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Jach Of Spades4 ' By JOHN DAVID SPADE SeHOL ' [A01s11p Sports Editor Basketball practice got underway Tuesday, and som( young players are at the beginning of a difficult year. Frank McGuire only has one starter returning from lasi year's squad, Bobby Cremins. The starting lineup will see three or four sopho mores going against some of the best in the nation this year. Whether or not the ACC places a team in the national rankings in football is still to be seen. Virginia has recently received mention, but they haven't exactly been playing powerhouses. It'll be a different story when the ACC turns to the hardwoods. North Carolina may very well make it back to the NCAA finals to get knocked down by the Uclans again this year. Duke is always a power to be reckoned with, and it will be one or two years before USC beats them twice in one season again. McGuire's boys might have talent and potential, but they're going to have to learn college ball the hard way on the court against seasoned competition. As the saying goes, sophs are erratic and they'll win some they shouldn't win and lose some they should win, but they'll be learning. That's what we can look forward to. Thus far McGuire hasn't found the man to lead the team, someone to spark life into them on the court. Bobby Cremins had a fantastic year last year, but he had some help from four good ones, three of whom are now in pro ball. It isn't the year of the Gamecock yet. Paul Dietzel is playing boys who are so small that the offensive and de fensive lines of Georgia and State ran right over them. And Frank McGuire is going to have to deal with inex perience and some weight problems on his team. It's nice to have a boy who's 6-10 playing for you, but in the ACC you've got to take some good pounding under the boards. Skinny kids can get hurt. Carolina does have one thing though. Both the football and the forthcoming basketball teams are exciting tc watch. Warren Muir, when he's healthy, and Fred Zeigler put on quite a show on the football field. McGuire likes the type of basketball that pleases the fans, while still coming up a winner. You'll be seeing more of the Jack Thompson brand of behind-the-back passes this year. You can get a good preview of things to come in the Carolina Coliseum by stopping by the Naval Armory from 3:30 to 5:00 and catching a look at basketball practice. McGuire said Tuesday, "I tell the boys they don't havc to know when they're doing something right, the crowd will tell them." Three Are Named Captains By Dietzel Coach Paul Dietzel has named12iivdatckeadhsbei three captains for tomorrow's game celtdwt ieasss with Maryland.Mdinhsseliid(lt i Bob Mauro, Ron B u n c h andthdensvscoaradha Wally Medlin have been chosen tomaefortclshiya. cap)tain the Gamecocks against Tedfniebc sasno Maryland. fo hhrt Mauro, the Gamecock center, is the unsung hero of the squad. As an offensive center he i W re ll i seldom mentionedl in the news re- I tl u At the beginning of practice this Wre ur l-mrc a year Dietzel (lid not have a center. ddtea h ulakpsto,~i "Blecause of the fine athlete Bob dfntl o lyaantMr is, I knew he would play wvell wherelad he was needied," saidl Dietzel.Murrcvelabackiur Andl so Mauro took the center aantGogaadi tl nb position. Not only was he new attosadrstupwhuthei the spot, but he has been centering o akspotn ete rc the hall to two sophomore quar- edfobl oc alDez terbiacks.si(Tuslytaitwltkeo Mauro is a 6-1, 214-pound senior o w ek o h uirfl from Madison, N. J.iactogtlakn hpoceh Bunch is a linebacker from Bam- swel b)erg who has been one of the most I ssilucranwehrh dlepend(ahle players on d e f e n s e. wl e cini aoiasHm Thusfar his ear e ha ma e omngfenst secordar Sandeha Zeage forMakes thi Gra. Th efnie bamcka seni I eg,sos St ate Out diall onchhefuacaostin wi deintuno ay nigait omove Terra After Gamecocks Well Balar Hy JOHN DAVID SPADE Sports Editor The Gamecocks will be facing one of their toughest contests to morrow as they face the Mary land Terrapins. Before Carolina can think about Itheir opponents they must make up their minds that they are a football team, a better one than the one which lost to State last week. And the Terrapins aren't to be taken lightly themselves. Maryland Coach Bob Ward finally found the key to victory last week against UNC in snap ping a 16-game losing streak. As a result, the Terrapins are riding high, so high in fact, that it took Ward an hour to get to his locker room after the UNC win. FANS GO WILD Fans went wild and tore down both sets of goal posts after the contest. The enthusiasm should be high as the Gamecocks arrive in College Park. Terrapin quarterback Alan Pas trana is healthy again after sit ting out last year with an injury. The backfield the Gameoccks will be facing is adequate both with the pass and the run. LOVETT Billy Lovett will be anchoring the running game. He set a school Track Being Laid Track Coach Weems Baskin will be sending his teams out this spring on a new track. Construction has begun on what should be one of the finest outdoor tracks in the South. Workers have already torn up tho old cinder track and have re moved the old drainage system. Concrete is now being poured for the new dIrainage ytm The newv track will be a rubbe'r based all-weather track. Tracksters will wear the short sp)iked indloor track shoes wher competing on the new surface. The new track surface will be slightly ban k ed a n(d a lon g straightaway w-ill extend from the Roundhouse to where the athletic storage shed has been. Baskin has only had one losing season here at Carolina. That was after the Korean War. Although this year's cross-coun try team has not fared well despite the winning ways of distance mar D Iave Peddie, Bask in has im o r e depth this year for track in the Ispring than he has had in some time. The newv track should help him in future recruiting andl will also he a help in getting better corn )ptitionf in the State-Recordl Relays, an event which Baskin startedl at USC some years ago. taff Photo by Elliott *eoestlm diang receiver, FredI the lit it lhe can (10 with the ten pi .lHe caught six passes cauight unp to third plae on Zeimc pins I Ed. Will Face iced Attack record last week, carrying the bal 39 times. Rushing mostly of I tackle and up the middle, h< gained 172 yards on the grouni from his fullback spot. Running out of the tailbacl position, John King, a junior col lege transfer, has moved the bal 242 yards in 60 carries thus fa this season. Pastrana's favorite receiver seem to be Sonny Demezuk an< Rick Carlson. Carlson, according to Jackif Powers, who scouted Marylan' for the Gamecocks, is a lonj threat, who has the speed an< moves to keep defenders on theii toes. Powers said that Demezuk run, an exceptional out pattern. He I also a backup quarterback. KICKING GAME On the kicking side, the Terra pins have Greg Fries as theii punter. He was leading the AC( tin that department for the firs few weeks of the season. On defense USC will be facinj the ACC defensive back of thi week in rover Steve Ciambor. Th starting Maryland line average around 220 pounds. Carolina Coach Paul Dietze has repeated many times thi season that any team with tha much weight advantage will but the Gamecocks back eventuall) !The T e r r a p i n offensive linu weighs an average 225. Dietzel is still bothered by in juries to his squad, and has ha, more disappointing news thi week. MUIR OUT Fullback Warren Muir is un able to stand without the suppor of a leather brace due to his iri jury. Muir does not have a hi pointer as originally thought. 11 tore -some muscles in his bac and it is not known when he wil return to action. Benny Galloway will be at th fullback spot again this weel "Now we know he can go 6 minutes," said Dietzel. "He is th finest locker on the team." Behind Galloway will be Tor Trevillian. Backed up by Kei Walkup, Rudy Holloman will b starting out of the halfback spc behind quarterback Tommy Suggi GRANT INJURED) D)ave "Mudlcat" Grant sp)raine his ankle against State and ma see only limited action agains the Tlerrapins. Al Usher overextended his el bow last Saturday but will bi starting because, say Dietzel "We haven't got anyone else." -It was also learned this wee] that Dan Harbison has been hos p)italizedl with mononucleosis an< is lost to the G;amecocks for the season. Bob Morris will not se< action this week because of a se vere cold. As a result of these injuries Mack Lee Tfharpe will be counte< on to be readly to play on eithe: or bioth the offensive and dlefen sive units. D)ietzel termed the Gamecocks p)lay last week "poor," andl note< that if they played like tha against any team, then that tean wouldl heat them. F Faces A Ta ft oif all-time Carolina receiveri isses behind J. R. Wilb,urn more passes than any othier Gi o HosI g Lon ri 1 0 Charlie I State halfback Charlie Charlie Tope (89) to blc Tyler Hellmans as middle Gamecocks,, Tim Bice (47) t Soccer y DAfter By DR. BRIAN O'FARRELL t Special Writer The USC Soccer Club, whici finished last season with a 9 record, is well on the way to an other highly successful season. Last weekend the Soccer Clul beat the Baptist College o t E, t t Warr< Carolina fullback Warre I.against Georgia on the play The Gamecock fans won't b for at least one more week. 1000-yardl mark for his car Staff Phot, by Eilleott *erenstola ckler. .. .lHe Is this year, and has who has maining. mecock. .s markt Gam( OSS ; os lowers Rambles Agi Bowers gets attempts to c ck out USC's This is what guard for the Saturday nighl recovers and able yardage. Club Un Weekend Charleston by a score of 6 to 3, and a team from Shaw Air Force Base & Sumter 10-3. l The season's record is now 5-0, South Carolina previously defeat ing Voorhees College 7-0 and 7-1 >;and Baptist College of Charleston r 9-i. Staff Photo by Bob Soldol 'n Muir ni Muir breaks into the open that endled in a b)ack injury. seeing hinm running like this On this run Muir topped the er at USC. ...And Leaves fine yars of eligb111it. .e cocks Skein Staff Photos by Elliott Beresatell finst USC atch Bowers from behind. it looked like for most of as Bowers ran for consider. beaten Games Against Haptist College on Saturday Captain Chuck Hodge was the leading goal-scorer. Hodge scored four goals; G. . Parra and C. Emanuel scored one each. Baptist College played a good game and the game was closer than the score would indicate. They were in fine shape and hus. tIed very well, but they laek seasoning. Carolina's Latin American tri. unvirate, Parra, Emanuel, and de Oliveira, as usual were the pivot around which the rest of the team revolved. On Sunday Carolina produced a beLter defense than it had Lhe previous (lay. The Rutherford brothers, Kennedy, Kamerer, and Padgett were outstanding, and Parra, Emanuel, and de Oliveira madle the offense go. Hodge again was the top scorer with two goals, and seven for wards each scored one: Emanuel, Parra, deC Oliveira, Dias, Ungaro, Collins, and O'Farrell. The op position contributed by kicking one ball into their own goal. Next week Carolina meets the Charlotte Soccer Club and is in the process of scheduling games with Columbia Bible College, Shaw AFB, Voorhees College, and various other clubs. It is hoped that the largely freshman team (11 frosh) will show more con sistency as the season progresses. Anyone interested in playing can join the team MWF at 3 p.m. on Field A. BUY YOUR MUM Staff Photo by Chuok Koefof Him Flat