Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-23
Important Game Set
At s P. NJ; Carolin-
ans Rated Plenty
Tough and Real Foe
for Wake Forest;
Game to Test Dea-
cons Strength.

Wake Forest, Sept. 23.-Football
teams of South Carolina and Wake
Forest will battle it out on Gore
eld here tonight, starting at 8
o'clock, in a gridiron clash that
promises to be one of the most in
teresting in the south this season.
The Gamecocks will be opening
TER current gridiron campaign
With tonight's battle, while this
vii be the second contest of the
season for the Deacons. They de-
teated Elon last week 34-O.
Last years game between the
two alevenS went to the Deacons
2g-19 but at the same time pro-
duced some of the most spectacular
football seen on the southern grid
IRONS for quite a while Enright's
charges set the Deacons back on
t.eIr heels by scoring 19 points in
tx short span Of six minutes be-
1ote the end of the game, the Dea-
cons Snatched the game from the
t in the nick of time.
This year the Gamecocks stand
~ excellent chance to change the
order OF the story. Coach Rex En-
lghts optimistic observations con-
cerning his second South Carolina
team are virtually promises that
the Carolinians are tough, plenty
tough. Coming from the coach, this
Is the best Indication of all that the
1889 team will be vastly more
powerful and dangerous than the
1888 aggregation which won six,
list four, and tied Villanova, an un-
defeated team. Despite the loss of
Grygo. elusive back, Urban. rangy
center. and Dick Kidder, 2OO-pound
Who was killed in an aeroplane
cash. Coach Enright has a number
ot likely looking sophs to plug the
c,Eities in the foreWall and back
leld of the Birds.
SIX sophOmores are slated for
first-string berths, headed by Ken
Webb. pivot man. True to South
Carolina tradition, there is another
Clary on the squad. This time it's
Buford, former Gaffney, S. c., high
school star, who follows Wilbar,
who had an educated toe, and Earl,
ole time "Galloping Ghost in the
Palmetto State. Buford is also a
p5ck.
Coach D. c. (Peahead) Walker,
or the other hand, radiates about
s much optimism concerning to-
nights clash as you could put on
the head of a needle Not con-
Hnced at all that the Deacons will
cop Coach Walker thinks his club
i overrated His comments spell
pessimism with capital letters, but
tie bad timing and other deficien-
c'es shown up in the tussle with the
Elon Christians may be partially
removed when the Oeacons tackle
the highly touted Gamecocks.
At any rate, tonight's game will
be test of strength for both
e4eVens and the unknown quantities
and qualities will come to light.
The Deacons ground attack that
finally began functioning in the
last half Of last Saturdays tiff will
be able to prove its mettle, and the
defense will get a chance to stop
more powerful and deceptive at
tack as offered by Enrlght's men.
The Elon team, while presenting a
stubborn defense, can't match the
power generated by Rock Stroud
and Pinhead Hinson, who bears the
brunt of the ball carrying duties for
Enright and do bang-up Job Of
t.
Red Mayberry has demonstrated
that he can carry the ball as we'll
a. he can send booming punts deep
into the opposition's territory, for
the Deacons. Big John Polanski
reeled off two dashes of 68 and IS
yards each the short time he ap-
peared in the Elon game and served
notice that he might become the
sensation of the Southern Confer
epce, the Messers Edwards, Lay
ton, Ringgold, Gallovich turned in
excellent samples of what they will
do later. Captain Rupert Pate and
All-Southern Louis Trunzo stood
out in the defensive play as the
Wake linemen stopped cold every
thrust aimed in their direction.
All in all, the Gamecocks and