The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 08, 1961, Page Page Eight, Image 8
By Carroll Gray
Have you ever seen anything like it in your life? Those
who witnessed the basketball game in the Field House
Monday saw a bunch of determined, short, fast-moving
Gamecocks outclass and outscore a towering Tennessee five
for Carolina's second victory in as many starts.
Tennessee's tallest man was powerful Orb Bowling
standing 6-10, and a good big man at that. Next in line
was 6-8 Sid Elliott, a strong 205 pounder. Also on the start
ing five was 6-5 Howie Moss, who shoots a jump shot jus1
like Mike Callahan (Gamecock of a few years back). In re
serve, the Volunteers had 6-7 Bill Wallace and 6-4 Phi
Brintnall. In other words, Tennessee could conceivably star1
five men averaging a fraction under 6-7 in height!
Did the Gamecocks flinch at such seemingly overwhelm
ing odds? The score answers that one. USC 79, Tennessee 66
Maybe after everybody tires of exclaiming how unbelievablE
the victory was, people will begin to realize that the da3
of the miracle is over and that basketball has become a
refined sport of finesse. The slick playmaking of the Game
cocks is living testament that Head Basketball Coach Rober
L. Stevens is a master at his profession.
No longer can guessperts sit in glass-enclosed offices and
write golden predictions of the season taking their inf(
straight from a printed page. Who can evaluate such vita
necessities in the game of basketball as hustle, desire, tearr
effort, student body support and coaching ability? Th(
finest ability minus the correct guidance is wasted in th<
competition of the 60's.
It was obvious, against Tennessee, that the Gamecock
were the better coached team. The bewildering offense tha
Carolina propels completely baffled the Vols, as severa
times embarrassed Tennesseans were literally faked to thei:
knees by the poised Gamecocks. With a team average heigh
of 6-3 and no great established star, a la Grady Wallace
Carolina must have something going for them. They do
and the fans are beginning to take note, Mr. Stevens.
might add that it is my opinion that this fact will becom<
more vivid with each passing game!
I would like to hurl my two cents' worth at whoeve:
is responsible for Ohio State's refusing an invitation to th<
Rose Bowl. Some enraged alum of State said that th<
faculty committee who voted down the invitation wer<
a "bunch of egotistical, thickheaded idiots" and I thint
that is mild phrasing.
I can understand the Furman team's refusal to partici
pate in the Tangerine Bowl. (It seems that that Baptisl
institution banned fraternities and as a reaction the footbal
team refused to represent the school.) But a faculty tha
refuses the greatest post-season honor in intercollegiat<
athletics is more than this writer can comprehend. I guesE
hat it takes all kinds of lamebrains to make up the world
but the faculty of Ohio State got more than their share.
Speedy Birds Down
Volunteers, 7 9-66
Running, rebounding, and shoot- Elot h anrd1,adh
ing, Carolina's hustling Game-shoigJryPke,wo o
cocks toppled a taller Tennesseethsae
quintet with their "constant-mo
tion" offense and blistering fast
break, 79-66, at the Field HouseN eM n
Monday night. wu
Tennessee's s t a r t i n g lineup,li Y l e fl
averaging al1m osat 6-5, was
swarmed under on defense and
outscraped under the boards asT i d
Carolina took its second win of
the young season. The Birds held TeGmccs ipaigt
a twelve point, 44-32, lead at half-usaspeanagsivesc
time, and after an early Volciedasointermbsve
surge, marched away to win innccoestvaiyato.
the second half.AgisthUnvrtyoTe
Art Whisnant and Bobby Robin- nse,tv ihjmigyu
son provided most of the Game- mncnrbtd1 onsbte
cock's "go-juice" in the openingthmtCroiaswnngau
period, combining for 29 points in Oehstomr esn fei
the first twenty minutes. Whis-bityranngndheoerh
nant got most of his 15 halftimeanteyarog.
points on foul shots as the taller JmPdl,tase rmt
visiter found the agile forwardBi10maehsoedbu
almost impossible to cope with. teFedHuea epme
Tennessee came back at the be- 1 i onsi h eodh
ginning of the last half and led byan puc(don inreud
their 6-10 center, Orb Bowling,Poe,aliteuasatfr
went ahead 50-49 after four min- ucl andhspieadd
utes. The Gamecocks counteredplydago densv tae
with the efforts of bouncy Jim aantamnfv nhstl
Podell and turned on the speed to ta ei h esno -0O
run up the final margin. Bwig
Whisnant lowered his seasondelmnurddrigtev
average slightly to 25.5 by scoring
25 to lead in the win. His value nn a i-nbse-vrt
is shown further by the fact that ha ftoTnesemn e
he went to the foul line 15 times, nasie1sh,Jmhsa
converting on 11 as the Tennes- tal updoe wlef
seans consistantly fouled him in drn rcie
attempts to block his driving lay- Aohrnwoe stepi
ups. ne sa63sp h lydm
Robinson put in 19 with his o h aewietrwn
deadly shooting, and was followedniepntan shwgece
by the improving Podell with 10. toa cuayi i hoi
Sophomore Ronnie Collins had his As rmno
second straight nine-point night, srn,Cliscncvrted
while Bud Cronin, who only gottncfrmhesdlisaddu
six points, led the rebounders forthbalwhonynedil.
USC with 10. Clis i lc ndfn
The Voluneers were led by theiratimsmdeufoitbgr
big man, Bowling, who dumped nbing i eonst edt
15 points. They also got goodGaeok in tefrth
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Carolina Head Basketball Coac
into the future with more than h!
cocks have won their first two st.
week with ACC foes Virginia and
the basketball stronghold of the 1
from DePaul, Michigan and Mich
what of homecoming for the persoi
he played roundball for both of th4
Stevens A
Assets To
BY FRED SCHUMPERT
This year Carolina's fans have
displayed remarkable spirit and
support for the varsity teams.
Much of the credit can be directed
to the Bass-Stevens combination.
Marvin Bass, coming from
Georgia Tech where he was as
sistant to Coach Bobby Dodd,
seemed to have lived up to the
p u 1) 1i c 's expectations. Starting
with an inexperienced, small, and
young group of boys, he turned
out a season that was filled with
qualities of team work.
With sports writers and other
forecasters predicting a mere 2-8
. record, Bass began his prepara
tion. During the recruiting season
valuable prospects were lured
from the eyes of opposing coaches
as the Carolina scouts scanned
the state and east coast. Over the
wire, through newspapers, and in
personal conversations, arguments
were heard between the rivaled
t schools. Threats of fishing for
t "large mouth Bass" and other
familiar quotations were about
the only results.
in spite of all the opposition
Bass accomp)lished his goal -- he
landed some of the most sought
after high school stars in the
South. But recruiting wvas only a
fraction of his duty-nowv he had
to wvork with the material that had
been forwarded to him from the
previous year.
Glaincing hack over the season,
e the team's improvement was oh
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s usual optimtisn since his Game
irts this season. After games this
Duke, the Birds will journey into
lid-west to take on strong quintets
igan State. This should be some
table Warsaw, Indiana native, since
latter Big Ten schools.
nd Bass
Spirit
vious as the Gamecocks knocked
off four opponents (two of them
tremendous upsets). "The Moose"
became the subject of many sports
stories and public conversations,
and the fans continued to learn a
few yells!
The other half of this combina
tion concerns the man with the
welcoming smile and handshake,
Coach Bob Stevens. Three years
ago Bob came into the picture
from the Big Ten Conference.
Similar to Coach Bass, Steven's
work has been devoted to prepara
tion-hoping that this will be the
year for the team's peak of per
formance. With additions to the
height and depth scale, the team
has started the season with two
victories.
In his first year of coaching,
Stevens was the state Coach of
the Year, and wvas also last season
in the eyes of Carolina students.
Il ncTowV has broadened the sched
ule to include numerous out-of
conference teams such as Michi
gan, Michigan State, Tennessee,
D)ePaul, and Lenoir-Rhyne.
Stevens was amazed at the re
ception that the team received in
theiri first game. Students formed
a (cheering section and some even
led cheers in the dIressing rooms.
In their seco,nd game a standling
ovation e'xpressedl the admiration
for the performance of the team
and its coach. As Stevens said,
"It's a pleasure to play for that
kind of people."
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Price Leads
Fraternity
Team's Win
Scoring wildly, Kappa Alpha's
Fraternity champions managed
to outlast Independent winner
Zone 7, 34-26, to take the Cam
pus championship in Intramural
football on Davis Field, Nov. 29.
Led by quarterback Bill Price,
who accounted for 27 points for
the victors, the KA's survived
a touchdown strike by the Inde
pendents on the second play of
the game to come out on top.
The Greeks also got good ef
forts from wingback Dan Up
ton, who scored their other TD
and defensive stalwart Randy
Murdock.
Southpaw passer Bruce Camp
bell led the Independents with
two scoring tosses to his ace
receivers, Dick Sheridan and
Tom Grugan. The standout on
defense for the boys from Pres
ton was lineman Charlie
O'Quinn.
The Price-led Fraternity men
qualified for the finals by roll
ing pass PiKA, the undefeated
champion of the other league,
30-6. The KA's, who beat Phi
Kap to make the fraternity
title game, capitalized on an
alert defense to rout the PiKA's,
who advanced into the game by
eliminating SPE from the play
of fs.
Zone 7's narrow win over
powerful Zone 6, 20-19, put them
in the title contest, before which
they defeated Zone 1. Zone 6
ousted Zone 8 in their march
to the Independent finals.
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Please, Mr. Custer, we need i
new basketball court like a drown
ing man needs air! The capacity
crowd at the Field House this pas
Monday night was ample proof o:
this fact, obviously overlooked foi
the past several years.
Carolina is building new dormz
on every square inch of land with
in five miles, yet the direct need
of all has not received any atten
tion, at least nothing beyond the
rumor stage.
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field House
USC Grows
L cock hasketteer just finishing a
two-year hitch in the army, asked
one of the students several days
ago if any progress was being
made on a new Field House. The
student answered, "Yes sir, I
heard that plans have already
been dirawn up." Mike answered,
"Ha, I heard that same tale when
I came down here my freshman
I year."
They can't dodge it any longer.
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games but are turned away at the
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