The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 22, 1958, Page Page Seven, Image 7
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
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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
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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.
Teammates of both Hawkins
and Usry have the highest ad
miration for the two stars, and
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in the two locker rooms about how
the two will compare on "Big
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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
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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
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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.
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