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4low n o Ithe I% ,)ea,4il-4n for drawt~ play in the fir,i Iiul Memorial Of Form It% TONY SNII.lT.it Assistant Sports Editor me1r1l Ul' S(' ootb0all >tar, .like i( askvy, .Jr., who dt.Ie of valn.t.r ill a C'olulbia Ils itil <itl Seltem ber. 1 at age 33,', claliv<-i Blliletts ville,. . C. l' Ili> 11(oll" toW). Freshmen For Open B%y DON AL.D HLlT Staff %%riter Sept. Id154fo its firist gamel( againstI (sordon01 Aiiitary A e a d e m y at l )arne vi ll ';a. i:n Oct. 1 It < a ih Itidei t4 (; ttti lt'er who eatnIe 4uary, gr4 lelftt' ~it earge ilthe Il' iii nliilg sesion.l] 5141 ,1dkteach thelitze ph veilosophl isof : lnte tai d fil se. (444ll Mlta hi t lill' Fal(T1.T gTAsKt el it;%ll4 iidifc l oI gets thell phryerSI I ofhg aihe schls. liWil Ih fac tat Gordont' Aliitary ii 4) the Hi<hl i behil thr fir st ra te Gamecock K IIIll ,-C r, I hef fir,I 141u1 ithe Gani m-cmwk, in i i oniv-% itrol Ivr of Ihe I,1 gm.Spm Fund. Es4 --- ir Gamec I'pwn his ,death the Bv1ennettaville Bt-nnett ville C'hamber-1 44 ('m I I t v ltp I I~ II ' I I I . kt I I F u n d bought S> mi1ch pre.tige and reoi ti to Il h14ome1l t4owil and Practice ing Game anct-s, the. frek-h111in gr1idder, have.( \'I-e ' I m1bardi f1d e . crib 1,41ot ball as a gamei t hat is "wonP0II inte dirt" a'roP h l i neiltin na anidhi\ ptti . ('arolina ih-dghne s em te have ieell tld>eIl wth ill' agi te'hP I' il-lt( '. ( TS P~P )s At thla es d rals u i i l iut i \\'t son,Pet' a Is, P 1 p et'nitr who wa., :in thel- ttat erorne th ' erke . frtom th re tt,1)1 \lad w ~i:h dh4hite.s ar '. t I, 'P5 p lum' 't<hli' atel o p las p elk role In tie Touchdown anon a-ner Tm \ in"and 14 ablished I >ck Footbl high ii thtiol. ilTerefor, 4)n Septem her S tlivy tstabheliled the Mike 'a.kkey. .1r.. litmon rial Fund in his 11"Iltir. I.OAN FLND1 Thk. funi will bv a scholarship 14:in1 fmnd ;1411ministered by the Itnnettsville Area Schools Board 4f Itees, and it will aid deserv ing. yet ieedful Bennllettsville High schmil senqiors who wish to attend ('ontitrilbution.s to this fund have alreay begun to pour into the Bi.1nnett'Ivillv ('hamber of t ( '(1m1 mtIcle * 11 from local donors. IHwtver, the li Chamber of Com II(rce anId the .erchant.s Associa tion I fee thIiat t.t he anl effective mal44 usefuIl memoIItrial the thousands .\tlikat I'St' shouhli lie informed epr. Ith lel i appeciationl for his lift :aud endeavtfr will do >o. The .\ltmrIl F))!hunid C ommittee requIlests that anyionie wis.hing to contite to the Fundi should mail Sttir tontributioni to Mlike (askey, .r. 'item rial l'und, e/o Hlennetts rneren ha1s never4 t 1-7. 31AltYI, The Al aulTi ils, guidedt nev: helad ('oath I 'om)) Harp3i. lthe 44afe11 ts score C Saturdayhi las>t week and0 su iForest IDemotn D)ea P'ilttuigh P'ark Saturdlay. hihlatted Cotatch .1 im ike ul 1T('il lion Tar helalet ok , on from mderneath, a M4 hdow 11 imaed a 76- ard .n Honor dl Great vi lle Chamber of Commerce, P. 0. Biox 158, Biennlettsville, S. C. GIVEN LIVES Mike and his parents have given their lives to education. Mike, upon graduation from Carolina in 1.51 spent (ight years in the education field teaching and coaching, one year at Hoiling Springs ani 'ven yvars at 11aniet, N. C. Mike's father. M. P. C'askey, Sr., is Culr'ently principal of ihe p portunit' Schotol in West (Colu1bia, following almost two decades' as 'ociation with the liennettsville schools wherte he served as teacher, high school principal, helad coach of football, basketball and baseball, and area superintendent. Mrs. Cas key taught commiercial subjects at lHennettsvi lie High School andl also worked in the school office. Those i nI t e r e s t e id in M\ike's ach ievenmentIs mi ght k now that he graduiiatedl from lHen nett,svi lie li igh Scho 'l after comp jlet ing four1 yearls of suiccessfuil piarticipiation ini all spomrts. I )uriing that time he was twice namiedl to all-state football squoads a> a halfback and wa niamedi to Hell's all->tate biasebiall >quadii his >eni!or year. lIe played in the Shtrine Howl andit Soutth (aro lina All- Star games. lIe also was on3 a Henettsville statt champijioni ship hasktball team andl on the golf teami each year of his high STAIC HACK .\ ike wvas awarded an athletic grant -in-aid at liSC andI played var>ity halfback uinder' the late coath R~ex En ri ght fotr fouir years. I)uiring thitse four yearsl hie be came thet fou rth leading groundl gai ners in CSC h istor'y and won nia tionial attt-ioni for his stellar play' ing ia unst A rmiy ini 1954. A look at the 1954, '55 and '5i; editions of the '" ar'net anid lacik"' will show somlle of! his con)Itribu1tionis toi the .\ike's miemory i> best entriined in the thiumbnail sketch beside his andit Black,"' '.. a crowd-pleasinig halfhback who will hi sorelv miis-t'i LCC I1()UND)LI tanica tibbiite ,\N I) (qum ttrback, f' tiu Saba.,n, hadii wer'e - lit o'ut 'fred a toghi mi 'net prlt'-seats State. Sabani's high~ l as 1 2t h tin the Wake try to get i 'ons in (College against atlways RIOI,INA dy '' North (arit- Nir1I (' Al Bayou] Stubboi Fuibles, blocked kicks and a -qpirited bunch of LS U T i g e r s proved to be too much for the Up .et-iminded Gamecock,s last Satur fay night as U:SC suffered a 28-12 loss in the season opener. 'the game, played before a crowd if 70,000 LSp' artisans in 3at<n Riouge's Tigvr Stadium, generated 'nt1husiasi anong I,S fans the, Home Op For Satur South Carolina falns will get their first look at Pau I Dietzel and is young Gamecocks Satur 'lay night when Memphis State rolmes to Columbia for the sea s n's first game at Carolina Stadium. The defensive-minded T i gers ran up against ant equally stiub born Wle Miss defense last week and fell by a1 13-0 scorv. Th'loughi Coach Billy M1urphy's squad compiled only 97 yards on total offense in its initial con test, the Tigers feature an array ,of I'lashy backs led by 210-pound fullback lIerb Covington, who gained .17 yards in 11 carries against, the Rebels, and 195-pound itb Haxter, who gained 17 yards. The big question mark in the Mlemphis State offense seens to be the quarterback position Icft Vacant by Hilly Fletcher, a hoiler .f 13 school records. Murphy's probblm appears to be iartially solved by Terry Padgett, Who lettered as a linebacker and 'uliback in 1,15. Padgett, how VvI', coMpleted only fiour- of :1 pass attempts last week. II is back-up is 1)n Deaton, 5-9, 165 pounds. 'Tlie always tiugh lTiger dv fense, being anchired by tackle I arry Duck (25o), ends leg Sha ley (205) and lon Wyka 215) and linebacker Larry Vil liams (200), is as st.ingy as evir. Memphis Stat' has 21 1ettermten returnivn-12 on if'n--s and nine on de'fense. lIe also is cOulinting heavily on anl undefeated 1 .-":5 freshman squad which has sent tip suclh prospects as kicking spe cialist Larry (;roce, linebacker Art Brunit and guard 'Martin Orcuff. lvinphis State. which has just iined the Missouri Valley ( on ference but will not he eligible for tIh' lea gue' title' unitil the'y are able ti che dule ienough c onfer enice Gregory I Staff Writer 'The tGamnecoick foo tbhall player f'ac ing probab lly thi' gi'eatest chalI linge thItis seasoin is ,li hnntity Grleg Greigoriy, ai 5 foot. 10 inch. 174) poiundl so phoimiire red shlir t friomt A ikei, ha.ls the unt'nv iabli' task iof repicinig split end ,l. 11. Wilbiui'n. When asked how~ he felt about his position, Gregory~ replied, ",J. It. was onle of the finest ath letes iver to performi at 1' S( and it is going to be a real challi'nge trying to replace him.'' The I.SU game was thie first varsityv ttame for' Gregoiry and stria ngely enouigh thte trcip was a lsoi his fir'st un an airpilanti. "'I wvas a little scared at first, liut I was coinsoiledi by some of thi' it her playe'rs,"C Grigoryv r'emarki'd, ''Inowever, if I had k now n abo'ut the rmorii that a bominb was un thte plane' I may haveo even hailed out. When asked about his first iar sit i game, Johnny stated, ''Bad mistakes in our kicking game hurt us real bad, herause you can't af ford to make mistakes against a ns In IDanny 'Tal bott at pac k, co at ailed ti generati' the t oachu last week as they last year,. by Kentucky 10-0. gamne leci w who wi're picked van State in poll toi finish as wil go a, lhe win iolumnt tiiugh Niorth C'a-ro h'lap'l liill Satur [hi \'i aoi iquarti (OI.IN A STrATE lack the Bengals 'nami likes of which had never been seen before in the bayou country. LSU relied on its multi-purpose quarterback, All-American caldi date Nelson Stokley, and a group of fast, ha rd-'u In Ii ng backs to score a touchdown in eaCih quarter of the game. h'le two teamvls *-%apped first quarter touchdow l n the Game ener Set day Night games, will seek to duplicate its last p(.1rfortmancv ar!ainst th( Ganecocks wlon theii two schools met f. th firt time in 1963. ThaI vait. -aw% the Tigers '1ae with a !-1) vitory. They wer1e 1u<h-eat that year except f ir an 'peung game tie with ole Miss. (abme timlie fwr the (;alne4ek. TIVer "ls s 8 p.m1 and . i.hnny 1 leny er r iravf-h.-i to lempihi> Saturday Iight to) scout the Tig'-r in their etwtunter with the t.ough \lissi.-ippi li-bel At (Coach Paul Do-tztl'- wek1y pre 11ss lunchun Tue-day, iRowe told local -ports twi hat lurphy' i-.nphis St.a oi t l:n "a fine ball club." 4I ch l u rphyt. ft. that per won l - ( .." It,w \k aid 'th i y ar 1 t Ia n Is -?Im fhi be t. I t' ,th kiml if teaum thatt a! of a u-LddvnIlde arnd ,var- -omleonle apa rt." .101hnny% \'au h. the h:ghly-suc es-ful Ailis'-i poi li:al c'.ach. said he( blieve-4, tht- lm hi tatec *aud id " If pSok .\lurphy's be!tor defe -ive tei. lt-\% -aid that Vh I Ithe T itt-rs dIid loe th: opitmn <ilai. t % as a I bute to heir f:ne de fensi- that li-i'sipp: 'ir-d only 18 points. The wlebels pu-he( kroi , C ne fir-t-hal tomuc1hkwIn '-id a field goal iII vail of tle last "lcnphi- statf. doitetn't have tiy art lig an i really I-vc ti hit "IlT ir ffi n -e w lit basevd mei -f\y itn a -st rng irum: ing game," I -aid. ''T lwir li;(. av.-r;ig, abWiut 22.7) poundil- i wo! wan a t- litik In smav oesh 'rln fils wIll"pbly -i -tunm Of the yiou will see in ('o2lege fooitb.al>." las Big C team like I Also, we didn't capitalize on enough of their mis akes. Alt houg h w'e lo1st, the team %pirit was real good and I am sure we are goiing toe work hard to cor reect oiur mtistaikes and work to w~ ardI a iiuccssfui season." Theret ua- muc h d isc-uss io n about umi fan,- at I.SI' antd the 'S(' sphli endi was quick tii10 noii th en- rthusia-m arIiound Ll.'U in Tiger Sta:il:mw andi bie-fire that uamet t hi- large-st criowd I played beor as aboiut -l.*nO0. I w-as tver' im pre-ssed w-it h hie rece pt iOn -aIvFtie F;10R-ls iif-thie-Year- in the ACC ier-s dro-ippedi a 2S-10I op~ening wVeek 5101n tio poiwerful Michi-fo; last week. The 'Pack I)eat ;iui-t Noth Carolina in 11 thi> we(ek. Th'i reZiniai ('avalier--, led by Mar;' -rback Hib Di d s, turned'( Satu Wake Fortest Demlon by I Drop ecocks cock tally coming on a one-yard plunge by tailback Jimmy Killen - but the USC extra point try failed and the Tigers carried a 7-6 ad vantage into the second period. LSU came back with a touch down by fullback Gawain DiBetta and went into the halftime break with a 13-6 lead. What eventually turned out t> be the margin of victory for the Tigers came with nine minutes left in the third quarter. Tackle Jack )yer blocked a Gamecock punt after a low snap from center and linebacker George Bevan fell on the ball in the end zone. Stokley passed for a two-point conversion and the Tigers went ahead 21-6. The Gamecocks got back into the ganie when halfback Bobby Bryant took an LSU punt on his own 23 yard line and returned it for a touchdown. An attempted two-point CoIvVrsion failed. The final LSU score came on the last play of the game after several lespe-ration plays by the Game cocks failed. 1intermittent rain fell during mit(h of the first (uarter and both Stokh-y an(d Gamecock quarterback .\like Fair had trouble handling th" liippery ball. Stokley completed "-i of seven asses for nine yards whi-l Fair comipleted six of 17 for ,I yards. St,kokh-y led l-SU rushers with 78 yardj- in 15 carries. Tailback Mau il.elan carried 12 times for ' -.ard- and Diietta picked up c yard im 12 tri. Wigack Hen (;arito was the b-:idliI Ganw,-,'ek rusher with 51 yard- in only three carrws. GarntA :11-1 -ll the team In rec(-ivinjg with three catcbes for :7 yard. (aniec(c)k liead coach Paul D)IJt Z(,1 wa- visilbly disainitItedl after tht. !(.Ss. "\ e play.d hard, he 'cIld. "hut l~4~: iii-t:ckt- in )ur kicking .anw ,aued u- to beat ur-lve.s." Tht ,amtcocks tak 4n .\lmiphis StIat' Saurda in ('C<11um1bia in the r1t ccf four hme games Lis st-a (1ni. NeM p hi, State- sufferen an ;lpcning gani loss t- (i4 Miss., 1: n.. 1:cst Sat u rdlay. USC LSU Firt downs 10 ig Rushing yardage 101 283 Passing yardage 71 Pa%ses 6-|7 1-7 Pa%ses intercepted by 0 V Punt% 5-20 5-43 Fumbles lost 2 2 Yard penalized 5 30 South Carolina 6 0 6 0-12 Louisiana State 7 6 R 7-2k LSU-Stokley i run Daniel kick USC- Killen I run tkick blocked) LSU--Otbetta 3 run kick failed LSU-Bevan recovered blocked punt in end acne Allenc pass fronm Stokieyc USC--Bryant -7 punt return i(run failed) LSU-H4avnes 2 run (Manton kick) Attendance--67I? hallenge we rc' live ai t 1,S : te p opl Grecgoryt' team iiwith on ce ocf the finer cjuaitrtracks in the couuntry. andl hc- feels that M.\ike is a real fint bailtlhiVer andI a gre-at guy to TIhe ent irt 'S t( eamn underwent a big change this spring when toach Paul D iet zeI took over the head coai~chinig jtob. D)ietzel em pl1(1 e'd prte-seasoin practice, a schedue w "hich included three practices a day. G;re.gory said the pr'actices were tr'S'Oe. bu.t they- were definitely needeqld. since time was limited. Gregory had this to say about hiis nlew headi( coach, ''Coach D)iet - zel is a t remendlous coach, and I ftcel very fortunate to he playing for such a great man" TIhe G'amecocks return home this wee'k to play Memphis State. Gregory thinks highly of this next opponent and had this to say, c"It is always nice to play in front uof your home fans, but we expect another real tough game this w ek end." .e Blc kburn-coached Caval will get a tough test this when they trav'el to Clems'on meeting with the Tigers in Valley. WAKE FOREST Wake F'orest D)emon IDea who have not had a winning ni smece 1952, will go against 'land in College Park this rtday. The D)eacona, coachetd till Tate, were defeated 1..