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By TONY SMITH
Asst. Sports Editor
Diver Vic Laughlin twice gavc
the University its first individua
swimming championship last week
during the ACC Swimming Cham
pionships which were held in the
USC pool.
Vic easily won both the one- an<
three-meter springboard d i v i n g
competition in the meet w h i c I
b e g a n on Thursday and laste<
through Saturday. H i s victoria;
earned him two gold medals. Only
three other swimmers managed t<
place first in more than one event
In the one-meter diving competi.
tion Vic earned 456.30 points t<
the 355.05 points of second-place
finisher Dave Fox of Maryland.
In the three-meter competitiori
Vie managed 462.60 points to sec
ond-place finisher Fox's 341.80
But Vic waos not happy with his
performance in that event during
the preliminaries.
As Vic put i-t, "I just wasn't up
to par." He cited for comparison
his performance against East Car
olina College during the regular
season. In that meet he scored 303
points in six 'dive.
In the preliminaries to the three
meter diving comnpettion last week
he scored the same number of
points in nine dives, Hie picked up
161 points in the last three dives
of the preliminaries, one of which
will be a required dive in the
NCAA Championships to be held
at Michigan State in East Lansing,
Mich., March 23-25.
Especially distressing to Vic
was the way he "blew" one of his
best dives. What should have been
a gainer with a two and one-half
twist ended up in what Vic de
scribed as a "reverse, screaming
lurch-around."
Both Vie and his diving coach,
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Gamecock photo by Cox
n A Rebound In Spite Of
A Cavalier
Not Happy
)ual Wins
John Candler, felt that he suffered
a mental beating by performing
such a poor dive. Presently, they
are working on a change in Vic',
takeoff for his dives to give him
more control and stability once he
leaves the board.
Now that the conference race
has been decided, Vic is working
towards the NCAA Championships
and also toward the AA U Cham
pionships to be held in Dallas,
Texas, April 6-8.
Muller
By TON'
Asst. Spo
Bill Muller was a happy y<
noon, in a disheartening sorti
"Breezy," as he is called I
swimming team, had just brok
200-yard breaststroke during
ming Championships being he
His time of 2:18.0 was the
event and bettered the old r
Springer of Maryland.
But Bill finished second t
old record with a fantastic tii
The defeat was especially
qualifying for the NCA A natic
Bill, who completely shavet
down on his time, was excited
new record in order to beat h
He said, "I am real happy.
lap when Springer caught up
to turn in his best time ever
feel great, even though I lost.
Bill added that his time p1
breaststrokers in the country
a chance at making an All-Am
He has already qlualified
hopes for a time below 2:17
meet, which will be held in D)al
Commenting on his top-flig
ming Coach Jack Thompson sa
ing individual swimmer in the
EORG3E ThRRY
Game
Saturt
By DONALD CAUGHMAN
Sports Editor
The USC basketball team closes
out its regular season Saturday
night when it takes on the North
Carolina Wolfpack for the third
time in Raleigh.
The teams split close decisions in
the first two games - N. C. State
winning, 76-73, in the finals of the
Triangle Tournament in December
and the Gamecocks taking a 65-62
overtime victory in the North-South
Doubleheader two weeks ago.
The first game does not count
in ACC standings.
The Gamecocks are enjoying one
of their better seasons in recent
years while N. C. State is strug
gling through one of it worst. The
Wolfpack has counted heavily on
young players after losing All
ACC performer Eddie Biedenbach
to an injury before the season
began.
After the N. C. State game
Coach Frank McGuire's squad will
begin preparations for the annual
ACC Tournament which will open
in Grensboro, N. C., Thursday
afternoon.
Senson records will be thrown out
the window in determining who will
r e p r e s e n t the conference in the
i(NCAA playoffs, and everything will
ride on the three-day affair.
The North Carolina Tar Heels,
currently one of the nation's top
rated teams, will play the fa
vorite's role, but as has been
proved in the past, anything can
happen.
The Duke Blue Devils, tourna
ment winners in three of the last
four years and defending ACC
Champions, will be the second
seeded team and are expected to
give the Tar Heels some tough
competition.
Duke defeated N. C. State in
the finals last year and went on
to finish third in the NCAA Tour
nament.
Rounding out the league's first
division are Clemson and USC(. The
appy
SMITH
.ts Editor
lung man last Saturday after
>f way.
y his teammates on the USC
en the USC meet record in the
the finals of the ACC Swim
Id in the Carolina Pool.
fastest he had ever swam the
acord of 2:18.5 set by Doug
a Springer, who bettered his
ne of 2:16.5.
hard on Bill, for he missed
nals by one-tenth of a second.
his body for the meet to cut
about pushing Springer to a
tin.
I did pretty well until the last
,vith me on the turn. He had
to beat me. That makes me
aced him among the top ten
md he hopes it will give him
erica swimmer.
for the AAU Nationals and
when he competes in that
las, Texas, April 6-8.
ht breaststroker, USC Swim
d, "Bill is the most outstand
history of the school."
Georg,
Bly DON HU;LT
Staff Writer
In most vocations, when an
individual accumulates a few
decades of experience in his
chosen field, he usually loses
his enthusiasm.
An exception to this maxim
is football coaching, where such
g r i dir on granddaddies as
Gerge Hlalas of the Chicago
Bears and Frank Howard1 of
Clemson, greet each grid season
with a boyish enthusiasm.
Carolina's own George Terry
still looks forward to the up
coming football season with the
same great enthusiasm, how
ever, in a different capacity
than to which he is accustomed.
For Coach Terry has had a
dual role in USC's athletic hier
archy -- head defensive coach
for the football team and as
-ocks
la y
Tigers, with four seniors in the start
ing lineup and two in resrve, have
one of their best teams in years.
Clemson has a firm hold on third
place while the Gamecocks are a sure
fourth.
ACC Swi
State D
By STEVE L.IPE
Staff Writer
Defending champion North Car
olina State dominated the 14th an
nual Atlantic C o a s t Conference
s w i m m i n g championship at the
Carolina pool Saturday to walk
away with its second straight team
-hampionship.
The Gamecocks placed fourth in
the meet. It is the second straight
eason that the Carolina swimmers
Despit
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I Terry
sitdirvet.or of athletics.
However, when the athletic
department was almost fklooed
with administrative redi tape he
had to leave the football field
to spjendl all his time in the of
fice.
It is a change that Coach
Terry has made most relue
tantly, however, for he has been
on the football field in somne
capacity spince his junior high
school days at Newport. A rk.
almost four dlecadeks ago. A fter
high school he spent two years
at George WVashington U'niver
sity and two more at the College
of the 0 z a r k s, Clarksville,
where he earned his B.A. Ile
lettered in football, basketball,
and baseball at both schools.
He entered the Navy in 1942,
serving four years andl attain
ing the rank of lieutenant-coin
niandnr. In 146t he -wo
Close
;ainst
In the opening round of last
year's play, USC handed Clemson
a 60-52 loss and were defeated
themselves the next night by N. C.
State, 75-62.
This season marks only the second
mmere leave Starting Blocks Ii
lcet At Carolina Pool Last Wee
ommnatc
finished in the first divisi07n.
North Carolina fini"hed a .trong
,ccond while %tar'land was firml.,
entrenched in third place.
The U n ive r s ity of V'irgini.,
placed sixth, while Clemson, Wtakr
Forest, vnd Duke rounded out the
second division.
N. C. State's Steve Rerych w as
one of the outstanding swimmers
of the three-day meet. He succe'-s
fully defe,nded the 50- and 200
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N. CO
in the 14-year history of the confer.
ence that two non-"Big Four" teams
have finished in the league's fir,ta
division. In 1964 Clemson finished
in third place while the Gamnecocks
finished fourth.
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Gamecock photo by Reekhls
n L.eagute
k
s Meet
yarJl freestyle events which he
won last year and set an ACC
nt t record in winning the 100- 1
yard freestyle in 47 :7.
Gamecock swinmner Hill M u I I e r
plaeced seeieond in the 200-y ard breast- 1
,troke with a 2:18.0 tinee. Marn
hana Doug Springer won the event s
h po,ting a 2:16.5 time, an ACC 1
:ll-conpetition record.
Carolina's ace diver Vic Laugh
lin amassed 42.(;0 points to easily
win the diving competition and re
m:iin undefeated for the second
s raight y e a r. Laughlin is now
practi.ng for the NC.AA Cham
pion.hips to le held later this
month.
John Candler, his diving in
structor, feels that "Vic should i
make All-America on both the one
and three-meter boards. He will be I
our first."
Heoad 'w imn coach Jack Thomnps.on
Raid, "I was veryv pleaMed not only
with the meet, but also with the
interest shown by the students." I
"We s h o u 1 d have a strong-er
team next year," said Thompson, I
"and we will be- in conr.ntion for
a possible thierd place standing in '
the A CC."
N. C. St.ate s h oulId he the
strong-est team in the confermce
again next setason. "Their team
will be primarily co m p o sed of
seniors," r e m a r k e d Thompson. r
"However, our boys will be- a
threat to ca pt ur e third place, ~
rspecially if the ACC passes the d
freshmen eligibility rule in May." '
The ACC~( will dl e ci d e in May
whether or not freshmen will he al. t
lowed to part.icipate in all varsity C'
sports except football and basketball.
iseral conferenceL, including the a
"outhe'astern Conference, have al- r
readyl appIroled the rule. g
use of split ends and flankers." wo
('onsequently football has he- ou1
'a'me more enjoyable to the wil
public. t;ar
The upsurge in public inter
'st has brought about a change lin
n schedouhrng policy among most aw
4t he major college teams. Not -ol
'ny teams are' interapersing dtel
heir s e h e d u I C' s with 'cream ing
uiffs' as in the past, hut are thE
ehedluhng t o u g h competition Al:
yeek after week to draw sellout dei
rowds. p0:
Teams now scrimmage k as at
n the Practice field to insure lin
'xing injury free for the tough
>pponents they face every Sat- fu1
irday. Hlowever, despite the ad- tic
vent of the passing game and but
he trend of less hard-knocking eva
m the practice field there are en,
t ill two 'g u t t y' ingredients thi
wiithout which a team will not an
w'in: blocking and taing. You vmi
eason
State
USC will play either Maryland
>r Wake Forest in the final game
rhursday night, depending on the
)utcome of the Terrapin - Demon
[eacon game in Winston - Salem
;aturday night.
Virginia
Upsets
Carolina
1y JOHN DAVID SPADE
Staff Writer
Despite leading in field goal
Lmd free throw percentages and
wringing down 13 more rebounds,
oach F r a n k McGuire's Game
ock's lost in overtime to Virginia,
'1-68, last Saturday night.
Carolina had a three-point lead
Lnd possession of the ball with one
ninute remaining in regulation
)lay when Skip Harlicka's despa
-ation pass went out of bounds.
rhen, with 0:33 remaining, Chip
.ase moved the Cavaliers within
mne with a shot from the corner.
Foul Try
Jack Thompson then hit on a
'oul try, but Mike Katos hit with
):13 to tie it up at 59-59 at the
nd of regulation play.
Gary Gregor, who had an ex
eptional night in a losing battle
vith 13 rebounds, hit on a foul
hot to give the Gamecock's the
cad for the last time.
In the overtime, foul shots ga%e
irginia the victory. The Cava
iers made six points on foul shots
n the over::me and six on field
roals, while South Carolina also
it on three from the floor, but
tad only three points on foul
hots.
No Momentum
H o t h Harlicka and Thompson
ouled out in the overtime period
s they tried to give the Gamecocks
.hat winning nmomentun w h i r h
hey never achieved.
Ilarlicka hit on 11 of 14 from
he flor and was three for four
rom the line for a total of 25
)oint_s and high scoring honors for
he night. Thompson also hit in the
k>uble figures with 11 points and
iad four a&mists.
With Frank St.andard out with
badly swollen ankle, McGuire
tartaed Skip Kickey in his place.
t was the first game in1 which
he 6-7 junior has appeared this
isason. Hie has been recovering
rom a pre,se'as<m shoulder opera
ion.
50 Per Cent
The G;ameock's fi n is h ed the
.ight hitt,ing on 50 per ce'nt of
ieir field goals and 70.6 per cent
f their foul shots. They pulled
own 39 rebounds to only 26 for
irginia.
Virginia scored 19 points from
-ie foul line to 12 for the Ganme
cks.
Al Salvadori added 11 points
nd L.yn Hurkholder grabbed nine
aboundls in a game in which Vir
inia never led in the second half.
ZaOch
n't move the ball a foot with
blocking and your opponent
I score at leisure if you can't
kle."
is for the future of Caro
s's athletics "everyone is
ait>ing the construction of the
seum and there is also a
inite need for expanded seat
at Carolina Stadium due to
growth of the student body.
eo a number of Carolina stu
its have inquired into the
isibility of addi.tional sports
USC such as soccer, wrest
g, and lacrosse."
['hese offer a n um b er of
uire challenges to our athle- E'
program due to space and
dg'eting limitations." How
'r, enthusiastic and experi- ~
red George Terry has always
-ied on ehalkenges as a coach ~
di welcomes them as an ad
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