hlensonl are engaigedl in a gamea of hearts. Thle qu ie t is init erru pted by a mass shout from the players as the su<hdenly h'umpy roads indi eaIt( you1 h)ave (rossed( into G;eor gia. A bout 50 mi les from Athens, trainer flerb Hullick begins to dlis ribhute can s of cold grapefruit .iuice. TIheo second buits r'oars along close behind. 'The housses pull into A the'ns about 9:-15 p.m. and room keys ar dc(IistrI it Ied at the hotel. You watch, M tr. Hass, as your players rush to the Varsity Grtill for a quick milkshake before the 10:30 eurfew. Yout get somte sleep Friday night but it is probaly not a restful sleep. You a rise Sat urday morning to find it a bright, warm day. IZumiors are already flying. Georgia will go with sophomore Larry ltakest raw at qluar'terb)ack win or lose. In a desperation move winless Georgia will supposedly moVo second unit. right halfback Hill MleKenny to le'ft halfback. The htulldog left halfbacks haven't gained( at single inc'h in the first. t wo ga mes. You mteet your' tea m in a p)rivate dininig r'oom for pre-game meal at 9):30. Unnoticed, Presidlent Sum walt watches briefly through a cracked door. After the meal, Mr. Bass, you talk with your assistant coaches bi P T 1 ft Y qi ir -k Dave Sow%ellB Human, hrflies anid receive the well-wishes of f rienids anid fans who drop by. The play-ers begin to gather in the! lobb)y. Dave Adam and Richard Lomas are amonig the first. Then COMe Deani Findley, Dave Sowell, Dave Pope, John Caskey, Carl Hfugginis anid shortly the lobby is full of men w%ith University of South Carolina nmnogramis on their blue traveling jackets. Mr-s. Bass and the family arrive, breakin1g the tenisioni momentarily. ; YOU cont61Ie to talk to the end- g] lespoesoCfwl-ihr,t .\r a s S m o e i elig y u ; 1ftw rsetsi acse Gmbraell ourthuhtlaeele whe1re oever ths weindles ankf brieis and f?n Will Waring by. abhe toplay? beis tonythg ien thcr lobbd? [Isv thdtam rady?chr Lmdas you aoe the firng" Ten minue rie tonfor,dav Sdium th anw. ou talk wihassistarl coggih Iand hrts ashyo lbby iyoullo men fromthe Uistyofh dretsing rolinat theogamen on the aium.etnso oenaiy t conin5 o tolko them end-o :h. fiesd,SMr.oness, walling with 3 aouztan oas about illyrs. \aumeet Gorgi thoh Johnnyse allrifi wh Alrdy ha abou team andL ake? wills youcoine abl to play thas anyth ee over-u wh ,ere yourth team isready run 'ig hrsonly oething onills.r At a::s yu take thyorgtea tn he drasing romonce with asisanr lart -int r e ustio The. dressig rourin an the facken of ~ ytur mid im. am,"rew Ats:1 you turnot them ontod co nudfield, withas Gworging capthi N Ii .tlKeny. Grgia winsh tIheny ii tfand wolarecaiv harolisntamll def thrend o the Westadium' is in the y ai.r thei aleadt twon ai hal throurh poilame toolS buy to r. ~~Yourtk yutteisare t F reshmanro banketb moecho yor rnl Stufrnucs the sae 'Aew beinnin offehanbse Aseou t to the field,s co -ins Aratc ad roeuire t supply fthi owit n equiapmentaor n lillna e 'aoiawl 0 igers Ever ythi Louisiana State University . . . Bator ouge, La.. . . Home of the Bayou Bengal, . . former home of Huey Long . . . hc .iilt, and I mean built, a football power . . ick in the thirty's . . . its effects still fell 1959-60-61 . . . under the guidance ol aul Dietzel . . . familiar phrases-"Go' eam, "White" Team, "Chinese Bandits' . . known for exceptional depth . . . lasi ar had a 5-4-1 record . . . not impressivE itself-but all losses were close . . . thic ar their record is 2 and 1 . . . beat Tech )-0 last week . . . most impressive win ir vo years . . . even though Tech was de. dedlly "down" . . . films show similar of. mse to USC's . . . backs are bigger but nc Aicker . . . don't throw that much . - . onc( i a while . . . type of ball has to b !rmed conservative . . . LSU not that gooc . . not flashy . . . strongest runner-Ear] ros . . . 220 pounds of brute strengtl . . Wendall Harris stel)s the 100 neai D flat . . . Jerry Stovall, also a halfbacl . . good receiver . . . man to watch . . uarterback Fields replace(d Amedee in Tec ame . . . probably will start here . . . th( engals will be rough . . . but so was Duk( . . and they were damned lucky . . . BasE looking forward to this game . . . eas3 > prepare for . . . mentally . . . "Woulc Ather play LSU than some weaker team" ass . . . gate receipts might be a factoi By Carroll Gray Fraternity football starts with a bang M 4:15 o'clock. Two locations provide the 'am with four fields . . . two fields on ] vo fields at Capital City Ball Park. While di 1 football games will start promptly at >ur-4 :15. Later, if necessary, an earlic iosen. Brief pre-season surveys follow of leal ayers, based on last season's performance SAE-The SAEs played outstanding md won the regular season crown only From their grasp by a forfeiture. Johmi returns at the tailback slot to spark th smith heads a stout defense along with R K A-Playing good ball at t imes, the1 .ant threat. Led by Bill Price, Flynn B akdwell the offense functions well. Rant 'id D avid Keller add beef to a tough line. SPE-HIot on the trail of t he SA Es, ti Ito the Fraternity Championship when iled out of the running. Ben Risinger 1(d color andl punch to a goodl grond gi [onette anchors a defensive endl posit ion. Sigma Nu - With the whole team "N1's"' should be in definite contention. Tb point is dlefense and is led by rugged Ji, l)ick Rockafellow at ends. 255-pound Ni is a hard man to move in the tackle slot. I ee should shoulder much of the offensiv Sigma (Chi-Jim Smiley and King Ho ~any heads in the Chi's forward wall. 'l Ion Rutledge, and Steve Coleman comibi ne ne fi nest offenses in i nt ranmurals. Kappa Sig-Running from a new toi aot ball, the "T'" format ion, t he Sigs l)ose a oh n G odldl( andl Pete Young guide~l the heir services to the dlefense as well. Phi Kaps - Headed by Bill Magan, offense has long-range striking power. along with Magan team up on the defensiv to v'ault the Kaps into the thick of the fra3 ATO'( - H aying to rebuild the line, ti hallenge. Bob Norton leads t he of fense at ide(d by Gary Eennett. Top defensive st L1amb)da Chi-Led b)y Walter Lancaste he Lambda Chis have good off ensive(1 Oses the biggest dlefensive problem and n f. beef for starch. PiK{A-A hard-hitting outfit, usually eavi ly on offensive andl defensive leader etense, the strong suit, is led by Roddy Pi Kappa Phi-Doug Gray and D icki hie Kaps in the "go" column while D)on dents to the "stop" platoon. Last week my p)redlictions were evYen irst try. My two-week record to dlate re wrong for an anemic .500 average. (In pr .'s hurt in'.) Bravely seizing my crystal 1. early see: ('lemson over Wake Forest-TIhe Tigers Maryland over North Carolina - Nuge (Carolina over LSIIT-Nomina ted for Up;) Duke over Ga. Tech-Too much offens Virg-inia over VMI-That's what the r1 o Bring ng' Here . . . Carolina in pretty good condition . . . Gambrell sorta bruised but should be able to seat . . . playing at home . . . no special preparation for the visitors . . sharpening the tackling a bit . . would imagine the Gamecocks will be throwing more... Sowell unwinds his arm in practice along with Costen . . . hitting Caskey and Lester often . . . Steel Ball and Crosby, too . . . Bass' Boys will be on Davis Field this afternoon . . . dressed in all red uniforms . . . first chance for us to see them . . . "Duck" and the cheerleaders will be, too . . . so will the Marching Gamecocks . . . it won't be on T.V. so don't dress up . . . the team won't mind ... they will appreciate a goodly crowd, though . . . back to the game . . . the play in the line should be hell . . . watch the licks to get the idea . . . if Don Estes and Jim Moss tee off on one another . or Joel Goodrich and Bobby Richards should be another good one from a specta tor's viewpoint . . . rugged defense sharp blocks . . and tackling . . more passes due to savage play in the wilds of the line . . stands to reason more comple tions . . . right? . . . for USC, of course . . . Carolina is second in the Conference in PASS DEFENSE . . . can you believe it? . . . yielding only a scant 72 yards per game through the air . . . all it took was a little desire, somebody said . . . LSU will get here sometime today . . . might already be here . . . reading the sports pages hope so, 'cause I want 'em to read this . You're gonna know you played a ball game tomorrow afternoon . . . in a lot of different places!!! Zones Fivc Independei i raActual competition in intp-urals s got under way Monday wvhen the it Independent football teams got their schedules under way on Davis sw Field. Fla In ai rather onepsided affa Zone f 5, led by the supeelative pld of gat "Duck" Mathis, rode roughshod Pel over Zone 10 190. Mathis was prac tically the whole story as he ran for 18, TD's on jaunts of 5 and 20 yards nday afgternoon and passed for the third one on a a. intramural pro- 40-yard effort. une even pitched On )avis Field and for the extra point to have a hand on ayihtprmt,in a ther oin-sddafi Zo thedsignaed5, ted oythe surattle on ayied ofa r hourwill e Zon ae fro 1 b0.Mahiswasvprae..oZl tochdownth inwhoe ryas mie an o8 Tigtasa D' tak autrin of 15 de0yasin a nidr opasedfr anth eee thido e ulda 40yr fot.yHeavenpitcrdth inalte offints.Zee InthkoheHatterniavssied,.o (As aahrllie a-1 dcoson s.ean WyliderCopranFelweetef to seeits slipe te "ese. wee ick1 ~Hrr aisa LKAsC whe aln reth urgh e team's strong n Lanford and eld Hutchinson scatback Frank e thrust. mes will knocki 'ony McCreight, ______________ to show one of| -mation in flag ~ ~ surpri'se attack.: ffense andl add the Phi Kap's i - Sonny Hooker for the crown. 1e ATOs face a~ an end position and( Bill Rast, 2 mncflh. The line ed(s a sprinkling the PiK(As rely Edison Fairey. M\1iller. Preacher lead B~ryant addls his sicker than my 1(ds 5 right and d(iction circles cer muig I very areC getting fat. ntl's fourth iet of the Year.' e. __ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ 11g0 ays! e'' X LSU Halfback And Nin it Footba >rers for Zone 9 as they climaxed .remendous comeback for the win. Shifting from the gridiron to the imming pool, the intramural imming season continues with the ternity trials slated for tonight 6:30. The finals in both Inde ident and Fraternity swimming I be held on Wednesday, October starting at 6:00. ndependent football continues to r with a full slate of four games. Davis Field, Zone 7 will take Zone 10, while Zone 9 tackles e 12. At the other intramural tball location, Capital City Park, ies 3 and 5 (10 battle, along with ies 2 and 11. )n Monday, football gets into I swing, with the FraternIties BATIK PRIA The richly colored prir new change of pacei of men's shirtings. You a lift by the in] classic sp Short sleeves $4.0( 5 Points ME !!?" l718 Se In e N There's never b< richly endowE The patterns arE authentic. The sl sleeve length contour .x... ' ...... ..... . W~endall Harris e Win As 11 Begins getting into act ion. Facing each other at D)avis Field will be Chi Psi and Sigma Chii, along v.' SPE and Phi Sigma Kappa. Gamnes at Capital City Park will show A\TO versus PiKA and SAE against Phi Epsilon Pi. Tuesday games will have Zones -1 and (1 and Zones 1 and 8 facing each other on Davis Field. Frater nity action will show Lambda (Chi and Phi Kappa Sigma playing, to get.her wvith Kappa Alpha versus Sigma Nu. These last two games wvill take place at Capital C'ity Park. Two games will be held on both the Capital City Park fields and the t o gridirons on Dais Field. All these games will begin at -115. 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