Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tar IH 82 -7 By JIMMY WANNAMAKER Sports Editor CHARLOTTE-The Gamecocks' drive for the Atlantic Coast Con ference (ACC) basketball cham pionship was cut short last Friday as the University of North Caro lina Tar Heels spurted ahead in overtime to win 82-79. The Tar Heels took a command ing lead after Gary Gregor ap peared to have a chance for a three-point play. But officials ruled that the foul came before the shot and refused to count the score. Gregor missed the free throw and Charlie Scott of North Caro lina rebounded. Before the play USC had been three points be +hind. "They (the officials) blew the last play," charged Coach Frank McGuire after the game. "The kids broke their backs to beat North Carolina. I'd rather North Carolina beat them than a call." The Tar Heels had led (luring the entire first half, several times drawing as much as ten points ahead. Early in the second half the Tar Heels stretched it to 12 points, their biggest lead of the game. During the next seven minutes the 'Cocks got stingy on defense and put in 17 points to UNC's four. Bobby Cremins gave the Gamecocks a 59-58 lead when he broke in for a layup. The teams exchanged the lead until Skip Harlicka tied the game at 74 all with 2:01 left. The Tar Heels went into a four-corner of fense counting on Larry Miller to make a last second basket, but the All-America choked, throwing the game into overtime. "I thought South Carolina played a tremendous game," praised Coach Dean Smith of North Carolina after the game. Carolina Tourney Sunday Ty SAND1Y FRAZIA Staff Writer The University of South Caro linai's "Seven A Side" Invitational Rugby Tournament will be held Sunday on the practice fields by the Roundhouse. The elimination games will be played in the morning and the serri-finals in the afternoon. The two teams playing in the finals will have played in four games. A trophy will be awarded to the winning team. One might ask what a "seven a side" tournament is. Many do0 not even know how rugby is playedi let alone "seven a sideC" rugby. In a regular rugby game, two 15-man teams (do battle against each other for 70 minutes, with a Cten-minute halftime. There are no time outs or substitutions. But in a "7's" game, things are comp)letely dlifferent. As the name implies, there are seven men on each sidle andi the halves are short enedl to seven and one-half min utes. There will be 16 teams partici pating. Carolina will field enough teams to complete the field. Duke will enter two teams; North Caro lina State, 4; Clemson, 2; Atlanta, .3; Birmingham 1; and the Uni versity of North Carolina an un dletermined number of teams. Hi~ By STEVE KELLEY Staff Writer Two former high school tea mates formed the nucleus Coach Buck Freeman's sect most successful freshman bask4 b)all team nt USC. Products of Coach Dan Hu ley's team at La Salle Acade in New York City, Tom Ow< and John Roche led the Biddies a 12-2 season. Owens. a forward. was the Ii [eels I i In . "We had a hand in their face on every shot and they made them." After the game a crowd of over 100 gathered outside the USC dressing room. A student from Wake Forest wandered by, unable to understand, "What's all the cheering and clapping about?" An hour later after most of the fans had left, Jack Thompson sat on the steps of a concourse talk ing about the season and the game. "It's not the end of basketball just my college career. A few of us are looking forward to playing in the pros next year." "If we'd had a center, it'd been no contest. Gregor is a great player, but he has to play two positions." CAROLINA vs. CAROLINA USC FG FT RB PF TIP Bobby Cremins 3-8 1-2 7 2 1 F. Standard 4-12 3-4 15 4 11 Skip Harlicka 10-19 4-5 5 5 24 Gary Gregor 9-18 1-3 8 2 1 )ack Thompson 9-17 0-0 5 0 is Skip Kickey 0-1 0-0 0 1 4 USC 35-75 9-14 49 14 TO UNC FG FT RB PF TF Bill Bunting 1-5 0-1 7 0 3 Charlie Scott 8-19 0-0 7 3 14 Rusty Clark 5-12 1-4 16 0 11 Larry Miller 11-28 2-3 13 1 24 Joe Brown 1-4 1-1 1 1 a C:erald Tuttle 2-8 2-2 2 2 4 Ed Fogler 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 UNC 37-91 R-15 57 11 82 * * Gregor, Har For ACC's By JOHN DAVID SPADE Staff Writer Three Gamecock seniors werE named to the ACC All-Tourne5 team, chosen by the members of the Atlantic Coast Sportswriters Association. Gary Gregor, Skip Harlicka ant Jack Thompson ended their ca reers in style by giving basketball fans what are generally agreed t< be the two best spectator game in the tournament. Harlicka, Carolina's All-ACC guard, missed on only one of the 65 first-team ballots. He finished the tournament with 55 points for two games. For the season, Harlicka picket up 480 points, seventh highest ir Ga:necock history, giving him 1,209 for his career, placing hin also seventh among all-time Caro lina scorers. His season average was 21.8 fifth highest in Gamecock history, andi his career average was 17.5, the third highest ever. Gary Gregor chipped in 45 p)oints during the tournament to win the nod to the ACC All Tourney team. His rebounding strength muscled down 269 re bounds during the year to give him a career total of 678. It was the second straight year that Gregor had averaged in the dlouble figures, this year at 17.9. This was a feat accomplished by all four of South Carolina's sen ior starters. Careerwise, Gregor finished at 15.6, with 843 total points. Gregor's .535 field goal percent Golf Opens IThe USC Golfers opened & their 1968 season yesterday w i t h Presbyterian College here in Columbia. Their next action will be next weekend in Tryon, North Carolina, in the Red iQ IFox Tournament. ~h Scho <ties' leadilng scorer, avel points per game. He als team in rebounding with m- age of 17.6. Roche was ror scoring, 21.5, and led the in assists. Owens scored the most e one game when he came 53 in the team's finale : King's College. A 6-10 mNew York, Owens was mns with his performance thi to "I thought I had a pri season, although I was n< Id. with the way I played ii Aase P LCC S( S< Harlicka Sails In * * blicka, Thom All-Tournau age was a school record, topping the .525 mark set in 1962 by Bud Cronin. Jack Thompson ended a season filled with the frustration of a leg injury with an all-star perform ance. He had 72 assists despite missing six games, to raise his I career mark to 294. He scored 32 points in the two games, well above his season's average of 10.0. The Gamecocks made their mark as a team, not as indi viduals. Carolina's .488 shoot ing as a team was the best in the ACC this year. That mark Rapid Score Intramural By SUSAN TANNER. Staff Writer Several high scoring perform ances highlighted the fifth week of Men's Intramural Basketball Tournament. Monday Night Zone 13 (M 5-7) trounced Zone 14 (L 5-7) 109-50 in the Peabody Gym. Ray Vogel chipped in 26 points for the win ners. Also on Monday, Zone 10 (J) overcame Zone 3 (Town Men's Assoc.) as Dash and Martin both hit for 26. In the Old Gym, Zone 17 (M 1-4) crushed Zone 13 (L 1-4) 74-45 as Ferguson came up with the familiar total of 26. Zone 19 (N 1-4) slipped by Zone 8 (H 2-4) 42-4 1 as Milhouse topped all scor ers for the winners with 16. Tuesday evening saw Zone 18 defeat Zone 2 (Horseshoe) as Nowasocky led the scoring with 17. Pi Kappa Alpha outscored Pi Kappa Phi 90-80. Sigma Alpha Epsilon narrowly won their match 58-56 as Semin off led SAE with 27 points. Sigma Nu won 54-39 over Sigma Chi 54-39 as Cunning scorgd 20. Kappa Alpha pushed past Phi Kappa Sigma 53-50 behind Lem mondl and Kinsey, both with 16. Wednesday night's action In al Team raging 24 games against D)av: o led the men," said Owens. an aver- Owens turned diow second in offers from schools team in Michigan State and attendl Carolina. He points in pressed with Coach up with credits him with hi against come South. native of He lists the new pleased the influence of flobi ls season. adlded Incentive in etty good South Carolina. >t pleased "Bob and I travell, ionr two nmonx tog.ee, pl.a ast 'Cl 3mi1- Fi * * USC Smash 101-78 In F By JIMMY WANNAMAKER Sports Editor CHARLOTTE-The Gamecocks crushed Virginia 101-78 Thursday in the first round of the ACC i basketball tourney. The 179 points scored by the two teams set a new tournament record. Sophomore guard Eddie Powell hit from outside on a last second shot to break the 100 mark. After the game, he admitted that he "was hoping all the way, but I was afraid that the tall guy in the middle would block it. "It's the victory that counts." Skip Harlicka, ar.er burning the nets for 31 points, commented that he had complained during the game that the basket he was hit ting during the second half was crooked. * * )son Picked aent Team was also a school record. Carolina as a team hit nearly 60 per cent in the Virginia game and 46.7 per cent against the tournament winner, North Caro lina. The voting for the All-Tourney team went as follows: Larry Mil ler, of North Carolina, 130; Har licka, 129; . Thompson, 98; Dick Grubar, of North Carolina, 90; Gregor 89; Charlie Scott, of North Carolina, 83; Rusty Clark, of North Carolina, 68; Eddie Bieden bach, of N. C. State, 68; Mike Lewis, of Duke 52; and Vann Williford of N. C. State, 44. ,rs Lead Basketball Peabody Gym began with Zone 20 (N 5-7) winning over Zone 2 71-51 as Czwartacky hit for 29. Zone 11 (Columbia Hall) routed Zone 9 (H 5-7) 82-67. In the Old Gym, Zone 5 (Wood row, Burney) overcame Zone 21, 53-49. Ferguson hit for 26 as Zone 17 romped over Zone 12, 62-51. Zone 13 defaulted to Zone 8. Thursday evening in the Pea body Gym Zone 17 squeeked by Zone 1 (Thornwell, Maxcy, Coker) 48-46, with Mari leading all scor ers as he chipped in 18 points. Perkins' 32 made the difference as Zone 3 trouncedl Zone 16 85-62. Zone 14 forfeited to Zone 4. That evening in the Old Gym Pi Kappa Alpha stormed by Phi Epsilon Pi 74-38 led by Kin wall's 13. Pi Kappa Phi suc cumbed to Lambda Chi Alpha 59-52 deterring to Coleman's 20. In a close game Alpha Tau Omega barely beat Kappa Sigma 62-61 with Pennington racking up 15. Friday in the 01(1 Gym Perkins gained 20 for Zone 3 (Town Men's Association) as they overthrew Zone 6 77-73. Maclean wrapped it up with a rather outstanding 61 as Zone 9 (H 5-7) bled Zone 14 to death 114-29. imates I idson's fresh- and he told school," said na scholarship lent prospects 1 uch as Duke, next several St. John's to factor in his d was very Im- John Roche, McGuire and fine passing a dlecision to easy baskets f other Biddies, Coliseum andl by Coach McG >y Crem ins as Coach D)on Ws coming to At 6-2, 167 1 economics majc ed around the her of the ag basketball States. tem. . ocks nals * t3s Virginia irst Game Asked how he compensated for hat, he admitted, "I don't know. just shot." USC vs. VIRGINIA aroina FG FT RB PF TP lob Cremlns 3-7 2-2 8 3 8 F. Standard 8-13 1-2 9 4 17 lkip Harlicka 14- 6 3-4 5 2 31 ;ary Gregor 10-15 6-7 9 2 26 rack Thompson 0-9 2-2 2 1 14 ;kip Kickey 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 ene Spencer 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 orky Carnevale 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 ddle Powell 1-1 , 0-0 1 0 2 'harlle Vacca 1-1 1-1 0 0 3 lank Martin 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 rommy Terry 0-0 0-0 1 S 0 larollna 43-72 15-18 43 17 101 Virginia Fo FT RB PF TP rony Kinn 10-23 1-1 3 1 21 dike Katos 7-18 3-4 5 3 17 dike Wilkes 8-14 1-3 15 5 17 1. Carmichael 5-10 4-8 7 1 14 3arry Koval 2-4 2-2 6 2 6 ohn English 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 rohn Gidding 0-2 2-3 1 0 2 ;ary Laws 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 9. Eikenberry 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 lob Cascella 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 Virginia 32-75 14-23 41 14 18 Pi Beta Phi Pi Beta Phi won the bridge tournament last week sponsored by the Women's Recreational As 3ociation. The winners with 15 points were followed by Chi Omega with 13 and Zeta Tau Alpha with 11. Mandy Cowan was high scorer with 35 points. Jane Add and Diane Davis were second with 25 each. SIU, Tenn Feature B By JAY BENDER Ast. Sports Editor Gamecock tennis players and fans will have their biggest week ever as USC will face three of the top college teams in the nation in the next five days. With only one match under their belts this season, USC netters will tackle three big opponents in Southern Illinois (SIU), Ten nessee and Northwestern. Coach Bill McClain said, "Un til we face Tennessee on Sun day, Southern Illinois wilt be the best team that has ever played here." Last season SIU was ranked 18th nationally and all but one of the players from that squad re turn for the 1968 season. McClain said that two new players had 3roken into the top six for SIU so they may even be better than ast year's team. SIU is flying into Columbia in the school's airplane for the match w-hich will be held at 10 a.m. to Tiorrow. The match will be held mn the Maxcy Gregg courts, ar A-ill all other home matches this' season. A few hours after the USC RIU match the Gamecocks take to 'he courts again. This time they will face Ohio University. Al hough not in the same class as' SIU they are expectedl to give the ~amecocks a run for the money. USC defeated Ohio two years ago ;n the only other match between he two schools. The Ohio-UTSC match is net for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. Sunday USC faces Tennessee at dead Bi me all about the Roce )wens. The excel- started he team has in the year. Tli years was also a lifting p~ ecision. themselv, a guard, whose cally str< resulted in many Coast C( or Owens and the Coach wras also influenced neither uire and Assistant academic lsh. both fine iounds, Roche Is an Coach r. He was a memi- recruited til-Middle Atlantic them imi high schoot last yo. Coming iessee, Nor ig Tennis 2:30 in what may be the biggest match of the season for the Gamecocks. McClain said, "Tennessee is by far the best team in the SEC." They did not lose a match in SEC play last season, but they lost to Mississippi State by one point in the conference championships. Three of the Volunteer. are ranked among the top 50 play ers in the U. S. Their number one doubles team holds the number 10 spot nationally. After two days of rest the Gamecocks will face Northwestern University, consistently one of the best college teams in the country. Northwestern Coach Clare Reis sen has coached many of the best college players in the U. S. He USC Halfbac/ Drafted By A By JOHN DAVID SPA[)E Staff Writer Celso D)e Olideira starting cen ter halfback for the USC Soccer Club, has been draftedl for a try out with the Atlanta Chiefs of the National Professional S o c c e r lague. De Olideira will start tomorrow in the club', first game of the season at Voorhees College in Denmark, S. C. In a demonstration of his skill at the game, De Olidiera ran up and (down the length of the field without letting the soccer ball touch either the ground or his hands. He is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The soccer club, which hopes to cidie Efi and Owens have already inr *ooking forward to next ga ey have begun a weight- ye rogram to help prepare so es for the many physi- Al rng teams in the Atlantic nference- sti Freeman believes that w of them will have any w problems, "They are a students," said Freeman. Walsh, who scouted and a both of them, has seen sh ~rove a great deal in the ex .Walsh feels **hehave a. Staff Photos by Eiett Bems Around -thwestern Weekend now has a son playing on the Davis Cup team. L e a d i n g the Northwestern squad is natio:-l junior hard. court champion Don Lutz. USC has been hampered with bad weather and bad luck while training for the coming season. Several injuries have slowed chal lenge matches to determine posi tions, but McClain feels that his squad will be ready for action to morrow. The tenative line-up for this season features Bobby Heald in the number one spot followed in order by Bill Light, Jay Schlosser and Larry Burhman. The five and six spots will be filled by Henry Ragle, Lewis Weisser or Marty Altman. De Olideira tianta Chiefs gain~ varsity recognition next year, has three other games planned for this year. A home game will be played against Voorhees, and two games will be played against Oglethorpe College on a home and-home basis. Starting time for tomorrow's tilt will be 2 p.m. The tentative starting lineup will be as follows: Carlos Emanuel of Ecuador at center forward; Billy Parra of Venezuela at right inside; Bill Torick, left inside; Bill Coffee, left wing; Chuck Hodge, right wing; Jim Duncan, right halfback; D)e Olideira, cen ter halfback; and Dr. Brian O'Fer rell of the USC History Dept. at left halfback. fort proved in all phases of the me. Their main problem next ar will be the same one all 3homores face-getting used to 3C play." ' Ow ensa will have to get onger. He does many things 11. He Is very agile, shoots 11, and handles the ball well for freshman," added Walsh. Walsh said that John Roche "Is fine all-around player. He can sot well, rebound and pass. I pect him to keep Improving Kt ynar."