Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. L -,It ~'J I ett ;% t4'v a ; bol AHl icanAirkcity fto vie tCezver pgard Bobby fbm last two-te : #arter for will be asmuch "dtfensive t ftbomding "sl elected S e tes for the .ast year's HNOASHI to Columbia isa en y u go through New Yo Raseball coach Bobby Ilie took the trip and it '7 years. 4st:1966, as a minor league -basernan Richardson Sto replace the injured N g~ second baseman of the York Yapkees, Gil Mc gald. ThMs wes the beginning of stlneuishsct career for Robert ton lhaardson. ort Clioton Richardson is Ytter known to fans, players and eligious devotees as Bobby Richardson. What kind of man and player is xBobby Richardson? Prom the first time he sjipped on the catcher's mask for the Kiwanis hau I the Sumter YMCA's Knee %'it League to the afternoon he ~usoneed his retirement from sonal baspball before a IbtYEnkee Stadium crowd, Klardson's life has been ~ i t has also been a life of ~ petrsonai Christian so started his o,fsIn0l career when he was " byj~ May'o Smith, then the d fNorfolk of the B 0)t League. Smith was so ~ A"pr.~ttwith Richardson's nce' that he signed him to ~~~~'ust a few hours after fr 'a aed from high school. ~pI~on-off seasons in the 00 id4es Richardson dvto the majors - - 1 tis fantastic feats around bse cardson should be an *;wU heIftes," said the ye o pe1t Vadkee manager O'afIr he first saw eb4gtp he jojned the -'ge, the "five foot tt' di4n't start latly - *1be 1967 roke 4' 'auWith 14.1 ~haywe VFW~ -AC afti *' bObtift -66060. Senior oem'ed only 5. but used his no i te t advanitage defeun ad in pulling off 6.1 Soutig. b*. sit Man Aydlett wai the number five score 6.5 Mark and proved in W coming off the bench witk urate outside shooting a left-handed set sh avOraged-3.5 and performed the ACC tourniament wher Into fulltime duty by tht to Roche. Other top soph prospects u; last year's frosh five art Casey Manning, a 6-2 leaper Was 16.3 scoring and 11.m ,and 5-11 guard Jimmy well, who was 14.4 scoring with the Biddies. The 196W-70 Gamecocks led the nation in fewest personal fouls committed for the second straight year. The final NCAA statistics also showed them second in the nation in defense with a 57.4 mark, and fourth in the country In scoring margin with a 16.6 bulge over their opponents. The Gamecocks, who ended last season ranked 6th in both wire service polls and have been 55-17 the last three years under Coach McGuire, will face a challenging schedule of games in 1970-71. Besides participation in the always tough Holiday Festival Tour nament in Madison Square Gar den, the Gamecocks will face such perennially strong non-conference foes as Notre Dame, Temple and Davidson in addition to a full slate of ACC games against such powers as North Carolina, N.C. State and Duke. vay of Nev yw chard declared "Bobby Richardson Day." The Richardson family was flooded with gifts ranging from $11.000 for their work for boys' clubs to a thousand Bibles symbolic of Richardson's devotion to the cause of God. Richardson Only 31 when he retired, Richardson was asked why he was forsaking the life of baseball. He Super-Natural Roast Haunted Ham and Hc Special Submarine S. Sell Park Hot Dogs Fish Sandwich Golden Delicious Pr In the restaural Frarnkl I k McGuire i Reading left to right, senior John Ribock and Tom Owen 197( DECEMBER 3 AUBURN CAR( 5 Notre Dame South 12 DUKE CAR( 16 MARYLAND CAR( 19 Virginia Tech Black 26 28 30 Holiday Festival Madison 5 (Western Kentucky, Cornell, I hattan, St. John's, Pittsburgh, P, JANUARY 2 CLEMSON CARC 4 North Carolina ChapI 6 TEMPLE CARC 9 Maryland Collel 11 Virginia Charl ' York son tc quoted one of his favorite poems in reply. "My outlook on baseball and life," replied Richardson, "is expressed in these lines from a poem by Walt Huntly entitled 'God's Hall of Fame': "I tell you, my friend, I wouldn't trade My name however small, That's written there beyond the stars In that celestial Hall, For all the famous names on earth, On glory that they share; - I'd rather be an unknown here, -And have my name up there." Others voiced dismay when Richardson retired. 'it's too soon for baseball to lose a fellow like Bobby," mourned the American League President, Joe Cronin. When number one (Richardson's uniform number) leaves, a bit of unusual class leaves." wrote Joseph Durso, a writer for the New York Times. Before his retirement, Richardson set several World Series' records. In the 1960J World Series, he established the record of bly Tasty" Beef Sandwich uented Ham and Cheese mndwich with Roast Beef led Chicken aor Boxed-ToGO 680ON ST. NlD mnd four returi l John Roche, Tom Riker a s, and lunior rebounds per 70. )-1971 Sche( 30 VIRGINI/ )LINA COLISEUM Bend, Ind. FEBRUARY )LINA COLISEUM 1 Duke )LINA COLISEUM 4 FURMAN sburg, Va. 6 Clemson 10 Davidson 17 N. C. ST q. Garden, N. Y. 20 NORTHd foly Cross, Man- 22 HOUSTO ovidence) 24 WAKE FC 27 N. C. Stal ILINA COLISEUM il Hill, N. C. MARCH ILINA COLISEUM 6 . Wake For ge Park, Md. 11 >ttesvllle, Va. 13 ACC Tou ok 101 "most runs-batted-In by a batter in a series (12)." In the same series he tied the mark of "most runs-batted-In-by a batter in a single game(6)." In the 1964 series he set the mark of "most hits by a batter in a series nng Starters Iveraged 57.2 points and 32.3 game themselves during 1969. lule CAROLINA COLISEUM Durham, N. C. CAROLINA COLISEUM Clemson, S. C. Charlotte, N. C. kTE CAROLINA COLISEUM 'AROLINA CAROLINA COLISEUM 4 CAROLINA COLISEUM REST CAROLINA COLISEUM te Raleigh, N. C. ast Winston-Salem, N. C. nament Greensboro, N. C. rou (1:3)." For his performance in the 1960 World Series, Richardson received the coveted Sports Magazine's Award. After Bobby got the award, Mickey Mantle, his close friend, -.. ........ .. ,** ** . .*. 'Iwo Wttato a ()a 0wok grant-naid a's'e anoth6r 000ssfu1 re*tM* Season for Coah Fra Meire and his "Wihad thre boys at the iop of our lit hen wi began recruing and we have signed al three," McG&ftasId. "Some coaches go fo- nnbers'but'we hays always ren ted *alti rather than quan .y, and we feel the three players we have signed will fit very well Into our system and style of play." Signed earlier were 6-4, 178 pound Ed Peterson of Silver Spring, Md., and 6-5, 210 pound Rick Mousa of Seymour, Ind. Winters is 6-4, 180 and attended Archbishop Molloy High, the same school that sent Bob Carver and Kevin Joyce to the Gamecocks. Winters was named to the Scholastic All-American team and was a unanimous All-City choice in New York after averaging 26 points and 10 rebounds per game diling the 1969-70 season. During his two seasons on the Molloy varsity the school's record was 45 1 969-1976 Aun' 6242 (WON BY 22) 54 Tky'wws.e S5 (lost by 1) 95 IkIne 44 (WON bY SI) 60 bat Carolina 49 (WON BY 19) 62 vrelnba. 31 (WON BY 11) 101 MFWrylande "6 (WON BY 33) o9 Low Iend 82 (WON BY 37) 5 New Mexko/ 63 (WON BY 23) 64 NO"r DgOMOV 83 (WON BY 1) 5 North CerlinGe 32 (WON BY 13) 5 Morylnd* 44 (WON By 11) 43 Virna* 42 (WON BY 21) 4 SP Fuan 56 (WON BY 3) 1 97 Clo"'son* 76 (WON BY 21) j " VkrVin Tech S4 (WON BY 32) 47 O*e SS (WON BY 12) I 79 Temle 71 (WON BY 8) 1 99 Clemsen* s WNB 7 81 Wake Pea# 84 (WON BY 27) 1 62 Dvicson 54 (WON BY ) 82 Duke* 6 (lOst by 6) j 71 N. C. St"te* 69 (WON BY 2) I 7 Nort* Carolinea 42 (WON By 17) i 67 Wake Forest' SI (WON BY 16) , 83 N. C. fatq 69 (WON By 16) I 34 Clmsn+ 33 (WON BY 1) C 79 WOkO Forest+ 43 (WON BY 16) C 3I N. C. Stat"+ 42 (lost by 3) t *-Atlentle Coast Conference ganme, / +-Atlntc Coast Conference Towinomer Ite to said, "Bobby played a marvelous hitting series. And at second base, he covers it tighter than Castro holds his cigar." flichardson has since worked for an insurance company and did ............. *.. .'.. --.-.-.-................ ....-...e... .. .. . ..... - itad o1lythv e defets toa 19op,po gg city chmpooowhip. During the O sea400, the theord was *51 with the los, Coming in the city championabip finals to Power ~Memorial1 In a recent allstar game mat chlng the top senior. among the Catholc schools against the seniors from New York City's public schools, Winters scored 30 points although his team lost 101 100. Coach McGuire said he and assistant Donnie Walsh noticed Winters while scouting Carver and Joyce on the Molloy team and had watched his development from the time he was a freshman on the jayvee squad. "He has the potential to become a great basketball player,". said McGuire. The Gamecocks may sign one or two more prospects for basketball although traditionally McGuire brings in a small number of high quality freshman. The frosh squads of the past three years among the best in Carolina history-had four s.cholarship players each. Results "I"N SCORER HIKHMONa o s Owens 27 Owens 17 .oche 21 Owens 22 Owens 34 Owens 25 Rothe 24 Owens 12 Owens 23 Owens 11 Owens 29 Owens, Rike, 17 Roche 27 Owen. 20 Roche 31 Owen. 13 Riker 36 Owens 14 t"bok, liker T4 Owens 11 Riker 17 Riker 13 )wens is Owen. 13 101d. 23 Owens, Riker 7 loe 31 Owens 14 kWcw 27 owen" 21 tiker 1 Owen. 11 oce 34 Owens 16 eche 25 Owen. 25 4che, Owen" 24 Owens 1s bche 34 Roce, Riker, Rib.k y *Ch* 23 Owens 13 choe 30 Owens 13 oche 20 Riker 13 oe 24 Riker 13 oche 31 Albock 12 wens 9 Owens 10 wens 2S Owens, Rike, is ke' is Riker 13 J0r RewO Tornament (cNAMPS) t game. Usc special scouting assignments for the Yankees before coming to Carolina. Last year was Richardson's first a t Carolina. Already, he has signed soemore outstanding prospects.