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CAROLINA'S CONQUERING 'CLOUD' COUNT ERS CL AWING CLE MSON Largest Crowd Ever Will Be On Hand For Annual Battle By Jerrn Sporl The largest crowd ever to see Carolina will be on hand tomorr Carolina's once-beaten Gamecocl time is 2 p.m. The contest, classed as "the state is much more than a footba renew acquaintances, join in chei especially, a fall fashion show f "Big Thursday" in Columbia in Miami, the Army-Navy game i Milwaukee in the World Series. witnessed by some 42,000 fans, year event. NO GAMI According to some sports wri lished as a favorite in this 19 coaches all agree that the gamc been in the past. In fact, Coach continues to improve with each Clemson is said to be depend carry them through the tough Frank Howard has bemoaned th costly errors. The Tigers have lina's surprising Tar Heels, 26-0 prising Wolfpack, 13-6, and knoi The Gamecocks, on the other' -Devils in the opening game, 21 Wofford, Texas and Furman. I Starting Line-Up * ~ C I Il EDDIE BEALL q End is d d JULIUS DERRICK t End .a DON ROGERSt Tackle JOHN KOMPARA Tackle NELSON WESTON Guard TOMMY ADDISON K Guard R. Sanders s Editor a football game in the state ow at Carolina Stadium whe <s battle arch-rival Clemson sporting event of the year il game. It is a time when ok ring their team to victory, a or the ladies. is tantamount to the Oran n Philadelphia or the Yankee It's a special event which the largest in the history of E FAVORITE ters, the Gamecocks have be( 57 version of the rivalry, 1 is just as even this year a Marvin Bass says the Clem: game. :ling on a number of sophor ACC schedule and at time; e fact that. the team has mE beaten PC 66-0, lost to Nor , North Carolina State's equ :ked off Virginia's Cavaliers hand, lost to Duke's fifth-ran i-14, and have taken victor n the intersectional battle Big Thi By PRIS SMITH Staff Writer This year's freshmen will be the rst students to participate as mniors in the South Carolina Foot all Classic when it moves from arolina Stadium in 1960. The University and Clemson ollege will no longer play the ame on the Thursday of the week f the fair at Carolina Stadium. nstead, it will rotate between the wo schools sometime during the eason. Rivalry between the schools has ot always been as friendly as it at present. In 1902 Clemson stu ents became infuriated when they iscovered a figure of a Gamecock ashing a tiger in the window of Columbia tobacco store after the amecocks had scored a 12-6 upset ver the Tigers. - Further infuriating them, the amecocks held a parade that Fri ay night to celebrate their vic ory; the tigers then appeared or he scene armed with swords and ayonets. Almost Combat The two schools nearly engaged n mortal combat, but were saved when Christie Benet, a Carolins asistant coach, offered to take or ny Tiger who was willing. Nonn ,f the visitors were willing to en ;age in combat with the coact nd one by one the Tigers with rew from the scene. Finally i ommittee from each school me o try and arbitrate the matter. Football relations between the wo schools were severed and Car ilina did not meet Clemson on the gridiron again until 1909. The first Carolina-Clemiol lame, according to Dr. Daniel Hol is' book, "College to University, olume II, came as a result of the statement made by the Clemso: ;eamn that while "it didn't inten ;0 play Harvard and Yale it full: ntended to beat the University o south Carolina." Carolina accepted the challengt and downed the Tigers 12-6 it heir first combat. Carolina wa mot so successful in the next fiv, lames, however, as she was d feated each time and unable ti core in three of the clashes. Gets Mascot Perhaps Carolina even owes th election of its mascot to thes Clemson-Carolina clashes, becaus wo weeks after the black day c he 1902 game when Carolina me Furman, a group of Furmanite rushed down the field armed wit a squawking garnet and blac colored rooster, minus tail and ri (Continued on page 10) L ClIAR!l nfNO Longhorns, the Gamecocks had to figh quarter to upset the Texans, 27-21. f South IASS DEFENSE I n South Some state sports writers have ex Game that the Bird pass defense apparently the line. Last year the Carolina team in the that particular department and fourth I friends quarterback Walt Fornden and Furm .nd most seemed to toss passes at will with apy feel that Clemson could hurt the Gamec ge Bowl However, backfield coach Ernie Lai s versus the first unit backfield of Hawkins, Di: will be with the entire line against any team the 61- defense is concerned. INJURIES BESEI The Gamecocks have been beseige, mn estab- cording to some dopesters, the odds on )ut Bird what due to ailments and losses to th Ls it has last Thursday, Bobby Bunch and King ion team carried from the field. Bunch suffere which required surgery last Saturday i nores to be lost for the remainder of the seasor s, Coach Dixon suffered a severe contusion i tde some doubt as to whether he will be able th Caro- physician Dr. R. B. McNulty has said ally sur- speedster from Laurens being able to p , 20-6. ever, has not allowed any condition ked Blue because Clemson could set their defens -ies over field of Dixon, Hawkins and Johnson. with the Frank Destino is currently playin irsday Nears UN Vol. XLVII, No. 7 .( Gameroos Bengals I I WON M YW-WW WGNT U b b DOIONONA2iA S.nh Hlfa from behind during the final moved up from the alternate unit. St yards for a touchdown against Furmr 'ROBLEM the first unit at quarterback. pressed concern over the ct Other injured players on the Gm has a leak somewhere along sett, who injured a knee in practice was tops in the conference in is out for the season; Larry Bennet in the nation. However, Texas collarbone fracture; Dan South, afflic an's fine passer, Hilly Baker, Bobby Barrett, who broke his wrist arent success and the writers l)uke and is out for the year. ocks with their passing attack. STATISTICAL DE vhorne says that he would put Statistics in the state football supe on, Bunch and Johnson, along much, usually, and a prediction eith in the nation insofar as pass woul have to be eluded. Usually the teami that gets the most breaks or tl RE BIRDS the game wide open. 1Offensively in the Atlantic Coast whe game have decreased some- are currently second behind )uke wi e Birds. In pr(ctice session game for four encounters. South ('arc Dixon were injured, both were With 263.2 yards. i a severe shoulder separation Clemson is also second in rushing norning and he will, naturally. In the passing category, Clemson is foi onngr(lhwllntral. Neither team is rated in the natio )t the thigh and there is some the case last season when the Tigers to play in the classic. Team were iTtotn there is a 50-50 chance of the lay. Coach Warren Giese, how- Coach Warren Giese, who is coa reports on Dixon to leak out "Big Thursday" classic, will have a pr e for the usual first unit back- Derrick and Eddie Beall at the ends, at tackle. Nelson Weston and Tommy g in ixon's position, having (Continued on p End...Only Thre IVERSTY OFSOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA OLUMBIAe SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 24, 1957 rs Burn B 3ury Gam roi KIN FRNK ESTNOSTANISTIAL D much,lsuall,kandaaeibcoih woud hve o b uded UsalEh tea tat et t e s raso an Spears, who sidestepped 37 an two weeks ago, is leading ecock squad include John Dor )rior to the Furman game and , who is recuperating from a ted with an injured knee; and in the opening game against P'ARTMENT riority contest don't mean very ,r way as to the final winner outcome is determined by the w1 one break which could bust Conference, Clemson's Tigers h an nyerage of 308.9 yards a lina is third in this department and the Gamecocks are third. irth and Carolina is rated sixth. nal standings this year as was vere ranked 15th and the Birds NG LINE-UPS :hing his second entry in the :)bable starting line-up of Julius John Kompara and D'on Rogers Addison at guard. and Charlie age 10) e Left Founded 1908 mnga1; aster USC Rally Set 6:30 Tonight By ROY WILLIAMS Managing Editor. "Beat hell out of Clemson; beat hell out of Clemson" will resound at D)avis Field tonight as Game cock rooters gather for the "Big Thursday" pep rally. After assembling on Davis Field at 6 :30 p.m. the parade will throng down Sumter Street for several blocks, cut across to Main, and then march back to South Caro lina's Confederate Square directly in front of the State House over looking Main Street. Leading the parade will be the Carolina band followed by Maxcy Brotherhood's display of a Game cock driving a tiger, the cheer leaders (varsity and freshman members) and students, Rosie. Newman, of the Pep Club has said. Tiger Will Burn Burning of the tiger will take place in front of the State House. There the band will play, the cheerleaders will rally supporters and the tiger will disappear in the flames. Although the agenda at the re spective pep rallies may differ, the spirit is the same at both schools for the Carolina-Clemson pep rallies demonstrate the long standing rivalry and competition between the two state institutions. Bury Gamecock Clemson, during its traditional pep rally last night, buried the Gamecock. "Gator" Farr, a stu dent at Clemson in 1926, returns each year to preach the Game cock's funeral. iSurrounded by pallbearers, the traditional casket and corpse, he sounds off on his tale-the burial