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C coc13 Prior to the game with Duke five weeks ago we were all optimistic about the fortunes of the 1963 Gamecocks. Despite the loss of a number of key players from the '62 squad there was reason to believe that this year's team would eventually be as strong. Our hopes and dreams have been shattered. To date the Gamecocks have compiled a 1-3-1 record, and the future does not appear to hold a bright picture. When a football team that is supposed to go doesn't go, it is a question of great concern for its loyal sup porters. This is true in the case of the Gamecocks, but as yet nobody has come up with a definite answer. The criticism which has been leveled against the team has in no way solved the problem of why they can't win ball games. The Gamecocks have played hard football against all their opponents defensively, but in the past few games the offense has been unable to move the football effectively. What is the reason for this inad equacy? For one Dan Reeves is hurt. He will not openly admit this because of some of our loyal fans would accuse him of giving excuses. The Deacon can not run like he could last year. The Virginia scouting report on the Gamecocks empha sized this and so they gave Dan a lot of running room Saturday because they knew he was not at top form. Without Sammy Anderson to catch passes the USC passing game is very much weakened. Carolina no longer has the threat of the long pass. Offensively the Gamecocks have made many mis takes. The blocking has not been as sharp as it should be. It is true that this year's team is playing with a number of men who saw only limited action or no action at all last year, but this cannot be used as a legitimate excuse. Head Coach Marvin Bass has said that we have good football players, but it takes eleven men to make a team go and some men have not been playing up to their capability. Thus far it has been a long and frus trating season for Coach Bass who put so much trust in his players at the beginning of the season. The 1963 Gamecocks have been a disappointment. No one is more disappointed than Marvin Bass. He feels that their failure in his failure. The coache's job is to win football games, and if he doesn't then he has not accomplished his job. It is wrong for a coach to sit back and take the blame for what a team does. Coach Bass has stuck by his boys all season. He has praised them for their comeback effort in the victory against Maryland, and tried to smooth things over when the team did not play up to expectations. Maybe we read the State newspaper too much. Per haps the Gamecocks are not as good as the press says they are. This may be true, but it is not an excuse for poor playing because of a lack of effort. Last Saturday in the first half the Gamecocks looked like a team that didn't want to play football. Virginia was up, we were down. The second half was a different story as the Gamecocks redeemed themselves somewhat but still could only manage a tie. Saturday's game was a hard played one with numerous 4"nj juries because of the rough play. Dan Reeves was knocked cold in the second half after making a crushing tackle on a Virginia back who looked like he was on his way for a TD. Larry Rucker is lost for the season because of a foul play on the part of a Virginia player who clipped him. Lide Huggins suffered a broken nose, but finished the game with fine defensive play. Several Virginia players were carted off the field so the Gamecocks got their licks in too. Tomorrow we face the Tar Heels who romped over NC State last week. They have a powerful running at tack and a better than average passing attack. Defen sively they are tough against a running team, but deadly against a team that tries to pass. The Gamecocks physically are much weaker than at the beginning of the season. We don't seem to have much of a running game and Dan Reeves is only an adequate passer. The bookies don't give us much of a chance, but neither did they against Maryland two years ago. With a little bit of luck and a little extra effort the Gamecocks coud turn the trick tomorrow. It's Homecoming so let's get out to the Stadium and cheer a little to show the alumni that there is still spirit at Carolina. IF WE STAND BEHIND OUR TEAM INSTEAD OF CRITICIZING THEM MAYBE THEY WILL FEEL A SENSE OF OBLIGATION. COME ON GAMECOCKS, YOU OWE THIS ONE TO COACH BASS. Beat -ARROJ N. Carolina? buttons-d< a student 9aluz&oAr of Oxford From prof to frosh kno MUSIC STUDIO getarmn..andt LONG-NECK ARROW. Take Decto FIVE-STRING ARROW's name for a blended of 66% Dacro AN OSB -polyester and 85% col BANJOSgive It an educated ne, AND weave and you have iI AND tion for America's moi FOLK wash-and-wear shirt. GU SiTARAuthentic University LATESTn the back, It's tapere LATSTbody line.. White, o "HOOTENANNY" trpe to cho fo SHEET MUSIC In lonssleeves asilluw 3912 Monficello Road. Phone AL 4-0625 Gamecoc In) In a game of penalties, passes and hard luck, the Gamecocks and Virginia Cavaliers matched each other in the scoring column, 10-10, giving both teams 1-3-1 records for the season. Following the opening kickoff, South Carolina drove inside of the Cavalier 20 but was unable to penetrate the Cavalier defense, and had to settle for a 25-yard field goal by place kicker Jack McCathern. Taking the kickoff after the UP IN THE AIR: A Carolina intended for Wake Forest receiver. most of the evening, limiting the B they could not get the offense roll 'Cock Of'] Two defensive backs, one of which also starred in his first 1963 chance on offense, share "Cock of the Walk" honors this week as South Carolina's best h defensive players in last Satur day's 10-10 tie with Virginia. Defensive halfback L I d e Huggins, a 175 - pound junior from Mullins, S. C., and junior linebacker Pete DiVenere of New Canaan, Conn., were chosen to share the Cock of the Walk distinction this week. For the third time in five games, junior Marty Rosen was named the Gamecocks' top of fensive player. He was runner up for the honor in the other two games. 44. Marty Rosen S Rosen, a 193-pounder from Brooklyn, N. Y., was returned to his old left halfback spot for the Virginia game after starting the Gamecocks' first four games at fullback. He gained 58 yards in nine carries including a brilliant 34-yard run for the touchdown that brought South Carolina from Sbehind to a tie. Hluggins, younger brother of Ssenior fullback Carl Huggins, Pwho was recipient of the top Soffensive player award after Ithe Maryland game, intercepted two Virginia passes deep in Gamecock territory and made a number of key tackles. He suffered a broken nose in the wledge latest rdby I1* ton, ' ' ,oxford4 eequa t popular Pashion n-down d pleat d to trim >rs and trated ks, Wa ho lard-Fou8 Gamecock field goal, halfback Tom Krebs streaked up the field 78 yards before he was hauled down shy of the goal. PENALTIES PREVAIL Penalties hurt the Cavaliers all afternoon, and this was one of those times. A few plays later Tom Shuman booted a 33-yard field goal to even the score at 3-3. As the second quarter opened, Carolina held at the one-yard line as fullback Jim Meighen at tempted the score. Regaining pos t defensive back goes after the ball the Biddies were tough on defense aby Deacons to just six points, but Ing either. [he Walk' fray but is not expected to miss any playing time. DiVenere made numerous tackles from his linebacker Pete DiVenere post. He also got a chance to run with the ball from the fullback post and averaged bet ter than nine yards per carry with 37 yards in four tries. Coach Marvin Bass said the play of Hluggins, DiVenere and Rosen was outstanding, and he also singled out kicking spe cialist Jack McCathern who averaged 42.7 yards on each of seven punts and kicked a 26 yard field goal. His 42-yard field goal attempt that would have provided the winning points, barely missed. ~1 Ide Huggins "These four boys, and a few others, played good football for us," Bass said. )$ Tie rht Game session shortly afterwards on a blocked punt at the 44, Virginia ended its scoring for the after noon as John Pincavage culmi nated the drive with a three-yard smash off left tackle with 5:25 remaining in the half. In the third quarter McCathern punted dead on the Virginia 8, but a holding penalty gave the Cocks possession at the Cavalier 34. ROSEN SCORES The very next play saw Marty Rosen bull his way over left tackle, out-distance the secondary at the 20, and race unmolested for I the six pointer. Rosen's 34-yard sprint tied the game at 10-10, the final game score. In the last quarter McCathern just missed on a 31-yard field goal Virginia was penalized a total of 126 yards, and Carolina was attempt, and Virginia's Tom Shu man was wide to the left on a - 30-yard effort. The rest of the game was a battle for possession. given 91 yards via penalties. In rushing the Gamecocks edged their opponents 141-126, but in passing the Cavaliers threw for pi 49 more yards to give them 216 cc yards in total offense to Caro- cl lina's 182. fi ff Freshmen: bi Beat WF C C Play Clemson . Cubs Today li, BY TOM HUNTER p1 Sports Writer w USC's freshmen team added an- b other victory to their unblimished C record last Friday night, slipping C past pesky Wake Forest 7-6 in Carolina Stadium. e1 The game was the 3rd win for the Biddies and the third loss for tr the visiting Deaclets. Although - coach Ed Pitts was not overly w impressed with the performance di of the freshmen he did single out F the play of center Bill Dickens 0 from Bloomington, Ind., and half- C back Bobby Brandt from Macon, la Ga. ti That one-point victory is over, w thank goodness, and the Biddies are now looking toward their hi hardest game of the season bi against Clemson this Friday after- o1 noon. ti The Cubs have a 1-2 record .ust A Hop, 1009 ASSEMBI "WE SPECIALIZE Catering to Unde Serving Breakfast, I Also, Fe CHARCOAL Buttered Bun, Fresh Tc #EW PRo.L MRST! BEPfo No dripping, no spillin Old Spice Pro-Electric skin areas from razor pl your beard for the cle; most comfortable shav( S H U L'l HALTED: The Carolina forwar secutive play to halt the Wahoos TD cocks dug in again and took over th blarriers B Despite being set back by a sur- v isingly strong N. C. State cross- s untry team, the Carolina thin ads were able to secure their I rat cross-country victory by de- r ating Clemson. Last Friday in a triple - dual eet, the Gamecock harriers ored 25 points to the Tigers' 30, it had to take 33 points to North arolina State's 22. Overall scor g gave North Carolina 26, South arolina 43, and Clemson 51. The meet was run over a four ile course on the North Caro ia campus in Raleigh. First ace fell to Silias Davis of State ith a time of 22:04. Davis was tcked by teammate Mel Wood ek who took second place. North arolina harriers also took sixth, venth, tenth, seventeenth, and ghteenth places. C South Carolina was again led by I e fine running of Jim Poulos i ith their single victory a 21-7 a cision o v e r Wake Forest. rmer Clemson standouts Dave I son and Dave Hynes (capt. '62 1 lemson squad) both witnessed I st week's win and agreed that < e Biddies have a good-looking, ell-coached group of hustlers. On the other hand, "Clemson I is a good-looking squad also, I it not a lot of depth," was the f >inion of Olson who has seen I e Cubs all season. Olson then summed up this Skip And Jump From The .Y (NEXT TO HEART OF COLUMI IN SERVING ONLY THE BE r-Grads, Post-Grads and Alt Is A Must on Our List! unch and Dinner Daily Seve aturing Our "Gamecock Sp BROILED STEAK 5S *ssed Salad and French Fries 0!ON gI Covers completely! protects sensitive all, burn. Sets up Inest, closest, ever! 1.00 d wall digs in on the third con bid. On the next play the Game e football. eat Tigers vho finished third with an out tanding time of 22:17. Clemson's E. J. Drowns took ourth place with Gamecock har ler Alan Rose taking fifth. Other jarolina places fell to Ken Smith, ight; Bland Addison, twelfth; mnd Eddie Kenyon, fifteenth. Improvement by the fourth and ifth men, Bland Addison and Ed lie Kenyon, has increased Caro ina's potential in the remaining neets of the year. Bland and Ed lie run the quarter-mile during he spring track season. The whole squad has shown ontinued improvement in prep iration for today's meet against Wake Forest. The meet will be -un this afternoon at the Rex Cnright center or Rosewood Drive. Today's outcome will depend on he grueling fitness of the two venly matched teams. We are oping for another victory today rom Carolina's road-roosters. fternoon's annual Carolina-Clem on contest, "I think it's going to e a good game, especially in the ine. If there is any difference in he two ball clubs it will be in lepth." STATISTICS USC WF irst downs 12 10 tushing yardage 216 99 'asses 7-17 7-22 'assing yardage 72 117 rotal offense 288 216 (ards penalized 35 60 Campusil hlA MOTEL) ST OF FOODS" imni of U.S.C. n Days A Week. DciaI" AtNDWICH .............$1.00