Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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2800 College Street ED YOUNG BUICK CO. Phone 276-4172 Newberry, S. C. Fulmer Building Supplies DOORS—SCREENS—CABINETS “EVERYTHING IN WOOD” Phone 276-4333 60 Caldwell Street HATCHETTE’S OFFICE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT “Complete Office Outfitters” 1206 MAIN STREET Phone 276-0404 NEWBERRY, S. C. Heller’s Service Station GROCERIES—GASOLINE and OILS 2604 MAIN STREET PHONE 276-4/286 History of Bronze Derby Recalled When the Newberry College Indians and the Presbyterian College Blue Hose meet at Newberry’s Setzler Field for the 55th time on Thanksgiving afternoon, there will be more than a victory at stake: there will be the symbolic Bronze Derby. The history of the Bronze Der by is much shorter than the his tory of the football match be tween the two neighboring col leges (Presbyterian holds a commanding 34-19-4 edge in the series); it goes back only to January 30, 1947, following a basketball game at Newberry College between the two schools. Before the game got under way, several Presbyterian Col lege students put up a banner on the wall of Newberry’s Mc Lean Gymnasium which read “Beat Hell Out of Newberry.” Sometime during the game, a group of Newberry students secured a ladder, set it against the outside wall, climbed thru’ a window, rolled up the banner, and escaped unnoticed the way they had entered. Near the end of the game the visiting Blue Hose supporters realized that the banner was gone. After Presbyterian had taken a 51-47 victory, the irate Hose partisans demanded the return of the banner. This prompted a scuffle, and,in the midst of the general confusion, a New berry student snatched a derby from the head of a PC student and ran. During the next few days, of ficials of the two schools nego tiated for the return of the der by. They finally agreed that it should serve as a symbol of victory in athletic contests be tween the two colleges. Conse quently, the hat was returned to Presbyterian College, pack aged and forwarded to a cast ing company where it was bronzed. From 1947 to 1956 possession of the Bronze Derby was deter mined by victories in football, basketball and baseball, but in 1956 the schools decided to award the trophy on the basis of the winner of the Thanks giving Day football clash. Since then the Indians have been able to keep the Bronze Derby in Newberry only four times—in 1956, 1957, 1962 and 1965. Scores of the games since 1965 have been 6-0, 1965 ; 7-28, 1966 ; 0-14, 1967; and 7-42, 1968. Both teams enter the season’s finale with ■ more losses than wins to their credit; Newberry has a 4-5 record and Presbyter ian a 4-6 record. During the past weekend, PC beat Western Carolina, previously undefeat ed, and a team which recently clobbered the Indians by a score of 70-0. Prospects do not look bright for the return of the Bronze Derby to Newberry this Turkey Day. PURCELLS Your Private Bankers ODORLESS CLEANERS “NONE BETTER” 1110 Harrington St—Ph. 276-0605—Newberry WILSONS TEXACO STATION LRROY WILSON 1301 COLLEGE STREET Newberry, S. C.. Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Association