Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Co-Captai 'Clemson Strong' Says Coach Giese "This Clemson team is as experi enced as any they have had," Coach Warren Giese said discussing the "Big Thursday" game. "Clemson has the strongest personnel of any team in the (Atlantic Coast) Con ference." They have two good quarterbacks and a veteran back field, two deep." "I think Clemson will use some thing different against us," Giese related. "We are trying to fill gap ing holes made by injuries. "Six men have been moved up to the second team because of injuries since the season began." Twenty men on the Gamecock team will see action for their first Clemson-Carolina affair. There are 26 sophomores and juniors on the top three teams. - Beat Clemson ! - Fastest Lineman Second-unit right guard Dave Adam, claims the "fastest line man" title for the University of South Carolina football team. Dave won the intramural sprint chamn pionshi.ps last spring and can out run most of the Gamanock hacka. Saunders '4rn is I K it victory oer h Sgaeap Phixpcy Brothrhoo openth Sesnihga19- wN i h SigmaIndepenen deeoop. tei intramura footlchaminsi lof weeko Grayt an ogvae vhingw overh Ph m Ep'p. 33-0. Sigma four Eponuconqurked amdran for0- inotheor. rad Geriy Lagu gamte paedevn land ofhee rysstie n Jmanfocattherho oedthe Sprmein, rand forneet poixt dandGa theLw Sole 1Du8fIn and Lanfra Pirtwohes h Sigma Nu rdeense ptin am wel Casthe Gffens toin verin helPmin Ep'n bovthle uph alfEr Gathefortuhon stike Phil Lavoie Undefeated Frosh Ch Biddi< Behind TI In Carolill By DAN FOSTER ."Let's finish well what we started" might easily be the battle cry for this last Big Thursday game. It seems the University of South Carolina won the first Clemson tussle, in 1896, by a score of 12 to 6. Now, 63 years later, let's end the series with a smash ing victory over our poor cousins from the northern hills. . . . Stephen Michael Kopian, a casualty from the UNC game at Chapel Hill, has returned to cam pus from the Columbia Hospital, where he underwent surgery for a knee injury. Halfback Kopian will be out for the rest of the season, thus cutting short what was a promising senior year for the Glen Cove, New Yorker. The Dixie Legion ... Someone gave the frosh basket ball squad a nickname, in jest to! be sure, that might stick. Due to the dominant majority of Yankees on the team, it was thought a good name for the first-year cagers would be "The Dixie Le gion." On scholarship are Jim Col lins, Bob Haney, Ron Maynard, Jim Miller, Dave Prevoznik, Bob Swenson, and Scotty Ward. . . . Everett Nevman is reported to have turned down a handsome pro-baseball contract to return to USC for his education. "Choo Choo," as Everett is known on campus, is likely to not only star from the dlianmond this spring, but should see action from the eage hardwoods as wvell. "Choo Choo"' is a pledge of Sigma Phi Epsilon. . .Jim MlcGvern, a1 Phi Kappa)i Kenm Nortn ment Six Also Victori< Scores ~ Sigma Phi Epsilon and Lambda Chi had an opportunity to test the Montana playoff system used for games ending in a tie. The two clu'bs battled in tire rain to a scoreless tie. Ini the Montana sys temn play off (each team receives four downs from midfield and the team which moves the ball farthest is the winner) Sigma Phi's tall back Davi(i Hopkins broke away on third down for a six-pointer and victory. Allen Throw. Maxcy parlayed the deft pass,ing of Jerry Allen and excellent re ceiving of end Gray Hunter into three second half touchdowns to topple the Sportsmen 19-6. Maxcy's first tochdown was set up on a sleeper pass from Allen to Eddie Birches to the two-yard line. Allen ran on fourth down up the middle for the TD, and adlded the extra point. Minutes later the Sports men tied the game when Frank Davis ran ten yards for a TD, Jim Nemeth' sh Tonight at Eight s Bal Le Scene a Sports Sigma man, moved to center last spring and worked his way up to the third unit. Jim is majoring in journalism. . . . USC will play ten home basketball games during the '59 '60 season. . . . In 1942 Coach Warren Giese was a student at Wisconsin State College, where he was an end on the football team, and in 1948 he attended Central Michigan College where he shifted to right halfback. Rex Enright Stadium . . "The Gamecock" in its edi torial columns urges that the Car olina Stadium be named for our beloved Director of Athletics, Rex Enright. This would be a great honor for a truly great gentleman who has served this institution, this state, and the young men of Carolina for the better part of his life. This columnist joins with the editor in urging the students, the administration, and the board of trustees to name the stadium THE REX ENRIGHT STADIUM. Praises Stevens . Bud Cronin, a forward on last year's frosh cage team, has high words of praise for Coach Stevens conditioning program. Most cagers usually run from 5 to 7 miles in the average basketball game, but when those miles are transferred to a track on Davis Field, it seems longer-longer-longer. . . . Head Coach Warren Giese, in a TV appearance on October 18, stated he would like to win this Big Thursday game like no other game he has ever coached. We're with you, coach, and we'll be in the stands plugging for you andI( the team ALL THE WAY. - Beat Clemson! Joe C,omes us 3-O WinI point. Allen then took over and found Hunter for two TPD's. Tenement Six won a hard-fought victory over the Law School, 14-6. Charles Bradshaw took a pass from Jim Wallace and ran 60 yards for a TD in the third quar Enjoy the AN on BIGi1 Served 9 A.1 RUSSELL HOUJ "M~ Jack Ashton tie Tough Foes Still Ahead For Birds Some stiff competition remains for the Gamecocks after the' "Big Thursday" battle. Four conifer ence opponents are to be met and conquered if the Gamecocks are to regain national prestige. Miami furnishes the fifth test for the Carolina footballers. Nugene's-"r Coach Tom Nugent brings his on-again-off-again footballers to Carolina (Rex Enright) Stadium October 31 to test the Gamecock defense against the explosive "I" formation. Maryland began this season with a victory over West Virginia; then they lost three games to Texas, Syracuse, and Wake Forest. Saturday, the Terps dropped North Carolina 14-6 in an upset. The Tar Heels pre viously enled the Gamecocks' win ning streak at seven games. On November 7, the Game cocks journey to Charlottesville, to meet Virginia's Cavaliers. The Virginians, coached by Dick Voris, have lost 13 in a row. The last time they won was in the second game last season against Duke. Florida Sun On November 13, the Game cocks journey to Florida for a taste of summer in the midst of the cold weather. MiAmi furnishes the opposition in the Orange Bowl Stadium. The Hurricanes, appar ently underrated by pre-season experts, have won three of four games this year. The latest vic tory wvas over Navy 33-8. The final game of the year will find the Gamecocks meeting Wake Forest in Charlotte. The Deacons have wvon four of five contests, includ ing three conference vic tories. - Beat Clemson ! Steve Satterfield In Opener ter. Wallace tossed to Holibrook Platts for the extra point to put Tenement Six in front, 7-6. Platts then intercepted a pass and ran 40 yards for a TD. Wallace threw to Travis Browvn for the EP. --Beat Clemson NUAL BRUNCH HURSDAY' W.-1 P.M. in SE CAFETERIA Bill Jerry iby B By HOWARD HELLAMS Sports Writer In the forerunner to the annual 'Big' Thursday" classic tomorrow, the University of South Carolina freshmen take on the Cubs of Clemson tonight at 8 o'clock in Carolina Stadium. A crowd of 15,000 is expected to be on hand for the last game of this traditional rivalry, featuring two unbeaten fresh man squads. Coach Jesse Ber ry's troops have previous wins over Maryland and N. C. State, while Covington "Goat" Mc Millan's Baby Bengals have not been scored upon in conquering Wake Forest and Georgia. The Carolina yearlings have thus far relied on a balanced team Starting Lineup - Beat Clemson! - Carolina First Team Clemson Frye LE Anderson Jerry LT Cordileone Ashton LG Crout Gordon C Snyder Bodkin RG Lynn Pitts RT Oldson, H. Pitt RE Barnes Gomes LHB Mathis Norton RHB Usry Lavoie FB Cline Satterfield QB White Second Team Taylor LE Bost Miles LT Olson Phares LG Osborne Nemeth C Andreo Staley RG King Adam RT West Drost RE King [Hunter LHB Wilson Cole THB Morgan Farmer FB Scrudato shiflet QB Shingles -- Beat Clemson! ! Jake Bodkin ONE DAY BIG TH There's still time to have and party clothes profess SHINEI One day quality s means if you take your d have it by noon tomorrow best at the Big Gamel - . -STI lxe -A$NI Jerry FWye engals attack and powerful running to pick up yardage and are currently being led in the latter department by fullback Dick Day, halfbacks Dean Fowbie and Ken Kilrea, and quarterbacks Tommy Pilcher and Dean Findley. The nucleus of the Bliddie line has been centered around Ken Lester, Joe Prerodka, Jim Moss, Woody Barfield, Dwaine Godfrey, Wayne Spivey, Richard Lomas, Robert Ordakowski, and Louis DiMuzio. The Cubs will give Carolina a chance to prove its defense both on the ground and through the air tonight. Field general Joe An derson has a very good arm and is always a threat to throw, while fullback Bill McGuirt has lived up to his nickname, "Mule Train," through his overland prowess. The massive Clemson line, which resembles the varsity for ward wall in size, is led by Wade Hall, Coleman Glaze, Benny Brannon, John Hooker, and tackle Putts Putt, the largest man on the team, weighing at 245 pounds. Both coaches have praised their respective squads for their fine teamwork, and Carolina coach Berry has his forces ready to avenge last year's 41-0 defeat at the hands of the Cubs.? Probable starting lineups for the tilt are as follows: Carolina Clemson Lester or Caskey LE Brannon Moss LT Hall Spivey LG Childers Lomas C Spoonhoward Barfield RG Cossel Godfrey RT Ohuy Prehodka RE Glaze Pilcher QB Anderson Fowble LHB Butler Kilrea RH.B Blanchiett Day FB McGuirt -- ~ Beat Clemson - Jack PlNt SER VICE R IRSDAY your Big Thursday game onally cleaned by SUN arvice offered by request ry cleaning today, you'll . in time to look your -NU .. . usively at - WHINE IRY & CLEANERS