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STRAIGHT TALI From the ROUNDHOUSE By PAUL F. DIETZEL Director of Athletics As Theodore Roosevelt sa counts, not the man who po stumbled or how the doer of The credit belongs to the man And the credit belongs to the Cockpit. The credit must team! As we did in the previous great adversity. We had som the game that were costly. We also had a noticeable d when we allowed North Caroli time adjusting ourselves to c prepared for us offensively. But in the second half we gressively and with some hall we played much better footba Off< We may have technically p the past couple of years. Ga did an excellent job. Guard ] standing clip of 81 percent an traps. Tackles Hyrum Pierce and cent and 82 percent, respecti' fensive tackle play that we hi Tight end John Gregory at job even though he is givin blocks that 240-lb. tackle. Sp; a hustling competitor, made at 87 percent-excellent. Left halfback Ben Garnto and even though he didn't car thing he was called upon to superior. Halfback Roy Don Reeves turned in some really fine run catches. When North Carolina shi Mike Fair properly elected to side-and run he did. Warren of chances). He carried 35 touchdown. Def4 We felt our defense was s they really did an excellent jo Left end Gene Schwarting seen around here. He made E and recovered same. Really e Tackles Joe Komoroski and and hustle. They had 70 and has to be as good tackle play at Carolina. Middle guard Dave Grant v efficiency--and 12 individual i means he was personally in o Strong linebacker Bobby 4 t had nine individual tackles as one fumble. Weak linebacker Tim Bic4 hustles so much that he some made 12 tackles and six assisi Rover back Candler Boyd sists, and caused a fumble. Halfbacks Toy McCord and Pat kicking in four tackles ai Safety Wally Orrel at 84 and played his usual excellent The one thing that is so ye of the whole team. This please it makes the game much more But that one is really past Du: D)uke began the year by s Then last week Duke traveled Michigan Wolverines, a team p top teams in the Big 10. Our scouts were really ai really dwarfed Michigan. And gan around pretty convincingly gan finally kicked a field goal to win, 10-7. As I said before, each wee very tough team and extremel lots of athletes-they will pro This Saturday, the stadiumr cated as Wallace Wade Stadiu~ fine dedication ceremony-a di ing as being someone's Homec Although it was not sched (cllent Gamecock Marching B with us (and they have accep WVe have really enjoyed tU ceived from our fine cheerIe students, as well as our fans. two, but they are all over an that matters now is Duke Uni This is our toughest assign1 w~e will be ready for it. We h anna hmuktin a alll id, "It is not the critic who ints out how the strong man deeds could have done better. who is actually in the arena." the men who were actually in go to the Fighting Gamecock game, we had to recover from e real bad mental mistakes in efensive lag early in the game na to score. We had a difficult hanges that the Tarheels had started to play much more ag -time adjustments of our own, II. ,nse layed one of our best games in me captain Jim Gobble really Bob Morris blocked at an out d was really effective with his Bob Mauro blocked at 83 per ely, and gave us the best of ;ve had at Carolina. 174 pounds continues his good g up lots of weight when he it end Fred Zeigler really was some fine grabs and blocked is finally getting in condition ry the ball much, he did every do very well. 89 percent is not only scored 89 percent but s in addition to making timely it off our outside attack, QB run fullback Warren Muir in had a real fine night (and lots times for 164 yards and one ,nse low in getting cranked up but b after they got rolling. played as fine a game as we've 4ight tackles, caused a fumble xcellent. Don Somma had great pursuit 80 percent, respectively. That as we've had since we've been ras a wild man with 80 percent ackles and eight assists. That n 20 tackles! role batted at 81 percent and well as nine assists and caused had tremendous effort. lHe times overruns a play, but he s and caused one fumble. had six solo tackles, four as Pat Watson played well, with id batting at 84 percent. ercent was in on ten tackles game. ry obvious to all is the hustle s everyone, of course, because fun to play and to watch. history. ke lamming Wake Forest 31-13. to Ann Arbor to take on the icked by most to be one of the itonished to note that Duke they proceeded to push Michi for most of the game. Michi with only eleven seconds left k it gets tougher. Duke is a y big. In addition, they have bably dress out 75-80 men. at Duke is going to be dedi m so we are getting in on a ibious honor. That's as thrill. ming opponent. tied, we have invited our ex Find to go to the Duke game ted. We need them!). ec great support we have re atders, the band and all the .t was great to win these first El done with. The only thing v'ersity. nient to date and we hope that ope that you will be too! Game4 Will E USC Still Unbeaten By DON HULT Staff Writer History repeated itself Saturday as the Carolina Gamecocks came back from a sluggish start to de feat a tough North Carolina team 16-10. By extending their mark to 2-0, USC footballers got off to their best start in eight years and vir tually set the campus and Colum bia ablaze with excitement. The Gamecocks received the kick-off but were stopped cold on their first three plays. The Tar Heels then received the ball and began to eat up the yard age. Former Gamecock Coach Jim Vickers, now on Bill Dooley's staff at UNC, had scouted Caro lina and, using his knowledge of USC personnel, had picked up a flaw in the Gamecock front line defense. With the cunning of the Desert Fox, Tar Heel quarterback Gayle Bomar exploited that weakness with outside running plays to the weak side of the USC defense, and the visitors marched to the Caro lina 21-yard line. Then Bomar sent his 200-pound fullback Tom Dempsey around left end, and the hard-nosed runner broke tackles, maintained his bal ance, and crashed into the end zone for the first-and only touchdown against the Gamecock defense this year. Driving to the North Carolina 30, the Gamecocks stalled and a field goal attempt by Jimmy Poole was wide. Again UNC began to move, slashing their way down to the Carolina eight where the gutty de fensive line, led by Komoroski, Fall Ba By DON HULT Staff Writer Part of Carolina's spring sports program got a head start on the season Wednesday when baseball practice began under the tutelage of Dan Scarpa and Jack McCall. Approximately 60 candidates turned out in the brisk fall air. Enthusiasm ran high since it Orrel, WL Defensive "Cock of the Walk" honors went to two Gamecock secondlary men this week for their play in Satur lay's UNC game. H alf back Pat Watson and safetyman Wally Orrel tied for Lhe honor by receiving dlefensive gradles of 84 percent in the Game rocks' 16-10 victory. Orrel, a junior from Savannah, Ga., was in on 10 tackles- making three himself and assisting in sean others. Orrml also caused a ocks I 1COH" Tar I Somma, Cole and Bice, rose to th< occasion. With 2:55 left in the half Muir' smashes and Reeves' reception: carried the 'Cocks deep into enemi territory. Stopped by penalties at the UN( 27, Carolina again called on Pool and this time the placekicker sen the ball through the uprights t< make the score 7-3 at halftime. North Carolina received the second-half kick-off, but was thwarted by the USC defense. When the Gamecocks got pos session on their own 25, once again Muir's charges and Mike Fair's ball handling spurred USC. Key play in the seven-play, 75 yard drive was a sleight-of-han< maneuver in which Fair faked t< Vuir Gallops seball f was the only opportunity for pros pects who (desire to try out for the team. Unless he is involved in fall sports or has a valid excuse, no baseball candlidate will be allowed to try out next spring if he does not come out this fall. In the workouts coaches will start off with the fundamentals of running, throwing and swinging Ltson Win Awards Tar Heel fumble which the Game cocks recoveredl. W a t s o n, at 152 pounds the smallest Gamecock, madle four un assistedl tackles from his right halfback position. He is from Myrtle Beach. Leadling tackler in the game was Dave "Mudcat" Grant, who wa~s in on 20. Highest offensive grades wen' to halfbacks Roy Don Reeves and nen Garnto with 89 peneah . Toppi ter Du 0 feel Runner Hits Gi Muir, then handed off to Reeves who sped around the corner for 30 big yards. Muir, lugging the ball tirelessly, finally hanged it across from three yards out, and USC had the lead. Poole's PAl was wide, but a quick break had Carolina right hack in scoring position. It came on the ensuing kick-off when Carolina's Gene Schwarting hit the ball carrier so hard that he lost the ball, which Schwarting pounced on at the Tar Heel 21. Muir, Fair and Garnto slugged it down to the one, and Garnto then dove over the top and into the end zone. This time Poole was accurate, and the Gamecocks led, 16-7. I The Tar Heels' l)on Iartig booted a field goal late in the Through Hole 'ractice a hat, making note of those play- 1 ers who show speed in the 30-yard sprints, strong arms on throws f from "'deep in the hole at short" c or right field, andl a strong, fluid swing in the hatting cage. After these " f und am en t al periods" the most p)romising candli lates will be chosen to p)articip)ate in game-like scrimmages for the rest of the fall diamond session. Competition in these scrinm mages is sure to be keen as the players will be fighting for the nine starting positions for next spring. The coaching staff will he look ing very closely at freshman pros-F pects since they will be eligible for varsity play and there are somne positions (such as right field -nd left field) at which there are to lettermen returning. It is also imperative that a defi nite pitching rotation he estah lished now since the season starts in the middle of March and there is not too much time for spring practice. Right now Gamecock haseballers are aced- wia shotag. of left Tar I ke Sat tt Staff Photo by Mike Tyler onnd third quarter, but when the Game Locks were penalized for being offsides, UNC took the penalty and it gave them a first down. Again, the 'SC defense was brick-wall tough, and on a key third-down play Homar ran wide but was dropped by Pat Watson on a clutch open field tackle. Stalled, the Tar Heels again 'alled on Hartig, and his 24-yard field goal made the score If;-10. Fighting to the last second, the Tar Heels tried desperately to get off a game-winning pass, but USC r,nd Dave "The Pencil" Lucas throttled Bomar on three consecu tive plays while the seconds ticked. Carolina's defense held, and the final gun found USC ahead, 16-10, for their second victory of the year. a Staff Photo by Coates Crew. Begins anded pitching. If these holes can he filled this all, Carolina's dIiamond squad is xpected to contend with Clemson nd1 North Carolina for ACC top onors next spring. lIJNC Cheeran leels, urday Dedication Scheduled By JAY BENDER Asst. Sports Editor The undefeated Fighting Game cocks open a three-game road se ries tomorrow by taking on the Duke Blue Devils at 2:00 p.m. in Durham. Duke will be seeking their 300th all-time victory for the dedication of Wallace Wade Stadium. This will be the opening home game for the Iron Dukes this year. Duke's season record is cur rently 1-1. They crushed Wake Forest 31-13 in the season's opener, but last week were de feated by Michigan on a last see ond field goal. The score in Ann A rhor was 10-7. Coach John Menger scouted Duke for the Gamecocks. Com menting on the Michigan game he said, "They (1)uke) could have won the game just as easily as they lost it." The Duke attack will originate from a modified I-formation where the running hacks position them selves in line with the quarter back. Both ends will play in tight and a flanker back will split wide to either si ie. This will provide more straight-ahead blocking power. liefore the season started, Duke ClIach Tom Harp said he had two number one quarterbacks in Larry Davis and Al Woodall. However, it now appears that Woodall has the -tarting role as he played most of the Michigan game. He has com pleted 11 of 27 passes for 261 yards. Flanker Jim Dearth has been the number one receiver with four receptions for 84 yards. ALL-ACC FULLBACK Heading the Blue Devil running attack again is senior fullback Jay Calabrese. All-ACC his sophomore year, he is in a position to become Duke's all-time leading rusher this season. The other set back will be two year letterman Frank Ryan, the 13lue Devils' top rusher last year with a 4.14 yards per carry aver age. Center Mike Murphy is another two-year letterman and is counted upon to anchor the offensive line. lHe is billed as one of the best IDuke centers ever. VETERAN DELFENSE D)uke's defensive alignment is qluite similar to Carolina's as they line up with a five-man front. Mfiddle guard Bob Foyle returns to lead the defense. An All-ACC performer last year, he is rated a good professional prospect. The defensive line has lettermen in every position. The tackles Bob Lasky and Robin Bodkin are both 6-3 and top 230 pounds. D)efensive end Roger Hayes; was selected( to the first team Aca demic All-America last year. At 181 pounds he overcomes lack of size with speed and aggressive ness. The other defensive endl, Page Wilson, has lettered twice, but never as an end. The past two seasons he has served as back-up ror fullback Calabrese. Sophomore linebacker D)ick Bid lIe will be a man to watch. In his ~irst varsity contest against Wake Forest he intercep)ted two passes md recovered one fumble. Trhe defensive secondary is able ard experienced. Against Wake Forest they allowed only five com dlet ions in 18 attempts. Staff Photo by Charleg Meefer der Despairs