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XXXI PUBLISHED WEEKLY CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROILINA.OCTOBER 20, 1936 CIRCULATION 2500 NO. 6 CADET CORPS HEADS FOR COLUMBIA STATE FAIR GAME IS Big Gamecock Gamecocks Primed For Tiger Team; COLORFUL GRID TILT Frosh To Play Biddies Wednesday 20.000 WILL ATTEND HEAVY BENGAL SQUAD POWERFUL CUB TEAM *— PREPARED FOR BIRDS HEADS FOR COLUMBIA ENTIRE CADET CORPS WILL ATTEND GAME Injuries Take Out Several Frosh Enter Second Game First String Backs as of Season With High Columbia to' Present Big Classic Draws Near Hopes for Victory Welcome to Huge Crowd of Students This ■ Thursday will 'be the As a preliminary attraction to "day of days" when an estimat- the varsity tilt the following day, Tomorrow afternoon seventeen ed crowd of close to 2 0,00 0 ra- the Clemson Cubs will meet the hundred roaring Bengal Tigers bid football fans will gather in Carolina Biddies in a night foot- will descend upon Columbia in the Municipal stadium at Co- ball game Wednesday at Colum- full force for the most colorful lumbia to watch the feature bia. The Biddies will have a sporting event the South cs% event of the State Fair program slight advantage over the Ben- hoast, the annual State Fair —-the annual gridiron tussle be- gal Cubs in that they have al- Clemson-Carolina classic. tween Coach Neely's Clemson ready played one game under The entire student body of the Tigers and Coach Don McCal- the arcs. college will he present at the lister's Carolina. Gamecocks. The Clemson line has an av- kick-off Thursday afternoon, but All .indications point toward erage weight of 190 pounds; they will only be a small part of a "battle royal" between two while the Carolina yearlings out- the crowd of over twenty thoti- evenly matched grid aggrega- weigh them by 14 pounds to the san frenzied spectators who will tions in this 35th meeting of man, their line having an av- cheer the ancient enemies into the old rivals. There are many erage of 204. The best bets on hattle. things in favor of the Game- the Baby Tiger line are Sim- Since 1896 when Clemson and Probably starting at the cocks. They have been beaten mons, guard; and Payne and Carolina met for the first time, helm position of the Game- by the Bengals for the past two Segars, tackles. Simmons is re- the feud between the two stats cock eleven will be Ralph years;' there is the law of av- garded as the best blocker on institutions has come to a head Dearth, big quarterback who erages to be considered. It is the Cub eleven; he played gooa annually at the State Fair game. has played an outstanding true that these two defeats came Captain Net Berry who ball last year on a miytary a- A grudge battle, with all 'the game for Carolina this sea- will, if his injiu'ies permit, cademy team and had a good by father comfortable margins lead his battling Bengals in- colorful surroundings and the son. He is a good running for the Royal Bengals, who turn- reputation as a blocker on this spectacular play that such a back, a smart field general to battle Thursday against team. The outstanding pass re- ed in brilliant performances on the strongest Gamecock elev- combination can produce, draws and will probably convert for both occasions. But Coach Mc- ceiver on the Baby Bengals will a capacity audience into the the extra point when, and if, en he has faced in his three he McFadden, who played on Carolina makes a touch- Callister has been working his years of varsity football. "It huge steel stadium at the State boys with grim determination to the South Carolina state scho- Fair grounds year after yeai. down. will be a tough battle" says rehabilitate Carolina's slightly Net, "But I' think those lastic championship team last And, rarely has the blood-thirsty faded football lorels, bleached year. Most of the ball carrying ♦ mot/ been disappointed. With Birds have a surprise coming by these two Tiger defeats in as when our 'farmers' begin to will be done by Bryant, running <4 the exception of last year's list- many years. back; Trexler, passing back; less affair in which the Tigers prepare them for the mar- PLATOON TAIES PART The Clemson boys have a ket." and Green. Probable subs for completely routed a weak Game- tough team far too good to be the Rats will be Griffin and Ok- cock eleven by a 44-0 count, the beaten decisively by any eleven, rawski who is now suffering classic has always lived up to from a hurt elbow. its name and the thousands of IN FAIR CEREMONIES without an unusual amount of fans have been treated to flashy breaks going against them. They (Continued on page three) TIGER BACKERS ARE (Continued on page two) Senior Drill Unit to Parade Between Halves in Caro- H0PEF0LJ0R TEAM DEMON DEACONS TIP TWO GREAT KICKERS lina Tilt Thursday C. Of C. To Place IN THURSDAY GAME Students Prominent Campus People ENGALSIN RAIN 60 Time has been allotted the And Cadets Predict crack Senior Platoon for their The South Carolina Gamecocks Through the cooperation Possible Victory Baptists Return Punt Fifty will have a decided punting edge between-half performance during of the Columbia Chamber of the intermission of. the "Big Yards to Tally Lone Score over Clem&on's Tigers in the Commerce, Mr. J. H. Wood- "If Clemson clicks, and eleven brilliant Tiger-Gamecock battle Thursday" tussle. The Clemson ward, alumni secretary, has In Last Quarter fourth-year men, resplendant in men fight as a unit for the full slated for 2 o'clock Thursday at arranged for a number of sixty minutes, then the Tigers the State Fair, but it is not like- their white trouse*rs, white cross private homes in Columbia to A 50-yard return of a punt for belts, cap covers, and gloves will have a reasonable hope for a ly that Clemson will be outclass- take students as roomers dur- victory." a touchdown by Porter Shen- swing down the turf immediately ing the State Fair holidays. pard, sub halfback, in the clos- ed in the punt-returning depart- following the termination of the; Dr. E. W. Sikes, President ment. Ed Clary, one of the bet- The huge crowd expected for ing minutes of the fray proved' first half for a ten-minute show. the game will fill all the the margin of victory for the ter kickers of this section, may This will be the first time that have an advantage over stellar city's hotels to capacity and "In my esimation, after con- Wake Forest Deacons last Fri- one of Clemson's fancy drill units this extra space will be made day night, at Wake Forest when Al Sanders, Clemson booter, hut has maneuvered before the Co- siderable study of past games the Gamecocks probably do not available to cadets who wish they set' the Clemson Tigers lumbia crown in many years and to stay over AVedne'sday and and present conditions of both back, 6-0. have returners to equal Captain those who have had the oppor-, teams, the Carolina-Clemson fra- Joe ' Berry and slippery Streak Thursday. A pouring rain deluged the tunity of seeing these four squads A list of available rooms cas on next Thursday, while pro- Lawton * of the Bengals. Any in action this fall are\ eagerly, bably-close, will undoubtedly re- field from the -beginning of the kick taken in by these two is a will be posted at the Co- fray until the end, and both looking forward to this part of lumbia YMOA AVeunesday. sult in a victory for Clemson. potential touchdown. the program during the half. teams resorted mostly to defen- (Continued on page two) sive tactics. An early punting- duel developed between Watson Magee of Clemson and Raleigh Daniels of the-Deacons with both Hi, Hi, Hi. . . Whole Damn Team! teams playing for breaks on the / muddy grounds. Despite the condition of the field and the , wetness' of the ball, Magee and Daniels averaged 3 9 yards each on their boots. . The Bengals threatened early in the game when Joe Berry, Tiger captain, passed to Magee for 27 yards to put the ball on the Wake Forest eight-yard line, but the Deacons held and the ball went over.
TIGER'S FIRST CAPTAIN TO SEE FAIR CLASSIC To the Town of Union, S. C. goes the honor of contributing the first Clemson football captain and the present leader and field general. Dr. R. G. Hamilton, now of Columbia, captained the first Tiger team in 1896 and Joe Berry, also of Union, will captain and quarterback the Ben- gals in the State Fair engage- ment with the University of South Carolina in Columbia at. 2 o'clock Thursday. THE TIGER, CLEMSON, S. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1»36 TWO > STATE FAIR GAME IS TIGER BACKERS ARE COLORfliGRID EVENT HOPEFULNR TEAM (Continued from page one) (Continued from page one)
football they have been taught This estimation, is based on the to expect. belief that individual members Students of both colleges are of the Clemson's team are more that he hates to break in on given holidays "beginning on experienced than those of the a sporting issue like this but Wednesday and lasting through Carolina team." . that he has a few little items the weekend. Festivities hegin Col. C W. Weeks, Commandant here that he feels are too good the day before the game and last to keep until after State Fair. through the following day, giv- "On Thursday of Fair Week, -OSCAR 8AY8- ing ample opportunity for color- the Clemson team will play one that Miss Vann should know ful collegiate demonstrations. of its best games during the about LaGrone trying to ar- With the entire city of Columbia season. I have every reason to range that late date for her so turned over to the students and believe that when the whistle is he could play in other pastures. alumni, the events surrounding blown at the finish, that the 3SCAR SAYS- the game take on a riotous, Mar- game will be Clemson's. The that all roads led to Central di Gras aspect with the sky the Tigers are in better shape than last week when the wheels began limit and feeling running high last year and the spectators will turning under the big tent and on both sides. By game-time be provided with a thrilling ball all the suckers began staying for on Thursday both camps are game. the special show. worked into fever-pitch, and the Mr. J. C. Littlejohn, -OSCAR BAYS contagious excitement in the packed stadium finds its way to Business Manager. that Ghost Griggs nearly froze the players who shoot the works to death outside of new barracks to continuous, hysterical roar "The Gamecock's feathers will last week when the CDA declared from the stands. be 'Gone with the Wind' created closed shop on him, hut he's still With the teams more evenly by the TigeT's roar." mumbling about the late date he matched this year than ever he- SO CCARY
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