Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Baseb9 two fr( By STEVE PARKER Asst. Sports Editor Carolina's baseball Gamecocks claimed the first two games of a three game series with Louisville, 3-2 on Monday and 13-2 on Tuesday, with the third and final game of the set to be played at 3:00 this af ternoon at Rex Enright Athletic center. Coach Bobby Richardson used Ab Smashii Freshman Earl Bass sta career successfully by wini mound, in Tuesday's 13-2 cc 5c ON A SEL OF KI JUST ARRIV e SHORT SLEEVE SKI * JEANS LIGHT WEI * I$WLI LOW RISE , SUPER LOW RISE flj JEANS ii NOW ONLY *7.50 - K OPEN 10 A.M. - 7 I 927 MAIN ST. - 2 Lii team m Lou five pinch-hitters in the final two innings of Monday's game in overcoming a 2-0 deficit and eventually winning 3-2. On Tuesday, the Gamecocks experienced little difficulty, jump ing out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first, enroute to a 13-2 parade of runs. Carolina fell behind 2-0 on Monday in the very first inning and ig debut "ice rted his collegiate pitching iing his intial debut on the nquest of Louisville. FF ECT GROUP lT TOPS ED FOR SPRING NNY RIB TOPS GHT JACKETS lEANS BY P-NUTS .M. BLOCKS FROM U. S.C. Claims L1SV111e could not manage a score until the bottom of the eighth, when pinch hitter Earl Bass doubled and later scored on John Gambrell's double, cutting the Louisville margin in half, 2-1. Ninth inning action saw pinch hitter Hank Small single, catcher Drew Choate reach on an error, and pinch-hitter Bo Robinson provide game-winning heroics on a double over the center fielder's head, scoring both runners and winning the game, 3-2. Phil Houston picked up the win in relief, after Alan Hilliard gave way to pinch-hitter Bass in the bottom of the eighth. Hilliard surrendered two runs on just two hits, while striking out seven, in his eight innings of work. Bass pitched a strong game on Tuesday, his first pitching per formance of his collegiate career, and received powerful support from his teammates in winning the 13-2 game. Carolina took a quick 3-0 ad vantage when Gambrell led off with a single to left, stole second, and scored on Eddie Ford's single to right. Ford scored when Bill Petoskey knocked a homerun over the left-field fence. Small also hit a homerun in a pinch-hitting role, his second successful pinch-hit in two games. Bob Kleinknecht rounded out the team's circuit clouts with a three run homerun in the bottom of the eighth. The USC team, not expected to provide much offensive firepower has been doing just the opposite. On Monday the Gamecock bat smen knocked out four doubles, and on Tuesday they hammered out 16 hits, including the three homeruns and a triple by Tom Moody. As expected the Gamecocks have proved fearless on the basepaths, stealing 14 bases of 16 attempts in a season which is just four games old. The base theft department is paced by Petoskey with four and Ford with three. Following this afternoon's clash with Louisville, West Virginia moves in for a two game series on Thursday and Friday, with both contests scheduled to begin at 3:00. Larry Erbaugh, who suffered the loss in the season opener with N.C State, will probably pitch this afternoon's contest. George Beam and Alan Hilliard will be on the mound to welcome West Virginia Schecter to speak on sports Leonard Schecter, former sports editor of Look Magazine, will be speaking on "Sport and American Life" Thursday night at 8 p.m. in room 107 of Currell College. Schecter, who is the author o1 "The Jocks," an expose o: American athletes, also edited Jirr Bouton's best selling "Ball Four' and its sequel, "I'm Glad Yom Didn't Take it Personally." A former sports editor of number of Northern papers Schecter is one of the founding fathers in a movement of the .humanization of athletes. Ed Peterson - Tom Price Eye in the Keyhole By Doug Williams Sports Editor When Carolina came onto the court for warmups prior to their 109-86 triumph over Notre Dame, there was one notable exception. USC's sharpshooting sophomore, Ed Peterson, was nowhere to be seen. Not just on the court, but anywhere. He had withdrawn from school on the morning of Feb. 28. Peterson set all kinds of freshman scoring records last year. His 29.3 scoring average shattered the existing mark, while tying him with highly touted Tom McMillen of Maryland for the Atlantic Coast Conference's scoring honors for freshmen. He came into this season with perhaps the greatest shooting ability from outside that this school has ever seen. Though his defense and ball handling ability was not up to par with his shooting, Peterson was in the future plans for Carolina. His sudden withdrawal, and statements that followed both surprised and shocked fans and students. However, in an article that appeared in the Washington POST the day after Peterson's withdrawal, POST sportswriter Thomas Boswell staged an interview with Peterson's father, Ed ward Sr. "We don't think he got a fair shake," the elder Peterson told Boswell. "Ed brought South Carolina back when he made seven of eight shots against Marquette on national TV. He earned a chance to show what he could do. But it's gone downhill since then and we don't know the reason why. "We left on very good terms with McGuire, gentlemanly terms," he continued, referring to USC head coach Frank McGuire. "But he really didn't explain why Ed wasn't given a chance," the POST article continued. "It's my opinion that if Ed had been from New York City, he'd at least have had a chance."~ Although the younger Peterson played in 19 of Carolina's 23 games before his withdrawal, he was in action for 141 minutes, maintaining a 4.3 scoring average. Boswell offered further insight into the decision, though never specifically stating the attitude of Peterson's father when the interview was taken. "His father was furiously confused why his son didn't play," the POST writer said. (Se EYE, vPage 7, Column 4)