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James P. Hersh Asst. Sports Editor The Governor's Cup There was another sport in Columbia besides football on Saturday, although most of the city and campus residents probably slept right through it. Just after 10 a.m. about 300 long distance runners, and in most cases, joggers left from in front of the State Capitol, crossed Gervais Street and, amid the startled looks of Saturday morning shoppers, ran down Main Street, thus begin ning the Second Annual Governor's Cup Road Race. It was a strange sight seeing the runners--old and young, male and female, fat and thin --cramped in four or five deep the length of the sidewalk in front of the United Way billboard waiting for the race to start. Indeed, most of the downtown shoppers had quizzical facial expressions as they peered across Gervais Street trying, to figure out what was happening. And when the race started--appropriately enough right after a South Caro'lina Electric and Gas Co. bus passed in front of the runners, emptying fumes into the group--people outside the downtown stores looked in fascination, while those inside the stores stared out the windows in wonderment of the whole thing. Why, the onlookers seemed to ask, were so many people doing such a strange thing so early on a Saturday morning? Not a spectator sport Long distance running has never been a highly popular sort in the United States, particularly not in this region, where, until the past couple years, it has been about as popular as the Communist Party. Lately, however, the sport has attracted a substantial following in the Columbia area, making a race like the Governor's Cup a worthwhile event. Nevertheless, distance running never has been, and probably never will be, a spectator sport, or one that a non-runner can relate to, and therefore the "What the hell ar they running for?" looks will exist, as they did Saturday morning. The Governor's Cup is divided into three races--a two mile, five-mile and 15-mile--and each race attracts its share of top-class competitiors and, frankly, more then its share of low-class runners. The Boston Marathon it will never resemble. But that is probably just as well because the road race is aimed at participation, rather than competition; in this race it is more important the quantity of runners than their quality. To run, and finish, is vastly more important than to win for most of the runners. Class, and non-class A University of Georgia medical student, Dennis Spencer, won the 15-mit? race in a fast time of 1:13:58, about 100 yards in fronti of Dr. Russ Pate, a USC professor from Oregon, ,who used to coach women distance runners at the University of Oregon, a school which always has top distance runners. Spencer, Pate and the top runners in the five-mile race--including USC cross-country team runners Leon Cook, who won the race, Bob Day and Don Layden--were examples of the quality performers in the road race. Examples of the non-class runners? How about a lady who ran while pushing a baby stroller, at the start with her small son running beside her and then after a few hundred yards with him sitting in the stroller, presumable telling his mother to go faster.. But the r'unner who most amazed everyone was Dr. Brian Smith, a 46-year old Charleston physician, who ran the 15-mile course through Columbia's streets in roads in his bare feet, without spilling a drop of blood. Dr. Smith, who has a theory that running without $25 Adidas is better than running with them, said after his two-hour race "the only good part of it was crossing the finish line." However, he said running is fun and that he does it out of a fear from seeing middle aged men dying of heart attacks. Some people will do anything to stay alive. Carolinf Late Co BY STEVE PARKER Sports Editor Carolina, which played its best football of the the season for three quarters against Houston Saturday night, reverted to its old form in the fourth quarter and allowed an otmonent's ground game to trample it into submission. After enjoying three quarters of limited success in defensing the Cougar rushing attack, and gaining a 14-7 lead in the process, the Gamecocks surrendered 144 yards on the ground in the fourth quarter, did not force Houston to pass once in the period and gave up 17 points and the game in the final quarter, 24-14. The loss was Carolina's fourth in a row and marked the first time since 1940 that a Gamecock squad had lost its initial four games of a season. Carolina has never lost the first five games of a season, and winless Virginia Tech, the next USCs defen Quarterback Mec Reserve Bobby McGallion is everything quarterback is not supposed to be short, stumpy, and lefthandei instead of tall, slender ani righthanded. But he is also quick, somethinj Carolina's defense could not cop, with when McGallion was pullei off the Houston bench for the firs time this year in the fourth quarte Saturday. With McGallion runnlnj outside the Gamecocks' defense, o threatening to do so at any time Houston scored 17 points in th final quarter to beat Carolina 24 14. Until early last week Housto Coach Bill Yeoman had planned t redshirt McGallion, a sophomor who was listed as third string behind starter David Husmann an Chuck Fairbanks, son of the Nei England Patriots head coach, an loses 4th i ugar rush opponent, shouldn't change that. Houston ended up with a lower rushing total than any of Carolina's previous three opponents, but still managed an impressive 310 yards on the ground. Houston's rushing exploits were accomplished without the services of two of the team's top runners Donnie "Quick Draw" McGraw, the leading Cougar rusher, and Reggie Cherry. Still, Marshall Johnson, with 101 yards on 20 carries, and John Housman, 155 yards on 26 trips, managed a good enough showing. Quarterbacks Davis Husmann and Bobby McGallion combined for another 54 yards on the ground. Even with Houston's powerful rushing domination of the final period, it took a costly fumble by Carolina sophomore Kevin Long in the fourth quarter to spark Houston. se swarms Cougar r allion !iecomes Ho I McGallion said after the USC game - he would not have argued with the I move had it been made. I "I was going into a redshirt year and we (Yeoman and McGalllon) i both decided it would be better to a sit out the year and save a year of I eligibility than to sit on the bench t and only play a few plays the whole r year," McGallion said. g But, "deep down inside" r McGallion said he knew he could ,play well if given the chance, and e Yeoman told him last Monday he probably would be active for the USC game. And, with Houston r trailing USC 14-7 in the fourth c quarter, McGallion replaced B Husmann, who was having trouble ~, moving the Houston offense. dI In less than a quarter, McGallion v ran for 30 yards in six caries, but d more importantly nput prs.re. n traight; prevails Long, replacing Jay Lynn Hodgin for his only carry of the night, headed into a large opening with the score tied, 14-14, and 12:24 remaining. Long never did control the ball and lost it four yards up field, where Houston's Joe Rust covered the ball. Four plays and 27 yards later Houston led, 21-14, when Johnson scampered five yards for the score. Carolina handled the ball two more times, but picked up just one first down atd punted both times. Houston followed the first punt with a 48 yard drive and a 43-yard field goal which severly dimmed Carolina's hopes, so bright just a quarter before. Carolina scored its two touch downs in the first half, on a one yard plunge by Jeff Grantz and a halfbacK. opuon pass of 27 yards from Hodgin to Eddie Muldrow. unning back us ton star Carolina's defense to stop him, allowing other Houston runners more room to run. "We've got to have someone at quarterback who can run," Yeoman said. "Their tackles were tackling our quarterback and stopping our running game before it could get started. I never questioned his (McGallion's) ability to run and we needed his speed to run off their tackles." Meanwhile, McGallion said his only concern when he went into the game was to "put points on the board. It's the first time I'be played in that kind of a situation and you wouldn't believe how nervous I was playing before that many peopl." IIR