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Carolina Not Assu Fivi BY BILLY BAKER Sports Writer It is possible that Carolina's baseball team could win every remaining game, which would give them a 45-5 record, and still not receive an NCAA play-off bid. Why? The Southeast District 3 has five major Independent schools ranked in the top twenty and only three can get bids. Miami of Florida is the nation's second-ranked team with a 33-4 record through Monday games, Georgia Southern is ranked fourth with a 30-1 record and Carolina is xj 4, .,.a n Full Swing GOI F 4R. I ' SONORE B red Of Receiving B J Ranked'] 11th with a 32-5 record. South Alabama is 16th with a 20-6 record and Stetson is 18th with a 22-7 mark. USC Coach Bobby Richardson said he thinks Miami and Georgia Southern will get bids. The third position seems to belong to Carolina when you follow the national rankings. But the people who rank the teams have no in fluence on the playoff picks. A special coaches' committee has this task and sports becomes very political in some cases. Carolina will meet Georgia Southern in a three game series April 26-27. They will need to win AlA ..Reserve catcher Robbi through on swing in recen Russell Jeffcoat. JDEN GREA THE KINGS OF COMEDY in NINETEEN SHORT W. C. Fields The Marx Bros. Abbott & Costello Charlie Chaplin Laurel & Hardy Buster Keaton andI Cartoons E Admission OUTDOOR SCREE I. Patio Saturday 8 Carolina Coup1 UJniversity Unit rth fleams Fig] wo games to cement their hopes of i bid, which makes one wonder what might happen to Southern if .arolina sweeps the series. Also, southern visits Stetson, one of their ew road trips, for a two-game ;eries later in the season. "If we beat Southern at least wice, I think the selection com nittee will over-look our two losses o South Alabama earlier in the season," said Richardson. Five coaches comprise the selection committee. Carolina has played and defeated two of the beams whose coaches are mem bers of the committee. They are Dave Fuller of Virginia and Jim XI Parrish follows game. Photo by TS ! N P.M. es - it For NCA Ward or Stetson. Tonight the C, Citadel's Chal Port will become the rF third coach to see the Gamecocks S1 in action. The other two com- TI mittee membersare Joe Shipley of it East Tennessee and Dave Fuller of Florida. w "I really do feel that if we win the fi rest of our games there is no way tl we can be overlooked," said t< Richardson. "I would say of the R five teams Miami plays the toughest and our schedule is very n similar to Southern, even though I t< said that their's was a weak one g when we played them earlier." v District 3 includes the si Southestern, ACC, and Southern u USC Tops In Extra I Carolina's chances of receiving an NCAA playoff bid received a sl shot in the arm with two baseball ir wins over Stetson early this week, w 7-4 and 2-1, at the Roost. Tonight at 7:30 the Gamecocks F entertain the Citadel with Allen d Johnson slated to pitch for USC. Tuesday, Earl Bass and the c Hatter's Bill Rhoden locked t4 themselves in a pitchers duel for F most of the game. Bass went to the h sidelines when he was hit by a line drive in the seventh inning and C Tom Luckstone came on in relief. The game was tied1-1 after nine t innings. U! Short-stop Eddie Ford laced a fi double to right center in the w bottom of the tenth to score Robbie F Rogers for USC. C SUMME] If you are sociall conscious, a good co athletically inclined thei and public contact jobs training at company em 1. Opportunity 2. Pleasant Wo: 3. Co-ed Workir Those students who she trained in all phases < personnel control. Qu& ear $600 For Interview Call 9:30 AM - 1.:30 P1 Charlotte Office 704-333-1504 Charleston, S.4 803-747 THE TRYON ABids Dnferences, whose champions ceive berths to the play-offs in arkbville, Miss. May 23-27. hree independents join to make a six-team rece "I think the selection committee ill try to revise things in the iture because they must know iat our district is probably the ughtst in the country," said ichardson. The five-man selection com iittee for District 3 will have a lot > think about real soon. Several ood baseball teams in the South 'ill be overlooked for certain and >me coaches are certain to be pset. Stetson uining Coach Bobby Richardson's rategy worked well in the 10th ining. Pinch hitter John Hinkle as replaced by Robbie Rogers ith two strikes against him and .ogers delivered a surprise bunt own the first base line for a single. Don Repsher's long fly ball to the enter field fence advanced Rogers > second base with two out before 'ord became the games hero with is hit. The win boosted the 11th -ranked Famecocks to a 32-5 record. Behind 1-0 in the bottom of the ird inning on Monday. Carolina 5ed four home runs to push across ve runs in the inning. 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