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........ ....... USC's Drew Choate, who Early lea Mitchel4 Continued from page 6 lortably in the driver's seat. Preston was still adding to its lead in the fourth quarter, before the subs took over with Preston ahead 79-40. At the offset of the game the 1raternity champs build up an early 12-2 lead on the hot outside shooting of Gordie Cherry and Steve Paris. But then the 6-5 Mitchell began going to the boards more and guard Johnson, who scored 22 points, fired in six straight to pull Preston to within two. The teams swapped baskets the remainer of the quarter with Sigma Nu on top at the end of the period, setting the stage for the independent champs' second ~arter surge. f'he Sig Nu 's failure to hit . st Preston's tight zone defense was a decisive factor in the game. With Mitchell and Davis UNITED 1211 IIROADJ (Hw3 COLUMI OPEN TO1 9 A.M.' MON. TI WE NOW STEREO COMPONENT S RECLINERS & S LIVING ROOM & BE SEWING MACHINES TAPE DECKS, REFRIGI WASHERS & DRYERS AND OTHER STUDENTS Not this tim( hit two home runs, misses tt 1d stifled Johnson clogging up the middle Sigma Nu was torced to take low percentage shots from outside. Cherry was high scorer for Sigma Nu with 16 backed by Paris wiih nine and Gary Walsh with eight. Tommy Suggs chipped in six and John Williamson had three. Mitchell and Johnson received plenty of help in the scoring Kleinkne( baseballei Continued from page 6 the nation and our pitching staff is comparable to any around. "We play a lost of hit and run hall which lets us use our speed to our best advantage, and makes us more effective. You get thrown out FRE IGH T E S RIVISR RD. .176) LEA, S. C. H E PUBLIC' 0O6 P.M. IRU SAT. HAVE! VSTEMS & CONSOLES WIVEL ROCKERS DROOM FURNITURE & VACUUM CLEANERS ~RATORS & FREEZERS, , ELECTRIC RANGES ~PPLIANCES. WELCOME -Parker Renaud iis time. department from Campbell who had 14 and Davis scored 10. Fifth starter Billy Ward had two points. Preston advanced to the finals by defeating Town Men, 85-55, and Moore, 62-55. Sigma Nu got there by stopping Sigma Alpha Epsilion, 63-47. and Alpha Tau Omega, 60-56. Preston finished with a perfect If-o record while Sigma Nu suf fered their first loss, finishing 9-1. mht wives as boost thtway, but in college ball some chances have to be taken, and when your hitting isn't very con sistent, it's one way to score." Richardson was well pleased with this day's hitting. Choate has started his hitting off well with a .500) day and Butch Anderson continued his consistency of late with three hits in five trips to the plate. Anderson reflected the days feelings after the games with thoughts of Kleinknecht. "He's the favorite around here, and we were really glad to see him hit that home run. He has it real tough playing behind Huddy <Caldwell ." Kleinknecht "didn't see the ball go over the fence until I passed second" but his teammates did, and he was greeted by a mob when he crossed home plate. Larry Erbaugh added a fourth win to his tnbeaten slate and gave up only four hits and t wo unearned runs. George Beam had one of his wilder days, hitting four batters, but struck out nine and allowed only a single hit. The game with Duke April 5 was rained out and will be played in a doubleheader at D)urham on April -Lit................ 'Exciting meet 00 M eriwa ties rec A 9.4 performance by Dr. Delano Meriwether in the invitational 100 yard dash. II other record per lormances. perfect weather and a near capacity crowd combined to make the ninth annual Carolina State-Record Relays the most successful ever. Meriwether. the 27-year-old cancer researcher from B.Iltimore. Md.. who grew up in Charleston. ran in a special in vitational loo against some of the top collegians and tied the 13 year old track record set by former world record-holder Dave Sime of Duke in 1958. As usual. Meriwether--dressed in the yellow bathing suit. hospital orderly's jacket and suspenders that have become his trade mark--broke last out of the blocks. When he was only a yard behind Joe Johnson of .Johnson C. Smith University after 40 yards, one veteran observer commented "it's all over", and it was as the super-smooth physician who began running competitively only a year ago, surged to a con vincing victory. Johnson was second in 9.6. Carolina's Jim Small third in 9.7, Bruce Jones of Furman fourth. also in 9.7. and Bobby Baker of Auburn fifth in 9.8. Meriwether, who defeated a field of world class sprinters to win the 60 yard dash in the National Invitational indoor meet at College Park. Md.. in .January. was pleased with his first outdoor performance of the season. -This was an exciting meet for USC linksn iour-way gi By GARY'WEST Sports *% riter Tlhe Carolina Golf team with a tine elf ort. defeated Georgia. Indiana, and Georgia Tech Monday April 1, at Athens. T'he Gamecocks with Johnny Gregory. Hap Lathrop, and Os Hlillman, all firing 74's, scored a team total of 531 opposed to Georgia's 534 and Indiana's 537. Tfhe scoring against -Georgia Tech was 375-414, with only the top five players competing. Rounding out the Carolina scoring was Wade Mayo with a 75. Rust y Shealy's 76. Wylie Ramsey's 7W. and Buddy Bostian's 80. 'he USC golfers accomplished prob)ably thier biggest match victory in three years. "said Dick Melton. Indiana and Georgia are both reigning champions of their respective conferences and field a line array of golfers. ('oach Melton described the par i2 course as tough and hilly. measuring over 7200) yards. In match competition the G;amecock record stands at 8-0. Tfhe USC linksmen finished fifth, wit h a t eam score of 766, in the Furman Invitational which was concluded last Saturday. April 3. at Furmnn...... ,ather ord me.'' he said. ''I'm very impressed with the Carolina State-Record Relays. I was impressed with the turnout 14.9)). The crowd was much larger than at some of the more lamous meets." Regarding his future, Meriwether said. *If my body permits it and my family and duties at the hospital (in 1altimore) permit it. I will con tinue to run." Four University Class records were broken and two others tied. and live High School Class marks were broken during the ninth annual Carolina State-Record Relavs. ill Holloway of East Tennessee tied the 1(m0 yard dash mark of 9.5. and the East Tennessee 440 yard relay of Greg Stubbs. Don Bran son. Bob Knox and Holloway tied the meet record of 41.1 seconds. New records included 13.8 in the 120 yard high hurdles by Jeff Howser of I)uke. set in trials: 51.8 in the 441 intermediate hurdles by Alvin Bresler of Auburn; 9.53.4 by )uke's distance medley relay of Phil Wilson. Mike Murphy. Roger Beardmore and Bob Wheeler: and W-54.1 in the two mile by Ken Misner of Florida St. High School Class records in cluded 3:23.1 by Beaufort's sprint medley relay of Larry Bennett. Terry Lawson. Arthur Singleton and McLeod: 171-2 in the discus, set in trials by Buck Thompson of Hanna . 5f-;-1-2 in the shot put by Billy McElveen of Dreher: and 6 .1 in the high jump by Ron Adams of 1_ower Richland. len capture 1lf win Ramsey topped the Gamecocks with a 152 total. while Bostian and .iimmv Hamiiron both finished at i53i. G;regory recorded a 154. Mayo a 1565. and Hillman a 157. to com plete the totals. Tlhe tournament was won by Georgia Southern with a team score of 753. The Eagles ace, .Jimmy Ellis took medalist honors with a 1465. Tlhe Gamecocks next outing is the S.('. Intercollegiate Tour nament at Hampton S.C.. April 8 In. PE offers lifesaving swim course Carolina's P.E. department will olier a senior life saving course beginning April 19 at 3:30 in the afternoon. The instructor will be Gamecock diver Gary Wetherhold, and will last approximately two weeks. Anyone interested is welcome to at tend. F~or more Information call .lames Ratliff. at 7?7359 .~. . .