Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Win By STEVE PARKER Sports Editor Carolina's late-season winn ing surge faltered a bit jus prior to the break for fina exams when Georgia Southeri and Clemson each handed thi Gamecocks a defeat. JOFN GAMBRELL ...Leading Hitter USC's two defeats in their las three outings precedes a breal in the action for Carolina. Th4 Gamecocks are idle until thel face Western Carolina here oi May 9. USC's second-game win ovei Georgia Southern raiset pitcher Alan Hilliard's mark or the year to 7-1, only one gami less than Joe Grugan's single Basketbal Carolina's basketball team will b facing a schedule next fall tha Coach Frank McGuire terms "oni of the toughest independen schedules in the nation." The schedule not only includes I home games, the most in tho school's history, but also welcome 10 new opponents. The Gamecock will also be making an appearenc in the LAuisville Classic, the firs of it's kind, which will feature suc schools as Eastern Kentuck) Alabama, and host school Loub ville. Out of the ten new opponents, si wtil be playing at Carolin Coliseum. They Include DePauv Pennsylvanma1 Camasius, Daytor Pittsburg, Houston and Texas Tecl The other teams, Seton Hall, Geoi gia Tech, and Ceighton, th Gamnecocks will meet on their homn floor with the exception of Seto1 Hail, who they will play at Madiso Square Garden. The Gamecock schedule ala includes seven teams which wei either in the NCAA playoffs or pa ticipated in the NIT. They includ -Marquette, Houiston, Pennsylvanl Manhattan, Louisville, Alabam, Notre Dame and Virginia Tech EVERYTHING FOR MACRAME' DECOUPAGE CANDLE MAKING All Kinds of Crafts Five Points Handicrafts 610 Harden Street Phone 254-6122 Streak season mark of eight set in the 1940 campaign. Georgia Southern put an end to USC's seven-game winning - streak Friday afternoon when t the Eagles bested Carolina 12-4 i in the initial contest of a day night doubleheader. Carolina rebounded to take the nightcap 9-5, but the USC squad again fell victim the next evening as Clemson rode a late-rally past them, 9-5. . Carolina's record on the sea son is now 23-14 with four scheduled games remaining after the examination period. By splitting the doubleheader with Georgia Southern, USC managed a split of the season series with the highly ranked Eagles, each team earning two victories. In the opener Friday, the Eagles soared to an early lead, scoring ten runs in the first two innings, and easily claimed the contest. USC pounded out 11 hits in the opener and 14 in the second game against the Eagles to make the high scoring games a direct contrast to the Gamecocks meeting with t Southern earlier this year, when pitching prevailed. In the second game, USC enjoyed its best single inning production of the season when the Gamecocks ripped out eight runs in the third inning to set up a 9-5 victory. John Gambrell, the leading hitter for USC, punched out two singles in the inning and Steve King and I Schedule ) e The Gamecock schedule is as fol t lows: t 1973-74 Cage 5 Schedule Dec. 1 Toledo S Georgia Southern h 8 at Michigan State 12 DePauw 22 at Indiana x * 27-28 at Louisville 'Jan. 2 Texas Tech --S Marquette C 9 Lafayette 3 12 Mauhattas o16 Davidson at Charlette r19 Pennsylvanla le a, 24 Fordham at Madison I, Square Garden In Concert ISAAC HAYES May 5th, 8:00 P.M. Also appearing: Hot Buttered Soul ?1 11 11 ? C Li\ Ha ted frank Matusek each added tri ples to pace the big frame. Clemson pitching ace Lindsay Graham enjoyed a four-run seventh inning rally which shat tered a 5-5 deadlock, when Mike Mahoney smashed a two-run triple against Carolina reliever Mike Luckstone. Luckstone had walked two batters prior to sur rendering Mahoney's three base knock. Luckstone game way to George Beam in relief and Beam surrendered two addi September 15 - GEORGIA 21 - at Houston 29 - MIAMI (OF October 6 - at Virginia 13 - at Wake Fo 20- OHIO UNI 27 - LOUISIAN November 3 - N. C. STA'l 10 - APPALACI 17 - at Florida 1 24 - CLEMSON Saturday, Sept. 22 - THE CITAC Saturday, Oct. 6 - FLORIDA ST, Friday, Oct. 19 - at Clemson JV's Saturday, Oct. 27 - at Virginia Te Friday, Nov. 2 - GEORGIA TEC Monday, Nov. 12 - at Georgia Fre nnounced 26 Seton Hall at Madison Square Garden 30 Niagara Feb. 4 Canisius 6 Villanova in Philadelphia Palestra 9 Dayton 13 at Georgia Tech 16 Notre Dame 20 Virginia Tech 24 at Duquesne 27 at Pittsburgh Mar. 2 Hoist.n 4 Creighton Easy To Open Gamecock Charge Account *109 (Limit) BRITTON S By Sou tional hits before retiring the side in the seventh-inning mess. Graham merely stifled any USC comeback attempts during the next two innings en route to his sixth tvin of the year against two defeats. USC saddled Graham with one of those losses earlier this season. Mahoney's winning lift spoiled Hank Small's three-run homerun for Carolina which had brought the USC team from behind, 5-2, to a tie in the top THE 1973 GAMECOCK S TECH . . . . . . . . . . . 110 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . VERSITY (Homecoming) . A STATE . . . . . . . . . . 'E . . . . . . . . . . . .. -IAN STATE -RaNe STATE . . . . . . . . tate . . . . . . . . . . . . THE 1973 FRESHMAN S iEL JV's . . . . . . . . . . . ATE FRESHMEN ch Freshmen . . . . . . . . . H FRESHMEN ...... .. shmen.... . . . . . . .. FORMAl Take a Knock-out to the next formal Take an After Six. 50 styles to choose from Now that It's formal time, Its time to visit us at... SHARPE'S MAKE YOUR RESERVATION 3 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS: Five Points Forest Drive Dutch Square thern of the seventh. Small's blast was his eighth of the year, twice the total he achieved last season. Small has now shaken his early season slump and has hit safely in the last eight conteits. Following the examination break, Carolina will be host to Western Carolina in a 3:00 game on May 9. USC then travels to Furman on May 10, before returning home to tackle Geor gia Tech the next evening and the afternoon after that. CHEDULE ...... ..... .7:30 p.m. ...........7:30 p.m. (CDT) . . . . . . . . . .7:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . .1:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . .7:30 p.m. .. . . . ........7:30 p.m. ................7:30 p.m. ................7:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . .7:30 p.n. . . . .2:00 p.m. .. . . . . . ... .1:30 p.m. CHEDULE . . . . . . . . . .7:30 p.m. ..... ..........7:30 p.m. ...... .........2:00 p.m. ................1:30 p.m. ................7:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 p.m. TIME - f ot Caronna's @9t bear Cu'oants Rental & Sanles