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Tommy Moody Peterson's 29.3 ties McMillan Sharp shooting Carolina tresh man Ed Peterson set a school frosh scoring record this past season, averaging 29.3 points per game and tying touted Maryland fresh man Tom McMillan for the Atlantic Coast Conference frosh scoring title. Both had 468 points in 16 games. Peterson, a 6-4 guard from Silver ring, Md., also set a new school ;*itandard with his .933 free throw percentage and ranked number one among ACC frosh in that department. He hit 70 of 75 foul line tries officially, missing only three shots from the line, but having successful attempts erased when lane violations were called against teammates. The primarily outside shooting Peterson also ranked sixth in field goal percentage with his .521 mark. He and Maryland guard Jap 'lrimble were the only outside shooting performers to rank in the top eight in this category and the top four of 6-11 McMillan, 6-10 Dave Elmer of Duke, 6-9 Bobby Jones of North Carolina and 7-4 Burleson of N.C. State agd6-11'% in height and center. The USC Biddies' other two scholarship performers, 6-4 guard forward Brian Winters and 6-6 forward Rick Mousa, also ranked high in several categories. Winters was the ACC's eighth leading freshman scorer this winter with his :'3. average, while the husky Mousa scored at a 17.9 clip, ranking him 14th. IDon't Fight Ther Establishment &Join Them At F6r a Steak 111l- LADY STR'!ET 254-4492 A. B. SUTiCER MOR. Moody 'Cricket' Teammates call him "Cricket" because he's always chirping. He's the holler guy of the University baseball team, always yelling encouragement to his teammates. He's also the Gamecock squad's top student of the game, always knowing just what the situation is and just what should be done in any given situation. Whether in the game at second base or sitting on the bench, Tommy Moody has been totally involved in Carolina's baseball squad the past two seasons. He's far from the most talented athlete on the squad. In fact, his physical abilities are just average, but he makes up for his short comings with hustle and intelligent play. A graduate of Columbia's A.C. Flora High School, Moody came out for baseball as a freshman last year and won the second base job. He batted .234 and had a fine .960 fielding percentage. At the beginning of his sophomore, however, Moody lost the starting second base job to Larry Wojicki, a slick fielding freshman from New York City. Instead of becoming downhearted over being benched, Moody hustled Bolton eff4 Campus Qu SP'ORTl Magazine is seeking candidates for their 20th annual (Campus Queen Contest and are accepting nominations from various schools. The magazine runs the contest in its SPORT TALaK section. All accepted candidates will be screened and the first five finalists will be featured in the national publication during September with one each ap pearing for the next four issues. T'he magazine will announce the winner in the May' issue of next year. The winner is picked by the readers. gave lost to br even more in practice and en couraged. Wojicki and other teammates even more from the dugout. When Wojicki went into a long batting slump, Coach Bobby Richardson looked down the bench and saw Tommy Moody ready, so the little second baseman from Columbia returned to the lineup. As of last Saturday, in 11 games, he was batting .318 and hadn't committed a fielding error in 32 chances. In the first game of doubleheader at Duke he made a diving stab of a sharp grounder by 1)uke second baseman Jim Thompson and threw to shortstop Butch Anderson for a force play while lying on his stomach. In the seventh inning he made an alert throw to third to catch a Duke runner off base. In the sixth inning of the second game, while attempting to throw to first for a double play, Moody and sliding Duke first baseman Dan Phelan collided. Moody was carried from the field to a hospital where X-ravs showed the fibula -- the small bone -- in his left leg was broken. He'll play no more for the Gamecocks this season. -Losing 'ommy Moody is a big blow to us," Richardson said. "He -MkeMter~ rt in vain .een sought SPORT'1 says that any "pretty coed, not a senior this y'ear, who participates in a number of campus activities and main tains a decent scholastic standing" is a possible can didate. Any organizations or in dividuals interested in sub mitting a choice can do so through Tlhe Gamecock Sports D)epartment. A good picture and a briel biographical sketch ' age, weight, measurements, home town, interests, major, ambition, etc.' is needed no later than May . ds ok en leg was a smart, alert ball player and a dedicated team player. His leadership as well as his play on the field was important to us. ECvervone on our team should be inspired by the example tht Tommv set tor us. We're sorry to lose him but we're looking forward to having him back next season." Lary W jicki bill currie MOUTH of the SOUTH As anyone with a shred of fairness In his makeup might well have anticipated, the federal courts have now in validated the NBA rule which prohibited the signing of a basketball player before his class graduated from college. That such.a prohibition was illegal was obvious. Nobody can restrict a man from working because someone else is still in school. Of course the NCAA, that august conclave of fuddy-duddies who run the major portion of collegiate sports, will howl, but hopefully their wails will go unheeded. Under existing rules, there is some possibility that college ball can be hurt. But all that is needed right now is to change a rule or two. Anyone who has followed the high percentage of failures among college stars who have tried it in the pros knows that there is not likely to be a mass exodus from the campus. There simply are too f*w un dergraduates who can leap into professional ball. So most of the college players will be safe even from poes conversation. There will be a few--a very few--who, like Spencer Heywood and Ralph Simpson, will be signed and given a playing role at once. Well, so be it. If a man is good enough at anything to make a living at it, and he wants to do it, then nothing should slow him down. But there are scores, maybe even hundreds of marginal ball players who might in time make it on the professional level. The danger is that professional teams will sweep through these kids with a few hundred bucks for an option on their services when they graduate. The problem is that when they take the first penny they are considered professional and ineligible for further college play. This rule, obviously and realistically, should be done away with. In its place one should be established which makes a kid a professional the minute he PLAYS in a professional game. And while we are about it, let's face another salient tact. A great many--in fact the largest percentage of promising professional basketball players--are black. Many of these young men come from the ghetto areas of big cities where their families are abysmally poor. Ralph Simpson was a case in point. Surely nobody in his right mind would object to these talented young men becoming prosperous through their own efforts and in the process lifting their families from the welfare level to a measure of affluence. is there any college coach so patently selfish that he would want Ralph Simpson's eight small brothers and sisters, his invalid father, and his hard-working mother to stay on welfare until a class graduates from college when Ralph had the capacity to give them the good life at once? More and more as time goes on, young men are going to look at a professional career at the earliest age possible. They need the money. They face the possibility of a disabling Injury every time they go on the court. They cannont afford to wait when they are qualified and ready. Now, instead of the usual crying and breast beating, the NCA A needs to accommodate Itself to the facts of life.