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Sh ACCK ~ortitle With two and a half weeks remaining, the ACC baseball crown is still very much up for grabs. Six of the eight teams have only four defeats or less and the race could go down to the final day, which Is set for May 13. Maryland's defending cham pions dropped three games last week, including their first league loss to N.C. State, 14-6, but managed to hang onto the top rung with a 4-1 record. The Terps are 7-4 ,verall. The loss to the Wolfpack tropped Mayland into a temporary first-place tie with North Carolina, but a 9-8 win over the Tar Heels Sunday sent the Terps back into undisputed possession of first place. N.C. State is second in the tight race with an 8-4 record and North Carolina is third at 6.3. Virginia and Clemson are still very much in contention with 3-2 and 4-3 records, respectively, while USC is sixth at 3-4. Only Duke at 2-6 and Wake Forest at I-8are out of the running. The Wolfpack closes out its season this week with games against Duke and Carolina, and should it end with a 10-4 mark it would put the pressure squarely on the other contenders. Clemson, which tied Maryland for regular season honors a year ago but lost in, playoff, is now busy with exams and will be idle until May 4. The Tigers will face a busy 10-game schedule in 12 days after returning to action. Nine conference games are scheduled this week with Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland th6 busiest with three apiece. The Atlantic Coast Conference individual batting race is turning a one-man show with Maryland second baseman Dave Sauve showing his heels to the rest of the league with a herty .488 average, more than 100 percentage points better than his nearest challenger. Sauve, a junior from Shiresmantown, Pa., hiked his average exactly 30 points last week by banging out 10 safeties In 19 ~pto the plate, including a 6-for '0 performance in a pair of con ference games against N.C. State and North Carolina. He now has 21 hits in 43 at bats. Third baseman Chris Cammack of N.C. State, who got away to a slow start, continuzes to pick up steam and has taken over the runnerup spot with a .385 mark. Cammack, who copped the batting title two years ago with a .429 figure, upped his average 20 points last week to jump from fourth place to second. The Wolfpack senior from Fayetteville is tied for second in home runs with four and . shares third place in runs batted in th 19. Gamecock batter John G Trackstei With only three weeks remaining' before the Atlantic Coast Conference 'track and field championships are staged at USC, conference performers are rapidly hitting their stride. Already times and distances in seven events have eclipsed those turned in during last spring's championships. Maryland, winner of 16 of the past 17 outdoor crowns, including the last 15 in a row, and Carolina have been gathering most of the honots this spring, but other schools have also been getting some glittering performances. The Gamecocks finished a distant second to the Terps in last year's championship meet, but all in dications point to a closer fight this spring. -Carolina pulled a major surprise in the prestigious Penn Relays last week when it broke Villanova's three-year domination in the big meet by winning the sprint medley relay. Dlck Harris, Jim Small, Keith Eidson and Bob Kaczka handled the baton in the 440, 220, 220, 880 medley, covering the distance in 3:19.8, the fastest ever turned in by an ACC quartet. Russ Frame of Maryland won the discus in the Philadelphia event with a toss of 175 feet, 9'4 inches. Maryland has the leader in most of the field events. Frame and Paul Corrigan <the latter had the winning toss .in last year's ACC championshipi are one-two, respectively, in the discus. Corrigan's best toss this spring has Friday Nites ONLY egg plant parmigian Salad - Side order of Spaghetti (TASLE SERVICE ONLy) 258.2179 Swingin imbrell bounces out In front of rs readyfc been 173 feet, one-half inch. The Terps also have the top two in both the javelin and pole vault as well as the leader in the high jump and shot put. Jack Hanley of the Terps, who set a new shot put record in Columbif conferen4 SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- The annual spring meeting of the Atlantic Coast Conference is set for 9:30 o'clock Friday morning at the Sheraton Motor Inn here, but a round of closed sessions is scheduled before then. According to the schedule of meetings announced by Com missioner Bob James, the athletic directors will gather at 8 p.m., Tuesday, and again on Wednesday (or an all-day session. Dr. Gene Monday VEAL CUTLET Potatoes Green Beans Cole Slaw Fruit Cobbler BARBEQUE Potatoes Green Beans Cole Slaw Frui Cobbler 1031 Assemnbi W out the plate Tuesday In Carolin or confere the Indoor Games with a toss of 60 I1.. has the best outdoor mark at 60-312. Small and Tony Greene of, Maryland have turned in the fastest time in both the 100 and 220. - to host ,e sprMg Hooks of Wake Forest will preside over the meetings of the athletic directors. Schedules, the format for the 1972 basketball tournament and television are the major items on the agenda. Faculty representatives and athletic directors will meet in a joint session Thursday afternoon, following separate meetings of the two groups Thursday morning. A CHICKEN SUBGUM (Chow Mein) Fried Rice Eg Roll Fruit Gobbler $1.29.. including all the iced .e.. coffee you can drink ~aI House Af StThiletsrni m's 8-4 loss to Clemson. nce meet Each has a 9.6 clocking in the 100 and 22.0 in the 220. Wayne Riley of N.C. State also has a 22.0 in the 220. Harris has a 48.6 clocking in the 440 and Kaczka the best in the MO at 1:50.0. meeting conference dinner is scheduled for Thursday evening. USC. which has announced that it will withdraw from the con ference on June 3M, will be represented at the meetings. Dr. Ralph Fadum of North Carolina State will preside over the general meeting Friday morning as well as the meeting of the faculty representatives on Thursday. MEAT LOAF Potatoes Green Beans Cole Slaw Fruit Cobbler FISH Potat Fruit Cobbler