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'W e re No. ' Rv STEVE PARKER Sports Writer Coach Jackie Powers' 1971 treshman squad proved victorious in their opening contest with the Ciadel and Biddie split end C. A. Wilson wants to keep it that way. 'We're gonna finish number one. we're not gonna lose any. that's the way I feel." says Wilson, "You've go to have confidence in your own team and believe you're number The former Region 3 Back-of ihe-Year for Sumter high school snagged three of the Biddies four completed passes in the 35-0 vic iorv over Citadel and totaled 44 vards with the trio of catches. Wilson has certainly had ex perience at the art of winning. At Class AAAA Sumter. Wilson played on teams having a com bined won-lost record of 31-3. in Cluding his junior year team which boasted an unblemished 13-0 mark aund the state championship. I'm not used to losing." he contesses. 'I've only lost some five, games since the eighth grade. and I don't intend to start losing now." One thing which would appear to he a handicap to Wilson is his size. or rather lack of it. He stands only 5-9, 155. 'I hear about my size every day. I room With Bobby Bethea (Biddie defensive t ackle) who's 6-7. 235 and people come up to the room and Un1' McKer at COCKI 100 Cockfe 8:30 $1,200 s 9:30 'TiI $1.00 I gonna says X* C.A. Wilson know Bobby plays football and they say to me 'C. A.. what do you do. run track?'." 'A lot of people think I'm too small to play football, but it's not your size that counts. it's what you think you can do. If you think you can-d something. you can do it." '' do t think my size hurts me. You don have to be a big old husky tooball player to throw a block. I go downfield on runs and throw a shield block, which really isn't a towering block. It's not that bad for little guys." Nonetheless, the dimensions of Wilson have dictated a transfer from the running back slot he held in high school outside to the wide ersity idree Sprit FEST 9:30 OCT. 15th st Pep Rally, Shows & Ski Fireworks Show (30 min.) -- McKENDREE SPRING ENTIRE SHO\1 Iiversity Union f0 0 inish Tilson receiver position. "I like playing split end" said Wilson. "I've been trying to get down the.fundamentals and Coach (Fred) Ziegler has helped me a lot with the patterns and such." In early practices Wilson demonstrated many moves, perhaps too many. "Coach Powers spoke to me about 'dancing'. He was primarily concerned with my not getting hurt . He told me 'If you catch the ball and can't go, don't dance. you can get injured going inside'." He adds "It's probably a habit I had carried over from the running back position." Ironically. Wilson's size had dictated a move from the receiver position to running back earlier in his career. "I was an end in the eighth grade." he said, "but in the ninth grade I was converted to halfback. It was probably the best thing that could have happened. I would have been playing a tight end spot and just blocking." Wilson is enthusiastic over the team spirit the frosh possess. "I really enjoy playing. The team is like one big, happy family, ,everybody looks out for one another. We get along real well." On the possibility of being a varsity starter for next year's version of the Gamecocks, he said "At this point. I'm gonna work hard toward it." Un10n The Recreation C Ig at the K-Mart in Homecoming Gran, A slalom is a spee one car allowed on I will be allowed thre Each car will conr requirements are t drivers license. If yi if you're over 21, c * Entry fee is S2.5( Sponsored by The C - time in each class South Carolina Ass (take Hwy-i, Two I - car out 1:00. Specd Kunstler has Committee in coni education of all sti Kunstler wa American Civil Li ''Chicago 7'' and hi K unstler's ag of Capstone. If you perhaps you had t Tras In order to help determining futur ',. ..~ ATLANTA CHARLESTON SAVANNAH I 5 SIX FLAGS MOUNTAINS BEACH SKIING (Pleaser NASSAU JAMAICA "I BAHAMAS FLORIDA (Disn WASHINGTON, Eye in the Keyholel: (Continued from Page 9) humorous, though slightly out of character for the role they are assuming. Take for example a recent game. On a third down i situation, one of the officials calls second down; another calls third down; while the third calls fourth down. While the three of them stare at each other in utter confusion, the players and fans on the sidelines are rolling In laughter. Or, for instance, a dispute over the rules of the game. A forward pass hits one offensive player then lands in the hands of another, who grabs it, much to the chagrin of the defensive team. While players and coaches scream at the 'official', he simply claims that the ball hit a defender between contact with the two offensive players. Then, this same official, having said that a defensive man touched the ball, turns around and says he was blocked from the play and had to make a judgement call. But he said he saw it. Didn't he? Chances are, he had no more idea of what was happening on the field than his commrades. In a game where the rivalry is fierce, disagreements are liable to occur. In short, a fist fight develops. In one In stance the 'officials' were watching the play downfield while two players went at it on one sideline. After being convinced by one team who had s+arted it, he dutifully threw his flag, making another mis-judgement call. So what do the players think of the 'officials' that control games where anyone could get seriously hurt? "Oh, God," one player moans, "they are terrible. You'd think they had all been imported from England, and didn't know a thing about football." Another says, '"I screamed something at him (the official), and he threatened to throw a flag. That's the only way they keep order, threatening to throw that flag.'" And believe me, the castigation does not stop here. Intramural sports have become a fixture at the University of South Carolina. But what is the big aversion to competent officials? As one of the better officials told me one night, "Hell, for $2.50, you get what you pay for.." I just looked at him and laughed. It was an absurd ending to an absurd game. Presents . . Recreation Committee First Dmmittee of the University Union will hold its first event on October 17, Dentsville. The event is an automobile slalom or autocross, "The J Prix." d and manuverability event over a pre-determined course. There is only he course at a time, and it is clocked on its trip through the course. You L runs and the lowest time will be used for scoring. pete with other cars in its class and the lowest time wins. The only other lat your car have muffiers and seat belts, and that you have a valid :u are under 21, see Bonnie in the Union office for your release form, and Ion't worry. (we're paying half) per car with a U.S.C. ID card. The event is Co. olum bia Sports Car Club. There will be prizes and trophies for the lowest ind dash plaques for all entrants. All proceeds from this event go to the ociation for Retarded Children, so get out to the K-Mart in Dentsville dotch Rd.) and let's see what your car can do. Registration 11:30, first ators welcome. Wiliam Kunstler To Lecture been contracted through the efforts of the University Union's Lecture unction with the U.S.C. Law School for the enjoyment and further idents. s Counsel for the late Martin Luther King, the N.A.A.C.P. and the berties Union. Probably best known for his defense of the infamous s more recent involvement in the Attica State Prison situation. >pearance will be on October 18 to be held at 8 p.m. in the Campus Room 're up to date on what's happening, we know you'll come; if you're not, etter come. !eI Committee Programming Form us with our programming, the Travel Committee would like your help in e trips. Please circle your first three choices. WEEKEND AND-OR ONE DAY ExcuR SiONs: nake suggestions in North Carolina or Tennessee) LONG RANGE TR IPS: 1-2 WEEKS) ey World) D.C. and Williamsburg StionsTT T1I111 l 1 g ii 111;i1 ?