Newspapers / Daily Tar Heel (Chapel … / Dec. 2, 1951, edition 1 / Page 9
Part of Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1951 THE DAILY TAR H1l sason in- lie view 4 U U XSfU XZ&U Vi-Mr L T0 A A il U t - Weaknesses Evident In Retrospect By Bill Peacock The Carolina football team won two and lost eight during 1951 in what was a puzzling and disap pointing season, but as we look back on the season several things become evident and explain the lack of success. Firstly, the players were over rated by most of the Carolina following and secondly, they did n't always play the ball they were capable of., Everyone knew that Carolina was badly over-scheduled at the start of the season, but it was expected that the Tar Heels would give a good ac count of themselves and turn in an upset or two. There were other troubles. In juries cropped up in position af ter position just as soon as the problems there seemed to be solv ed. Like many other schools, Car olina was forced to depend heav ily on sophomores and freshmen, but Carolina's new men-could not play two good games in suc cession. And the effect of a too tough schedule was more than most people had counted on, with; injured, an acceptable replace- the terrible beatings inflicted on the Tar Heels being more than they could stand. The statistics give ample evi dence as to the reason Coach Carl Snavely's boys had the worst season since 1944 and were the first Carolina athletic team in history to lose eight games. The Tar Heels made 120 points as compared to the 224 points of the opposition, the third straight year in which they were out scored. Worse yet, Carolina made only six scores in the last six games, while the opponents were scoring 20 times. Tax Heels Are Out Rushed The Tar Heels were out rush ed 2176 yards to 1257 and out passed, 1113 yards to 957. Caro lina's opponents made 94 first downs rushing and 51 passing to 88 rushing and 43 passing for Carolina. The Tar Heels outdid the enemy on first downs by pen alties, 13 to 2, and this is indica tive of who was the more aggres sive, Carolina or the opponent; Carolina had a slightly better , pQ jg, Yont passing average man n h"11 ents, completing 83 of 185 for an j average of 45 percent while the j opponents completed 77 of 163 j for an average of 44 percent. and led all backs in rushing with J23 yards and wing back Bob Gantt had a fine average gain of 4.3 yards to lead in this de partment. And Bud - Wallace punted superbly finishing with a 40 Jl average, second in the con ference and tied Wiess for high scorer on the team with 24 points, and Abie Williams reached 16 of 17 placements. An encouraging note was the flashes of brillance shown by the freshmen and sophomores and it was a pity that they could not maintain the pace. Offensive End A Problem Carolina had certain glaring weaknesses all year. Offensive end was a problem which was improved late in the season by playing backs Wallace and Tom Adler there. Blockingback never recovered from the loss of Bull Davidson, who had academic problems, although . Allen Muel ler showed promise against Notre Dame. Tailback, the position that re quires a good runner-passer, ws a terrible headache, with the tailbacks losing ""ground in four of the games. But freshman Con nie Gravitte has indicated that he is going to be ready soon. The right linebacker position was handled adequately by sophomore Doug Bruton, but after he was the opener, 21-0, and preseason predictions of Carolina strength seemed vindicated. Bud Carson made " the play of the day, a 74 yard punt return for a touch down and Bob Gantt carried 13 times for 80 yards, almost a one third of his total for the year. The Line Stops the Bulldogs stuff he -had promised in early practices by completing 10 of 17 passes for 151 yards and two scor es, both to Wallace. It was against South Carolina that freshman Larry Parker, who received a tremendous pre-sea-son build-up, "arrived' but he never quite reached that peak Against Georgia, the Carolina again. He set up one score with repu- a defensive line bore out its tation by holding -the Bulldogs to 69 yards, but that old bugaboo, pass defense gave way and Georgia tossed for three touch downs passes and a 28-16 vic tory. Quarterback Zeke Bratow- ski had his best game of the year, passing for 215 yards. End Jeff Newton and Gantt scored for Carolina and Wiess was the leading rusher with 109 yards in 22 carries. Texas " ran over Carolina, 45 20, in the third game of the year with Gib Dawson leading the way with two scores and 144 yards gained in nine carries. Frank Wissman seemed to show the ment could not be found. And the defensive backfleld was probably the worst head ache of all. Bud Carson and Chal Port, who were counted on to give most of the strength here both had physical trouble, Port never regaining form after an apendectomy and Carson troub led by his ankle. Let's take a run down of the games: Carolina took State easily m There were some bright spots in the Carolina picture. Defensive end George Norris played a con sistently good game as did cen ter Andy Miketa. Guard Joe Du deck did well despite a shoulder that gave him trouble all year. Dick Wiess played a steady game daughters like Dogmar? Read Dagmars amazing success story on page 58 111 -'-.mi! (WOK . " ' ' $1 FOR YOUR DANCING PLEASURE Engage 7 A N K W RIG H T : And His Orchestra THE BAND THAT SWINGS THE BLUES For Engagements. Write or Call C. M. RUMLEY 20 Cth St., Durham 61-yard kickoff return and passed to end Bill Baker for an other as Carolina won, 21-6. The Gamecocks save Carolina little trouble and their All-American, 83-yard touchdown Steve Wadiak, got only 22 yards j in 11 carries. f The Wolves Howl for Snaveiy j The Wake Forest game was ; the poorest game of the season for Carolina and the wolves start- ed to howl for Snaveiy following i rhe humiliating, 39-7, defeat. Ed Kissell and Dickie Davis com pleted nine of the first 12 passes passes to start the rout, while Carolina did nothing right. Davis was the individual star with a run. The Maryland game marked j the high-point of the season, but j Carolina's inability to score j pointed out its glaring weakness. The highly-ranked Terps squeez ed by Carolina, 14-7, and the Tar Heels had five fine chances to score in the second half when ! they nearly ran Jim. Tatum's boys out of the stadium. Bob Gantt scored for Carolina. GLASSES FITTED AND REPAIRED Fast Accurate Service in our own laboratory CITY OPTICAL CO. 121 E. Franklin St. Tel. 3566 ' 1 1 111 Vv"1 ' v L i. li- - "r" """ inmnniilHrHIMlMiilWir Ill illiimilMHrna 1 I I ii r a m m i 1 1 TV ' V"; it 6 SWR? ARS all Here TODf' 1 J i 3A7axiier Bros: Song-and- story of the stars vhoflyjoy to the boys whofLythe Stars and Stripes ! VI ELGIN !A in, mi V.'-- "ZZT 3NE RUTH - 'v.- :: ih a. GAWf J i A - fi - r n I r H I- J OOPER VIRGINIA PHIL ARRIS LUCILLE JK Ma,- J W W ACRES' - d jl YOU'RE GONNA tOSE YOUR GAL '' WONDERFUL" Y0U DO SOMETHING TO ME ifc WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?' X;'- U2A- -GOO-S GXZtH ACRES' V- f MAY BE WRONQ rr UAAtrj ROY DEL RUTH jQHN KL0RER-. KARL KAMS NOW PLAYING ALSO DBOOPT CARTCOII V i i ""T1 . J11'"' " llml,in" Lmmmmmmmwmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmwmmwmmmmmmmmmmwmm
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 2, 1951, edition 1
9
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75