Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Defeat__. established. Perhaps more burning is the fact that Virginia didn't earn one touch down. A Robbie Reynolds punt was blocked when he took one too many steps before kicking, and the ball was recovered in the end zone for UVa.'s first touchdown. In the third quarter, Ron Parson fumbled on the USC 28. Two plays later, Harrison Davis hit Dave Sullivan for an 18-yard scoring play. Minutes later, a C. A. Wilson fumble with a punt led to a Cavalier field goal. Early in the fourth quarter, Troup hit Jackie Brown with a short pass. At the same time, a Virginia defender hit Brown. For some unknown reason, the of ficials, who had been blowing the whistle early all night, ruled the pass a completion. Two minutes later, Davis and Sullivan hooked up for another touchdown. To say the game was a rude " *Q sA' Guess the number* of Swingline Tot staples in the jar. The jar is approximately square -3" x 3" x 4%". Look for the clue about "Tot" capacity. The "Tot 50*"' is uncondition ally guaranteed. It staples, tacks, mends and costs only 980 sug gested retail price at Stationery, Variety and College Bookstores with 1,000 staples and vinyl pouch. Swingline Cub Desk and Hand Staplers for $1.98 each. Fill in coupon or send postcard. No purchase required. Entries must be postmarked by Nov. 30, 1972 and re ceived by Dec. 8, 1972. Final decision by an independent judging organization. In case of tie, a drawing determines a winner. Offer subject to all laws and void in Fla., Mo., Wash., Minn. & Idaho. IMPORTANT: Write your guess outside the envelope, lower lethand corner. bewe 00an 00swhth s e i inglin HodI P.O BoI Ne Yok .Y 01 THR ARI... TPLSI H A Addes ity SttIi Teepon N Ie 320 I n a v .n sadcyNY11 From Page 9 inauguration for Troup would bean understatement. The Virginia transfer hit 24-47 passes for 318 yards and two touchdowns. The 47 tries broke a school record and the 24 completions tied Tommy Suggs' record of four years ago. He connected with Mike Haggard for 21 yards and Bill Cregar for three yards to account for Carolina's two touchdowns. The second was futile, coming with one second to play in the game. Cregar was USC's leading rusher with 24 yards in 8 carries. Parson gained 23 yards, also in eight tries. But Troup lost 79 yards in the USC backfield. That gave the Gamecocks a net of 10 yards in 40 rushes. At least it was better than at the half. USC had 23 rushing attempts then. With a minus one yard total. "What can I say about the defense," said winning coach Don Lawrence. "They did a terrific job, Billy Williams and Stanley Land in particular. I told everybody before the season they were as good as there is around. "The offense had some problems with timing," he continued, "but they came up with the big play when it counted. When we got 14 points ahead, we closed up. We could have broken it open three or four times during the game, but couldn't get the socre that could have done it. The offensive line did a great job. South Carolina has probably the best forcing unit as we'll see all year." Land, a defensive end who, along with Williams, spent an awful lot of time in the USC backfield, said that Virginia exerted pressure from the corner to strip the Gamecock of fense. "Usually a back or a guard would pick us, a tackle every once in a while. We were just coming hard from the corner. We knew we had to rush Troup and get to him if we were going to win. And we did." Davis said that it had been the plan to go more to the air rather than rely on running back Kent Merritt. "Man, they were ex pecting us to go to Kent. We had to do something else, so we threw the ball." But Davis is no Gary Huff. For if Virginia had to depend on his arm, the offense would be even less potent than it is. He completed 11 41 for 159 yards. "We're so young in the offensive line," said Carolina Coach Paul Dietzel, "that we made many, many mistakes. And they were costly." Mistakes had better be at a premium for the next two games: Georgia Tech in Atlanta next week and Mississippi at home in two weeks. Because 0-3 is a bad way to start a season. Any season. Rugby club sets practice for Thursday The Carolina Rugby Club initiates its fall activities with tryouts for the squad and practice beginning on September 14 at the Intramural fields. Positions should be available on the 1972 version ol the Huggers as several of last season's starters have departed and were lost to graduation. The Rugby Club has both a fall and spring sea.son. The fall season will begin with a home game against Davidson Oct. 1. As he has done for the past several seasons, Dr. Jim Wynn will captain the USC Club for the 1972 fall campaign. ~p ...colla -mo k9t 4 I1 3SeS... THOMAS A. PRICE roup.