Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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By Carroll Gray The main gripe people have concerning a weekly news paper is that all news articles have to be in by the Tuesday night deadline. This means that any event that is to take place on Wednesday or Thursday is written on Tuesday and written in the past tense. For example, I'm writing this mess on Tuesday and the Duke game is Wednesday. So I refer to the Duke game like this, "The overflow crowd in the field house Wednesday saw one of the best games ever played in this part of the Southland." (I hope the Gamecocks bear me out) So is life. Speaking of overflow crowds in the Fieldhouse-as any one heard any word on a new Carolina gym? Let the Berlin crisis slide for a while and tend to more crucial problems. Look at it plainly-USC enrollment approximately 6,000. Fieldhouse capacity 3,500 (hanging from the rafters). Half of the seats are reserved. This leaves some 2,000 seats for usuns. I propose a Fieldhouse Fund during intermission at home ball games by pitching pennies onto the playing court. This would net around five or six dollars a game. At this rate it would take only ten thousand years to raise the $600,000 needed for an ample physical educa tional layout. Even this would be more progress than has been made to date. Let's start raising some hell to the local papers, trustees and administration for the "right to witness!" Those viewing the Washington Redskins-Green Bay Packer pro game on TV Sunday saw a man booed by his one-time fickle friends. This man is Norman Snead. As the Redskins have yet to win a game this season (0-12-1) the fans have started riding the quarterback as if the complete solution rests in his hands. It's true that Snead was not "on his game" Sunday past, but when a rookie gets battered around for three long months without even high school pass protection, he's gonna make some mistakes. It takes more than one man to make a team, and if fans in the Washington area are going to style them selves pro football fans, they should have a mature attitude toward the game. Before the next issue of the Gamecock comes out, our Gamecocks will have played in the Gulf South Classic in La., of which they are the defending champs. Coach Stevens will take his "sprinters" on a swing through Indiana and Michigan before Christmas and then to the "Sunny Deep South" after Santa Claus comes. Should be a good sociology tour, you know, North and South and all that. Coach Marvin Bass has already started lining his poc ket, literally, for the next couple of years as several out standing high school footballers in the area announce their intention of coming to "good ole Carolina" for their scholastic training. Oh yes, and for football, too. They are Lower Richland fullback Curtis Lindler, Eau Claire end Vernon Williams, and Dreher fullback Blake Praytor. Glad to have you with us, men. Don't know whether this belongs on the sports pages or not, but-say, dancing is a sport, isn't it? I guess it is. You know, things dlon't have to be on the intercollegiate level to be termed a sport, after all there's marbles, hide-and go-seek, and all sorts of indoor activities. Back to dancing. The Sabres, popular dance combo playing at the DAV, are losing another of their group Sunday. This time it's Gene, the bass thumper. And he's going to protect the homeland through military service. Why dlon't his many friends drop by the DAV tonight or tomorrow night and tell him so long. A New Type Of Sp Appeared At Birds BY FRED SCHUMPERT Flats" that clan rises with the Sports Writer u,UfStthstbstoml With victory--praise, but withantcnrunsostdabt dlefeat--silence. This was the onceth blmdail.Rung visible sp)irit at Carolina. How bc n ot nsmtigo many ball games didl it win for ta auewudmk ut It's true some of the varsity b aetm eln sjs records have not been too favor-naultedcy ab)le, hut wvhy rebuke past teams? Crln per ob rn Between every winning season n~ colti erwt e there is a period of rebuilding andcohe,ipvdatlicems reorganization,.oersetfr h colsnm A few years ago a familiar adteprs E N O statement was heard. 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End Gary Collins of Maryland and quarterback Roman Gabriel of N. C. State were put on the first eleven in the survey, con ducted by the sports editor of the Minnesota Daily at the University of Minnesota. Ohio State was named top team in the nation, edging out unbeaten Alabama by the slim margin of one vote, 489 to 488. The highest ranked ACC team was Duke's Blue Devils, way back in 19th place. Paired with Collins at end was 6-5 Pat Richter, a stellar per former at Wisconsin all year. Sup plying the heft at tackle on the honor team are mainstays from bowl-bound teams, Billy Neigh bors of Alabama and Bobby Bell of Minnesota. Manning the inside spots at guard are a pair of devastating blockers, Joe Romig of Colorado and Roy Winston of LSU, who the Gamecocks faced this year. At center, Alex Kroll, a Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers, led his team to ten straight wins. In the backfield, besides the mighty Roman, the team can show both speed and power and a com bination of both. At fullback, Bob Ferguson ranks as the top straight-ahead runner in college ball, powering the entire Ohio State offense with his unstoppable blasts at the line. Jimmy Saxton of Texas stands forth at a halfback position as the top "scatback" in the coun try. A real "jitterbug" with blaz ing speed, Saxton averaged al most nine yards per carry for the Longhorns this year. Ernie Davis of Syracuse, the winner of the Heisman Trophy this year, closes out a fabulous career for the Orangemen in the Liberty Bowl later this year. He broke most of the records of the great Jim Brown during the sea son. Top Ten Teams 1. Ohio State 2. Alabama 3. Texas 4. LSU 5 Mississippi 6. Minnesota 7. Colorado 8. Michigan State 9. Arkansas 10. Utah State irit Has 'Games only a handful of students cheer ing is like a ripple in a lake. But wvhen you multiply those ripples (students), you get quite a dis turbance. Football and basketball season have been welcomed with jubilant crowds giving constant support. Even a f t e r defeat, students haven't clammed up and headed home. Instead the entire stands stood and ushered the team from tho field with a victorious hand. Players are like politicians But to them cheers are like votes. Wednesda FRESH FR All You Served With Potatoes, Cole Sauce, and A: $1. IOMn L.daar feor HNeygy Amertee. Corn., of Stat. and Blossom St. ate Pre 'he Ballet of Basketball is shol the Gamecocks puts in a graceful tA !cene but the 6-3 senior, probably I adds to the Birds' margin in their i Nye) Football, Hono Basketball Mat With the ending of the regular season, the annual splurge of bowl games began with Utah State, 10th ranked nationally, falling before an extremely fast and underrated Baylor outfit, 24 9, in the inaugural game of the Gotham Bowl Saturday. Outside of the football stadium, action occurred elsewhere on col lege campuses. Most surprising was the dismissal of Army's Dale Hall as head football coach. Now adays, if you don't beat your top rival, you're in trouble. Honors were also served this week as Ronnie Osborne, Clem son, and Billy Canty, Furman, were selected to play in the Senior Bowl game on January 7. Excel ling in classroom work were Dave Adam of USC and Tommy King of Clemson, who were named to the A CC academic All - Conference team. This is an exceptional honor, for a player must maintain at least a "B" average to be consid ered for the team and also excell on the playing field. Adam pulled a "B" mark in his courses in the school of Education to make the honorary eleven. College basketball got into full swing with the top quintets in the coun&try beginning to eliminate each other from the unbeaten ranks. The nation's number one team, Ohio State's Buckeyes, took their unbeaten reputation to Win ston-Salem Saturday and left with an 84-62 walloping of highly ranked Wake Forest in their am ple back pocket. All - American candidate Len Chappell was tightly guarded by burly John Havlicek, only 6--5 but a crackerjack defender, and was limited to 15 points. Two-time All. American Jerry Lucas lived up to his notices wvith 23 points for the visitors, who have gone to the national finals for the last two years. Clemson faced a rather des y Special lED FISH Can Eat French Fried Slaw, Tartar sorted Breads 00 Jon nont ss Cho vn here as forward Bud Cronin of o-pointer. Two Cavaliers are on the he beat layup artist on the squad, rin over the Virginians. (Photo by r Teams And Le The News perate situation Saturday when they lost 6-7 Tom Mahaffey for the Virginia game last Saturday. The Tigers were forced to go with five sophomores in the starting lineup. They came out all right, however, when two of their rookies combined for nine points to give them a 70-68 overtime over the Cavaliers. K' -je AA. n f6COmm Cool, leon ld Spie"Aftr Sho Getsyouoffto fos, soot st good between~ shve s t o Rote A-O wit dots. 100 o ose ACI Gamecoct This is the second in a series of three "profile" reports on the per sonnel of Carolina's basketball team this year. RONNIE COLLINS . . for ward . . . leading scorer from last year's freshman team . . . got 20.6 with frosh . . . was All American high school performer at Winnsboro . .. played guard as prep star, but put a forward here because of jumping ability . . . has great moves . . . tremendous shooter from up to 25 feet away . . . good hands give him perfect control of ball . . . deadeye at the foul line . . . fast and agile . . . runs fast break well, but needs experience here . . . a real net swisher with a jumpshot .. . needs work on his defense . . . tends to pick up excessive personals . . . exception reflexes should elimi nate these faults shortly with added experience . . . should be a fabulous Gamecock. BILL YARBROUGH . . . guard forward . . . moves well for his 6-3 size . . . only averaged 7.1 as first year man but hampered by ankle injuries . . . one of most improved players on team . . . number three man at guard now . . . shooting much better . DIAM Gift Exp 2024 DEVINE IN THI SHOP NOW F A. A. 'Marn TAPEl If your 1 you are a c nblock prin tapern handsome ni button te Llgon olwoys airt. Feels just as is ofter shoving d 1.75 plus tax. C Stars L Profiles will really "scrap" on defense . . . doesn't look polished but excells at ball-stealing . . . All-State at Charleston High . . . will play a great deal in the next three years. DAVE BARRETT . . . forward center . . . at 6-5 one of the "big men" Stevens is counting on averaged 13.7 as a freshman very good rebounder . . . has a remarkable touch on tipins . . . his shooting has improved immensely . . . now only needs added confi dence and more practice on his shots to become real scoring threat . . . excellent defensive player . . . moves well and fits in prominantly in Carolina's fu ture run-and-shoot plans. RUSS LITTLETON . . . guard ... a 6-1 jumper who played for ward as a freshman . . . averaged 10.7 points per outing . . . good running game player . . . has large hands give good control of the ball . . . very aggressive player . . . needs to develop a de pendable outside shot if he is to play more this year . . . good driver . . . will play more after this year's crop of seniors leaves. The final article in this series covering Jim Podell, Jimmy Col lins, Terry Lucansky, and Tom Caughman will appear in next week's Gamecock. 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