The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 24, 1967, Page Page Nine, Image 9

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SPORTSCOI By DONALD CAUGIIMA Sports Editor In the current issue of Sp advocated adding a twelfth r professional football in order quarterback. "The twelfth man," say ti a fifth back whose sole job w< back. le would not be allow( not be eligible to receive pas block for the running backs, to cross the line of scrimmagc "IIis only duty," they co the quarterback. II e would p quarterback if the quarterbac block up to the line of scrimm play. le would be a speciali exclusive bodyguard to the m in pro football." We certainly cannot argue valuable piece of property - n nals fared after losing Charley season- but we find this su player very hard to agree witf fusion to activities on the fiel and less enjoyment for the not in an extra player to pr stricter calling by officials wh roughed. When veteran Atlantic Co, eree Charlie Eckman announc of the current season after that crowd behavior this seas. We must agree with Mir. has n(,t been at its best. 'her involving players ; referees an pelted by paper cups and va and numerous heated argum said before that there can n spectator behavior, but it is < the ACC reached a new low t (luring the season have serve program a bad name, but if ti any by next year, steps must spectrum. * There are six available 1: campus. If all the goals are i' are able to play bas ketball. If tently inaccessible, 20 persons the other goals in order to g< is a simple aid to the problem - whenever possible. If the earn time to lock the lounges in t why wouldl it not be possible: minutes to unlock and lock basi Studlents are reqjuired to ta training. Why, then, are the when they wish to exercise goals are not very much for 3, goals are a lot less. BUCK EI >rt Magazine, its editors have nan to the offensive team in to give more protection to the te editors of Sport, "would be >uld be to protect the quarter d to carry the ball; he would ses ; he would not be able to and he would not be allowed ntinue, "would be to protect ick up blitzers, stay with the k rolled out or scrambled and age on a quarterback running st to end all specialists - an ost valuable piece of property that the pro quarterback is a otice how the St. Louis Cardi Johnson to a knee injury last ggestion of adding a twelfth It would only add more con d, more work for the officials spectators. The answer lies otect the quarterback but in en quarterbacks are obviously * ist Conference basketball ref ed plans to retire at the end 27-year caref'r, he observed n "has been the worst ever." Eckman that crowd behavior e have been post-game fights dI opposing players have been rious other assorted missiles nts have erupted. We have ever be any excuse for poor ur opinion that officiating in his season. Certain incidents .I to give the AC' basketball lings are expected to improve be taken on both ends of the * " 'asketball goals on the USC 1 use at one time, 60 persons two of the goals are consis must stand in line at one of at the chance to play. There - make all six goals available pus police force can take the ie Men's Towers each night. or them to take a few extra <etball facilities on weekends? ke four semesters of p)hysical y denIIiedI access to facilities ni their own ? Six basketball 500 male students --but four Gamecock phete by C F~R EEM AN N. C.St As AC( 4 44 Earl IAe Gameco Iy JIMMY WANNAMAKElI Staff Writer "I wish that I could come up with something inspired to say, but I don't have it to say," com mented N. C. State Coach Norm Sloan after his W'olfpack had lost to USC, 65-62, in a North 8; ut h I)oubleheader overtime game. USC Coach Frank McGuire said, "We're happy that we won." }ie added Monday that it was a con,erence victory, a win over a .ough "Hig Four" school, and "our first over State.'' Frank Standard left the game with a badly swollen ankle with 1:43 left in the overtime period. Coach Mc(;uire said Monday that the 6-4 forward from Brooklyn would definitely not play against E-rskine though he hopes "that he'll he back for the Virginia game" tomorrow. The Gamecocks gained a 2-0 lead on Jack Thompson's shot from the circle after 25 seconds, but fell behind until Skip liar licka put them ahead, 14-12, with 11:09 lef't in t.he first half. The 'Cocks appeared to be leading 32-22 at the half, but official Stout ruled that the bas ke!t had been shot after the buz zer. The score was taken down although the timekeeper and of ficial Charlie Eckman had ap parently accepted tihe score. Mc Guire registered a protest, but to no av'ail. The crowdl resp)ondled with a 40-second non-partisan boo, the longest of many (luring the I )ouleheade r. Al Salvadori gave Carolina Buck I By HEYWARDI) Staff Writer Coach James A. (Buck: been connected with the gal for his entire life after gra< John's in 1927. Coach Freeman has serve< capacities and has molded ..goodl ball players, but als. coac'h es. Among the men who let tutorship of Coach Freemai USC head Basketball coach, Coach McGuire describes coach's coach" and "the fir lege basketball coach in Nea Born November 16, 1904~ City, Freeman took ov'er af St. John's immediately after D)uring his tenure at his fori Freeman not o)nly serv'ed as mentor, but also held the -= letic dlirector, head football .- bail tutor. Coach Freeman is a re 5 of the art of shooting a * worker with youngsters. Fo has directedl boys' enmps in ate Swi Meet AD I l ice D)rives BIelutiw4f TIar li4-0 CkS Ni1 the largest lead of the night when he put in a two-poin:e with 11 minutes left. Sta:e nar rowed the gap and held the Gamecocks scoreless for over three minutes at the end of the game. The 'Pack put in the tying basket with 1:29 left anl ther played for one shot after taking 'We Play Says Bol By JIMMY WANNAMAKElI Staff Writer "We played well," comnmented Hobby Lewis in an affable man ner only shortly after he and his fourth - ranked nationally University of North Carolina teammates had mauled USC. 80-55, in t>he first night of the North-South Doubleheader in the Charlotte Coliseum. Eluding autograph hounds, that seemed to be always around them, for a few minutes, the All-American oandidate and fel low Tar Heels Joe Brown and Tom Gaunrtlett lounged around the entrance to a Charlo,tte res taurant. Gauntlett termed USC players as "big and strong"' but "we out hustled t hem."' Lewis echoed the comment. The tall trio also said that they felt that they had out-re boundedl USC w ell ( 50-:9 1, at - 'ree mai worked boys al Freeman has niers. neC of basketball luation from St. I"em in the I in a number of gae not only some at whi some successful"'e the ten erned undler the ('aroinI 1 is the present eoa Frank McGuire. w Freeman as "a fast b)r st big time ('01~ the rul v' York."' each b~ ,in New Y~ork a head coach ait t remn -his graduation. 'IIl m~er alma mater, head basketball 'ne' position of ath- miost inl coach andl base- cilg are clo: nownedl teacher A ftei nid a dledicated ments r many years he voas New York, (on- 8-em.o miers Begins RT 1A4r Gamecock photo by Simmont I)efendr' > State ,h b:ill tback, 'ut h y w ' able" t't . t-re. : 'h, tv . .. 1:59, an,i f: u+" - vador at :T'a: r tw sfret :h' .u r* ed Well,' tbLewis antd h etdti :ha: }.y . (r'tblia. A skted ab.u; t1 pn u. :' . nluin (;aun:le:t .:iiti, 1 try no tt) think ab, " : it an ymina ,,:. fotr gae ." . The th ret' expressed their di.> hike for ('olumia Ihall as bl ing, the high regairi fur the f. of disbelief at thle ''fficia! st. tistics fur the night. In the first game (;ary (;: ha I e.nntrolb-di li th i pe :n:e to 1 Ii.e un : : .- - (n a .u mj ia buhe;t k c iturha Itt td I tam t and the tnnsh ni mal he -~ with fx fk McG i'' bakeh 1111 ani 1)aolin t he p ftatst' t hri the beginnrnline hs ealh:n. 1 nhias nctiled at': ntmher' .f a acckdin tir freeman. xvWs lt hei herbg(hi'ii thegaeprg e 'es. reures heh faiti str i't at itt\ 1 tJ oh . "Th) e bIt lit i n f ts h asiter Ails'& i. t f teteloIL e t ak,t whxich fae t o xitn seterfre throwai)' wasd abli herttbige bhayeti heI Vaet: 'n itdreemanig. "Tdlayit '( r seei the chag a nd d Are Fa At USI ily 'Tor Asst. Sp Nationaly second-ranked N. ('. State is the favored tea pionships now being held in Jut "'S(' Swimming ('oac v.hich began yesterday and pro)e to be a real d gfight b ('arlira and N. ('. State. He '.N(' finishinig second, Mary f(11t h than Ilast y'ear. Trials f,r the events em nissifn is 2. cent s. Saturda andlf 2 p .m. I'in.ds (fontinute t( n(I(n it 1. Admr issio n to c'act N. (C. State. which has los ranked Yale. has two of ti St\'4 ;i(rych is the defend IHm- and 2(Hi-vard freestyle e A A' I O)(w-free last year, pla( that v("nt. represented the I sian swim meet last sutmmer in ) .t h thi N( '\\ and AA A ru n N\ \- \ -iTNfa A tN ya an " ,'- a iti(n \i indK0;-ya R he :1 R\n Wirth eN .\ ) 7 : ! n. - :rl :21 2 ;,,r. } I b . r 1 T. m . / l 1 th llul' - ar F1ri L.. '.. 100 i divi ualIedle i na , .pm has Myhi-andithea teaiml a tot l f. 2i ti::rl I ri i l 1 \e afl 2 p n -au 1ding Aeodin fach's whC Ii th ..~lm sho I n I he with. Ih?ere art S1Ia the e p atsd .1 It P 1)urinrg his yei a tte nman has seen a shed." mlrs. Le 1)lieve is the are bet ter than pres "Today's hall the fact that t hi age and are let ~~ lege, buit also is ail sch)ool." "i plai ('(oach Frenrm only tio ('Oach school, lie is a \aVIoe- andi it Wiiurld I)& muc*.l- !OIh cre(dit for thai.t a the gamle and( f< he ceL aunlr.i -- s EUImeint vorite s C Pool ;Y SMITH orts Editor and defending AC'C champion m in the A('(' Swimming ('ham the ('arolina Pool. h Jack Th(mpson says the meet lasts through tomorrow should etween the University of North feels State will pull it out, with land third and l'S(' a stronger itinue today at 1 p.m. and ad y trials will be held at 10 a.m. night at 8 and tomorrow after is $1. one dual-meet this year to top ie top swimmers in the A('('. ng A('( champion in the 50-, vents. He won the men's indoor ,d second in the N('AA finals in nited States in the U. S.-Rus a:d gained All- America honors rankings. Cavaliers Next Foe For USC ( 't hc F'r:ma' ur. (;(ame w\.:a .'.h " \ r.(( :..; ( i 'ava :t'rs atur II ta no et tl , ts the;ir home t ' : n\ th: ey take on the N , to iar' ::aa ' ar llels for tht. S ( :i.';r f t' h :he loca!:v Fa i r c ie d d hv a '-.* . .. ... ~ ( c n r r l. I 'u fl n. a . i ai'd Jack T 'n r :2::d with ]:; to a t :.: ! rotrd he a I f lit s la - '11, i h- Tar ttt. ('arolina w F- ti J:. rev n:.' far t! - - wkmgtt~. : e at: If the i Gmeock- expecet more thy] mus flind anl ffe't.ve way to ,t th.e Tar H A c-tAm ?erica dI'SUo of Larry Miler and Hob Itwis. In t.h4. first eI Cncuter, IArwis >)ured in 23 point.s andl Miller 20 beifore hvuvingj the game' midway b roug:h t.he seevnd half. SThe Gamecoc-~ks are presently in a hat:le wv:t.h ('4 ien for third pare in the AUtlnic (oast Con .......... and w - ver the Tar I [ amti I ava wr- woul griatly aho:ad of the T:Irs and getting hetr Iebn m the i~ con feec oach' resent I tn-secon iti r renter hs woulli give the o>ffensivi M) serondis to b)rinig the bal ul noit .nl spv5eedl upI the n t he mist akes (caused of t he t en second line.'' h at haVe o cc urtred in basket - hantgedi thle plans ofcoch to l'reeman, "M\ost teamts rimtarily a nmnat-to-man dle there are a nlumb)er of det coac(h will bie confir 'nt e also mnany more set plays y t han in the Past.'' irs in t he game, ('oach Free number of good ball play s that today's hall players th in) the past. phiyers are better dule to vy start playinug at an earlier er coached, not only in col in junltior and senior high~ H is diefi nitely' a mani of t he ball and( he is an asset, not McGire, but also to the aluab)le man to have around, impossi ble toi give h im too the things he has done for >r the b)oys who have played