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'Cocks To Ba By CARL STEPP Sports Editor South Carolina's Gamecocks will knock heads with the Virginia Cavaliers here Saturday night be fore taking a 17-day break for fall semester exams. The Cavaliers, lowly rated in pre-season polls, have been some what of a surprise team In the Maryland's center Rich I air) leaps high to pull down Cagers Edge C By STEVE CRICK Staff Writer South Carolina, beginning to live up to its pre-season billing as an Atlantic Coast Conference power, decisively took two important games against formidable oppon ents as the Gamecocks tripped the Terps of Maryland and clobbered the Tigers of Clemson after a brief Christmas rest. EDGE CINCINNATI During the holidays USC par ticipated in the prestigious Ken tucky Invitational Tournament. The Gamecocks nipped Cincinnati, 64-61, with the aid of Gene Spen cer's four clutch late game free throws. Host Kentucky bumped Dayton and the final night cham pionship became a match between Carolina and Kentucky. USC gave the Wildcats all they could handle before Kentucky pulled away in the second half to All-American C Swimmer Signs Here Thomas C ha rlesa (Tommy) Turner, an All-America high school swimmer from Cullman, Ala., has signed a grant-in-aid to attend Carolina on an athletic scholarship. Gamecock swimming coach Jack Thompson said Turner, an A stu dent at Cullman High School, will enroll here in September and plans to pursue a pre-dental major. "Tommy Turner is the best all around swimming prospect in the South this year andl we are cer tainly happy that this fine sta (lent-athlete has dlecidled to con tinue his education andl swimming career at Carolina," Thompson said. The 6-3, 180-pound Turner was ranked fifth nationally in the 15 17 age group for 1967 in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 1:00.7. He was region three (S. C.. N. C., Tenn., Ala., and northern Florida) AAU champion and rec ord holder in the 200-meter back stroke, 200-meter butterfly, 100 meter backstroke, andl 100-meter nuWrfly Duel Lttle B ACC this year, and tripped the Gamecocks 84-82 earlier this sea son. The Gamecocks went into Wednesday's clash with Wake Forest still minus the full serv ices of ace playmaker Jack Thompson, but officials hoped he would be ready Saturday. The senior guard, out with a Sta Getting The Jump )rescher (in during the I this rebound week. The Ga Down incinna take a 76-66 decision. Carolina took second place honors with Cincinnati placing third and Day ton, last year's NCAA runner-up behind UCLA, coming in fourth. Two nights before the KIT, de lighted Carolina fans again saw the Field House scoreboard pass the century mark as USC blasted Furman, 108-55. rhe Paladins were no match for the Gamecocks as USC hit a siz zling 72 per cent of their shots in the second half of their last home game before Christmas. TRIP TERPS Carolina started the New Year off right by taking their first con ference game, 68-59, from Mary iandI and avenging a p)revious one point loss at College Park in De eember. Staf Vacca Charlie Vacca, Carolina's City, banks in a field goal dui Maryland last week.- Vacica 4 14 noints sand grab nine reic Virgiu lue D( hamstring muscle tear, was a definite non-starter and his play. ing at all was questionable in the Wake game. Trainers said early this week that Thompson would play part of the Wake Forest game if the muscle continued to heal. But "it's still a matter of time," trainer Jim Price said. i Photo by Chief Photographer Chip Galloway ISC-Maryland game here last mecock8 won the game 68-59. Tigers, ti Tn T - USC was behind at the half after missing the first ten shots and going eight minutes and 16 seconds without a basket. But the second half was a redemption for the team as big Gary Gregor led the varsity with his 15 rebounds and 24 points. Charlie Vacca became the spark plug of the night as he hit the surprised Terps for 14 points and nine rebounds, in addition to a blocked shot. BLAST CLEMSON Having won four out of the first seven games of the season, Caro lina reached the half-way mark with a decisive win over Clemson. All the spirit in the Clemson Field House could not save the in experienced Tigers from the high scoring Gamecocks. Photo by Chief Photographer Chip Qalioway Scores sophomore from New York ing the Gamecocks' win over ame off the hench to score ...nd, i.n tle knatle iia Sati W11 S 4 After the Virginia contest, the Gamecocks will face a two-and-a half-week layoff which will end Jan. 30 when Duke's Blue Devils invade the Field House. Starting time for that game will be 8 p.m. It will be the first meeting for the two teams since last season's Atlantic Coast Con ference tournament when the Devils posted a hard-earned 69-66 victory. Last year's regular season games between Carolina and Duke were nixed by the North Carolina school because, accord ing to Duke athletic director Eddie Cameron, "of the un fortunate series of events con nected with the determination of the eligibility" of Mike Grosso. As a result, the Jan. 30 game will be the first meeting between the two teams in the Carolina Field House since Dec. 6, 1965, Swimmet Win Ovej By GAIL LOWRY Staff Writer Carolina's swimming team, 59 54 winners over Georgia Monday, will face VPI and Old Dominion in a northern swing this weekend. The squad will meet the VPI tankmen Friday, following tha' meet with a contest with Old Terps, ourney Stunned by George Zatezalo's 27 points in the first half, USC's Hank Martin silenced the Clem son bomber in the second half as Carolina squashed the Tigers up set hopes by outscoring them 56 25 to take a 93-71 decision. Though Zatezalo scored 35 of the Tigers' points, only two other Clemson players reached the double figure column. Gary Gregor, Skip Harlicka, Bob Crem ins and Frank Standard scored a combined 82 points, 11 more than the whole Clemson team. This markedl USC's first win at Clemson since the 1961-62 season. Carolina now holds a commanding 48 to 28 game edge in the series. Dietzel, 2 'At East-XM By DON HULT Staff Writer A f t e r the Carolina - Clemson game ended, most Gamecock fans began to think of the upcoming b)asketball season or looked ahead to the 1968 grid year. But for three members of the Carolina football family, two more games remained before the cur tain fell on football, 1967. Coach Paul Dietzel was chosen for the coaching staff of the East squad in the annual East West Shrine football game In San Francisco, Dec. 30. Also, center Jim Gobble and halfback lRen Garnto were selected to play for the East team In the classic. Among the consensus All Americas chosen to play were dle fensive back Tom Schoen of Notre D)ame, fullback Larry Csonka of Syracuse, guard Harry Olzewski of Clemson and defensive end Kevin Hardy of Notre D)ame on the East; andl quarterback Gary Beban, UCLA Heisman Trophy winner, guard Curly CuIp of Ari zona State, and end Phil Odle of Brigham Young, on the West. Practice began a few days be fore Christmas and coaches spent most of the time installing forms irday, in. 30 when the Gamecocks upset the Devils, 73-71. The Duke game will be the third consecutive home game for the Gamecocks, who will play seven road contests in February. Carolina travels to Wake Forest on Feb. 3, then will host Clemson Feb. 7. The Gamecocks met Wake Forest Wednesday night in a game too late for sports page deadlines (see page one). Prior to the game, Gary Gregor led the club with a 20.2 scoring mark and a 14.3 rebounding aver age. Frank Standard followed the big senior with a 12.1 rebounding mark and a 19.3 scoring clip. Also scoring in double figures were Skip Harlicka, 16.8, and Bob Cremins, 10.3. The team was 5-3 going into Wednesday's action. s Record Georgia Dominion Saturday. Also on tap for January are meets with Mary land and N. C. State. Next home meet for the club is Jan. 29 against Alabama. Four school records were set in the meet Monday. Covie Stanwick set a school record in the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 9:55.6, while Ken Carnes snappe(l the old record with a 2:07 time in the 200-yard butterfly. Trond Williams broke the mark for the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.5 seconds, and Alex Alexander established a new mark of 2:20.8 in the 200-yard back itroke event. The Gamecocks got only six. first places to Georgia's seven. Vic Laughlin was South Carolina's only double winner, with victorie in the one and three-meter diving events. The sq'iad's record now stands at 2-1, with wins over East Caro lina and Georgia and a season opening loss to North Carolina. Carolina Over 30 high school athletes have signed football grants-in-aid with Carolina since signing began, in December. "We have the nucleus of an other fine freshman team," Coach Paul D)ietzel said, expressing de Players rest Game tions and plays. No time was de votedI to live scrimmage since it was assumedl that all-stars were well up on technique. When not practicing, the layers toured San Francisco and visited Shriners Hospital, which receives proceeds from the game. Among the highlights of the week were visits to the children in the hospital. Momentum went to the East early in the game as the running of Csonka andI Garnto brought the Easterners close eno'igh for a 20 yardi field goal. Early in the sec ondI period, Garnto utilized his old1 quarterbacking talent to throw a perfect halfback pass to Navy's Rob Taylor who sprinted into the endl zone. Garnto's pass gave the Fast a 9-0 lead, and from there they held the advantage despite two touchdown passes by Beban. The final score was 16-14. After the game, Coach Dietzel and G;arnto journeyed 2,000 miles west to Honolulu for the Hula Howl. A friendly agreement with his coaching contemporaries m a d e Dietzel coach for the North in this game, while Garnto played for the4 South. Fullback Larry Csonka ran roughshod over the South, how. ever, antd the North recordpd a 50-6 win, giving Dietzel a 2-0 rec- 1 nrd for 1967 notat..son action Up A The fast-break type lay up has long been a Carolina s-pecialty. Here center Gary Gregor gives a perfect example as he drives for the bucket and neatly lays the hall in. In the back. ground (top) Maryland's John Avery and Billy Jones can only watch as the Game. cock forward scores (bot tom), with Skip Harlicka rushing in to help out. Gregor, a senior from South Charleston, W. Va., was the leading scorer for Carolina in the game, with 24. Through the Clemson g a m e, the 6-7, 215 pounder, was also leading scorer and rebounder, with a 20.2 scoring average and a 14.3 rebounding rate. Leading scorer for the freshman team was John Roche, averaging 22.4 per game, followed by Tom Owens (20.4) and John Ribock (20.0). Owens and a Ribock led the froah in re hounds, with averages of 16.6 and 15.0, respectively. Photos by Chief Photog. rapher Chip Galloway. 5igns Prei ight with the early signings. This season's freshmen went undefeated, and D)ietzel said the p)rospects signed by the Game cocks for the 1968 squad "corn are favorably with our present group of freshmen." Gamecock signees thus far have 'ome from South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Florida. Among the first 27 signed fromr :he Carolinas, 15 were selected te )lay in the 1967 Shrine Bowl in Charlotte, 13 for South Carolina rnd two for the Tar Heel club. Thirteen of the signees were first team all-state selections. Billy Ray Rice of Gaffney was chosen A AA back of the year in one selection and Jim Laugh ridge of Rock Hill won the honor in another voting. Bill Iloyte of Camden was A AA line man of the year. Jack Wright of Hampton, class a lineman of the year, andl Barn erg's Greg Black, class B line nan of the year, were also signed nto the Gamecock fold. Jeff Tope of Aiken, weighing in at 240 and 6-5, was probably the largest future Gamecock. Several backs in the 170-pound class were the smallest. Bowling To By Zone 2, Zone 2 and Phi Kappa Sigma merged victorious in the men's ntramural bowling tournament ompleted the week before Christ nas vacation. D)anny Brooks, Steve Partridge Blob Freit, Bob Kessler, and Em niett Laitala led the Zone 2 squad .o the independent title, as Zone LB came in sec-na InI 7 Athletes Rock Horne, Hartsville quarter hack who played strictly defense in the Shrine game, and Bob O'Harra of Florence, who gained more groundl in the game than the entire North Carolina squad, were also among the top signees. Hefore-Christmas signees in cluded: Linemen: Steve Wade, Greer; Ricky Brown, Rock Hill; Steve Lipscomb, Gaffney; Billy Boyte, Camden; Dean Hall, Elkin, N. C.; Steve Holstad, Orangeburg; Mack Stone, G;reenwood; Billy Freeman, Clinton; Jeff Tope, Aiken; Ray Carr, Irmo; Tim Russell, Thomas ville, N. C.; Greg Black, Bamberg; Tom Morton Ridgeland; Jake Wright, Hampton; Greg Crabbe, D)ublin, Ga.; Gary Latham, At lanta; Phil Hudson, Myrtle Beach; Terry Key, Winston-Salem; and Mike Gee, Tma Backs: Carroll Jones, Canton, N. C.; John Fisher, Marshall, N. C.; Tommy Simmons, Union; Lester Ballard, Swannanoa, N. C.; Jimmy Mitchell, Greensboro, N. C.; Glen Morris, Charlotte, N. C.; Billy Ray Rice, Gaffney; Jimmy L4aughridge, Rock Hill; Rock Horne, Hartsville; Bob O'Harra, Florence; Butch Jones, Bamberg; Chan Beasley, D)ublin, (;a.; Tommy Rhodes, Cheaek,Va.; and JakE Stone, Columbia. irney Taken Phi Kappas Zone 4 finished in third place, with Zone 1 windling up fourth. In the fraternity division, Dave Smith, Roy Green, Danny Hinson, Larry Gall and Mondo Chisom bowled the Phi Kappas to victory. Second place went to P1 Kappa Alpha. Phi Sigma Epsilon and Phi Epsilon Pi placed third and fourth,