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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
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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
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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
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Rosen is stopped at the line of
H1. Rosen couldn't go on this play
ffense during most of the night
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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'.
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plaids... $3.95 to $6.95. At
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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.
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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
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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
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Zone 2 (18), Zone 16 (18) (tie) ret
SAE (12), Chi Psi (6) lin
Pi Kappa Phi (12), Lambda Chi C
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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
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The second week of the intra- ta
contests. Independent Champions, to
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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
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