Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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As The 'Cock Flies By Bruce Honick Sports Editor Carolina-Clemson would be somewhat empty if not for the traditional tiger burnings, gamecock funerals, shirt tall parades and panty raids which through the years have made the annual game the emotional extravaganza that it is. One of the more recently adopted traditions at this University has been the "Tiger Smash" sponsored by Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity. Students take turns bashing the "tiger," a run down jalopy, with a heavy allet. Dean of Men L. Eugene Cooper paid the Sigma Phi Epsilon house a visit this year on behalf of the campus security office. The purpose of the visit was to submit a request of the security office that the "Tiger Smash" be discontinued. The office contended that the activity was dangerous. One of the brighter moments of my high school days was a "Tiger Smash," but the "tiger" represented Conway High School and not Clemson University. As the Myrtle Beach High School principal smiled amusedly, fourteen and fifteen-year olds took turns bashing the jalopy. He showed no visible signs of concern; he considered the "Tiger Smash" harmless. But the University of South Carolina cares more for her students, evidently, than the MBHS principal She frowns upon the ideas of draft-age men taking part in an activity which might result in their heads get ting bashed-in. Carolina officials, worry warts all, are afraid that their iddy-biddy boys might hurt themselves. In the meantime Myrtle Beach High carries on the tradition for us. As far as USC is concerned the tradition is dead. No more "Tiger Smashes" will be on the Carolina-Clemson Pre-Game Festivities agenda. All because the campus security office believes Carolina students to be either accident prone or masochist-oriented. AW Tom Norman Muir caught from behind USC stats show Muir top soe By BRU'CE HIONICK Yrsadtretuhon o Sp)orts Editor 1 vrg a-sprrcpin The ACC champion Fighting Huvho ona.Gmcc Gamecocks take a 6-3 record into til(kissononhequdn tomorrow afternoon's clash with i asncrcpano h Clemson RvbaigWake Forest last td.lastesudi n week the Gamecocks assured itself te(()i)rswhtresnesfr1 of its first winning seso in 10 vrl u( )avrg ad e vears as well as the conference inecpi.Iik arslohs title. treitretos Team statistics after nine games T h io eundprmn show that Carolina has 130 first .im lthl stp o h downs to their opponents' 180. 58 by rushing. 68 by passing and four b yad.oeT)nda15avrg way of penaulties - v d e (tunfikHri The G;amecocks have netted 1445 l'(steGmccsi ikf yards rushing to their opponents' rtrswt 3 ad n1 re 1887. 1269 yards passing as com paredl to 1161 for the opposition and 5aeael3 a(sprpn have intercepted 12 passes in contrast to 11 by opponents.blcethsya Carolina has 2714 yards total offense to their opponents' 3048. Tihe Ganmecocks have been out- iirlasamcksoin scor-ed 168-159 this season. The ihSvntuhon o 2 Gamecocks have punted 62 times Pontta ,ll)jrei.scd for 2417 yardIs as compared to 48 i hs(eatetwt 9pit times and 1054 yards for the op- ol position. The G;amecoc'ks have been Mc AeTap ed h penalized 482 yards to their op- (ee5~esaitI' ih4 ake ponents' 415. have lost nine fum- a~ 8asssH )ve n bles to 36 for the opposition and .iii otnhv ahcue have 320 yards gained on punt twfmbethsyaPtKhot returns as compared to 327 for the Wto n ynIog aeec opposition r(oee w ube o h INDIVIUAlI,STATS mcok Individual statistics show Crln a lydbfr ee Warren Muir leading Gamecock slotcod hsya.oro rushers with 790 yards in 179 thmahoeTeViinaec carries and seven touchdowns for a adFoiaSaegmswr h 4.4 yards per carry average,.nyoe htwr o elus Fred Zeigler leads Carolina TeCesngm a ensl receiving withr4scancheshfor tououdoworsmonths Tiger fora By BRUC'E IONICK Sports Editor Clemson, suffering its worst season of recent years, invades Carolina Stadium tomorrow af ternoon for their annual inter-state battle with the Gamecocks of Carolina. The Tigers, who have dropped decisions to Alabama. Auburn, Georgia, Duke and North Carolina. hope to redeem themselves by notching a win against arch-rival Carolina. Paul Dietzel's Gamecocks, who have already clinched the ACC football title this year as well as a berth in the Peach Bowl Dec. 30, bring a 6-3 record, their best in 10 years, into the classic contest between the two schools. Clemson leads the Carolina Clemson rivalry, which began in 1896. The Tigers have won 38 games, Carolina has 25 victories and there have been three ties. The Gamecocks beat Clemson in Death Valley last year. 7-3. The ACC title, until two weeks ago, was expected to be decided when Carolina and Clemson meNt in the Cockpit tomorrow, but two straight ACC losses for the Tigers put them out of the conference race. Carolina recorded losses to non conference Georgia, Florida State and Tennessee this season, but have overcome all of their ACC opponents thus far. Sigma Rv TEDDVIIIEFFNER11 Sports Writer Sigma Nu captured the Fraternity League championship with a 12-6 win over Phi Delta Theta. The win avenged an earlier defeat at the hands of the Phi Delts for Sigma Nu. who completed its secon( upset. The Sigma Nu's had beaten Pi Kappa Alpha in the playoff semifinals. Sigma Nu b 'Win it for That's what Frank McGul Gamecocks during a timeou will battle the Biddies in a Carolina Coliseum.The gamn Block C Club and student i 0 S inva nnual The game tomorrow afternoon closes out Clemson head coach Frank Howard's thirtieth season with the Tigers. Carolina's Paul Dietzel, in his fourth season at the Gamecock helm, has only one win over the Tigers to his credit. While head coach at 1,ouisiana State, however. his Bengals defeated Clemson in the 1959 Sugar Bowl. Eleven Gamecocks seniors will he playing their last Clemson game tomorrow. Among them are co-captains Pat Watson and Don Buckner. The other seniors are Fred Zeigler. Warren Muir, Tony Fusaro, Ken Ross, Rudy Holloman, Dave Lucas, Lynn Carolina-Clej Nu clincl Sigma Nij spotted the Phi Delt's a six--pointer but came charging back with a pair of scores to clinch the title and a chance to battle the Independent champ in the Super Bowl today at 4 p.m. Marian Reed hit Phil .Jennings onl a 20 y-ard pass play for the Phi Delt score. Sigma Nu. noted for the strong passing game of [vile Pressley. lised a ground attack to record its points. Pete McCausland ran seven -Bill Horger rats Phi Delts the Gipper' ire seems to be telling his I last season. The Gamecocks game Monday at 8 p.m. in e Is sponsored by the Carolina dmission Is Si. de toi grid Hodge. Andy Chavous and George McCarthy. Clemson has 19 seniors, only 10 of which are among the Tigers' top 44 players. The largest crowd ever to see a Carolina-Clemson game is ex pected tomorrow since thousands will watch on closed circuit television in Carolina Coliseum as well as at Carolina Stadium. Coach Paul Dietzel says. "Now that we've won the title and a bowl bid. we must come down to earth and face 'the other half' of our season. "I have only been in South mson, 1967 ies title yards and Gary Goodman dashed 10) yards for the points. In Independent semifinal playoff action LaBorde and Maxcy ad vanced to the finals with respec tive wins over Married Students and Moore. LaBorde threw up a strong defense to stop the potent Married Student offense cold in a 13-0 win. .Jim Demetriou was the heart of the tough defenders. Martsy Appel threw a scoring toss to Bill Sherlock and Butch Mc Bride returned an intercepted pass 30 yards for the LaBorde points. The law of av'erages finally caught up with the men from Moore. Moore seemed to he out of the League I race, but posted three *big wins coupled with a late season collapse by Baker to claim a spot in the playoffs. Maxcy. however. stopped their winning ways with a 12-6 triumph. .Jim Butler threw two touchdown passes to spark the Ma xey offense. hitting Skip Latt and Rich Lavendowski with the tosses. Tommy .Jacobe ran 10 yards for the Moore score. Hollywood PREVUE! TONIGHT 9 P. M. ATTEND THE 7 P.M. SHOWING OF "LAST SUMMER" Then be our guest for one of the REALLY BIG HITS OF 1969 "Could Be Another "GRADUATE" '% miR5#Ct. M E , - Ai j.N niorro classl( Carolina four years," Dietzel said, "But it didn't take me long to learn that for 75 years the Carolina Clemson game has been the biggest thing of the year." Co-captain Don Buckner, who has a bad knee, is the most doubtful of Gamecock starters tomorrow. Tyler iellams, who fractured a leg in the season opener. was redshirted and will not play against the Tigers. Al Usher, who has been out with an ankle injury sustained against Georgia, will also be out of action tomorrow. Clemson will be without the assistance of flanker Charlie Waters. the ACC's leading receiver Yauger. who missed last year's game with a broken arm, is second in the ACC in rushing with 909 yards and has scored 56 points. Kendrick has completed 93 of 201 passes for 1277 yards and nine touchdowns. The Gamecocks will counter with senior fullback Warren Muir, who has seven touchdowns and 790 yards this season. -Junior quar terback Tommy Suggs, expected to play a big role against the Tigers. has completed 85 of 156 passes attempted for 1,033 yards, six touchdowns and nine in tereiptions. Clemson has been practicing behind closed doors this week for the first.time since 1946..according to the old timers. Frank Howard Diamonds I PREFERRED BY from $8750 Kropp Jewelers 1116 Taylor St. Columbia, S.C. 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