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Ca roli break By BILL GRANT Sports Writer The Carolina swimming team, powered behind three school record breaking performances, placed third in the Southern In tercollegiate Swimming and Diving Championships, held this past weekend at the University of Georgia, in Athens, Ga. e4 Chip Newman Finishing ahead of the Gamecocks were national swimming powerhouses Southern Illinois and Miami, (Fla.). Rounding out the top five were host Georgia and Florida State, both teams that USC had beaten earlier in the dual meet season. The USC swimmers set numerous class, season, and career marks in this their first Agnew to to Biddie By STEVE PARKER Asst. Sports Editor' Star Biddie center Clyde Agnew will return to action Wednesday night against the Citadel Plebes at Carolina Coliseum. "1 still haven't talked to the doctor," said freshman team coach Donnie Walsh, "but if he says that playing Agnew will not 'endanger his future, then he'll be starting." Agnew last saw action for the freshman on January 25 when the Biddies routed Palmer JC. Since then Agnew has retired to the bench, the victim of calcium deposits on his thigh. . The 6-8 center will return to the frosh lineup as the team's second leading scorer, hitting at a clip of 21.7 pants a game, following onuly Tommy Cox. "He is one-half of our attack," said Walsh,' "He is dveraging about 21 points an outing, and about 15 rebounds a game. His. return should help a great deal. "But the big thing is. hir, future. If there. s any elIance athat his iaswin LJSCM Championship meet of the season, leading toward the national finals held at West Point, Mar. 22-24. Chip Newman was the only Carolina swimmer to come home with an first place finish turning in a 21.8 clocking in the 50-yard freestyle event. Setting school records for the Carolina cause were: Charles Shoemaker, in finishing sixth overall, set an USC mark in the 1,650 yard freestyle, the 400-yard medley relay team of Casey Claflin, Jeff Nuebert, Jim Villa and John Poole swept to a second place finish with a time of 3:39.9 and the 400-yard freestyle relay of Roger Rice, Newman, Bob Cottam and Glen Spears was clocked in 3:13.1 which left them in the runner-up position and only sixth tenths of a second off the time needed to qualify for the nationals. Also finishing high enough to earn points for the USC attack were these swimmers: Kim Douglas, placing second in the 200 breaststroke and eighth in the 400 individual medley contest; Toby Kerr, finishing third in the 200 breaststroke and eleventh in the 400 individual medley, Newman, placing second in the 100 freestyle, while Spears finished third in the same event, Nuebert, finishing with a fifth place in the 200 breaststroke, Bob Warner, finishing sixth in the 500 freestyle, Claflin, placing fifth in the 200 backstroke, and Mike Hiller, chipping in 10th and 12th place finishes in the 200 backstroke and return lineup playing will endanger his future, then he won't be in the lineup." Agnew has not yet worked out with the team, but will begin workouts for tomorrow's contest this afternoon. "I feel great and I'm ready to go" said the Biddie center. "I'm really anxious to get back in action," continued Agnew. "The doctor's report was really a suprise. "I should be okay, as long as I'm not hit on the knee again. I'll be wearing a pad on my knee, like the kind they use in football, and it should protect me,,' said Agnew. The return of Agnew to the Biddie lineup will mean that Cox must partially relinquish the cente.r position he's been manning in Agnew's absence. Accordin~g tjo Walsh, the two will be alternating between the inside and outside positions. "Tommy did a real good -job in Clyde's absence, he has been doing exactly as I thought he would. Tom y is going to be good," added Wi '. ' ' - ~ 0 imers arks the 400 individual medley, respectively. The USC swimmers will next see action in the Southern Independent Championships held in Miami, March 3-4. Soccer club adds Tech to schedule The Carolina Soccer Club has announced that another game has been added to their spring schedule. Added to the slate has been a April 22 clash with Georgia Tech Soccer Club and the game will be played at the USC fields. Several other games are still in the tenative stage of scheduling and will 'be announced pending con firmation. Also announced was the scheduling of several games for next fall's season, as well as USC's participation in the University of Tennesee's South Eastern Soccer Classic. Six other games for next fall are also in the negotiating stage. The soccer club has begun workouts and will continue this week with practices on weekdays at 3:30 Monday through Friday on intramural field "A". Kenneth G. McCord, captain of the club, has indicated that many positive changes have taken place from the past fall semester. -Bill Amakar Flying high - Bill Amakar USC's Casey Manning fights for tap with Stetson's Jim Orr in recent Carolina victory over the Hatters. McGuire: 'One cold spell hurt' (Continued from page 8) Houston was charged with just four. Davis and Riker led all scorers with 26 points apiece, Davis scoring 21 in the opening period. Riker also won the individual board honors, clearing 15 rebounds to Davis' 13. Joyce scored 25 in the contest, followed by Aydlett's 13 and Carver's 12. Davis was supported by Hayes' career high of 23 tallies, Newsome's 19 and 16 by Dwight Jones. Houston also dominated two other important categories, outrebounding USC 40-32, while turning the ball over seven times, half of the Carolina total. "That one cold spell in the second half is what did it," said USC mentor Frank McGuire, who saw his team's record fall to 17-4. "Then they got hot and got that lead. "There was nothing we didn't try," he continued. "We threw a zone and a man to man at them, but nothing worked. They have everything: height, jumping ability and shooting ability." McGuire then cited the two calls which may have turned the game around. "We're down by three when Rick (Aydlett) fouled out," he explained. "Then three minutes later, we're down by eight. "And that call where the loose ball went out of bounds and they charged Carver with the foul," he said, in reference to the incident at the 5:52 mark of the second half, with USC down by three, 73-70. "That killed us. That call took the game away from our team.. "Nothing went wrong. They just scored mgge,points4 than we did. We pblayed a fairly good game, They play a tough outside -and kept us from getting It inside. Houston~ was just up for a nationally ranked team." "Their jumping jacks just kept us from getting the of fensive rebounds," he concluded. "This team is just like Guy Lewis' (Houston coach) teams of the past: big and Wpiping. Eihty're very good, and I'd like to see the five