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BY DOUG WILLIAMS -
Sports Editor
Carolina will be hoping to make a
number of abrupt changes in their
ways Saturday night against
Memphis State.
To begin with, it is hoped that the
Gamecock offense will see a little
bit more action than in last
weekend's 21-0 loss to Mississippi.
Then it would be nice to see a
couple of sustained drives or a few
long plays from scrimmage.
But above all, it would be
especially nice to win the game.
As an illustration of how much
the defense played in the Ole' Miss
game, senior defensive back
Neville Files participated in 102
plays. He was in on every defen
sive and kicking play. Meanwhile,
the offense ran just over 40 plays
from scrimmage.
The Gamecocks have been
outrushed 560 yards to 102 in three
straight defeats. Of the team's 37
first downs, only seven have been
by ground. Six Carolina passes
have been intercepted. Mel Baxley
has the only USC steal.
So indeed, it just might be time
for a change.
Memphis State has had what
might be termed a hot-and-cold
year-although its season is only
two games old. In the opener, the
Tigers threw a scare into
Mississippi before bowing 34-29.
But the following Saturday,
perennial national threat Drake.
dropped State, 23-7.
Despite the loss of both Paul
Gowan and Ray Jamieson in the
backfield, first-year coach Fred
Paicoast .has talented runners in
Dan Darby and Dornell Harris.
Darby has scored two touchdowns
while rusing for 107 yards, while
Harris has produced 103 yards.
Al Harvey is again at quar
terback, where he has completed
20-43 aerials for 216 yards and two
scores. His favorite target is,
flanker Stan Davis, who has
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BY JIM HERSH
Sports Writer
Carolina will try to remain un
defeated when they run against
Georgia Tech in the second cross
country meet of the fall, Saturday
morning at ten at Sesquicentennial
State Park.
Winning their first meet, 23-32
over Clemson, last week on the
three-mile course at Sesquicen
tennial, the Gamecocks hope to be
equally successful on the park's
five-mile course, which will be
employed for the Tech meet.
Bill McClure, in his first full year
of coaching at USC, knows little
about the Yellow Jackets, except
that they lost several runners from
last year's team through
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sophomore," said McClure, "but
they lost all of their other runners
from graduation."
So far this year Tech has run in
only one meet, a six-mile in
vitational at Stone Mountain, and
finished second.
McClure will have the same
seven runners at the starting line
for the Yellow Jackets as he did for
Clemson.
Jim Schaper, who figures to win
a lot of meets lhis year, is out for
his second straight victory. He won
the Clemson meet without dif
ficulty, finishing 14 seconds before
the second place finisher.
Wayne Thomas and Steve Landy
ran well last Saturday when they
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were third and fourth. Thomas is a
4:13 miler, while Landy ran in his
first meet of his college career
against the Tigers.
The other runners for USC on
Saturday will be Rob Day, Don
Layden, Don Brown and Frank
Connante.
Injuries have slowed one
Gamecock and completely stopped
another runner. Thomas' training
was slowed by a foot ailment,
although he did not miss a meet.
However, sophomore Mike
Sheley, who ran with last year's
team and was a top half-miler for
the track squad, missed the
Clemson meet with a sprained
ankle and will not run against
Tech.
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has done some shifting in his of
fensive line, hoping to find an ef
fective unit not only to help
establish a running game, but to
protect quarterback Bill Troup.
Sophomore Buck Thompson has
been moved into the starting right
tackle spot. Junior Rick Anthony
returns to left guard and Jerry
Witherspoon is at right guard.
While the offensive has been
spotty on occasion, the defense has
played well and with a certain
degree of consistency. Senior
linebacker Rick Brown has made 25
tackles and 11 assists. Dana
Carpenter is close behind with 23,
while John LeHeup and Mel Baxley
each have 14.
Troup has been the Gamecocks'
most powerful offensive threat,
hitting 32-73 passes for 402 yards,
though suffering five interceptions.
He will be looking to rebound from
a long evening against Ole' Miss,
when he completed just 4-20.
In any event, Saturday night's
game will be a battle between two
teams searching for their initial
win of the season. And the way
things have been going for each, a
tie is not out of the question.
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screaming, squealing, bouncing,
bubbling youngsters to the
swimming pool.
After all, they are encased in a
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A few more tips.
Never ride up or down a curb. At
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If this is your first bike with hand
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little more than putting the brakes
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coaster brake when you don't have
one.
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MIKE SHELEY
....suffers sprained ankle
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