Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Bi; Members of the Gam1114e scramble for a rebotinnl in o memsionsm itt the Cairolina Field is senIing the team throngh Dec. I seastoni opeier aigatinst Late Vol Carolina Coach Paul Dietzel's Gamecock threatened to pull off the upset of the year in college football against Tennesse last week as they built 11) an1 1 l-point lead late in the fir-st half, but the highly touted Vols stormed back in the second half to turn back Carolina, 29-17. Tennessee, th ree-touchdown fav orites in the contest. were sty"mied by the 'Cocks for most of the first halt'. It appeared that the 'Vocks might go into the halftime break with an 11-0 lead, but the Vols pushed across a touchdown with 1 :10 remiinig after recovering a fumble on the Caro!ina 32-yard line. The Vols scored again early in the second half after intercepting a stray NMike Fair aerial. The Ganecock field general was in jured on the play. Carolina d1rove deep into Ten nessee territory early in he game after forcing the Vols to punt. A 26-yard field goal by little Jimmy poole gave the Gaiecoks a 3-0 lead. Tlhe Gamnecocks moun ted an - other drive mnidway through the second quarter and scored on an eight-yardl pass from tailback lHen Garnto to split end Johnny Gregory. Fair ran for the two point conversion to give the 'Cocks their 11-point lead. Tennessee's scores came on two Warren-to-Flowers passes and on short lunges by Warren and full back Hob1 Mfauriello. The G;amecocks' final tally came Bryant Au Named C( Offe nsive tackle Paul Phillips andl defenlsive halfback Hobby Br y ant will serve as Carol in a's co cap)tains Saturday when the Game corks meet M aryland at C'ollege Parak. Coach Paul D ietzel and his staff each week name one or more sen iors to serve as cap)tainl or co captains for that week's game with a p)ermanent captain to be selected at the end of the season. Phillips, 0-4, 2413, senior from Gaffney, was a co-captain earlier this season in the Wake Forest game andl Bryant, 0-0, 171, senior from Miacon, Ga., servedl as cap tain for the G;eorgia game. "Paul and Hobby are 'wo of our top seniors," D)ietzel said in an notuncing the appointment. "Hoth have p)layedl w'ell and have pro vidled excellent leadership.'' Phillips, a Physical Education major, has beeni a fixture at the strong tackle p)osition in the p)ast four games after a brief stint with the defense. lHe is perhaps the Gamecocks' best blocking line man andl has consistently scored( high when game films were' gradled. Bryant, the Gamecocks' All A merica candIidate, is c'aIled "'the finest deep defensive back I have ever coached'' by D)ietzel, who had someW great ones at LSU1 andl Army. "Briayant led the ACC in punt re'turns last year- with 101 yards andl already has 212 yards on eight retturns this season to rank among the nation's lenders. HIis 9)8-yard return against N. C. St.ate established an A CC record Ivi4 Stretch Gamecock photo by Finn -ock varmity baskeball s(uiad ne of the team's <aily practice I louse. Coadi Frani MeGuire its pzest4 in pretparation for the Ersine. Rally Nips Upset Try late in the game on a one-yard Plunge by quarterback Ted Wing ard, who had replaced the injured Fair. Tailback Benny Galloway was the top ground g a i n e r for the Gamec(oks, picking up G9 yards in 15 carries. On the ground the Gamecocks gained 101 yards to 119 yards for the Vols. Warren completed eight of 1-1 passes for '.98 yards, 101 of thvm to the speedy Flowers. In the Vols' previous four games, they had allowed their opponents a total of 20 points, including only one touchdown. Eleven of the points and the touchdown were scored by Alabama. )ietzel said he was "proud of the way the boys played, espe vially late in the game when they refused to give up." lie noted that if the Gamecocks had been able to hold the Vols scoreless in the first half, "it just might have been a different story." SC Tenn First downs 17 21 Rushing yardage 173 208 Passing yardage 101 i ig Passes 7-i5 8-14 Passes intercepted by 2 3 Punts 3-44 2-46 Fumbles lost I 0 Yards penalized 21 0 South Carolina .3 8 0 6 -17 Toen - 0 8 7 14 -29 SC -- FG Poole 26 SC - Gregory S past from Garnte (Fair run) Tenn - Flowers 21 pass from Warren (Fuiton pass from Warren) Tenn - Warren I run (Wright kick) Tenn - Mauriello 2 run (Wright kick) (Wrnght kFlowers 37 pass from Warren SC - Wingard I run (runr failed) Attendance 38.944. id Phillips -Captains andso he ratn another back 77 yards against LSUI. Bryant also has re tu rn(ed 11 kickoffs 225 yards and has intercepted one pass, return ng it 32 yardIs. HeIt has made 37 individual t,aeKles p)lus 20 assists. Bryant is a Business Adminis - t rat ion major. iCat Ant unlielntific<t lmembuIer of freshmuuan Meqiuil appears to bi gameic of caitch te qluarterbacek ini on Richlic fichdi teneral Gamei In Cit Bl DONALD CAUGIMAN Sports Editor The Gamecocks will still be try. ing for their second win of th< season Saturday when they tanglt with a resurgent Maryland Ter rapin team in College Park. Coach Paul Dietzel's crew out played a tough Tennessee team foi half the game last Saturday bul succumbed in the second half ir registering their fifth setback o the campaign against one loss. Several new faces will be seer in the Carolina lineup due to some key injuries suffered in the Ten, nessee clash. Quarterback Mike Fair sufferec a knee injury and will be out fol at least three weeks. Alternat< quarterback Ted Winlgard, whc has provided more than adequat( backup strength at the positior the first part of the season, will get the starting nod againsi Maryland. Backing up Wingard will b< sophomore John Marcotsis. Th( 15-10, 158-pounder from Summer ville suffered a knee injury in pre season drills and returned to ac tion only this week. Fullback Cooter Williams ag. gravated a knee injury sustained in fall practice. le will not makt the trip to Maryland Saturda., but is expected to he back for the Florida State game next week. H1is replacement will be junior Jim Mulvihill, an excellent blocker who has started at the fullback spot in several games. Sophomore Allen Brown has been brought up from the junior varsity squad as Mulvihill's back up. Another key lineup change has former safety Tim Hice starting at the middle guard position. Coi menting on the startling switch, Dietzel said that the 176-pound sophomore is "too good not to be playing regularly. Wally Orrel has been doing a great job at safety. so we had to find some where else for Tim to play. "It may sound odd moving a safety to middle guard, but Tim is quick and agile and has been making all the tackles on kickoff coverage." The remainder of the Gamecock starting lineup will be the same as in the Tennessee game. In Maryland, the Gamecocks will be facing a team which has won its last two games after losing two of its first three. The Terps have the only winning record in the Atlantic Coast Conference and are atop the conference standings with a 2-0 league mark. TIhe Terps have suffered losses to Penn State and Syracuse while chalking up wins over Wake For est, D)uke and West Virginia. In their first three games the Terps' rushing average was an anemic 20 yards per game. But in their last two contests, they have rolled up more than 200 yards on the ground. The insert ion of fullback Hill Lovett into the lineup has been'1 largely responsible for this up surge in the rushing game. I Ie groundl ou.t 141 yards on 27 car ries against WVest Virginia last chi The Quiarterba< 1he (Clemnson (14.) in last e' plying ai archrivals. IA) as hie closes inl stripes --t Pat Wn'~taon @ocks ish Wi week and has a total of w89 for the season. Tailback Ernie Torain has contributed 114 yards to the rush ing cause. Junior Alan Pastrana, who was used chiefly on defense last year, took over the quarterback spot AA Three Chemson Cubs mLake knock dowi a pass thrown bv Watson (14). I nfortunatelv fo Freshm 'To Arc] By D)ON lt'l.T Staff Writer & ~dOnce again an inability to main t,ain any offensive continuity vic timized C.arolina's freshman grid-v desas they dIroIpped a 7-0 decision to arch-rival Clemson last Friday * night in Carolina Stadium. The game was a particular chal lenge for several Hiddies beause they were personal acquaint.ances of ' t few of the ('ubs. Biddies from South Carolina no doubt recogn ize*d Cub quarterback Charley Waters, a former S h r i n e Howler from " N o r t h Augusta; linebacker andti fullback John Johnson from Co- h lumbia; and t.ailback .Joel Whitsell d fronm Clinton. Clemson took the opening kickoff " andt from t he outset drove down n the field until the Biddies held at I the Carmlina 15. On their first of fensive play the Biddies lost a A fumble at their 18 but their litz ing defenders dirove the Cubs back 0 te ri r 11 at to ni Gamcoc phteby olf C Fridy's las beteen he kngonin ency pote man W lqir ie referee,. w Seek Ix ith after an early-season shakeup by U(oach Lou Saban which saw three top players dropped from the sIuad. Pastrna has completed 50 of 88 passes for 729 yards and seven ouchdowns. IIis 56.8 per cent A. 06t Futile au insucctssful attemlipt to tle Biddies' quartebi-Lack Pat r the Riddies. the Cuibs were en Dro] Li Rival o the~ 35. When Coach Ratterree's harges again took pssession their 'ffense bogged down and the Bid ies had to punt. Clemson's Cubs again drove to ard the Carolina goal hut the arnet-clad defense stiffened onfce lore and the (Cubs tried a 37-yard ield goal which was blocked byv arolina linebacker D)on Buckner. The llidd ie offens.e once more 'as u ni a bhi e to shift into high ear and they had to relinquish Ossession of the pigskin. Gar in's kick wa.s gathered in at iid-field by Whitsell, who eluded 'te Ca rdin a puin t cove rage and rouight the hall down to the Hid ies' . Q :iart irback Wa:ters. theun called ni Whitsell for two carries that oved the ('ubhs to the Carol ina: 25. romn t here t he (lem-on field gen "al called onl his fullback, Jlack nderson, who blew through a bole .er r igh t guard, eluded the line eckers, aniid cut against the grain the Hiddlie secondlary to out race e last dlefeniders into the endl ne. Mike Funderburk kicked the tra point to give Clemson a 7-0 ad with 5:20 remaming in the rst half. Throughout the third quarter the ams fought to a st,andstill until e Hiddies drove into Clemson ter tory in t.he final few minutes. owever, this drive was nipp)ed by interceptioin at the Clemson 24. In the final quarter the IHiddies ar-ted open ing u p with a passing 'me and drove into Clemson terri ry only to have the scoring bid plped lby an intercept ion on the ib 36;. Tlhe Clemson fresh then began to indl out their own drive onl the ound to use up the remaining nu tes; however, through an un ortsmianlike conduct penalty, the didies were atble tO gain posses n on their own 20 with only 05 showing on the clock. From there, scrambling Hiddie arterback Pat Watson began a sper-ation drive, hitting end Andy invouis with three paises. TIhese receptions brought Caro a down to the Clemson 25 with mUinuate and a half remaining. atson then traied cove t.e r-i second >start completion record is among the is best in the conference. sh Split end Billy Van Hfeusen and 23 ca POR TS Br sl fhiker Bobby Collins are the I5 r )s' top receivers. The Terp defense, which closely av resembles a pro-type formation, pe pfort S1uccessful in scoring inore points Freshrnen. 7-0. last Friday night ing on for the Riddies is fullbact > 7-0 De Clemsoi n:ining 25 yards with drop-hack "na >asses. dis: On the first pass attempt Wat- Cle on was rushed and dropped for a wit 0-yard loss. On second and third des own Watson passed deep into the w nid-zone to C'hav'ous hut the ball 30 -as slightly off target. On the last in< own the Clemson front defenders . ut on a strong rush and trapped pla, he dlesperately scrambling Watson tici 5 yards behind the line of sc-rim- at iage to thwart the Biddies' final mer coring bid. sz Coach Ratterree remarked that trol STARTING Below~ is the tentativ-e starti cocks in Saturday afternoon's < Terrapi ns at College Park. OFFENS Player Position ( Johnny Gregory SE Paul Phillips ST Randy Harbour SG Jimmy Gobble C Tom Wingard WG Dav'e Berry WVT Jimmy Killen TE Ted Wingard QB Benny Galloway TB Ben Garnto WB Jim Mulv'ihill FB DEFENS Gene Schwarting LE Joe Komoroski LT Bob Cole LB Tim Bice MG Bill D)ickens LB D)on Somma RT Leroy Bailey LE Toy McCord LHI Bobby Bryant RH Stan Juk Rover Walle Orrel Soaety Win ['erps anchored by big ends Dick Ab ,-r (6-5, 230) and Bill Bach (6-4, I'he Maryland kicking game is led "one of the best in the na n" by Carolina Associate Coach fmy Vickers, who has scoute Terrapins several times t tson. ioccer - style k i c k e r Be 0 amson scored 316 points a. a on seven field goals an of extra points. Punters V e and Rick Carlsorn )Oth ?raginz better than kick. last N 4 Gameceek photo by Wolf. as they downed the Carolina in Carolina Stadium. Look. Donald Dunning (32). * 0 CIso10n 1 Cubs turally the boys were greatly Lppointed to lose to arch-rival 'nson, but we were heartened 1 the team's hustle and desire >ite our long injury list- Also, showed marked improvement in e phas5es of play, particularly >ur kicking game. Some boys with s m all hurts 'ed the whole game and prac ly~ had to be taped together he half as we had no replace.. its. Also, we gave away a lot of in the line besides having ible with their stunts. LINEUP nig lineup for the Game lash with the Maryland E 'lass Height Weight So. 5-11 168 Sr. 6- 5 240 Br. 6- 3 224 Jr. 6- 2 240 So. 6- 0 205 Sr. 6- 0 225 Jr. 6- 2 200 Jr. 6- 1 207 Jr. 5- 9 187 J r. 5-10 188 Jr. 5- 8 195 E so. 6- 1 196 Jr. 6- 2 228 Jr. 6- 3 220 o. 5-11 176 Sr. 6- 1 202 Jr. 5-11 221 Br. 6- 2 210 o. 5- 7 165 ar. 6- 1 171 3r. 6- 2 210 so. 5-10 186