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McGuire By HEYWARD ADDY Staff Writer The completion of the 1966-67 ba season marks the end of Coach Frf Guire's third year and the beginni new era at USC. McGuire's cagers ended their thi of a five-year building program w ,i best overall record of a Carolina tean since 1945 and their best showing 1 the ACC (9-5). W "I am very happy with our won-l ord," said McGuire. "Some of th lights of the season were our wi Marquette and North Carolina. "We were also pleased with our in the ACC, especially since we bea Sland three times, Wake Forest tw ' North Carolina State two out o times," he added. A number of different players sha spotlight during the season and th was a good team effort. "I have never coached a finer g ball players, and the whole team did nificent job all season," McGuire while analysing the season. "I wt pletely pleased with the season-es after the many heartaches and he which accompanied the season seeme the boys down at times." The heartaches and headaches Coach McGuire referred to were th Grosso case and the crippling injurie The Gain ecoch S ( SPORTSCOPE By DONALD CAUGHMAN Sports Editor Alcindor Not Hap According to an article in the curr sports magazine, sophomore basketball Alcindor is not happy at UCLA. "It's the quality of the people out me," says Lew. "They are not for real. know what's going on around them. "I am disappointed in the atmosphere super-star who has led his teammates regular season and the favorite's role it pionship. "Most of the students seem ou know how people in the rest of the work limited point of view, as opposed to the City." Alcindor, who currently is battling 1 Walker for the NCA A scoring lead, stI York, "but because I am in school and it too much," he adlds. "I chose UCLA because it was the s the most, and not just in basketball," a cording to the magazine article. "But what I know now," he concludes, "I woul ford, Michigan or Berkeley." . * * Baseball Strikes B Baseball Commissioner William I). F working toward getting the opening Series changed from the traditional Wed either this year or by 1968. The propo: have one or possibly two) of the midl at night. The move is apparently being mnad< counteract the tremendous growth in fessional football. The Super Bowl gam audience estimnatedl at 65,000,000 --m( peak viewing audience of 28,000,000, f game. The Saturday start would mean that cover two weekends, and night games w() the television viewing audience. McGuire's 300th V The Gamecocks' win over Maryland ir of the ACC Tournament last Thursday w: in the collegiate coaching career of Franl< had a 103-35 record at-St. John's Univer; in nine seasons at North Carolina, and I year gives him a 33-37 mark at USC fc 130 losses in collegiate competition. Counting an 11-year, 126-39 record il 49-31 mark in the National Basketball A has 475 coaching wins against 200 losses Maryland In A Run North Carolina's "Big Four" may i on Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Maryland has an overwhelming lead ir most other sports. The Terrapins prese 78 titles in 11 sports. Championships won by the Terps incl four in Cross-Country, 13 in soccer, one in indoor track. They also have won wrestling, one golf, ten lacrosse, two outdoor Lrack tile. Is 'Pleasi sidelined some key players. Because of team work, sketball would be impossible to pii mnk Mc- being the most outstandin zg of a "Gregor (Gary) was bounder as well as the lead rd year ence, and we were depend ith the get the stray shots. Thom (16-7) the quarterback and led the ever in he also got us out of a nu situations," the veteran cot oss rec- "Harlicka (Skip) was oi e high- and consistently did a goc is over (Frank) would have to b most valuable, because he ( 3howing take over the rebounding cr t Mary- ing duties. ice and "Although we did not three man in the fifth position, sults from each player wh< red the holder (Lyn) did a great a result establish our zone defens vadori) had two great gat roup of Tournament plus a good ga a mag- "Farrell (Tom) did a smiled before he was hurt and wa: is com- help in the Marquette gar pecially Maryland encounter," McG adaches "Boys like Gorgrant (Bc I to get (Earl) also did a fine job everyone contributed some1 which Since the completion of e Mike Guire has his eyes set on g which son and the possibilities o: Mull In N py f: ent issue of a top All-American Lew here that disturbs t 'hey do not seem to here," says the 7'-1" to an undefeated the NCAA Cham of it. They do not I live. They have a peop)le in New York 3rovidence's Jimmy ys he misses New >Usy, I (10 not missa shool which offered Topo dImits Alcindor, ac- --__ had I known then d have picked Stan- Z n ackInm eckert reportedly is ~ ~ or'Gl day of the World nesdlay to Saturday ad ed plan would also NNlA ' v'eek games played oe1tokvrfi in an attempt to eki needn popularity of pro- Lau Iatr(etk e dIrew a televisioninah(IfugtLtl re than twice the tn 3sag4~v or a World Seriesalrreunighp a long Series would Zn 0 uld greatly increase Ah Fyo e l 18pitinie et the opening roundl is the 300th victory "~ 4 yo n McGuire. McGuiremn mhedfr3p Pity; a 64-58 record Pis 16-7 record this todcretn r 300 wins againsteihfrtelors high school and ainlangoe(1t ssociation, McGuire IPOIG5) in 29 seasons. EET away u-ayIalu. ave a stranglehold l1J Championships, but Mrh1 un championships in 2 IUI ntly have capturedl2 2 lwi ude two in football, Mrh17* W in baseball and 1321E4i six swimming, 13 Tni tenns an tweve arch18 and1 in had-fugh attbi ed With Seas provement. McGuire said it "We will have four of our k one player as back next year, and the biggest g. looking for is a big man to :ur leading re- position," observed McGuire. er in the confer- we have not decided who the f: ant upon him to be, but it probably will be I pson (Jack) was Kickey and Gene Spencer." team in assists, Looking even farther into nber of pressing McGuire is also busy recruiti: tch pointed out. cagers. ir leading scorer "We have been granted five d job. Standard for the upcoming season, and w considered the at a lot of ball players," M ould step in and mented. "We are especially iores or the scor- getting a few big men. have a regular "One boy in particular thai we got good re- terested in is Tom Owens, a 6-1t filled in. Burk- New York. However, we are coi job in helping a number of schools across th . Sal (Al Sal- it is going to be hard to get hii nes in the ACC In summing up the season, ne against UNC. this last comment to make: "I magnificent job cially like to show my appreci especially a big students of USC and let ther le and the first much we appreciate their coopei Aire added. conduct was by far better than b) and Lovelace place in the conference. It was for us. In fact, dous. hing." "The ACC gives a trophy eac1 the season, Mc- school that shows the best sp the 1967-68 sea- and I definitely think that it even more im- the students of USC." er, Laughlin CAA, AAU Si ads Gamiecocks In Patented Fast Break Against North ( In Final Game Win Over Wolfpack 13, Chi Psi Are traimural Baskel ARD over Zone 4. Cef Williams and K ap pa whi Webb combined for 263 for the win- Sonny Piarke TON ners wh:ile Yoho led Zone 4 with respectively, 22 points. st place last Zone 20 rebounded from its first ___ Intramural defeat to edge Zone 2, 61-57. Bill ing Zone 20 Hetndermon turned in another out-A ,433 tan din pefracwith2 defense and points. James and Decker had 16 thmto and 12, respectively, for the win-Al undefeatedl ners Zone 2 was led by Fisher with 16 scorers with andI Robinson and Gobbles with 15 Usc reser row had 14. points apiece. dori was nasi eson scored ( Zone 18 rolled over two oppo)- Atlantic C o brew in ten nent-s with Jerry Nowasacki col- Tournament ets for 30 le'ctinlg 39 points for both games. Slvadori, ne 13 to an They dlefeated Zone 7, 77-56, with bench to soo victory over the help of Togel who scored 22 Gameoocks' arry I.augh- and Dick Stein who added 20. Their Thursday an o'ints to add secondl win came over Zone 17. In other independent aeti o n. and1 Malloy Zone 1 (defeated Zone 8, 60-34, as H Ioswell scored 16 poinite and Mill ed 36 points water threw in eight. Fisher led i 71-67 win the losing cause with ten points. --- Zone 14 heat Zone 16, 52-48, with >RTING Malloy and Light scoring 20 and 19 points, respectively, for the win ablle to cover nors. Stakalmeyer h-ad 14 points in Hlasebuall, for the losers. ek dueto a * * * In fraternity intrnamural basket hall games, Phai Delta Theta main in tained its hold on first place In Island League I with a 55-47 victory over ig Greenl Pi Kappa Phi.'2 Although mimidng leading scorer fford Ron Rhoades, who underwent an ie appcndIectomny .and will in~ out for the remainder of the season, Pi 'terian Kappa Phi kept the score close. o Chtadel D aid Rmoade scor 12 o l J AL e on' five starters thing we are fill the fifth "Right now ifth man will between Skip the future, nig freshman scholarships e are looking cOuire com interested in we are in center from rnpeting with e nation and n." McGuire had would espe ation to the n know how ration. Their in any other just tremen h year to the ortsmanship, should go to COACI To Reprc vim Cham Two members of bia next Tuesday o Carolina in national Breaststroker Bil travelling to East L Swimming and Divir at Michigan State I Less than a weel< the pre-qualifying r< and Diving Champi, Another Gamecock I bly join them there. USC Me .Clemsoi In Rega .... +.+ I' . By DIANE CLAYP4 am k p t b wStaff W riter A new Sarolina-Cem r talbeedn2thisdyean. fore Phi DentaSThling - jinClemson' rhgc In'a RegtAa amosockByhDtIAyEGClAYPa ~~~~AneCarolina-CaeTeresb ilbenhe has oubia yea The cboin beaising t join lbaeso sa iling a a8 traguaor lheewa-for I. LFJP ThCarlana will er her the event. The skipper for each boat will be Her and Pat Wengen, Donald b a l Freddie King and Jh adMaryHed r talie 20and~., A trophy has been ap forPhiDela '~h~ in a joint effort of both s wrill be passed back and Lued on Page 9) cording to the winner. salvadori Mal4 Tourney Squ re forward Al S.alva- to Duke Friday in the s< ned last week to the flinished third in the ba) sa t Con forence All- hind Duke's Bob Verga :earn. Miller of North Carolini who ca m e off the jThe 6-9 senior, who re 22 points in the gated to a reseirve role m in ve r Maryland hit on ten of 15 shots a i aainin hei les,Terrapins in the openi andl then made 11 of 18 a Blue Devils. Joining M i l ler, Salv Verga were Paul Loung Forest and Bob Lewis Oarolina. With the exc Salvadori, t he AllI-Tc S team was the same as the 5 ference team announced 5 the week. Garnecock guardi Jack 1l a second team All-ACC~ named to the All-Tournar along with Duke's Mike Rusty Clark of North /Jerry Montgomery of Wa: Randy Mahiaffky of Cle the Tar Heels' Dick Grul Mahaffey was the onl: of the All-ACC team whi make the All-Tournanej ALAVADbRI tau. I FRANK McGUIRE sent USC pionships By TONY SMITH Asst. Sports Editor the USC swimming team leave Colum n the first of two trips to represent swimming and diving championships. 1 Muller and diver Vic Laughlin will be insing, Mich., to compete in the NCAA ig Championships which are being held Jniversity March 23-25. later they will go to Dallas, Texas, for )unds of the National AAU Swimming )nships which will be held April 6-8. reaststroker, Dave White, might possi I)uring the finals of the ets ACC Swimming and Diving Championships Muller turned in the fastest time of his career in the 200-yard breast stroke, but failed to qualify for the NCAA meet. His time of 2:18.0 was one-tenth of a second off the NCAA quali LE fying timeof 2:17.9. lie had previously qualified for the AAU meet by turning in sev on rivalry eral times less than 2:20.0. Club will Recently, timed by the necessary ub, March three official stopwa.tches, Muller ded Inau- turned in a time better than 2:17.9. H,is 2:17.8 assured him of a chance to compete in the NCA A moot, an Id at Lake opportunity he welcomes. It glives Ling Club. him another chance to co m p ete Ie penguin against Doug Springer of Mary- 2 ling either land, who edged out Muller in the course-. ACC Swimming Championships for ee boats in the breaststroke championship with and coew a time of 2:16.5. ry Cheves Asay and L au gh I i n, who took the ACC Dottem championship in the one- and three-meter springboard competi tion, has dlefinite hopes of beconm claning an AIl-Ame.rica (diver in both forth anc- even.ts. A first division finish in frha-the NCAA meet would assure him ____ of that honor. IShould he be a finalist in the S NC AA nmeet, Lauglin would auto-* matically be steeded( in the finis of ad the AAUJ meet. If not he would have to compeJute~ ini the pre-qualify ing meet of the A AIU Champion hips, from which the top 12 divers ni- finals, would be seeded in the finals. The loting he- A AU finals consi.st of the eight md Larry finalists from last year's AAUJ -Championships, this year's flinal was rele-, ists in the NCA A Championsh.ips ill season,; and the 12 finalists of the AAU rainst the pre-qualifying for divers. ng round glainst the fWhite, who swims the 100-yard b,reasts troke, might possibly meet .Laughlin anid Muller in Dallas. As ador'i and of yet he has several times close of Wake to the qualifying tine for the AA U of North meet, but has not been able to ept4on of (Iualify urnament All-Con- UJSC S w im m ing Coach Jack earlier in Thompson and D)iving Coach John Candller both heap1 p)raise on Caro 'hompson, tina's representatives~ to the two pick was national meets. Thompson a a y S, nent tem "Laughlin -and Muller are a lot L e w i ,alike, they are both winner,. Carolina, "Television networks do a real e Forest, great .job of covering these mleets. nson 'and It's good for the school to be rep iar- resented, maily becus a lo of r member high achool kids follow these meets o did not anid, of course, they and others it f i r a t Jfrom all over the world compete in Lhn A AUI .met