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olege BYJIF Recruiting is without a doubt college basketball coach. If a coa David Thompson he can sit down seasons. However, if a coach finds that college the coach can be confiden find himself out of a job in the nea Consequently, recruiting isa hi the coach busier and more worried Carolina's Frank McGuire says has to do is sit on the bench for g recruiting and other things you ne job." Although his past record and p chance McGuire will be fired if he losing seasons, the Gamecocks' cc with recruiting. e Pressui "The pressure is especially bad "It distorts his mind. But too ma Actually some of the boys bring ti long to sign. McGuire tries to make recruiti school star. "We never knock ano player," McGuire said. "We don't even mention anothi and community have to offer and Even if a boy decides to go to a scl don't interfere." McGuire thinks the high school three criteria. He said players are academically, how much spirit is good the basketball program is. offers the high schooler all three. -Obviously it is impossible for at good recruiting year until he sees I competition. But McGuire is optim Carolina F "I think we've had a pretty McGuire said. Carolina has signed Nate Davis 6-10 from Plantation, Fla., and S1 .Jack George, 6-4 Chicago, Ill., E< E nt zminger, 6&5 fro m Columbia, S When Sherwood was signed, M big man we've been looking for.' next week and said he needed anc not overly impressed with Sherwc "You just cannot hand a guy a some competition for jobs. In pi competition for jobs. In practice each other head-to-head day in anc Unquestionalby there is a relat cour t and its coaches success inr able to get the highly touted player the best wedge a coach can use on I Teams like UC LA have no tr "UCLA lures the great ones," Mc( go to UCLA because they want tc their bench at the NCA A finals all p on almost every other team in the r McGuire dreams of having thei for the Bru ins. "If I had the players Jiohn W< would sit at my desk all day and wr Recruitin A HERSH one of the most important jobs for a ich gets a superstar like Bill Walton or v and be reasonably sure of four winning 1 the great high school players ignore his I t he will have trouble winning, and may -future. ih pressures business, a job which keeps off the cour than on the court. , "People think the only thing a coach ames during the season. But there is the ed to do. Coaching is a 12-month a year ,esent contract remove even the remote does not get the players and has a few ach can still feel the pressure that goes r J t a s Coach Frank McGuire -e is Worst on Player for the boy," McGuire said last week. ny people blame the college coaches. ie pressure on themselves by waiting so ig as painless as possible for the high ther school when we are recruiting a Dr school. We explain what our school then we let him make up his own mind. iool we know is not right for him, we star chooses his school on the basis of 4 concerned with how good a school is 4 evident in the student body and how I Df course, McGuire thinks that USC I :oach to be absolutely sure he has had a I )is recruits actually play against college 4 istic about this year's crop. I t ecruiting Labeled Good I jood year recruiting this year so far," I 6-5 from Columbia, Chuck Sherwood, I tu Klitenic, 6-5 from Washington, D.C, I i Lynch, 6-6 Miami, FlIa., and Herbert I .C. cGuire called the Floridan "the kind of q ' So when McGuire turned around the ~ ther big man, one may get the idea he is od. That McGuire says, is not the case. job," McGuire said. "You have to have ~actice you should have to have some you should have two big guys going at day out. It helps them both." onship between a team's record on the ecruiting. While a few coaches may be s even though his team had a poor year, ligh school player is the coaches record. ouble getting high school superstars. uire said. " The great players want to >be on a winner. When I looked down I saw when big guys who could be stars I ation."I -layers John Wooden is able to recruitI oden has, " McGuire said simply, "I i te oetryv." Gentry Recruits All-Stars In an effort to continue the vinning tradition established in his rief three-year tenure at Carolina, lead swimming coach Alan Gentry ias signed five high school ll-A mericas to grants-in-aid. "We're very excited over the uccess of our recruiting year," said sentry. "The kids we've signed are ill solid swimmers and should inable us to keep our program noving forward. The new recruits, all from lifferent states, include Fred :hmke of Concord, Calif., Ray 'litzke of Waukesha, Wis., Tom acobson of Chamblee, Ga., Dan. ?eider of Lido, N.Y., and Clark -amilton of Jacksonville, Fla. Gentry guided the Gamecocks o a 9-3 dual meet record last eason and his teams have compiled n overall mark of 23-8 over the ast three years. Ehmke, a highly-touted >rospect who chose Carolina over -alifornia, Missouri, and Oregon, Nas a four-year All-America at Vgnacio Valley High School in oncord. A butterflyer and ;printer, Ehmke was named his team's most valuable member in both his junior and senior seasons. LEICA IPENT A MINOLT MAMIYA KODAK CANNOI We're selling a products, and photographic Take JEFFERSON SQUARE iee**Q Q @e 6 @Qe@e USC Basebc Have Good Carolina baseball coach Bobby Richardson, with a play-off bid from the NCAA his primary objective next season, has recruited four talented prospects to help enhance his chances. Richardson earlier this summer annoucned the signing of third baseman Jim Pankovits of Richmond , Va., catcher Johnny Hinkel of Monroe, N.C., and two pitchers from the junior college < ranks -- Mike Cromer of Pomaria (Wingate Junior College) and Columbia's Raymond Lavigne (Spartanburg Junior College) to athletic grants-in-aid. Pankovits, who was also recru.ited by South Alabama and the University of North Carolina, batted .396 this past spring for Douglas Freeman High in Richmond after hitting .384 his junior year. He drove in 14 runs and slammed four home runs as a junior and hit one homer and had 11 R Bl s this season. A three-year starter for Monroe High, Hinkel won the most 00000000000004 c,m er C complete line of these fine ph< giving away o ur o wn b r advice. advantage of our student soem ill Recruits Prospects aluable player award in football, jasketball, and baseball in his senior season. A righthanded hitter, Hinkel )atted .392 this past spring with .o home runs and 11 R BIs. Cromer, a 6'3" 190-pound ;outhpaw hurler, becomes the ecohd pitcher from Wingate igned by Carolina in the last two fears. Allen Johnson, a native of ;umter, transferred to Carolina a fear ago. As the ace of Wingate's staff this ;pring, Cromer compiled a 6-1 Non-loss record with a microscopic ).36 ERA. He struck out 54 batters in 58 and one-third innings pitched, while walking only 14. Richardson earlier announcea :he signing of Lavigne, a former ;tandout at Columbia's A.C. Flora -figh. A righthander, Lavigne, )osted a 7-3 mark at Spartanburg Junior College with a 1.21 ERA ast season. He also played in the )ut field for Spartanburg batting 353. 00 OLYMPUS VIVITAR S BESELER DURST GRAFLEX S ILFORD SHOP 3 S Seeeese