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bill currie MOUTH of the 80UTN it is a pretty certain sign of my advancing years when I find myself looking backward a lot of the time, and thinking that things which were are Infinitely better than things that are or might be. Take the rivalry between South Carolina and Clemson, for example. There is nothing now in existence which matches the pageantry of a Big Thursday, and all the arguments in support of its demise notwithstanding , I wish the Tigers and the Gamecocks still played at the State Fair in Columbia in the middle of the week. It was a mess! No question about that. It messed up itwo weeks of scheduling for the two teams, and worked a considerable hardship on the players. What's more, if the Fair itself were not traffic headache enough, the thousands of cars loaded with spectators were enough to wring tears from the most calloused of Columbia's finest. But there were compensations. Those of us who worked in and about the game would get a nice trip to the Palmetto Capital and at five cents a mile, that was a nice boost to our expense accounts. Then, too, the early arrivals could take in the cultural aspects of the Fair, and frequently flavor the ball game by attending the best of the hoochie shows on the miaway just before kickoff. Of course 1, personally, went only to the stock show and the agricultural exhibits, but even among sportswriters there are those degenerate enough to seek the baser thrills of the Fair. Maybe South Carolina and Clemson just sort of outgrew the Big Thursday concept. They could not work their schedules around major institutions about the country and keep the game alive. So it had to die. But, like the Dixie Classic, and other grand events of the past, Big Thursday has been much mourned and is still remembered. Which brings us around to this year's game. It has never been a biger must for the two squads of gladiators. Of course, the supporters and alumni of Clemson and South Carolina hate each other with an intense despisery which makes Rome's attitude toward Carthage seem almost benign. In years past, the coaches really didn't enter into the sure enough hatred and bitterness, but they now do. Paul Dietzel is too urbane to express public dislike for anybody, let alone an adversary who might seize on his first word and run amuck throught the state. But Frank Howard has spoken often,, loudly, and with considerable sarcasm about "Pepsodent Paul." If Dietzel were , bantering man, he could return the obvious reference to his sparkling teeth with some impolite allusion to Howard's dentures, but he will not. Nevertheless, you may be certain that Dietzel takes in all the barbed remarks directed his way from Death Valley, and after pondering them in his heart, doubtless calls upon his feathered warriors to go out and wreak revenge in the most telling fashion. This year Clemson has been hurt playing in the SEC, and South Carolina has suffered a similar disappointment. But the two teams are both tough for the ACC, and the winner will have a decided prestige advantage over the other when it comes to recruiting and other off field ac tivities. (Like fund raising). The game is a sellout as might be expected, and there is all the vituperation any hate monger could desire. But build it up any way you want to, and tear it in chunks or cut it in slices: It may be South Carolina and Clemson, but it ain't Big Thursday. DuPre said 'No place t Hy SCOTT D)ERKSthlosvetis,hecol Sports Editor rcr o h otfedgasi The specialist is the guy who has one job to do and must do it right. nadtoDurhsnt Billy DuPre is that kind of player. misdaexrponthsyrad Like the Saturday morning isteat1wtharcd cartoon character 'Underdog" etbihdi 91b h~ DuPre trots out on the field week Prio. af ter week to do his job, against all odds. He is only called when a "' utga hnIcnhl drive has stalled or time is critical, teta u. ur ad only when there are problems, but "ntm o a epteta he seems to like it that way. lk nteVIgm,i el "You have a job to do." DuPre gra said, "Once you miss, there is no Whnteclcosfrte place to hide. " seils otk hetrsae Misses have come this year, butraeyihelowdamsk.Te there have been many problems balthgolps,teonuig when three points were needed,lieadhsocrstekc,ae often from the 35 and 40 yard lines,. i ol o fwscnsdrn Suggs sesntims,th school d foreostrd' foahemtfed goassinga Tommy SuggIn aoddisioneDgmere19a1 not thi sesonplu al o netyar muis al exrapied this yeareand ~~~~~~~~established Sotiaoiashol yrsmr hn th951 by Danc and mI'm jardsgladsingnin aacareer in he amcs' 4-6winovr Sgghe b tear h out," curead Wake Frest."Aenmeocn histry thetas By trowig thee ouchown ompente cal ofm pses for ah passs aaint te Decon, sgg specenages to .and the center 16ge raiedhi caee T pas olein nds sort styf kick,are prdio toe styloe kickin than done cahee raecodof. 1 Block i G amect South Carolina's nationally ranked varsity basketball team and the Gamecock's highly touted freshman team will meet Monday night in Carolina Coliseum in a contest sponsored by the University Block-C Club. All receipts from the game will go to Block C Club charities, in cluding the annual Christmas party for Columbia area orphans. Admission will be $2 for adults and $1 for students. Rugby pa A rugby match will kic weekend Friday. Hopefully i party will turn out better this talks with USC and Columbia week's party with complain Tournam( victory fo By JAIME JOHNSTON Sports Writer The USC varsity volleyball team got off to a good start in the East Tennessee State Volleyball Tournament last weekend with two wins Friday night. The team won its first two matches against Milligan College and Mars Hill College, but ran into trouble when it came up against third seeded Mississippi Southern College for Women Saturday morning. The USC team lost its second match of the day to Winthrop College and was knocked out of the tournament. This is the third year the girls' volleyball team has been invited to the tournament in which 16 other 0 hide' ithe ball is set down wrong, or the line doesn't hold, the kicker is blamed because the part time heroes are treated that way. DON'T A CLEMSON WITH( CARC ML THE BLOSS DEVINE AT FIVE I est pits I Biddi rebounds per game as a forward last year. At the forwards, the Gamecocks will have 6-10 Tom Owens, the ACC's leading rebounder last year, and husky 6-8 John Ribock, last year's starting center. In the middle will be 6-10 Tom Riker, who got 26.6 points and 18.3 rebounds last season for the frosh. The Biddies will feature four youngsters who were highly sought-after as high school players. The "big" man of the team, literally, is 7-0 Danny Traylor from Winston-Salem, N.C., who is expected to shoulder most of the rebounding load against the tall varsity front line. High School All-American Kevin Joyce from New York will also make his debute. A 6-3 forward guard with great scoring and leaping ability, he led his high school team to a 68-5 record in three years. The freshman guards will be two high scores, 6-0 Jimmy Powell, a 29 points per game All-City choice from New York City and 6-2 Casey Manning, Player-of-the-Year in South Carolina high school basketball last year when his 33 points per game average led Dillon to the state AAA title. "Our boys came back in great shape. ready to play," says McGuire, "and I think th.e fact that we have been ranked as high as number one in the nation has given them great incentive to prove they deserve the honor. "Our practices have been going very well, and we haven't had any injuries to speak of," continued McGuire, knocking on wood. "Our main concern is to prevent these boys from leaving their lest Coke Foothf Arizona St Austin Nay 19 Boston College 28 Bowling Green 20 Brigham Young 26 Colgate 2 Columbia 31 Cincinnati 2 Citadel 33 Duke 2 Delaware 28 Dartmouth 31 Florida St 27 Furman 28 Houston 31 fiinois 3 Indiana 2 lowa St 2 Idaho St 28 Kansas St 2 L.S.U). 3s Minnesota 20 Michigan St 27 Missouri 27 Maryland 26 Maimni, Fla 28 Norte Dame 34 N. Carolina A&T 12 Ohio U 20 ohiloSt 24 Oklahoma 2 Oregon St 21 Pennsylvania 26 Penn St 28 S. Carolina St 14 S.M.U. 2 S. Mississippi 28 5. Carolina 24 Stanford 2 T.C.U- 23 Temple 21 Tennessee 31 U.C.L.A. 13 Utah St 28 vanderbilt 31 villanova 20 Washington 23 william & Mary 23 w. virginia 20 Yale 26 NATIONAL FOOTBALL I. Chicago 2 Cleveland 2 Green Bay 31 Los Angeles 23 Minnesota 3 New Orleans 23 Philadelphia 24 washington 27 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LE Boston 31 Cincinnati 27 Denver 33 Houstn I7 Kansas City 2 Predi c DRIJA TRADE-M C Cont )Cks an Tipoff time is scheduled for 8 p.m. Atlantic Coast Conference Player-of-the-Year John Roche is expected to lead the way for the varsity of ACC Coach-of-the-Year Frank McGuire. A 6-2 guard, he averaged 23.6 last season while earning numerous honors, in cluding All-American. His cohort in the backcourt is expected to be team captain Bobby Cremins, who grabbed off 8.1 -Fred Frick rty raided k-off the Carolina-Clemson he team's traditional Victory week than last. Steven Mollot police after they came to last ts. mnt moral r girls schools competed. Funds for the trip came from the intramural fund. Miss Violet Meade, coach for the team, feels that the girls -came a long v.a~y in preparing for 'the tournament. "They didn't really know what competitive volleyball was when they started playing, but when you're playing against top teams, you learn." The girls had two months to learn to play team volleyball as opposed to "just playing for fun," according to Miss Meade. Girls who made the trip were Beverly Jenkins, Kathy Stanley, Sarah Lackey, Progie Davis and Debbie CamDbell. Also competing were Kitty Campbell, Jan Moore, Ginny Joyce. Patty Strickland and graduate assistant Diane Spitler. Miss Meade said there would be no other events for the volleyball team this year since girls' basketball season is coming up. "We're going to try something new this year by going to five player ball. This means we'll be playing like the boys." The organizational meeting for the girls' basketball team will he Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. at Peabody Gymnasium. Miss Meade invites all girls interested in basketball and willing to practice to the meeting and subsequent tryouts. JTEMPT WEEKEND )UT A )LINA JMI iOM SHOP SALUDA 'OINTS Cs basketball in the practices they came in so sharp." "As for our high ranking," commented the Gamecock mentor whose squad ;has been ranked number one in the nation by several national publications, "we welcome it. We're just going to enjoy it until we lose, especially before the season starts." "This is what we have been working six years for. It's a great tribute and honor, to the boys, to the coaching staff, and to the University." "This is the most coachable group of boys I've ever had," said McGuire, whose 1957 North Carolina team won the NCAA Championship, "And just as talented as any I've ever worked with." "As far as lineups go, we'ye been working with what we cill our 'big lineup'," stated McGuire. "Right now, we have 6-10 Tom Owens and 6-8 John Ribock in the corners and 6-10 sophomore-Tom Ricker in the middle. This is a professional type front line, with three big men." "In the backcourt, we have been working our All-America, 6-2 John Roche, a superb player, and our captain, Bobby Cremins. Cremins played forward at only 6-2 last year, but he has really looked good when we gave him a chance to play guard." "Our experienced reserves and the good sophomores we have coming up will give us much better depth than we had last year. We expect to change our lineup ac cording to the game situation, going for quickness at times in place of size, and should be much more versatile this year." L11 Forecast Colorado St 7 E. Tennesse 1 Massachusttz 13 N. nillinos 17 Utah & I Rutgers 12 Brown Miami 19 Chattanooga 27 N. Carolina 13 Bucknell 1 Princeton 2 N.C. State 14 Mississippi College 1g Wyoming 13 Iowa 2 Purdue 2 Oklahoma St 19 Drake 19 Colorado 17 Tulane 7 Wisconsin 17 Northwestern 1s Kansas 13 virginia 1s Wake Forest 7 Air Force 13 N.C. College 7 Marshall 7 MIchigan 13 Nebraska 14 Oregon U 10. Cornell 19 Pittsburgh 7 Savannah St 6 Baylor 17 E. 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