Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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M2Coc cOcY Tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock eleven eager Game cock football players will stand on a field of green in Dur ham, N. C. with only one thought in mind, "BEAT HELL OUT OF DUKE." The band will play the National Anthem, the crowd will cheer and the opening kick-off will soar through the air into the waiting hands. Teams of eleven will converge and the 1963 football season will be underway. For the Gamecocks of South Carolina the Duke game is almost as important. as the one with Clemson. There is a great rivalry between the two schools. The past three years Carolina fans have cried for Blue Devil blood, but their cries have been unswered. Duke has ruled the pesky Gamecocks since 1960. Only in 1962 was there some feeling of satisfaction from the game for Carolina fans. In that year the Gamecocks almost pulled the upset of the year in the ACC when they led the Blue Devils for fifty-eight minutes. but fate took its toll and Duke the victory with a last minute touchdown. Dean Findley's two field goals were just not enough. Last, year there were great expectations for a vic tory over our northern rivals, but again we had to be content with just saying, "Wait until next year." The first half was ours, but unfortunately there are two halves in a ball game. Twice we shadowed the Duke goal line, but twice we failed to score. A break for Duke in the second half and one against us gave us the short end of a game that was much closer than the score in dicates. Next year has become a reality. Tomorrow we have the chance to keep that promise we made as we filed out of Duke Stadium last September 29. The Gamecocks are as ready as can be expected for an opening game. With three weeks of practice and two game-scrimnmages under their belts the boys are eager for some real action. For some it will be there last opportunity to beat the Blue Devils, for others a chance to amend for last year's defeat. The team is ready mentally. The impor tance of the game is well in their minds. Some of us are going up to cheer for our boys in person, while others will have to be content with being at Duke in spirit only. Spirit can carry a team a long way if it is given the right direction. The ball players themselves sense a much greater feeling of dluty when they knowv that the Student Body is behind them. Football is just a game, b)ut out ot this game comes some meaning. Eleven men battle for an oval piece of leather, while thousands of others cheer thenm on. In its basic form football might seem silly, but we all derive pleasure and enjoyment fronm it so there must be more to it than meets the eye. Every year we say this is going to be our year, but it never happens. Carolina is alwvays one step behind the front runners. Somebody has to finish less than first, but why should it always be us. Certainly, our football players and coaches are as good as the rest of the Conference. What seems to be the trouble ? D)o we lack spirit ? Must a team gc undefeated every year to develop spirit? When the Gamecocks take the field on Saturday they will have a job to do, but we as members of the Student Hody also have a job to do. Defeat does not determine the dedication of a team and its coaches. Let's get out and support the Gamecocks more than ever before, b)ut more important let's give them the incentive and sup port to BEAT HELL OUT OF DUKE. SPORT SHIRTS IAYN' By Norris - Enro BC Holbrook - FM - $5.00 T PARKAS SCHOOL By Lakeland - $9.95 (1 IS I i~ CHARGE ACCOUNTS S W E A T E RI S INVITED By * JANTZEN TOWNE & KING "Styl Iledqtwiera All of the Latest Styles and Colors. For Men" Elbow Patches. from $10.95 1347 LONDON FOG COATS & JACKETS THE DIRTY LOAFER ............... $14.95 MAIN ST- CAMEL, NAVY, BURGUNDY BLAZERS----.--...................... $29.95 EARL SKIDMORE: New Head Swimming Coach hopes to put Carolina back on the winning side after three years of defeat. Skidmore To Train Swim Team The Gamecock athletic staff has recently been completed with the appointment of Lee Skidmore as head swimming coach. Skidmore, a graduate of the Uni versity's school of journalism, or ganized the first AAU swimming team in the state in 1950 as the Palmetto Swim Club, and organ ized and directed the Palmetto Open swim meet which is now in its fourteenth year. Called the "father of swimming in South Carolina," Skidmore has twice served as president of the Carolinas AAU and has been on the national board of managers of the AAU. Dan Reeves Selected As All-American Quarterback I)an Reeves of South Carolina, whose 1,401 yards on total offense last season set an all-time sophomore mark for the ACC was rated by the nation's coaches today as a favorite for the 1963 All-America team. lEighteen-year-old Deacon Dan I of Andersonville, Ga., was among 59 college stars deemed qualified by the American Football Coaches Associatic,n to make the 74th an nual All-America team this year. The glittering roster was an nounced by Woody Hayes, associa tion presidlent and Ohio State coach, in the current issue (Sept. 21) of TV Guide magazine. Reeves, a 6-foot-2, 195-pounder, chalked up 50 points in 1962 to tie teammate Billy Gambrell and Duke's Mike Curtis for conference scoring honors. HIe connected on GG of 131 passes for 930 yards and seven touchdowvns. He added eight TD' s rushing, a dlepartment in which he compiled 471 yards for an all-time conference high for a quarterback. when most5 dollar ] are out of ink th en ...and a couple Just about the time you figi be running out of ink, unst thru refill says in no uncel enough ink left to go on wr s houldn't be surprised. Fo islim and streamlined, It h ity than ordinary dollar pe about the most Inexpensivi By the way ... you can pencil to go along with yoi nnly a dollar, too. Gamecc Crosscountry season opens the Gamecocks O c t o b e r against Georgia Tech at Atl Georgia. This meet will be lowed by a series of runs ag Furman, Clemson, North lina, North Carolina State, Wake Forest. The state championship me Greenville, November 6th and A.C.C. championship meet at leigh, November 11th will the season. The Gamecock h ers will compete against I Forest on their home cours Rex Enright athletic centei October 26th. The F r e s h m e n crosscou squad will compete in severt the meets including the i championship. There are seven men on a c: country team. Each of the five men take as many point the position in which they fi The sixth and fifth men tak, points but are used to raise points of any of the first members of the opposing t Spirited F Strong At South Carolina's freshmen ball squad for 1963 will be on the most talented group of ever to come to the Univer Coach Ed Pitts is looking forv to the five-game schedule, w starts September 28 at Go: Military, because of the fact "we had a real good recrui year." USC is the proud owner of Shrine Bowl stars and s standouts that participated in North-South game here in lumbia. Coach Pitts now has a yea teaching experience behind and a potentially great seaso front of him because of players as Ted Wingard, qua: back from Greenwood, S. C., tackle Paul Phillips from Gafi Mr. Wingard was the most so after footballer in the state year and Phillips holds the h of being voted outstanding man in the '62 Shrine Bowl. The Biddies will be tough fensively with players like ] Johnson, linebacker from Ch Hill, Tennessee, who the c speaks mighty highly of.* F two is the number of boys ort squad and the big difference year will be the over-all light and quickness of the line. strong p)oints are at center quarterback, the team leadei p)ositionls. Of the fifty-two members a] half, twenty-two, will be pha for their home state of S Carolina, nine are from Gec seven from New Jersey, five North Carolina, three from 3 Scripto Wordmaster*refill has ough left for a term paper of lab reports re your Wordmaster should rew the cap. The new see tain terms that you've got iting for quite a while. You even though Wordmaster as a much larger ink capac. ns. And that makes It just dollar pen around. get a handsome matchlng ir Woedmaster, An hat*. ck IIarrier: for 4th anta, fol- - ainst .laro- - and At at I the Ra close iEj arri- .. < Vake e at on intry it of state mn mm im m m THEY'RE OFF: The USC cross ross- last year. first 8 as Team scores are added, and the nish. lowest score wins. e no The courses are anywhere from the three to five miles long over golf five courses, farm lands, parks, or on eam. the open road. Each course is dif rosh Eleven Quarterback root- -inia, and one each representing e o: ndiana, Connecticut, New York, by. 'lorida, Tennessee, and Maryland. The first game is against Gor sity on Military College in Barnville, var< *eorgia, on September 28. This hic vill be a tough opener and a real rdon .est of skill for our freshmen be that ause these junior college op ting onents have been playing to ether for one or two years. The remainder of the schedule five ;ees the Biddies in Carolina ever stadium October 4 against N. C. the 3tate and October 18 against Wake Forest. Finishing out the season will be the Clemson and The Citadel contest on October 25 and r of November 7, respectively. him Another indication that points n in :o a successful freshmen season is such rter and ney. ught last onor line de Mike urch oach ifty the this mess The and ship mostx ying outh - rgia, from Vir--- - THOSE CI Now you're catching on. Ju you as the man who always So now's the time to grab a first,grab the AdlerSCshrin TAPP'S BRITTON'S 3Prepare t country team shown against UNC ferent from the next. On a strange course, an unexpected hill can tr the stamina of even the best dis tance runners. This year Carolina has four re turning lettermen, Bland Addison BASEBALL CANDIDATES There will be a meeting of all undergraduate men inter ested in trying out for the 1964 Varsity and Freshman baseball teams on Tuesday, September 24, at seven o'clock in the As sembly Hoom of the Russell I House. All men wishing to be candidates for these squads in the spring-except those men presently involved in other in tercollegiate sports - must be in attendance. l the coaching staff headed by Ed Pitts in his second year as top man. Backing up the former All- c ACC lineman will be past USC t footballers Sam Humphreys, John t Jones, George McGovern, and Ken r Lester. t With a little bit of luck and a a whole lot of support from the a Carolina students the '63 Biddies y will be a ball club hard to stop. f SEAN WHITE st be "clean white sock" in Adler; knows the right thing to do, eveni motor scooter and a girl, not nec k controlled wool sock. Inwh ite as INE A84.A 0OMPANeY. CAMC,NMA?S 14* 044 - - - Available at LACk DIAL-3 For Tech Eddie Kenyon, Ken Smith, and Llan Rose. Jim Poulos, a sopho sore, will be the fifth man. Kc nd Al ran the mile during the pring track season, and Jim was he Freshmen two-miler. Anyone nterested in participating in rosscountry should contact Coach Veems Baskin or his assistant, oach Bengy Seagle. We are look ng for a good season from Caro ina's road runners. 1963-64 Cross Country )ctober 4-Georgia Tech-Atlanta 11-Furman (Frosh) -- Green ville 19-Clemson, N. C. State - Raleigh 23-North Carolina (Frosh) - Chapel Hill 25-Wake Forest-Columbia lovember 5-State M e e t (Frosh) - Greenville 11-A.C.C.-Raleigh Invasion Expected saturday It seems as if everyone is go ng to Duke for the opening game. 'icket agent Bill Graham reported hat more than 2,500 tickets had een sold to people in the Colum ia area. Several local organ;zations have hartered buses to carry specta ors up to Durham, and one fra ernity on campus is going up in sass. With all these supporters ho Gamecocks should feel right ,t home. We wish all those going very pleasant trip and hope that IOU will come back waving the lag of victory. ADLE RS s. Suddenly everyone sees if he decides not to do it. essarily in that order. But nd a covey of colors. $1.00 O. SN CANAOA, WINDSOR HOSIIIY 4It&s, MOsintAW, EY'S