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Sports Friday, February 5, 1988 THE GAMECOCK 7 Where are they now? Fnrmor Tier f -a- *JPA JL E Editor's note: This is the first of a therc'd be in a rc four-part series on former Gamecock Allen said. 4,I si football players. pulled through." By RITA COSBY That team o Staff writer hurdles to overc< It was 1943 at USC. porary team woi At the beginning of the football budget funds, n season, the outlook was gloomy. At and coaching-sta first, there was no team and no only a few of th< coach. "It was tough. Then, Washington approved the called into servic use of Naval trainees for football different coaches nl;ivf?r<; vnlnnlppr rnnchp"; mul Allrn cnirt "lt'? managers. A strong football team up that way." became a reality. The oppositic Since then, many things have difficult. changed about the game, but the men "Some of 01 involved in the competitive sport are teams full of pro still the same. service and got c i nc piaycrs wno piayeu men win poraruy, /\uen always remember (heir glory days as Allen said the "Fighting Gamecocks." help in his life. 1 The 1943 team was the first team of the Letterma fully recruited by the legendary made many lil Gamecock coach Rex Enright, after contacts. whom USC has named its old athlctic "1 learned rnnfnr Ino^nrcUin cL'ill v v. I 11VI . 1V.UU^I .lltip O l\ 111 The team apparently had tremen- healthy experien dous potential. Allen is now "This was probably the best American Tropl freshman class and football team which sells awar that's ever been there at USC," said schools and bus Sam Allen, who was the manager of Tony Patronc the '43 and '44 team. linebacker for t Unfortunately, these nlavers never teams, and his had a chance to come totally played ball in 1 together. not only got World War II was underway. through a nava ^ "Some were in Navy ROTC, Army exempted three ^ or sent into active service overseas," through exams i Allen said. "Many were killed. Only a freshman, a small nucleus could stay due to "1 am still sc their contracts. It was their job to that naval scl keep USC football alive." said. "Through In '41 lhfrf? w<?rf? tvvr> imnr?rtnn< hall it oavp in things on the team's mind ? winning school with 10 games, which it almost always did, There's no way and the war. it otherwise." "There was definitely not as much Patrone was cohesivcness in a war-time team than three-semesters! IJSC men. woi I By Associated Press The Gamecocks traveled to Freedom Hall Wednesda rand were greeted by a 68-53 defeat at the hands c ijWMVlffc's Cardinals. x Cardinal head coach t)enny Crum recorded his 400i win as the Gamecocks dropped to 13-5 overall and 4-2 the Metro Conference. Crum was at a loss for words after achieving career w No. 4()0, but not because he was overcome by emotion "1 don't know how they did it," Crum said after wa u:^ ^a i ic/^ liiiii? in?* uctiiusiu ctnu UIUIHU v^diuinan ucai uov,. "Some of these guys could hardly walk yesterdi (Tuesday), but they sucked it up and played with the kir of guis and enthusiasm it takes to be a pood team. Thi were worn out and hurt, and they haven't had a day o for three or four weeks. [STUDENT BODY REFEREN V! I HISTORICAL BACKGROUND A large area of t cant since the Golden Spur alcoholic night club posed using the space for offices or as a dining mended to the University administration that i entertainment, and meeting area. The University rnct nf annrnvimatplu S9Rfl fldf) nrnuiHinn tho Itional costs of $30,000. These funds would be through student activity fees. THIS REFERENDUM DOES NOT INC I DOES INDICATE F RUSSELL HOU! 9 Friday II a * ik wk Send your me I CLASSIFIED (.pcr7iiva'tn,in Sl ^ i'wwti ?w Come by The Game _ _ Room 323 Russell VALENTINES - ||| Box I I Name J Address Today's date ~j 10 W !j Run Date: 1 Deadline: I I I |i ? ; I j i ! ! i botball players re :gular team today," till can't believe we i ertainly had more m--. )me than a contem- ^ c; so the players had g? .syL*3 every year almost," - . B hard to keep morale )n more i nlnvnrc thai worn in I mmffw-r* ^ffJi sport had been a big JCRHH rfe bccamc president n's Association and ** / ? fetime friends and to develop strong This is the team picture of the 1943 U! s. It was such a From left to right standing: Coach Joh ce," he said. Osborne, Putman, Jack Bradford, Be president of the All- Riddle, Jack Couch, Pete Krivonak, ly Co. in Columbia, as to sports centcrs, gram, ana in nc was seni on lor a incsscs. year in the Pacific. Yet, he recalls , who played middle many memories of USC football and he '43, *44 and '46 the differences of today. older brother both "For one thing, back then, 21,000 ugh school. Patrone people was a full crowd for a Clema full scholarship son game. Sloane Stadium and the 1 program, but also crowds have gotten bigger over the : academic courses years," Patrone said. lpon entering USC as The big highlight was the Miami game. ) thankful that 1 got "We'd all look forward to that i l- ?? n_4 i tu. . ,i:n.. i i. luiarsmp, rairouc iuii& nam 1 iuc. i ncy uiuii i uy u<n.i\. the Navy and foot- then to sunny Miami," Patrone said, e a chance to go to "The stands were jam-packed, just kids in my family. like at our Clemson game, and you we could've afforded could barely get tickets back then for either game, just like it is today." on ai. accelerated The team usually had less than 40 per-year Navy pro- players on the team in '43. nen prepare tor "I wouldn't have been surprised if we had gotten beat iy by 20. It was a gutty, gutty performance. They played like jf champions." ... . .Louisville is now 12-8 overall and 3-3 in the conference, th "This kind of closes up the conference race a little bit. in It ought to be a real interesting race the rest of the way," Crum said. in i. Guard Keith Williams scored 15 points to lead four it- Louisville players in double figures as the Cardinals broke open a tight game at the outset of the second half to bury jy the Gamecocks. id Winning by two points at halftime, USC was outscorcd ey 15-2 over the first few minutes of the second half, ff USC's only points during that period came on two free throws by John Hudson. DUM FOR THE GOLDEN SPUR 3TE! he second floor area of Russell House has remained vavacated over three years ago. Various groups have proarea. ! -st y<iar, officers of Student Government recomthe space be rennovated for use as a student lounge, { administration has agreed to rennovate the space at a Student Senate allocates funds for the annual opera allocated from more than $600,000 currently collected ;REASE THE STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE BUT 'RIORITIES FOR FUNDING VOTE 5E, 2nd FLOOR LOBBY 1, February 5 ssage in The Gamecock ^ le's Special: 10 words for $1 eST cock Advertising Department House Mon.-Fri. 9-4:30 or Wj an mail it to us Jf rhe Gamecock 35131, Campus QQM UUil _ Telephone ords For $1.00 Friday, Feb. 12, 1988 uesday, Feb. 9, 1988 / call memories of ? * S( freshman football squad, which finished (he season with fo mson, Jake Land, Noe Nixon, Jim Hunnicutt, Blackwell, Jack I ttis Herlong. Kneeling: Billy Rutland, Krnie Lawhorn, Bobb) Hudepohl and John Tomonick. "We had to play offense and problems and bene defense. Now, naturally, they need "We had fun pi; double the amount since each player glory of our schoo only plays one side. "Our goal back th "1 think we had to play close to 60 pro. That really w minutes straight each game, Patrone oack tnen. said. "Out of nine straight games, I Patrone and hi< was only out approximately 20 to 25 the Collegiate Resti minutes in total." catered to students They played the single-wing football players, formation. teachers degree an "We were forced to run more. tunity to teach Now, they are more like the pros ? a mathematics in passing team," Patrone said. department at US< After graduation, Patrone was of- give business a try fcrcd $4,000 a year to play profes- He later develop sionally for the National League in on Main and Devii Akron, Ohio. The league was still intention of caterir growing, but Patrone said the offer leased out Stuffy' was not very cmicing oecause 01 pay creaieu rairone s l doubleheader af The Gamecocks pulled within 50-43 on Terry Dozier's jump shot with seven minutes remaining, but could get no closer. The final margin was Louisville's largest lead. The Gamecocks made only 11 of 27 field goals for 40.7 percent in the half after making 12 of 21 for 57.1 percent in the first. They had 21 turnovers. "They took us out of our offense in the second half, and we did not respond," said USC head coach George Felton. "We broke down in several areas, but give Louisville the credit." Dozicr scored 16 points, and Hudson had 13 to lead USC. 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NOT A FOf I I FOR FURTHER INFORMATION I \ AND SIGN UP J I Contact - | Terrence Manig< 1 I 7-8614 ! :i P.O. Box 826^ J I Columbia, USC 2 i ] jvl|VySp-|7-^2p-j?|? their glory days ca P P & M .jr PBIU ^ ;jjrjW 4il?/jP} jnrmk r^ ur wins and no losses, including a 19-6 win over Clemson. Hogg, Phil Alexander, Pat Thrash, Charlie Gaines, Red r Giles, Tony Patrone, Billy Ryan, Ben Ford, Furman fits. billiards-snack bar. He has owned aying ball for the this area for nearly 25 years and I," Patrone said. retired from the Naval Reserves as a cn wasn't to be a Lt. Commander after 22 years of asn t a oig thing service. "1 love Columbia," Patrone said. ; brother opened "I'm glad I stayed here. I still have uarant Inn, which four season tickets and try to never and many of the miss a game." He received a Ernie Lawhorn, who played in the d had an oppor- backfield in '42, '43, '46, '47 and '48, chemistry and noted many changes in the game and the engineering location of the field. but decided to He said he will never forget first. November 1943, the month he was ied a street corner called off to war in the U.S. Air tie streets with the Force. io tn ctiuicnfc Hp "Ii wnc tcame rtr*v we hf.it s Restuarant and Clemson," Lawhorn said. "What a )ry Cleaners and a way to go." ter two defeats Gamecocks, who are scheduled to take on Louisville's Lady Cardinals. The Lady Gamecock^ are coming pff an 82-60 drubt?n|| at the hands of 13th-ranked Georgia Wednesday. Freshman Karen Middleton led the Lady Gamecocks in scoring with 21 points. She was five of seven in threepoint shooting. The Lady Gamecocks, who won a close game in Louisville Jan. 8, are unbeaten in the Metro and arc 11-7 overall. i ne uamecocks were piagueci oy toui prooiems during their first meeting with Clcmson Jan. 23. 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