Clemson at Wake Forest

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 21, 1936, page 14

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  Colonials Spirited. S IN previous contests, G. WIS spirit may be the biggest single factor in its favor in the forthcoming engagement, which to the Colonials is as important as any on their slate. Sheer fight enabled them to stem Mississippis steam roller in 90 game, and more of it, plus good coaching, carried them to 1876 VIC tory over Arkansas in one of the major upsets of the season. Casual observers may think that the Rice game week from Saturday is the real objective of the Colonials right now, but they’re mistaken. The Colonials don’t look beyond the task Immediately at hand. They want to beat Wake Forest, and how! Last year G. w. went to Wake For est’s stronghold apparently little worried about the outcome. but before the first quarter was completed found that it was in for terrible afternoon Wake Forest, making good its threat of 1884 that it would win the next time they met, put over touchdown and kicked the point to exc out 7–⁠6 triumph. Only desperate last-minute passing attack. engineered by the redoubtable Tuffy Leemans, prevented the Deacons from adding insult to injury by blanking the Buff. G. W. Must Shoot Works. THE 1886 Colonial squad hasn’t for = gotten that catastrophe. 1t GER tainly shouldn’t think Wake Forest soft, in view of the impressive Deacon record, and from the way Pixlee is bolstering the attack shouldn’t expect to win Friday night without shooting the works. Besides holding North Carolina to 14–⁠7 score, Wake Forest has defeated North Carolina State, 9 too; Wofford, 80 to 0, and Clemson, 6 to 0. With the season Just about half finished, the Colonials still remain so evenly matched among themselves that the coaches won’t call any group of II players “the starting team” “ Those who answer the opening whistle merely are the first II men to go into action. The others-hardly with exception-are considered equally as proficient. This situation makes for harmony, an ingredient always to be found in the production of winning foot ball team. Examples Of this are found in the persons Of Tim Stapleton and Al Haringer. both of whom played i’m portant roles in the defeat of Arkansas. For the first two games Of the season little was heard or read of either one. Their positions were being handled ably by others. But when the Ole Miss game came along both got their chance to make good, Stapleton at guard and Haringer-in an emergency-at center. Suffice to say, they performed so well that night that they started the Arkansas tilt, and, like the rest, emerged with equal shares of the Aurels in startling triumph.

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Clemson leads 72–⁠17–⁠1 in 90 meetings, counting the 87 since this game.