Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Gambrell's hit drops' avaliers .n g 'nfimed From page six) n the first game against the Virginia team. the. Gamecocks nipped the Cavaliers 3-2 on a hit and run play in the ninth; setting the stage for Sunday's exciting match. In the 8-7 squeeker, the lead changed hands five times. Virginia held a slim 7-6 lead as the Gamecocks went up for their last bats and had two outs when their championship hopes were shaken by freshman John Gam brells two run double. With its two game loss to Carolina, Virginia drops. to fourth place in the ACC with only a -mance to be in a possible four way . Maryland, after dropping a two game series with Clemson 3-2 and 1 1. still retains the lead by virtue of one more win than the Tigers. Should Clemson split with Duke and Wake Forest, and Virginia win over the Terps, a four way tie het ween Maryland, Clemson, N.C. State, and Virginia would result. Should Clemson lose one of its two reamining games while Maryland beats the Cavaliers, the Terps will win the conference outright. Carolina, after being eliminated crom the race with the. double loss to Maryland, has only its record and next year to consider. Carolina pilfered five bases from Virginia Sunday, and managed to outrun fielder's choices twice. Gambrell, aside from batting in four runs, was the leading thief q4th -two. lichardson now has begun <n&iking of next year, with only two non -conference' games with Atlanta Baptist on Tuesday. "This summer I hope to be able Io recruit some people to fill in some of the weak spots we have. We only lose two starters, (Butch Anderson and Buddy Caldwell), but Clemson doesn't lose anyone. I We're also going to continue to recruit for speed." Every Tuesda STUDEN (S P.M. 'TIL iv SPE( SIZZLING STI DIN Just present Identificationi Our regular sirloin steak baked potato, and garlic tc 546 K NOQ Sch Carolina's Jim Schaper mi the mile in Saturday's Inti West: I out for t .v IOIUG WILLIAMS Asts. Sporit Editor "I told everybody to watch out for the Baptist College. They are good. and they showed it." Thus 1he~id track coach John West y Night is . . FT NIGHT LOSING) IIAL! SIRLOIN BAK NER tour student to cashier. 11.69 sizzlin' served with green salad enst. 19 No Tipping ABBOTT DRIVE aper runs awa Ointains a comfortable lead In rcollegiate Track and Field told every e Baptist summed up Baptist's 97-89 margin over Carolina in the revival of the State Intercollegiate Track and Field Chamionships. held Satur day. 'R ut I can't fault our pcr formers. Every man gave one hundred per cent. In a sport like Irack and field, there are ups and downs. But no man gave less than his utmost. *After all," he continued. "the only consist ant thing In track is inconsist ancy." West cited a lack or assistance Ifrom the other competing schools aIs a ma.jor source In Baptist's come-from-behind win. "We didn't get any help from the other teams. We were weak In the events that flapt ist won, and the other schools didn't place like we would have wished they would." Praise then was turned to flapti1st 's .iohn Wimmer and Tom IHyall. R{yall was voted the meet's Most Outstanding Performer, taking both the t2# yard high USC grid fourth Ge T'he New York Jets of the National l"ootball League's A~merican Conference announced t he signing or I)anny l)yches. a 6-5. '5: pound center from Carolina. lI)vches, a 15th round draft choice of the .Iets, was the ; amecocks' st arting center during t he pyst t wo seasons after lettering. his sophomore year as an offensive :inckfe. Hie attended Hanahan High .chool ne C'harlestn .C. y from the fi Championships. Schaper's ti to win the event. ody to U College hurdles and the 440 intermediate hurdles in meet records, while Wimmer grabbed the 440 and 220 yard dashes, the former tieing the meet record. Wimmer and Ryall are as fine as any two runners I have ever seen. I'm positive that they could run for anyone. . . 'he track mentor also revealed that there were some surprises in he out come of certain events. "We .knew they'd go 1-2 in the high iump. and they had the two fastest guys in the 220. That's 20 points right t here." Scoring was done on a six point basis, the winner getting six. second place, four; third. three. and so on. I didn't anticipate their 1-2 tinish in the 220." Wimmer was tollowed by teammate Bill Barrett to sweep that event. The win allowed liaptist to take over the lead b r the tirst time in the meet. hut it wasn't what you might call a turning point. The only turning point lies when the meet has ended. star Dyd ~mecock t .Iet s general manager and head coach Weeb IEubank said Dyches was '-a highly regarded boy who should help our offensive line where lack ot depth has hurt us in the past . We like Dyches very much, especially his size." .Iohn Schmitt. a graduate of Itot stra, has been the .Jets' number one center since BW94 and Is a seven "ear protoo bsall vete..n. ve of 4:10.4 was good enough atch ' hut I thought we'd win the mile and the half.' West continued. Ihe mile and the 4441 relays had to he considered toss-ups. We ran close races in both. The handoffs were as good as we've had all season. 'here's not much you can say when you lose, though. Everyone wanted to win. They gave their best. and will try just as hard for ihe conference championships next week.' West reconfirmed the fact that Maryland was still the team to heat . "I have to rate them on their I ieldl pertormances. But they're not all that bad on the track. They 'e got a 9.41 sprinter and a 1.'4 miles'. 'The mile should be the main ev'ent of the meet. There are four runners. Including Jim Schapur who could possibly break the 4:04 mark." As of right now, the season's best mark in the mile is 4-07.0. set by North Carolina State's Jim Wilkins. 081 o sign I lyches is the fourth member of the t971 t 'arolina football squad to sign in NFId contract. Defnsive tackle .limmy Poston of Canton,. N t', was a t:sth round draft pick and signed with the Oakland ltauiders4. D)efensive tackle Rtusty tianas ol Waycross, Ga.. signed as a tree agent with the Baltimore -('nIt s. and placekicker Billy DuPre4 ol t'olumbia was a free agent sigee of the San Dieno Chargers.