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Bass Preview Of Gamecock By HENRY EICHEL. Sports Writer Marvin Bass is a six-foot plus chunk of geniality who rumbles when he speaks. This week he spoke of football, his main stock in-trade. "The purpose of this spring's practice," he said, "will be to im prove the players on the funda mentals of football. The first week, the plafers will be divided evenly with offensive a n d defensive groups. During the two hours a day that we'll practice, we'll drill the boys on the basic positions, and for the offensive boys, on blocking techniques." Emphasizing his points with the two hams he uses for hands, the big man went on: "We'll do a lot of group work; the interior linemen will concentrate on inside defense. The ends will work on perimeter play, We plan to try our end sweeps, too." Bass plans to use a four-team system during practice, but next September the old offensive and sporl M1 The spirit which Carolim this past season in supportin mended, but the treatment w subject to from some of the 1 asset to South Carolina's repi Duke's All-American, Art places he has played in the co Field House the most. The elc and the unnecessary commer take place at almost every gai ing player to feel welcome. When Heyman fouled of against Duke, a few of our i themselves to shower him wit a halt to the cup throwing v treat an All-American or any In the game with Wake F bad that Bones McKinney se before the game ended. This and insults from the crowd, b us that we are poor basketball childish action in order to ha When a visiting team comt should be treated as guests. 7j should sit at the game and el made, but that we should li] cheering for the Gamecocks. It seems to me that becau son, many people attend the } opposition. These people care even throw insults at Caroli] mistake or shoot once too of The Gamecocks have not 1: treatment which visiting tea: losing to Bradley the Birds for their efforts in a losing c; ence they have played with~ from the fans. There is only one more hc portunity to show people that despite their record. Let's forj the Birds on to a victory ove At this time of the year make their All-Conference sel for the ACC Little Man Tean feet, three inches in height Brown (UNC), Dave Wiedem (N. C._State), Nick Brennan Attez STUDI This Ad \ You for Reduced SOc Different, Daring Terrifying Way 'DAYSo. WIn Jack LEMMON Starts Thurs., f FEB. 21 All-New Spri s: Two Units, ' defensive teams will be the style. Last year's 'Warhorse' plan is as cold as yesterday's spaghetti. "We're going to try to find the best 33 men on the squad," ex plained the coach. "Then, towards the end of the practice season, we'll begin to develop team play, running the four teams against each other. Then, we'll probably run against Duke's defenses. "The practices will be open to the public, They'll begin at 4:30 since a lot of our boys have school work in the afternoon." Bass wants the students to come to watch. "After all, it's the stu dents who make up the school." The team that faces Duke September 21 will be physically stronger than last year's version. "They'll able to stand up to their opponents and play nose-to-nose football," is the way Coach Bass put it. The backfield, spurred by quar terback Dan Reeves, is larger this year and has more depth. Though Reeves may be the only break-away runner of note that the team will field this year, the Gamecock back 'op cs IE IcCA ''11 ____ Vports Iditor " " t basketball fans have showr 6 a losing team is to be com hich visiting teams have been inruly fans is certainly not an itation in the ACC. Heyman, said that of all the )untry, he dreads the Carolina seness of the fans to the court ts and paper throwing which ne make it difficult for a visit it in this year's home game nost ardent fans took it upon h cups. Art's polite request for 'as denied. Is this any way tc other player? orest the cup throwing was so nt his reserves to the shower action only brought more cups ut it was Bones' way of telling fans if we must resort to such rass the visiting team. ~s to play the Gamecocks, they ~his dloes not mean that we all ap lightly when a good play is nit the show of our spirit to se we are having a losing sea iome games just to harass the little who wins. Some people la players when they make a ten. een subject to the same brutal ns receive in Columbia. After vere given a standing ovation iuse. Elsewhere in the Confer. out unneccessary harassment 'me game left. Here is our op we are really behind our team get the cup throwing and cheer r Clemson. when people are beginning tc ections, here are the selections n. All members are undler six .Scotti Ward (USC), Larry rn (Wake Forest), Jon Speaks (Clemson).______ __ ENTS! Vill Admit a~ Special Price of This Attraction Only to See ...in Its Own - a Love Story! -Ean ROSES' eLee REMICK LMETTO . ng Version letter Quality field should be more consistent. "Where we depended on one or two good men, now we can depend on everybody," Bass explained. "Last year, Reeves and Billy Gambrell were our one-two punch. They could pressure the other side's defense, cause it to break mentally." But, lack of depth ,according to Bass, was Carolina's greatest prob lem last year, it caused the team to flub on obvious situations. "The defense was unable to coin- t tain the other guy in crucial situa tions. On third-down plays with only a few yards to go, the offense was stalled time after time. Maybe we were just snake-bitten and the hard luck will change," said Bass. t The coach views the 1963 season c with high optimism. "Our boys are of better quality than they were in the past. Jiminy Crickets, the boys are getting better coaching in high school than they've ever had be fore," said the coach. It's the students, though, who will be the team's backbone. "School spirit is everything," said Bass. "Everything falls into place when spirit is high; then we're tough." Profs Battle Students Sat. An interesting basketball gaime will take place on Saturday, Feb ruary 16, between the professors of lie Civil Engineering Department and their students. The game will t be played in the University High zym. After the game an initiation i party for the new members of r ASCE will take place at the South Carolina Electric and Gas Com- i )any club house at Lake Murray. i The game will pit the elite l aainst their followers. It should 1 'rove to be a real battle of the I 'rains. Citadel Defeats Evans Wins Th Despite a brilliant performance by Johnny Evans, the USC swim ming team was defeated last I Thursday 55-35 by The Citadel. Evans won three events and set two new school records. His first record-breaking performance came - in the individual medley. Twenty minutes later he won the 200-yd. butterfly and finished off the afternoon with a record-breaking win in the 500-yd. freestyle. Team cap)tain, Joe Hulings, gave Coach Jimmy R.atliff a pleasant surprise with a victory in the 50 yd. freestyle. Hulings' time of twenty-four seconds was four tenths of a second shy of the school record. Hulings finished second in the 200-yd. backstroke after leading for 150 yards. He missedl his next to last turn and lost the race to De thorne of The Citadel whom he has never beaten, but his time broke the school record by eight seconds. The Gamecocks won four of the eleven events, but they had to con cede the two relays andl the diving to The Citadel. Hlulings and E v a n s scored twenty-three points between them. Coach Ratliff saidl that he was very pleased with the performance of the whole team. With two less New Early Sp Arriving Grays Stripe Shii Poplin Trousers Seersucker S See Our Con of New Men Sport Coats Suits Stop in and Br Grays "Style Head(quIar 1347 Mc Deacons Con tact Blocker Negro Sought For Football Benny Blocker has been con acted by Wake Forest College. This would cause no interest luring the recruiting season except hat Blocker is a Negro. He is the first Negro to be ac ively recruited by an Atlantic ;oast Conference school. Blocker stands 6-5 and weighs 17. During the past season he tccumulated over 1500 yards on otal offense at halfback and luarterback at Barr Street High n Lancaster. He has been called one of the reatest athletes ever to come out >f the State of South Carolina. Blocker was visited by Wake s'orest's Coach Billy Hildebrand. Blocker was also contacted by wo other ACC schools, Maryland nd N. C. State. He has been visiting other cam muses such as Indiana, Michigan ;tate, Stanford, and Southern Cal. During the football season, it vas mentioned that Blocker might Lttend Indiana, where his coach, toosevelt Gilliam, did graduate vork. This is still a possibility. Blocker ranks ninth in a class of a .00 and is looking for a school that a >ffers scholastic opportunity. E The recruiting follows an an- h iouncement by Wake Forest that n he school would recruit Negroes. The announcement was received b vith approval or no comment by ir he other athletic directors. No op- tl osition was voiced. The first Negro to play football tc n the ACC, halfback Daryl Hill ti s now participating in sprinp t >ractice at the University of Mary and. Tom Nugent thinks that Hill ias a very good chance of starting t his season. C Sc C Swim Team; S ree Events wimmers competing the USC team cored more points than in their ast meeting with The Citadel arlier in the year. Meet Resultw 400-yd. Medley Relay: 1. Citadel -Time: 4:06.4. 200-yd. Freestyle: 1. Reynolds C); 2. McDaniel (USC)---Time: :00.5. 50-yd. Freestyle: 1. Hulings USC), 2, Trotter (C); 3. Foley 'USC)-Time: 24.0. 200-yd. Ind. Medley: 1. Evans USC) ; 2. Thomas (0)--Time: :21.8. Diving: 1, Kell (C) ; 2. Millings C). 200-yd. Butterfly: 1. Evans USC); 2. Traynick (C); 3. pringer (C)-Time: 2:41.1. 100-yd. Freestyle: 1. Martin C) ; 2. Foley (USC) ; 3. McDaniel USC)-Time: 54.0. 200-yd. Backstroke: 1. Dethrone C); 2. Hulings (USC) ; 3. Brab am (UJSC)--Time: 2:30.0. 500-yd. Freestyle: 1. Evans USC); 2. Dargan (0)-Time: :11.8. 200-yd. Breaststroke: 1. Foley C); 2. Sandifer (USC)-Time: ~:44.9. 400-yd. Freestyle Relay: I. 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