Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OUT OF BOUND! McGuire at U rne university 01 boutn (jaronru succession of mediocre coaches and 1963, as a charter member of iY university's basketball team compil 64, USC's Fighting Gamecocks w< average 10-14 season. .QftrnnH in fl <tA Unfortunately, coach Chuck Noe mid-year and had to be replaced assistant coach. More than a year I university's hierarchy had alread made up of President Robert L. Sum and influential State House Speaker lure Frank McGuire to Columbia. THE BLATTS OF Barnwell we powerful political families. In 1937,1 House, an office he held for the ne backroom politician, a persistant s< champion of fiscal conservatism. ] favor to "Mr. Sol" as he enjoyed \x how and when to ask for its return. He called in many IOU's when h prove the reputation of the Univers politician son Sol, Jr. Soon USC be< thp qpHooI's nthlpfip nrnoram hie nri w jr- vD- r- * At 83, a victim of deafness and ot Speaker Emeritus?but he is still a neighboring legislator Marion Grej most powerful members of the legisi In the early 1960's, Sol Blatt want acclaim he would bring to the univ< he wanted to live in Columbia, or c poor program. Blatt was persistar and his wife, in part tempting tfc Carolina's climate for their son, wh< On March 10, 1964, McGuire sigi came as a shock to the veterans of McGuire at South Carolina " recal Walsh, "would be like hearing Johr state." NEVERTHELESS, the McGuires brought his old coach, Buck Freema and called on his New York contacl were glad to scout for him, but the facilities and reputation in academ card was McGuire himself. The new coach faced one task ev< generate interest and excitement little and cared less about his spoi urging civic and business groups to : 1 J 1 _ 4^ A ? i. A. ? L - lnuiviuuais 10 coniriDUie 10 nis ne\ theastern players adjust to Southen McGuire was the consummate sent birthday cards, visited hospit never forgot the Greek Easter or Carolinians that they had been tre* at; he promised to make them a basketball capital of the world." i 2 0^ -M& /JUMpi P^q|HHHnk K mB USC basketball coach I celebrates a victory with playe during his .tjay?.eppph at. 91HHH gteWB ifiHH Frank McGuire and Basketball i Politics in ^ n it i j soutn Carolina by Daniel K lores SC: a big job a hooDsters were suffering from a miserable teams. Between 1953 and le Atlantic Coast Conference, the ed a 108-172 won-lost rccord. In 1963ere in the midst of a better than ven part series suffered a nervous breakdown at by Dwane Morrison, a 26-year-old >efore Noe s collapse, however, the y formed a "search committee", iwalt, athletic director Marvin Bass Sol Blatt, Sr. Their objective was to ;re one of South Carolina's most Sol had been elected Speaker of the xt M vP-firs Rlntt nrovpd an arfpnt egregationalist and an unwavering n a short time, everybody ower a iing called, and Blatt knew exactly te spearheaded a campaign to imiity of South Carolina, aided by his :ame Blatt's special stepchild, and mary toy. her medical problems, Blatt is now member of the state house and with ssette is considered one of the two lature. ed Frank McGuire and the national ;rsity. But McGuire was not certain ome to a "backward" school with a it, and eventually swayed McGuire lem with the advantages of South 3 had cerebral palsy. tied a five-year contract. The news the East Coast sportsworld. "Frank Is long-time assistant coach Donnie i Wooden took the job at Mississippi moved to to the Deep South. Frank in, with him, hired a young recruiter is to help locate players. His friends ir job was tough, given the school's lies and athletics. The only drawing en more difficult than recruiting: to in a community which understood *t. Frank traveled across the state, support his program. He sought out _. m! ? /-\ nl. t_ _ l L -1? t? _ m. v np-uii ^iud ana 10 neip nis i\orn culture. politician: he remembered names, als, raised money for charities and Jewish New Year. He told South ited unfairly, maligned and laughed i winner and make Columbia "the See Mc Quire. page 16 jgr * 183?^'^ -MB Jf9?|c :rank McQuire Walsh later >r Donnie Walsh ' assistant at I Nqrtji Carolina Vnnnna By Bruce Ritchie I Gamecock Staff Writer After his first game as head coach of the Duke Blue Devils, Red Wilson is both encouraged and skeptical about the 28-14 win over East Carolina University. "We drove the ball 80 yards a couple of limes auu ou yaius unce wiui nu mistakes. That's about as good as I can ask for offensively. Defensively, our line has got to start keeping their blockers off our linebackers," Wilson said. The USC Gamecocks will host the Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference in a 7 p.m. contest at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday. This will be the thirty-fifth meeting in the series, one which Duke leads 23-9-2. In last year's showdown at Durham, a 26yard scamper by tailback Greg Rhett with 3:07 remaining gave the Blue Devils a 16-12 victory. That was last year, though, and gone from that 4-7 team are eleven starters as well as head coach Mike McGee. The stress on a firstyear coach hasn't seemed to bother Wilson. "I don't feel any undue pressure," he remarked. "Any coach worth a grain of salt will be pressed to win...and, well,I want to win just as bad as anyone else." Also feeling some pressure this Saturday will be the Duke defensive secondary. "South Carolina presents problems because they will put the ball in the Gamecoc Winsti By Tim Nash Gamecock Staff Writer USC's varsity soccer team appears to be past their low point in this young season,and seems to be playing with the' same intensity and skill that took them to a 13-3-1 season a year ago. After a somewhat sluggish weekend which included a 5-0 loss JfcfiSrkt ? kSHT *fT iV* > '^vw Jg.^oMiL *r j * Jr .. -^K m M p5 a y went on to be McGuire's top ISC. nd talente >d to play Duke-USC Date: Se Place: Wil (5' Tickets: l im Series Record: Di Season Records: y; Di air more than ECU," Wilson ex- ( plained. "South Carolina also has a t great pair of running backs in e George Rogers and that Dorsey tl boy. It may be tough stopping a those big boys with the 170- and 180- w pound guys in our secondary. fj S h "We have some little guys tl around this place, but if we play 9 heads-up football, we can stick it to 'em. We're just going to have to play without making mistakes." 1 One factor in the Blue Devils' > offense that has impressed Wilson is quarterback Stanley Driskell, a 5-10, 170-pound senior who has 1 played in the back-up role the past ; two seasons. Against ECU, ! Driskell completed five of six s passes for 92 yards and a touch- < ks down V tad gets he to the University of Connecticut, and a 3-2 comeback victory over UNC-Wilmington. the Gamecocks met previously undefeated Winthrop College and beat them handily 4-0. With 3:56 gone in the first half senior co-captain Brian Winstead scored the first of his three first half goals after interecpting a pass from a Winthrop player. Winstead's second goal came after Ata Ukanna chased a ball into the corner, dribbled it close to the goal and gave a perfect back pass which Winstead put away. Later in the first half, freshman midfielder David Burr put Win stead in the clear again with a beautifully placed ball. The Winthrop keeper made the initial save but USC's top scorer picked up the rebound and calmly completed his hat trick. THE SECOND HALF produced only one goal. It came after a great I 11-.1 J 1 - #*? I individual eiion oy miaiieiaer Richie Wurdack. Witrdack dribbled the ball to the penalty area then dished off to Ata Ukanna who drilled a shot off the goalpost and Eddie Muelhauser alertly poked in the rebound. The final 40 minutes were scoreless, but Carolina had numerous opportunities. Gamecock head coach Mark 1 1 HI oersuu was pieasea wivn ine overall play of his team. He pointed out a great improvement in his team's movement, marking and passing. After the game Berson said, "We worked on our d Duke use ? facts iptember 22 Iliams-Brice Stadium 1,406) 7 p.m. ited number $9 each jke leads 23-9-2 SC (1-1-0) jke( 1-0-0) 8 iown. He added 119 yards and two ouchdowns lushing. "Stanley has ixcellent speed and works well in lie option," expressed Wilson. "On lmost every option play, they rould have somebody right in the ace of our pitch man, so naturally tanley would tuck in the ball and cad upfield." Cairying the ball hirteen times, Driskell averaged 1 trn nn?? mirK ,i JOIU*} |A^i I UOil. "IF we have a strong point," Wilson added, "it would have to be n our offensive backfield where ve have three seniors." "When you really get down to it, we have no strong points; we're young all around. I figure we should progress well, during the season, that is, if we can mature and plav well as a team." Vinthrop, it trick passing in practice this week and today, it really showed." Berson also said that he was not surprised with Winstead's performance "Rrian ic n fin<? nlavor ? ? t"uJv't but against Wilmington, he was drawing triple coverage whenever he touched the ball," he said. Winstead was obviously the star of the game. His three goal performance gives him four goals in as many games. Despite his hat' trick the New Carrolton, Md., native insists the credit should go to the whole team. "It was an overall team effort," he said. "Our mi aii eiders prepared the ball really well, and they didn't let the Winthrop midfielders start off anything substantial. It was the best middle we had all year." CAROLINA'S DEFENSE was another major factor in the win. They entered the game looking for their first shutout of the year and played the entire game as if they were one goal down. John Tremont and John Nitardy did an excellent job in shutting down Winthrop's \1Sin0C U/hlla Hon Dnfinx ?n?l Daa ww a'-QM| rrasiiv JL/UH Wl^l QHU UVA/ Westin were extremely tough in the Carolina goalmouth. This foursome needed little backup, but as usual goalie Paul Turin was ...U L . 1 > ? mci c wircu ne naa to oe. Carolina also showed a display of its depth as all twenty-five available players saw action. The Gamecocks' next game is against Georgia State on Sunday, Sept. 23, at 2 p.m. at the "Graveyard." Georgia State is one of only three teams to beat the Gamecocks last year.