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L. C. TANKERSLEY, Sporta Editor 19orma Bergman Rudy Thigpen Mordecal Persky Bob Wallace Bob Kederick Tank Up! WITH L. C. TANKERSLEY Faith A much improved and unexpectedly powerful Marquette club, next on the Bird list, comes to town tonight after tuck ing away a 21-7 upset victory over favored Santa Clara last Saturday night, maybe figuring to do some more tucking away. For the first time the Marquetters will be trying their wings as the squad boards an airliner for Carolina stadium, hoping to compensate for the 6-3 loss suffered from the sharp Bird spurs last year in the first meeting between the two teams. Reckon they'll be walking back. Last week Carolina beat George Washington, tonight they are expected to take Marquette, next week, The Citadel, and then two upset wins-one over North Carolina and the other over Wake Forest. That isn't undue optimism or hope less dreaming, but faith, with a basis. To Be Or Not To Be This is not a Clemson publicity organ in case you have gathered any such idea after we heaped a little praise on the shoulders of Tiger Coach Frank Howard last week, but How ard again has put himself in a spot which cannot be over looked, even by us. The question about moving the time of the Carolina-Clemson classic to a later date, which has been considered before (by the university athletic council two years ago), has again been brought up and this time by the Cletnson mentor. Evidently he has given the problen a great deal of thought because he has come up with what seems to be a constructive plan. In a nutshell, the idea includes alternating the big game from one year to the next between Clemson and Carolina stadium, always at the last of the season; a "twin bill" during State Fair week, with Clemson in one game on Friday and Carolina and opponent in another on Saturday, switching days the following year; and that this should be decided by both institutions in time for the plan to go into effect by next year. : " Of course, the fundamental aim of the program'is to have the game at the end of the season, rather than on the third Thursday in October. The reason for the proposed change can be seen on the surface: both teams aim for a Big Thurs day win, that October date being by far the major football event for each, with the result that afterwards, both squads face a let down of spirit and so do the fans, win or lose. A point which Howard didn't include is that both teams more than likely would be in condition to put on a better show, since each would be as "well-seasoned" as possible by the time they met. The Clemson coach pointed out that other colleges with similar football rivalries have changed their meeting dates to the last of the season for the same reasons. The question becomes a problem on the basis of a tradi tion which began 54 years ago, plus the added factor that some officials, interested in a financial way (and somebody has to be interested in that important way), believe that the fair is an extra drawing card an( serves as the second part of a double feature, bringing many spectators to the game who ordinarily would stay at home if there were no fair on that da~y. It is our belief that any stadlium will be p)ackedl no matter when Carolina and Clemson tackle each other and no matter where. Regardless, the two State Fair games each year as suggested by H-oward would more than take .care of these gents. As for tradlition, it should nev'er stand in the way of progress and the climax of any successful season should come a lot closer to the conclusion of the football story of the year. Outside SC Although of lesser importance thani happenings inside the state and the southern conference from our p)oint of view, a lot is taking place in the football world which is drawing conlsidlerable attention. For instance, there is the dlownfall of a ~tndlied Notre Dame wvhich has hit the sports fandom 4ilte.a t6n of bricks. As Bill Stern put it so well when he heard that Purdue had (devastated the Fighting Irish a few weeks ago, "The King is dead !" And since that time two other teams, Indiana and Michigan State, have run over the Irishmen without regard to their long reign as collegiate football dictators. Plenty of us wanted the Irish to be beaten, b)ut now that it has happened with such force and so many times in the still comparatively young season, some of us are sorry it had to happen. Every team that has appeared on the Notre Dame sched ule for the last four years has had a single, burning dlesire to whip the Fighting Irish. Still, against spirited squads, Notre IDame caime out 38 times and lost to none, until Number 39, in the form of Purdue university, proved to be the be ginning of an unlucky streak. What happened? Anyway, drink a toast to a name which has meant foot ball at its very best for the last four years--Notre Dame. And while we're dlishing out tributes to outsiders by the truck load, the sunny state of Florida is doing 0. K. in the year's production of fine football. A quick look at the foot ball scoreboard two weeks ago showed five Florida teanms with five victories, and although only three were listed in papers around here, last week three more wins were rackedl upl besidle the names of those Florida clubs. Good ? It's dern near perfect. Take A Letter Since this paper is supposed to be, and tries to be a micro l)hone of and for the students, how about taking the time to write us a letter one of 'these (lays? Make the subject deal with sports, the only reqluirement. We will be more than happy to publish any constructive criticism or idea which tends to be of current interest to the few humble souls who struggle through this maze of printedl matter. Address the letter to the sports department, Gamecock, and (rop it in the am.... mail tye ..te ifpssbe Birds ] Hilitoppers With Stron Coach Lisle Blackbourr night at 8 p. m. with a squad record book to prove it. The games this season as against loss to Carolina by a 6-3 scor Captain Art Felker, wl of Marquette's all-time outstand ing wingmen, has already led his team mates to wins over North Dakota State (57-0), Kansas State (46-6), Detroit (27-14) and Santa Clara (21-7). The losses have been to powerful Wisconsin (6-28) and Michigan State (6-34). To make it worse, the Milwapkee men have a renowned passing attack which clicked for 640 yards in the first' five games with ji0 per cent of the passes being completed and the Gamecocks' biggest weakness lies in pass defense. Quarterbacks Volm and Leahy together have at tempted 77 passes and completed 16, not counting the game last week, while the rushers have picked up over a thousand yards on the ground. Among and in addition to the 24 returning lettermen are eleven stars who are pointing to Carolina. The men to watch: Felk'r, 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing 193 pounds, is the right end leading the Blue and Gold through a rugged schedule. Speed, which he boasts he in herited from his mother who was a member of the hoys' track team in her prep days, is an outstanding characteristic of Bernie Berigan, veteran riirht guard of the Mar quette grid machine. A junior from Omaha, Nebr., Berigan is 19 years old and scales in at 188 pounds. Biggest man on the Marquette aniversity football squad at 235 pounds, Pat Flanagan of Kau kauna, Wis., plays right tackle for the Hilltoppers. Fast for his size, Flanagan is showing great im provement in this, his junior var sity campaign. He is 6 feet, 1 inch tall. Short and stocky, Frank Kopen ski edged out veteran competition to earn the fullback spot on the team last fall as a sophomore and he is repeating this season. Ko penski, who comes from Iron River, Mich., is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 183 pounds. A product of the 'dilwaukee Suburban league, Ait Lastofka of Vest Allis has provided a lot of fireworks at the left halfback posi tio,n for the squad this season. llandicappedl by injuries last fall, Lastofka nevertheless made goodl as a sophomore and is dloing a rep)eat pierformfance. lie is 5 feet, 10%"i inches tall and wveighs 165i Ilusky Bob Lowe, an all-state star in his prep (lays at Milwvaukee's Rufus King high sch~oot, la nailing ATTENTION WVe Now HIE Your 4 U. S.C. C For I nnedi All Sizes (1 L 6. BALF 1340 Seui Claire ToIwer Fred4 Wilkints COOBURI Th'Ie Iluisiess Mien Choice at A SATISFIEI 1317 Sumter Street - Face Tc Have. Excel r Ground An i's Marquette H illtoppers will considerably improved over th Blue and Old Gold boys, who four won and five lost last yE e in the '49 meet in Milwauke io stars at right end for the 1 ".., i....... .. FRANK VOLM Marquette Qnarterback down the left tackle position on Coach Blackbourn's squad. Lowe weighs in at 212 pounds. Colorful and aggressive, Joe Masnaghetti of Bessemer, Mich., stars at tackle and last fall, as a sophanmcre, carned All-America mention. Big Joe, sometimes known as "The Angel," also does Marquette's place kicking and kicking off. He is G feet, 2 inches tall, hits the scale at 230. Fast and nifty is a guy called Norman (Roller) Rohter who has drawn the left halfback spot for the Marquetters and is adding greatly to the Milwaukee running attack. Rtohter, who prepped at Chicago Lake View high school, weighs 172 and is 5 feet, 10% inches tall. Center Bert Turek is one of the reliables of the team from that b othed of football, Green Bay, WVis., as his senior campaign is proving to be his best. He prepped a.t.Gree B '. ash hIgh andthe snpprbc ac s6fettl n ing th e asqurtrback. (ral, the Get tay posto ong Can oocprout,-'s squad.n thwe weigh in at21okds }fsngeticiaesler ic. tratake andlasifal,rsy nd.~.~ Degres llAec kikigt ff Str e i et,2ice tal hit par e m en t20 Fa t r oityi Nwanycle Nan Roller) ots' hoha ttk. Ne ohteT , wh preppe a mgh M nt Eleven d Air Attack go against the Gamecocks to e team of last year and with a have won four of their six ar, will be out to revenge the e, Wis. -lilltoppers and is rated as on4 WAA Basketball Tourney Begins At Gym Today The basketball tournament spon sored by the Woman's Athletic as sociation will be held next week as Joyce Kimball and Janet Karr cap tain the two independent teams. Practice has been held in the gym Wednesday and Thursday nights as well as during the after noons. Schedule for playing dates will be posted on the bulletin board in Sims dormitory. After the tournament, W A A will sponsor a carnival to raise money and later in the semester there will be a volleyball tourna ment with the Kappa Delta soror ity defending their title won last year. show with the Hilltoppers at 6 feet, 1 inch, 205 pounds. Stan (Cookie) Wojcik holds down the right halfback position on the Hilltop varsity and was high scorer and biggest ground gainer on the squad last fall. Those are the men the Game cocks are supposed to beat tonight. 'WI THI PHILIP any other to sug HUNDREDS OF SMOKERS, who report in signe PHILIP MORRIS LES IRRITATIN 1... Light up a I Just take a puff-DOI s4-o-w-I-y let the smoai your nose. Easy, isn't Other brands mei to comp'are, to ju Try this simple Pmur Monws is NO ( HA means MC SFOR Etrquette Squad (:A'T. ART FELKEI Marquette End STUDENTS, GET YOUR CAROLI A, AH! RAHI BOO CAP at Bu<ddly Terry Pat Thrash SP RTING ODS, INC. :37 ervais 'hone 3-3.33 1U r E DARE EM ALL! 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