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Schaper In AAU I BY WAYNE I'III,LIPS Sports Writer USC's premier middle-distance runner Jim Schaper has been in vited to participate in the National AAU Invitational Track Cham pionsoips this weekend in New York. TI-e junior standout from Atlanta will compete in the I.000-y:ird run Friday morning at Madiso Madison Square Garden, with the finals to be run that evening. Schaper's competition will come from such renown figures as lit Byron )ice of Jamaica, and Keith Francis of Boston College. "I live in Savannah now, so I had great weather to practice in over the Christman break and I think that has helped my conditioning. I have had a good indoor season, and I feel I am ready for whatever situation comes," he said. Schaper's indoor ac complishments have ranked him first in both the 880- and 1,000-yard runs in the King Brea Out Most I BY WV.A YNE PlllI'S Sports Writer Gamecock star out fielder Steve King will be lost for the entire spring baseball season, it was learned recently. King. a sophomore from North Carolina, broke his right ankle while sliding into secon b,I I -, Feb. 15. The injury oc-red during an intrasquad game. "Steve was in surgery for almost three hours l\londav af ternoot.." said Bobby Richardson, hE;iI h ball coach "HIle will be in Meade Cia in (First of two parts.) BY BILLY BAKER Sports Writer Violet Meade has been actively involved with the women's athletic program at Carolina (or '0 years. She has coached numerous women's sports teams and he'aded the w-omen's basketball teatp, which finished sixth in the countfy last year. Meade said Thursday that she is veryW concern ted with the rebirth of the womnen's a thletic department' in the w. o funds and publicity. She t hink: 01om e people who helped th pl' rogram reach the stat us it no0w enijoys have been overlooked. Shte t hinlks she( is one of those people and claims to be speaking out for people inv'olved with the \w<(n1 's athllilet ic priogramli. ''A lot of s uadents want to say somtn 11g, lult they also feart Picked To [nvit ation NCAA District Three. r trict Three covers the states s.' .h of 1 Washington 1). C. and west to I,ouisiana. His time in the 880 is 1:51.8 and he has been clocked at 2:08.6 in the 1,000. "His indoor tim's are trcmen dous," said Bill McClure, head track coach. "His 1:51.8 time indoors would be well down in the I :40s outdoors.'' Schaper is also a member of the number-one ranked two-miler relay team. He, Rebus Sheley and )on and John Brown have a 7:35.8 in that event "The top finishers in the meet this weekend will be invited to par -ticipate in the U. S. dual meet team that will run the Russians in Moscow next week," said McClure. "Jim has run in the Garden before; he knows the track. I feel Jim's chances are excellent, not only to place, but to win the event. He's ready, and in my opinion, anyone running in the rare will have to run to beat Jim." Should Schaper place and qualify ks Ankle; Lf Season a cast for six weeks and will then need at least three weeks for recovery. "I would ';ay he is lost for the season," Richardson went on."However, we haven't decided to red-shirt him yet. An athlete of Steve's caliber could come back at the end of the season and help us out in the play---offs, could we get there." Whether he comes back or not, he will probably sign a pro contract after his senior year. 'At the time he was hurt , Steve was hitting over .400, far better than anyone else. Criticiz is Students Af .uea'~de I u m t IIo h iniOret pritwen i meriwta Place tl Meet lor the U. S. dual meet team, it has not yet been decided whether he will accept the invitation. "Our two-mile relay team has qualified for the NCAA Championships, and if it might interfere with that, then I will turn it down," said Schaper. The meet w ith the Russions is March 2-3, and the NCAA meet is March 8-9 in Detroit. "If Jim does runs in Russia, he will have to be back no later than Monday afternoon," McClure said. "If this cannot be arranged, then the NCAA meet will have to come first. We have been working for it all season, and it would not be fair for the other three men on the relay team if Jim was not at top form." "I would like to go. but I am afraid of the 'jet' lag,"' said Schaper. "A plane trip from New York to Mosevo Moscow and back to New York, and then to Detroit might mess up sleeping as well as my metaboligm " h' Avr lined. P..~ Steve King es Wom -aid To Voice "... it seems wre hare ourselves 1ho1r re' got putl into the program now\ t han, say. a ttew yeards amgo" nIow. (dule to thme l acl Ihal it seems we hav noiC ~t stoppedt't to ask our1 .selveS hiou u e g.ot heret the imans\ At Wisconsin Tennis Starts 1 BY GEORGE MORRIS Sports Writer Carolina's tennis team opens its season Friday when it travels to Madison. Wisc. to play in the Wisconsin Indoor Invitational. The tournament will be held in' one of the finest indoor stadiums in the country, the Nielson Indoor Tennis Center, a 5.2 million structure that was last years site of the NCAA tournament. The USC team, which . returns four players from last years top six players will have a freshman holding down the number r ine position. Bernard Fritz, from Paris, one of four foreign players on the Carolina team will be the top seed for USC.while the second spot will be played by Andreas Huf schmidt a sophomore from Geneva. Playing the third position will be another freshman, Fabrice Paquet, who is also from Paris. Jeff Kefalos will be the number four seed, and seriors Brian Desatnik and Tom Craig will play fifth and sixth.pot.s. respectively. Phil Dukes and Steve Geller round >ut the squad. Len's Pr Uheir Comn pla lot stoppe~d to ask hee-- the' hours - - J'ioI.le t ide over! thet years . whot brlouight US ha le it niow" :"... I feel I (11 rea(dy! for iwl(lerer situation comnes up." -- Jim Schaper Team 5eason Paquet and Fritz will team up for one doubles team. Kefalos and Hufschmid will be on another team, and Craig will be paired with Desatnik or Dukes. Carolina's first match of the tournament will be at 7 p.m. Friday against Southern Illinois, a team USC coach Ron Smarr said, expects to be the toughest in the tournament. Smarr said," Southern Illinois is probably the strongest team in the tournament and will be our toughest match. They were 15th in the nation in 1972 and 10th last year." The Gamecocks play on Illinois State Saturday at 2 p.m. then finish Sunday at 1 p.m. with the University of Wisconsin. one of the three teams which beat Carolina last year. Wisconsin returns five players from its 1973 squad. The warm weather Columbia has had this winter has given USC the opportunity to practice outdoors. Smarr said, "We've had a real good practice and now we're ready to play. I'm pleased with our progress and attitude. This tournament' will be a good yardstick to measure our team's progress. ogram the role I've always had. When we began back in 1967-68 to play on the varsity level--tennis, basketball, volleyball-- we traveled and played other schools. I would hope that whatever r'ole I have is looked upon as total commitment. G.A.\1':CO(K: For explanations sake. could you trace the dlevelopment of the women's progra. conisely', whileyo have been part of it? 11w:AD':: From 1964 to 1966, basis of ''play (days and sports days." o ne day a week with a number of schools involved One day a week on a continual basis. Fr,oum 1967 to 19~69 the volleyball teami had a short but prIecise schedutle anrd thle tennIiis teatin wtt to ('onv~er'se (ol lege and played mn t' (Converse 'T'enniiis D ayv. In 196J8 and 196~9 w E began to see the