The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 06, 1968, Page Page Eight, Image 8
Staff Photo by Chief Photographer Chip callow1a
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By JOHN DAVID SPADE sCHOtARsHIP LEADERs
Sports Editor
Football is looking forward toward bowl games, a sure
sign that basketball has arrived.
Carolina will be sending a contingent to the annual
affairs in Bob Mauro, USC's Most Valuable Player, Roy Don
Reeves and Wally Orrel, two real studs on defense.
But bowl games of the All-star type are more or less
icing on the cake, recognition for fine individual efforts
in a team sport.
In a team sport. it's a team that you want to send to a
bowl. Paul Dietzel reminded the Gamecocks who will return
next year that Carolina will be off probation beginning in
February, and eligible for a px)st-season bid.
With the soph-studded team that USC fielded this fall,
and juniors like Warren Muir, Rudy H1olloman, Lynn Hodge,
Freddie Zeigler, Dave Lucas, Don Buckner, and others, the
Gamecocks can't help but improve on this year's 4-6 mark.
Indeed the future looks bright, especially considering the
rest of the conference.
State will be losing their big bulls as well as their
stellar place kicker, Gerald Warren.
Clemson will have to rely on Ray Yauger next year, and
the loss of Gore, Cagle, and D)uckworth won't help.
Wake is having internal problems and it will be an or
ganization program next year. Freddie Summers won't be
at the helm either and he made the team go, even if he
wasn't a coach's delight.
Virginia is losing their offensive machine, Quayle and
Arnette, through graduation.
UNC looked strong at times this year, hut Gayle Bomar
was the prime mover and he gets a sheepskin in June also.
Duke will have Leo Hart back again, and he's a dandy,
but won't be able to carry the load himself.
Maryland will be better but unless ('arolina has te
meet the Terps in another quagmire next year, the Game
cocks should prove the better team.
Dietzel's building program is turning into a continuation
program. As a result he'll be able to use redshirting more
to his advantage.
With the material he's got coming up' this was the last
time the frosh had a chance to beat the Hohunks, they
lost that chance, but learned a lot about the game.
After the Bohunks beat this year's unbeaten crop of
frosh, they lined up, shook hands with the underclassmen
and1 said, "Now you're Gamecocks !"
Dietzel has shown his prowess at the recruiting game.
Lo)oking at this year's frosh, people like Tom Suggs, Al
Usher, Rusty Ganas, Chris Banks, Eddie Holton, et al, or
at least players of their quality will be coming up to chal
lenge members of the varsity every year.
What seems to be one of the best aspects of the Dietzel
program is that most of his recruits stay in school.
D)ietzel's first recruits, this year's sophs, number 27, not
counting redshirts. There were only 11 seniors and a like
number of juniors this year.
If the head coach keeps it up, they'll have to either
lengthen Carolina's bench or buy a lot more red shirts.
And a winner doesn't hurt recruiting. I wonder how im
pressed the prospects Clemson had on their bench were.
* * *
Congratulations to BOB MAUJRO and the rest of the
Gamecocks who received awards last week.
COACH DICK WELD)ON kept the audience in stitches,
maybe he should be doing a TV show.
The Tiny Tim Award of Courage this week goes to head
trainer JIM PRICE~ for wanting to climb the catwalks in the
Coliseum to cut out the lights after practice sessions.
The Cassius Clay Humility A ward goes to a deserving~
FRANK HOWARD.
Gamei
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Terps Are
By STEVE CRICK
Staff Writer
The Gamecocks will attempt t
make some turtle soup in th
coliseum Saturday night wheT
they meet Maryland's improve<
Terrapins.
Coach Frank Fellows says, "I
appears that we have picked ul
in size and lost a little speed ir
the exchange. Since one of ou
biggest problems last year wa:
lack of rebounding, we have to fee
that this will help us."
"We have good depth at
guard, led by Pete Johnson and
Tom Milroy and the same goes
up front where Will Hetzel and
Rod Horst return."
In Carolina Coliseum's inaugura
varsity game, the Gamecocks werc
forced to stave off a last ditcl
Auburn rally to defeat the South
eastern Conference Tigers 51-49
Sophomore guard John Roch<
sank an 18-foot jump shot witl
two seconds left to give USC th<
victory.
Carolina led at half time 36
26, and increased its lead to
40-28 early in the second half
before the offense went cold.
Auburn pecked away at the lead
and obtained a 46-46 tie on
Wally Tinker's layup with four
and a half minutes left to play.
Tinker scored again a minute
later, and Ronnie Jackson made a
free throw to put Auburn in front
49-46. Carolina tied the scor<
with a minute left when Bol
Cremins made the first free throw
of a two shot foul. Tom Owen
tipped in the missed shot.
USC regained possession with:
49 seconds left to play and helk
for the last shot. Roche hit fror
the top of the circle for the win,
ning basket.
Tom Owens took scoring honors
with 16 points, with Roche scoring
15 and Cremins 11. Owens als<
led in rebounds with 14.
"We have a five man offense
to go with the great enthusiasn1
of the team," Coach McGuire
said. "We're going to have to
have a lot of patience, but we'll
be good."
"Ribock has come a long way
(he pulled down nine rebounds
against Auburn) andi Charlit
Vacca will be back for the Mary
landl game."
"This ball club can play mar:
to man," McGuire continuedl, "anI
I'm a man to man, nose to nose
and body to body coach. The zon
Carolina C
During Pro
BY JOHN DAVID SPADE
Staff Writer
At the beginning of basketbal
p)ractice, Coach Frank McGuire in
vited USC students to attend prae
tice' sessions.
"I've told the team before tha
the crowd will tell them w h e t
they're going good," said McGuire
"Having the studlents a r o u n<
really helps us in practice."
~SuperLI
& Flag Fo4
cocks
'Improved'
keeps fouls down and we can'l
afford to lose Ribock or Owen
inside."
AUBURN
FG FT T
TINKER 3 2-2 8
ALEXANDER 2 2-2
PURRY 2 0-1 4
JACKSON 9 1-2 19
NIENGELT 5 2-6 12
WALKER 0 0-2 0
SHELTER 0 0-0 0
SIGUR 0 0-0 0
TOTALS 21 17-15 49
SOUTH CAROLINA
CREMINS (# 21) 5 1-3 11
I OWENS (# 24) 7 2-4 16
RIIIOCK (V 41) 1 2-4 4
ROCHE (# 11) 6 2-4 14
WALSH (# 44) 2 1-1 5
SPENCER (# 25) 0 0-0 0
MARTIN (# 34) 0 1-1 1
TERRY (# 22) 0 0-0 0
TOTALS 21 9-17 51
HALFTIME SCORE: A- 26 23 -41
SC- 36 15 -51
TOTAL FOULS: A-12. SC-11
FOULED OUT: NONE
ATTENDANCE: 12.088
TICKETS
For last week's game againsi
the Auburn Tigers, Carolina stu
dents picked up 5,800 tickets last
Tuesday. There were 600 tickets
available for sale to the general
public Saturday morning and they
were sold 25 minutes after the tick
et office opened. Carolina students
are allotted 7,000 tickets for home
games.
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Stanw'yck
iliseum Clo
ctice Until
Hut that was when the Game
cocks were practicing in the Naval
Armory.
-A different situation has arisen
now that McGuire is holding prac
tice sessions in Carolina Coliseum.
Studentts will not be able to at
itendl practice sessions in the new
arenla.
Teh cly Carolina Coliseum is
not yet part of the University, i
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Staff Phot, by Chuck Kest
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By ROLAND DUBAY
Staff Writer
The swimming Gamecocks open
their season this year with two
away games, the first meet being
held today against East Carolina,
at Greenville, N. C., the second to
be held tomorrow against UNC at
Chapel Hill.
Covey Stanwyck, 5-11, 160 lb.,
from Washington, I). C., has been
chosen as the first team captain
of the swim season.
The first home meet will be on
Jan. 6 against North Carolina
State at 4 p.m.
Returning lettermen include
Trond Williams, Fred Schneide r
Mike Slenker, Paul Lewis, Co-j
ington Stanwyck, Jim Weinzet
sed To USC
End Of Co:
is a construction site.
As such, the construction com
pany is responsible for the build
ing, and it is locked at 4 p.m. daily.
Until the building is completed
studlents will not be able to attend
practices.
"It's not that we don't want the
studlents. I've n e v e r believed in
closed practice sessions. We'd love
to have the fans come in if it were
Bowl ."
This game will match the ~
league winners in the Inde
pendlent and Fraternity divi
sions in competition for the
Intermnural Football Chain- a
pionship.
Zones 18 (M 6-7) and 21
(Married Students) and Phi
-Kappa Sigma andl Phi Delta
LTheta are semifinalists.
Coach Di)ck Stein's Zone 18
p)ostedl a 26-0 win over Zone '6
14 to gain the semifinals.
[The trem"ndlous t u m b I e
w as due largely to the com
who scoredl the w in n ing
touchdown after the efforts
of Rlea Fuchs led to an in.
terception andl a f urt h er
scoring of two touchdowns.
O t h e r outstanding players
*, were Fishy Fisher, Beardy
B I a e k, Oral Esposito and
Glassy Mirndo.
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tel, Mike Fox, George Fairly, I
Vic Laughlin, John Thoder, Jack
Moffel, Ken Carnes, and Dave <
Hatton. d
Coach Pete Combes, who took
w%-er the Ganmocks after the r
967-68 season began and guided
hem to an 8-3 record and saw n,
hem finish third in the ACC, I el
eels we have a stronger team al
his year but as of yet does not o
inticipate the outcome of the com
etitions with our two toughest
ompetitors, UNC and North
.arolina State.
"Probably the weakest p)osition
rn the squadl," Combes saidl, "is
he individual mnedley'."
Hill Muller, k>st to gradua
tion, holds the present school ItI
record in the 200 yard individual s
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Students a
ustruction :
)Ossible. hi
"As soon as we are able we will (
e't the students know when they (1
*an attend our sessions," said Mc- (
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A Trophy
Eniginieers' Joint Couanci
righat, pres~ents the Presidenut o
,(:vil Engineers with the Engini
'Irogilby. The (:ivil Enugineers
elhnination footl4sll tourney as
".eering groups. Thle trophy
rivalry be*tweenf the engineers
,"f hwer given to the winners, a
''hae trop.hy, a wo4Mlen-alat heci
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iptain
Season
nedley with a time of 2:04.2.
"The strongest position in the
luad," Combes feels, "will be the
ving competitions."
Both ACC diving champions are
turning to the Gamecocks.
Senior Laughlin won the three
eter competition in the confer
ice meet last year as a junior,
id sophomore Thoder won the
ie meter title as a freshman.
Other returning Gamecocks
who placed high in the ACC in.
'lude senior Stanwyck and
'ophomore Williams, who placed
tigh in the freestyle sprints as
lid Slenker.
Stanwyck, who placed high in
ith distance freestyle e vents in
e ACC championships last
>ring, is expectedl to be strong
the 1,000) and 500-yard events
rain this season.
Stanwyck, along with Muller,
Nilliams, and other US(C Uwirn
ners, posted fourteen new achool
-ecords in the swimming events.
Stanwyck captured four records
mself: the 200-yard freestyle
:48.5), the 500-yard freestyle
~:00.1 ), the 1 ,000..yardl freestyle
t):51.7), andI the 1,650-ya rd free
yle (17:59.9).
staer Photo by ChsS Kef''
ro Enjoy
President Alan JohnsoAi
f the Amterican Society of
'era' Joint Council Atltie
were winners in a do0ubke
gainst other camipus cnAl
represents the tradlitionl
n football, and a real keg
cts as an added incentive.
~ e, w2 ill be. kept in the