Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'Best In Siy By JOHN DAVID SPADE Asst. Sports Editor Weems Baskin will be directing one of the country's best meets ag track and field competitors fron across the country come to Colum bia tomorrow for the Carolina State-Record Relays. Zone 18 E To Take C"h By JERRY CALABRESE Staff Writer Zone 18 (M5-7) edged Pi Kappa Alpha 70-64 Monday night for the c a m p u s intramural basketball championship despite the possible dangers of April Fool's )ay. The Independents had beaten the lower half of their dorm 72-59 the week before for the Indepen (lent title. The PiKAs dropped Sigma Nu 84-63 for their title. 1~R Golf eemsto hve m birdsies to the Aza Toke fer oingnc atea tor ornnamekoI. Hornw S tuhr Cnee Fhmist yea C1961n whh Thec Hotae, chiped thafr birdieato htie the oppoea ton of Carston thab hoeAfter attening aclae t dayrning tHre firw (a chmaisonors196 while he a Thurda C ith a the fie (lnith hole Fr i. pon Btoned tCoumia hawin (layforing heired 3AU mCourst Chaonswhich heya fihrspace ithe a00-yard toped also aCoredi theC 400 medley relay team that fourth on the first (lay of petition Saturday. Columbia's unext highest was by brother Gaston Fai third in the 100 freestyle. 1 signedl a grant-in-aid to atte University andl swvim for Ci next year. Tennis Star Field I Lth Stc Twenty-six collegiate teams and nearly 200 high school students will be participating in the sixth running of this meet. The meet will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Rex Enright track. High schoolers met Tuesday in qualifying meets to "insure that the spectators tomorrow dges Pika's impionsh ip The teams started Monday by swapping baskets but by the end of the first quarter the more accurate Independents had pulled to a 22-18 lead. They pushed their lead to 28-19, saw the PiKAs come back to 28 27 and got a 34-31 halftime edge. During the second half Zone 18 built an eight-point lead, dropped back to a 42-all tie and barely kept (Continued on Page 9) ON. r il eflection, Perplexio ly surprises. ey as lhe .ees se adlornmenlt Purdue golfer r Bolb Bleak- his ball (1nto a ident C( ;tudlent Neptune City, N. J., 60-foot top) young tennis pro: Invita- Middle Atlantic state5 final a grant-in-aid to att( hnt he versity. of the "I think Art Karmm the type individual ye golf volved in our tennis was at Carolina," tennis con It sudl- Clain saidl. "lHe is nt Jim family, has outstandir agie. is an excellent stud ednes- wvorker and a good at 68 for Kamm has won a so got tournament titles, am< skied Asbury Park Open J1 singles; the D)eal, I Men's singles; and th Faireysey Junior Champions Clube a finalist in the M Shortb Clay Court Champions taking 'ehigh Valley D)istric free- ships, and placed high ern Pennsylvania Jur uba New Jersey State Di: place<a pionships. lcm- He is ranked as the corn- high school player ii finish Conference division i: rey, a sey, and was ranked {e has inthe USL~TA Middl nd the vision in 1967. Lrolina Legwis The newly elected the South Carolina om of Party.....nbmia atto Ever tte - Re4 will be looking at the best," said t Baskin, South Carolina's track s and field coach. h1 Today, coaches from around the state will be attending a special t clinic for coaches at the Round- f house. On tomorrow's meet, Baskin 'r commented, "This is the best field s yet. The field will be so good t that some excellent track teams won't score." The Carolina team, which set or equaled seven USC records in the past two weeks, will have a chance to do their best before the home crowd. Team captain Mike Eidson f won the meet's outstanding t athlete award in the University Division last year as a junior. He said the entire team will be 9 up for the meet, and will really make a showing if they have the support they need. The Carolina team will be par ticipating in the second meet of this type in two weeks. Saturday Cff jr t a ~f~f r 0 'JkI t 4 a 0 . 1 roff oa fine 1ove r, the Dk gcart e, well.622 hplets. ithall plaer.radu hassied ofuwithac ihania is typica the ntries art e r thatiorMs n- fd must 1968r prge ae t - uco deprn lips. aHe ov tersh the k idl ttsThe nmtch p< iips, an hr all universityu nChampio- trio must entr ing them Eates$5wihi uior a n'th anic must ba strict Chm the chmrst numet oe ucton(la StSoeThe sooutheC number wa1 Teenuymbcoa i((l States . adJno ips, nd th or iv ern. Champion-ea gute exeutrf inhrmast is rence Graves in iocratic joi the a Lcicadue mevic Chainv inUniersity c,ord I hey set or equaled five Carolina tandards and set 11 individual igh marks in the Florida Relays. USC only placed in one event, he sprint medley. They came in ifth with a time of 3:23.8 to tie Carolina record. Jim Wingo, 'yler Hellams, Jim Gee, and Eid on were awarded medals for heir place in that event. Jimmy Whitt, with his family in the stands cheering him on, tied his own school record in the intermediate hurdles with a :54.9. David Hines, Tyler Hellams, lave Smith, and Whitt joined orces to set a record in the shut le hurdles with a time of 1:01.5. Tennis Going By JOHN C. RICH III Staff Writer Carolina's strong tennis team tces Duke and Erskine on a con inuing road trip this weekend. Coach Bill McClain sends his quad against Duke today and :rskine tomorrow. In their first way match the netmen eased by lemson, 5-4. Carolina was forced to display ie ultimate in tennis ability aturday as the 'Cocks slipped ast the Tigers. The victory made it ten in a ow for the streaking netmen. 'he match was won by Jay Schlos er and Henry Ragle in an unbe evable No. 2 doubles. USC lost he first set, 3-6, to Clemson's )avid Wilkins and Perry Reyn Ids. The Clemson duo took a com manding lead, 4-1, in the second set. However, Schlosser and Ragle bounced back to snatch a 10-8 second set. Then the struggle began. The inal set was a see-saw battle rith each team winning every ther game. With the score notted 20-20 Schlosser and Ragle roke Reynolds' serve and Ragle fficiently countered by serving a rinning love game. Coach Bill McClain termed the ame "the most phenomenal ten is match I've ever seen. I've ever seen a match to equal this ne." Bobby Heald and Larry Buhr man also experienced some dif ficulty in singles and doubles play. Heald lost his first singles match of the season to David Cooper, and Buhrman fought off triple match point to capture the No. 1 doubles victory. ea Invi mer Carolina foot- handli 'wis lettered as a gram the Gameccoks in divisic 55. this n n's Golf tive ow being accepted work Vomen's Collegiate cials, *nt to he played Dul University course degre4 The iy event is open8 to versity te women players Caroli of 25 or less. En- Inter-1 eceived by May 27 Oratoi the signature of f the physical ed- The tent for women at for m mntrant attends,.h ~f entries a college ticetf ends is unlimitedi tce ee for each player Tic cludes greens fees, cently nquet. Housing is Celb liormitories at $4 has ever." Ba'd App rolina High School those Sget Ken DuBard, who } h and educator at athleti [igh, to head its Floyd lunior high school ority Sale ive secretary Law- totale< aid DuBard would in 19( July 1. 198 assist Graves in ir,000a mpete Relay s Bobby Howe Dave Peddie, Bob Kaczka and Eidson ran for an other school record in the two-mile relay in a time of 7:34.5. All of the boys on the team expressed optimism that many more school records would fall tomorrow. "The better the competition and the louder the fans, the faster we'll go," said team co-captain Jim Wingo. Jim Scott, a freshman pole vaulter, cleared 14'6" on his first attempt at that level. He missed at the 15' mark to finish ninth in the University Division. He had only cleared 14' once before. The Carolina record in the pole vault is 14' 11". Team S nto We Clemson's Sarfrez Rahim's de but was marred by Bill Light, 6-3, 6-1. Rahim had been out with a broken arm and was seeded No. 2 in singles play. The victory over Clemson, drop ping the Tigers to 5-3, determined the ability of the Gamecocks and should go a long way in deter mining the ACC champ. The netmen had a much easier time against MIT last Golfers' By Powei By STEVE KELLY Staff Writer The previously undefeated South Carolina golf team ran into trou ble last week in the form of the Georgia Bulldogs. In the Palmetto Invitational held at the Orangeburg Country Club, the Bulldogs won by 13 strokes. Allan Miller, Georgia's number one man, won the indi vidual title by four strokes, shoot ing a 66, seven under par. Monday, in a quadrangle match at Spring Valley Country Club, Georgia defeated South Carolina 14%-6%, Wofford 15%-5% and Purdue 13%-7%A. South Carolina managedl victories over Wofford 13%-7% and Purdue 12%,-8%A. Wofford barely edged Purdue 11-10. South Carolina's number five man, Danny Fullmer, shot a one under par 35 on the back nine to card the second best score of the day, a 73. Allan Miller scrambled to a 74, |which was good enough to re tational ng the overall league pro andl head up the junior high n that was created earlier aonth by the group's legisla Lssembly. Dullard will also with commissioner of offi Buford Clary. ard receivedl his master's at Carolina. BCHSL is housed at the Uni ,' and has been working with na since the creation of the Fgh School Athletic and -ical Association in 1913. Football Tickets University received orders ore than 500 season tickets rst day that 1968 football applications were returned. et manager Ray Faircloth pplications were mailed re to 1968 paid Gamecock nembers anid initial response een "by far the largest lications were sent only to Gamecock Club members ave paidl their 1968 dues, c business manager Ralph said. Gamecock Club pri expires May 15. s of season football tickets 1 9,889 in 1966 and 11,718 57. Floyd said he expected season ticets to reah Perfect I tiii Und ekend i Wednesday. USC blanked the Beavers, 9-0. The netmen swept through sin gles play with little difficulty. Hobby Heald, playing number one, triumphed over Carl Weiss berger, 6-1, 6-0. Bill Light shut out Steve Deneroff, 6-0, 6-0. Larry Buhrman humbled Bob Metcalfe, 6-1, 6-0, and Jay Schlosser outclassed Bob Mc Kinley, 6-3, 6-1. W'in Strea ful Bulld cord three victories. He beat Allen Powers of USC 3/1-%I, Wofford's Lee Brandt and Pur due's Pat Welch 3-0. Fullmer was the only three-time winner for the Gamecocks. He beat Terry Diehl of Georgia 21%2-1/, George Reynold of Wof ford 3-0 and Purdue's Don Klenk 3-0. Stuart Taylor was also un defeated for USC. He won matches from Georgia and Pur due and tied his match with Jim Robert Burns told it like i1 plans of mice and men. Baseball captain Bob Maur Last Saturday Mauro got behind home plate to chase toward the screen at full spee to the screen he tried to drop t As he went down he sti crete fence and fractured his This spring Mauro had plar part in some spring football dr tion for spring and football r next fall. Mauro said he hasn't corn yet. He said, "I don't know ho' ing games again." As team captain Mauro 1 spark to get the Gamecocks Frank Partyka is now fillin Finding someone to fill in problem for coach Jack Powei dates is sophomore J. R. Godw in to handle the catching duti ginia game after Mauro wasi Other possible candidates Joe Land, shortstop Toy McCo Caldwell. Caldwell is new to position as prior to this seas< outfielder. Mauro's football future doomed now that it Is get swing. He was a red shi warmer until Paul Dietzel quick striking line tactics. Into last season's lineup at tackle. The coaching staff had cou help steady next year's rookie. Because of the injury Air hobbled student physical ed mainder of the year. Mauro is student teaching at Airport t He said, "I was teaching showing them the moves. But I'll be rat with a .+op wat Staff Photo by Jobe DavM Sad xchange efeated kction Rounding out s i n g 1 e s play, Marty Altman l a s h e d Monny Weiss, 6-0, 6-2, and Stuart Reyn olds whipped Skip Brookfin, 6-0, 6-0. USC experienced some trouble in doubles play but won victories in the three matches with straight sets. Carolina clashes with Maryland in their next home game next Friday. k Halted og Team Getgood of Wofford. Richard Tinsley and Bob Bleakley each won two and lost one. Allan Powers and Happ Lath rop were 1-2, and Johnny Dennis failed to win any of his three matches. This weekend Coach Pulliam's forces will be entered in the State Tournament at Hampton. Monday they will be in Charlottesville against Virginia and Maryland, and the next day they will play at North Carolina State. thse WVay By JAY BENDER AsLt Sports Editor is when he wrote about the o will agree. a late start coming out from a pop-up. He charged back di. Realizing he was too close a his knees in the dirt to stop. uck a three-foot high con i left knee cap. med to play baseball and take ills. Both are out of the ques riay be impossible for Mauro e to the worst of his plight vr it'll fecd when I start watch vas expected to provide the moving. Alternate captain g in for Mauro as captain. at catcher could be a major s. High on the list of candi in who moved es in the Vir njured. are pitcher rd and Buddy the catching )f he was an is seemingly Ling into full rt and bench installed his' Mauro broke MAURO id lettered as an offensive nted on Mauro's experience to loaded line. port High School will have a ucation teacher for the re an education major and he is his semester. wrestling, but I'm through .when it comes to track..