The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 21, 1959, Image 1
Cagey 'Cocks Can Conquer Clemson,
'Closing Contes-t Creates Conflict
BY BOBBY ALFORD
Sports Editor
The biggest "Big Thursday" game in the 63-year old history of the
event will be played tomorrow before a packed house in Carolina (Rex
Enright) Stadium. This Carolina-Clemson game brings to an end a
grand and glorious institution which has gained national fame and
world-wide publicity over the past years.
The stakes are high In this last one. The championship of the At
lantic Coast Conference could go to the winner, and chances for a bowl
bid would be greatly enhanced with a victory. The Tigers, defending
conference champs and participants in last year's Sugar Bowl, would
like nothing better than to repeat these honors. The Gamecocks would
be happy to spoil the rosy hopes of the Tigers and gain a bowl bid
themselves for the first time since 1945.
WHO WILL WIN?
Past performances can be discounted for this game. History has
recorded that frequently the best team has not won this state battle.
Last season, the Tigers were undefeated when they came to Columbia;
the Gamecocks had twice tasted defeat. When the dust had settled
from the playing field the scoreboard read Carolina 26, Clemson 6. Of
the 56 contests played by the two teams, Clemson has won 32, the
Gamecocks 21, and three games have ended in ties.
This year, the records of the two teams are about even. Each team
has won.three games while losing one. The Gamecocks lost to North
Carolina, the Tigers to Georgia Tech. In conference play, the Tigers
are undefeated in .three games, Carolina has broken even in two con
tests.
These two state stalwarts dominate Atlantic Coast Conference rec
ords this season. Carolina leads in rushing offense and defense. The
Gamecocks have averaged 220 yards per game on the ground and
yielded only 71 to opponents. The Tigers are second in both categories.
Clemson has rushed for 172.8 yards per game while allowing the op
position only 98.5. The Tigers are tops in total defense with an average
per-game yield of 205.2 yards,followed by Carolina's 215.8.
TOP TACKLES
Two of the nation's finest tackles oppose each other in this impor
tant game. The Gamecocks' Ed Pitts and the Tigers' Lou Cordileone
have exhibited brilliant play this season. Both men were all-ACC
choices last year and appear almost certain to repeat the honor.
Both teams have worked hard in preparation for this historic en
counter. Each player has given a little something extra getting in con
dition. In padt years, this game has been a climax for the two clubs; a
climax which usually caused a letdown in the following game.
The Tigers have one of the most potent one-two quarterback
punches in the country. Harvey White and Lowndes Shingler have
combined to gain 404 yards for the Tigers this season. The pair have
thrown 52 passes and completed 25 for 370 yards and four touch
downs.
SIGNAL CALLERS
To counteract Clemson's quarterbacks, the Gamecocks have five
signal callers who usually see action. First team helmsman Steve
Satterfield has completed seven of 15 passes for 100 yards and one
touchdown. Buddy Bennett has gained 53 yards in ten rushes and
completed the only pass he has attempted. Defensive specialist and
second team operator Harvey Shiflet had completed two of the four
passes he has thrown. Jim Costen and Dave Sowell round out the
quarterback brigade.
In addition to the quarterbacks, teams have excellent runners
in the backfield. Two of the ndin fullbacks in the conference
will be grinding out the a age tomo ow. Phil Lavoie, Gamecock
ace, and Doug Cline, Cle o ' " D able," are among the rush
ing leaders in the confe e ce. Lavoi as 4.6 average in 39 rushes;
Cline has a 3.7 in 35 ru e
Halfbacks Ken Nort n ndBill Matis a third and fifth, respec
tively in rushing. Nor n, the Gamecocks 1 'ng offensive weapon,
has gained 193 yards ' g for a 5. s per carry average.
Mathis, the breakaw ya s and a 4.9 average.
Lavoie tops the conf rence in s pg with poi ts; Mathis is second
with 34. Clemson's eorge ery has aver ed .1 yards per carry;
the Gamecocks' Joe mes 11 r wi a 6.1 average in 15
rushes.
EIGHT A
The Carolina forward I has weight advantage over the
Tigers, 215 pounds per man 209. Th iggest men on the field will
be Clemson tackles Lou Cordil d Harold Olson, both weighing
240 pounds. Ed Pitts, 220, an J 225, will start at tackles for
Carolina.
The Gamec uards will be Jake Bodkin, 21 nd Jack Ashton,
215. The Tige will start Sam Crout, 200, and Dave nn,-205, as the
guards. Paul Snyder, weighing 210, will be at center for Clemson;
John Gordon, 215, will start for Carolina. The largest weight advan
tage is at end. Clemson flankmen, Sam Anderson, and Gary Barns
weigh 180 and 185 pounds, respectively. The Gamecock ends are Jerry
Frye, 205, and Jack Pitt, 215.
The Gamecocks hold a big edge in the important punting depart
ment. Carolina punters, lead by Doug Hatcher and Jimmy Williams,
have kicked 20 times for a 41.2-yards-per-kick average. The Tigers
have punted 27 times for a 35.8 average.
FUMBLE AVERAGES
In the mistakes' department, The Tigers have recovered eight
fumbles and lost only four while the Gamecocks have recovered six and
lost nine, five to North Carolina.
The Gamecocks have been hard hit by injuries. Halfbacks Steve
Kopian and Jim Bowman, fullback John Saunders, end Jim Duncan,
and tackle Sammy Fewell are on the shelf. Duncan and Kopian are
probably out for the season while Fewell and Bowman will miss this
game. Saunders may see limited action for the first time since the
opening game of the season. The Tigers will be in good physical shape
with Doug Cline returning from the injured list for this game.
BIG SWITCH
The decision to switch the "Big Thursday" game to the end of the
season has divided the state into two groups-for and against. The
Tiger supporters welcome the chance to see the game played in Clem
son's Memorial Stadium. They point to the unfair advantage Carolina
enjoys by playing on their home field. The Gamecock supporters cite
tradition as the main defense for keeping the game in Columbia at
State Fair time.
For several years the two schools will meet in mid-November on a
home-and-home basis. Eventually, the game will be played at season's
end like the Duke-North Carolina event.
TRADITION ENDS
All things must come to an end. Tradition is not a good enough de
fense to overpower the wishes of the people; so on the morrow, the
45,000-plus fans will watch the end of an epoch in football history, an
epoch which will live in the memories of the old, the young, and the
coming generations. The brightest memory of all will be this game,
the end of the old, the beginning of the new. There will never be
another to take its place.
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Final B:
UNC Agrees
To Meet USC
In '60 Fair
"Big Thursday," which began
on November 12, 1896 at 11:00
a.m., and attained national promi
nence over the years, will end
Thursday, October 22, 1959, at
5:00 p.m. This marks the final
curtain on 63 historical and color
ful years.
1960, however, will usher in a
second state fair g a m e, even
though it might not be played on
Thursday, s a y s the University
athletic bow&d. *
The University of North Caro
lina has been chosen as successor
to Clemson on State Fair weekend,
after the Athletic Board learned' of
Clemson's refusal to continue thq
game on a constant "away" basis.
Day Undecided
No agreement has been reached
between the University of South
Carolina and North Carolina re
garding the day on which the game
is to be played. While South Caro
lina desires Thursday or possibly
Friday, N o r th Carolina prefers
that the game be played on Satur
day.
1960 sees the beginning of the
first alternating schedule between
Clemson College and the Universi
ty of South Carolina.
State Fair Officials hope that
the "Battle of the Carolinas" will
prove as interesting to fans as thf
perennial Carolina-Clemson battle
Schedule Conflict
Both Coach Warren Giese ol
q South Carolina, and Coach Jini
Hickey of North Carolina agree
that to play a Saturday game fol
lowed by a Thursday. game woulc
be too hard on the players, am
both schools have schedule commit
ments that include a game befor
the Thursday on the State Fai1
weekend.
Rings I
ig Thur
Stadium W
With Capao
Carolina's football stadium will 1
be straining at the seams with a i
more-than-capacity crowd of 46,- 1
000 fans cheering their respective
teams in a stadium built to ac
commodate 42,000.
According to Don Barton, public
relations director of the Athletic
Department, s o m e 2,000 extra
chairs will be set up on the Cem
son side to take care of this final
Big Thursday crowd.
Tickets for the classic have been
non-existant since August. As a
matter of fact, tickets were never
offered for sale to the general pub
lic, all going on a priority basis to
the Gamecock Club and Clemson's
IPTAY club.
Road Patrol
A patrol force of approximately
125 men will be on duty to direct
traffic to and from the game.
These men have been drawn from
all over the state according to a
Highway Department spokesman.
Fans are advised by Highway
Department officials to leave the
downtown area by noon in order
to have ample time to reach the
game which starts at 2 p.m. Park
ing spaces will be on a first-come
first-serve basis, it was empha
sized.
The game will be covered by
representatives of e v e r y daily
newspaper in South Carolina, by
the two national news services and
by the Gamecock a n d Clemson
radio networks. The Gamecock net
Highway Department
Urges Early Departure
All students are reminded to
leave for the game early became
of heavy traffic. '%e South
Carolina Highway Patrol urges
extreme tension In the hanard
on heavy traffic around the
stadium.
JO/
sday
ill Strai
0ity Crow
york will broadcast to 35 statio
n North Carolina, South Carolin
veorgia, Alabama, and Tennesse
Cow Patrol
Amidst all the gala festivities
hat will accompany t h i a final
neeting of the Gamecocks
'igers, fans will consume
DateML.105,000 drinks-t h
olas!
Attention, Clemsonites - pl e
pa'i-k-ra safe distance
rrom the stadium!
Frosh Game
Seats Open
For Public
Students will be admitted to the
Carolina-Clemson freshman foot
ball game tonight upon presenta
tion of their photo-identification
cards, Roger White, football tickets
director, has announced.
Date tickets for the Little
Wednesday game are available for
$1.75 in the Gamecock club office
located in Building H this after
noon. There are still seats avail
able for the freshman game that
are open to the general public,
White said, and these tickets may
also be purchased for $1.75.
Students will be aaked to sit in
the regular student seating area
for the game.
White also reminded students
that admission to the "Big Thurs
day" game will be ID cards, as
usual. All students were urged to
use both gates 8 and 4 when enter
ing -the stadium. This, said White,
will help to avoid confusion and
traffic congestion.
Date tickets for Big Thursday
are valid only when the bearer
is accompanied by a student with
a valid student ID card, White
said, and each student hay w
company only one person with a
date ticket.
Big Game
With a d termination and fight
ng chant, " ea Clemson, beat
Il son, at. the " ut of
_'ems ," cutting the au ai
s of the gigantic Ti r
,h p-country school will
is ceremonial end in the c a
ion fires which for years
een a traditional featur I
ittle Wednesday.
This will climax one o he
pep rallies in ry
e University. Thr ngs
4 are expeto
avis Field at 6:30 p.m.
universiWind cit
kick-off the big-rally---4 r
he procession which will be led
by the UnIveralty band.
Always an arousing affair, the
procession will be primarily to es
cort the fallen beast, shackled by
his feet and hauled on a pole, to
his funeral pyre by his captors
McBryde Brotherhood.
The line of approach to his
death will be up Sumter Street to
Washington and on to Main.
Thence to the Confederate Square
on the North Main Street side of
the Capitol, where, with light be
ing provided from the torches of
the Fifty-Niners and urged on by
.Jerry Spann as "Mr. Gamecock,"
and Wayne Corley as "The Bid
die," this animal will struggle his
final throes.
Participating in the parade wHl
be the President of the University,
Robert L. Sumwait; the Honorable
Lester Bates, mayor of Columbia;
Rex Enright; Coach Warren
Giese, and various other officials
of the city and university.
To lend official aselatance and
sanction, a Columbia fire truck
wiU be standing by at this last
glorious burning.
Tolling the "beinning of the
end at Olemson" wl be the bell
ot Rutledge Ohapel, whieh knels
from high noon today until high
noon tomorrow, that final, fatal
day.
off .
o u1
alftime C
eature Ba
Intricate precision drills will be
'eatured tomorrow afternoon dur
ng half-time performances of the
Darolina band. According to James
Pritchard, USC band director, line
novements from one formation in
another will be completed in
ht to ten precision drills, cli
M xed by a drill featuring the
Carolina "Coquettes."Z: -
Clemson is scheduled to march
first, highlighting their four ma
High School
Seniors Plan
To Visit USC
The University's annual High
School Day for principals, guid
ance counselors, and high sbool
seniors will be held October 81
and participants will attend the
USC.Maryland football game that
day, Johnny Hagins of Blue Key
honor fraternity, student chair
man, has announced.
The group will meet at the field
house at 9:80 a,m. and will hear
welcomes by President Sumwalt
and campus deans. Guided tours
and a buffet dinner will follow.
Dean Elizabeth Clotworthy, fae
ulty chairman of High Behool
Day, said invitations are being
sent to high school principals.
Members of the comadttee
planning the program are Profes.
sors C. W. Coolidge, W. C. Me.
Oall, and H. W. Spigner; Dear
George W. Tomin, Jr., and Ha,
gins.
A-bout 2,000 high school student,
attended the program lost year.
Electiou
een, Off
eremontes
nd Drills
jorettes in a Hawaiian number.
As the Clemson band leaves the
field, USC will appear in sym
metrical formation, first forming
two lines which will be moved in
to a plus formation.
From the plus, Carolina's band
will form a diamond in which the
"Coquettes" will complete a danc
ing and twirling routine to "Ain't
She Sweet." The entire band will
dance as Judy Penland, head maj
orette, and Robin Gaylor, perform
as solo twirlers on each side of the
diamond.
According to Pritchard, the maj
orettes will face the visiting
team's side of the field in order to
give Clemson an opportunity to
see Carolina's majorette corps.
In addition to the featured maj
orette number, the band will play
five to six numbers of traditional
march music.
Carolina and Clemson will joint
ly present pre-game ceremonies, in
which the Carolina fight song and
"The Tiger Rag" are scheduled to
precede both bands playing the
national anthem.
0 t h e r pre-game activities in
elude Carolina's NROTC drill team
performing precision drills at 1:48
p.m. along with Clemson's senior
platoon at 1:09 p.m.
Larger Issue Features
Big Thursday Traditior
In this special 1.pag Car
olina.Clemeno issne may be
found seeores of mU preses
gamles, the fasifating lowy
et $hie eaole eenteet plus al
the amusing sidelights dt ae
a part of ft. Ahe inelAded are
special picture pages ad a 0o0
ples spets divaw et the teass.
Today
icers
Students Vote
To Retain USC
[Ionor System
Jo Kirven, Carmen Cherry, Joan
3ennett, and Marliss "Chuckie"
zrigg, will compete for Homecom
ng Queen in the run-off elections
vhich wiU be held from 9 a.m. to
i p.m., Wednesday, October 21 in
Russell House.
The Homecoming court will be
!omposed of the following girls:
Linda Burnette, Dottie Gray, and
Bunny Sohipman.
Run-offs for freshman class of
ficers will be held on October 21,
also. There will be a run-off be
tween Mose Faireloth (186 votes)
and Jack Wilson (207 votes) for
president.
Billy Burriss (166 votes) and
Bobby Fuller (98 votes) will omen
pete for vice president. Secretary
treasurer run-off will be between
Katie Coleman (229 votes) and
Buddy Hardwick (200 votes).
Jerry Ballentine (170 votes) and
Don Logan (162 votes) will vie
for the office of historian. Six
freshmen will be in the run-off for
the three available student council
offices. '%ey are as folows: Walt
er Bull (152 votes), John Caskey
(140 votes), D o c Howard (212
votes), Ray Latham (169 votes),
John Milton (175 votes), and C.
0. Warren (186 votes).
Students voted 1,628 to 844 to re
tain the honor system on the Caro
lina Ca"pus.
The total number of studa &
voting in Monday's eleetions was
2,072.