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90~hInblaIs a ~IbhV Ugh New baseball c0ach t01 th trip 4400aw 17 yer. AUtP196, as aiorleagunbI 1 banan Richardson at Now York's Yankee V to tp c the injured seod baseman of the Ap Yof Yankees, Gil Mc Doopl1d. This was the beginning of a career for Robert CO Richardson. Robert Cinton Richardson is better known to fans, players and religious devotees as Bobby Richardson. What kino of man and player is Bobby Richardson? From the first time he slipped on the catcher's mask for the Kiwanis Club in the Sumter YMCA's Knee Pants League to the afternoon he announced his retirement from professional baseball before a sellout Yankee Stadium crowd, Bobby Richardson's life has been baseball. It has also been a life of IN PE THE JOHNNY STA JOHNN And The Tej * The Si e TheC * Carl P 0 Tomm SUNDAY, FE1 CAROLINA COI COLUMBIA, S.C Tickets: $5.00 - $4.90 AT COLISEUM BO) C OFFICER F4 AND AN INI ON PROFESS THE CHARU. LOCATED AT CHs A SUPPORT FACiI SUWMARINES AND C A. Gesl pperhalb arde "intense personal Christian 0ommitment." Richardson started his professional career when he was spotted by Mayo Smith, then the manager of Norfolk of the B PiWWWWen L0ge. Smith was so Richardson 'RSON CASH SHOW Y CASH ,nessee Three atler Brothers arter Family erkins y Cash B. S 7:30 p.m. .REUMt $3.00 OFFICE FUT HA RLESTON RECRI ,in eeri) en Fel A YOUR PLACEMENT 3R AN APPOINTMENT FORMATIVE BROCHURE iONAL OPPORTUNITIES fAILABLE WITH STON NAVAL SHIPYARD ARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLIN .TY FOR NUCLEAR POWEREK ATHER MODERN NAVAL VES! ,I..!.. L York 'on to impressed with Richardson's performance that he signed him to a contract just a few hours after Bobby graduated from high school. After a few on-off seasons in the minor leagues, Richardson "graduated" to the majors - thanks to his fantastic feats around second base. "Richardson should be an acrobat in the circus," said the always-eloquent Yankee manager Casey Stengel, after he first saw Richardson play. Even though he joined the Yankees In 1956, the "five-foot seven-inch giant" didn't start playing regularly until the 1957 season. Along with another rookie. named Tony Kubek, Richardean helped form one of the best double play combinations in baseball. Every day Yankee fans were Baseball. begins pr By TEDDY HEFFNER Asst. Sports Editor The USC baseball team began practice yesterday with a new coach and high hopes for the up coming campaign. Bobby Richardson took over the Gamecocks who are seeking to rebound from a disappointing season last spring. Richardson;'who is expected to build the diamondmen into an ACC power, will have a load of pressure on him when the season opens March 17 at Furman. The Cocks return 16 lettermen from last year's squad. They are led by juniors Gary Lance, Buddy Caldwell and Butch Anderson and seniors Don Startley, Joe Land and Jimbo Smith. Anderson and Caldwell provided most of the hitting last year. Both finished around the .300 mark and are capable of the long ball. Lance is a fine shortstop and capable batsman while Stanley plays the outfield well and has a knack for getting on base. Land and Smith have proven themselves on the mound. Lance may get a chance to pitch this season and Land is slated for a try behind the plate. NAVAL SHIPYAl JITMENT g Studen mrary 11, 1970 LLOONS ELS ok Ion provided with the delight of seeing the "most durable and depen dable" second baseman and shortstop that the majors had seen in a long time. Baseball was so strongly af fected that Sept. 17, 1966 was declared "Bobby Richardson Day."'The Richardson family was flooded with gifts rafigfig from $11,000 for their work for boys' clubs to a thousand Bibles symbolic of Richardson's devotion to the cause of God. Only 31 when he retired, Richardson was asked why he was forsaking the life of baseball. He quoted one of his favorite poems in reply. "My outlook on baseball and life," replied Richardson, "is expressed in these lines from a team Ictce Other lettermen include Pete Corigliano, Terry Floyd, Eddie Bolton, Ronnie Fulmer, Tony DiVonese, Donnie Churchwell, Tommy Jones, Gregg Woolfie, Larry Erbaugh and Arnie Mar zullo. Fulmer and DiVonese started most games last year and Erbaugh and Marzullo, the only sophomore lettermen, are high on the pitching staff. Roche is 11th all-ti* All-America John Roche became the Gamecock's 11th all-time scorer with his 34 point effort against Temple Wednesday night. The performance enabled the 6-3 junior to move within three points' of Henry Martin, the number 10 scorer, with a career mark of 1,031 points. A 14-point performance against Clemson Saturday would propel Roche into ninth place, past both Martin and Scotti Ward. Roche is 73 points away from R D ts I Lg ro poem by Walt Huntly entiti 'God's Hall of Fame': "I tell you, my friend, wouldn't trade My name however small, That's written there beyond t stars In that celestial Hall, For all the famous names 4 earth, On glory that they share; I'd rather be an unknown her And have my name up there Others voiced dismay whf Richardson retired. "It's too soon for baseball to 1( a fellow like Bobby," mourned I American League President, J Cronin. "When number one (Richai son's uniform number) leaves, bit of unusual class leaves," wrc Joseph Durso, a writer for the Ni York Times. Before his retiremet Richardson set several Wor Series' records. In the 1960 Wor Series he established the record "most runs-batted-in by a batter a series (12)." In the same series he tied U mark of "most runs-batted-in by batter in a single game (6)." In tl 1964 series he set the mark oj "inost hits by a batter in a serio (13)." For his performance in ti 1960 World Series, Rishards( received the coveted Sporl Magazine's Award. After Bobby got the awar USC's me score Ray Perricola, 178 behind Ski Harlicka, 209 away from Le Collins, 220 behind Joe Smith, 26 behind Ronnie Collins, 425 frori Grady Wallace, 474 from Ar Whisant 481 behind the all-timi leader Jim Slaughter. A duplication of last year': scoring performance of 662 point. would move Roche to sixth place ahead of Lee Collins. Over his career Roche has als( tompiled an impressive per gami scoring average. In 45 varsit3 ,ontests, he has a 22.9 career iverage. USC signs two top prospects USC inked their 30th footbal prospect and welcomed their firs swimming recruit to the fok Wednesday. Coach Bill Shalosky announce< the signing of 6-3, 190 poum uefensive end Jim Petrus frorr Parma, Ohio. Swimming coach Pete Combe announced that backstroke stati record holder Bob Warner of Aiker is the first aquatic signee. Warner has been an allstat4 swimmer throughout his higi school career. Regioi StaTh Horses for Ren Hayrides Weekdays Weekends iLtc to d Mickey Mantle, his close friend, said, "Bobby played a marvelous hitting series. And at second base, he covers it tighter than Castro holds his cigar." ie e, he If John Roche had been oe hundred years ago, Matt D .d- week. a Roche kicked in the saloc te Philadelphia Wednesday nigi Iw right through theheart. ButlI Roche even let Temple dra td the second half, but by the - Id away, Roche had 34 points. 1 of second half; he had 25 of the in the second half. He got 20 points worth of ie Owens, but it was definite a Philadelphia for the Gamecc !e Unfortunately not very m even knew the Gamecocks w e got to see the shoot-out. n. Official attendance at the g s USC Sports Information Dir major reason for the paltry a game publicity in the Philad Philadelphia is a pro spc ticularly go for college baski Of the four daily papers in mentioned the Gamecocks, a story on an inside page. r But at least one of them, S Bulletin (formerly of the C1 e complimentary. Grady visi session and afterward claime spots in the top twenty---one fc t the second. Publicity is a nice thing to it's especially nice if you're a fact, it's essential. John Roche could have gott AP and UPI All-America tear reviews he deserved. They lo the Gamecocks beat Lbng 13 weren't any New York writers night. The A P team is chosen by e Writers Association, who cor submitted on a regional basis. polling the UPI subscribers. Seleption to either of the two on the kind of publicity the play metropol itian papers. USC has never had an AP America. Grady Wallace ma< every other All- America team away. Last year Roche was sele< teams, including a second tean All-America team, the first of teams. He definitely has to be consi IAP and UPI teams this season against him the way they Gamecocks are probably goin year to pick the AP plum. at Park les t Located 10 miles north of Columbia between Rts. 215 and 321. Ph. 754-5031 $2.0~0 hr. . $2.50 h.. USC Richardson has since worked for an insurance company and did special scouting assignments for the Yankees before coming to Carolina. JIM Ianey born in Dodge City about a Illon wouldn't have lasted a mn doors at the Palestra in it and shot the Temple Owls was a fair fight. w first. He held his fire until 1ime the smoke had cleared 'hirty of those 34 came in the Gamecocks' first 33 points in help from his sidekick Tom ly Roche who cleaned up >cks. any people In Philadelphia ere in town and even fewer ame was 3,326, according to ector Tom Price, and the ttendance was a lack of pre elphia papers. rts town. They don't par .tball. Philadelphia, only two even ind one of them buried the andy Grady of the Evening iarlotte News) was highly ,ed a Gamecock practice d that USC should have two >r the first team and one for have If it's complimentary. n All-America candidate. In n another jump toward the is if he had gotten the rave ved him In New York when land University, but there in Philadelphia Wednesday panel from the Basketball 1pile the ballots that are The UPI team is chosen by teams depends a great deal er gets from the prestigious first team basketball All. le the first team ballot of in 1957, but the big one got :ted to three All-America place on the Chuck Taylor the Basketball All-America dered a candidate for the but wIth the breaks going did in Philadelphia, the 9 to have to walt another Got a Question? Ask Inquiry Drawer A The Flea Market GAMECOCK :tNM H uaseli lluse it.\TES IFive cenla per word with a minimum ofils l:itHHns -11 notified within three dava. 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