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New Stc BY JIM HERSH Asst. Sports Editor Carolina's football team, with three freshman in the starting line-up, will conclude its Spring football season in the annual Garnet-Black game Friday night at 7:30 in Williams-Brice Stadium. Quarterback Jeff Grantz, split end Jim Collins and cor nerback Henry Laws, all mem bers of last fall's frosh team, Track Tec USC In Di BY FRED KIERNER Sports Writer Ten members of the track team will make a trip to compete in the Drake Relays at Des Moines, Iowa. The team will be represented in five events, the two-mile relay, the mile relay, the 120-high hurdles, the high jump, and 800-meter open run. In the two-mile relay Wayne Thomas will take the place of Bob Dempsey, who was dropped from theteamfordisciplinaryreasons.He will be joined by Don Brown, John Brown, and anchor man Mike Sheley. Coach Bill McClure said, "If we can stay close to the lead without Dempsey we could battle for first. We could possibly better the school record (7:33.8)." Taki rters Higi have earned first team status fi this spring and head a team with e numerous other first-time star ters. c Several players have made d position switches this spring b and will be playing with the i Garnet squad, the first string. o: Bill Cregar has moved to c linebacker from running back, ' Tom Zipperly from cornerback : to running back, Darrell Austin f from defensive tackle to offen sive tackle and Andy LeHeup v m -Repre. roake Rela) In the mile relay the Gamecocks 1 will run with Jim Small, Milton Reid, Paul Mcleod, and Sheley. In I the 120-high hurdles-Billy Novo I will represent Carolina. Novo has I qualified for the NCAA's for the fourth straight year in the high I hurdles. Ron Adams will participate in the I high.jump. In the 800-meter run, I which will field two foreign Olym- i pians, USC will be represented by redshirt Jim Schaper. As for the prospects in the Drake Relays, McClure said, "In the mile relay we could come out in the top four or five." With only four more meets to compete in, McClure is optimistic for next year. He said, "We have only two'seniors and having Schaper back next year will add An Exam Form Tickets: E Russell House Iight US rom quarterback to defensive nd. The Garnet squad will be )ached by offensive coor inator Bob Gatling, who has een instrumental in nplementing the new veer ffense this spring. Defensive oordinator Lamar Leachman rill coach the Black team. Paul lietzel will watch the contest rom the press box. Offensively the Garnet team vill have Jimmy Privette at sents Fs >oth in a physical and mental way." The two seniors mentioned are iurdler, Novo and this year's Most faluable Track Performer, Jim ;mall. McClure said, "Two important actors also affected the teams per ormance of this year. These are, he late snow in the spring and my ate return from Munich last fall." WcClure also said the team as a whole had some good points and ;ome low- points. In the future the Gamecocks will travel to Knoxville on May 12, go to an invitational meet at Tallahas see, May 19, and compete in the U. S. Track and Held Federation Meet at Wichita, June 1 and 2. The team will end the season June 7-9 at Baton Rouge, Ia. in the NCAA Champion ships. Break & W y Ferg er USC Stuc Chris The Lie A Benefit April 31 Towns ON SALE AT: Taylor St. Phr amai C's Spring center, Rick Anthony and Jerry a Witherspoon,at the guards, A Dave Cash and Austin at the C tackles and Marty Woolbright a at tight end. Jay Lynn Hodgin r is one running back and Zip perly and Tommy Amrein will a share the other running back s spot. Collins and Eddie Mul- I drow are the outside receivers V with freshman Grantz the quar- t, terback. Dietzel, who says this spring s has been the best any of his e Carolina teams have eiperi- t, enced, is especially enthusias- f tic at the play of the offensive s line, considered by many as the 0 team's weak point last fall. s "Rick Anthony is probably having the best spring of any of the interior linemen," Dietzel says. "And Marty Woolbright is blocking better than he has in his life. He's a good target for the quarterback, too." Defensively the Garnet team will be weakened by injuries to middle guard Dana Carpenter and tackle Roger Toy. Car penter will especially be missed since he has been one of the leaders of the defense for two years. The Garnet defense will have i LeHeup and Bob Roe at the t ends, Monty Mathews and Andy Leventis at tackles and Leon Whitecavage at middle guard, replacing Carpenter. Bill Cregar will be the strong side linebacker while Tony Pepper and Phil Wallace will \elcome Hc Pusan lent with 'he New ty Mim presented by ns Club of Cc for Sight Con hip Audil .50 & *3.00 v Auditorium Game Iternate at the weak side spot. fel Baxley and Laws are the ornerbacks with C. A. Wilson t safety and Thad Rowe at over. In that unit only Roe, Baxley nd Wilson were starters lost eason. On offense Anthony, Vitherspoon, Privette, Cash, Vodbright and Hodgin returs D their starting positions. Although the game Friday hould allow at least a partial valuation of the Gamecock eam, it will be hard to truth ully view the team's potential ince the first teams will be perating against the weaker econd teams. The Black team will have )obby Grossman and Lyn tushing alternating at quarter ack. The running backs will be ticky Whitt and Randy Spinks, 4ike Farrel and Scott Thomas vill be the wide receivers and oteve Blackmon the tight end. ?. Z. Smith and Dale Duncan vill be the tackles, Emerson ;enn and Brad Cline the guards knd Buck Thompson or Mike AcCabe at center. Defensively the Black team vill have Grahl Phillips and lohn Connell at ends, Jim 3eard and Mike Ayala at ackles and Jim Burke at middle guard. Garry Mott and Gary AcLaren are the linebackers, kndy Nelson the rover, Zeb hue the safety and Randy .hastain and Tony Jurik the :ornerbacks. Pme V rtrels lumbia servation 8 P.M. or'urn