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smarr gui 'We've won tl says Smarr of It isn't often that a new coach in any sport gets his school back on the winning track im mediately, but fledgling Carolina tennis coach Ron Smarr has done just that his season. His Gamecock netmen have have run up an 10-0 record so far this year after being only 8-11 during all of last year. "We've won the close matches so far," said Smarr, who came to USC after winning two consecutive national junior college titles at Wingate Junior College in North Carolina. "And we have had the advantage of playing at home. But I have been real pleased with the way our team has responded to the challenge and come from behind in several instances to win." The Gamecocks have allowed their op ponents to win only 15 individual matches in their first 10 outings have have been getting strong performances throughout the lineup in running up their win streak. Track team en with three mei By JIM HERSH Dempsey will run Sports Writer Schaper the h; Dempsey replaces Carolina's track team travels to who ran in Greenv Gainesville, Florida for the Florida Relays, today and tomorrow. The meet is divided into three the open, college, and freshman and junior college--sections. The Gamecocks have twenty men entered in four relay and eight individual events in the college class, and three performers are slated to compete in three in dividual freshman-junior college events. Three of Carolina's top per formers are either out of the meet or question marks for the meet because of physical problems. Sprinter Milton Reid will be left in Columbia because of his sore hamstring, while distance runner Jack Miller is down with the measles. Shot-discus man Rich Sorin is a question mark with a recurring back problem.Ket Carolina coach Bill McClure wilrnnsedo expects two of his relay teams to Gmccsac do well, and maybe bring home the first place medal. "Our best chances to win are with the two-mile relay and the sprint medley relay," McClure said. If the two-mile quartet does turn in a winning time, it will mark the second consecutive week-end of relay competition that the relay team has won. Last week the foursome of Don Brown, Bob Dempsey, Mike Sheley and Jim Schaper broke the tape at the Furman-News-Piedmont Relays with a 7:38.6 time. At the Greenville relays last Saturday, the other USC high hope for Florida, the sprint medley team, finished fourth in a time of 3:21.6. "We didn't have our fastest team in that race," the USC head coach said. "And it was late in the meet after some of our runners had run3Q , in a couple other races." Jim Small and Keith Eidson will run fhe220 leg ihotraaneinaGrweelv des undefE ie close ones' 10-0 team "Brian Desatnik, a sophomore from South Africa, is our only undefeated man, playing at the number two position, but number one man Kevin McCarthy has made some great comebacks in compiling a 7-1 won-lost record." said Smarr, following the eighth Gamecock win. "Art Kamm has really come on as our number six man, while junior college transfer Tom Collins has done a fine job at number five going 7-1. We have also gotten good play in the middle from Tim Marks and Tom Craig at numbers three and four, since they have combined for a 13-3 record." Smarr's squad will begin a spring vacation rip to Florida by tackling strong Georgia at A-hens Friday. "Georgia is definitely one of the top ten -eams in the nation." admitted Smarr, "and we'll have our work cut out for us. It should be our biggest challenge to date this season." ters relays i questionable the quarter and team that finished fourth last ilf-mile legs. week. Paul McLeod, Two more USC relay reams will ille, and Eidson run at Florida. The mile relay of Dan Loshack Dempsey, McLeod and Schaper, fifth in Greenville, will exchange the baton again. For the first time this year USC will compete in an 880 relay, with Guy Hornsby, Small, Edison and McLeod handling the exchanges. Discus winner Saturday, Forrest Broom will throw the shot as well as the discus. Broom's heave of 168-10 gave him the title in Greenville. If his back problem subsides, Sorin will compete in the same two events as Broom. Hurdlers Billy Novo and Joe McCulloch will run the 130 high and 440 intermediate hurdles, respectively. Rod Dalton, third place last week in the steeplechase, and Wayne Thomas are to run the three-mile race. In the triple jump Ron Rader and e w Bruce Stuart will both compete. dSOfl Mike Cawley and Tom Chapman Reid to give the will throw the javelins, and Brian mnge from the Hyder will be in the pole vault. I(M&tE I) GIFT AN [os ORItITAL EAm2 POODs FOM TWJO NOTCH RoADV ated n Team honored Lettermen to honor Gamecocks The University of South Carolina Association of Lettermen will hold its third annual banquet to honor the Fighting Gamecock basketball team Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m., in Carolina Coliseum. Tickets to the banquet are $10 each and may be ordered by mail from Sam Allen, P.O. Box 44445, Columbia, S.C., 29204. Checks should be made payable to the USC Association of Lettermen. Tickets may also be purchased at the Carolina Ticket Office, the Carolina Coliseum Box Office, and at two other Columbia locations, Taylor Street Pharmacy and Todd and Moore Sporting Company. Last year, more than 700 fans turned out to honor Coach Frank McGuire and the Gamecocks. This year's team compiled a 24-5 record -- second best in school history -- was ranked fifth in the final United Press International rankings and sixth in the Associate Press poll, and finished third in the NCAA Eastern Regional playoffs. 'I Satur 2 P.M.'ti DRAFl BUY 4 GET 4 FRI 409 BLOSSC At The Dtmen Netmen take tenth straightwin By VERNON WHITMIRE Sports Writer The USC tennis team captured two more victories on Wednesday and Thursday by defeating Ohio University 9-0 and Ohio State 7-2. The Carolina netmen are now 10-0 for the season. The team will travel to Athens to play Georgia at 2:00 p.m. today, and then meet Oglethorpe on Saturday at Atlanta. In the singles matches against Ohio, Brian Desatnik moved into the top slot to defeat Craig Kridel 6-1,4-6,6-1. Tim Marks played the second seed role and dropped Jim Carpenter 6-3,6-3; Tom Craig ripped Marc Wasserman 6-2,6-2, Tom Collins surpassed Marck Sengerman 4-6,6-4,6-1; Art Kamm frolicked over Pete Kendall 6-4,6-2 and Mark Rosenblum destroyed Don Bowen 6-3,6-0. In Wednesday's doubles mat ches, McCarthy-Marks defeated Wasserman-Sengerman 6-4, 6-2; Alterman-Rosenblum beat Car penter-Bowen 6-0,1-0 default; and Nelson-LeGrand decisioned Kridel-Kendall 4-6,6-4,6-2., In yesterday's game against Ohio State, USC swept the singles and lost two of the doubles, in defeating the Buckeyes 7-2. In the singles matches Kevin McCarthy recorded his best win of the season by defeating Robin Fry 6-7, 6-4, 7-5. Desatnik, undefeated in singles play thus far, defeated George Meeker, 6-3,7-5;Marks blasted Larry Sann 6-0, 6-2, Craig demolished Frank Drobot 6-2,6-1, Collins beat Lee Pettis 6-4,1-6,6-1; and Kamm streched his singles mark to 4-0 by defeating Keith Bailey 6-4, 7-6. In the doubles matches, USC fell back somewhat by dropping two of the events. In play, Craig-Desatnik ripped Bailey-Fry 8-1 (pro set), Sann-Drobot defeated Kamm (Continued on page 12) days Fl 6 P.M. r BEER DNE 3NE EE )M STREET 3ride