Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tdividual Matches is TeamW avenged one of its 1973 losses. The Badgers returned six of their weven top players from last year's squad that handed USC one of its three defeats. Despite the fact that USC shut out Wiscon sin, Smarr thinks the victory was a narrow. one. "Even though we won all the matches, the score doesn't indicate how close it was. Five of the sets went 7-5, one went 7-6 and four matches took all three sets,' said Smarr. BY WAYNE PHILLIPS Sports Writer USC's outdoor track season starts this weekend as the Gamecocks visit Clemson for a dual meet Staurday. The meet, the first of many for the Gamecocks this year. including tical ad amittee i Seeks Study served in the senate for the past year. "one of the problems with ticket distribution is the fact that too many students are not properly informed as to how the system works. Bobby Griffin ...proposes probe. ESS EQUIPMENT IVE 782-8655 Loses Only Two I Tenn BY GEORGE MORRIS Sports Writer Carolina's tennis team took victories in all but two of its in dividual matches in winning the Wisconsin Indoor Invitational last weekend. The Gamecocks,coached by Ron Smarr, blanked the host team Wisconsin 9-0 Friday; whipped Illinois State 8-1 Saturday; and defeated Southern Illinois 8-1 on Sunday. In beating Wisconsin, Carolina Track USC Starts Season At Clemson paid pol By Special Coi Griffli Ticket Bobby Griffin, a sophomore off-campus student senator. has introduced a niotion into the student sen.t- which would set up a committee to study the method of student ticket distribution. Griffin. who last week announced his intentions to seek the office of secretary of the student body, cited in creased concern by students over the student ticket situation as one of the reasons for tne introduction of the legislation. He said that there had been enough new ideas by students to warrant setting up a committee to look into some of the various methods of distribution. According to Griffin. a journalism major who has TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TI-2500 A POCKETFUL OF POWER EAY To OfATE. ALLDS, SUBTRACTS, MUTIPliES, DIVID&5 CHAIN OR CON STANT OPER ATIONS5.8DIG IT DISPL AY. FULL SELECT BUSINI 3143 FOREST DI nsin Tourn matches without losing a set. Jeff w Kefalos, Fabrice Paquet, and (i Andreas Hufschmid also won three te singles matches. Despite the easy tournament tt victory Smarr thinks his team has P not time to relax."I'm pleased with tr everyone's play, but we still have ai 40 more meets to go,"he said. 0 "We've got Presbyterian coming al up -and they were second in al the NAIA last year. We face m Georgia Southern later, and their c( number one man, Charlie Ellis, P on us in North Carolina," said Assistant Coach Mike Bozeman. "However, this weekend they will be able to use some football s players that they could not use indoors. They will also pick up a ' few guys that were injured, such as Fern, their high-jumper." Fern I has jumped 6-7. .t "We plan to take about 30 men and hope to work in as many as we riE w Feb. 25-Mar. 2 AMERICA GRAFFITI T list price tape 59.98 NOW ONLY S7.49 THE STING SUNSHINE list price tape S6.98 NOW ONLY S5.29 S3.99 S3.99' MCA ['CH SQUI 9:30 mon.. ins Wisco: In beating Wisconsin and Illinois State, Carolina won all the singles matches to enter the final round of the tournament against Southern Illinois, a team that had also beaten both its opponents. The Gamecocks stopped SIU easily, however, and started their tough season by winning the In vitational trophy with a perfect 3 record. Freshman Bernard Fritz played the number one spot for Carolina and won all three o(his tournament trips to Louisiana and Florida, is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. or Clemson's new all-weather track. Carolina is coming off a suc cessful indoor season in which it defeated such teams as Auburn and North Carolina. Carolina also defeated Clemson three dif ferent times during the indoor campaign. "The only scored seven points OF SUNSHINE DU'1 10 .ament ill be a stiff test for Bernard 'ritz). We still hope to get bet r." - The Gamecocks travel to Clinton is weekend to -take on resbyterian College , before aveling to The Citadel March 1 id Georgia Southern March 2. Carolina makes its first home >pearance at 2:15 on March 5 gainst Appalachian. State. Home eets are played at the varsity urts across from Maxcy Gregg ark. :an," Bozeman continued. "On aper it looks like we should win oundly, but then track is a funny p ort. On paper, Florida State hould have beat us last year., but ve surprised them. Then there is lways the rivalry to consider. I1emson always gets up for us, and he mee' will be run at Clemson, so ve do not expect things to be asy." EEK WPE STING Bar LRE .sat.