Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 t 40 Years Of Recognizing Football's Unselfish , The announcement of this year's Jacobs Blocking Tro phy knarks the 40th anniver sary of a successful effort to recognize unselfishness on the football field. The Jacobs Blocking Tro- ipfey, established in 1828, was |he first such award in the awtion and since has spread |o other regions. However, ill) the Southeast, it is recog- Mud as the most coveted £nrard a blocker can receive, i Dr. William P. Jacobs of Clinton, former president of Presbyterian College which his grandfather founded, orig inated the award. His sons, Hugh and William P. Jacobs 111, have carried on the tra dition and the program has been expanded. Dr. Jacobs, a blocking spe cialist during his collegiate days at PC, presented the first award in 1628 to O. D. Padgett of Clemson in recog nition of his being the out standing blocker in South Carolina collegiate football. la 1888, the program was expanded to include a Jacobs Blocking Trpphy for the Southern Conference, and that first trophy went to George M. Smith of VPI. In 1835, the first Jacobs Blocking Trophy for the Southeastern Conference was presented to Riley Smith of Alabama. In 1958, six years after Dr. Jacobs' death, the Atlantic Coast Conference was form ed. On the request erf Wil liam and Hugh Jacobs, con ference officials voted appro val of awarding a fourth Jacobs trophy to be present ed annually to the ACC’s best blocker. This trophy is awarded in memory of Dr. Jacobs. Bill Wohrman of the University of South Carolina won not only that trophy in 1853 and 1954 but also won the South Carolina trophy both years. The trophies are given to the schools of the winners, to be rotated each year and with the recipients’ names engraved on them. The in dividuals are given keys for their own possession. < If a player wins the trophy three years in succession, he receives a special silver bowl in addition to his keys. ' In the history of all four awards, that has happened only once. Richard Nicholas Ognovich of Wake Forest won the Southern Conference trophy in 1945-4<M7. There have been several two-time winners: In the Southern Conference —George Smith of VPI, 1883-35; Robert Bowlby of N. C. State, 1948-48; Robert Soleau of William and Mary, 1962-63. In the ACC—Bill Wohrman of USC, 1953-54;, Harold Me-' Elheny of Duke, 1966-57; Art Gregory of Duke shared the trophy with Jim LeCompee of the University of North Caro lina in 1961 and then won it outright in 1962. In the Southeastern Confer ence—Sam Bartholomew of - the University of Tennessee won in 1938-39; Jack Jen kins of Vanderbilt, 1841-42; William Bevis of the Univer sity of Tennessee, 1844-45, Clarence (Butch) Avinger of Alabama, 1948-50; Stockton Adkins of Tennessee, 1856-57; Jim artwright of Tennessee, 1958-60; Tucker Frederickson of AubUm, 1963-64. State Award—Don J. Willis of Clemson, 1937*38; Alton Cumbie of Clemson, 1844-45; Wohrman of USC, 1953-54; Jim Moss of USC, 1961-62. • I Chronicle <s> SPORTS LA ,;'V' £#! Uj I 0 # m * m, Utk: m ; S- 18—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ Dec. 28, 1967 PC Ceremony Was Major Sports Event The ceremony of present- Club banquet and the South ing the Jacobs Blockiug Tro- ern Conference and state phy started on the campus of trophies presented at the Presbyterian College. Columbia Touchdown Club When „ the trophies were banquet, first given, they were pre- , Hugh Jacobs will use the sented at a small banquet presentation of the Southeast- held annually in downtown ern Conference trophy as an i Clinton. However, after Dr. | opportunity to renew an ac- j Jacobs became president of c l ua * ntances hip with a now-1 PC in 1935, he moved the famous sportscaster. Lindsay i banquet scene to the college i Nelson, whom Jacobs knew j campus and expanded the 1 w ^ c * n military service, will fm * mmm. j V- mm m Iteii * v • mm m 0 • ><} . • event into a colorful occasion. be guest speaker at the Uni versity of Tennessee banquet To PC came Southern lead-1 and Jacobs will present the ers in education and indus try as well as in athletics. More than 300 persons would pack the college dining hall. | The list of notables usually included college presidents, athletic directors, coaches and officials of the state and . K £gSj! m trophy to Johnson. Tennessee’s Bob SELECTION SYSTEM The South Carolina Sports Writers Association selects the state trophy winner. This the two conferences, leading I lr ° ph , y pre “!; tal j on was c , an - 1 celled m 1963 because of a gipp sports writers and industrial leaders. The banquet was a climax to what was a whole day dedicated to sports at PC. In the afternoon hours. South Carolina atheletic directors, coaches and officials held meetings to form the next *yAr ’s schedules and to at- STATE, ACC WINNER—Clemson he is at right after blocking a Caro- "Guard Harry Olszewski is shown in Hna player (33) to clear the way for ^inset and in action picture above. In Buddy Gore (44). the Carolina-Clemson game picture, Olszewski Wins State, ACC Awards to* other, details of hut neither played Furman, sports business, including a Cd a dd, PC. Newberry or basketball clinic. Clemson’s All - Amercian Guard Harry Olszewski has been named the 1967 winner of both the South Carolina and Atlantic Coach Confer ence Jacobs Blocking Tro phies. University of Tennessee Center Bob Johnson is the Southeastern Conference tro phy winner and Kevin Mor an, East Carolina Tackle, is thle Southern Conference win ner, according to trophy sponsors Hugh S. Jacobs and W. P. Jacobs III of Clinton. Olszewski, a senior from Baltimore, Md., has been named to the first team of, four All-American selection^ He was on the first team in UPI, Walter Camp, American Football Coaches Association, and Football Writers Associa tion of America selections and was on the Associat ed Press second team. He was the only unanimous selection to the All-ACC team and was named to the All- State team for the third straight year. He will play in the Shrine East-West game in San Fran cisco Saturday and will play in the Senior Bowl at Mobile, Ala., on Jan. 6. Clemson Coach Frank Howard calls him “One of the finest guards ever to at tend Clemson.” •Tennessee’s Johnson also is a concensus All-American and his- coach, Doug Dickey, cAlls him “A complete cen- ter, a boy who can do every tiling you could ask at that position. m iii m ■ ? lack of response from coach es. The state’s teams no longer played each other as they once did and coaches felt they could not judge the per formance of all players in the state. For example, Clemson played traditional rival USC , World War II brought this tp a close. After the 1940 banquet, travel restrictions Wofford. However, the S. C. Sports- writers Association request ed the Jacobs brothers to re made continuation impossible, sume sponsorship of the state Dr. Jacobs maintained his trophy and the association awards on a more limited took over the selection duties. scale, traveling to the schools to present the awards. This set the pattern for the cur- rejit method of presentation JACOBS BROTHERS WITH TRO- phies which they give, carrying on PHIES—William P. Jacobs III, left, a tradition established 40 years ago and Hugh Jacobs are shown above by their father. (Photo by Bill with the various Jacobs Blocking tnv Quarels.) Clemson Leads State Winners Clemson leads in number T of state Jacobs Blocking Tro- In the conference, the coaching staff of the indivi dual conference teams all have votes. They vote on a The Southeastern Confer- > first-second-and third choice ence trophy is presented at basis and points are tabulat- ^ ave the school of the recipient, ed with five for a first-place The ACC trophy is presented vote, three for second and at the Greenville Touchdown one for third. son; 1951, Jim Finer, Fur man; 1952, “Hootie” John son, USC; 1953-54, Bill Wohr man, USC; 1955, Dick Maraz- zo; 1956, Sam DeLuca, USC; ; 1 PC Has Had Two Winners Presbyterian College has had two Jacobs Trophy winners. H. E. Bolick Jr. won the 1934 state award and P. N. (June) Moore won in 1939. phy winners. Players from Clemson now have won 16 awards. Univer ity of South Carolina players have won the award 14 times. Furman players have won five trophies while‘Presbyter ian College representatives | Clemson had two former won the award twice, i Jacobs Blocking Trophy win- Citadel and Wofford have ners and thil year’s winner won it once each. on the field at the same time Clemson and South Caro- several times during the past Three Winners On Same Team 1957, Bill Thomas, Clemson; 1968, John Saunders, USC; 1959, Doug Cline, Clemson; 1960, Jake Bodkin, USC; 1961-62, Jim Moss, USC; (no award made in 1963); 1964, Robert Douglas (Bo) Ruffner, Clemson; 1966, Wayne Mass, Clemson; 1967, Harry Olsze wski, Clemson. lina have dominated the award in the past' 15 years. season. Tackle Wayne Mass won . 'V ’4 K. won as a senior. w. m .mm i ■ V* 'i ■w iif mti KEVIN MORAN nessee meets Oklahoma, Thomas will play in the Sen ior Bowl. Moran is a 240-pound tackle from Manchester, N. H., who is a three-year Jetterman at East Carolina. Pirate Coach Clarence Stasavich calls him BOB JOHNSON the best blocker has ever coached. Moran, an honorable men tion All-America selection, was All-Southern in 1966 as a defensive player but was switched to offense in 1967. : mi t -'V- i m i , 107 E. Main St. % m ■0*. M m: <1 UCLA Coach Former Winner V m.M Z%.\ The coach of one of the t op collegiate football teams in the nation is a former Jacobs Blocking Trophy win ner. He’s J. T. (Tommy) Pro- thro Jr., who it head football Johnson is a 6-4, 232-pound- coach at UCLA which wag Hs wps the leading hne- «6 i item in the Heisman Trophy vote. Captain of the Tennes see team, he is winner of the IJTarl Blaik scholarship for graduate study, one of 13 *cb national awards. He was married Dec. 16 to high school sweetheart, Daugherty of Cleveland, . After the Orange Bowl night, in which Ten ths nation’s top-ranked team this season until knocked off by Southern Cal. Pro thro won the Jacobs Blocking trophy in 1941 while playing at Dute. On the state Ifvel, one of the most successful coaches won the Southern Conference in class AAA circles also is! trophy in 1958 while he war a former trophy winner. playing at VPI. Bob Prevatte, wha now coaches the Gaffney Indians, won the state blocking trophy in 1949 while playing at Wof ford. He is Wofford’s only recipient of the award. Several of the winners have gone on to play professional football. Among them are Tucker Frederickson, former Auburn star, who stars for the New- York Giants, and CarroH* Dale, one of Bart Starr’s fa vorite receivers on the Green Bay Packers team. Dale Furman’s Jim Finer won in the state award in 1966. Full 1951 and that’s the last time back Bo Fuffner won it in the winner has come from a 1965 Guard Harry Olszewski college other than Clemson is , his year . s winner or South Carolina. Ruffner won , he award as During the 15 year period,; a sophomore while Mass won .-.outh C arolina players have as a junior and Olszewski won tlie state award eight times with Clemson taking the award the other seven years. Stqte winners through the years are: i 1928, O. D. Pagett, Clem son; 1929, H. T. Stoddard, USC; 1930, Grady Salley,! 1 Clemson: 1931. Fred Ham- bright. USC; 1932, R. L. Grif fin. Furman; 1933, W. C. iHutt Jr., ^urman; 1934, * H. E. Bolick.%r., PC; 1935. iJack Shivers, Furman; 1936, \. A. Sabatcs, Citadel; 1937- 38, Don J. Willis, Clemson; 1939. P. N. (June) Moore, PC; 1940, Gates Barker, Fur man; 1941. Arthur Elston, USC; 1942, Marion Craig, Clemson; 1943, William V. McMillan, USC; 1944-45, Al ton Cumbie, Clemson; 1946, Bryan Meeks, USC; 1947, Claude (Red) Harris, USC; 1948, Robert Martin, Clem son; 1949. Robert Prevatte, | Wofford; 1950. Dick Hendley, Clem- m. .' BO RUFFNER GORDONS “Shoes for the Entire Family’ , Phone 833-0667 FALL and WINTER CLEARANCE! Starts Today! Many Styles To Select From • LIFE STRIDE • /CALIFORNIA COBBLERS • RED CROSS LEONARD-MARLER INSURANCE AGENCY m % m Phone 833-1121 mm, 7 _ ^ _^ JHHp FIRST ACC WINNER — University of South Caroling Fullback Bill Wohrman is shown with , the state and ACC Jacobs blocking trophies. He won both awards in 1953 and 1964. it" - ; Consult Us For All Your Insurance Needs You SS W $$ THOUGHT TOR THE WEEK: 200 N. Broad St. ¥0 Personal acquaintance with Christ brings us needed blessings— peace, power, hope, compassion. ^ 4 s « e % f 4 • «L.