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John I he star By BRUCE NNCK Sports Editor John Roche returns for the Gamecocks this seaon a year older, eight pounds Lavr, haf an inch taller and perhaps a yer. wiser. The All-American backourt ace and teammate Tom Owens w*red out with weights mest of last summer and brushed up on their shooting skill. As a result, both are in excellent physical shape. "I feel so mach better on the court," said Roche. "My legs are strenger. Wei ,jifting's helped a lot." -NARoche now stands 6'" and *'eighs 170, not big by coege basketball standairds, het a marked improvement over Awt season when he was 6'2" and IN. After being selected MVP in the ACC last year, unanimos all conference first-team choice and All-America by at least two pos, the;e doesn't seem to be any honors left for Roche to receive. Not so. There's still the NCAA Cham pionships and that's the biggest accolade of all. "I just want to de enough to win all our games," the New York City junior said. "I just want to score enough points to win." "I think we have a better team this year," the marketing major said, pointing out that sophomore Tom Riker will be a most welcome addition to the starting five. "Everyone's worked hard all Suggs third i Tommy Scuggs is third in gst offense in the ACC behind Duke's Leo Hart and Russell of Wake Forest. Suggs has amassed M7 yards 'm 166 plays and four TDs. 1e is third in passing behind Hart and Kien drick of Clemson, completing 67 of 120 tosses for 836 yards. Warren Muir is fourth in the conference in rushing with 5M yards in 126 plays for a 4.3 average yards per carry. Billy Mitchell is second in punt ret urns with 141 yards in nine totes for a 15.7 average, the fugroeBE *oche s ted usi: summer and everyone feels that they're improved." "We feel pretty proud," said Roche of the national recognition. "When Dec. 1 comes it will be our job to stay number one," he said. "We're going to enjoy it while we can and fight to keep it. They (the team) wants to win every single game." Roche and Owens were team mates at LaSalle Academy in New York before coming to Carolina. Roche said that Dan Buckley, his high school coach helped him the mest in preparing for All-America abilities. "In high school we had a very good team," said Roche. Buckley "made me develope all points of the game and made me realize the importance of practicing and what athletics can do for you." He related that Frank McGuire was the first coach to approach him and Owens about playing college ball. Roche said that McGuire started courting him and teammate Owens in their junior year. McGuire took Roche and Owens to dinner in New York. "He's Game Versatile Don Buckner and record breaking receiver Fred Zeigler will serve as Carolina's game captains Saturday when the total offense average in the league for punt returns. Dick Harris is second in the ACC in kickoff returns with 335 yards in 12 tries for a 27.9 average, the highest in the conference. Fred Ziegler ranks third in the league in pass receiving, having caught 30 passes for 425 yards and a 14.2 average per reception. Muir is in third place in the scoring department, having scored 36 points. Billy DuPre is third among the place-kickers with a perfect 13 for 13 extra point tries and six for 12 field goal attempts. RCA On C lnterv for Compt and Systei November 1 BS, BA and MBA can campus, for our Comi The Program consists at Cherry Hill, New Ji a broad knowledge of or Systems - followe our field sales offices States. You will be w Spectra 70 family of< by large-scale commui applications. See your placement o Or write to RCA Colli Building 205-1, Camd equal opportunity em tronger ng weig really impressive when you meet him for the first time," said Roche. "His clothes and manners are really impressive." His high school coach, Buckley, played for McGuire and had something to do with the cager's choice to come to Carolina. But McGuire also had much to do with it. "A lot of coaches know basketball, but can't coach. McGuire can. We have respect for him. When we lose we feel bad because we lost it for him as a coach. "He'll fight for us. He'll always stick with us right or wrong and we know that," Roche said. The young ball handler was asked if he would ever consider playing professional basketball. "That's one of the things I think about a lot. I've always wanted to play pro basketball ," Roche said. Roche, who has two sisters, said that Oscar Robertson "is the greatest player that ever lived. I try to watch him every chance I get." captains cl Gamecocks tackle unbeaten Tennessee at Knoxville. Buckner will be returning to his home state, being from Cleveland, Tenn., and has demonstrated admirable versatility since his arrival at the Gamecock Roost. As a sophmore, he saw action at defensive end, weak linebacker, rover back and fullback. Last year, he was the starter at of fensive left guard for eight games and in two games-when Warren Muir was injuried-- played fullback. Buckner was moved to middle guard with the defensive unit just before the 1969 season began, but suffered a twisted knee in the opener with Duke and missed the next two games. Since returning to action, against N.C. State, the ampus iews iter Sales nis 7, 1969 didates: interview R CA, on >uter Sales and Systems Program. of ten weeks of formal training ersey that will provide you with the field of your choice - Sales I by an assignment at one of located throughout the United orking directly with the complete omputers which are highlighted ications and time-sharing Fficer to arrange an interview. 9ge Relations, Dept. CSS, en, N. J. 08101. We are an ployer. SinCe hts He also admires Bill Russell and Jerry West. "RusseU is a winner," Roche said, "even though he wins a different way every year, he still wins." He said he admired Jerry West "for guts." He said that West "physically is not strong and takes such a beating." The All-America guard is taking accounting, marketing, management, economics and Psychology this semester. "I think we have the best student body in the ACC in enthusiasm and wanting to win. Especially last year against Wake Forest at home. They had a large hand in winning the game for us. They were loud and it shook up the players." He also made a comment about tomorrow's football clash with Tennessee up in Knoxville. "If the football team plays a real good game they can beat Tennessee. I think we could win. They're only iuman and they're taking us pretty lightly." 1osen Management major has played both middle guard and strnng linebacker. Zeigler, after coming to the University without a scholarship, has blossomed into the leading pass receiver in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference. After being discovered on the "scout squad", he led the ACC with 35 catches as a sophomore and added 59 last year while making All-ACC. This year, Zeigler surpassed the previous ACC career record of 106 receptions early in the season, and his 30 catches in six games give him a record total of 124 with four games to play. The Business Administration major from Reevesville, S.C., was also selected this year to the first eleven of South Carolina's all-time football team, rmaking him, along with Muir, one of only two current Gamecock players so honored. Three t to parti By TEDDY HEFFNER Sports Writer Married Students, Maxcy, and Sigma Nu earned the right tc particiapate in the Intramural playoffs with victories Tuesday. Maxcy edged Preston 12-6. Skip Latt got the League LL contenders off to an early lead with a 60 yard punt return. Steve Zagoria tallied the final Maxcy score by sprinting four yards in the third quarter. The men from Preston fought back in the fourth quarter, scoring on a 60 yard dash by Tom Grady. The Maxcy defense held Preston the remainder of the game to record to win their fourth against one loss and one tie. Married Students who are half a game ahead of Maxcy in the League II race with a 4-0-1 record defeated Douglas 25-0 behind the passing of Bubba Williams and the running of Boyd Smith. Smith tallied one TD on a run and grabbed a Williams pass for another. Willims also threw for a score to Randy Parkes. If they - Married Students win their last game they will become ,the sole posessors of the League! I title. If they lose a championship game will be needed to determine the leage chanp and iosition in the pla y -of f se e d i n g . PIK A WINS TITLE Burke Hayes threw to A.D. Tif for both fourth quarter tallies to give PiKa the League L cham pionship. Hayes had gotten the undefeated PiKa's off to a first quarter lead with a beautiful 50 yard strike to Bobby Heald. The tough SPE defense stiffened to hold the PiKa's, but PiKa also threw up a rocklike defense which enabled them to wait for the of fense to explode like it has so many times during the season. PiKa now draws top seeding in the playoffs. The playoffs will g The 2 Wheth( nothi In stock. John Roche eams ear cipate in begin November 13, the schedule to be announced. HORSESHOE TRIUMPHS The Horseshoe relied on the scoring talents of Dilks, Johnson, and Simoff to hand the Bates House no. 2 a 39-13 drubbing. Dilks, Johnson, and Simoff each tallied two touchdown runs for the win ners SMITH INTERCEPTS Ronnie Smith picked off a Douglas pass and returned it 55 Five-daj (Continued from page 1) students and the faculty since last spring, especially since virtually the whole United States has gone to a five-day week." The new schedule, Jones said, represents "an excellent com promise and a good use of our facilities without an undue burden on students or faculty." Study of the University schedule was initiated last spring when the faculty agreed to shorten classes from 50 to 45 minutes, thus giving student. 15 minutes to change classes. Completition of the Humanities Center and the Coliseum had made it impossible for some students to change in 10 minutes. In other business, the faculty: -delegated C. H. Witten, vice president for student affairs, and Prof. William Caldw~ell to gather a student-faculty committee to seek a "neutral ground" for students and faculty to meet for discussion and coff(ee -changed the grading of practice teaching courses and clinical pharmacy from letter grades to satisfactory unsatisfac tory PERRY M occasin r for sailing in a r( r relaxing on campu ng is more comforta "Visit our Ski Shop" the G.en . 34 ARCAI -n right playoffs yards for a fourth quarter TD to lead Woodrow to a 13-12 win. Smith then tallied the PAT to provide the winning point. The touchdown and PAT climaxed a second half rally in which Woodrow tallied all of its points. Jack Ungar scored the other Woodrow TD on a five yard run. Doug Bryant dashed 60 yards and Norman Boggs sprinted 20 to account for the Douglas scores. week ---approved a B.S. in computer sciences degree and a major in religious studies. ---heard a letter from the editor of The Gamecock urging thatt faculty meetings, which are closed, be made open to the press. The letter was refered to the faculty advisory committee. March (Continued from page 6) Church with colleges in their own contingent at 9 a.m. and will begin four blocks from St. Aloisius Church with colleges in their own contingent at 9 a.m. and will begin 11 a.m. The march is expected to reach the Ellipse behind the Capitol Building at 2:30 p.m. and will be followed by a mass rally featuring speakers and rock bands. Another march on the West Coast to San Francisco will coincide with the Washington demonstration. Arrangements for rides or passengers are being made at the SMC-USC table in the Russell house lobby. Information con cerning the activities and purpose of the Nov'. 15 march is also available. gatta ble. 9 9 9 9