Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Biddi< Sell-Out Record Crowd To Witness Tiger-Bird Clash Attendance Probably Will Top 20,000; High Interest Is Reason "There isn't a doubt about the Clemson game being a sell-out and also a record attendance this year" is the statement imade by Whitey lawl yesterday afternoon. Practically all the tickets in the stadium proper have been sold and what bleachers Mr. Rawl has been able to secure will be filled. Mr. 1awl was trying hard to locate some I)ortable bicachers yesterday and said that he didn't believe there were any iii the state except 1200 which he got from Clemson. . Besides the 1200 bleacher seats, there will be 1000 chairs at the sta dium of which 800 will be open as a saleable seat. The sponsors and the band will occupy the other 200. Mr. RawI also stated that he would "take care of everybody possible and we will not turn anybody away if there is any way wve can avoid it." The crowd this year will be the largest ever because the interest in the Carolina-Clemson game this sea son is higher since "many a mooni." Many people believe that Carolina has a chance of up-setting the dope bucket after the gallant stand the Gamecocks madec against the mighty D)ukes of Duquesne. EIIs Fros Le hese Four S S E Clemson Tigers Seek Their 13th Straight Victory Tulane Was Last To Down Tigers; 13 Is Unlucky! When the roaring Tigers of Clemson college invade Columbia and the State Fair tomorrow for their tilt with the South Carolina Gamecocks, they will be seeking their 13th straight, victory. Former Clemson coach Jess Neely started the Bengals on the road to a string of twelve unbroken victories during the '39 campaign after losing a 7-6 decision to Tulane. pleted the season eight victories The Neely coached eleven com. against one set back. Climaxing a near perfect season with a 9-7 triumph over Boston college in the Cotton Bowl. The 1940 Edition of Clemson Tigers picked up right where the famed '39 team left off. Winning four decisive vic'tories thi.s year over Presbyterian, Wofford, N. C. State and Wake Forest. As they go up against the Carolina eleven they hope to prove the old matl.ucky 13 superstition to be a fallacy. The Tigers have the edge on the birds in man power, boasting three wvell oiled machines of equal strength. d-Offjonigh~ ...hso talwarts CIa ....... . . . ~.. .... Above are four stalwart linem Left to right are: George Fritts, i tackle, Louis Bossamon, Gamecool have been bulwarks in the games Conference honors. Fritts and D getting their first crack at the Til ket U Ki Wiit BY TOMORROW'S NOT JUST ANO'I Tomorrow at the State Fair ground Carolina sportdom will be staged befo porters that for cheer, color and ei Roman Holiday gatherings look like a No one else has in my opinion capti well as did my predecessor George 2 The Atlantic City Daily World. I muted, the hypnotizing hips will stop ings of the barkers will lapse into sil< burgers will be lost in the October wi Carolina Stadium witness another re4 fittest, the supremacy of the jungle I football fowl." This year the Gamecocks have bee the win column while the Tigers are ra heap. So what happens? The largest game rivalry is expected to be on I disinterested experts in distant places But these Palmetto pigskin proponei wvith the knowledge and hope that an: know that this is no ordinary colleg Carolina football, has been for 38 yeai there are 20,000 people in the Palmetto WEATHER-MAN MIGHT STAR The guy that is destined to play riutcome of tomorrow's classic will no1 eI other twenty-odd thousand spectato c>f the rival benches. His name is n Howard; nor is it listed on the rosters the little guy who is always there, thc If he leanis towards the Birds and orn fan upset would thereby be greatly incr Follows his traditional policy of sendir1 >dds will go still higher on the B3ens ;about pulling a Roosevelt just this once This corner will bank on the'Gamecc n wildcats, but Coach Enright can't ma without seriously impairing the effectivi lawns cold we'll take the Birds to sc hey don't succeed in taming him. ROSH LEAD OFF Tonight on Melton Field the Univt pen the annual Clemson-Carolina feet est of the year, both from point of ci The Biddies, under the tutelage of 1F ;tate crown that they have worn for hree consecutive years the Biddies ha upporters by turning back the Cubs v~ ng drubbed by the Tigers. Both teams have been defeated, the teorgia, and the Cubs by two touchdo rhe Biddies have already made one si rouncing the P. C. anklets 19-6. Biddie-Cub battles in the past have ind -in recent years better games to wa )ut of the hat, we'll take the Biddies OTS AND DASHES... The Gamecocks have yet to take thi ew stadium at the fair grounds.. .Spea ulture, horticulture" yell has been in u s the Tiger winning streak.. .Joe Hi uccessful knee operation following an rame, has been dismissed from the Col rave his Tigers an object lesson after tI 1e blew up a big red balloon, popped il arotina beas us."...che nright hi sh Tomorro an who will face each other in nlemson tackle, Elmore "Bobo' r center, and Frank Deitz, Tige thus far this season and are m Ditz have faced the Birds befor ers. bs In *owing h Kirby JOE KIRBY 'HER DAY s, the premier spectacle of South re a rabid crowd of partisan sup ithusiasm wlil_make the ancient Ladies Aid picnic. ired the tpirit of this occasion as uckerman, now Sports Editor of quote: "...the calliopes will be swaying, the phonographic spicl nce, the acrid ordor of the ham nds while 22,000 spectators at the nactment of the survival of the ridiron giants over the barnyard n striving in vain to break into nked practically at the top of the crowd in the history of the 38 and to witness a game that to s just another one sided contest. its are not so dumb. Tfhey come ~thing is likely to happen. They clash; its the classic of South s, and wizll remain so as long as State with $2.40 in their jeans. the most important role in the :be rubbing elbows with any of C rs, nor wvill he b)e seatedl on either q at Grygo, Timmons, Enright or h' of the Bengals or the Birds; lhe's weather-man. y lains cold weather, the possibility t eased, but if on the other hand he c g a hot day for the contest the c ~als. So Mr. Weather-man how I ,and give us a break. ck first string to whip its weight h ke as many as three substitutions j1 ness of his team. If the b)ig (lay are the strip)es off the Tiger, if w rsity' of South Carolina Biddies ti ivities in the top freshman coin- F owd and interest. 'rank Johnson, are defending the C three straight years. And for a yve salved the pride of Carolina t< rhile their big brothers were be- b Carolina frosh bowing 20-0 to a wns to Furman's Purple Breeze. vi accessful defense of tihe title by , al always been replete with thrills E itch than the varsity encounters. Ic ya e measure of the Tigers in the ai king of jinxes, the famous "agri- jc Be for the same number of years tI tkevich, who underwent a very ha injury sustained in the Georgia fi umbla hospital... Frank Howard ecir 39 to 0 rout of Wake Forest. :, and said, "here we are if South I we yon a pin?d w In Annua tomorrow's State fair classic. Carter, sophomore Gamecock r guard. All of these linemen iking strong bids for State and 3, but Carter and Sossamon are per Gridders Antics Spur Revival At Preston Hall Harmonizers Make Swingy Old Time Songs Live Again "Bobo is a tackle; lie shall not be moved. Sossanon is a center; he shall not be moved. Just like a tree that's planted by the waters; he shall not be moved." These words are not left over memories of a negro revival meeting-they are a snatch from a community sing held by a group of University footballers in Ihe lobby of Preston, Sunday after 100. It all started when the Carter )rothers sat down at the piano and >egan to render "She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain" in their own nimitable manner. Before the last >ar of the m'"" h *" ad dlied away quite a crowd had gathered, so he affair turned into a real o1(d fash oned( song fest. "loward Proves His W4erit As Mentor First Year At Tiger Helm Proven To Be Successful Coach Frank Hlowardl of Clemson :ollege has proven himself to he uite a capablc man to be at the elm of the Tiger football machine. Line coach of the Tigers for many ears lie rose to the number spot on ie coaching staff when last year's oach, Jess Neely left Clemson to be nine head coach at Rice Institute, louston, Texas. The record miade by the Clemson L(ds already this season is ample proof .st what kind of a coach I loward is. The Hloward coached lads easily on over the Presbyterian Blue 1 lose, Vofford Terriers, the N. C. State Volfpack, and really showed power f a wvell coached eleven by crushing ie highly favored D)eacons of Wake orest, 39-0. IHoward took over the reins at lemson after Neely had turned out Southern conference championship am. This year lhe was confronted y a lack of backs, having lost last ear's mainstays through graduation. epending upon sophomores to 611 Icancies left open by '39 stars, lie 'ent to work building his team rounid Sharpe, Maness, Hall and lalock, result; his team has yet to >sC a game. Jess Neely who made such a record th for himself and Clemson last ear, said goodbye to Tiger players -d friends to accept the head coach's >b at Rice Institute. He has so far uis season enjoyed a successful year, wting lost only one game, a 15-6 de at at the hands of L. S. U. More than 125 students use the Iniversity swimming pool every Ny I Fair Class GEORGE FRITTI ier Tc 25 South Carolina Favored To Outsc Near Full Strength As To Struggle; Hold Thr IntramuralsTo Be Bigger, Better Football To Start On December Second Mr. Crawford, director of physical education at the University is look ing forward to a bigger and better year of intramural sports at Caro lina. Intramural sports the first se mester will be football, handball, track and field, and swimming and diving. In the second semester there will be boxing, basketball, wrestling, softball and cross country running. Practice for intramural football will start November 18. The first game will be held Monday. Decem ber 2 at 3 :30 on Melton Field. There will be a game every (lay, Monday through Friday, until the tourna ment is terminated. The first handball tourney will he held Friday, November 1 and Mr. Crawford stated that anyone want ing the use of balls and gloves be tweeni now andl then will please come to his ofTice. \O LD IT... WEARINI 4 Hope-Da MATN AT LAI IC B, Clemson tackle. >night Boys On Squad rap Heavier Cubs Injured Players Return ee Straight Over Cubs Tonight at Melton Field the Garnet and Black clad freshman of Carolina will clash with a stub born array Burnt Orange and Purple clad warriors from the hills of Clemson in the featured prelude to the "bigger brothers" squabble out at the University stadium to morrow evening. The Biddies are a light scrappy bunch and promise to give the Cubs more than they can chew. Reports trickling in from the Tiger town tell of a beefy bunch of rals, who are a trifle slow. The little Birds promise to turn this to their favor by bowling over the Cubs with more speed. The injuries on the Biddie squad have been almost completely wiped off the slate, and they will be at Fuli strength tonight with the ex ception of fullback Earl Dunham, first string fullback who is out of tonights encounter because of a blood vessel injury received during the Georgia freshman game. The Carolina squad of 28 men s marked by the fact that 25 of these guys are native to the state (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) BECA USE NE'I RAPERTOWN", W1yEI Co. WY STItEET