Miami Hurricane, December 6, 1963

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The Miami Hurricane, Friday, December 6, 1963
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Hurricanes Bounce Spartans, 101-95
Starters Line Up, Ready To Face New Season
. . . Left To Right—John Dampier, Rick Barry, Charles Grob, Wayne Beckner, Bernie Butts, Coach Bruce Hale
JM Netters Lack Only Experience
By TOM HALYBURTON
Hurricane Sport* Elittr This year's edition of the Hur-ane basketball team has almost the prerequisites for being a »•flight, high-scoring outfit.
[he one thing lacking is ex-rience, as only Rick Barry was starter last year. If this one :tor is disregarded, however, s could be one of the strongest ims in recent history. “These ys have the potential to go as - or farther than last year's uad," said coach Bruce Hale, xperience will make the difence at first, but when these ys get used to playing together ey will be tough to beat.”
Big man for the 'Canes is ex-' cted to be forward Rick Barry, six-foot seven-inch scoring and bounding expert. His last year's erage of 14.6 rebounds and 19 •ints per game should serve as rrole notice that he is a highly filed player.
Pacing Barry at forward is ayne Beckner, a six-foot five-ch letterman who can be deeded on to get his share of »ints and rebounds. Last season was Beckner that filled in for any when injuries put him out the lineup.
Guards Bernie Butts and John ampier are fully qualified to andle the playmaking duties, oth are transfers, with senior utts joining the Hurricane squad ter his freshman year at Ken-teky and Dampier, a junior, >ming here after graduating om junior college. While at Mini, Butts has gained a reDuta-Dn as a playmaker, while Damp-r brings with him a reputation ►r high scoring.
Duties at center may well be fiit between Charlie Grob and ton Patrican, six-foot eight and ix-fbot seven, respectively. Both re sophomores, with Patrican olding a slight talent edge, [either, however, has Mike Mc-
By TOM GOLDEN
The biggest threat that Miami vill have to face next Saturday is i tough Alabama defense. The ront seven members of the Crim-on Tide are known for their ham-nering rush that has crumpled iearly every offense they’ve faced his year. Coach “Bear” Bryant avors the theory that “the best »flense is a good defense,” and he las put his idea into practice with peat success.
Alabama’s defensive line has rolled over everything in its path, with the exception of Florida and Auburn, who handed ’Bama its >nly two defeats. These two teams ield big lines, and even Alabama's pounding had little effect on their scoring attacks.
Offensively, Quarterback Joe Hamath, and halfback Benny Nelson are the big guns for Alabama. Namath is a shrewd field general, and a good runner. His passing is no great threat, though. Nelson, who boasts an amazing 7.2 yards per carrv from scrimmage, paces the ground attack. He gain-
Coy's shooting ability. McCoy, a seven-foot one rebounding and scoring demon, led the Hurricanes to the National Invitational Tournament in New York last year, where they were eliminated in the second round by the eventual winner, Providence.
From Stu Marcus, Clark Conners, John Bates, and Bob Green must come the replacements. All four are sophomores, and all of them have shown flashes that suggest future greatness. Marcus, a local product, showed outstanding shooting ability in high school.
Last year the 'Canes came through with a 23 to 5 record and earned a berth in the N.I.T. in New York. With a team built around McCoy, Jack Spisak, Rick I Barry, Kenny Allen, and Carl Stavreti, the 'Canes averaged almost 90 points per game. Their
ed 80 yards on a trap play against Auburn, and sprinted for 50 against Georgia Tech. With that line to open holes for him, Nelson will be difficult to contain.
Alabama’s big weakness is in its pass defense. They have given up a total of 809 yards through the air in eight games. Even though Miami's ground attack might run amuck at the line of scrimmage, Mira should be able to strike through the air to Sparks and Spinelli. Alabama fell to Auburn's ace passer, Jimmy Sidle, and Mira should have even greater success.
Another factor in Miami’s favor is the fact that the big Hurricane line should be able to stand off the Alabama defensive rush. Florida and Auburn’s big lines held against the Crimson Tide, and Miami has as big a front seven as these two.
With luck, the Hurricanes will be able to out-muscle the Alabama line, and «rive Mira time to nick his wav through the holes in their pass defense. Without luck, a 3-6 season.
fast-paced game left many opponents standing by the wayside. Already this year they have broken the century mark by defeating Tampa, 101 to 95.
Tomorrow the 'Canes face arch-rival Florida, whom they defeated twice last year. Florida sports eight lettermen, including their great guards Tom Baxley and Brooks Henderson, two scoring dynamos who between them totalled 36 points as Florida
By LARRY FIGUR Asst Sports Editor
Defense, defense — who’s got the defense? It certainly isn't Miami. As a matter of fact, they might as well have not been on the field the night of Nov. 30.
Pittsburgh’s Panthers can't say that they have one, either. However, they won the game, 31 to 20.
Miami started out with a bang. They won the toss and elected to receive. On the first play after the kickoff George Mira cut loose with a 47-yard pass to Hoyt So°rks. That was just the beginning. A few more plays and Miami was leading 7 to 0.
That lead didn't last for long. The next time Miami got the ball, Mira threw a pass to Pete Bana-szak, who lateraled back to George, who then threw a 30-yarder to Ed Weisacoskv. The officials said that that was illegal, and Miami ended up on its own three yard line. A hiVh snap from center to Harvey Foster sailed over his head end out of the end zone, making the score 7-2.
Pittsburgh got the ball on a free kick from Miami, and six plays later the score was 9 to 7. After the kick, the Matador brilliantly guided Miami's offense 74 yards in seven plays to make the score 14 to 9.
Pittsburgh got the ball again and, keyed by a 17-yard sweep by quarterback Fred Mazurek, scored seven more points to make the score 16 to 14 at the half.
To mention the rest of the scoring is not necessary. After the Panthers' got their second TD
crushed Florida State, 78 to 55. Center Richard Peek has shown considerable rebounding skill, and adequate scoring ability. Florida does not play the fast, high-scoring game that Miami favors, but rather thinks much like their football team, putting defense considerably forward.
In mid-December the team will travel to the west coast to meet Santa Clara, St. Mary’s, and Nevada. This will be a new experi-
with only 54 seconds of the second quarter gone, they never relinquished the lead.
Throughout the game, Miami was pl gued by quarterback Mazurek and halfback Paul Martha. Mazurek completed 10 of 18 passes for 149 yards, and rushed for 146. Martha gained 108 yards rushing and had two
ence for the team, since such a long trip is not normally on the docket for Miami Miami fans will be in for a treat Dec. 27-28, when the Hurricane Basketball Classic will be held. The teams will be Princeton, Army, Syracuse, and Miami, all of which posted fine records last year, and show high potential this year. Princeton won the Ivy League Championship last year.
timely interceptions for Pitt.
Lead by The Matador, Miami shot Pitt's vaunted pass defense full of holes. Miami's receivers finally came into their own Saturday night They captured 25 of Mira’s 43 passes for 309 yards. Two of those caught by Nick Spinelli went for touchdowns. Russell Smith did a fine job of
Rick Barry Leads Scoring
The Hurricanes opened the season with a bang last Wednesday night by defeating Tampa, 101 to 95.
Despite the close score the issue was little in doubt, as the Canes controlled the boards and the scoring for most ox the evening.
Top scorer for the Canes was Rick Barry, with 34 points. Close behind was newcomer John Dampier, who bombed for 33 points. Bernie Butts and Wayne Beckner hit for 13 and 12 respectively, while Butts displayed excellent ball-handling and plav-making* On numerous occasions B”tts fed the ball off to B~rry, which allowed Barry to score easily from the corners or on layups.
FIRST GAME JITTERS During the first half, and especially the first 10 minutes, the 'Canes were tied up by first-game jitters, and would have been badly hurt but for the excellent shooting of Dampier, who dropped in 20 points the first half.
Assisted by Butts, Barry sank 27 points during the final half, including the shot that put Miami past the century mark. This was only the third time in Hurricane history that more than 100 points were scored in the opener.
Top gun for the Spartans was All-Stater George Shary, who hit for 35 points. At the beginning of the game the Tampa team attempted a zone defense, which slowed down the 'Canes considerably. When the score began to be out of reach the zone was abandoned, to the sorrow of Tampa coach Bob Lavoy. Barry took command, and the game went completely out of reach for Tampa.
returning punts and kickoffs.
However well the offense did, the defense did poorly. Over 900 yards were gained by the two offenses. Pitt gained nearly 500 of those. This should show Miami's defensive ineffectiveness. Oh, well, as one cheerleader lamented: “M-I-C — K-E-Y — M-O-U-S-E!”
'Canes B?naszak Goes Through Standing Up .. . Pittsburgh's Weak Defense Was Matched By Ours.
Crimson Tide Flows Over Most Offenses
Panthers Outscore Miami