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Mc Gui: Roche McGuire 's Second Selection Frank McGuire has been named the A t 1 a n t i c Coast Conference Coach of the Year. This is the second time McGuire has been selected for the honor. The first time was in 1957 when his North Carolina Tar Heels went undefeated in 32 games and won the national championship. McGuire was named on 78 of the 105 ballots. Dean Smith of North Carolina was second. Smith was McGuire's assistant at UNC in 1957. This is the first time in the con. ference's history that a coach has been named to the honor twice at different schools. McGuire began his coaching ca reer at St. Xavier High School in New York City. While at St. Xavier he compiled a record of 126 wins against 39 defeats. He then became coach at St. John's University, w h e r e in his five season stay, he had a won-loss r e c o r d of 103-35. At UNC his teams were 164-58 in nine seasons. Sportsbil By BILL MA Dateline New York. The Natic A dramatic climax to an alrea< sophomore-oriented Gamecocks c that wasn't supposed to finish bel rubbing elbows with some of the post-season tournament that colle For Frank McGuire, though, i Square Garden revisited-for thi route before-having appearedi his five years at St. John's from The tournament itself might age basketball layman as "the p pionship," but in reality the NIT very best. It has to be in order with the NCAA tournament and licity. Because of the "equal billinj schools qualified for the NCAA's out their glory and fortune in close scrutiny of the metropolital Throughout the annals of Gar college basketball's most legendar route of the NIT-Rick Barry, Lennie Wilkens and Walt Frazier Of the 16 teams competing fo: tab Boston College, sporting a 2 beat. The Crusaders will be out1 their renowned coach Bob Cousy, season. South Carolina, however, will Salukis of Southern Illinois. (Ant Two years ago the Salukis, led away all the marbles in their f ir the NIT. Should USC get by Southern the winner of the Army-Wyomin, has enjoyed a good dleal of succe: ing reached the semi-finals in thre The Cadets come to New York tI fensive team in the nation, ave: per game. Another interesting sidelight the possibility of a momentous h tween the young Gamecocks am much about-Mike Grosso. Grosso is now playing for IA received the final NIT bid after the Missouri Valley Conference ( There can be little doubt c through McGuire's mind as he floor and start pulling in rebour The "iron five" will be uncon looking to the example of Southi And perhaps John Roche will igt Frazier and give the New Yorker credentials that madle him the to It's gonna be qluite a show ir Guire's ackn in ton. re Se Vott DDEN nal Invitation Tournament. ly storybook season. The f South Carolina, a team ter than sixth in the ACC, nation's elite in the oldest ge basketball has to offer. ;he NIT is merely Madison e Irishman has been this ai the tourney four out of 1949 to 1952. be considered by the aver oor man's National Chamn is college basketball at its to compete head to head survive the battle for pub r" the NIT enjoys, many turn down the bid to seek 'the big town" before the 1 writers and fans. dlen history a multitude of 'y names have traveledl the Tom Gola, George Mikan, , to name a few. r the big prize, the experts L-3 record, as the team to ;o win one last big one for who is quitting after this first have to deal with the i how's that for a handle?) by Walt Frazier, carried st and only appearance in Illinois they will then face ; clash on Tuesday. Army is in this tournament hay e out of the last five years. uis year as the leading de raging a stingy 53 points to South Carolina fans is ead-to-head rendeCzvous be I a man they have heard uisville and the Cardinals losing out in a playoff for 'hampionship. f the thoughts spinning. watches Grosso take the ds left and right. cerned though. They'll be~ rn Illinois two years ago. ite the same fire as Walt 5 a good( close look at the p player in the AC('. the big city-Frank Mc 1ected d As Staff Photo by a McGuire Sailing Takes : By JIM HANEY Sports Editor The Sailing Club finished second in the Clemson Invitational Satur day and Sunday won the snow delayed Traditional Cup Races. Ken Gorman of USC was the high point skipper in the A Divi sion in the Clemson Invitational. He raced all five races in his di. vision. In the B Division Hank Hitpas racedl in three of the five contests,: Lenny Linguist racedl one, and Bill Whallender took the helm for the final race. The club remained in Clemson overnight to finish the Traditional Cup Races begun Feb. 22 but p)ost poned due to bad weather. The best of seven race regatta got underway at 9 with a wind of about 5 knots. USC took first, sec ond( and third in the first race of the (lay. They had won the first race of the regatta before the snow Bra ndon Hurt Prik By JEFF V Staff i Two jumps by Lee Brandoni of jumping for the USC Spo in Sumter. Brandon's first jump ende away from the drop zone. For to his pride. His second jump was niot as spectacular, but it too had its moments. After jumping from the plane, he accidently pulled the rip cord for the re serve chute which opened in addition to the main chute. The spectators and other jumpers who were there were really amusedl by the sight of Brandon coming (down with both chutes open. Brandon, who is slightly embar rassed at the mention of his jumps simply said, "It was terrible." Eric HIollandl madle a fine jump when he landed only ahout a yard from the center of the target area. More jumps are scheduled for this month with one possibly com ing as early as Wednesday. Others are scheduled for this weekend in Sumter andl March 23 in Orange burg. The jump in Orangeburg will be a denmonstration for the Civil Air Patrol. A jump was scheduled for last Sundlay but gusty winds of up to 50 miles per hour forced a cancella tionn ACC ACC ob Bemisa Club V 2nd In had forced cancellation of the con test in February. By the time of the second race Sunday the wind had increased to 18-20 knots, but the USC sailors once again took the first three places. When the third race began the wind had increased even more. Hit pas described t h e conditions as "really wild." "I could hear the fiberglass f r a m e cracking," he added. USC was able to finish first and secondl, however, for a win in that race and a sweep of the regatta. Clemson had won the trop)hy for the last four years. Each race is run with a skipper andl one crew~man per boat. The skippers usually use coed c Iu b members for crewmen since they tend to be lighter and don't slow the boats dtown, Hitpas explained. The club's next race will be the USC Invitational M a r c h 22 at Lake Murray. s Jumps te Only VALLACE Vriter were the highlights of a day rt Parachute Club Saturday :1 in a tree when he drifted tunately, his only injury was, Staff Photi Parachutis Lee B Coach Of Player Of . s S I Photo by Elliott Borenstein R oche Tins Tradition Clemson Invi1 )R Salig -u An raiioa Rub, o Th ppuartro4rgb-a. Sailing Cl ng at1( Carad io Rtugby, L guk onexpti lngln,i s in Jit s thri saso era Th le I S( Iugby ('lub was formed 'a.' by itreted studenfts after th( d iste rtin of a clb at F Sophomo're. Sand Ft 'razier is cap~ torn of the team:i Steve .\lollot, sen i lr, . S pre det, andl Jm In lder S junio r, is secret ary. 1K hier schied ulo's all games for thle club. .\ ry .- and I the team will trave to'Charlotte for the Sevens' Tour "I nament. by hie Phtoraper huc eefer Jlosephs explainedl that so.me I) the mjor ierences bet ween foot randon (le f t) ajonaruoh d .,,,,i,. Year, Year Scores Over 30 5 Times John Roche has been n a m e d Player of the Year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Roche's selection was announced We-dnesiay by the Atlantic Coast Conference Sportswriters Associa tIon. The 6-2 guard f r o m New York City finished the season with a scoring average of 2:.8 points per game. Ie \w-as the high scorer in 20 of the Gam cocksOii' 26 games so far this seis,n. Hfis highest output of the se-aso,n came against UNC in tho N o r t h-S o u t h Doubleheader when he scored :; points. R-che scored in the 30's five times. Ie scored 28 twice, 35, "7 and I8. His lowest scoring gaie of the season was the N. C. State game in the North-South when he had 18 points against the slow down tactics of the Wolfpack. Ie came to USC from LaSalle Aca<iemy in New York where lie Was cns i dered one f the top back coUrt 1r1-secls in the c-untry. As a fr,shman last seaso-n he was the soc.,id leading scorer on the squad -:th a 21.5 average. al Cup, tational Staff Photo by Larry Clark Cup Trophly g Unknown, dlarity Here nit alhowed tany p:i-ibhng in rugby; ahr are nto timn-outs. no plave'rs Sre alci - substitut- ins; hi a I f t:mie ian be nlo longer than five nanuts. A Is,, where-as i a a I t ba 1 1 co.ssof mnaneuivered pelays, rug h: usually c--nt inuous play. Si 'ring -ccur s u- hen a pllayer t--uches the h:tll down in the op oesition teri,'s in-goal area. This s re ferr-ed to as a try. By place kic-k.nig t he h all over thle crossbar, ac play er mtay sc-re a conversion, iihu , a c--ncerte c-cry. Unlike foot - ball, the team sc-oring a goal be coees thle rece-iving team. , Joe sephs5 sa id rugb y is a "wn-ildier game than football. It's wild and chatic." 11ome games ni-e played on intra -mural fiehIl B. T hi e season con timues throuetgh April. Next homne