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M AMoE's CORNEM Birds. Crow ... Tigers Roar; Tomorrow Is Big Thursday - - -RB Jerry~ Rkee. They call it "Big Thursday." It hasn't played to an empty seat in 80 years. It's the - only football game in the U. S. played by state law Oii a state holiday. It's hailed by many as the greatest sporting event on earth. This is no ordinary football game. This series dates ack to 1896, and is without a doubt one of the fiercest rivalries between two schools in existence. The outcome of this game determines the success or failure of the season for either team. A win in this classic makes the season a success, no matter what the post-season won-lost record shows. DEATH OF A TRADITION This year's 56th annual Carolina-Clemson classic is the next to the last in the series. "Big Thursday" will die after next season. In 1960, the two teams will begin to meet on a regular schedule, alternating home-and-home, at times other than the State Fair. The cause of the demise has been attributed to a num ber of reasons, mainly because of the enlarg ing of the Clemson home stadium, and the demands of Frank Howard and his followers that the game be played on an alternating basis. Carolina is looking for a future opponent for this State Fair series. At present, North Carolina is the top contender. Despite the fact that the series is on it's death-bed, this year's meeting could prove to be one of the most exciting and hard-fought yet. COACH GIESE SAYS . . . "This is the best Clemson team I've ever s.ieen. They have more depth in the backfield than any team we've ever played, including men like White, Kline, and Shingler, an exceptional sophomore. And that George Usry is one of the finest halfbacks in this section, if not in the country." Coach Giese says that he'll be looking for Howard to spring a few new tricks in tomorrow's game, both offensely and defensively. "In each of his four games," Giese says, "he's come up with something new. He'll probably throw In a little single wing, and perhaps even a little 'lonesome end'." TIGERS' BIG CHANCE Tomorrow's game will be the Tiger's big chance for their highest national rating of all time. If they get by Carolina, (IF 1) they should have no trouble finishing with a clean conference record, barring a major upset. Their last two conference games are with Wake Forest and N. C. State. This should assure them a bid to a major bowl. Well, that's the way it lobks. It'll be a hungry, under dog Gamecock team, a role that's by no means new to them, ,eitted with a undefeated, No. 10 Tiger eleven. Hold on to your hats! ! What a head start for your c WIN YOUR SHA Nothing to buy to win. Just tell us whI a Remington Electric Shaver is an i Her. is your chance to win up to $50,000 in stocks and bonds ... i prosperous future. There are a total of 408 big prizes... 8160,000 1 WIN D WIN I Prizes doubled-if you buy a Remington-shaver between and show on the entry blank the warranty number and dealer's nam -sTO,C,Ks O, N )T EAMYD Reed aboutI BONDS ORTH ONUS) exclusive advantae - 1st Prize $25,000 $60,000 words or less, wyyor Electric Shaver Isan I 2nd Prise $1 ,000 $30,000 Set yewr entry ble 3rd Pelze $ 5,000 $10,000 Dra, Depaet,., 4th Prie $ 1,000 $ 2,000 store, orRemngton S em. U.s. sveoe*e.mgqv. Next 400 $ 100* $ 200* c..i. .s.e .ai PRODUCTS OP m---- Emm Gamd imi Tiger Coach Lauds Hawkins In the opinion of former Clem son All-American and now assis tant coach Banks McFadden, the two best halfbacks in the Atlantic Coast Conference will be lined up opposite each other in Thursday's game between the Tigers and Carolina. "Best two halfbacks in the con ference?" r e p e a t s McFadden. "That's hard to say, but I don't think I've seen any better than South Carolina's Alex Hawkins and our George Usry." McFadden has the inside on those two, because he coaches one and watches the other perform while scouting the Gamecocks every weekend. After seeing Hawkins in his first five games of 1956 and 1957 and the first four this season, Mc Fadden calls the Gamecock senior from South Charleston, W. Va., a 'fierce competitor who can do 3verything well." Key Man "He was the key man in Caro lina's wins over Duke and Geor gia," points out the Clemson .oach, "and you couldn't help but notice his determined play even In losses to Army and North Caro lina." The records bear-out McFadden. Flawkins set-up the Gamecocks' touchdown in an 8-0 win over Duke with a 14-yard pass to King Dixon. His 45-yard scoring run back of a pass interception set the Gamecocks off to a 24-14 win over Georgia, and he was the big gainer in two other touchdown drives. Hawkins' defensive play and )locking have been exceptional. "This Hawkins i'just naturally mean on a football field," observes MicFadden. "He's going to fight you any way he can." Tigers' Usry As for Usry, Clemson's star balfback, he has been over ;hadowed by the publicity ac !orded quarterback Harvey White, but he has an astonishing statisti ,al record and reputation as a smoney" performer. In Clemson's four wins, the 175 fCeer! i-d BU RE OF ~STOCKS ID BONDS' I * Rem e *Only s e Larges Sany el< *a Man-si * honed e Shaves *Hidde. * below *e Gives *e Works Ie Americ I I I * cfEvery * Roliect * * Dual-i * where .......* boats, g * Work * e Availal :or 6 an No sw ,' you think deal gift. I C aein America's Forth. Oct. 13 and Nov.26 I e and address. tenmington's great - then tell us in25 * *Design think a Remington I esPetie leal gift! I shavine mk todeyl At any I Only la ewelry, Appliance I Guaird ervice Center. * e*No"w I switch "'"vSve I arms, useodrge.m a SPEARHEAD TIGER'S OFFENSI stringers Harvey White, quarterbi voted the state's college Player 12-7 win over Vanderbilt. White pound Waycross, Ga., native has netted 238 yards in 38 carries for a 6.3 average, caught 11 passes for 50 yards and scored three touch downs and two extra points. He rushed for 84 yards against Vir ginia, 66 against Maryland and 75 against Vanderbilt. Against Vandy, 50 of his yards came in the two game-winning drives in the fourth quarter. Mcj?adden likes to talk about Usry's defensive effectiveness. "There is no telling how many touchdowns Vanderbilt would have scored, if George hadn't been in there," McFadden said after studying the game movies. 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BEmasPORT COuN CLEM~ Leading Clemson's Tiger's in iek (left) and fullback Doug Kline f the Week by South Carolina spoi accounted for 165 offensive yards Writer Ex Of Howai By Charles Bradley Staff Writer Being a true descendent of those great mountain folks from the far reaches of the western most counties of North Carolina and having been informed of late 1 as to the existence of a group known as Clemson A & M, who dare to call themselves such res pectable names as mountaineers, :>r more commonly hillbillys, I feel it my duty to inform you as to their true nature. In reality Clemson College is little more than a vast tract of waste land- suitable only to the small scale farming of a few, non- I lucrative crops. I Sport Sh ENRO and Vj A Complete Select COPERAI 1409 Mail Enjoy the ANN on BIG TH Served 9 A.M RUSSELL HOUS FOOD SERVICE N Assnnou DIXIE LAl New Lo UNIVERSITY (Formerly Fresi Business As RUSSELL DID LAUNDRY & SON to the 56th annual Big Thursdity (right). White, 6-2. 200-pounde -18 writerA last week for his excelle against Vanderbilt, 105 rushing, a poses Trc d's "Hill Forced Labor In recent years they have been be to keep their doors open only iy employing the use of forced abor and by renting a few acres f barren ground known as Clemson Athletic Field" to a :roup known as Tigers (k'ttens) n conjunction with IPTAY (I olow twice a year.) Leading this group of share roppers (incidentally all of whom eeni to be related), is an aristo ratic, ante-bellum period gentle nan known as "Cousin Frank." Unrewarding Job Now "Cousin Frank" has the mnrewarding job of attempting to )eat into the heads of the rest of irts by AN HEUSEN ion of Ivy Styles aID CO. SiSreet UAL BRUNCH URSDAY .- 1 P.M. in E CAFETERIA F E R-== ANAGEME N T INDRY'S cation TERRACE Lman Center) Usual At HOUSE JEIE CLEANERSn classic tonorrow will be first r fromn Greenwood, S. C., was it field generalt-hip in Cleinson's id 60 passing. re Nature billys" his far-removed "kin" the lost art of plowing as well as the forma tion of an eleven-man team of "Hogca!lers." A hard day in the field is re warded by the playing of certain intramu ral contact sports, the repon: i)ility of which falls on the well-worn shoulders of, you ,ruessed it, "Cousin Frank" who during this time, is affectionately known as "Coach" Howard. Plantationi Owners It seems that for the past sev eral years this amateur aggrega tion of would-be plantation owners has challenged the heralded ath Ietic powers of Carolina. Again this year, Clemson is preparing to make the long trip by horseback : 1rom "H own rd's I aven'" or rather "leaven's Crowded Competitor." But after long hours spent in -tudVing SuIch difficult courses as "Farm Animal Bio!ogy" and "Pea Picking 11 For The College Fresh man," it is doubtful whether or not theY will muster much of a t'rei-t. Howard himself, crying towvel in hand(, declar.ies therie's not much hope because he puts it, "This has beeni the w'orst yeair for 'tater bugs - nce here l've been."' (1) It sadldenms my hearit to see tears well up in the e'yes of a man, who has tried so hard, go down in de feat. lIe set a magnificent exam pIle for his men, evecn to the extent of teaching the correct Usage of the E'nglish language. The only condolence I can offer is "Frank, you should have stuck to the plo0w." But in spite of this, he faces his Waterloo chewing valiant!y' on his tobiacco and will die, as far as the athletic world is concerned, with his boots oni. * . * I ) Potato hugs, as everyone knows, undermine all athletic play irg sum faces and seriously limit pra'ict ice. Alex Haw'.kins, the versatile senior halfhack, is now fourth among the University of South Carol ina's all-time rushing lead ers. Hawkins has gained 1,167 yards thus far in his varsity e'a"ecr to move past Carl B3razell's (1952-55) 1,163. He has six more games in which to move into third place ahead of Mike Caskey's (1952-55) 1,276. Steve Wadiak and Bishop Strickland are the top two. SHRIMP PLATTER All You Can Eat $1.00 -- With -- Hlusih Ptupples - Cole Slaw French Fried Potatoes Plenry of Free Parking FIlVE POINTS RESTAURANT 749 Saluda Ave.