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BeUl carried off Another back injui (Continued Froin Page 6) shutout as Dana Carpenter in tercepted a Shugars pass and ran 21 yards for the touchdown. Jim Mitchell was called upon to kick the point after touchdown, after USC placekicker Tommy Bell was struck and injured by charging Maryland defenders. "Bell really ' got uncoupled," Dietzel said, "I thought he had broken his leg. I can't imagine how it is possible for a kicker to get hit that hard and no official see it. "I was sc&red to death,'I really thought he had broken his leg, that's why I ran out there. "He has a hyper-extension of the right knee ind it will sore for sometime, but the doctor said he should be able to kick again in about a week." Carolina'. sets cou By JIM HERSH Sports Writer Carolina's freshman cross Frosh cage team tryouts set for today (Continued From Page 6) lined up, we'll have to earn our wins. "We may have to close some of our workouts during the year to make changes, but we'll announce that it's closed so everyone will know," said McGuire. "But for the most part we'll enjoy having people in the stands. It's like having a lot of coaches there looking over'my shoulder." Carolina freshmen who would like to tryout -for the freshman basketball team should report to Carolina Coliseum at 7 p.m., today. Biddie Coach Don Walsh said since there are four scholarship players, the remainder of the squad would be chosen from among those trying out from the student body. The four scholarship performers are 6-6 Tommy Cox from Washington, D.C., 6-7 Clvde Agnew of Greenville and 5-i I Jimmy Walsh. and 6-4 George lestQn,,both. froni 'New brk 'City. - m Seym (Continued From Page 6) drool with envy at the sight of Dick Harris, who not only returned a punt for the second Gamecock touchdown, but picked off two Terp aerials. "He's just great," said Lester. "We wanted to kick away from him but our punter kicked to the middle of the field. This was tie worst coverage we've had on kicks all year and Harris took advantage of it. He just about killed us with that punt return, he was clearly the difference in the game." 4aro lina ry victim Following the injury to Bell, however, was the fifth touchdown. It presented Dietzel - with the problem of selecting a kicker to attempt the point after touchdown. "Mitchell said 'I'll kick it coach, I'll kick it."', Dietzel revealed. "I found out later he had never kicked before." Bell was not the only Gamecock during the night to join the growing list of Carolina injured. Joining Bell were Billy Ray Rice, Bo Davies and Howard Barfield. Rice and Davies were knocked cold during the game but both were well again at game's conclusion. Barfield, a wide receiver, sustained his injury while in a running back position replacing some previously injured backs. 3 Thomas rse mark country runner, Wayne Thomas, set a Furman course record in USC's meet at Furman last week. Despite the record setting per formance by Thomas, the Gamecocks dropped the meet to Furman, 25-32. Thomas won the race in a time of 20:11.8 on the 4.0 mile course. The previous best mark on the Furman course was 20:47.9. Furman's Doug Nelson established that time during the 1969 season. Rod Dalton was USC's second finisher and he placed fourth in the meet. Jim Schaper, sixth, Jack Miller, 10th and Jim DavIs, 11th, joined Thomas and Dalton as the Gamecock's top five finishers. Mike Drennan, 12th and Don Layden, 13th, were the sixth and seventh finishers for Carolina. The loss to Furman drops the Gamecock record to 1-4. Coach John West's team has beaten Clemson while losing to North Carolina, Virginia Tech, and Duke in addition to Furman. Thomas, in the first five meets, has placed 3.4, leading the team. Schaper, although he missed the North Carolina-Virginia Tech meet, has second best average at 5.3. Dalton's 6.4 average is third best while Miller Is fourth with his 9.0 average finish. DavIs, 10.4, Layden, 11.6, Drennan, 12.2, Bill McAllister, 13.0, and MIk,e Shelley, 14.0 round oit-Ihe-tear'& lhidividual place per Ierps also suf our am Art Seymour The Maryland loss was to prove costly with injuries to several key running backs where the supply is woefully short. Art Seymour, last year's sophomore sensation who rushed for 111 yards in last year's "a good w Treat yoi WINNER'! 1111 G (Betw Some research "experts" say you ce taste the difference between beers... blindfokded What do yi WHEN YOU SAY Budwel YOU'VE SAID IT ALL! . . . . . .. .rUSE-USCa. meC. *..ar, wOan Fer hurt backs ong inj Maryland upset, was a questionable starter but did see some action, reinjuring his right ankle. Carl Shelton and Dennis DeShields also left the game early with injuries. "We were down to playing fullbacks at tailback," said Lester. Lester, who took the Terp head coaching job after 10 highly suc cessful years at a Washington area high school, was concerned about his team's lack of a running game.Maryland could only muster 68 yards and one first down by way of rushing all night. "Our running 1OW OPEN ay to kill the Mont urself and a friend i CIRCLE RESTJ Full Menu Under $2.00 reen St.- 1 Block from C men Main and Assembly y F1 Pff, ured Carl Shelton game has failed us," he said. "We haven't been able to run like we have in the past even though I think we have a better team this year, but we have had a lot of in juries." lay BlahsI at..." kURANT St.)