Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Win Over The Cita USC Ir IjY BILLY BAKER Sports Writer "Bobby Richardson has his baseball machine in gear," Chal Port, coach of The Citadel, said after his team lost to Carolina last Thursday night at the Roost. It is important that Port was impressed with USC because as chairman of District 3's playoff selection committee, he will have a direct say in whether or not the Gamecocks are given a bid to play in the NCAA playoffs in May. Three Southeastern in deoendents will et the District 3 Sports Briefs Hassled by: * JOBS (hate * MONEY (ii " LIFESTYLE * TRAVEL (i ~ LEAVING I know you are bc We gave you the C about to undergo o rnlives - graduation. THE GRADUATE Lobby and at the I Pdel Strengthens Bid ripresses Se at-large bids and Carolina is ex pected to have competition from Miami (Fla.), South Alabama, Stetson, Georgia Southern and Florida State for a bid. "I think their (UDC's) three game series with Georgia Southern will be very critical and the results should have a lot of bearing on any decision made by the committee," Port said. Carolina meets Southern this Friday and Saturday at the Roost. Earlier in the season Southern beat the Gamecocks twice in Georgia. "Let me say that this committee is very professional and we make decisions based on facts," Port Track The Carolina track team had several personal bests in a meet with Florida State at Tallahassee Saturday night, but came away a 96-48 loser. Jim Schaper ran a winning 4.02 mile that set a new school record and qualifies him for the national championships. The 440 relay team won their event and tied the school with a time of 41. SENIORS it, need it, but can't ke it, want it, and s; (is change good or is far as I can witho liploma) U.S.C. (we're throwi thered by these and many ~raduate because it carefu] ne of the most traumatic Read it - because we care. Richard Di rector - now being distributed ii Jniversity House across fr Drive lection Bo said. "Sure it would be great to have a team from your home state in the playoffs, but this is not going to affect my decision at all. "What we do is actually pick five teams,"Port said. "We start with our first choice and call them to see if they will accept an invitation. We have never beeen turned down by a school." Thus, it appears as though the fourth and fifth committee choices have little chance of getting a bid. According to Port, the com mittee evaluates the team on three central criteria: the team record, their schedule's difficulty and their pitching depth. Buck Thompson hurled the discus 159 feet and Tom Chgpman won the javelin event with a throw of 209-4 to add to the Gamecocks' in dividual victories. Milton Reid won the 440 with a time of 47.8 and Mike Sheley won the half-mile with a time of 1:51.1. Rugby The USC Rugby Club finished their regular season with a win over the Atlanta Rugby Club 14-10 Saturday in Atlanta. find it) ire spending it) bad?) at hocking my ng you out) other problems. ly speaks to students 3xperiences of their of Alumni Relations i the Russell House )m Capstne. ard Chairr "Carolina is definitely in con tention for a bid," Port said. "They have at least three USC has beaten three of the teams whose coaches are on the fiveman selection committee. So things are looking up for Carolina in their drive for the bid. Four home runs--by Jeff Grantz, Small, Jim Pankovits and i Raymond Lavigne--guided USC to I its 6-1 victory over The Citadel. Then last Saturday Earl Bass, 1 Ton Luckstone and Scott Thomas combined to shut out Erskine 6-0. Eddie Ford and David Small both homered, giving USC a total of 14 homers in five games. Carolina was trailing 6-4 at the half, but Brian Nemeth and Dwight Trew scored for USC and Freddie Holland added a conversion in the second half to lead the victory. Women's Tennis Carolina's women's tennis team won the doubles championship in the state women's tennis tour nament Saturday while finishing second overall behind Furman. USC's team of Carolina Marshall and Cynthia Serra defeated GoiNg Te Tke Beadk Ta Sig At Tke WH IO% Diceaut To. A Students eligible for Stude during the Spring Semester during the summer may c Coverage during the summi Contact Mrs. Alexander, o: vice for more completei health care. This program of Summer on a voluntary basis as a r The Real W< 1: Mol Western aj Headquarters fo' MoL Corner Lady d nan professional prospects in their line up---Hank Small, Eddie Ford and John Gambrell. Of the schools condidered con tenders for the at-large bids, Miami has the highest national ranking. They are second in the national, Southern is fourth, arolian 11th, South Alabama 16th mnd Stetson 18th. Florida State is not ranked, but USC's coach Richardson says they must be :onsidered for the bid because they lay the toughest schedule in the listric t. Eventually, three of the teams will not get bids. "There are no nappy 'losers," Port said. another Carolina team of Cind Dingle and DeeDee Easler in th finals of the doubles competioion. In addition, Carolina's Eliza Willets finished third in singles competition. Tennis After beating Clemson 6-3 in ilemson Wednesday afternoon. the USC tennis team was defeated at Maxcy Gregg by North Carolina Friday 7-2. Ra"ie Sow eeL~. 9SPER9KG SURF 27Ik Au. Seufk IWg& 'Beack, S.C. 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