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$ cocYZ ~OOSTR What is the matter with the Gamecocks? This seems to be a question that is popping up all over campus these days. Why can't those dumb football players do what they are supposed to? What does Marvin Bass mean by the breaks went against us and it just wasn't our day? If a team doesn't win, then maybe it needs a new coach. Sit back in your chairs, you grandstand quarterbacks who come to every game well equipped with your fifth and make a point to leave when the opposition gets ahead by two touchdowns. There is more to football than just winning and losing. Carolina doesn't really know what it is to win. Take time out from your critical discussions on what the Carolina football team should not do and check through the record books. Disregarding this season Carolina has compiled 279 wins I against 266 defeats with 33 ties. A school with a record such as this over the past seventy years can certainly not be called a winner. Carolina has never won eight games in a season and only five times have they won seven. The Gamecocks have been to one post-season bowl. I am not trying to say that we should settle for be ing second best, but possibly we are led to believe too much by what we read in the papers. It is very easy to sit in the stand and holler at Dan Reeves as he gets snowed under by tacklers, but have you ever placed yourself in his position. It takes a lot of ability and de- to termination to be a good quarterback, in fact, it takes ef these same qualities to play any other position. S Newspapers have to fill up space and write things that will interest the reader so often they tend to play things up. * Do you realize the pressure that is put on a boy when he is ei given an All-America rating, or a lineman who is supposed s to be big and tough? In general, most football players would a be content to see their name in the paper only after they b. have done something and not just to build them up. Ii It is very easy for us, the fan, to be critical of a boy for his play. I myself, have been guilty of this many " times. We feel that a scholarship represents payment c for services that will be rendered in the form of per- a formance on the football field. If a man plays badly then he is not giving his money's worth. S I think that we all forget that football players at Caro- W lina, in fact, all athletes, are still just plain ordinary stu- t dents like you and me. Granted they are having their way paid, but this does not mean that they should be subject to 1 constant criticism when a team loses. Tomorrow the Gamecocks face the Cavaliers at Charlottesville. At one time this team held the record 1" for the most consecutive number of football losses (26). This year with a sophomore squad they have managed to win only one ball game, but they are improving each week. The Gamecocks likewise have only won a single ball game. They fumbled the game away to Duke and Georgia i and N. C. State ran over them. The newspapers said we were supposed to be good, but for some unknown reason we just < can't seem to win. We have played some pretty good teams, c but the performance has been below that which the stu dents expected. If possible, let's forget all this and get out there and -~ support OUR TEAM one hundred percent. ANYBODY CAN BE A CRITIC, BUT HOW MUCH SPIRIT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A LOYAL FAN-.e fr IPress Box Note: By BLANDING CLARKSON cniud adi h al ec Not everyone who watches a pc u h etmn"6 football game at Carolina Stadium "Bsdsizan ablt,w 6. from the press box is a newspaper- cekit o' nelgne man. Also present is that bird epcal ntecs fqatr dog of the sports world, thebakan ofesv lime. professional football talent scout.Moenftblhabcmevr This was the case Saturday cmlxa hs oiin n night as the Carolina's Ganmecockscetiamutoinligces led an ill-fated charge against the ncsayt rprypa hs Wolfpack of N. C. State. Besidespt.I the usual sports representatives of W lolk ogtby h papers from both North and South (Ctidonpg7) t Carolina, space was also reserved __________________ for scouts from the professional football St. Louis Cardinals, the Green Bay Packers of the NFL and the San Diego Chargers of the rival AFL. Representing the infant AFL Chargers, Al LoCasale, chief of the San Diego scouting operations, S was on the lookout for possible pro prospects among the ACC club.. Although he probably was able to tell very little from the performances on the field, espe.. cially among the Gamecocks, heEno 24H u C did give an idea of what a pro scout look. for in a player toAsoUeYuSuen make his a good prospect. ON-URROE "First we have to start off with *SEILSSI R size. If a boy doesn't possess at SEE least the minimum size to play 0SIT ANE major league football, he isn't0TIIFYS worth considering. No matter how GODSA I good a 150 pound back performs 03 A in college, he'll never make it in modern pro football." "Also they have to possess the natural size to go with the size. This can mean anything from real good speed for ends, and bothLAUND Y 8 offensive and defensive backs to lateral movement to having goodMANA hands for pass receivers." "We look over almost everyACOSFM h spring practice in the country, and during this period, we separate the mespickooutheheobest men."a6 NEITHER RUNNING: Marty scrimmage by the State forward wa and neither did the CAROLINA < as the Gamecocks bowed 18.6. tate By Eiferd Keisler A rugged defensive line and ur skilled backfield operators med the Birds with comparative se in a soggy Carolina Stadium turday night. The first quarter was a series punts and penalties which ided up with Carolina in posses on at their own 22. With fourth id fifteen facing him, McCathern >oted out of bounds at the Caro ia 48. From then on State began to ove with Carolina helping their use with a 15-yard penalty for fensive holding. At the 22-yard ie and one first down later, !arpati hit halfback Koszarsky ith a swing pass, and he eluded ree Gamecocks on the way ih r the TD. The PAT attempt was foiled by ertwig of the Cocks as Rossi ked the kick and attempted to Iss. Carolina The University of South Caro ,a basketball squad launched c-season Practice Tuesday with nsiderably more height than last ar but Coach Chuck Noe is still ced1 with a depth problem. Another p)otenltial trouble spot the back court where Noe is ill looking for a ball handler and loor general" to replace 1962-63 -captain Scotti Ward, wvho has mpleted his eligibility. Also lost omi last year's team, which *mpiled a 9-15 record, were co ptain Bob Haney and Dave Pre znik. Returning are six lettermen in Liding seniors Ronnie Collins, 3; Bill Yarborough, 6-3; Jimmy >llins, 6-1; and Terry Lucansky, 0; and juniors John Gorsage, 6: andI Rick Grich, 6-2. FOXX The addition of 6-8%, 230.-pound m Foxx from the junior college nks will greatly alleviate the ight problem, along with John bhroeder, 6-6%4, 212, up from' at year's freshman team. Billy oofter, 6-7, 210, who was leading .e freshman team in scoring erying The Gamecocks z T heir Own Backyard oin-Op Laundry Credit Card Next Door (Y SERVICE (By request) (LEANING LEATHERS, & TRIMS ED TO PERFECTION DTCHI BUNDLE )RY CLEANING B TO PAY t CLEANERS BLOSSOM MEN'S DOMnOIES Rosen is stopped at the line of H1. Rosen couldn't go on this play ffense during most of the night Se S Carolina was unable to move and kicked to State who was un able to move also. Carolina was again stymied and McCathern kicked to Scarpati on the State 46. Scarpati returned to the seven but a clipping penalty against the Wolfpack and an offside penalty against the Birds offset each other and McCathern went back to kick again. McCathern's kick was blocked by Montgomery who caught it in the air and scored. State's try for the PAT was no good. After a series of interceptions by both sides, the half ended without fur ther scoring. The Gamecocks came out in the second half with a roar which was culminated by Reeves' loss of 21 yards from the State 37 to the Carolina 42. McCathern kicked dead on the State 18, and several plays later Rossi rolled for 48 yards to the Carolina 33. Hoop men when he ran into academic diffi culties at the end of the fall se mester last year, is expected to be eligible for the spring semes ter portion of the 1963-64 season. Another newcomer will be Jerry White, 6-2 forward from Hamp ton, Tenn., wvho led the frosh in scoring last season with a 14.4 average despite being hampered by a broken jaw. Foxx averaged 30.5 points per game for Gordon Military College and should add scoring punch in addition to strengthening the re bounding. Ronnie Collins averaged 16.6 points per game as a junior and led the squad in rebounding with 192. Jimmy Collins averaged 9.8 points per game and Yar borough averaged 7.5 and was sec ond in rebounding with 183. SCHEDULE The Gamecocks open a season of 21 regular season games plus 4'. lars, broad back pleats, invisi plaids... $3.95 to $6.95. At slacks mood a mate? h. NOR PASSING: Dan Reeves State defenders as he attempts to It was a long and frustrating eveni of the night dodging NC State I Mispi Two passes to Guin for eight and 18 yards and several running plays later, State found itself on the one-yard line, where Falza rano crashed over. Rossi at tempted a two-point conversion, but his pass to Scarpati was in complete. The Gamecocks drove to the State five in the latter stages of the third quarter, but on fourth and goal a Reeves pass in the end zone fell incomplete. Up and down the field they went in the fourth period until Intramui SCORES Kappa Alpha (14), Sigma Phi Epsilon (6) Phi Ep (7), Phi Delta (6) Sigma Nu (33), ATO (0) Zone 6 (43), Zone 13 (0) Practice two tournaments Dec. 2 at North Carolina. The schedule calls for eight home games plus the annual North - South Doubleheaders in Charlotte, N. C., and the Vander bilt Christmas Tournament at Nashville, Tenn., and the annual Atlantic Coast Con f ere nce Tournament, March 5-7. Coach Dwane Morrison's tall, and reputed to be talented, fresh man team also begins workouts Tuesday. The frosh roster includes Al Salvadori, 6-9, 210, from Beech Bottom, W. Va.; Bruce Wells, 6-8, 220, of Riverdale, N. J.; Lynwood Burkholder, 6-8, 225, of Singers Glenn, Va.; Gary Gregor, 6-6, 215, of South Charleston, WV. Va.; Rob Gorgrant, 6-2, 175 of Bingham ton, N. Y.; David Walker, 6-1, 180, of Warwick, Va.; Earl Love lace, 6-0, 170, of Kingaport, Tenn.; and Wayne Lacey, 5-10, 165 of Seneca, S. C. ed for real. Slick. Trim. Tight. Traditional accoutrements: anger loops, back-button col Ible seaming. Solids stripes, stores flying the h.I.s label. IF Pa pi fir n tr sh s pulled down from behind by two nii avoid them in his own backfield. St ng for the Deacon who fpent most lei Wolves. p -(Staff Photo by Dave Underwvood) hi Pn S Rc sp fo: ha \1 1 tw end Doug Senter of the Game cocks intercepted a Skosnik pass 21 at the 40 and returned 22 yards rui to the State 18. After a 14-yard It pass to Nies, Reeves rolled into ert the end zone for Carolina's first fr< and only TD. te4 A Reeves to Nies pass for two 'N points was no good. The remain- to der of the game was taken up by fat the exit of disappointed specta- de4 tors. The final score was Stat e 18, Carolina 6 --it could be a long of season. a ral News te me Zone 2 (18), Zone 16 (18) (tie) ret SAE (12), Chi Psi (6) lin Pi Kappa Phi (12), Lambda Chi C (6)R a Pi Kappa Alpha (0), Phi Kappa Sig (0) (tie) Zone 10 (14), Zone 4 (7) me Zone 9 (20), Zone 5 (6) vai Zone 1 (25), Zone 11 (0) by Zone 7 (51), Zone 8 (0) st nei The second week of the intra- ta contests. Independent Champions, to tne eihod tof at ed sct-i hd trsThe wrntalcr tt brogthete 18,l Cla yea -ith co incilng o 51-e vo y. anteFaent Con tinued) Zonpe 1(87 e) sree Siga(0i(tion a anc tite 2as yeasit onvincin 'aladins [oo Much 'or USC [arriers Beaten i Greenville Meet The South Carolina crc-s-coun r team suffered its second de it last Friday to ( Furman ladins. Furman, running with a 11 depthed team, was able to :k off the first three places, as 11 as seventh, eighth, and ninth. Furman's Don Patterson ran a three-mile course in 16:10 for -at, while teammates Hollfield d Tyler ran close behind. The 'at Carolina man to cross the tish line was Jim Poulos with a ne of 16:31. Jim, who is only a sophomore, owed exceptionally fine run ig for the second meet in a row. arting far to the rear of the rding runners, Jim's constant ce throughout the race brought n to the lead Carolina position the last half-mile. POULOS He was closely followed by Al se and Ken Smith, and the trio read apart only in the final kick r the tape. Carolina's fourth rrier, Bland Addison, finished ith, and a new addition to the im, Wendel Gatch, finished elfth. The final score showed Furman to Carolina's 37. The meet was n over the Furman golf course. is a very hilly course with sev il steeply graded hills varying )m four hundred yards to six mn hundred yards in length. This gives a definite advantage the runner who is closely miliar with the course, but the :iding factor in Friday's meet s that Carolina was unable to aak up the one-two-three finish Furman which assured them of victory. IMPROVEMENT Coach Bengy Seagle thinks the im continues to show improve nt. All five runners should be idy this weekend, when Caro a will compete against North rolina State and Clemson at leigh. All three teams are aally matched and should run closely contested match. Carolina's frosh ran their first et of the year, prior to the esity contest and were beaten a very fine Furman Freshman iad. Daniels of Furman set a v course record over the Fresh n distance of two miles and by yards when he galloped off a 9:59. ('ROM DIE ?ino Gamecock harrier. Bob mbie, mnade a fine showing by ishing below the 01(1 record of '10 with a 10:0ti. Crombie runs half-mile during the spring Clothing ings >rtswear Columbia, S. C.