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I / An Indepen Zone 13'r Bob I3usb)ee Goes Ii IAefenelers In Intramiur Zone 13 For Cam Independent Z ne 11 laip basketball crown with a -17 F rilay night. The winl capped anl uniidefe; "I d ormito r. They had dei week to earn the right to face for the cThml)ionship. Zotne t:3 started ;ast :1nd at held a 1-i-6 lead. But Sigma to keep it close for the rest of The fraternity champs w< without the serv i es ( of start( The Game~cock S P 0 R T S LivelyW Of Spring By DON HJULT Staff Writer A new- look I 97 Carolina foot - ball teamn opened spring p ract ice Monday afternoon with a spirited workout at the Rex Enright Ath letic Center. The squad looik ed diffe rent from Carolina teams of the past in that there were only 71 candlidates present and not a pllayer weighed over 2810 pounds. TFhe players were div idedi into three tent ativye teams: the garnet, the white and the bilue. Oine of the hasic pu rposes of :;pring practice is to imp)art to the playe'rs a thorough groundlwork of the fundamentals. The defensive team undlertook some live drills with some hone eracking thuds while the offense began working on the all imnpor ant kicking game&, in add(lit ion to basic fundamentals. The NCA A recently adloptedl a new rule which states that on punt formation the interior linemen cannot break downfieldl to cover the punt until the hall is actually k(ickedl. So the coaching staff is compensating for this by add(ing some new wrinkles to the Giame cocks' punt formation. After two hours of work on the field, the players then had to garrnt and strain through a vigor Gamecock photo by Galloway dent Basket i For Layup Against Sigma Nu il Championship Game Nips SN pus Title tured the campus intramural 43 win over Sigma Nu last ted season for the boys from eated Zone 20 earlier in the the fraternity representative line ptint in the first quarter u fought back and managed the game. 're forced to play the game r RKibbie Johnston. The win avenged a football defeat last fall to Sigma Nu when Z one 13's independent champs dropped a 14-0 deci io)n to the Nu's fraternity championship team in the canpus finals. Keith ('row tossed in 15 points tI bid Zne 1: while hill Cain had 12 f-r Sigma Nu. Crow also h:a 1 Pints in lading his team mates t- a 58 46\ win over Zone 21 in the indeeo ndent finals. Sigma Nu took the fraternity Ithamio n sh ip with a 541-51 squteaker over Phi D)elta Theta la.st Thursday night. Sonnyv le'tze lead the Nu's with 20 points while IDewey Nettles was Phi I elt's tolp scorer with 21. In the frat ernityv golf champion >hip. Phi l'Kappa Sigmta's ( ;ene Spencer was the winner while Tim McCo rd oif P'iK A ela imed runner iul h nors. >~rkout Ma e Football lus half-hour of weightlift ing and umet ries. It was appfarent to all ounlookers that the team does not have any large players, hut this does not sifim to conce rn the coaches. Coach Paul IDietz'el noted that '"we ar moni re c'oncermnedl over o ur boys being in topJ shape rathe r than olversized. I sually a smaller, harder man hits harder and has mtore phylsical Eeduranle than a larger moan." lIes ides dilling the team on fundamentals, splring practice is BUTCH REEVES1 Netter Baseb Favorites Role Goes To Tigers By TONY SMITH Asst. Sports Editor The South Carolina State Ten nis Tournament gets underway here this afternoon at the Maxcy Gregg Courts in a two-day affair which should provide the most in teresting competition for the state title in years. This year there are no netters from one school expected to domi nate the event as in past years. Instead, there are three teams which are in the running, with USC and Clemson expected to bat tle for the No. 1 honor. Presbyterian College, because of its past record as perennial tennis king, should be considered the darkhorse of the competition, but still should not be considered too lightly. In the singles competition the battle should narrow down to U S( "s obby Heald and Clemson's Zulfi Rahim. Heald upset the defending ACC champion here in Columbia on March 30, but the Gamecocks were beaten in the final doubles match to give the Tigers a 5-4 victory. Heald himself has been beaten only- once this season, a 3-6, 6-4, K-6 decision by Maryland's John Scheaffer in College Park. in the doubles competition the 5h-mson netters should be con side"rel the slight favorite by vir tue of their two loubles victories ove r the Gamecocks which decided that match. Presbyterian would have to be co nSi<lred the No. :3 team in the tournament despite the fact that the Gamecocks defeated them 8-1 in their match. That victory was the first that anyone can remem her the Gamecocks taking over the always strong Blue Hlose. Against other state teams the Gamecocks have easily defeated Furman, 9-0; The Citadel, 9-0; Wofford, 6-0, in a rain-shortened contest, and rilpped previously un defeated 1:rskine, 9-0. A further indication of the (Gamecock netters' strength is the manner in which they pressed an undefeated North Carolina team last Saturday before losing the match, 6-3. lHobby llc'ald won the only sin 2les victory for the G;amecocks in hat match with a 6-1, 6-3 verdict ,ver G;ene Hamilton. Hie also eamiedl with I arry Huhrmnan for -i three-set victory in the No. 1 docubles. Stuart Reynolds and Ne(l Burke ccok USC's only other win against INC with a 6-1, 6-1 decision in the Noc. 3 dloubles. rks Start Practice also a time focr expie rimient at ion 'ndl miany pocsiticon changes are bceing uncertake-n. A\ fter bceing held cout in '66 be ca use of an injiu ry, Hutch Reeve's rceturins as a splciit end. Jo chn Grmeg ccry mcoves from 5111it end toc tight 'cnd. The coaches are hcoping that which woculdI be such an1 asse(t at this pocsiticcn, will not be hindered bcy his rela:ct ivel y small size. I en Ga~Irntoc, a h1i gh school qluar tcrbcack and a spring sensation at t hat pocs it ion his frccsh year, is tentatively dlirect ing the team while Mlike Fair plays bcaseball. Jimmy K illen returns tcc full back after playing tight cnd in '66. Johnny G;lass was a line backer in '65, a defensive end in '66 and is bceing tried at offensive guard fcor '67. .Jinm Mculvihill, a two- ye-ar let terman at fullback, is working ocut at middle guard. A nothcer key ex plerinment involves '66 frosh tackle Tocny F'usaro, who is alsco being tried at tight end. There is bound to be a lot ocf shu ffl ing of pec-rson nel in the dle rensive sccondary as therce is a lefiniiite lack (If expjerie-ncec at the positions. Presently there are three "red shirt"' sccphomocres Ilisted (In the first team - -Ron Zukowski, Bob Wcl~hite and Carl Cow,art - - along with veteran uWal., Orr.l. s Host alle 1Te P1 Carolina's Dave Peddie Clears I Track Tigers, Ily JAY lIEND)ER: Staff Writer The USC Track Tleanm will host a double dual meet with Clemson andl Georgia Tech at the Rex En right Athletic Center Saturday a fternonon. The Gamecocks downed Georgia last Sat urdlay, 79-66, but udropped a close contest to North Carolina State Tuesdlay, 75-70. In the loss to the Wolfpack, the Ga recocks' Art Swarts set an ACC record in the discus with a toss of 192' %/". The throw was the second best in thte nation this season. Captain Isob T1aylor also stood out for Carolina as he cap)turedl the mile and the 880-yard runs. )ae Peadie won the two-mile and was second in the mile. Coach Weems Waskin umeashed his efficient track machine against the Georgia Bulldogs Saturday and came up with a 79-66 victory. The win madle it two in a row for the Gamecocks. The Gamecocks won 10 of the seventeen events and failed to place only in the pole vault. The shot put was won by Gary Zemel of USC with a toss of 49-2. Art Swarts, also of USC, finished seconi. The first running event was the 44e0-yard relay and it was won b Georgia in :411.9. A baton ex - change eoblde by USC gave neor wia the victory margin. Sop)hom ore J a nm e s Jenkins showed marked improvement as he took the javelin event with a throw of 202-10%lo. Jenkins was throwing in the vicinity of 180' until he switched to a dif ferent javelin at the suggestion of the coach. Captain lIob Taylor won the iile in -4:20.1). Taylor's high school teammate l)avidl Peddie sewed up rondl place fo the G amlecocks. The I 20-yard high hurdles was :a race to t he tapeW where Ge'orgi:a's l'ion (handler nosed out UJSC's S)abmney P asco for a :14..8 victory. P asco~ is a sophomore as i.- I)avidl Smith who picked up third pilace for the Gamec'ocks. In the 440-yard run E-ddie Sonnenfeld led the whole way andl then had to fight off a strong finishing bid by G;eor gia's E-mmett McEachern. Son enfeld's time was :48.6. USC's v liob Turner finished third. I .en Chapman added eighth points to the G;anecock effort by I winning the broad jump andl fin ish ing second in the triple jump.t Hiis jumps were 2l-:I% and 44-5%.~ ( P'aul MlacG regor of Georgia 3 aadgeda P'asco, to win thea 10(0-yvardl 'lash with a 9.8 (locking.h Art Swarts piaced the field in the discus by winging it 183'-0. lie is undefeated in four H straight meets now with his t only loss of the season coming in the F-lorida Relays. Taylo(r picked up hiis secondl win of the afternoon in taking the y 880- yard run at 1:52.2. Sophomare Mike lEidson was second. Jim Whitt tied a school record I that he shares with assistant t. coach IDavi Gatch hy runni.. r State IM Sti ddie Clears A Hurdli lurdle During 120-Yard Event Georgia Last Week ['earn' Georgia 55.0 in the 440-yard hurdles. Ilob 'urner picked up a third for USC. Bob Harris broke up a possi ble 1-2 finish for Georgia in the 220-yard dash by edging Charles Milam at the tape for second :lace. The event was won by MacGregor as he took his sec ond event for the Bulldogs in :21.9. In the two-mile event Peddie ran away from the competition Art Swarts: Sets Nei Golf Tea Against L Hy IIEYWARI) ADDlY Staff Writer T[he Carolina gol f team continues ts seakson-endiing roadl tour andl tets its last t h r e e con ference eamns this week. Saturday the Gamtecocks w i ll enture to I)eath Valley to take ont he Glemison Tigers andl the Mary 11nd Terrap)ins in a triantgular match. Carmlina will then continue up he coast to) take on the North :arolina Tar fleels at Chapel Hill londiay. The last regular match will be old at Presbyterian Mny 1, and hen the Gamecocks will wrap up heir season at Pinehurst, N. C., lay 11-l'3 with the completion of he A CC Tournamen t. L,ast week-end, the G;amecocks dIged out a three -stroke victory ver Presbyterian and win the tate Tournament in H1ampton, .C. Allan Powers took individual onors with a three-round score of~ 41 andl led USC to their winning 'amt total of 594 for four golfers. Fallowingr PC in t.he tournament Iourn [11 On Gameeck photo by Finn In The Gamecock's Win Over '0 Host i Tech and finished in 9:42.6. Eidson, usually a half-miler, ran the event and picked up a decisive point for his third-place finish. Eidson scored the point that would have been the margin for victory, but the mile relay team of Sonnenfeld, Wingo, Harris and Taylor made it a victory without doubt by running away from the Georgia team. Their time was 3:16.7. ,' ACC Discus Mark rn Con tin eaigue Coi wer CI(lemlson, Wofford, Erskine, The Ci tadel, Fut~rman , Hapt ist (Col. lege. aInd (ol lege of (Charles.ton. T'he G;amnecoc'k s received the ir worse defeat of the season Monday, April 1 7, in WA?inston- Sa lem, w hen th-ey were dI e f e a t e d by Wake F'orest, 18 3. The only con solat ion of the day came when U SC's Hobby Foster Clemson Ha Third Defea T'he UJS( fresh man basebal )f the seasoni last Sat urday 'enter when they lost an errol ['ubs, 5-4. The HIiddies and1( the (Cubs t play was the rule rather than Roy C'romer it seemed as if gamne insteadI of the team mos the victor." (Coach Cromner did feel that good. Joe Landl struc*k out hi; ill struck out ten batters. .Jim R~iddie8. iment; Road Gamecocks Face UNC, N. C. State By JOHN DAVID SPADE Staff Writer Coach Jackie Powers' Game cocks begin their Tobacco Road trip as they meet UNC today at Chapel Hill and N. C. State to morrow at Raleigh. Carolina ends its five-game ACC road trip with the N. C. State game and returns home to Rex Enright Field Monday to play host to The Citadel at 2:30. The Gamecocks started the trip with a victory over the Duke Blue Devils as Billy Reit meier went the distance for a 6-2 win. Danny Scarpa, All-ACC catcher, continued the fine hit ting he has shown since return ing to the lineup after a three week layoff. Scarpa was in jured in the final game against Shippensburg State. He col lected two hits in three times at the I;late, after going three for three against Clemson three days earlier. Saturrday, Scarpa had three more hits as the Gamecocks crushel Wake Forest, 7-4. lobby Ilryant started that game, and left after three innings, with the score at 5-0 for Carolina. Ron nie Evans went the final six frames to pick up his fourth win without a loss. Ilut it was out fielder Larry Womack who stole the offensive show with four hits against the 1)eacons as he raised his hatting average to .400. The Gamecocks absorbed their first conference loss Tuesday at Clemson, 8-1. Clemson scored six runs in the sixth inning, three on a homer by Rusty Adkins. The loss snapped a twelve-game win ning streak for the Gamecocks and was their first defeat in six d conference games. South Carolina's only run came in the second as Bob Mauro singled with two out and Scarpa tripled him home. The loss was the first of the season for starter Bobby Bryant. Clem son was leading 2-0 in the sixth, when, with two out, Bryant walked two, one intentionally, then allowed two singles and then Adkin's homer. South Carolina still leads the ACC with a 5-1 conference mark. Overall the Gamecocks are 15-3. Hefore the Clemson game, the team was batting .284 as comn pare-d to opponents' .189. The - pitching staff's ERA was 1.67. Carolina w~on one-run games over UNC and N. C. State at their last meetings. Billy Heitmeier is the prob able starter today as the Gamae cocks try to start another win ning streak. Rleitmeier has an ERA of 1.26, has won three and lost none. In 419% innings he has allowe-d but 30 hits and struck out 412. His first two wins were a no-hitter and a one hitter. ues Tour1 npe tition dlownedl Wake's Jack Lewv,is andI gained the only Gamecock win. Leonar-d Thompson's three-under par h8 was good enough to capture the individual honors. "They played so well, they could have beaten a n y b o d y," stated Ga~mecock Coach Jimmy Pulliam, "We just took a heating from a suaper team.'' nds Biddies .t Of Season team dIropped its third game it the Rex Enright AthletiC -filled contest to the Clenmson erth had their troubles as bad the exception. TIo USC Coach "the team least wanting the Lwanting the game came out the IRiddie pitching was quite first four opponents and in bo Smith also pitched for the