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1902 GAMECOCKS ... This ip Although apparently not fully dresme phase. This teamtt had a 3-1 recor4l make up the team that was playing Gamecock nniform againat Clemso Big Th S. C. G By DEW JAMES South Carolina-s number one gridiron rivalry, and one of the top collegiate football contests in the nation is "Big Thursday." The first meeting of the Tigers and Gamecocks came on Thursday, No vember 12, 1896, at 11 A.M.-the early hour being set in order for the fans to get home before night fall. The game was inaugurated by the Agriculture and Mechanical Society as an added attraction to the State Fair, and a capacity crowd of 2,000 fans witnessed the classic's premiere. The Gamecocks triumphed 12-6 in the first encounter. However, the Tigers' pace quickened and the Gamecocks suffered four straight defeats. 1902 Explosion In 1902 Carolina pulled a 12-6 upset over the competent Tigers. Following the game, Carolina fans paraded a transparency of a game cock clawing a bleeding tiger down Columbia's Main Street. The inci dent fired the tempers of the sub dued Clemsonites, and the cadets armed with rifles and bayonets marched on Carolina's Sumter Street entrance. In the meantime, rumors of the march had spread over the campus and Carolina men had rounded up shotguns, pistols, and any other weapon at hand. The followving conversation is recorded as having occurred betwveen freshman J. Rion McKissick, later U.S.C. pres idlent and a senior: "Mr. McKissick, are you ar'medl?" "I have a pistol, sir." "How many round1(s of ammu nition ?" "Eight, sir.'' "Mr. McKissick, make . every shot count." Tfhe angeredl Clemson ranks closed in and only the brick wvall * CLEMSON PRO . .. ay Matti back, is now a memuber of the PittsLi tion. Carolina fants will long renm and passing. Matth9ws is now in h tained the rank of "dangerouu" thu one of the many past stars of the " tomorrow at 2 P.M. the 1902 version of the Universit d for the game of football, they we for the season. Th mein pictured al when the famous riot occurred. In f im for seven years after the fight. ursday 'idiron of the Gamecock campus seemed I to bar battle. Christie Benet, 22- < year-old assistant Carolina coach, probably prevented bloodshed by climbing on the wall and trying Laval Coached At USC from 1928 to 1935 Billy Laval, one of Carolina's most noted coaches and one of the "grand old men of sports," coached the Gamecocks for seven years. From 1928 to 1935 his teams won 39, lost 26, and tied six. Laval beat Clemson three times and lost four to the Tigers, de- i feated Furman four times, lost < two, and tied one. In 1930 the Gamecocks won six and lost four. Duke was walloped 1 22-0 in the second game of the season. Georgia Tech then steppedI over the Birds 45-0. Clemson and Furman also beat the Gamecocks that year.. Again, in 1931, the Gamecocks I trounced Duke. This time 7-0. t Again, Georgia Tech slapped the 1 Boosters to a 25-13 tune. This i time, however, the Carolinians i beat Clemson and Furman and fin- I ished the season with a 5-4-1 rec ord, the tie being with Florida. Laval's best year with Carolina was 1928. That year his team got wins over Erskine, Chicago, Vir ginia, Maryland, Presbyterian, andt l'urman. Clemson and N. C. State beat the Gamecocks and The Cita (de and the Univ. of North Caro lina tied themi. Thus, in his first year as Carolina coach, Laval pi bLoed his team to a 6-2-2 season. In 1934, Laval's last year as coach, the Gamecocks finished withI a 5-4 record. That year Clemsont rolled over Carolina 19-0. mews, former Clemson College star nrgh Steelers pro football organiza ber him for his dangerous running ls third year as a pro and has at oughout his conference. He is just Big Thursay" classic which begin. v of South Carolima Canecocks. re a(leqlujitely prepared ii every ove, handsome as.4 they ma111y Seem, act th Was tile last team to don a Is Top Rivalr o reason with the cadets. Reason lidn't work. Benet then offered to ettle the issue by personally ighting any man selected from the Ilemson ranks. This plan brought io favorable response and Benet )roposed that a committee he se ected from each side to meet and krbitrate the issue. This plan was successful and the ,omplete transparency was burned imid shouts from both camps. The two teams didn't meet again intil seven years later in 1909. since the 1902 "treaty," the rivalry ias been keen, but not to the ex .reme of that memorable year. Hot Tickets In 1946 a group of racketeers noved in Columbia with hundreds >f carefully diuplicated Carolina Alemson tickets. Suspicion was roused when the counterfeiters >egan to sell the "hot tickets." 'olumbia police made a rrests, ialting the counterfeiters, but not >efore several people had been 'stuck." On "Big Thursday," a crowd of )evildered People gathered at the rates, many of them unaware that hey held hogus tickets. The gate nen denied them entranco, but the nmetuous fans would not be held >ack. Gate-crashing was the ulti nate result, and the impatient 'rowd flowed into the stadium and etually onto the playing field. )ften the game had to be delayed o allow officials to move s.pecta ors off the field. 'The "Teacup" The Blue Key National Honorary "raternity's chapters from the two c'hools iitiatedl the "teacup" resentation in 1948. Each year he victor gains custody of the oving cup for a year, or until the eam is dlefeated. 'The Tigers cap ur'ed the cup the first year of its xistence. T1he next year, in 1949, he G;amecocks rallied andl have emained undefeated and custo lian of the cup since. The overall record of wins and lefea ts for' "Hiug Thursday'' is 'lemison 29; (Carol ina 18; and here were three ties. Virginia Is MVember of AC League WVit h the addlit ion of the UnJai 'ers it y of Vi rgi nia Saturday, the t tlant ic (Coast ('on ference swelled 0 ani eight - membehr uinit. Virginia ans been i ndependien t since she ('reeded'E from the Sont herin Con (erence in the early thirties. At. its last meeting the Atlantic joast members deCte'rmined' to perate as a seven-team con ference mt il May. 195.1. Thliis p)revents /irgi nia from figuiing in the foot - >all champ)ionship of this year. 'The question of her possible articipat ion in the c'onference >asketball, baseball, anad other ninor sports tourname'nts will be lependent upon action b)y the con erence at its next meeting, Dec. 4 it Sedgefield Inn in Greensboro, 4I. C.," stated Dr. J. T. Penney, >resident of the Atlantic Coast lonference. The prime purpone of the new 5 Native Birds In Carolina's Starting Team Home state representation on the Carolina and Clemson teams for the 1953 season is compara tively high. In fact, the number tf men naming South Carolina as heir place of origination is exactly even on each of the teams. Clemson's roster finds them with 31 native Carolinians and 19 out of-state men while the Ganecock ro"ter portray's 31 men from out of state and 23 from the surround ing territories. The' starting lineups have been tentatively received by the Game cock, the Tigers have eight reg ulars from South Carolina and the remaining bhree from Georgia. The Carolina men have five start ers from Sout i Carolina and the remaining six from Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. The Gamecock'r '53 team is rep resented by 10 states. These states are New York, Massachusetts, Nort.h Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, West Virginia, Flor ida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. The '53 edition of the Clemson Tigers football team is represented by six states and there is one player from Canada. These states and South Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Tennessee. unit is to play up the minor sports as well as football. All members now field teams in football, basket ball, golf, and tennis. Wake Forest and Maryland will add swimming teams by 1954 and Clemson, South Carolina, and Wake Forest will promote wres tling teams as soon as possible. Track is participated in by seven members with Wake Forest plan ning to field one by 1954. La crosse, while not a must, may eventually be employed as a win ter sport. If started at all, La crosse, now played at Duke, North Carolina, and Maryland, will probably grow out of an intramural sport. ID F( We ci Aiway 1909 GAMECOCKS . The 1909 < against Chemsin after the %evere riot relations with the Tigers frou far in Comu1Iitionl not to have to %ibstitute an Dream rFeam Lists ligers Past Greats The Clemson athletic association has revealed some "Tiger Facts" to the effect that they have picked an All-Clemson team dating from 1931 to 1953. The following team was selected as the dream team by the men from the hills with the years played following the name. LE-Glenn Smith, 1949-50-51 LT-George Fritts, 1939-40-41 LG-Frank Gillespie, 1946-47-48 C-Charlie Woods. 1936-37-38 RG-Ray Clanton, 1945-46-47-48 RT-Phil Prince, 1944-46-47-48 RE-JMe Blalock. 19:39-40-41 BB-"Red" Pearson, 1936-37-38 W13-Ray Mathews. 1947-48-49 50. TB-Banks McFadden, 19.17-38 39. FB-Fred Cone, 1948-49-50. Some members of tomorrow's audienee might not remember all of the men on this All-Clemson team, but, the imes of Glenn Smith, Ray Mathews. Fred Cone. and Frank Gillespie stand out as later day stars. avisolas OF DIXIE mous for Fa r the best in quality mierchtamlise, rry the besi int every dleparitmen s ask for a fatmnous namne brand FlIOrsl~ieilII JaiiiZel il P(rk Vanity Fair (inider'ella Carter'I Hai ditiont of the Caroliia Gamecocks. was the first team to take the field in 1902. Pictured above is this team that renewed their friendly(?) the hills. These 14-man siads must have been in fair physical more than the were obvidously capable of doing. W-e Invite Your Charge Account See I s for Nationally Advertised WATCHES. DIAMONDS and JEWELRY HYMAN'S JEWELRY CO. 1417 Main St.-Next to Palmetto Theatre COGBURN'S GRILL A SATISFIED CUSTOMER 1317 Sumter Street imous Names shop1 D)avison's for Fatmous Names. I, men's, women's and children's. and( yout Canu he sure of the best. 1L1rkwood( Sacony lleS Aelann