Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Baseball Carolina is now just a single game above the break-even mark, with their 11-10 record, which is a very disappointing showing for the pre season expectations that this team had. But neither USC's hitting nor their pitching has come through quite the way that was hoped-for instance, the team is batting just .233 and while the pitching overall has been good, the Gamecocks have been missing their two top mound aces in Earl Bass and George Beam, Baseball 7:% USC vs. Bax Relays__ Carolina should also finish high in the two mile relay. Florida State should win the event, their 7:28 best seems to fast for the Gamecocks. But USC will probably battle Fur man (7:33) and Baptist (7:35) for second place. FSU, who could win two, maybe three of the relays, also has the best qualifying time in the spring med ley. They've gone 3:19.4. Furman is second fastest at 3:23. The field events all look good, according to McClure. There will be both outstanding performances and close competition. Ten javelin throwers have thrown over 200 feet, including USC's Tom Chapman. The favorite is FSU's Randy Hutchinson, whose best is 235. The high jump bar should be raised to close to seven feet. Three entrants have climbed above 6-11 in the past, three others above 6-10. The most competitive field event, said McClure, will be the triple jump. Darryl Kelly of North Carolina has the best entering leap, 52 feet, but he will probably find East Carolina's Walter Davenport, 51-5%, hard to beat. Kelly is a two time State-Record Relay champion. Carolina's best bet for a high place in individual track events probably is in the high hurdles. Bill HE WAN from 11:4 Part Time Days 1211 College i LATE SHO AflOUTRAG4 TAL SEATS 1.50= From Page 12 both out with injuries. USC trails often in their games and as a result they have been unable to take advantage of their speed on the basepaths. Wednesday night's affair with Clemson was significant in pointing out the degree of the Ca'rolina slump. USC's slugging first base man, Small, who batted around .370 last year saw his average on the sea son dip to .195 on this campaign. Tonight 10 Otist College From Page 12 Novo's 14.1 best will allow him to battle for at least second. Danny Smith, 13.5, is probably a little to fast for Novo to catch. In individual track events, the best races should be the 100 and two-mile. The 100 has six sub-9.6 sprinters, making that a real battle. Neil Cusack, the NCAA cross country champion, should win the two-mile going away. His best time is 8:52.2. There will be 16 events in the University division of the meet and most of them should be hotly con tested among at least two or three contestants. In other words it should be a long, but, if you're a track buff, interesting Saturday afternoon. 004* LP TED [0- 2:00 W SAT. 11:30 hROM DON'T MISS ITr! Hersh ball play-offs. The two best te by some kind of selection comi stadium the second week of I Next the East and Mideasl Midwest winners would play to decide who would play fo The national championship fourth week of December. This plan would satisfy e people. Yet they (the bowls) becaV,se the play-offs would i bowl season. It may. even mak the teams would not be away fx month of December, as they Championship won Economically, everyone wo break even. A 50,000-75,000 st ing tickets at seven dollars a the selling of television rights 4 each school competing to con and travelling to another gam But the best argument for a ( series is that the fans and prot would be in favor of it. No li three teams saying they were because they won the Rose I team that held the Associate, team to their lowest point tot Everything would be out in the nation would go through t proving that they are worthy in the nation. They wouldn't 1 had an impressive list of stat was a great PR man who conv Illustrated or another of the g that his team was the best. HE WAN from 11:1 Part Time Days 1211 College ? Everything You've Ev N SEE THEM 0 P L A I Y G At 3:30 5:30 7:30 9:30 From Page 13 ams in each region,-as picked nittee, would play at a neutral )ecember. winners and the West and the third week of December r the national championship. would be played during the verybody, except the bowl would not really be affected ot run over into January, the a the bowl games better since -om competition for the entire are now. Id prove who's best uld probably win, or at least adium filled with people buy ipiece, plus the money from ind concessions, should allow te out about even for playing .e. :ollege football championship oably the coaches and players :nger could there be two or. the real national champions lowl or because they beat a l Press' number one ranked al of the year. the open. The best teams in hree weeks and three games of being called the best team et the ranking because they istics or because their coach inved somebody from Sports reat opinionmakers in sports LP TED 0 - 2:00 BURGER KING er Heard About CHEERLE n IT IN... In Color Golf Team To Compete The USC golf team takes on 20 other teams in the Furman Invita tional Golf Tournament, beginning in Greenville today. The Gamecocks, after finishing a disappointing ninth in the Palmetto Intercollegiate at Orangeburg, hope to finish at least third in this contest, according to team manager John Blackmon. The field includes such teams as powerful, Wake For est, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Tennessee and East Tennessee State. USC enters this three-day tourna ment led by co-captains Wylie Ram sey and Larry Mattox. Itackmg Chdw Theette 14,,,,' NOW Shows 12:35-2:40 4:45-7:00-9 PM His Best Since "Butch"! p -WITH Jacqueline Bisset nock"Vi 0"W.. tie.. '. jLATE ' I? MAN SI,I SHOWS FRI & SAT. 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