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Carolina's Gamecock iasl will open its season Saturdu Flying Fleet of Erskine. 'I'he STRAIGHT TALI .a From the ROUNDHOUSE By PAUL F. DIETZEL Director of Athletics One game a. season does n That was my statement t( victory over Iowa State and i the football season. We had some very sad ones. There c we had at Wake Forest-our < Those also were tough at C teams!). But losing the final stomach. Clemson has every right of the athletes they had on best in the Conference and of building, Coach Howard hats are off to them. The and a good sound group of line, both offensively and de son and Buddy Gore were For the Gamecocks, we ha spent the entire day running unable to handle Clemson's c greatest worry before the gan offensive guard. We had had ball from Tom Wingard and bama game was more costly 1 But we have had a tremc year long. They are really a g I am very proud of them. Garnto were not at their best turned in a good performane real difficulty playing over spective weights are 179 lbs. N made 12 individual tackles at (lid a good job as usual and w It's really tough to lose y to have had the privilege of conference title. As it is, wE son and North Carolina Sta We now are engulfed in th ntever gotten out of these. W unow we get at it in earnest. South Carolina Shrine All StL Charlotte and it will be the sc In addition, I have a few a The 16th of December is "sir E school candidates will be elil That is what will determine he 1969-70-71. The competition keen each year. Then, on the eighteenth family will leave for San Fi Game. Coach Ara Parsegh head coach and Alex Agase assist him. Ara and I were I the ACC, we will take tacl Carolina State; guard Ha Wayne Mass of Clemson; an center Jim Gobble of our Fi, From the East-West gamc to Honolulu for the Hula Howl. *Etate) is the Head Coach of ~.issisting him. This is the grea So, we still have two more foo are really different. There is v tion but when game time roll c'hampions and they respond hard as they can. And it is Jo lots of fun. But, Trhe Fighting Gamec action in other sports. Coai fine staff begin what promis ball campaign-the last in ou And Coach Jack Thomnpsor ming team underway very soor Coach Weems Baskin goes -andl with Coach Weems invol that it's going to be great. All of us really appreciate support. We have enjoyed Marching Band under the g our excellent cheerleaders, gu we have appreciated the adr1 fine friend and leader, D)r. TFE ulty and, yes, our student bod and supported us-like the after our first loss (Georgi State loss!! We have much t< As I have said quite often, staff in America and( they has are really hard workers. They really a pleasure to be aroun them! But then, I've always I thing I feel most lucky about lb really enjoy it here. The nicest we have met. You hav'e been wt and I want you to know that bless you. And1 remember, the best is Starting Five cetb all squad lineup will y against the Cremins, Ski USC starting Standard, Ga Ot iakc! > you after our opening game t seems a fitting way to end some great days and we had >uld be no sadder night than me great traged y/ of the year. orgia and FSU (two Bowl game was a real bitter pill to to be proud of the calibre their squad. They were the they proved it. In 37 years had his finest team. Our y were rugged, aggressive, athletes. They had a fine fensively, and Jimmy Addi uperb. d some heros, too. Mike Fair for his life because we were lefensive line. This was our i because of our situation at a great amount of fine foot 3ob Morris. I guess the Ala han we thought at the time. ndous display of courage all reat bunch of young men and As you could see, Muir and but I thought Rudy Holloman Defensively, Tim Bice had larry Olszewski. (Their re ersus 245 lbs.) But Tim still d three assists. Bc,bby Cole as our second leading tackler. our final game but it's nice playing for a share of the end up third behind Clem t C. e recruiting wars--but we've e are alu'ays recruiting, but The annual North Carolina tr Game is this Saturdlay in enie of major recruiting wars. pecial speaking engagements. -ning day" and at noon high ~ible to accep)t grants-in-aid. w good a coach you will be in for talent is growing more of D)ecember, the D)ietzel 'ancisco and the East-West an (Notre D)ame) will be (Northwestern) and I will eammates at Miami. From dle D)ennis Byrd of North rry Olszewski and tackle d halfback Ben Garnto and thting Gamecocks. ,the D)ietzels will be flying D)uffy D)augherty (Michigan the East team and I will be test of all the All-Star games :ball games to go. But, these ery little pressure in prepara 4 around--these athletes are as such. They play just as ts of fun, because football is acks are just swinging into h Frank McGuire and his as to be an exciting basket r little Field House. will get his 1967-68 swim . They get better each year. Lfter the winter track season vedl with anything, you know your tremendous help and our wonderful Gamecock uidance of Jim Pritchard; ided by D)ean Gene (Cooper; iinistration headed by our m Jones; our superior fac y. They have really backed welcoming group of 1500 a) and after the Florida be grateful for. we have the finest coaching e proven it this year. They are the type people that it's d. I'm very luclty to have >een a very lucky guy. The being here at Carolina. WVe part is the nmany fine peop)le mderful to the D)ietzel family we are very grateful. God i' to 'omlI Staff Photo by Bob Benson include: front row, Bob p Ilarlicka; back row, Frank ry Gregor, and Skip Kickey. Swimm In Mee By STEVE KELLEY Staff Writer The Carolina swimming t e a m opens its season here today at 3 p.m. against the highly rated Tar Ileels of North Carolina. Coach Jack Thompson, w h o s e Gamecocks have finished fourth in the ACC for two consecutive years, rates the team's chances of improv ing as good. "We have an excellent chance of moving into at least third place if we can get past Maryland," Thompson said. Carolina's swimmers will include Covington Stanwyck, a junior, and in Thompson's opinion "probably the best swimmer on the team," and freshman Dave Hatton in the distance events. Bill Muller, Dave W h i t e and Alex Alexander will handle the in dividual medley, while the breast stroke will be swum by White, Muller and Jim Weinzettle. "The weakest position on the squad," Thompson feels, "is the backstroke." Freshman Paul Lewis will swim this event for Carolina. Trend Ferry, Robby Allen, Mike Slinker and George Fairy are pos sible entrants in the spring free stylh, and John Pettington and freshman Ken Carnes will swim the butterfly. Vic Laughlin, defending confer ence champion in one and three meter hoard (living competition, and John Thoder will compete in the diving, called "our strongest position" by the coach. In North Carolina the Game cocks will he swimming against the "toughest team in the ACC," amccording to Thompson. The Tar Heels have two All Americans, Phil Riker, a finalist Tigers Rc Hy JAY BENDER Asst. Spors Editor Clemson's T i g e r s lived up to their b i I I i a g as the best team Frank Howard has brought from the hills b)y r o m p i n g over the Gamecocks 23-12, Saturday. Tiger tailback Buddy Gore did most of the romping, picking up 189 yardls on 31 carries. The out p)ut raised his season total to 1,045 yardls and gave him an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) rushing recordl. The victory in the 65th Caro lina-lemoson c I a s s i e gave the Tigers their second consecutive AC:C crown and 6-4 season mark. The first quarter was a scoreless defensive battle, but Clemson got in the scoring column early in the second periodl with a 39-yard field goal by Arthur Craig. Gore capped a 413-yard dIrive later in the p)eriodl by sweeping into the endl zone from two yardls out. Craig's conversion kick gave the Tigers a 10-0 halftime margin. After the intermissihn the Tigers tallied twice in less than a minute and a half to wrap up their scor ing amnd put the game out of reach. Addison p a s s e d to end Edgar McGee for the first score. Thie e-nsuinig kickoff to the Game cocks was fumbled and the Tigers got the ball on the UlSC 23. They moved down to the 12 and Addi son carried the hmall over frmm there to score the first touachdownm of his Clenmson career. The scrappy Gamecocks n e vye r gave up the fight and turned a third-period break into two quick score's early in the fourth quarter. A high snap from center sailed over the head of Tiger p u n t e r Sammy Cain and rolled to the 12 yard line. Endl Dave Lucas scooped Lup the ball to set up the Gamecocks' first score. Feive plays lnter nnnr 'Cock: To Oj By STEVE CRICK f Staff Writer t An exciting basketball season will begin Saturday night in the Carolina Field House as the 1967 68 edition of F r a n k McGuire's Fighting Gamecocks m e e t s Er skine's Flying Fleet in the season opening tilt at 8:30 p.m. Erskine will bring a well disci plined team on both offense and defense, according to Coach Don Walsh who has scouted the Fleet t for two of their games. i "Erskine has four players back < ers Ope Again in the 1961 Tokyo Olympics butter fly event, and Jim Edwards in the r spring medley. Ic a.. L Swimmers Practi 1ll Over G te-back Mike Fair pushed over s from the one for the first of his n two touchdowns. - Wally Orrel's onside kick was re-covernd by Pat Watson at the p) Clemsoni 46. 'The G;amecocks tookt over and marched down the field a for the score. Both USC attemnpts e for two-poinit confversionis were e foiled. A second onside kick failed and the Gamec(ock comeback died. 3i Led by All-America guard Harry Olszewski the Tiger offensive line y opened holes that freed their backs for a net gain of 214 yards. Oneh sp)ectator commentedl that C'lemn- Ih Fair Nan Quarterback Mike F"air, who bounced back from an injury laguedl junior year to lead the Gamecocks to a surprising 5-5 s e a s o n, has been namedI the G;amecocks' most valuable player of 1967. * Selection of the blond b,usi - ness administration major from Greenville was announced( by Head Coach Paul D)ietzel at the annual football banquet sp)on sored by the USC Association of Letternmen Tuesday night. Fair compiled 1,228 yards in total offense as a senior, rush ing for 258 and completing 79 of 165 passes' for 970) yards. lHe finished with 3,012 yards (luring his career, second only to the :3,376 gainedl by D)an Reeves in a Gamecock career. F'ai r scoredI sevenl touchdowns to lead the Gamocks with A.> s Bat )enC rom last year who can wage both strong outside and inside at. ack," Coach Walsh r e p o r t e d They are the type of team you ave to beat yourself-they won'i eat themselves by their mistakes rskine will be a real good open. ng opponent since they have al eady played two games." 'GOOD CONDITION' Head Coach Frank McGuire cho concludes pro-season practicE his week, finds three of his start ng five players in "excellent con lition." n Year t NC Second meet for the team will be ext Saturday when East Carolina omes to Carolina. Staff Photo by Elliott Boreatel. Ac For Opener atmecocks ml's endl swveep wvas led by so tany blockers it should he catlled he student body sweep)." Clemson's d e f e n s e was both iwerful andl alert as they held te Gamecocks to 84 yards rushing ndl 136; yards p)assing. They inter 'lpted three Fair passes andl re >vere'd two U SC fumbles. Fullback Warren Miuir gained 1 yards to' pace USC rushers. He as followed by Fair w ho had 30 a r d s rushing. H alfback Rudyv ollomani andl split end Fred Zeig r had six pass receptions each to ad1 t he Gimecocksi. ied MVP points and also passed for one touchdo)wn thiis season. ".\ike's quarterbacking a n d leadership were instrumental in otur marked improvement oiver our 1 966~ recordl," IDietzel comn mentedl. "We will miss him and the other fine seniors who con ri buted so much to our 1967 season." Split end Fredl Zeigler, who led the ACC in pass receiving with 35, received( the v'arsi ty acadlemic award for the highest gradle-point-ratio d u r i n g the past academic year. The award for highest GPR based on freshman year went to redshirt end D)on Blrant. The captain's award was pre sentedI Don Somma, while Joe Komnoroski received the alter nate captain's awardl. Somma and Komoroski were elected by their teammates prior to the Cleoname. tie Er age S "Gary Gregor, S k i p Harlicka and Frank Standard are in excel lent physical shape," Coach Mc Guire said. "Skip Kickey has im proved tremendously and he is in much better condition than when we began our pre-season drills. "He has lost a lot of weight and worked hard to gain his starting position on the team," he said. "Bob Cremins will s t a r t this Saturday in place of Jack Thomp son," Coach McGuire explained. "We have to be very careful with .Jack, as he has had a pulled ham string muscle in his leg. The rest of the squad is presently fighting for the seventh, eighth and ninth positions on the team." When Coach McGuire surveyed the upcoming battle to see which school will lead the ACC, North Carolina was his conference pick. "UNC is way out in front and 'at present Duke is also very strong, even though they're not ad mitting i," he said. 'EXCITING SEASON' "For the rest of the conference on any given night a win at home and a loss on the road is possible. An exciting season is really in store and four Carolina players in good h e a l t h plus Cremins and Kickey will give us a good ball club." The 1967-68 basketball schedule p i t s Carolina's cagemen against the seven other conference mem bers and at least three outside op ponents during its 20 games. USC w i ll participate in the Kentucky Invitational Tournament Dec. 22-23 which features Caro lina, Dayton (who lost to UCLA in the NCAA finals), Cincinnati land Kentucky. Erskine and Fur man, traditional state rivals, com plete the out-of-conference sched ule. The Gamecoc ks will again appear in the season ending At lantic Coast Conference Tourna Intramura Heads Fo By BUZZ PLEMING Staff Writer Tight championship races in all divisions of Intramural football are bringing this season to an exciting finish. Among the Greeks, Sigma Nu re tainedl their p)osition as contender for the D)ivision II championship by (lumping the Chi Psis 49-7. 'This win lefi Sigma Nu tied wiilh Phi Kappa Sigma for first place. Dec. 4 will find thes~e teams~ locked in a battle for the chamipiosnship. In D)ivis ion II, Phi Delta Theta took their fifth win of the year from Pi Kappa Phi. Marion Reed's four touchdown p) a s s e s, Sonny Parker's 78-yard return of an in terce'pte'd pass, a safety, andl a run by Reed tallied 47 points to heat Pi Kappa Phi -47-6. Zone 17 (M, 1-4), with a 7-1 record, is the number one team in the I ndlependent Div-ision I. Bus bee, of Zone 17, scored 12 of the 13 p)oints in the team's latest victory over Zone 8 (H, 2-4), 13-12. Zone 1 fom 'Ihornwell, Coke', and Maxcy dorms, took control of Zone 13 (L, 1-14) and beat themi by a scor' of 19-6 as Zone 18 (M, 5-7) tromped Zone I1 (Columbia Fair In skine eason ment in March which is to be held in Charlotte. It is this "sudden death" tournament which decides who will be the number one con ference team and represent the ACC in the NCAA finals. Admission for students to Sat. urdai's Carolina home basketball game will be by ID card, accord ing to athletic officials. The same procedure will be followed for future games, with students being admitted on a first. come14, first-served basis. All home games will be televised by WIS-TV in Columbia. Week night games will start at 8:15 and all Saturday games will begin at 8:30 p.m., with the exception of the regular s e a s c n game with N. C. State. The Gamecocks will meet the Wolfpack at 2:00 p.m. in a game to be televised regionally on the ACC TV Network. USC's away game with Wake Forest will also be broadcast on the confer ence network beginning at 2 p.m. DECEMBER 2 Erskine 9 at Maryland 11 at Virginia 20 Furman 22-23 Kentucky Invitational JANUARY 3 Maryland 6 at Clemson 10 Wake Forest 13 V'irginia 30 Duke FEBRUARY 3 at Wake Forest 7 Clemson 13 at Erskine 16-17 North - South Doubleheader in Charlotte 20 at Furman 24 at I)uke 28 at North Carolina MARCH 2 N. C. State 7-9 ACC Tourney at Charlotte Action r Finish Hall, 3-5) 32-0. George, Fisher, Evans, and Vogel got together to shut out the team from Columbia Hall. For Zone 18, it was the seventh win, putting them in sec ond place behind Zone 2 of Di vision 11. Zone 2 was also on their toes this week as th ey waltzed past Zone 6 in a 415-0 contest. This was the eighth win for Zone 2 who now lead [Division II. A successful point after touch dlown gave Zone 21 a winning mar gin as the marriedl men's team beat Zone 15 (K, 1-4), 7 to 6. Zone 5 and Zone 12 were sched uled to play this week, but all that came of the game was a double forfeit and therefore no winner. Tom Webb of the Intramural Office reports that following the endl of the regular season, teams will playoff to dletermine the cam puswidle champion. The first round of the tournament will match the number one team of each division with the number two team of the other dlivision. This will provide each league wvith a League Cham pion. Then the best of the Fra ternity League will play the best of the Indlependents to decide on the championship of the campus. Staff Phots by cate. crows