Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LLmers in nVationa s A swimming team will participate in the Southern 061.1legiate Invitationals Championships at Athens, $morrow. dThe swimmers will carry a 4-7 record to the meet. Coach Pete Combes' swimmers will be rivaled by some of the top-class teams in the nation. Heading the list will be Texas at Arlington, Florida, Florida State, and last year's winner Southern Illinois. This is the last meet before the swimmers depart for the ACC Championships next Wednesday at the University of North Carolina. The Gamecocks are led by NCAA qualifiers Jim Weinzettel, Mike Mayfield, Gary Wetherhold and Trond Williams, Why are these men laughing? Find out on The Don Adams Special: "Hooray for Hollywood"... brought to you by Budweiser., the King of Beers.. Thurs day, February 26, CBS-TV, 8 p.m. EST. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. 9 St. Louis - -- - - -- - Pratt & Whitney WAST PALMOR ANDOIDLTW,CONCAU USC swimmers relax befi moments that proceed the s practice. Swimmers swim ab W1mI b0 -"IMIT Swimir of agor By JOHN GASH Sports Writer Agony. A word saved for dying soldiers, defeated politicians, and demented artists. But the word also exists in the world of swimming. Hidden underneath the showcase of grace, power, and swiftness lies this truthful word--agony. **CI UNLI At Pratt & Whitney Aircraft "ceiling is not lust an expression. For exampl parent corporation joined P&WA only ing an engineering degree. The pre Chairman, never worked for any othe President of P&WA started in our as an experimental engineer and mi position. In fact, the majority of our one thing in common - degrees scientific field. To insure CAVU*, we select our el carefully. Motivate them well. Give tI facilities only a leader can provide. 0i graduate education opportunities. Eri into fields that have not been exple reaching for a little bit more respo manage. 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They're big and strong. Like bulls. The swimmer watches from mnother planet as his tense but imall legs reach for the starting brone on which he is to tower for a ,ew fleeting and elusive seconds. "On your mark,"' the starter 3ooms. The water is vacant world i-world of years and years of .raining. The fear increases.. The ,estlessness peaks. The gun explodes. The body explodes. Reaching, straining, grasping R uggers to play D avidson The rugby team will kick off its season against Davidson Saturday and will play Clemson Sunday on intramural field B. Both games start at 2. "We will be seeking revenge for the basketball~ team against Davidson," starter Jack Clasen said. "We had a 3-5 record last season and we will definitely improve it this season." The Gamecocks beat both Clemson and Davidson during fall season, 6-0 and 8-0, respectively. The rugby team consists of 15 players - eight "scrum" (linemen) and seven backfield. The ruggers do not use padding. Points can be racked up in three different manners. Three points are allotted for running over the goal, two points for an extra point kick, and three points for a field goal (penalty kick). Even conservative profi against smear tactics oi papers. You're always bet with erssab!o Cnrrasable* An ordinary pencil erases you erase without a trac' Eaton's Corrasabie ty writer paper. At college bo stores and stationery stor EATON'S CORRASABLE | Eaton Paper Division of textror Smudge-ins are out! Off the Trond Williams and Jim Southern Intercollegiate Invi tomorrow in Athens, Ga. Bol for the NCAA Championshipq vorld fi isonal g for the blueness, the swimmer leaves the Sahara world for his world. Every stroke is a stroke per fected behind centuries of teaching and decades of practicing. Practice is 4,000 yards a day, nine months a year. "I have had swimmers who swam until they became un conscious," USC's Head Swim ming Coach Pete Combes said, explaining the type of athlete required to be a swimmer. "In training the swimmer has to work the entire physiological system to make it adapt to the stress, so that he can go faster and endure longer." Stroke after stroke, the tanned Grace and Sharyn Clynes performs c women's gymnastics team Georgia College Saturday. rebel ' term Bond lets son pe- EMT O UEAA Only Eaton makes Corrasable* BOND TYPEWRITER PAPER I Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201 5locks Neinzettel practice for the tationals, which will begin h swimmers have qualified roals swimmer fights to his goal winning. "The sprint swimmer must know his time so precise that he can come within two-tenths of it," Combes explained. "If he is too fast or too slow it would mean possible defeat." Defeat is seeing the swimmer in the next lane outstretch you by a fingertip. Consolation? There is none. Consolation is a meaningless word lost in the rhetoric of fans and sportswriters. "The swimmer can withstand pain only to a certain point," Combes continued. "At that point the swimmer will rebel since he is human." Human he is. beauty in the balance beam for the in the team's 68-52 loss to Send the Gamecock home NOW AT: . :3 in,m ~7: 1 - 9:130 the classic female concept