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Confei As E By CARL STEPP Sports Editor When the Carolina Gamecocks came out from their customary before-game-day movie in Win t. ston-Salem Friday night, they f' found a squad of national guards men waiting to escort them to their motel. "I spent three years in the serv ice," a member of the training staff remarked, "and nobody ever shot at me. Now I have a police STRAIGHT TALI From the ROUNDHOUSE By PAUL F. DIETZEL Director of Atletics When you don't stop them Football is divided into thr importance of these things ca list them in the order of imp< (1) the kicking game, (2) The reason I have alway, is most important is becausi game with any error in kiel erally associated with a sud This combination of the tempo is nearly always accor reversal in the game. In ot] ponent a real edge. It's a gar Defense is never a matte: from making a first down or i even complete a pass. This is tant thing is to keep your oppc Ideally, we would try to kee) because if we can keep him fr regularly. The offense is designed to worry about whether we ga many spectacular passes hi aims. We want to score. j statistics are for the losers! And so, the game of footb. ing, defense and offense. Wh any one of these three phases, Earlier in the year, we had kicking was good, our defensi score. And you know what-Cs There is no sense in saying, "X but the offense lost the game. Saturday night at Wak, good and we scored three missed a field goal. But, the So, Carolina lost. My reason for pointing thi to realize that when we lose o And when we lose, we want r blame someone else. We don'i or the weather or anything c The Wake Forest game w~ several reasons. As you know great in Winston-Salem. Wher # a hether the game would 1 [here was talk about movingt of 7:30 P.M. There was even to Columbia. Friday night was the fir tional Guard escort to a mov for a football game. But, il both teams. It didn't help ' the game, however. Wake Forest does have go, have fine running backs with broke into our secondary, we them. We didn't contain them. game-our poorest of the year. It was a very costly loss. 'i the ACC leadership. But, we'r In the game, we were turned around twice. We es but in our next drive, we he gave them a 21-14 lead at ha We came back in the secor 19 plays with the opening kick off to them and held them fa and we then marched 63 yards a field goal on fourth down. Oh, we had our chances b cat Grant was knocked oui never returned to action. tacklers, his loss hurt us a But, that one is over. W< should allow us to heal some b week we go to Alabama-enot: Hang- in there--_we will!i Eence ~pIosiv escort for a football game." But while guardsmen and police clamped the lid on tension in the Wake Forest home city, somebody uncorked the explosive Deacon of fense, and the determined Deac ons flashed to a 35-21 homecom ing win over stunned Carolina. For a while, nobody was sure the game would be played, as Winston-Salem experienced racial unrest and rioting Thursday and Friday nights. But the go-ahead came Satur 1 you don't win! ?e major phases. The order of n be argued for weeks, but I )rtance I prefer: defense, and (3) offense. s felt that the kicking game it is so very easy to lose a cing. An error here is gen den score. almost immediate change in npanied with a psychological ier words, it gives your op ne of emotions. r of keeping the other team lot allowing your opponent to really unrealistic. The impor >nent from scoring very often. our opponent from scoring )m scoring we will win pretty put points on the board. To in lots of yards or complete is nothing to do with our ks we have always known, ilI is the combination of kick en you have a breakdown in you will probably lose. a couple of games where our was good, but we failed to Lrolina lost both of the games. Vell, we were fine defensively, e Forest, our kicking was touchdowns and narrowly final score was still 35-21. s out is that I want all of us n the scoreboard, we all lose. o excuses. We don't want to want to blame the officials ther than ourselves. as a very strange game for , the riot tension was really iwe arrivedl, the big (question e allowed to be played at all. he game to 5:00 P.M. instead talk about moving the game st time we have had a Na ie. It was an unreal setting was the same setting for sto get mentally alert for d personnel. They especially excellent speed. When they, had trouble trying to contain We missed 23 tackles in the Ve now are no longer tied for e not out of it, either. behind 141 to 0 before we .me back and tied it 14-14, id an interception and that iift ime. *d half and (drove 80 yards in off to tie it 21-21. We kicked r three downs. They punted to their 11 where we missed ut we just didn't win. Mud in the first quarter and Heing one of our leading great deal. 3 have a week off and that ruises andl regroup. The next lo-h said. Title e Dea day - and Wake Forest came ahead, ripping off two touchdowns before the Gamecocks knew what was happening, and handing the USC squad its first loss in ACC competition. DEACONS IMPRESSIVE It was only the second victory for the Deacons, but it was im pressive. The swift Wake back field combo of Fred Summers, Jack Dolbin, and Buz Leavitt, plus the hard-running of Ron Jurewicz, ground out 377 yards total offense (323 over ground) and gave the Gamecock defense its hardest shelling of the season. The game was hardly all Deac ons, however. The Gamecocks al most pulled it out. They ram paged back from 14 points behind to tie the game, later fought to knot it at 21-21, and finally blasted inside the Deacon 15 be USC Has C Plays A la bd Carolina's Gamecocks get a breather Saturday after eight solid weeks of football. The Gamecocks have an open date before travelling to Alabama next week to tangle with the Crimson Tide. Sporting a 5-3 overall record and a 4-1 conference mark, the Gamecocks need one victory in their final two games to record the first USC winning season since 1959. Carolina was 6-4 that year. In 1965 the Gamecocks posted a 5-5 record. Fullback Warren Muir forged back ahead in the race for the ACC rushing title by picking up 122 yards Saturday. I Fuillback Wazrreni Muir ti uinder his arrn an11l plows inte ing the USC-Wake F'orest ga Freshmen By STEVE CRICK Staff Writer Speeches, new ideas, a fast paced basketb)all scrimmage and 110 high school coaches combined for the secondl Palmetto Prep Bas ketball Clinie in the USC Field Hlouse last week-end. "There was tremendous interest here this p)ast week-end," Coach McGuire statedl, "and clinics such as these are good for the Univer sity. "And we can expect an even greater p)artic'ipation in the future when the Coliseum is completed,'' he saidl. A highlight of the clinic was a scrimmage Saturday night in the Field House. The varsity, last year's red shirts and this vear's promising freshman team tangled before an estimatedl crowd of 1,800 persons in a fast paced con test well worth the dollar fee charged at the dloor. Frank Standard led the varsity with 25 p)oints andl thrilled the crowd with his exceptionally fine playing and quick moves between the players en route to the basket. Gary Gregor left the audience in awn e bycntinually hitting Hopes cs Rir fore missing a go-ahead field goal in the last quarter. Warren Muir, moving the ball with amazing strength, bore the giant share of the Carolina of fense, piling up 122 yards rush ing in 31 carries. Quarterback Mike Fair, running often, gained 73 yards and con nected on seven of 13 passes for another 87 yards. FLEET BACKS But above all, it was the fleet squadron of Wake Forest backs that turned the tide. Dolbin, who flew 60 yards on the third play from scrimmage, picked up 122 in all. Leavitt added 103, and Sum mers kicked in 63. The Deacons shoved home touch downs the first two times they touched the ball. The first, a one yard plunge by Summers, was set up by Dolbin's break-away canter. pen Date, ima Nov.18 The hard-nosed USC back has 699 yards rushing. lie is followed by Clemson's Buddy Gore (631) and Virginia's Jeff A n d r s e n (5-10). Fred Zeigler, Carolina's sopho more split end, maintained his lead in the pass receiving depart ment by snaring five against Wake Forest. Zeigler has 3 re ceptions, seven more than the see ond place receivers. In total team statistics, Caro lina is fifth in total offense and defense, fourth in rushing offense, and sixth in rushing defense. The Gamecocks rank seventh in pass offense and third in pass defense. USC is second only to N. C. State in scoring offense, averag ing 18.3 points per game. Power In Motion seks the hll The rugge<l M Sthe line dlur- the game to rc mue Saturdlay. ing Ieat4lershIip -Varsity M~ jump shots 15 feet from the bas ket with dleadl accuracy. 11.' amassed 19 points for the night. Tomi Owens and( .John itiboek of the BlattlIing liidd ies tied for top scoring honors for the fresh men with 11 points a piece. But their fine effort under the bas '6' Fade U SC The second came minutes later when Jurewicz burst over from the two. For the millionth time this sea son, it seemed, the gutty Game cocks charged back. Early in the second period Carolina moved yards to score, with Fair going in from the five. Midway in the quarter, Fair connected on a 33-yard aerial to .John Gregory, setting up a one yard scoring run by halfback l3en Garnto. Jimmy Poole convertel for both tallies, and the game was tied, 14-14. The fired-up Deacons, spurred by an interception late in the see ond quarter, regained their lead on a four-yard run by Leavitt, made possible by a 30-yard sprint aro-lnd left end by I)olbin. At halftime, the count was 21-11, Wake Forest. ANOTHER COMEACK 'I' h e indomitable Gamecocks, however, took the second half kickoff. marched 80 yards, and scorecl on a plunge by 'air. Poole's kick was good, and the gale was again tied. Carolina seemed destined i tg ahead early in the final period. as the Gamecocks surged to the )eacon 11. On three straight se ries, the Gamecocks earned first downs by the nose of the hall. But on a second-docwn run, workhorse Muir came up gr,'t'gy. and had to leave the game. The (amecocks could not get the fi rst down, and Poole's ensuing field goal try sailed off to the left. Wake Forest took over, and the )eacons drove in for two final touchdowns, to notch the win. Summers tallied the game cincher, weaving 17 yards through the Gamecock defense. After a fourth down gamble by the Game cocks failed, Wake Ft,, -si re corded a fifth, anticlimactic TI) as Leavitt slammed over from one yard out. Staff Photo by Elliott BorensteIn uir rushedIN for 122 vards in captlure the conferenlce rush itch Highlig ke'ts fight ing for reblouncds ac countedl fcor the mloest margin beetween the 11igh andu lccw final ('cre ccf 79-71I, in favor of thle varsitv. "Hlarlicka, Stamirdic and G;regcor were goodcc and Standard is pelay ig the be'st h all he's eve r pl ayed, p ylpr Lugngyp Il . p) II eadling F< Itieledie halfback Stee I ing line during the Car game. The Biddies Ihurisav night when ti -Blmhnks." Frosh, I Battle T fly I)UN I3ULT' Staff Writer After c~mlpleting a I-- -I ""a.on, the frehrnan f(o~tball elual c'lI cl ~ut their 1967 s:sin Tlursday' n ght against the t":arulra It,hunl (seco nd team varsity ). In regular ,isi play, the Iiii<ii'. r~ll up an avterag of . : pe:t p wr gainw. e'~Om lared ti, lir for their ,; n ents.. Leading the 'ffense were qucar"t,rbha,k Tom11 ugg ,'1n.1 lti 1l I1uffh., and halfbai,k Stev," >it'arl,. T m Tn Ir, . l!i::n ani IKeln WalkuI. The diefe'nsive" unit was k,eyed by ends 1"ev-in \Io,,n.'v Intramura Gaining IV Hy BLZZ PLEMING Staff Writer Intramural football, this year under the direction of Tom Webb and Steve 1)earwent, moved along this week in its usual action packed fashion. Three teams remain unbeaten aniong the Greeks: the Sigma Nus, with four wins, no losses, md the Phi Kappa Sigs and P1 Kappa Alphas with three wins 'ach. The Nus idefeated the K.As l2-o which gave t h. I.A ti:am ~heir third loss while the l'hi Kappa Sig- downed the Sigma hi lEpsilrns by a score of ~::-e> [he Pi l\appas dl not play. In other fraternityv actiin, the ?'hi Psi squad fell to thre Sigma ?h is 29-7 in a game in which the 'igma ('hi dlefense scoreid four ocints on safeties. A*\s a miatt er of act, the L.amba (Chis foundl the iall in the ATO enid zone and dlded the safetyv to their score ii end up with a 1-1 to 0 vict'ry. \l pham Tau Omega bounced bark w ith a 2n-d win ov.er the Pi l Ka Ia Phis, however, to even their sea on at two wins and two lis>es Nine games amorrg mundpen rhts Clinic oach 31eG(u ire stated. "In Jack Thomprn 's ri abenie. the varsity's key labymakih -urrently>, butt not permanLrentlIy iidelinedl wit h a mrinior leg injury dobili(rdomins did al: fine job in t he i:ckiiiurt,"' he sail, "mii lelter mdo1 Nickey dlid well also." Staff Photo by Charles Kefer Staff Photo by Jimmy Wannamaker >r T rouble i(:arlo elarhe"M into at wait.. olina\1ake" Fore-rt f rosh d an urleIefeateii season ev took on the .arsity lohunks hursday arf: . icjngare;. ta'kle: Jim Po Stn an: ]u-ty Gana., and in 'ile gu:rid .:n: . ,"nn.-en. The f.n e -4 Pina ry, b-T by T, "r I1!l:,ni-. ii'n Ia: a nl ::;ni: P ..a l' :gett, in an ana'.gte'. f aihn -t fou: per '11. f r- h .a. n,e\er \n"f!t a 1E h ink s. . gan i ,a si pan,! r <ri. t::, partv f~r ,rphan tee th.:, ran. wa. pla yd:i\i :aft,r ,i:ai!imv- (f T'i, (;(Im!f e' el;, the ,.eire wa unah-. ti be inf iu ed. is Action [oment um "nt this w,"efek l-ft Z ne 2 im fir. t Ilace w :th -ix win,s m'e n<' oss(e. This time it was Zone 10 that fell in the 2i-6 victory of the sharp Zone 2 team. Ztone 1 posted its fourth win ~f the year when Zone 15 was de feated 3.1-0. This leaves thr teoam with four win-, no losses, along with znes 17 and 18. Zn" !e 1 t .ok Zone I#' through a.ftrt't whKlh- Zone 17 wo %.' ne 12 in a 201) conte-t. Al- this we, Z tne Io 'une hack from ifeaut t hoa'. %/.'i. 1 7 6. fahr wa re- wer': Zon i, I: and Zne i, 7 8i, Zn, 5. 6. Soccer Club Gets Victory Staff Wr~ iter The >.rCer C ih g ot off to at. ither' sliw star. Sat iuda aft! it'", but. eatew up with :t vli't.y ( l( i Ye ard first nudw~ay thriugh the f.r-t quiarter'.fw -e''ondil later, right wingt ltd ('if The secoind iuaa *: was dei -I.ired biy l*apJtoni ('lare ll ig.eat ft wing. Id itn (IFae ' at in - The hal ft ime scrite zhowe', ('arin a with a 1. 1 b-adl. The third quarter was again dlomlinatei by the ('ar.1na boys'. 1ill ('.ff'y and BIlly Gu~ llrmo each ta:el l fit' thir '.eci'nid goal-. then half. scorie at the end of the t h ir quar ter. TIhe pace0 of tile foeurtht iuartel wans slowed eons iderably. C <' scoredi onle moriet, foilow~ede hv ae head shoit by 'Tont .Colgroe for 1i atnother goal. Geood de'fensiv'e work was turned in bey Ce'lso Ol iver and 1)ick P."v ton at the other halfback spits and the alternating fullbacks, lluncan Rutherford, .1Jim Robeert s. Stev~e Macrae, andl I)ave I)riv'er. The dl'efensiv1e standout in this game wats goalie Rtick Pensa who madec numerous sav'es throughout the ganmn