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Sports bill By BILL MADDEN What some people won't do to get in to a basketball game. If you were among the participants at last Sunday's all night Russell House Lawn Party, that very thought has probably crossed your mind over the past few days. From the aftermath of the chaotic furor that took place one definite conclusion immediately comes to mind: There's gotta be some changes made. But before the ticket distribution system is to be Srevised a general breakdown of the exact ticket ap propriations might be in order to ease a few minds. According to Ralph Floyd, who heads the USC ticket office, the tickets for the USC-UNC contest were distributed thusly: Students-6,550, season ticket holders-4,300, ath letic department and administration-1,006 and South Caro lina State Legislature-258, for a grand total of 12,114. The last category-that of the legislature-appears to have created the most cries of outrage and given rise to the widest diversity of speculation. According to O Floyd, the legislature was permitted to attend only one game, and the choice of the UNC contest was made last August. This is not to say that the legislature has any business getting preference over students for athletic contests, but the fact remains that prior to the Duke victories and USC's sweep in Charlotte some 300 to 3,000 student tickets were left over after the first eight home games. Therefore, there's been a pretty fair percentage of "Johnny come lately's" to come out of the woodwork once it appeared that Carolina had a national power. It might also be noted that the "first come, first served" basis for distribution was the unanimous decision of the dean of student affairs, dean of men, Panhellenic Council and the Student Body Government and up to the Virginia contest worked fairly well. All of which still overlooks the fact that thousands of students were turned away Monday morning with out tickets. There are many possible solutions to this crisis-none of which will please "all of the people all of the time." First, an alphabetical distribution with students whose names begin with A to M alternating games with those be ginning with M to Z. Such an appropriation would at least assure everyone of seeing half of the games. A second solution would be to eliminate the now manda tory athletic fee of $75 and in turn offer an optional fee of $100 which would guarantee tickets to all athletic contests (by means of a ticket book). Since there is still capacity for only 7,000 students, seniors would be given first option followed by juniors, sophomores and freshmen. This at best would eliminate the "front runners" who only come out when the team is winning. But when you've got a winner everybody wants to be a part of it-and rightfully so. It all comes down to that age old ambiguity-growing pains. Halm lberttr Halealo ero'srcmntrayest Chapel Hill today for the ACC Indoor Games. UJNC Co aceh Joe Hilton sakd "Maryland has to be the favorite but some e t r o n g competition should come from UNC as well as South Carolina and Duake." The Tar Heels slipped by the Gamecocks by three points while C a r o I i n a was dlemolishing the Tigers. SMITH SCORES Dave Smith took three firsts, against both Clemson and UNC in the high jump and against Clem son in the 60-yard high hurdles. In the 60 highs, Smith took a sec ond to UNC. dl. Fellow jumper Tony Callander JMplaced second in the high jump ~. agaimst both teams. Footbane illsDI Duffle grabbed / ~ a second In the 60 hIghs against Clemson. Coach Baskin Jim Gee placed second in the W11 swim For C BY BRUXE HONICK Saff Writer Eighteen swimmers and divers are representing USC in the ACC Swimming and Diving Champion ships at Wake Forest University. The championship meet began yes terday and runs through tomorrow. According to Coach Pete Combes, North Carolina State is a cinch to win the meet. The Wolfpack has been defending champion for the last three years and have given every indication that they will do it again. Second place, said Combes, Is up for grabs. "Either USC, North Carolina, or Maryland could win this spot, depending on who wants to win it the most." Carolina takes a 5-5 regular sea son record into the weekend meet. Rugby Game Saturday The rugby team will open its third season Saturday a g a i n st Clemson at 3 on intramural field B. The team has beaten Clemson in three of the four games they have played and takes a 8-5 over. all record into the match. A ten-game schedule has beer set for this season with matches against such teams as N. C. State UNC, Davidson, Duke a n d th4 University of Georgia. According to Sandy Frazier, v spokesman for the team, the rugb) players are "respected in the SoutL for their 'aggressive' play on th( field a n d at the parties after wards," referring to a rugby tra dition that has the home team pro vide a keg of beer for the visitori before they return home. He continued that they may bm able to field two teams this seasor since about 20 new members hac been added to last year's returnees making a total of 40 players. Frazier added that the team was interested in getting new members who wanted to learn to play the game. The team practices on Tues. days and Thursdays at 4:30 on intramural field B. Globetrotters Here Tonight The Harlem Globetrotters, fea turing a bag of brand new tricks, will play the Washington Generals in the Carolina Coliseum tonight at 8:15. Meadowlark Lemon, from Wil. mington, N. C., will lead the com edly team. Freddie Neal of Char. lotte, N. C., and Ernest Brock of Greenville, S. C., will also be seen in action. ame8 Team A 60-yard (lash a g a i n s t Clemson, third against the Tar Heels. RELAY WINNERS In the two-mile relay, Paul Der rick, Sammy Gibson, Mike Collard and1 Dave Peddie teamed up to sweep the event in a time of 8:05, seven seconds faster than their time the week before. Algie Sims took two firsts in the mile against both t e a m a while freshman Jack Miller grabbed two third places. In the 600-yard dash, junior Bobby Howe led the field against Clemson and took a second to UNC. Bob Kaczka shut off both op. ponents in winning the 1,000-yard run. SPECIALTY WIN Peddie claimed two first places in his specialty, the two-mile run. The mile relay team of Mike Purinton, Dick Harris, Keith Eid son and Bobby Howe came in first to the Tigers and second to the Tar Heel. Team )nferei Asked what USC swimmers he expected to do well, t h e young coach singled out divers Vic Laugh lin and John Thoder and swimmers Mike Slenker and Jim Weinzettel. He added that he expected some points out of T r o n d Williams, C o v i e Stanwick, George Fairey, Barry Rich, Paul Lewis and diver Mike Mayfield. The bright spot this season has been USC's divers. Combes expects the diving competition to be a two school fight between State and Carolina. USC's Laughlin and Thoder will team against N. C. State's David Rosar for the top diving spots, although State's Wayne Simmons, Don Muntz and Charolina's Mike Mayfield cannot be counted out of the competition. Laughlin is defending ACC champion in the three-meter dive while T'hoder is defending champ in the one-meter. Swimmers Slenker and Weinzet tel also have commendable creden. tials. Slenker, until two weeks ago, had the second fastest recorded time in the nation in the 50-yard freestyle. Weinzettel, who set a school mark in the 200 breaststroke at the SIC meet last week, has beaten the defending ACC breaststroke champions in dual m e e t s this season. When a s k e d how this year's team compares with USC swim. ming teams of the past, Combes said that this year's group "is bet ter than any team in the school's history." "Our best meet was the confer ence meet last year, but the times we recorded then have been ex ceeded now." When Lold that two of his swim mers attribute a I a c k of depth as the deterrent for what might have been a more successful sea son, Combes agreed, adding that another reason could be that they were not in the best shape. He blamed himself for this. Tom Evans, In Combes' estima tion, is the best overall swimmer in the ACC. The N. C. State freah man, says Combes, should take several events in the Conference meet and should develop into the; beet swimmer the ACC has ever1 had. Asked to compare USC to peren.; nial national swimming p o w e r s such as Indiana a n d Southern; California, Combes began, "There' are several factors that go into 1making a national power: the fa cilities, a w i n n i n g tradition, a reputable coach, a respectable aca dlemic program and ample finan e i a I assistance f o r prospective swvimmers." Comabes stated that USC's aca dlemic program is comparable to any in the country. He said that Carolina's w i a n i a g tradition is "building with leaps and bounds," credliting coaches Paul Dietzel and Frank McGuire with this. LI UNC Tyler Hellams grabbed a first place against both teams in the broad jump, H ar r is took two seconds. Gary Zemel settled for a second place toss in the s h o t against North Carolina but took first in that event against Clemson. GAMECOCKS SECOND One week before, the Gamecocks placed second in a quadirangular meet against UNC, N. C. State andi Duke. Smith won the 60-yard h i g h hurdles and first in the high jump with a leap of 6'5. The two-mile relay team placed secondi andi the mile relay team also placed second. Kacska finished ahead of the fildk in the 880 while Bobby Howe finished second to the conference champion in the 440. With a time of 4 :26, Sims set tIed for a second in the mile. Zemel and Poston finished two three in the a h o t and Hellams placed neonnd in the broa ju. t W ice Ch T h e swimming coach believes the only drawback of much sig nificance is the facilities. Combes says that if USC had adequate facilities for swimming, it would be well on its way to swimming prominence. The Wake Forest pool is 42 feet by 75 feet, allowing for seven-foot wide lanes. USC's pool has six-foot wide lanes. The larger pool will be "faster than ours and consid erably smoother." Lighting will be the main prob lem according to Combes. He says that unless the lighting has been improved since he was last there, swimmers will find it too dark, resulting in slower times. Sailing In Cita BY DIANE CLAYPOOLE Aast. Sports Editor The Sailing Club will be travel ing to Charleston this weekend to The Citadel Intersectional team races. Schools participating in t h i s event include College of Charles ton, Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, Davidson and USC. Skippers for USC are Hank Hit pas, Ken G o r m a n, and Lenny Lundquist. The crews are selected from the sailing club. The Clemson Traditional C u p Race was postponed last weekend due to weather. Two races were completed before the postponement. No team won the first race because of so many complex fouls but USC placed first, second and fourth in the second race. Sports Ca a Scheduled BY JIM HANEY Sports Editor The Columbia Sports Car Club will hold an "Early Ides of March Rally" Sunday. Registration for the rally will be at 12:15 at Tren holm Plaza behind the Standard Savings and Loan Building. He rally is open to all cars in running condition and is not re stricted to sports ears. The course is m a de up entirely of public roads, some of which may be an paved. The object of the race is to ar rive at a designated control point at a dlesignated time. The cars will leave Trenholm Plaza at one-min ute intervals after the first carl has left. Penalties will be assessed at the rate of one point for each secondl of error in arriving at a control, point. For any car that approaches a control point in the wrong direc tion a penalty of 600 points will be assessedi. Being summoned for a moving ake I impio: George Club T4 lel Reg In these team races USC and Clemson both entered three boats. ractics are used to keep each team from winning. There a r e seven races in this event and the remain, ing races will be completed Sun iay, March 9. On March 8 USC will partici Zones 13 Top Inde Fraternity League action began ast week with six games slated. Sigma Phi Epsilon b e a t Phi Kappa Sigma, 108-14; Kappa Al. pha beat Sigma Chi, 55-36; Sigma Alpha Epsilon beat Chi Psi, 62-52; r Rally Sunday traffic violation will resuk in a disqualification as will consump. tion of alcoholic beverages before or during the rally. Anyone who is interested in par ticipating in the rally can call 256. 7319 for further information. Bad Weathi Post poneme The jump planned by the Sport Parachute Club for last weekend 1ad to be postponed because of the rain and poor visibility. The club is planning to jump ~his Saturday and Sunday, accord ng to the club's training officer Klugh Oldham. The jump will operate from the Sumter Municipal Airport. Sgt. William Gleason, Special Forces recruiter at Ft. Jackson and tech 'ical adviser of the club, will be uters Practice Foi orest aships eft P60% b Sw e* TAWe Fairey i Race atta pate in the Clemson Invitational. The invitational is different from the team races. In the invitational each school enters two boats in two divisions, A and B. There are five or six races in each class. Students are urged to sign up for the Sailing Club. , 18, 21 pendents Pi Kappa Alpha beat Pi Kappa Phi, 61-39; Sigma Nu beat Alpha Tau Omega, 47-43; and Phi Ep silon forfeited to Phi K a p p a Sigma. Independent League action con tinued with seven games in each league. Division I action proceeded as follows: Zone 16 beat Zone 6, 81-68; Zone 6 beat Zone 10, 76-37; Zone 17 beat Zone 9, 71-50; Zone .21 beat Zone 16, 46-39; Zone 9 beat Zone 15, 63-60; Zone 18 beat Zone 15, 78-46 and Zone 19 for. feited to Zone 12. In Division II action: Zone 3 beat Zone 20, 84-59; and Zone 14, 80-36; Zone 13 beat Zone 7, 117-60 and Z o n e 1, 64-61, in overtime. Zone 11 beat Zone 2, 64-55; Zone 2 beat Zone 5 and Zone 1 beat Zone 14, 55-35. er Forces mt OflJump the jumpmaster. Janet Molyneaux, one of two coeds in the club, was asked how she felt about jumping out of an airplane. She answered, "Well, I'm not nervous yet, but I imagine I'll be scared to death when I get up there." She continued, "It may sound crazy, but I aliw aysa wanted to jump. I was going to join a club in Orangeburg until I found out about the one here." The other coed jumper is Marie Moore. - Jumn