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DanI 1ty tx)N in 1:r' Staff Writer When former Gamecock quar terback D)an Reeves departed from Carolina in 1965 to report to the training camp of the I)allas Cowtboys of the National Football League, little did he realize that he would be return ing to his alma mater less than two years later with the recog nition as being one of the top young talents of the National Football I.eague and one of the primary reasons the Cowboys Won their first con f e rence championship. ? .'Yet when the (Ahmbia Touch w: Club had Ile,'e c a% it. ain guest for the elub's nussiual gricl iron janboree, he was, acontde i a i ni art n ocaltion ami wa showerel with praise by t I o ., e w.ho rcmcinhwredi hint from hi"" playing <( a. at I'S(:, Reeves re"adily admits that he must pinch himself "ten tim s a day," for the colored photos in Sports lllustrated and na tional recognition of his talents still seen unlelievalble. TIse Gamecock 4 SPORTSCOP By DO.NAL.D CAUGIIMAN Sports iniitor The hiring of Jack Powers a: represents another -dep forwa ment's drive toward excellence sports program. Powers, whom Athletic )ii high class young lUin and a v Dick Weldon, who will move I football coach after serving as I year. Powers has served as baseb past four years. His teams fit ference's first division three y the Paladins to the league cro baseball teams had always been Atlantic ('oast ('ouflerence. I'm teams in 1!6i- and 1 : 35 and \\ ner last spring. P rospects fo r the upco(4minrg and the (uhimecocks mray be corn, tor t he A('(' ('hampioniship). Ila weeks aft er he takes over h is qjuainitedl with the team befor tough Kentucky. Hot h he andl euit ouit foir t hemi, burt the ftuti 'ver to r t he ('a r(li na biasebiall The conduirct oft ( 'arolinia stt( game b)etw~en the ( ;tfimer(ocks; (dous imIipro ve'mernt o ver t he po< at the game with ( 'lemsorn. Ihu waysome1esonis will behave toe Ihemi betfore each game. b)asketbalul, no(t to babyv-sit tfor tainily hope that in the furtutre, their renl merit withoutt rept officialIs. * \\'e (1o not i nternd to Irehasi which cuilmirnatedo in t he phicin4 NationralI ('ol legiat e AthIilet ic A uts that somriething should be d y the A('(' inivol vinrg mlemb)er b) volvirlgyIplaYers ati stopJpirig beitio~1 r byv (coaches shtoul1( d w Ste w0 ha t I call (do" st at enmelt sionier. Powers T< As Carol ii siio lii> tM u 41.1) NI\*Si4 i \ l~l1t liiport,4I! i Il)itt r ti I i t'uruin IL'ivettr>ity t at f our *tI ball coachu t t'ari o sliua. {1*tti whowiltoninue-i tt ctoh the otall coach t af nd ilitl ctinu in 4 rcoach Pul the 4)iitze l tf. 'lt ~L leeves] It is not that "The Deacon's" talents were unnoticed at USC. lie had a fantastic sophomore season s and was hailed as one of the hottest quarterbacks ever to enter the A('(. Injuries to both legs slowed him (during his junior season, and minor hurts during his senior season were capped by a broken foot just be tore' the ('lemnson gaame. Since he ne'-er really haii lthe oppo crtunrity to play to him full Iotential IN'wau.e' of i n j n( r i e ., Her4e. realize that the chaneit((" oaf hi. be4'ing draftel to play pro. f("."ioid footiull Mere rather lim. lo1wever, the Cowboys saw enough latent talent in Reeves to sign him on as a free agent. This meant that he would not he getting any of the big lxnus money which was given to such other 1!N.i college stars as Joe Namath, Gale Sayers and John liu:arte, but at least he would have a chance to play profes sional football. Reeves fully realized that the chance of playing was slim, and when he first entered sunmmner PORTS E -- head baseball coach at USC t rd in the Athletic 1)epart in all phases of the ('arolina 'etr Paul 1I )ietzel calls "a 'ry fine coach," will replace ip to the )st of freshman wlad baseball mentor for One all coach at 1"urman for the iished in the Southern ('on 'ars, and in 1965 he gui(ed( v,n. Until recently, ('arolina cOnsidere(d pushovers in the t 1 (b Rteising had winning eld n prodIrced anther win seas:mi are better than ever, ;iered as serious cont1end(ers t Powers will have only t wo duitijes March 1 to get ae e t hey tangle with always he leamn hav\e t heir woirk ire is looking brighter than >irogram. * lenits at the recent b)asket ball mdi( Maryland was a tremen ir behav iior dIisplayed earlier it is a shame that the oEnly t hemiselves is fo r the co ach HeI is get tirng paid to colach lhe sItudlent boEdy. We cer (aroliina stutdenits will show at ed ent realties by at hletitc the recent state ot affairs (Ef 'S(' onl proEbat ion by the sso ciationEl, but it seems to Erne aboult other incident s ini isketbhall tearms. F"ight s in if gamnes b'cauiise (El viEolett rrant mo(re' than an "I don't1 by t he coEnferenice comml fits > Succeed ia Baseba ligh-clan. youtigEE man1E aidEt .1 veE y xetlltnt :ittiionE t' ourE athFlet it I'uEr\t'E JoEie te ahi n ItEIg staff it tilE inEalE lEE I I ; ndt iEaE te Ivtli EEachF in fotbaIitll sineE thait tuneE. Ilrm hEEiE Es tenuEEEt at Furmian, lE l'alai nslrI finiished in the tirnt Et i tee times. liIn 1EE;> l ttEan ('AA IlE 111 tri e C t nEh ofV E IEEE I) i e t z. e I atlto annonedEEEE that tEErge lEEry, hEE as"EStantE atlEttiE bEEttrE andE topl I EootblE aiEEt, wilEl levEEte all his~ tinmt toE the assitant it t 1' Cii Ebrc tor Iost. Eeturns training he "did not have (his) hopes set too high." 'TI7ere were 00 other rookie free agests un drafteer who were v%ing for the sevein or eight open -I-pt4 1)11 the team. Reeves felt that someone must have had an eye out for him as a pro football team "shows no favoritism in eliminating those r o o k i e s who can't make the grade, and the guys who were being cut from the team looked better than I did in practice." The C o w b o y s had signed Ieeves as a defensive safety since their quarterhack position was already in the hands of veteran Don Meredith and two Ali - Amerien rookies - Jerry Rhome and Craig Morton. After a few dus of practice anud the 10 tea,, the Cowls y. give their prlpeet., it was evident that lee ve-' talent% were more .uited to an offen-.i%e running hack. Rieeves noted that "those IQ tests are only one (-xample of the tremendous creativene>s of ( Dallas coach ) Toni Land ry. lie believes a man is most likely Gamec After Birds Try To Regain Top Form li.y IMNAI.D CALGlII1AN Sports hI-itor The Gamecock hasketballers will ry to regain their winning ways hen they take on the Wake Forest )-mton Deacons Saturday night in arolina Field liouse. It will be the second meeting of he sea.ont for the two teams. Last aturday in Winston - Salem the aneocks played perhaps one of heir finest games of the year as :hey rolled over the Demon I)ea -()ns, 77- (0, for their fou rt h traight win. But C o a c h Frank McGuire's an had its t r o u b 1 e s against 'lemson M o n d a y night as the Fl geris sto'pped ('arol ina, 73-57, at 'ar-olinra will carry a 10-4I over:2 recordt'4 anid a 1-2 Atlantic Coast 'ottfe renci-e -late in to the game. T1he big threat for Wake Foriest s harpi shooting P'aul ALng, who xill colme into the game with a 22 'bint .scorinig a y e r a ge. In the l'amins' fir-st meeting, L.ong wasI wtldi to on ly 16; points, la rgely due .o the fitne detfenisive work of amtecock enter Lyn H ur-kholde-r. I.ainitg the Carolina s e o r i n g i aade are SkipiI Harl-icka withi an 8-pointi average and Frank Stand- St trd with at 1-poinit aver-age. Gary s'o regor is scoring at a 1.'-point p)er-gamile clip. hit Griegor- is atvera-giing p u I I i g tir IIowni 1 'I rebioundis lpe.r gamelt~ while ~ Gr Staird arid has an ave rage of 11 per- gamne. .\i TI'he Gamttecocks will hi a v e an Tlh it rai-squatrd gatme at the F i e I d i ii ouise Satuorday at 7 p.mii. They wI' werie or iginiiallyv sc'hedu iled to play Dutke then hut the Btlue Detvil- c-an to 'Illed the' gaiiie. r-a Pilmis of -ar'lietr gamnes will a lso t be. sholwn at t he i nt ra -sq uad game.nc. fIl Weldon Col 11 Coach it I.a: r r' v A. ines w~ ill take- over ter i rry'- pos't at.- chief dlefeni-ive th. nac f-r the Gamoecoc'ks, andl .11im So Va lt'k w l morve* over fr'omi offtetn- fin st iv baki'e4'lii coac tohed'p h lfen ve backfnr "tiht'cn c. -'.e h l'ui e-ii'till It-ti ll ive '1 }7 ii i ie ' ieitli Ili' ta " osit i' t-t 't'tg. t stuIi ik.4 h inn ilti e r t i tt tie li iia r n nvrsi'i tiit Norh('aoln ude.t As NFL to succeed if his IQ falls within certain limits. If his IQ is too low, the player will he unable to retain all of the plays of the t Cowboys' Complicated offense. t If the prospect is a geniu', he tends to he tA imraginative and undermines the authority of the coach and the qirter back." Reeves has niemorizced the as t signlnents of every player in all the plays of every one Of the seven formations the (owhoyw use, but modestly adrits that this was a "natural prexeidure carried over from 1wing a quar terback in college." In hi% fir't year Ree--e," hared the luelfharck dutie. with 'err IAe )unn , fornmer Ol Mi.. quarter back. Dunu w.enrt to Atlanta after the. '63 eteaesn 'dince l.aueers wea,. thinking of mo ing fleet defenfi- i e back Mel Renfro to offen.ive half. back. But Renfro was injured dur ing the exhibition season an I Reeves took over. lie wa in the opening lineup against th. New York Giant, and played a ocks i Trounm SNI 4 IIThomipson I)ribj lose M Staff Writer vt:a \f t e r defeating Aippalac'hiai 0"' niniers boe toe E:st ('ariehin:t s' ci I e g e Saturday,v 58- It, in i T ttied b)att le' whehi weelt'it d<etie I tee final event ofC cmetetitionr at tenil le. 4111d a y in what ('oac~h Jac eeinp~sont termiedi "t lhe' et ?wtne' et oef the year," the Garnecock lit liii to beat A ppalachiani St.ate. lhiensip' l saitl, " ' w e" :ti le ge tof et'v's than u71 he iled Iili tee weeit iihit a ft u-ee mmiie'rs feor the E( '(' meet the otwinig day. shed eone - twoeet ini the dliv:nig lilet itionl. Thnis dlyri ami d 1ut had viedt timt' ate timie again tee be treat a'-et toe the teami tilt .auighhni was~- math miii th li atm 19; I in~ the ten - i'ter teeeewel tj nt. Thieinps'onr fee.ls lhat 'he . -'re -les't thrie.-met er liver : the I .-: itih anid lhiel phiaer hi gh.:n the al A(' t Sw imi (himpniee h:p I ' e ii h t t( -neet ue.a'- a hieatede es te whlee 't emper- tiredl fra 'l the finali event oef eeenpet' ii. ' lihit- at-l t I t'dlt' ReLtlay, lIed deft'at for the fight in~ 1hi'li!e'eei t el t tha:t thel' ''e i e e ilri i , t-L 7 t'eially atfti r ht'!!) l the Iead l n iet ec . lletieer, lie Ihil Mulle ir wa,:s dli seuahfwtid edur- fre an e'venrt foer inig an illega~l i' 'k ie ble'h t i'trii lalely I rimmtieed athtpe. feet a I'S('- iitory~. itil ''It was the fir'-t ti..t' il,1l ha. 7 Star ital r'ole in I)alhll ' 5,2-1 win. H'r,rn thert ~rn tIn e x - '.S tar wa- ~n hIa waIy t ai fan aste i(' t"au ir,lt"I,9ilrg blr t,";i ' it- fir-t NFI. .a-! rn , Eri' lrer ( 'hInl,I n hi J) ;h 1 :t t1-:-1 r,","~, 1. lie }'r: .!-h!-i he l:1 ; \\ it h i tA,tilt . u ! p !I rIIf I f,"r th( i, N ,"~ 1 ;t"i ini firf th li i -:aty ! 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