Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Caroine straight By BRUCE HONICK Sports Editor Coach Frank McGuire's nationally second-ranked basketball Gamecocks will be looking for their fifteentli straight win tonight when they take on the Temple University Owls at The Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa. The Middle Atlantic Conference Owls, who bring a 9-10 mark into tonight's clash, have recorded wins over Michigan State. St. John's and LaSalle while losing to - Tern Nunna. Owens alone at Clemson Former cager suspended Billy Walsh, last season's gttat'd counterpart of John Roche, has been suspended from the University for academic defiencies. Walsh, who had a knack for hitting the long left-handed bank shot at crucial times, will be missed mostly for his defensive ability. Coach Frank McGuire said Walsh was an important part of last year's team effort and with him, the Gamecocks could have been a great pressing team. Walsh was injured in a freak accident in New York during the NIT' and many experts believe this to be an important factor in the Gamecocks' lost to Army. R oundball starts Feb. 10 By Tl'i))YHEFFINERl Asst. Sports E'ditor Intramural Basketball will begin Feb. 10 for the two Independent divisions and Feb. 16 for the ' Fraternity leagues. TIhe divisi~ons are set up so each team will play one game with each mnembher of his league. At the coinclusion of the regular season, the top two teams in the four leag.ues will qualify for the TIhe top team in League I will meet the second-place finisher of League II in a best of three series and the top team in League II will play the number two team in League I in a similar series. The winners will then meet for thie division crown and the right to play the winner of the other division for the campus chain pilinship. Trhe campus crown will be decided in one game. TIhe annual All-Star game will be played at the conclusion of the playoffs, pitting the best of the Fraternities against the best of the Independents in a game with as much pride and antagonism as the Super Bowl. Basketball, unlike football, can be played according to the rules of NCAA competition. For this r reason, the play is more heated and more fun to watch than foot ball. Many former high school stars, not quite good enough for Frank McGuire's Gamecocks, will be fatured in the comneitin. i seeks fi against Pacific Eight opponents Southern California and Oregon State. Harry Litwack's crew boasts a team defense average of 65.8, but: their offense average is a mere 66.1. The Gamecocks boast the second-highest defense average in the nation at 56.7, but average 75.8 points per outing. The spark of Temple's attack is Tom Wieczerack. a senior guard who shoots at a 15.1 clip. Thier biggest man. 7-7 sophomore center Lee Tress. is their top rebounder with a 11.4 average and the second best scorer with a 14.4 PPG average. At the forward slots for the Owls are 6-5 sophomore Ollie Johnson and junior John Richardson. They average 6.2 and 4.1 points per game, respectively. The other guard along with high scoring Wieczerak is sophomore Paul Collins, who scores at a 8.2 clip. Temple was champion of the 1969 National Invitational Tournament. a tournament which Carolina attended. but the Gamecocks were knocked off in the second round by Army after starting guard Billy' Walsh was involved in a freak accident at the team's hotel. High sc) in wresth BY BRUCE HONICK Sports Editor Ten South Carolina high schools will compete in the second annual USC Invitational Wrestling Tournament to be held Friday and Saturday at Peabody Gym and A. C. Flora, respectively. The top three wrestlers in each of the 13 weight categories will qualify for the state wrestling meet to be held at James Island Iligh School Feb. 241-21. The team champion at the USC Invitational and the outstanding wrestler receive trophies while the winner of each weight category is awarded a medal. Each school enters one wrestler in ?,9h of.tie,13 weight categories, M4 FRIED FR EN CREA ALL YOU CAN E THUI HOMIE COUNTR STE POTATO E ROLLS VEGETABI ALL OF 1 E( SPECIALS KNOX ABI CAYCE RE ON [fteenth Temple The Gamecocks are 15-1 overall and 7-0 in Atlantic Coast Con ference action. Top scorer for Carolina is 6-3 junior All-America guard John lRoche, who scores at a 20.9 clip. The other guard is defense wizzard Bobby Cremins, 6-2 senior, who has a 6.8 PPG average. At pivot will be 6-10 sophomore Tom liker, who averages 14.1 points per game and hauls down 9.1 rebounds per outing on the average. Toriu Owens. t- junior forward. is the leading rebounder in the ACC with a 15.0 average and is the second-highest scoring Gamecock with a 17.6 PPG average. At the other forward is 6-8 junior muscleman John Ribock, who averages 4.8 points a game and 6.3 rebounds. Sophomores Rick Aydlett and Bob Carver are the sixth and seventh players on the roster. respectively. Aydlett, 6-7 forward-guard, is the fourth-leading conference player in the field goal percentage category and scores at a 6.8 clip. Carver averages 3.7 points per game from his guard position. wools to 1ing toul which range from 95 pounds to "unlimited" (177 pounds and up). Director of the tournament is Larry Carr. instructor in USC's Physical Education department. The tournament last year was well attended according to Carr. "It was pretty good. That's why we moved it to Flora - Flora has greater seating capacity." Friday's action begins at the Peabody Gym at : p.m. and should he over around 14) p.m. These are the preliminary matches. The senifinals and finals will take place at A. C. Flora High School Saturday beginning at 12 p.m. and continuing until about 6 p.m. Buford High School of Lancaster is defending team champion and Mike Ellis -af Buford was -last Howard~ New Manai SDAILIY )NDAY T CHICKEN |CH FRIES S MY SLAW A AT 'YOUC IISDAY ~MADE Y STYLE FF AK CR $ 129 Am ..E AY*U CA THE ABOVE SPECL BREAKEA iG, 2 PANCAKES, BA( GOOD AT BOlT DR. STAURANT LY Cremins ag compete rnament year's outstanding wrestler. Buford High will compete this weekend and Ellis will wrestle in the 154-pound class. Other high schools competing in the USC Invitational Wrestling loutirnament this weekend are L.ower Itichland. Dreher. Brookland-Cayce. A. C. Flora. Airport. Camden. Union. York and Barnwell. Got a Question? Ask Inquiry Drawer A I Johusoui lement Pre , SPECIAl 'UESDAY HOM EMADE PAGHETTI ROLLS L $129 A AN EAT YOU C 'RIDAY ISH FRY (ENCH FRIES EAMY SLAW $129 1 EAT ~LS GOOD AT BOTH ST SPECIAL ON, TOAST, JELLY, COF ainst Duke We tr We're number two, but we ti harder. That's the concensus on campt after the latest basketball polls t Associated Press and United Prei International were release Tuesday afternoon. Coach Frank McGuire' Fighting Gamecocks, afte spending one week in fourth place jumped to the number two sk after recording convincing win over Clemson, VPI and ACC riva Duke. The talent-laden Carolini hardcourtmen enjoyed a first place ranking until the secon( game of the season when SE4 power Tennessee stunned th Gamecocks, 55-54 in Carolini Coliseum. After spending a week or so it eighth place, the Gamecock vaulted to third, where the remained until last week whef they dr6pped to fourth. seuts WEDNESDAY FISH FRY FRENCH FRIES CREAMY SLAW L$129 AN EAT SATURDAY STEAKS 10 0Z RIBEYE or.$ 9 12 0Z RIB STEAK OZ NEW YORK $ 4 STRIP $ 4 French Fried Onion Rings, Green Salad, Asst. Bread. LUNCH & DINNER FEE99 >ECIALS GOOD AT NOX ABBOTT DR. ftYCE RESTAURANT Fewuary 4, 1970. Swim tea to East B By JOHN GASH Sports Writer in a meet highlighted by a strange swimmer and two good divers, the Carolina swimming Gamecocks lost to the Eels of Eastern Kentucky, 60-53. Ie strange swimmer was a little green fellow named Hobart. Before the meet, and to the delight of fans and swimmers alike, Hobart swam a half-a-length of the pool. He used a stroke that is rarely seen in the nation's swimming pools - the alligator. For you see, Hobart is an alligator. Too had he can't swim the backstroke because, according to almost everyone, the backstroke is the team's weakest event. "If we only had a backstroker," muttered an angry John Pit tington, after the assistant coach watched his swimmers lose another close one. Mike Mayfield and Gary Wetherhold provided the second half of the highlights. With graceful twists and turns, both divers qualified for the NCAA championshijps in both the one and three-meter diving events. Another top Carolina diver. John io. 2 y harder - y The second-place ranking can be attributed to Kentucky's 89-81 loss Is to Vanderbilt Saturday night. y Adolph Rupp's Wildcats had been a resting in the number two slot for d most of the season behind Johnny Wooden's UCLA Bruins. s North Carolina State, ACC powerhouse, vaulted to fifth in the AP poll this week and seventh according to UPI. North Carolina, another ACC title contender, is seventh in the AP poll and sixth according to United Press In ternational. Get Away Fror The EVERYDAY QUESTO ,,, 165M * TRE -THE GAMNOcM.p4..- s rn los e4 entucky Thoder. has been injured ad many be out for the season. On the achievements of Wetherhold and Mayfield, assistant swimming cosch Covington Standwick stated, "Being a frfshman, Wetharbok did a fantastic job. Both his and Mayfield's performances are very commendable." The next meet is against Alabama at home Feb. 6. The pre a me show will feature Hobart, the baby alligator. 'Cocks to play 36 games A rugged 36-game schedule wiHl greet new USC baseball coach Bobby Richardson, the former New York Yankee great who takes over the reins of the diamond Gamecocks this season. Athletic Director Paul Dietzel announced the 1970 schedule which ncludes 21 ACC games. The aamecocks will meet each of the ;even other ACC members three imes in a single game, Joubleheader setup. The schedule also features a six lay tournament at Fort Jackson. Competing with USC will be teams from Yale, Duke, Massachusetts, Princeton and Toledo. Dates are March 23-30. The Gamecocks will begin pre season practice today. The season opener is set for March 17 at Furman with the first home games being a march 21st doubleheader against George Washington. Home games are scheduled for the Rex Enright Athletic Center baseball stadium. Sixteen home games are scheduled, with four teen to be played on the opponents' home fields and plus six in the Fort Jackson tournament.