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ACC drops rule; Dietzel resigns posts By TEDDY HEFFNER Sports Editor The Atlantic Coast Conference abolished a rule that would have prohibited members from competing with USC, which has announced its intention to withdraw, in a special meeting in Greensboro. The ACC eliminated a much-violated rule that prohibited any conference team from playing a school with an enrollment of over 1,500 in 'conference territory.' The rule read: "No inst-itution shall compete with any college institution situated in conference territory, which has a student body enrollment of 1,500 or more and is not a member of some regional athletic conference, unless both compete under rules of eligibility of the conference.'' " The rule was violated many times in the past," said Dr. Ralph E. Fadum, president of the conference. "it was in Paul Paul the old Southern Conference bylaws and was just Dietzel: inherited." The ACC schools broke from the Southern Con POsts terence in 1953 to form their own conference. At that time the expressed reason for the new conference was to escalate athletic programs. Maryland won the national title in football that season but only a 1957 UNC basketball title has followed. USC was seeking to eliminate the 800 rule on the SAT and withdrew when it became evident that the rules would not be changed. All the schools made it evident that they wished to continue relations of the football field. However, although no statements were made, it was obvious that not everyone wanted to play basketball with Carolina. The meeting left it up to the individual schools whether they played "BEST 14 basketball and spring sports. Also, freshman football was left to the Inch discretion of the individual American Woman school. Laughing It was also agreed at the Share the Land meeting that USC would share in the reguiar con- No Time ference distribution for 1970-71. Carolina and the ACC also agreed to honor each others grants-in-aid. In other words, there will be no signing of players already signed by someone - else. The school has similar committments with Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech and the Southern Conference. Other matters will be resolved at the league's J H regular spring meeting May 7 at Southern Pines, " A K T N.C. Aseildul lu USC Athlectic Director Hre adl uacn and head football coach Hate,MkTylr&me Paul Dietzel took the oc--_________ casion to resign from the posts of Chairman of the Athletic Directors and Chairman of the Football W UC Q A t Coaches Committee. U Oe 093 Dr. Gene Hooks of WakeM..St Forest succeeded Dietzel to the athletic director's spot and N.C. State's Earle Edwards took over the Th Sot' L cochs cmmtee '__ G U ESS_______ '6Inch Bob Kleinknecht Mitchell-led Preston bombs SN Hy GARY WEST Sports Writer Preston. with its fast break working to perfection, and dominating both backboards, demolished Sigma Nu, 85-49, for the Intramural Campus Cham pionship Tuesday night at the Longstreet Gym. Preston paced by the overall' play oi Tom Mitchell, who scored 29 points, began to make its move at the start of the second quarter, going from a three-point deficit, 19 IG1. to a 44-25 halftime lead. With Mitchell and Pat Davis controlling the boards and Terry Campbell and Dale Johnson running the fast break, Preston added to its mounting lead at will. The third quarter ended with Preston ahead 65-33 and com 'See. EARLY. Page 7, Col. 1) ")F"TH LE ,) 1rUEs~ WHO" oding These Eyes No Sugar Tonight Hang on to your Life Hand me down World Bus Rider REG. $5.98 ALBUM NOW $399 WAYALL THE ROOTS" with REG. $10.00 Harris, - NOW $9 irgest and Most ~( Giamecocks blast Taylor in twin bill By CHARLIE SENN Sports Writer It isn't often that a sophomore substitute can claim the limelight with a one inning performance, expecially after his team wins both ends of a doubleheader, hits four homeruns, and the second game's winning pitcher just misses being only the third man in Carolina's history to pitch a no-hitter. Bob Kleinknecht, however, became th days most popular personage after a wild sixth inning of" Carolina's second game with Taylor University April, 6. With two out in the sixth, coach Bobby Richardson substituted Kleinknecht to give the young player an inning of defensive experience. "The hustleingest player on the team,' as Richardson had earlier identified him promptly responded by smashing a Merrill Skinner pitch over the left field fence. Kleinknecht's homer followed two more by Pete Carpenter and Drew Choate hit earlier in the same inning. The big bats were alive against Taylor. The Gamecocks got a total of Choate. twenty hits in the two games. Choate also hit a homer in the first game and 2 HRs several USC batters rattled the fences. '' Ihey were two well pitched games, but the hitting was the big thing," said Richardson. "They're (Gamecocks) swinging the bat well. We did leave a lot of men on base, though."' rhe Gamecocks batted just under .400 for the day. "We have a good ball club with an excellent defense," said Richardson. 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