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Swimmey fourth in By BILL GRANT Sports Writer The Carolina swimmers, powered behined a performance that saw five USC records fall, finished fourth in the Southern Independents Swimming Champ ionships held this weekend in Miami. "We were pleased with the performance," said coach Alan Gentry. "Everybody swam well. Of the 16 swimmers we took with us 13 turned in career best times and the others were very close." Carolina finished behind host Miami, Tulane and Florida State, while USC's 69 points were enough to head South Florida, Georgia Tech and Fort Lauderdale College. Backstroker Casey Claflin was the only swimmer to come home with a first place finish, winning the 100-yard contest in 54:4. 54:4. Setting records for the Gamecocks were: Paul Gray set a Tennis teai State for 2 The Carolina tennis team defeated North Carolina State 7-2 at the Maxcy Gregg courts yesterday. The victory brings the netters' record to an unblemished 2-0 while State's record dropped to 1-1. Carolina's previous win came when they defeated the Citadel 9-0 on March 1. Coach Ron Smarr stated af terwards, "I was pleased with our performance in the doubles, but a couple of the singles could have been better." He felt that N.C. State, "had a scrappy team." In the singles matches Kevin McCarthy of USC defeated Herb McKim 6-3, 6-1. Brian Desatnik defeated Randy Merrit 7-5, 6-2, Tim Marks downed Thorny Strang 5( JUST AitRIVED FOR SPRING * SHORT SLEEVE KNIT TOPS * JEANS * DOUBLE KNIT SLAC * FASHION HATS * BELTS 10 am 1221 Main St. (Next to "S.C. LARGEST SELEC2flOt s place Miami USC mark in the 100-yard butterfly with a clocking of 2:01.1, Gray then teamed with Claflin, Nick Kesslering and Chip Newman to post a fourth place, 7:15.5 finish in the 800 medly event, Newman set a new mark in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:46.5, Claflin's time of 2:00.0 shattered the 200-backstroke mark and the 400 medly team of Claflin, Jeff Nuebert, Jim Villa and Newman established a new record in that event. This was the final meet for many of the Carolina swimmers, as only two have qualified for action in the upcoming NCAA's at West Point. Gary Wetherhold has qualified in the diving events and Claflin will compete in the backstroke con tests. However, Newman and the 400 freestyle team both are on the edge of the qualifing times and need only cut fractions to get in. "They'll get a couple more shots at qualifing." said Gentry. rn defeats -0 mark 6-4, 4-6 and 6-2. In the other singles matches Tom Craig lost to Coleman Long of N. C. State 5-7, 3-6, Tom Collins of USC beat David Johnson 6-2, 6-2 and Mark Rosenblum lost to Cy King 7-5, 5-7, and 6-0. In the doubles matches Carolina swept all three as Craig and Desatnik defeated Strang and Merrit, Marks and McCarthy combined to down McKim and King while Kamm and Collins teamed to pass Long and Johnson, thus completing the sweep. The tennis team will host East Tennessee State on Monday at 2:15 and at 1:30 on Tuesday. On Thursday Southern Conference favorite Furman will visit Carolina. % OFF ON A SELECT GROUP OF KNIT TOPS :KS F.N .6 p.m. Carolina Theater) OF BELL BOTTOMS" -Tom Price Richardson Defense Explained (Continued from Page 6) the referees changed to a traveling call. Clemson's Mike Browning led all scorers with 23 points, followed closely by USC's Kevin Joyce, who had 22. Riker added 18 for the Gamecocks, as Traylor and Bob Carver netted 12 and 11, respec tively. Angel had 17 for the Tigers. "That basket got awfully small out there tonight," said USC coach Frank McGuire, whose team captured its 22nd win in 26 outings. "We always have tough games with Clemson. It's a neighborhood rivalry, and Clemson came to play. "There was a lot of emotion riding on this game," the Gamecock mentor continued. "They could have very easily knocked us off. The teams get up and almost anything can happen." McGuire then cited the reason for Carolina opening in a man to man defense, later switching into the zone. "We pressed right from the start and went into a zone to protect the foul situation in the second half. But their shooting took us out of the zone, and we had to go back to the press." 50 OI ON A SELE OF KNi JUST ARRIVEI e SHORT SLEEVE SKINI * JEANS LIGHT WEIGI * IIU2.LILOW RISE JEi SUPER LOW RISE RIMjM JEANS & NOW ONLY '7.50O OPEN 10 AM..- 7 P.M 927 MAIN ST. . 2 3L4 Beam lea 0 to split VV By STEVE PARKER Asst. Sports Editor George Beam struck out 17 batters, a new Carolina record, in leading the USC baseball team to a 3-0 victory over North Carolina State Saturday, enabling the Gamecocks to split a two-game series with the Wolfpack. USC lost the first game of the series the season opener on - Friday, by a 5-4 margin. Beam surrendered no runs and only three hits to the Wolfpack while going the full nine-inning effort for his win. His 17 strikeouts included seven straight. As it turned out, the only run the Gamecocks needed for the win came in the bottom half of the second, when John Gambrell's bloop single to center drove Bob Kleinknecht across the plate from second base. Strong insurance runs were provided by catcher Drew Choate's two-out, two-run homerun down the left-field line in the third inning. . Pete Carpenter scored ahead of Choate,after he had singled his way on base, making the score 3-0. State took a 5-4 victory in the season opener when Bill Glad knocked a one-run homerun in the top of the ninth which shattered a 4-4 deadlock and handed USC starting pitcher Larry Erbaugh the loss for his route-going per formance. Glad's homerun also spoiled a strong USC comeback effort, which saw the Gamecocks return Tickets no for quartei The University of South Carolina has been allocated 3,500 tickets to the Gamecocks' NCAA quarter F CT GROUP T TOPS be...... I FOR SPRING IY RIB TOPS 4T JACKETS ANS BY P-NUTS |bCKS FROM U. S.C. .ds USC rith State from a 4-0 deficit to deadlock the score. State had built a 4-0 lead which lasted until the home half of the seventh when Carolina struck reliever Reid Carter for three runs. In the eighth the Gamecocks reached Carter for another run which deadlocked the score and took the decision away from Bob Anderson, State's starting pitcher who had pitched six shutout in nings before yielding to Carter. Carter picked up the victory on Glad's winning hit. "We'd have like to have won both," said Carolina coach Bobby Richardson "in a 45-game schedule you know you're going to lose some." "I'm real pleased with the way we came back in the first game," said Richardson. "I feel we are off to a good start--we showed we can come back, we've had good pit ching and we're running the bases good." Highlights for the two-game series include: Beam's record 17 strikeout performance; Choates hitting; Bill Petoskey's three stolen bases; Eddie Ford's two bunt singles and two subsequent stolen bases; along with fine overall team-fielding. Starting with this afternoon and lasting through Wednesday, Louisville, coming off a 10-0 defeat from Clemson, moves . into Carolina's Rex Enright Athletic Center for a three game set. All three games will start at 3:00. w available *-finals final basketball game with the Middle Atlantic Conference champion Temple, March 11 at Williamsburg, Va., and is now accepting orders for these tickets at $3 each. There is no limit on the number of tickets that may be ordered but members of the University's booster organization will receive priority on location of seats. Scholarship and half scholarship donors and Roundhouse Clubbers will receive priority on location of two seats. However, it was emphasized that booster club members, students, and general public may order as many tickets as they wish. All orders must be accompanied by check or money order and should include an additional 50 cents to cover handling and mailing. Tickets may be ordered by mail or in person at the University of South Carolina Ticket Office,Rosewood Drive, Columbia, South Carolina 29208. NO TE LEPHONE ORDE RS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Tickets will be mailed to pur chasers Tuesday and any unsold tickets will be returned to the College of William and Mary -- host school for the quarter-final game -- on Wednesday. The game will be played on 10,700 capacity William and Mary Hall. The Gamecock Club is negotiating for a charter airplane to take contributors to the quarter final game in Williamsburg. Club members desiring details should contact the Gamecock Club. The Columbia telephone number is (803) 777-4m76