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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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