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Blue I Bice, Bi Footballi Track, Bt By ROLAND DUBAY Staff Writer Problems in distributing ath letic coupon books have left the Carolina ticket office in "a little! predicament." According to Ralph Floyd, ath letic business manager, under classmen have been able to obtain senior and junior ticket books be cause this year's student I) cards do not identify a student by class. As a result, many upperclass men have had difficulties ob taining coup)on books and date tickets scheduled for their classes. Floyd said the athletic de p)artment was "very discour aged" that the "honor system of distributing tickets" had not been~ successful this year. lie saidl there were two ap proaches which could help allevi ate the prob)lemn in the future. The University could issue ID) cards with a studlent's p)icture and his class standling, or ID)'s for eaceh class could have different colors, he saidl. By Tuesday night, nearly all Tomm ,a )evils Mauro ce Coupons i iseball Tr the 2,000 date books reserved for students had been bought. But Floyd said more date books probably would go on sale Fri day and would be available to all classes. The athletic department allots 11,200 tickets for Carolina stu deits, plus 2,000 date books. Floyd also asked underclass men who received senior or jun ior hooks to pick up their tickets according to their own class in stead of the class of the hook. "l;ven though a student may have a senior or junior book,"' he saIid, "we wish they would pick up their tickets on the right day for their class." TRACK TRYOUiTS Coach Weems B3askin is re cruiting trackmen for this Spring and asks all those who want to ry out to see him at his office in the Roundhouse or (call him at 777-4272 sometime b)efore the end of next week. "Trhose who are unable to keel) in shape through the fall, will have a rough time catch ing Up in the spring," said Coach Haskin. IHASICHA LL TRYOUTS All students interested in play Suiggs Ston Here I To C Captains Named Tim Bice, a senior, from At lanta, and Bob Mauco, a senior from Madison, New Jersey, will captain the Gamecocks in their opener against Duke. Bice is a middle guard who won All-ACC honors as a weakside linebacker last year. In the 1967 season Bice made 90 individual tackles. The senior middle guard has his weight up to 194 pounds and has been chosen by many sports writers to repeat his All-ACC status. Ilis added weight should help him up in the line. Mauro is a converted senior who lettered last year as an of fensive tackle. lie fractured his kneecap as captain of the Gamecocks' base ball team last spring, but his in jury has completely healed. There are 11 seniors on the squad and each week one or two will be chosen as game captain by Coach Dietzel. The seniors are called "Black IHlats" because they wear black helmets on the practice field to distinguish them from the white helmeted underclassmen. At the end of the season a permanent captain will be chosen. 9roblem; y Out ing varsity or freshman baseball should report to the baseball diamond at Rex Enright Athletic Center at 3 p.m. Tuesday, September 23. Players should have baseball shoes, cap, glove and workout togs. Dietzel F< Two Star liy .JOHN D)AVID) SPAI) Sports IEditor C'oach Paul D)ietzel will be fac ing a most pleasing p)roblemn to moirrow night as his Gamecocks take the field against t he' Duke 1:1lue D evils. Wowill be the starting qua r l-or I hree years there has beent no problenm in the fall. Mike l-air ably led the Ganme coicks in his three-year career here at l'SC. Now (oach Die)t zel has tw po)1) tentini starters and a very re - liable hackup man in l)an liarbi son. But the decision is between Randy Yoakum, the soph fronm (Columnbus, Ohio, and Tommy mpTi For H< m aptai luir USC Gets Canon I)r. James L. )eLoach of Estill has donated a 12-gauge, breech loadilig cannon to the University. Tom Price, Sports Information D irector for USC, received a call from )r. )eLoach and the offer of the cannon. Price immediately called lean of Men L. Eugene Cooper, faculty adviser for the Carolina cheer leaders and asked Diean Cooper if the cheerleaders could use the cannon. )ean Cooper accepted for the cheerleaders and the cannon was used Monday night at the "Meet the Gamecocks" rally. Coach D ietzel kiddingly re marked that we'll use blanks at all our games except for Clemson. ices New ring Quar Suggs, the soIph from Lamar. "Suggs is the better ball han diler o)f the two, and has a stronger arm, but Y'oakum has that knack of getting the teanm into the end zone," remarked Coach I )ietzel. "We give four tickets to the game to) each starter, and two to everyone who suits up," said l)iet zel, "according to the N('AA rules. Blut sInce both Suggs and Yoakum have to be termed starters, I gave them both four." Coach l)ietzel has mentioned that eac'h time he thinks he has found his starter, the other boy1 imp)resses him and makes himi give the idea more thought. l ie Rh >me Gam< 'Meanest 7 Improved i By JOHN DAVID SPADE Sports Editor The Blue Devils of Duke Uni versity will come to Carolin Stadium tomorrow night to d battle with the Gamecocks It will he the opening game 01 the season for both teams. First Assistant Coach Larry Jones sized up the Blue Devils at a press conference Tuesday. "They have the best set of receivers, the best balanced, in the league," said Jones. "Henley Carter gave us fits last year. He caught three passes right near the end when Duke was driving for a score that would have heaten us." "And Jim Death is an excellent pro prospect. He was the onc who heat Army last year wit! his clutch catches," added Jones Duke has nine lettermen back on defense and six starters and nine lettermen returning to the offensive squad. The Blue Devil fullback, Don Baglien, will have his hands full trying to take the place of Jay Calabrese, but Jones said he "should start right where Calabrese left off." Duke has been a team that re lies only on a small number ol plays. Their brand of football i! execution, not razzle dazzle. The Gamecocks, according t Coach Paul Dietzel should be better team than last year's. Two All-ACC players will b( bolsi.:.,ing this year's squad. A third former All-ACC choice, Benny Galloway will be returning to the field after be ing out a year due to injuries. All-ACC linebacker Tim Bice and All-ACC fullback Warren Muir form a solid nucleus of leadership and talent. Fred Zeigler will be starting at flankerback. He led the A4CC in :-atches last year. Johnny Gregory has been mnovedl from tight endl to split endl, while Bob Mauro has beer moved from offensive tackle tc the center position. Gene Schwarting will he mov ing into the tight end spot hacatedl by Gregory. The Ganmecocks' defensive secondary remains much the same as last year with the ex ception of some p)romising sophomores in Rusty Ganas and Tyler Hellams. Coach D)ietzel has termedl Duke Pro blem: terbacks To make matters worse Diet zel said that Dan Harbison made the best showing in last Saturday's scrimmage. "I'd never be afraid to play any of the three," said Dietzel. Yoakumn is 6-1 andl weighs in at 187 poundIs. Suggs is quite a bit ihorter, standing 5-9 at 176 pounds. Hiarbison is a junior from Washington, D). C. who weighs 182 and stands 5-11. "lHoth Suggs and Yoakum are ine gentlemen off the field and 'ine studlents in the classroom. 3oth are fine leaders, hut there he similarity stops. They arc wo dlifferent types of quarter >acks," said Coach D)ietzel. ie D 'HE GAMECOCK - Page Seven Mauro of Spades ly JOHN DAVID SPADE Sports Editor per, The Tiger, had an inter :onference race should go this re picked on top, followed by then came the team from eottom division, which could escape the cellar, are the still smiling even though he men this year," says the Tiger. the hills aren't doing their N. C. State only has 25 letter rs, if you remember, was the and lost two last year. There !, about an N. C. State team me. State team that started the g lettermen. owever, about Coach Dietzel -. Who wouldn't? son, but the Tigers better not team, even this early. and it's then we'll all find out Lade of, not in pre-season by * * mn Diego with the Chargers, on .norrow night on the sidelines. ber CHIP GALLOWAY has >n the picture taking scene. 3ASKIN says he has a fresh oks potentially stronger than TS. dorm, the Roost, has been lill" by an anonymous athlete look at 'Bama boys. If they're to sleep on the doorstep. SOUTHWORTH and the other amber Sports Commission for ike team. Yoakum September 20, 1968 - pener ecocks eam' Meets .amecocks "the meanest team we play That's not to say they're a dirt, team, but they hit hard on ever play." Game time is 7:30 p.m. a Carolina Stadium. Game ticket were sold out by the middle o the week. Clemson's weekly newspa esting roundup of how the year. Of course, the Tigers we Wake Forest and N. C. State Virginia was next and USC. "Starting off the b develop into a struggle t4 Gamecocks." "Smiling Paul Dietzel is welcomed back only 21 letteri The sportswriters up in homework. Their third pick, men returning. N. C. State, Tiger write: team that won eight games was some mention, I believ( beating Georgia in a bowl g. That was also the N. C, season with only 22 returnin The Tiger is correct, -h smiling about Warren Muih It's a long way till Clem think of USC as a doormat It's Duke tomorrow night what the Gamecocks are rr counting returning lettermer MIKE FAIR is back in Si their taxi squad. There'll be some action tc Gamecock Chief Photograp something unusual lined up c Track COACH WEEMS] man discus thrower who lo former Gamecock AL SWAR The new men's athletic named "The Prison on the I because of the strict rules. I not in at midnight they hav4 Congratulations to BILL members of the Greater Ch their preparations for the Di Randy