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Tracks By JIM HERSH Sports Writer Carolina's track team took a close victory over Clemson, 76% 68 , by winning the mile relay, the final event of the meet, Wednesday on the loser's cinders. "It was a real good, pleasing win," USC coach Bill McClure said, "because it came right down to the wire. If we win the mife relay we win, and if they win it they win." Milton Reid, Paul Loshack, Paul McLeod and Bob Dempsey teamed to edge the Clemson mile relay team, and assure the Gamecock's win. Anchorman Dempsey had the fastest split, 47.5, and he had to overtake the Tiger's final runner, Wayne Jenkins, to win the race. "We had to win the mile relay," McClure commented, "and we were just behind all the way. When Dempsey came off the last turn he had a big grin on his face because he knew he had it." If Dempsey, who also won the 440-yard dash in 49.0, was the USC hero, he was not without help. Consider Reid. The freshman, still recovering from a pulled muscle suffered earlier in the season, won the 100, 9.7, and 220, e<1 mo1 WGS ters def 21.7, and also anchored the winning 440-yard relay team, in addition to leading off for the mile relay team. "Reid had an exceptionally good day," remarked McClure. "And the important thing is that he didn't bother his leg. His times were especially good since the track was heavy because it had rained the night before." Jim Small finished second in the 100, 9.9, and 220, 21.8, behind only Reid in both races. The junior also ran on the 440-yard relay team. In all the Gamecocks got 51% points from running events, in cluding seven of their 11 first place finishes. USC had four seconds and five thirds on the track. Hurdler Billy Novo won the 120 yard high hurdles in 14.9, and tied for third in the 440-yard in termediate hurdles in 55.5. Joe McCulloch finished third in the high hurdles with a 15.2 clocking. The other firsts in running events were earned by Jim Schaper, 1:52.9 in the half-mile, and the 440 relay squad of Guy Hornsby, Keith Eidson, Small and Reid. The 440 relay team was headed for a time McClure predicted as F~ or Elr * Modcryic OPYs, we The sACADE eat CE "below 43 seconds," when clemson's team dropped the 3aton. USC jogged in with the win n 43.2. McLeod, 49.7 in the 440, and Jack Willer, 9:30.7 in the two-mile, ,inished second in their races. Mike Sheley, 1:56.3 half-mile, Wayne Thomas, 4:23.1 mile, and Rod Dalton, 9:50.1 two-mile, took thirds for Carolina. In the field USC took four firsts, compared to Clemson's three, but the Tiger's had 38 points in the field to the Gamecock's 25. Clemson outscored USC in the three jumps, the high, long and triple, Clemson outscored USC 26 1, with only Bruce Stuart, 46-4% in the triple, breaking into the scoring column for Carolina. However, the Gamecocks did have several outstanding per formances in the field. Bill Bryan broke his own school record in the pole vault with a vault of 15-3% to win the competition. The previous record was 15-2Y4. Throwing for a new personal best in the javelin, Bill Chapman took that event at 206-0. Rich Sorin won the shot put at 52-1, and Forrest Broom took the other n all lengths from y Shags made from the resettable fiber .FROM p145 >E O0WNTOWN. MALL o0Sn Gamecock first with a throw of 165 8 in the discus. Brian Hyder, 14-0 in the pole vault, and Sorin, 152-5 in the discus, took third in their events. Clemson went into the meet with a 3-0 dual meet record. The Tigers had beaten Furman, North Carolina and East Tennessee State before losing to USC. Carolina is now 1-0 in dual meets, and the Gamecocks will meet UNC in their first home dual meet, Saturday night at 7:00 on the Weems Baskin Track at the Rex Enright Athletic Center. Netmen tu due to nev By DOUG WILI Sports Edii When Ron Smarr came to USC he was taking over a group that I matches and finished in a tie for Atlantic Coast Conference. The netmen amassed only five wins But now, only three men from Smarr has managed to bring in sfers from Miami, another JC tri and a pair of highly rated freshm 19-3 record; quite an improveme the very least. But successful seasons are noth years at Wingate Junior Collegi remarkable 100-14-1 mark, i championships. In the process, I College All-Americas and two ! National Junior College Singles Even before his coaching days, the court. He was the number one 1965 Appalachian State team tt NAIA National Tournament tha 1969, he was ranked among the Carolina and in 1968, was 22nd in I So it stands to reason that Sn Tigers' grab wa late victory wo shi drop USC " Clemson's number three doubles swi team scored a come from behind col victory in the second set to hand pla the Tigers a 5-4 decision over the he Carolina tennis team, Tuesday at teri Clemson. are Clemson scored its 14th victory eat in an 18 outings, while USC's Ron Smarr saw his record dip to 19-3. Wii 'The Gamecocks will continue to tali visit old ACC foes, facing N.C. tha State today in Raleigh and meeting hal Duke in Durham Saturday. bul The match was even going intow the final match, the number threeth doubles, which saw the Tiger's t twosome of senior Terry Wilkens wc and sophomore Herb Cooper score th two service breaks in the first set to win 7-5, and then came from te~ behind twice to win the second set Ga 6-3.t In the singles, Clemson's Nunna Sn Bhanumurthy defeated Brain ex Desanick 6-4, USC's Kevin Mc- pre Carthy dumped Steve Parsons 6-2, Ari 7-6, Clemson's Cooper edged Tim ph Marks 6-3, 7-6, Carolina's Tom to Craig defeated Mike Oppenheim i- Coi 3, 7-6, the Tigers' Wilkens took cri (See NETMEN. Page 11. Col. 5)S ill McClure ma bout ) coach LIAMS or to coach the tennis team, iad won eight and lost 11 ;eventh in the eight team year before, Gamecock in 19 outings. last year's team remain. two junior college tran 3nsfer from South Africa en. The result has been a nt over last year, to say ing new to Smarr. In four e, his teams compiled a ncluding two national ie produced eight Junior iingles players who won Titles. Smarr was a success on player and captain of his iat placed fourth in the t year. In both 1968 and top ten players in North ,he South. iarr's presence as coach uld- turn the fortunes of rolina's tennis program around. ut it's the boys," he admitted. hey have done better than I uld have thought. They've rked hard to get in the best kpe, physically and mentally." as USC's record might indicate, arr found little difficulty in itching from junior to major lege tennis. "At Wingate, we yed mostly four year. schools," stated. "But right now, the nis programs all over the nation getting better. There are fewer Ey teams, and no real patsies. 'Though some of the teams at ngate may have had more ent, this group has more heart in I've ever seen. A player can we all the strokes that there are, he has got to have the desire to i. And this team has just that. 'They have given just about all ~y can," he continued. "We have n some close ones, but we could ye easily have taken two of the ee we lost. Georgia was the only m to really beat us." The mecocks dropped a 9-0 decision Georgia on March 24. [t is becoming obvious that iarr has brought some added citement to a sport that had eviously been labeled as 'minor.' d though the ability of his ayers may, indeed, be important the immediate success of any ach, it is ridiculous not to give edit where credit is due. And Ron aaer rdeserves nquite a bit of it.