Runs 77 Yards for First Touchdown and Bucks
Over Second – Eight Thousand See Palmetto Team Outplay Tar
Hells -- Smith
and Hussey Shine For Losers
By Sam Miller
Tiny Ansel Bridwell, a mercury – heeled 140
pounder from Parker High School, Greenville, snatched a towering
punt in the early moments of the game here yesterday and stole
out down the sidelines 77 yards to start his South Carolina
teammates on a victorious 12 to 0 march over North Carolina.
The third annual Shrine benefit game for the Crippled
Children’s Hospital in Greenville was unraveled before a fine
turnout of 8,000 in the American Legion Memorial stadium, which
pits yearly the best high school seniors in the Carolinas.
Hardly had the audience become accustomed to their seats and
before latecomers had arrived, the young speedster from the
outskirts of Greenville, his knees pumping like pistons,
scampered beautifully to touchdown glory behind devastating
blocking. The Tar
Heels never fully recovered from the sudden burst although they
managed to hold their own in the final half.
The Sandlappers exploded for another tally in
the second quarter and the same Bridwell was given the touchdown
honors. This
however was much harder than the first, the South Carolinas
jogging along the ground after recovering a loose ball on the
opponents 42-ribbon. Bridwell
finally bucked it over.
Great Blocking
Credit most of the Palmetto success to a superb
brand of blocking North Carolina’s inability to clear the way
for the ball carrier cost them many scoring chances.
Throwing the ball with abandon, the Tar Hells did make
the contest thrilling and threatened on several occasions to
cross the double stripe.
North Carolina attempted 20 passes, connecting on
mine for 135 yards. Their
opposition did not try a single overhead.
The total yardage here helped offset the 127 to 50 yards
the South Carolinas gained from scrimmage.
The Heels led in the first downs 9-4.
Hugh Cox of Camden ably assisted the swift,
Bridwell in the diversified South Carolina attack. Jack Schuyler of Florence called a smart game from his
wingback spot and Big Jim Elvington, Lakeview’s contribution,
conformed considerably when Big Glenn Painter of Asheville was
injured early in the first period
Conspicuous in the valiant line play was bruising
Jack Hussey of High Point and Jake Poole of Charlotte.
The former used repeatedly his height and reach on rival
runners when invading his territory. He was a continual target for the passers and pulled in seven
of the nine completions. Poole
broke through time and again to slow up or nail the fast
Palmettoes
Early Start
Two plays after Elvington had kicked off to
Brewer, whatever small favorites the North State Lads had been
made in pregame dope, such judgment was soon scuttled.
Smith, standing on his 29 lofted a high kick to Bridwell
on his 23. North Carolina’s slow forwards lumbered down the
left side of the field with Bridwell reversing to the opposite
side. In the
meantime a wave of blockers had assembled and escorted their
hero into the Promised Land.
Brewer as the last man tried desperately to outmaneuver
the interferers but all in vein.
Cox’ placement boot for the conversion was wide of its
mark.
A few moments later Bridwell could easily have
become the goat when he fumbled a Smith 55 – yard kick on his
own 25 where Hussey recovered.
Brewer fired over the line to Hussey for a first on the
15. The Winston-Salem flash cracked off tackle three times to
plant the pigskin on the eight. A fourth down pass into the end zone was broken up and South
Carolina had repulsed the most serious threat of the afternoon.
Cox
pulled his team out of a bad hole by sending a bounding kick to
the N.C. 45. A bad
pass from center on the first play escaped Brewer and Bud Abel
of Columbia recovered on the 42.
This break led directly to another score in the opening
minutes of the second session.
Cox
pulled his team out of a bad hole by sending a bounding kick to
the N.C. 45. A bad
pass from center on the first play escaped Brewer and Bud Abel
of Columbia recovered on the 42.
This break led directly to another score in the opening
minutes of the second session.
Coach Tom Young’s cohorts opened up a
bewildering passing attack near the half gun that threatened to
break the ice. Jordan
passes 20 yards to Hussey before Smith nestled the ball in the
same flanker’s arms for a 35-yard gain.
Brewer took over and barely missed L. M. Dodd with an
overhead as the half ended.
The last half was comparatively even as far as
rival scoring threats were concerned.
Once South Carolina penetrated to the 14 before the ball
was relinquished and on another occasion North Carolina surged
to the 19. The
lineups were cluttered with reserves as the game drew to a
close.
Lee Rhame, Bill Dillard and Sam Levine coached
the winning eleven while Tom Young, Tom Burnette and Teeny
Lafferty guided the Tar Heels.