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By Mark Leary
Sports Writer
The captain of the British rugby
team from the HMS Bulwark made
a big mistake when he asked for a
rematch with the Carolina
ruggers. What followed was the
second loss of, the British team, this
time by the score of 16-6.
The British team off the cam
mandor carrier which is docked in
Charleston was "surprised" by
the USC rugby club last week by
the score of 14-11. They came here
very fired up to win at their own
game and get revenge for their loss
the previous week. But they ran
into an equally fired up Carolina
team.
The captain of the British club
said after the game "the whole
team was very surprised at how
good this team from the University
was. They played a high standard
of rugby that you normally don't
find in the United States. I say this
with experience as my team has
played numerous American teams
when we come here on cruises.
He also added that the Carolina
teams excellent play steams from
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coaches who have a vast
knowledge of the game.
The first score of the game came
when player coach Dr. Jim Wynn
kicked the ball and Burke Hayes
picked it up and took off on a 50
yard jaunt for the score.
The next play was possibly the
best of the game as the Carolina
ruggers pulled off a pretty pass ag
play which resulted in another
score. Burke Hayes lateraled to
Warren Muir who in turn lateraled
to George Lossier who ran the rest
of the way for the score.
The last score came when Wynn
blocked a kick by the Britishers
and an alert Muir picked the ball
up and ran in for the score. The two
point convertion was added by
Wynn.
The game came to an end as the
Britishers were pressing for a
score. This scoring drive was
thwarted by Wynn at the whistle as
he booted the ball 40 yards from the
goal line.
"David Ansley", commented
Chris Lee, "Was excellent for
Carolina at the position of hooker."
The hooker's job is to get the ball
on the offensive throw-in. Ansley
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did something unique as he
literally stole two of the British
teams throw-ins.
Another player-coach Nat Ewell
said of the forward's play, "The
forwards were very quick off the
ball and made the initial con
frontation which gave us the
territorial advantage. All this
made it easier for the backs to
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where track is not that popular, and they have to attract
fans to make money."
Although the pros have assured the NCAA and NAIA
that they will not attempt to persuade athletes with
collegiate eligibility remaining to leave college to sign
with the ITA, there has been some fear that the pros will be
unable to resist the temptation of signing an outstanding
collegiate performer, and a war, like the current battle
between the pro basketball leagues and the colleges will
occur. McClure isn't concened in the least bit about the
colleges losing some of -their top men.
"I foresee no problem as far as college athletes going to
the pros," the USC coach said. "Suppose 10 or 15 seniors do
sign, there's enough of a nucleus of outstanding athletes to
take the place of the few that do sign."
Competition needed to draw fans
Thus far the ITA have signed many of the top pros in
their particular event, people who will be able to draw fans
to some meets. However, it is doubtful that fans will flock
to watch one great performer, say Bob Seagren, vault
against lackluster competition. For this reason the ITA
will have to sign a number of outstanding performers in
the same event in order to keep the fans interested for the
long season, which will involve around 35 meets in a seven
month period.
Again this means that more money is needed to sign the
top athletes. The way the ITA has set up their financial
plan there is for a bonus to be given to each athlete that
signs, plus the opportunity for the athlete to win prize
money, like in pro golf. The winner of each event collects
$500, second place gets $250, $100 for third and $50 for
fourth place. Kip Keino was recently given $4,800 for
signing with the ITA, but he is one of the top athletes so
other athletes probably signed for less than that.
"There is going to be a problem," McClure said, "of full
support for the athlete through pro track. They say that if a
runner wins 35 times at $500 per win, he'll get so much.
But, suppose the guy doesn't win every week?" Taking this
into consideration it is doubtful that, except for a select
few, many athletes will be unable to make a full living off
of pro track.
It will not be easy for professional track to be a success,
as other pro sports have become, but if the ITA backers
are willing to shoulder the financial losses until the pros
attract a following, the ITA can be successful.
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of sophomore Bob Sebastian, season. Last year, the two teams
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Larry Moody. were also in tournament play.
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