University of South Carolina Libraries
i0 Winga rd ca tcI Players the Peao HY SCOTT DERKS Sports Editor The chance to play in a bowl game is the dream of all football teams fulfilled by only a few. "The bowl game is something I thought would never happen to me," Tony Fusaro said, "I have always wanted to, but I did not know if I was going to play big time football. We put a lot in for this and worked harder than any team I've ever been associated with. "The Peach Bowl was the choice, with Atlanta so close," the senior said. For players like Benny Padgett the game is a chance to play for hometown folks. "I'm from Rome, Georgia, just sixty miles from Atlanta and this is great for me. This is going to be a real homecoming for me." "It is the greatest thing that has happened to me," Dave Lucas said. ~Nat Woi lauji i the a was eyea Everything you n Clearer, purer, crea Son with water-and smooth, silky finish PNatural Wonder'LidS Therels never been fore. Everything'shyp free, and roo% dermai Natural Wonder Ey Avaih1 The Cam ~ (in Ruse .414 tes Russell discuss rbh Bowl "I'm just excited," Mack Lee Tharpe said, "I'm just glad we got a chance. We were thinking we had to beat Clemson to go and were so surprised when it was an nounced. "We won the first couple of games and step by step we have been building. After the FSU game we really had to bounce back," he said. "I just hope we can make everyone proud," Billy DuPre said, "I've lived in Columbia and five years ago it was nothing like this, nothing to compare, before Coach Dietzel came." I thought we had a good team last year but had a few bad breaks here and there, but I think that at Tennessee we showed everyone we could play." Pat Watson summed it up, "All the work we have done has paid off." urala rider' iches new remin year! ed for big, big eyes. imier colors that turn don't turn off. For a that lasts for hours. hadows'and'LidLiners' mything like them be o-allergenic, fragrance ologist-tested. e Makeup by Revlon ble at: pus Shop 41 HouseP' T 4L Sport Edtort 41 foreveyon e inGmcc ion try. The Gamecocks had clinched the ACC championship and all was rihtwih hewold ThKlyr. ee h apeto all bu veyche co an otl wahe i te olmba re tile Forbwswr knw ob streB o owl fope o The ody'gtarve ] n forevryon inuncmecoc coun-ha try he Gamecocks hd cliheds TheirC chpionship wasndl knwas rgTesday aterld.th or a oTh lay es wrii le theeto al,ocksaversry che on andbt waseld in tlant olubiac rea deried anucerta dere an tCrlia'st.isWsVrgna peclatine oe knowl Everyne ,wasthinking cameatronng the nso Tie Fountaineeso tof e thininga haboumt the Gamecocks befores on the diowl hes time ovCarolina rpe w n Ten onda htarven The rat anoument ctame mtha ac ther amocs wonl b94we the s teamtineers PeaBwtec. Car0.n 4- nThefirsoet ame ot nona thatot tiea. TusayatRno thE r a ou ht etVRiol EThe ,ws hikig log h line lf -40 ly Ray against De 4 ock defense at w .s not st met seve In 1953 the Gamecocks beat West Virginia, 20-14. The year before that, 1952, the Mountaineers edged Carolina, 13-6. South Carolina spoiled their Homecoming in 1951 by handing the Mountaineers a 34-13 setbagk. In 1948 the Gamecocks lost to West Virginia in the Mountaineer's Homecoming, 35-12. The Gamecocks lost to West Virginia in 1942 by a score of 13-0. West Virginia has enjoyed mild Bowl tickets The USC ticket office began -selling 15,000 Peach Bowl tickets to the public at 8 p.m. today. The beach Bowl pits Carolina, the host team, against the Mountaineers of West Virginia. Tickets cost $6.50. The 9 -: Peach Bowl will be played at 9 Grant Field in Atlanta Dec. 30. g Sa turday classes (Continued from Page 1) he said, canceling classes "ap pears to be in the best interests of all concerned." Jones and Provost William Patterson made the decision after several inquires concerning Saturday classes. While canceling all classes Saturday was con sidered, Jones said, it was decided that early classes would not in terfere with planned activities. K ING URANT HELP WANTED PERSON AT ~GE STREET r STON HWY, LUMBIA .PI acs "Tn Nonman 6Ak rk - Tom Noman rangers; n times success over the years. They Won the Sun Bowl by beating Texas Western, 21-12 in 1948. In 1952 the Mountaineers began a 30-game Southern Conference win streak. The Mountaineers lost to Utah, 32-6 in the Liberty Bowl in 1964. Sam Huff is a celebrated graduate of WVU. He now plays for the Washington Redskins of the NFL under Vince Lombardi. The Mountaineers bring an 8-1 record into Saturday's game at Syracuse. Moore, ] Indepenm By TEDDY HEFFNER Sports Writer Moore and LaBorde survived the Independent League I cham pionship series to qualify for the playoffs and a chance to advance to the Super Bowl. The playoff was a result of a three-way tie in the league bet ween Moore, LaBorde and Baker. LaBorde drew a first round bye, putting Moore and Baker in the first game. Bill Wright scored two touch downs, one on a 40 yard run and the other on a short pass from Tommy Jacobe to spark the men from Moore to a repeat win over Baker. Moore had knocked Baker from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 22 19 win last week. Moore threw up a tremendous defense that stopped Baker inside the five twice. Jimmy's Deli. a invites you to Dinn Sanda Hot M Draft DON'T FIGHT THE 1 JIMMY'S BEFORE GOING Ti Acrss from Phyii Wake ru As The 'Cock Fli< By Bruce Honi( Sports Editor After losing to Florida Sta nobody would have believed Gamecocks would soon be would receive a bid to the Nobody but the Gamecoc State came Tennessee and Volunteers on their own ca them that Carolina was del As of right now the Game sense of the word. They'v consecutive conference gaim Clemson will determine w champions. True champions are able down. True champions can p There is no question that tl will be up for Clemson. Cert take a kick in the pants to ge But after the events of this may appear to Carolina a ticlimax. You know and I know tha Carolina are as gutsy a team no matter who they meet. indicated that they were tr mers from up the road. But the farmers from up Gamecocks just as bad. M It all adds up to one thing: same dogfight that South Cai years. When the Tigers pra they are this week, you can that hairless fat man up th, aBorde lent 1ea~ The tough Moore defense held and Jacobe threw to Wright for the insurance points and a 13-6 Moore win. After Wright's first score and a PAT pass from Jacobe to Bob Lynn, Baker pulled within one point on a four-yard run by Poteet. With the score 7-6 Baker was forced to gamble from its own one. Baker continued its demise the next day , suffering a 13-7 setback at the hands of LaBorde. Marty Appel threw for two scores, one to Bill Sherlock and one to Butch McBride to counteract Barry Hammond's TD pass to Ron Herbert as LaBorde handed Baker its third straight loss. Moore will meet Maxcy and LaBorde will test Married Students in Independent playoffs Campus er After the Gaujie iches eals Beer RAFFIC - EAT AT J YOUR VICTORY PARTY. a1 Science BIdg. iner halted NS e in such humiliating fashion it if they were told that the conference champions and Peach Bowl. ks themselves. After Florida the punishment taken by the rpet was enough to convince initely bowl material. :ocks are champions in every L proved it by winning five es. But how they fare against iether or not they are true to win whether they are up or lay a bad game and win. ie ACC champion Gamecocks ison is Clemson and it doesn't psyched up for them. past week the Clemson game s nothing more than an an t the Fighting Gamecocks of as anybody. They play to win Their practice last Monday Lly anxious to get at the far the road want to get at the sybe even more so. Carolina-Clem son will be the olinians have witnessed for 73 ctice behind closed doors as xpect one hell of a game from e road. survive rue series beginning Nov. 19. The winners will play for the championship and a Super Bowl berth Nov. 20. Sigma Nu and Phi TBetta Theta battled for the Fraternity title yesterday and Pi Kappa Alpha will take on Pi Kappa Sigma for third and fourth places. The winner of the Sigma Nu-Phi Delt game will play the In dependent champ for the campus championship Friday. Cagers play Monday All-America John Roche will lead the 1969-70 FIghting Gamecocks basketball team against the Battling Biddies in a game sponsored by the Carolina Block C Club Nov. 24. Tipoff time is scheduled for 8 p.m. Admission Is $2 for-adults and $1 for students. Roche will be joined by team mates Tom Owens, Bobby Cremins, John Ribock and Tom Riker. This is the same bunch that is picked to finish tops in the nation this season. Danny Traylor, Kevin Joyce, Casey Manning and Jimmy Powell will be the featured Biddle per formers when the two teams battle it out next Monday evening. All receipts from the game will go to Block C charities, including the annual Christmas party for Columbia ..... orphans