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D ietzel on stac By BRUCE HONICK Sports Editor Paul Dietzel said Wednesday that he thought an announcement would be made "before very long which would tell everyone where we stand and what the situation on the stadium is." The USC athletic director and head football coach said that "any speculation before that is just false because until we know something and have something definite in mind, it just doesn't make any sense to go off half-cocked." A report in The Gamecock two weeks ago said that Carolina Stadium would be modified by 1972 or 1973 to seat approximately 72.00M. "Now there have been some false rumors and some false plans." Dietzel said. "and people have said some things that aren't As The 'Cock File: By Bruce Honici Sports Editor TIE BIG DAY Thanksgiving holidays are o to settle back into the routin, books. But there is one consolatior contemplating the evils of colle open the season against Aubui been waiting for since the concl is finally here. Those hours spent sitting in have been studying helped watching the Gamecocks pr, basketball fever altogether. And those basketball magaz handfuls which picked the Ga only added to the misery of Rooster: Part II. Oh sure, the football season great to win the conference titl to the Peach Bowl. But, still, it you were waiting for, when Jot court for another two points a onto the court in his $350 suit. Tonight Frank McGuire, Johr Gamecock Public Relations Cor Nothing is better for Carolina th in the form of a national baski nation-wide campaign starts tc TlE TIGERS The Tigers should provide s< for the Gamecocks with four s season returning and a host of cl known primarily as the team wi expected to run more often necessary equipment. Frank McGuire said Wednes with a victory, especially sini have the type of athletes we ha will have the opportunity to closed-circuit television in the Aside from All-America J< conference by storm last yE Gamecocks will start forward calls ''the smartest big man l' a string bean at 6' 10'' and 205,I season to win the conference At the other forward will be J muscleman who has improvE season. Bobby Crem ins, the s founds every big man in the c abilities, will man the other g McGuire says of Cremins, Gamecocks for the second believable. You can't play leader.'' Tom Riker, a 6' 10, 225 tow~ pivot slot. The North Hicksvi pected to become one of the gri come out of the ACC. One na Riker will be one of the super -s McGuire says that Riker.' "hi a great one. McGuire was plea the intra-squad game last v beautifully outside for a sopl Bob Carver is a soph more gi with 27 points in the intra-squ, student, McGuire says of Carn Bo Davies. They look and defensive back on the Gamecc classy ball handler and exce considerable action this yeai Rick Aydlett at 6' 7" is ari man both the backcourt al Grimes, 6' 5%", can also play was probably the most under freshman team and should seo The bench Is rounded outi Powell, Tommy Terry and G, the starting fIve have this sea bench wIll be used plenty. Needless to say, the Gem year. It all begins tonight at ./ says a 11m is true and speculating. Now speculations always take place, but for anyone to say that it has been decided or that something is going to be done just doesn't know what he's talking about." Dietzel said that if anyone knew anything at all about the stadium modifications it.would be him, and "I don't know." The coach of the ACC football champions related, "when I came here one of the things that I asked the trustees before I took the job was that our stadium is too small; that we must build a new stadium. "The trustees said, 'We've never filled up the one we have. You fill it up and we'll build a new stadium.' "For a couple of years there wasn't much of a problem, but for two solid years we have had a IS HERE ver and it's time once again a drudgery of classes and i as you sit in your room ge: tonight the Gamecocks -n. The night everyone has usion of the NIT last spring the stands when you should anxieties somewhat, but actice did not cure 'your ines you scooped up by the mecocks tops in the nation waiting for Year of the was exciting and wasn't it le and receive an invitation was the basketball season in Roche dribbles down the nd Frank McGuire struts Roche and the rest of the amittee travels to Auburn. an a public relations crew etball contender. And the night at Auburn. CAN RUN me respectable competition tarting veterans from last assy sophomores. Auburn, th the ''Shuffle'' offense, is now that they have the day, ''I would like to start :e we'r': rated, When you yve, we'll be ready." Fans watch the Gamecocks on Coliseum. >hn Roche, who took the ear as a sophomore, the Tom Owens, who McGuire ,e ever coached.'' Owens is out had enough muscle last rebounding crown. ohn R ibock, a 6' 8'', 230 ed significantly since last enior scrapper who dumb. onference with his leaping uard position. Nho will be captain of the traight year, ''He is un without Cremins. He's a 'er of strength, will fill the lie, N.Y. sophomore is ex latest basketball players to tional magazine says that tars in the 1970's. as the ambition" to become sed with his performance in leek saying, ''He shot so 40more." lard who lead all scoring ad match last week. An ''A'' 'er, ''He's an e xact replica of think alike.'' Davies is a >ck football team. Carver is a Ilent shooter who should see I excellent shooter who can ad forward positions. Billy both forward and guard. He 'rated member of last year's e action as a sophomore. ay Corky Carnevale, Dennis ene Spencer. With the talent ison, It's a good bet that the ecocks have the horses this Wuburn. Hold on to your hats! nnounc forthc4 soldout stadium and you have to understand that a lot of the seats in our stadium are terrible seats." Dietzel continued, "Our athletic program grows every day. Our budget has doubled in four years time since I've been here. During that time the student fees have never changed one iota. The student fees are exactly the same as they were when I came here four years ago." "And the reason for this is that I told the administration that I don't want the students to have to pay for any improvements we have in athletics. And for that reason, the student fee is exactly the same as it was when I arrived on this campus". Dietzel continued, "The thing that has changed is that we have sold more season tickets and our contributions from the Gamecock Club have increased tremen dously. "So any momentum that we've gained has been because of the fact that we have had bigger crowds and the interest of our general fans have increased. It has not been Auburn Hy BRUCE HIONICK Sports Editor Coach Frank McGuire's Fighting Gamecocks open the 1969 70 season tonight against Auburn on the Tigers' court. The Gamecocks, picked tops in the nation by several leading publications, including Sports Illustrated, will field four starting lettermen from last year's 21-7 squad. All-America guard John Roche will be helped in the backcourt by team captain Bob Cremins. Juniors Tom Owens and. John Ribock will be at the forward slots while sophomore Tom Riker will play pivot. Auburn helped the Gamecocks celebrate the unofficial dedication of Carolina Coliseum last year by losing to the Gamecocks in the final second on a jump shot by .John Roche . 51-49. The Tigers also return four starters from last year's team, which had a 15-10 mark for the season. John Mengelt, a 6'2" guard, was sophomore-of-the-year in the Southeastern Conference last year. Hie averaged 19.7 ppg. and had a high game of 42 points against Kentucky. Center Bill Alexander, '7.scored at a 13.4 ppg. clip and was the leading rebounder for the Tigers. C'arl Shetler (12.9ppg.) and 6' 5" Ron .Jackson (6.5 ppg.) are also hack. Henry Harris, who led the Auhurn's frosh in almost every category last season, is expected to move up to starting status. Auburn won ('ight of 10 games at home last year and recorded wins over NIT entrants Tennessee and Florida nd perennial SEC con tender 'Vanderhiltt. Hosts have most Everyone knows that Carolina will be the host team in the Peach Bowl Dec 30, but do they really know what it means to he the "host team"? According to Coach Paul D)ietzel, the Gamecocks will have the choice of the game ball. The ACC champions will probably select a Wilson Touchdown ball since that Is what they're acc(ustomed to usmng. The Gamnecocks as host team will also have their c'hoice( of uniforms. Dietzel said that Carolina will wear garnet jerseys in the Peach Howl. Carolina will have the homneteamn scoreboard. the hometeam war mnup area on the playing field andt also receive the home teami tickets, a port ion of which was sotld by the Peaclh Howl Comminitt ee to the ge'nerat public Both We'st Virginia and ('ariol ina will exchange football films prior to the Peach Rowl game The Mountaineers scouted ('arolina at the Clemson game( while the Gamec('ocks scouted West Virginia when they layev4d Penn State. Diet iel said that the senior' football players will work the squad out for two weeks after they Come back from the Tlhanksgiving holidays three times a week ement 0 >mmng because we have increased the amount the student pays per person." The athletic director said, "There is no school in the United States that I know of who has any kind of a student body where they can all see the basketball games. It's not possible. "But in a football stadium it's different and I think that you are not justified that the students can't see a football game, so we have guaranteed that they will have a seat in the stadium," Dietzel said. "When you break it down how much a student pays for an athletic contest, it comes to about 40 or 45 cents a contest. Well, obviously we're not making any money from the students. It costs us that much to turn on the lights and clean up the stadium afterwards. "As the student body increases, it means that next year we can't sell as many season tickets as we did this year because I'm going to see to it that every student has a seat in our football stadium," Dietzel said. returns f4 Carver hooks a Sophmore backcourtman Bob shot in last week's intra-sql Cremins and junior Tom Ower WVUw begin to ('ar 111hna ' l'ec JIowAl (opoent, work outs toIda v in) prieparar t ion for 1the1)C i i1)e4':In met g bet ween' the Th'le M~lountai1 n'ers boaist a 9.1I r4cord.t w~Vhiich ranks se'conctid l to the4 inI nl I record1 in) '122. W~AVtVs II4owt1dl tam as 11the oly~ other "'They'l In lst take llhemi 11 out niuni them anud keepi t hem phyvsicaIlly fit," D)iet,el said ~ Offii aeliceiI wVIll beguin D)ee 15 and the114 playeurs will go home for bristmalIs 11he miioring or I)ec 24 e G.amecocks will ret urnio 1he 114 ftoost 11he day a ft er ('hristmuas and ISave f4or Atlanut a D)ec 27 ' When y there's lv BRUCE H11ONICK Sports Editor There wasn't a cloud in the sky Sunday and the sun showed its full intensity for the first time in days. A Carolina bus waited on the Park Street side of Carolina Coliseum at about 1:00 p.m. Soon a car pulled up near the bus and out jumped John Roche, Tom Owens, Bob Carver, Tom Riker and Rick Aydlett. How all those big men were able to fit into the car could be chalked up as a physics problem, but there they were in their red traveling blazers ready for the bus ride to the airport. The rest of the Gamecock squad showed up seconds later. Coach Donny Walsh, trainer Jim Price and Tom Turner, the bus driver, boarded the -ed and white bus--the same bus the football team used weeks before when they returned home from the Columbia airport as the ACC champions. )ur vets F From key Carver tries out his hook uad game. Captain Bob is steady for the rebound. trkouts d ay Wou)Intain1e(r squIadl to win nine Sonly six mIa or college teams hIow bet ter' record's t han VVI ullowing last week's games. Poftllo'adls the list with ai 10.0 niark while Penn State and San )ieg~o Sta te b)oth) hlave 9I ('charts. TlexSa and1 A rkanisas possess 8.0 4'corlds wuhile4 Soul herni (alifo)rnlia as a I El I mark. Missouri and LSIJ l4ow records utent cleI to West /hrginia. 9 I Thel Miounta.1ine4ers. WhoE beati wrlacuse(' in r0 or their last egu lar 1Season gameii Nov 22. face nal exa ms the week of D)ec 15-20. lt er a short Christ mfas recess, the otladt will depart for Atlanta Dec. 7 anid then workout at Grant Vi-'ld umndlav anud Monday before Il'SEsdav ve(Vning's ame. > u 're num no sneak There wasn't a lot of chatter on the ride to the airport. Bobby "Cake" Cremins was quiet the whole trip as was most of the Gamecocks. Dennis Powell and Corky Carnevale seemed to be the most chipper. The bus arrived at the airport at 1:40 and about 30 people were standing behind a brick wall near the plane to greet the Gamecocks and give them a good sendoff. By the time the plane was ready to take off, about 100 people were cheering the team on. The players boarded the Southern Airlines Martin 404 seconds after stepping off the bus. People were wondering where Frank McGuire was hiding since he had not made his appearance. Rob Fulton. "Voice of the Gamecocks". walked to the plane area. toting a brown suitcase and sporting those ever-present sunglasses. Seconds later heads began to turn and voices shouted, "Here comes Frank!" and "There's McGuire!" Frank McGuire. head Four boo this seasoi Ih* h1VMNIE E~PSTElN Sports Writer The freshman basketball squad headed by Coach Don Walsh has four scholarship prospects this season. They are Danny Traylor (7') from Winston-Salem N.C. Kevin Joyce (6'3") from New York City Jimmyv Powell also from Nwe York City and Casey Manning from Dillon. Travior could have easily gone to USC's -arch rival North Carolina, but. "the main reason I came to play for USC is because Coach McGuire had coached Wilt Chamberlain. That influenced me a lot." Tray 'lor. who is recovering from a knee operation, said. "The only problem I have with my knee is that it impairs my jumping ab)ility."' When asked w'hat he thought of Carolina Traylor said. "'Everyt hing is great. un believable. The only thing I dislike about U SC is Satur'day ('lasses."' To add a small piece of in formation to all freshman girls Danny has no gir'lfriend <but he said. "'I wish I dIid"'). Kevin Joyce. a high school All America. sa id. "'I ('ame to USC5 to play for McGuire. I wanted( to be on a gr'ea t team so Out of over 2(00 other schools I chose USC. My Joyce and R Freshman lCevin Joyce (43) tri junior John Roche may have so spectators are John Ribock (4 Bob Cremins (21). Action tool game last week. The numbe tangle with Auburn tonight ai Tigers' new ).,OOO.eat con.s.. ber one, ing off coach of the number one team in the nation made his appearance wearing a red traveling blazer and a pale yellow shirt. A small boy. who couldn't have been older than four, was sitting on the wall holding a basketball. When McGuire made his ap. pearance the boy trotted out to McGuire and asked for his autograph. The supercoach stooped down, signed his name on the ball, patted the boy on the head and disap peared through the rear entrance of the plane. The little boy ran back to his daddy--ball clutched to his chest--smiling from ear to ear. A few more passengers ran out to the plane after that--some of the Gamecock boosters who spent a considerable sum to travel with the team. The big engines roared, the plane backed away from the terminal building, rolled out to the runway and stopped. Then it began taxiing, gathering speed and soon leaped into the cloudless sky as a hundred people watched the ascent. The Gamecocks were beginning their 1M9-70 basket ball season. st frosh high school coach also wanted me to come down here. fie played under McGuire." As to playing pro ball. Joyce said. "I hope to. That's been my dream ever since I started playing ball. Any girls looking for the athletic type. just ask Kevin if he's free tomorrow. "I wanted to play for the best team in the nation," stated Jimmy Powell. New York All-City cager. "I really don't think about the crowd during a game. I try to concentrate on what's happening on the court." commented Powell when asked if the intra-squad crowd of 11.800 bothered him. "No, I have no girl." Powell said with a chuckle. "I don't know about the pros." said Case Iy anning. "I try to take things as hey come. I don't want to bldte' ur ratinexpeCratods don' O hr Maing w1 ho number onhe rank ingvfte voar. lt' of in-a sprakedion, but weshu't ae to miu'h attention to them.'' Casey has a girl. I,averna I hunter, and said. "'I have nio more roomi for another. ohe etoconnect for two, but esay in the matter. The 1,Rick Aydlett (20) and place in the Intra-squad one-ranked Gamecocks dwill help dedicate te.