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STRAIGHT TAI From the ROUNDHOUSI By PAUL F. DIETZEI Director of Athletics One game a season does But it's certainly nice tc you believe 34 to 3! The greatest single hap thrill of standing with our singing, "We Hail Thee Ca one left the game early eith Not The game was not perf We made some mistakes wl real bad mistake on a sp blocked. But we can corr i punter, really kicked the I per kick. We covered the k Jimmy Poole, our seni< sistently kicked the ball of of five extra points (one v a 48-yard field goal. Our offensive line is vi proved over last year. We of tight end John Gregory really did a fine job. Left right guard Tom Wingard I Center Jim Gobble, blo guard, had 78% and right' Quarterback Mike Fair ning the team and completf He threw as well as I have back Ben Garnto, still feeli very well and turned in so1 Right halfback Butch R blocking. Fullback Warren inside punch. He is a real I addition to our squad. Good Defensively, we had gr This is the real "guts" of ("Mike") David "Mudcat" made five individual tackle Weak linebacker Tim seven individual tackles ai backer Bobby Cole played individual tackles and had made 20 individual tackles Our game captain Don ship, played very well and for his efforts. Right end 4 effective and scored 79% three assists. We had a fine job by tli tion to left halfback Toy I did his usual outstanding j tion right in the clutch. We sputtered around in 15-yard penalties, Iowa S looked like they were goir great goal-line stand by ou State for downs on our six-; That was the turning with 2:01 remaining in the for a touchdown. That has minute drills" of any team rhalf 7 to 3, and that was t Our second offensive uni Tom Wingard said to me c first time our first team h was right. It was really gi experience. We'll need ever Yes, it was a great star The Iowa State game is -UN4 Now we get into our le brings a strong, eager an< under the tutelage of a fir They are smarting from a Carolina State, a team wh< conference. We were rank< teams. The North Carolina te will not wilt from the hea fine line size and good spee first conference victory. T team than Iowa State. It be a tremendous game. Pull Remember: History tak< only the finish is recorded. The Tarheels are next! LK RI Gal, not make! start with a VICTORY ! Would pening that took place was the team, students, band and fans rolina !" at the game's end. No er. The word for it was "pride." Perfect ect from a technical standpoint. ich we must correct. We had a read punt and almost had one Gamecock t ect that. Scott Townsend, our left), selected all well and averaged 40 yards by state sports icks well, too. >r KO and field goal man con- a ro f into the end zone; made four was blocked) ; and barely missed TO A ary small but we are much im were very pleased with the play Sa N (172 lbs.) who graded 87%. He tackle Bob Mauro had 81%, and it b itim 1ad 80%. cocks' season op :king Iowa's fine 240-lb. middle Carolina Stadium those remembering tackle Hyrum Pierce had 76%. Cheers for the did a really outstanding job run- rather hollow and t was aheadl and the d better than 50% of his passes. crease their lead. ever seen him throw. Left half- The Cyclones ha ng the effects of the flu, played the Gamecock sc ne excellent runs. the competitive Carolina defer eeves did a fine job receiving and threat and the C Muir gave us that much needed punted out of dan ough runner and a most valuable Again the large through the Carolii USC 32. On fourt Defenseattempted the opti Defense defender approach( eat play from our middle three. terback was to our defense. Our middle guard trailing halfback. Grant played at a 74% clip, and M onda s and seven assists. Bice scored 83% while making M id six assists. Our strong line at a 71% pace and made eight five assists. Our middle three O Bi and 18 assists. A real fine job. Somma did a fine job of leader- varsity baseball c won a very valuable game ball ested in fall workc ene Schwarting was particularly Monday. with three individual tackles and7:0pmiith Le secondary with special recogni- ~ino akI [cCord. Safety man Wally OrrelSara oh including a real key intR'erhC alfrp-A the first half and, aided by twothfamsteo tate kicked a field goal. TheyMes ig to make it 10-0 except for a r defensive team. We held Iowa ard line. What a beautiful sight.F oint. And then, moments later, half, Mike Fair took us 70 yards to rank as one of the great "two we have had. We went in at the 0'D ie ball game! Crln' t scored the last two touchdowns. (i qa ~ n the bench, "Coach, this is the Thrayng as been out of a game!" And he ln tdu >od for them to be getting some -ey yone before the year is over.Deptth b. But- mnfobl over,.fte oce 3Eager tgsoe h ague-the ACC. North Carolinathe I well conditioned team to town sho n u e new young coach, Bill Dooley. intesm a ,loss to their arch rival, North knw mita > has been ranked second in the FokUin( d seventh. There are only eight (en) n am is in great condition. They weeualt as did Iowa State. They have it orya d and are very anxious for their peaigt hey are probably a much better hp fmei will be a fine crowd and should ~mns Sfor us. Latyr' s little note of a splendid start- ia afak My best wishes,orteeya Paul F. Dietzel, ihr ilb DirectoraoesAthetirs _halftin necock Player of Wee guarlerback Mike Fair (far Ioi as S. C. Player of the Week int< writers, outfoxes the entire tol lina Bomb ick Off S HULT But defensive end I) Triter saved the (lay as he before he could pitch e than two min- dropped him in his tra< e in the Game- Carolina gained po: ner, scenes at the 31 with 2:07 left vere familiar to the 1966 season. Mike Fair began th 'Cocks seemed known as the "beat ith he "other team" fensive," designed to reatening to in- use of limited time. I Skillfully mixin t te i>all inside Grrnto, Reeves, t.eiglet n-yard line, but ory with runs by W, mmbers of the Fair directed the Game ise blunted the ISU four in a minute a ;amnecocks soon After line smashes b ger. Garnto brought the hal Fair faked masterfully r visitors drove (ie, kept the ball and ia defense to the around left end for Cai h down Warder touchdown. on play. As the d him, the quar- Even though penal itch back to a out long gains by 4 Muir, the Gamecocks with momentum. PM Early in the second lina took possession o 45 and Fair again coml Se lin smashes with pinp to bring the Gamecoc the one, where Muir c se b l for the second touchdo With the score 14-:3, again threatened in ti I freshman and period but safety Walls andidates inter- up with the other ke uts will be held play of the night, an on the USC 32. he conducted at Carolina took over an Russell H o u s e Muir took over. Fair for a dlelay pa~ss to Rud e undler the di- last year's Biddie star IcCall and Dan jfor the flu-slowed Ga man delayed, sneaked ;hortstop in the jflat, took the pass and s farm system, Iopen for 49 yardls until 3rly a standout caught him from behii amecocks, is in A pass5 to Reeves a the New York plunge by Muir mad< 20-3. rosh To )N HULTfisfotalgm Writer hg collvl dented 1967 Bidl- a(vngeohvi mns its s easo trgms lef t at 7:30 at Caro- Caoiagints against the Bull a Military Acad-L fact that this USC's bes5t fresh- __ squad ever, none and players are nie ligh tly, forA" old a few advan Riddies. institution which eatures of ahigh ' iior college much hion of such well 'y academies as 'a.), Valley Forge ts in these schools a gain adlmission colleges and are 'mselves in the g college require great All-Amer Floyd Little, went before enteringJ players on this ni some cases, two # , older than the reshmen, most of Carayina againstis plaingin hei Face y 1 Staff Photo by Chief Photographer Chip Galloway Scores a State defense to escape untoucheel the end zone for Carolina's first chdown Saturday night. s Iowa State ason, 34-3 on Buckner With ten minutes remaining, hit Warder Coach Dietzel sent in the reserves back and for the first time since he has been ks. at Carolina. tsession on in the half. With Dan larbison running the team and Cooter Williams running n what is hard at fullback, the second unit e clock of- slammed home two touchdowns in make best the last 3:43 of play to complete the rout, 34-3. Spass-'s to Harbison scored the fourth TI) and Greg- himself on a one-yard plunge, Trren uir, and Williams blasted two yards for cocks to the the Gamecocks' fifth and final six nd a half. jpointer. y Muir and I to the one, up the mid sprin te d olina's first ties wiped anto and came back half Caro n the State )ined Mluir's Aint passing ks down to racked over wn. Iowa State ie fourth Orrel came y defensive - interception I from there then called y Hlolloman, who subbed rnto. Hlollo )Ut into the burst wide a defender 1(d. nd another the scoreH rb Meet GM above the Troy State (Ala.) and Florence State (Ala.). I1 have the The B u 11(d o gs will know g p) I a y ed e xacetl1y what they can do, re m.'eting whereas the B i d d1 i e s have to h teams as face the aura of uncertainty. Frn.sh Dril For First C 3econ( By JAY BENDER r Amt. Sports Editor j The Gamecocks will open their r 167 Atlantic C o a s t Conference impetition tomorrow against the orth Carolina Tar Heels. UNC is anxious to get a confer-' ice win following their last-min e loss to North Carolina State st Saturday, 13-7. In his first year at UNC, Coach ill Dooley will field a team that outwardly similar to his brother ince's Georgia squad. Small in number the Tar He'ls ek depth, but like the Gamescocks, iough, they are in fine physical >ndit ion. Gamecock coach Don "Scooter" urvis scouted the Tar Heels last eek. He commented, "Overall, they 'ill be well conditioned, mentally ,ugh and anxious to redeem them 'lves from their loss to North arol i na State." Coach Pride Ratterree summ'd p UNC's offense this way, "They un at you and they don't do a lot f fancy stuff." Offensively the Tar Heels will ne up with a balanced line and a Ving-T hackfield. The primary d'fensive alignment a wide tackle six. The defense is Iso similar to that of Georgia. Purvis said, "l)efensively they re big at the tackles, have agility t the defensive ends and are hol tered in the middle by good line acker play." "Their secondary is one of the iggest in the conference," he dd"''d. The leading offensive threat for he Tar Heels will he quarterback ;ayle Bomar. A starter on defense ast year, he is consider.'d one of he best athletes on the squad. "Bomar is adept at the sprint ut pass," Purvis said, "which puts remendous pressure on the de ensive ends and cornerbacks." The mainstay of the UNC run ~on Drives For Pa The frosh looked impressive a n their first game-condlition crimmage against the Carolina arsity. However, s i n c e then a hey haven't hail much chance t or any heavy workouts because S r C s u t Staff Pheto by Sob Besso.. Lfll4D ing game will again be supplied y tailback David Riggs, leading usher on last year's team. F u I l b a c k Tommy Dempsey cored the Tar He-Is' lone touch own last week ani was the lead ng rusher in the LNC spring ame. Bomar's top r e e e i v e r will be 'harlie Carr, ACC record holder or most catches in a season with 2. Linebacker Mike Horvat is the topper up the niddle in the UNC lefense. Battle Wall, a junior defensive uard, has been called the best de ensive lineman on the team by NC coaches. The defensive backs are big and xperienced, but an acute lack of lepth is a problem in this area. According to Ratterree the UNC eam is "well coached, well disci ined and they hustle." 1 SC coach Paul Dietzel stated 'Wfore the season started that UNC had a better team than most peo ple realized. Soccer Club To Organize Interested in joining a soccer club? If so, you are invited to attend an organizational meeting Monday 'or the USC Soccer Club. The meeting, scheduled for in tramural field I-' at 4 p.m., will finalize plans fcr bringing soccer to Carolina, according to club spon sors. Persons u n a b 1 e to attend the meeting, but interested in joining, may contact Jack Meetze at 252 71:1. The club will he open to the faculty, graduate students and un dergraduates. Staff Photo by Warre. Hudsem ydirt___ -sday f orientation and registration. Thus it's the case of GMA's attIe-experienced vye t e r a n s gainst the Biddies' talented but ntestedl rookies. The team now has 42 scholar hip p)laye-rs on the roster com aredl to 25 on last year's team. 'he Biddies' roster gainedl even iore depJth when twenty non cholarship players reported to oach Ratterree this past Mon ayv. Since they were getting a late tart comparedI to the rest of the layers for the first few days hey will be working out in horts and pads while learning he formations andl plays. The coaching staff hopes that 1ost of the boys will make some ontrihutions to the team, but ealistically many of the non cholarship players are probably rying out for the team to sat sfy their curiosity. H owever, C o a c h Ratterree as receivedI glowing reports rom the high school coaches of hese boys. They (lid not receive cholarships as they had in ufficient financial need. Two non-scholarship players rom last year's Riddies (guard ['ony Fusaro and quarterback ~ )an Harbison) showed suffi ient promise to earn a scholar hip and both played very well ast Satnrday nigh.M