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I .*. >!fct^ r Wi., ?v ^Bk-/' . \ .*V " iWr?^? ''x * v<\ J L vH BkJS mk/ Wi ' . m ' B? [ |-V.!'::' v;.fc^|||i|g|i||g||^| Jaguars, Rii 1111 1111111 GAMECOCK * foothall wmmmsm m mb hi m a bhh wmwm& banv m ^ *: . < ^ * ilBj^rU jjt Early USC Football Actions ' ?lfil *- *?! it JL tigers And Ban By TRACY HELMS Spoil* Editor "To Heck With Heisman! " "To Heck With Heisman ! " The cheer ? a far cry from any present-day Carolina football jingle ? was shouted in unison by USC supporters as their team took to the Fairgrounds field to face Clemson. The vpar was 1902 The "Heisman" was the later-leeendarv coach John Heisman, but then in his early years and i Clemson's coach. : Carolina football was also in its early years. The game, which made its debut when Princeton met Rutgers in 1869, had not reached the Palmetto State until 1891. It had, though, A* irvl r^/4 /Iiihi f li/-v OO t*/\1 an \X/Vinr\ a n rtlmrA/^ cvuivuu uui iu^ iiiu ^-ycai icia). ttiich r ui man pia^cu Trinity College (later named Duke) in Columbia in 1891, the | game had been "Americanized" to more closely resemble its ] present form. There were only 11 players per side and the i playing field was 110 yards, as opposed to the 25 players and ^ 140-yard field of the Princeton-Rutgers game. A change in ? scoring upped the value of a touchdown from two to four j points and reduced a goal after touchdown from four to two points. See Early, page 18 -x ? a., m. iMrrr- > & i^L jPj g& i ^ ^ ? * - - w w w I 9 J\ .-.' *. ,v'v/X ^&^4?4i^^v-,>*!'^,-..v'-' .. * V ' k. nprf Fanfhttll sT m ? S8 e m ... m A ~ P?! The Old Fairgrounds in Columbia. ^Ml. .^ni' ^ w<w. '* www 111II.IIIII; BP ^ V 5^ sjp^SC ^Jj^H ^ v -- > y-:-^;