Duke at South Carolina

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  Evening star, October 4, 1936, page 28

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  STRUGGLE FOR DUKE TO BEAT GAMECOCKS Takes Game, 21–⁠0, but Is Checked in Two Quarters by Sturdy South Carolina. BY the ASSOClateO fIeSS. COLUMBIA, S. c., october s. ~ Duke, Southern Conference champion, struck Unexpectedly stif1 opposition today, but defeated South Carolina 81 to in the Blue Devils campaign for national honors. The Gamecocks, under-dogs in the betting by four or five touchdowns, fought Duke to a standstill in the first and third periods, checking repeated drives by Clarence (Ace) Parker and Elmore Hackney. The Bird offense proved ineffective except when it blocked a Duke punt and passed to within inches of a touchdown in the opening period. A tumble cost South Carolina the ball there. Duke drove for one touchdown in the second and two in the fourth period, with passes contributing to two and a 15-yard penalty putting the third almost in the bag. Two powerful lines turned much OF the game into punting duel between Parker and Ed Clary, star Gamecock halfback. Clary outkicked his rival, but the Blue Devils bored in deeper on punt returns. Parker galloped of for one 78-yard run for touchdown that was recalled for penalty, threw a pass 80 yards that proved the main spring Of another scoring drive, and smashed over Dukes second score. Duke registered II first downs to four for South Carolina.

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  The daily independent, October 7, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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  Wake Forest and Davidson. First Year Members, Give Other Teams Notice; Wolfpack Are Among the Also Rams Raleigh, Oct. 6. -W.R)- The Southern conference football IL tie race, still embryonic, looked like a wide-opCn affair today as the 16 teams took a breathing spell after winning ono non-conference encounter, losing six, and deadlocking another. Saturdays four intra-confercnce games made a total of nine played so far. On the basis of those nine, six conference men, bers ranked in the 1000 percent age column, two others, 500, anG the remaining eight teams had no percentage points to their credit. Using their air attac k when it counted for most, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels threw their hat into the championship contcnderS’ ring by trouncing Tennessee, 1915, at Chapel Hill. Although not victorious, David sons scrappy Wildcats represent ed the conference we’ll at Anna polls, where they trailed Navy by one point until the last period, let two touchdoWnS get by, and drop ped q 1876 decision after making the opponents use their very best tricks. Duke, defending conference champion and conqucror of COL gates Red Raiders, won its sec ond intra conference victory, 21–⁠0 over South Carolina at Columbia. Wake Forest rose definitely out of the push over” class by outplaying North Carolina State college, 90. Citadel took a 7 point lead over Florida in the second period of their contest at Gainesville. Unable to hold it, however, the South CarolinianS allowed Florida a touchdown each in the third and fourth quarters and lost, 20–⁠14. Clemson had little chance against Alabama, who, scoring in each period, ran up 80 points and held the visitors scoreless. V. M. I. Suffered similar defeat, $50, at the hands of Kentucky’s high-poWcred grid machine. Virginia fought hard for a TO win over William and Mary. Rich mond, the team that tied Ran dolph- Macon week before last, struggled through to another deadlock with Roanoke college, 90. Maryland won over Virginia Tech, 60, by virtue of third period tally. Washington & Lee, lacking the punch to go over when they reached nCar-scoring posi-

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Duke leads 24–⁠17–⁠3 in 44 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.