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BY BRUCE HONICK
Staff Writer
Two members of USC's swim
ming team have qualified for the
NCAA Swimming and D i v i n g
1%ampionships to be held at the
University of I n d i a n a in late
March.
Senior Mike Slenker and sopho
more Jim Wienzettel both have re
corded times equal to or below the
listed qualifying times in their best
events to earn the right to partici
pate in the prestigious meet in
Bloomington, Ind.
Slenker, a 6'4 freestyler from
Allentown, Pa., will swim the 50
yard freestyle, having equalled the
qualifying time of 21.7 seconds.
Tagged "Slink" by his team
mates, this swimming Gamecock at
tends USC on a grant-in-aid, and
was a 1968 ACC finalist in the
100-yard butterfly and 50-y a r d
freestyle. He holds the school rec
ord in both of these events, and
also is a member of two record
holding relays.
This 193-pound geology major,
when asked about his feelings con
cerning the honor of going to the
NCAA's, said, "Getting in the top
twelve in the nation means you're
an All-American, and that's what
I'm trying for."
He also pointed out t h a t the
NCAA meet will be his last before
he becomes ineligible for competi
tion, and that he wants to make a
good showing.
Jim Wienzettel, the other Caro
lina ace going to the m e e t in
Bloomington, qualified in the 100
yard breaststroke, and "possibly
the 200." His time in the 100 was
1:01:1, well below the qualifying
mark of 102.3.
The 6-6 tanker is from Savan
nah, Ga. and attends USC on a
g r a n t-i n-a i d. "Wino," as he is
called by the other Carolina swim
mers, was a 1968 ACC finalist in
both the 100 and 200 yard breast
stroke.
This swimming ace is majoring
in business. He has swum competi
tively for only "four or five years,"
USC Bt
BY DAN PARLER
Staff Writer
The Gamecock baseball t e a m,
hoping to rebound from a some
what dlisappointing s e a s o n last
year, began full practice on Feb. 3.
According to Coach Jackie Pow
ers, the team has gone throughI
two good1 workouts, which hi a v e
been marked by a lot of enthu
siasm.
The 1969 Gamecocks will field
a team with a mixture of youth
and experience. Heading the list
of returners are seniors Billy Cash,
an All-ACC selection last year, and
Wally Jones, who hit .284 last
year.
Other returning starters are Bud
dy Caldwell, and Butch Anderson,
as well as pitchers Jim Smith, Joe
Iamd, and Bill Beitmecier.
The infield seems to be set with
Cash at first base, Jones at sec
ond, Anderson at third, sophomore
Gary Lance at shortstop, and Cald
well behind the plate.
Lance has the job of All-ACC
shortstop Toy McCord who passedl
up his senior year to sign with the
California Angels.
Coach Powers is not sure who
will make up his starting outfield.
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outstanding swimmers.
Both Bloomington-bound swim
mers have no complaints about the
USC swimming p r o g r a m, head
coached by Pete C o m b e s. They
point out, however, that this year's
squad has little depth. Both aces
Swimmer
Deacons,
BY BRUCE H1ONICK
Staff Writer
Carolina's swimming Gamecocks
churned the water fast and furi
ously Saturday afternoon to defeat
Wake Forest, 65-41 at the USC
Natatorium. The Demon Deacons
were never in contention as the
talent-laden wetbacks of Carolina
captured the majority of events.
The only double winner for USC
was sophomore diver Mike May
field. The 5'9 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
native won both the one and three
meter (living everts.
Although USC waa experiencing
a long losing streak prior to their
meeting with Wake, they were in
high spirits Saturday, confidence
oozing from every pore of their
(ripping bodies.
Humorous antics by a USC relay
team, who imitated a basketball
team's introduction when t h e i r
names were called by the meet an
nouncer, livened up th meet.
Surprises were many, but espe
cially when two Carolina a c e s
sprinted the first two legs of the
500-yard freestyle event. S o m e
thing like this just isn't done as a
rule, the event being so gruelling.
Highlight of the Saturday con
test was Vic Laughlin's record
setting performance in the three
meter diving event. Hie shattered
his own mark of 312.15 by totaling
312.85 points to set a new USC
record.
Other Carolina winners against
Wake Forest were Covey Stanwick
in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.6)
iseball
Junior Don Stanley has advanced
beyond others and appears to have
a position in left field.
The center- field w'ill be manned
by either Terry Floyd, a junior-,
or D)onnie Churchwell, a sophlo
more. J u n i o r' Guy Eargle, and
sophomor-e Ronnie F u I m e r are
presently the forerunners for the
r-ight field position.
Two freshmen who will provide
stiff competition for the others
are Lindall B r a dlI e y, and M ike
Baker.
Pitchtig is the key to winning,
andl Coach Powers hias his two top
hurlers fromt ILst year. They are
righit-handers, Jiuu Smith and Joe
Lamd.
TVhe rest of the mnoundl corps is
composed of right-handers 1B i I I y
Reitmneier, a senior, Eddie Bolton,
a sop)homore, andl freshman Larry
Erbaugh. Left-hander-s i n c I u d e
Bobbie Mendenhall andl Arnie Ma
rullo, both freshmen.
The Gamecocks will play a 35
game schedule, which includes a,
spring tour in April when the team
will play six games in five days.
Included in the schedule are 21
conference games. Sixteen games
will he played at home.
The first home game will be
March 17 when USC opens its
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should have a good team depth
wise."
Wienzettel pointed out that the
Gamecocks' losses this year were
to teams rated high nationally, and
who have tremendous depth.
es Beat
65-41
Scott Schaerer in the 50-yard free
style (23.8) ; Mike Fox in the 200
yard i.m. (2:16.8), and Barry Rich
in the 200-yard butterfly (2:08.1).
Also, Paul Lewis in the 200-yard
backstroke (2:14.1) ; and Gaston
Fairey in the 200-yard breaststroke
(2:33.9).
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season with Virginia Tech, a team
which Powers describes as an "al
ways strong ind(ep)endenCt baseball
team." Among the fourteen other
non-con ference games arec matches I
with per-ennial p o w e r s Floridat
State andl Georgia Souther-n. j
(C<mcerning the A(CC, Powers he
lieves that N. C. State is the teamn r
to he-at. Iust year the Wolfpac(k
was third in the nation with a pr
dlominaitely young ball1 club. Mary
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provkle en,-gh offensive punch.
A final factor is how well lamce
can replace McCord, bot offen
sively and defensively.
All home games will b)e played
on the field behind the R o o s t.
G a m e s will begin at 3 p.m. on
weekdays and1 at 1 :30 p.m. for'
dloub)lehe?aders and Saturday games.
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By BILL MADDEN
Bobby Cremins gets the nomination here for this year's
"Charlie Hustle" award. Don't be deluded by Bobby's low
point total of the past few games. He continues to confound
the opposition by averaging close to 10 rebounds a game-a
feat that 6-2 guards just aren't deemed capable of perform
ing. A fitting reward would be for Bobby to hustle his wr
onto the "All-ACC" starting five.
Reminder to Frank McGuire: ACC commissioner
Jim Weaver is in the hospital-don't forget to send him
a "get well soon" card.
As Carolina's box scores continue to resemble bowling
lineups with just the starting five getting print, it should
not be overlooked that there's a pretty fine number six P,an
who could probably start for most other schools. V
That would be Charlie "Hatchetman" Vacca, who, when
he plays, plays like a man possessed. Or maybe just a man
staking his claim on a position next season after the fresh
man onslaught. Regardless, the bet here is that Charlie
need not worry. He's done the job and done it well.
His uncanny ability to come off the bench, draw
fouls, keep the opposition honest, and provide a win
ning spark can not help but prove invaluable to Coach
McGuire next season, when combined with Charlie's
experience.
Yes, Virginia, that really is Jack Thompson selling
Cadillacs at Jim Moore's on Main Street.
Methinks that with the advent of long playing record
albums to commemorate 4-6 football seasons, i.e., Bob Ful
ton's "Total Excitement," that perhaps next year should
USC footballers turn out a winning season, a motion picture
might be in order-with Otto Preminger to direct maybe?
Ninth ranked LaSalle is still sporting only one loss on
its record-that being to some "other team receiving
votes." Apparently "Basketball Weekly," the authority
of college and pro basketball, takes little stock in the
AP and UPI polls. They have consistently rated South
Carolina in the top 20-sometimes as high as 15th.
Not to bring up a sore subject again, but when are our
cheerleaders going to get the message that their messag
isn't getting across. It's a sad commentary on organized
cheerleading when a packed house of 13,000 fans is almost
totally unresponsive to the same five or six tired cheers.
Something's gotta go.
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