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Cocks best D -yCIIAtIAE SENN Sprs WrNer e Th VSC Gamecicks dropped 1% 4 Wree Atlantic Coast Con kee decisions this weekend, ."ia double header to Duke, 3-2 amd 4WIriday, but coming back to n We Forest Saturday. 5-3, in tea iOfigs. i ~ their second and third ACC ematests of the season, ite prey to a big iing by 14*1Dvils in each enc Ler. L. htea. Duke to* ad vaW of USC stav4er George "4IWewi d te Scar* Sar s tsevth Gai teo take a a t poeided tae maeOW opmWe. D&Ae's ftvt %Wtff and goli leN were -f tGat ame pitcher Al mtwo* itr te victy. aerts"ep WtcoNwrso" led the USC attack v i ar Of singles. Thi sO ak lsm were doubly haftd to thme Gamecocks, as wead baseman Tommy Moody -suffere a broU leg involving a y ohe keyme base, whOe the sed S&GaNA" in single Next to national scoring leader .Johnny Neumann of Mississippi, Carolina's John Roche had the highest single game scoring performance in college basketball last season, according to final season statistics released by the NCA A's National Collegiate Sports Service. Roche, who wound up his career as the leading Gamecock scorer of all lime with 1910 points, established a new school, Carolina Coliseum and Atlantic Coast Conference scoring standard when he threw in 56 points against Furman in February. Only Neumann, who had a per game average of 40.1, scoring -more in one game with 63, 61) and 57 point nerformanesa. ----- Concentration lose t eacons :1 win over Wake Faet. ftbinsen gave up only two hits, wMe striking out five-and strrendring one -- a single -- base on bells. In the tenth inning, CareKna rallied for two unearned rums to clinch the win. Buddy Caktwe* was safe on a two-base throwing error by Deacon shertstop Jim Eschen. He them moved to third on a wild pitch. and was plated by M'race Poffieek's AA& to Oewter. t..deck petcede to sw second. and seee# vden Eschm threw away Larry WOjdicki's iwfield grounder. U4C t aM# tt runs in t& opening staa wsm Pet Ca rnOer dMOW a PAes, *gt to:seos m a bik. thm 9W Sft Ow evror and Cab*mMl's simge. Wake came right back, mote"n single rums in te -firt and sen innings off of Gamecek starter Edie 'Then in the f'ifth, Wake forged ahead. 3-2 on a booraing double by catcher Dave Evans. Two innings later. Woicicki ripped a single, Drew Choate feftwedwith an~ier saf4ty, and Makineeu A'Led a doubie off thme left center wal, scoring Wejcicki. Ciheate was nailed at time plate trying to score on RIobinson 's blast. Tlhe Atlantic Coast Conference cond t~o I game sco TIhe ;-:3, three-time All-American from New York City also ranked nationally in two other statistical categories, while the 1970-71 USC squad, which finished the year with a 2:3-6 record, made the list in two statistical areas. The Gamecocks, forced to play more aggressively on defense against the slowdown tactics of several opponents, did lose their two-year lock on the number one ranking on the fewest personal fouls com mit ted list, not making the top five in that area. Individually, Rloche ranked 54th among the nation's top scorers with his 21.6 average, while his free throw percentage of .821 put him in the 24th spot among the foul linae sneeinfis W( the top thiiMf -Mike mnge NO; i 10 statistics released as of last week indicate that Virginia's top dwee pitchers may make the CavaKers the team to beat this year, while N. C. State-boasts the confereace's top hurier. Southpaw M4ke Ca4dwell of N. C. State continues to set the pace for pitchers in the Atlantic Ceaet Conference basebaN race with a perfeet "- record, according to the latest statistics released by Comaissioner Bob Jaines. A seir em Tarbere, Cadweg has new hetd :3 victories durig his c~Ieg corer. vigw, wMb. isf dme W" vvpessive overff feewedmeg ACC fw4 witk as 1-1 a*, s have *ebed two or vierq deisims. Steve breo*i, a sdseee from Iariebs, Pe., a4 &4-0mark whije Mike PwMs, a Jumi heem Newprt News, Va., is 3-0. and Ed Kihm, a s.enier frm WestAe, Ohio, is 2-0. Others with 2- tecords include Brad igges of N. C. State and John Petro.ee f Maryesa. .Judkins, who has werked eedy eight imnigs in notching his tme wins, has yet to yield an earned ruEt. Phil Houston of USC, who has a i-I record, also has not allowed an earned run. VIeu mann free throw shooters in the nation, only number one pro draft choice and :w point scorer Austin Carr of Notre Dame attempted and made more charity tosses than Roche. As a team, the Gamecocks coincidentally ranked 17th in the country in both team defense and free throw percentage. They established a new school record with their .743 mark in the latter category, ranking behind only rival North Carolina among the nat ion's best foul shooting teams in total free throws attempted and made. In team defense, the Gamecocks, who were second nationally in 1969-70 with a 57.4. mark. earned their 17th ranked by holding the opposit ion to fiW4 points ye in the Keyhole o By Doug Williams Asst. Sports Editor (This is the second in a two-part series on the signing of undergraduates by the pros.) While the current controversy surrounding the legal Illegal signings of college underclassmen swirls in the midst of some very heated discussions, various false allegations and little chance of a rapid solution, one group ot individuals looms as perhaps the only hope of salvation for the war between profossional basketball and the NCAA: the management. All too often the management, or more specifically, t general manager, ends up as the fall guy, facing numerous suits, internal dissension and the ever-present prospect of losing his job altogether. For this group of men are mistakenly grouped into one category bearing a kid napping sign. Such is not the case. Whether we choose to believe it or not, the rift between the two leagues and that with the NCAA is not cherished in the least by any of the warring parties. For one, it tar nishes the reputations of three fine sports structures as well as confusing anyone who gets caught up in the tur mol. Among the nmst recent signings was that of Mississippi's Johnny Neumann by the ABA's Memphis Pros. OnWy a mere, Neumann led the natien in scoring, htting a 49.1 clip. Suddenly, ut of the apparent clear blue, Neumainn is In a profession&& ergenizatier, as once again, the ASA, NSA and NCAA boteme embrOed in yet another fIght. "We did not try to get Johnny Neumann out of college," said Memhis General Manager Charles Cavagnaro. ''H came to us. His *fent apprached us abwt the possii.itV of Jny sig-ng a professional centsect." It seemed ,ay Reurai. Mississipipi is * a shet way $reg Memfi4s, wiere N-panO had ebw a high sc%604 Al-America. was not a ease of hilakis g a pr.mnent amateur out o et tos enhaece th fteddisg league's . repuation. ''We aOpr iWe wh *h as a hwd*ip cas, a"ack , a $ tle epheg th he WOW never wrk aAf. Iste LYE, peg1, 4) CAPUS SPECIAL Mehdy-T-e-day-We nd y, MONSTER BURGERc C ombinatiom Plaie With student ID Monster Burger, Salad or Cole Slaw, French Fr and choice of Beverage 8 Oz. Miller High Life --S1c extra FrmnkN'Stein 409 BLOSSOM ST. AT THE BRIDGE