The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-03

me-. we r sure, will neve'
Ct ugh, but it offers enough
MMAig"w way of popular excitement
to make the supposition interesting
Day-old history reminds is that the
3 -Aggies beat mighty Tulane 14-13 ant
Southern Cal romped over Tennes-
e to thestune of 14-0, and if by
any remote chance that the two
teams should meet on the gridiron
in two weeks it would be interesting
to see.
But, thinking it over, it would be
better not to have the game. For
what would all these. fans have to
talk about in the coming months Ii
you would rob them Of their last
little bit of supposition.
Tiger Tradition
Clemson college splashed all over
the sports pages this year with its
remarkable record and by producing
All-American Banks McFadden and
winning the Cotton Bowl game on
top of that, but good football is a
Tradition at. the South Carolina i'll
stitution.
The Tigers became front rank
powers at the turn of the present
century when John w. Heismann
assumed the guardian role Of the
Clemson football fortunes and pilot
ed them to three successful sea-
sons, namely 1900-1903.
The 1902 Tigers were the great.
: est of Heismann teams. They fir
( ished the seaso indicated, pilins
UP victories over such rivals as Ala
: bama, 49-O; South Carolina, 51-O;
Georgia. 1875; Davidson, $40; V. P. /,
1925; and Wofford, 21-O. In 1903
-Heismann's team beat Georgia 400
. and Georgia Tech $50.
: Even though a new hand in bowl
!; games, Clemson has been for many,
many years a football power to be
reckoned with each. fall. l .
: Picked In Passing
: The Cape Fear Basketball associa-
ton, organized into an amateur loop
for the first TING last season, is al
ready drafting plans for a fast 1910
! season Several of the teams
!. of last summer r planning to COM
hine, while it is probable that South
port and Burgaw may be taken into
the fold 80. The New Hanover cagers
will open their Eastern conference
: schedule next Monday night .
! When Texas promoters were look
ing around for football opponents
for the Cotton Bowl they came close
. to wiring an invitation to Crimson,
S. c. -. Charles Stapleton, Colds.
boro's winning coach, who probably
has done more than anyone else in
the state in promoting swimming, is
now enroute to South America as
manager and coach of a picked
: United States Aquatic team which
: will stage several exhibitions in the
Latin sector 80. Stapieton was Sc
lected for the high honor by the A..
A.. U. out of all other swimming
coaches in the country Statis-
tics show that most football injuries
result from broken-field running,
with a majority occurring between
the 20 yeard lines . In $50 games
involving $50 high schools this past
season there were two deaths and
$50 injuries . Tennessee can now
get a representative schedule as
their cream-puff affair of 1885 has
earned them what they have been
seeking for these many years a
Rose Bowl bid -. Larry MacPhail
claims that his Dodger infield is as
good as the present Yankee inner
garden patrol, which many assert
Is the best Of all times . We are
willing to bet that during 1910 there
will be at least a dozen stories COM
Ing to this desk stating "Jocs
Sutherland, former grid coach at
Pitt, is reported headed for, and
you can name the school. He has
been mentioned for a coaching job at
all of them at least once in the past
gear.