Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Caroli na Al BY LARRY EDMOND state'm A mobile unit manned by USC richin varsity atheletes is sweeping the. young projet Ro from headix adept grid a Ing ba - - Th ond 3 ceivec Amer who t, parini Ameri spired Florid Co derpri letes parks ,4. to SP4 playlt sters sports " Roe childi they lives i the k same visior Th marill Its p C. A. Wilson the y< Sports News The USC tennis team is pres- F ently participating in the NCAA terna tennis championships in Prince- whei ton, N. J. the Over 90 schools will take part Mex] in the week-long tournament H which began June 18 and will zel a last until June 23. tean Under the guidance of Coach the Ron Smarr, USC posted a 26-3 trip record in '73 and will send four Mex players to the NCAA champion- pel I ships including senior Kevin Carc McCarthy, junior Tom Craig, will freshmen Jeff Kefalos and An- coul dreas Hufschmid. mee After coming to Carolina from day Wingate Junior College, Smarr 'I has coached the Gamecocks to a for two-year combined total of 48 new wins and seven losses. Mat LOOK Al All you can hletes 1 parks and playgrounds, en the livet of thousands of sters, said Robert Roe, t director. , senior defepsive end Meadville, Pa., currently g the Carolina Mobile Pro.. roves that he is as.equally In handling kids off the ; he is at handling streak eks on the field. 6 project, now in its seo ear at Carolina, was con and nurtured by All ca tackle John LeHeup i now In Levett, Texas pre for the Coaches All ca Game. LeHeup was in by similar programs In a. 2centrating on reaching un ileged children, 10-14 ath travel each day to area and recreational facilities nd eight hours talking to, g with and teaching young the subtitles of various ie idea of our work," said 'is to bring closer to the Dn someone with whom :an relate and pattern their fter. We attempt to show ds the human side of the guys that they see on tele and in the papers." e program is not geared pri r towards sports, he added. imary purpose is to show ungsters that there is some Briefs eshman football will go in tional at the USC this fall , the Biddies open against Polytechnic University of co City Sept. 5. ?ad football coach Paul Diet rinounced that the Mexican would visit Columbia for econd game of a two game to the United States. The can team will travel to Cha 1111, N.C., to meet the North lina Frosh Sept. I and then move into Columbia for a >le of days of practice before ;ing the Biddies in A Wednes night game. his will be the season opener he Biddies and the debut of freshman head coach Bob ro. STUDE Whab SHE COLUli across fr T'ightly Speci eat from a $1 ravel Wit one who cares and Is wilng to spend time with them. The athletes prtcipating (p the project are thoroughly screened before they are allowed to en$er the progm . Recom mendations from the .coches and the director of athletics ae also necessary prior to:.an athe lete's entrance Into the program. Paul McCloud, eAahider En glsh, C. A. Wilon "nd Tom Amaron are amonig the cadre of the mobile unit. Funded by the Presbyterian Churches of Columbia and the Columbia Recrettlon Depart ment, the project is enjoying great success. Area businessmen have been especially helpful. The Bob Roe Easy To Open Gamecock Charge Account *100 - (Limit) BRITTON S NTS... 's new at BATON [BIA INN ~tthe 'ffr 'Ipgr rm the Coliseum .039 and up h Sportsrr transportation, gasoline and most of the equipment is donated by then, said Roe. In spite of Inclement weather, turnouts are generally' heavy wherever the two mobile units go. Groups of youngsters often Approach 200. The flexible structure employed by. the staf fers has contributed greatly to the programs rousing success. "Because the attention span of these 6-10 year-old kids is so shoirt," said Roe, "we have to adjust our program as the need arises. There Is really no formal structure. Sometimes we dem onstrate techniques, or play chess and other times we simply play along with them." director AMATH tutor 781-o7n 10os BICI Quality Europeai Manufactured By Sport, Mercier, Ci Colnago, Maino Also custom-built fr machine tool work, In Ce .*CAT E'S Bo: Cedar Terraci 6420 Sumti 774 1:15 to 8pn.mn. tobile' In addition to' the regular junkets to parks at( ply pounds, the sporti*NbSe. its orphanages, hospital4ad;chil., dren's homes. Babcock.-enter is a favorite stop for ali of the atheletes. "Here we really ge$ that feeling that we are doing a lot to inspire children simply by rolling a ball to them or holding a hand," said C. A. Wilson, jun lor defensive back. The athletes are paid for the time they spend with the chil dren. Roe said that he could be -making more if he had accepted any one of the other jobs he had been offered, but he chose to work with the children as he had done last summer. 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