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From the Press Box By SCOTT DERKS Sports Editor At the end of Sumter Street rests the USC swimming pool, a relic of the past. Once a useful tool, now just a inadequate necessity. "it was a beautiful pool in 1934," Swimming Coach Pete Combes said. The controversial addition to the stadium and the money it will take will only push the needs of the swimmers farther Into the background. But football makes money; swimming does not. A new baseball field, track and basketball coliseum have all risen the years since the come of Paul Dietzel but the pool situation has stayed In a luke warm mess. The Athletic depart ment is functioning in the red and making money at both major sports, a trick very few ACC schools can boast about this year. The pool is not only cramped, but also does not meet the NCAA requirements which call for lanes to be 7 feet wide. "Our lanes reach only 6/2 feet," Combes said, "and when a swimmer stretches his arms for the butterfly event he can become tangled." It is a simple fact, when recruiting swimmers the 1934 facilities that USC offers handicaps Coach Combes and his efforts. "When a swimmer compares education, program or scholorship money at different schools we rate with anyone," Combes said," but when they compare facilities we loose a bunch of athletes." The lack of finances even hinders Combes when he wants to contact a prospect. Telephone calls and visits are too expensive he said so most contacts are made by mail. Different people write with their recommendations and the swim team members are asked to scout in his area to find potential USC swimmers. No full scholarship has been given for aquatic efforts though 15 of the 21 members are provided with financial help. Only two non-scholorship swimmers stuck out the grueling drills this year. The kind of practices that make good swimmers better; the kind that made 12 boys decide that swimming wasn't worth the effort. It may be just as well that they quit though, Combes really didn't have room for them anyway. In the past Combes has had to limit his team because of space problems which cause a lack of depth in the USC ranks. To have a good practice and haVe room for eveyone, he must keep his team small. Last year USC was forced to double up on several events and slipped from second to third place in the conference meet. Swimmers were forced to swim in events that werenot their besi and left tired for their event. The new P.E. complex'to be built in the next several years has long range plans for a pool. Whether the pool will be large enough of even meet ACC requirements, Combes does not know, he has not been consulted on the planning. Plans are also being made to construct a pool at the Roost. "I can't wait for it to happen, Combes said. But the swimming team has waited a long time, it has become part of their image. USC aw ards 15 On the first day of football Paul Dietzel said, "The limitatic scholarship signing, 15 high of 35 scholorships a year has mad schoolers came over to the us a great deal more restrictivei Gamecock side including 12 from our recruiting." South Carolina. Dietzei returned this week fro "1 don't think that we are going the ACC conference in which I to sign as many South Carolina proposals to raise the numbe boys as we usually do." Coach scholorships offered and lower t Every Tuesday Night i.0. . STUDENT NIGUT (5 P.M. to Closing) SIZZLIN' 'SIRLOIN STEAK DINNER .Just present your student identification to cashier. Our regular $1.69 sizzlin' sirloin steak served with baked potato, green salad and garlic toast. PORDEROSA Explos missI By SCOTT DERKS Sports Editor When the Gamecocks take the court tonight against Maryland, Will Hetzel will not be in the starters for the Terps. "He is not doing the things he is supposed to." Head Coach Left Driesell said. After making all conference and becoming the rth leading scorer in Maryland history, Hetzel has begun poorly this season and only posted a 7.5 scoring average thus far. Driesell, the second winningest college coach in America, has been picking up games in the loss column lately. Saturday night the showman watched his team fall to Wake Forest 104-87. Maryland was picked by the ACC sports writers to finish 6th in the conference and the Terps are 2 2 so far, without a conference win. Operating from a hi-low post offense and the double post, they will be relaying on center Rod Dale Duncan stands at 6' 4" on Saturday. Also pictured football entrance requirements was shot e dlown by the committee. n"I'm very well pleased with the boys that we have signed." Dietzel said. "I haven't heard from some of our people in outlying areas but uwe do have some boys that we he know are going to sigrn. "But for one reason or another, they will be signing later. Some of them don't want to sign until they are sure of getting in school. Of Re intrc Anti Mal Finally! A mnakeu~ skin look good. G< in 8 complexion s Make-up' contains< mnedication that he p)revent new flare-u; special 'blotters' t< The first pretty ni a skin specialist hapI NEW NATU ANTI-AC Avai The Cai (in Rusa ive Ma: Y scorer Horst who averages 23.5 points a game. The Terps have used a 1-2-2 defense using point man Mickey Wiles to harrass and clog the of fense. The 13,000 capacity field house is a near sold out though tickets are still available. Most of the Terps games have been high scoring affairs with the winning scores in the 90s and the losing scores well range over the 70 point mark. The USC defense has not permitted an opponent over 64 points this year. In the first game of the season, Auburn scored 64 points for the highest point total of the year. The USC defense has held its five opponents to an average of 52.6 points a game. The Gamecocks offensive output average is 73 points a game with the largest burst coming over Eskine when USC scored 96 points. The Gamecocks are presently on a five day swing which began with the Virginia game and will end The biggest the tallest of Paul Dietzel's is Duncan's brother. gr ants-u course, we still have the 800 cutoff mark." Shrine Bowl starters Darrell Austin and Alex Dohson picked Carolina over a score of other offers. Austin was selected the Class AAA Lineman of the year. Dobson offers a versitile attack having played offense for his Union ballclub before taking tip defense at the Shrine Bowl. Six of the 15 players signed were participants in the Shrine Bowl. vion:: duces! -Acne <eup that really makes h)ad >rgeous liquid makeup, hades. New 'Anti-Aene :lermatologist -app)roved Ips dIry up) pimples and ps. And it's oil-free, with > hold( back oily shine. iakeup that can make py, too ! RAL WONDER NE MAKEUP' lble at: rnpus Shop eli House) ryland 4 Will I with the game with Land Island University in Madison Square gardens on Dec. 18. The Gamecocks will then take on USC win first AC By IIYMIE EPSTEIN Sports Writer With little over eight minutes left in the game, USC overcame Virginia's stall to gain their first Conference victory, 62-51 and their fourth win in five starts. The Cavaliers, using an offense designed to keep the ball away from the Gamecocks, were suc cessful in their efforts at keeping things close until USC broke loose. The Gamecocks were never behind in the score, but were hard pressed to come away with a win. -Bob Benson new signees at the ceremonies i-aid on l.INF HGT WG;T. E)ahe l)uncamn 6.4 20, M1ichael ('line 6-2 5 Steve' Arrington 6-2 240 lHenny Burch 6-2 l)airrell Auist in a. . .lhn I ishier 5 i ' htick Anthony11 6 I Walsh: 'I McGu ire By IIVMIE EPSTEIN Sports Rteporter "L-etm me put it this way, I don't expect Coach McGuire to leave." THE COLLEGE CHRISTMAS CLUB PRESENTS I1T ANtUA DEC. 23 "*3 WALTERBORO ARMORY WALTERBORO, S.C. Dffense letzel New Mexico in the Sugar Bowl tournament on December 29. On December 30 USC will play either West Virginia or Notre Dame. s 62-51, C contest "We're still a young team and I'm very pleased that we never lost our poise in a game that we could very easily have lost," said Coach Frank McGuire. "This is good experience for these kids," stated McGuire. "We'll have to get used to the fact that we're going to see that type of offense a lot more before this season is over. "Frankly , Virginia played good defense against us. They're a quick team. We missed a lot of op portunities, of course, like the two point lead we had at the half. It should have been 10 or 12," McGuire said. Tom Owens, who led the USC charge with 23 points and 11 rebounds, started the spurt with a basket at close range with 8:02 left to play. John Roche, who was double teamed most of the game, hit his first field goal with 5:21 left in the half. Roche fell below his par of 22 points per game, hitting only 10 points. Bobby Cremins was at his best on defense. Cremins stuck with Chip Case, holding Case to only 15 points. Case was granted an extra year of eligibility provided that he sit out one game against South Carolina and one game against Duke. "Case should have been Rick Aydlett's man to cover," said McGuire. "and that's the way I had it planned. "But he did a terrific job on him. That could have made the dif ference." Virginia's coach Bill Gibson stated, "We felt that if we could cut Roche off, we could beat them." "We wanted to get their big men out away from the basket and we hoped to control the tempo of the game. I feel we did both of these pretty well. But they just killed us on follow up shots." Saturday HOME TOWN St arr. S C Eddie' Muidrow I.nint)flon. N C. Thad flowe' Ilanconlngon. N C Johni Gofo~rthi Mult,ns. S( C iihard Waggoner Union. S.C W~isonl Plunkett P'agetand. S C naindy Spinks S.susr. N C Alex D)obson P'ickens. S C don't exp< to leave' answered freshman basketball coach Don Walsh when asked if he would take over as head basketball coach if McGuire should leave. Walsh has lead the Battling Biddies to a 3-0 mark so far this ye'ar. When asked about the poSsibility of red-shirting some of this years Freshmen scholarship players, Walsh sajd, "We don't Goodbye Columbus. H ELLO "ST ERILE CUCKOO" WITH LIZA MINE LLI WENDEL BURTON SHWS 1-as5 , 9 Snowbird Tom Riker lays one up. All-Stars will play tomorrow The intramural All-Star game which was scheduled for last Wednesday will be played tomorrow afternoon. The Wednesday game was post poned due to rainy conditions. The fraternity team is a two touch down favorite and will be lead by quarterback Burke Hays and halfback Marian Reed. The independents All-Star team features the passing of Barry Hammond and the running of Sam Hardy. H(GT WGT' lioME~ ToWN 175 hehopu lie. s (' 511 175 West Coluambia s (' 6 4 Ilacks.hurg. S ( 611 ~ "I''rrece S C 'ct look to red-shirt. We leave it up to the boys. But I must add that each player has a place in the team. "I can't compare Roche, who has played college basketball, to .Joyce. who hasn't played college , basket ball. Joyce still has a futu{ with plenty of time to prove himself." commented Walsh. When asked about the awk wardiness that a 7-0 player usually has to face, coach Walsh stated, "Danny Traylor has terrific co ordination for his height. He's going to be a great player." Commenting on his team, coach Walsh stated, "The whole team is playing well. I can't find any faults about anything. I only hope we can still keep improving ourselves. "Our statistics are: we've won three and lost zero; we're shooting 58 per cent from the floor; the scoring is divided among the players; we can run and shoot." Walsh, who also recruits players, stated, "We don't try to recruit a large number of players, maybe seven or eight. Out of those we get four players, which is a high percentage. "We pick out the boys we want. Usually these boys are being recruited by many other schools. Coach Frank McGulre Is our selling point to these future basketball plaaers."