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Morris instill in his swimmers what h titude." On the way back from plained what he means. "To be a good swimmer you j have to love to go 'out and beatr receiver in football and you d sooner or later you're you're gc important. It's the same in an3 what you're doing. You can hai doesn't love to race, sooner or down," Gentry said. "It's sort of like you and me gc to that tree over there, and just I it than that, but that's the basis b A HEALTHN After Florida coach Bill Harlai 96-17 earlier this season, he said1 healthy future. Harlan knows v two seniors graduate from ti graduate next year, and that bei next season. The Gamecocks v distinction of being the natiot swimming team. And Alan Gentry's smile is get English Indi Alex English, Carolina's 6-8 junior forward, was one of 11 players named last Thursday to the first Independent All-America basketball team selected by a nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The independent All-America was sponsored by the In dependent Sports Information Directors of America (INSIDA) and announced by Kevin Byrne of Maruette, All-America chairman. , Notre Dame's Adrian Dantley led the balloting and Marquette was the only school to place two players TIll 2728 ROS: (Held 0v< From Page 12 e calls a "national class at a win at Furman Gentry ex ust have to love to race; you eople," he said. "If you're a on't love to catch footballs, ing to drop one that's really sport, you just have to love ,e a great swimmer, but if he later he's going to let you ing out and racing each other ove doing it. There's more to ehind it," le said. FUTURE i saw Carolina rout his Gators hat Carolina swimming has a rhat he's talking about. Only iis year's team, only three kutiful pool will be finished by 'ill start next season with the 's number one independent ting bigger all the time. ependent A] on the team; landing 6-9 sopomore forward Bo Ellis and 6-1 junior guard Lloyd Walton. Ellis was second in the voting and Walton tied with Marshall Rogers, 6-1 sophomore guard from Pan American, for the ninth spot. English, who averaged 16 points per game and 8.7 rebounds for Carolina while shooting .554 from the field for the season, was eighth in the voting. The slim native of Columbia has started 84 con secutive games for Carolina since enrolling as a freshman and has EWOOD DR. er For Anoth HAPPY s.] MEMBERSHII Problems BY GLENN SAWICKI Of The Gamecock staff Although the Carolina golf team has aspirations for making the NCAA championships this year, their performance to date has been somewhat disappointing. In the opening tournament at Florida State, the Gamecocks finished eighth in a field of 26 teams. David Dupre, Carolina's top golfer, was outstanding as he finished second behind United States Amateur champion Jerry Payton for individual honors, three strokes off the pace. Traveling to the Palmetto In vitational in Orangeburg, the golfers finished ninth in a field of 19 teams. Wake Forest, the defen ding NCAA champions, won the tournament. Mike Holland finished as Carolina's low medalist followed closely by Chip Prezioso. David Dupre's performance fell off sharply as he finished as the Gamecock's fourth lowest scorer. [-America scored 1,362 points in three season. He led the Gamecocks to a 19-9 record and a bid to the National Invitation Tournament in 1974-75. Others on the independent All America team include Phil Seller, 6-5, senior, forward, from Rutgers; Robert Parrish, 7-1, junior, center, Centenary; Rudy Hackett, 6-9, senior, forward, Syracuse; Joe Meriweather, 6-11, senior, center, Southern Illinois; Anthony Roberts, 6-5, sophomore, guard, Oral Roberts; and Louis Dunbar, 6 9, senior, forward, Houston. FT( PRESENTS IP] er Dynamite HOUR 10 BRA] 'S AVAILABLE beset golf. The Gamecock's coach, Dale Dirk said "The team doesn't deserve a bid to the NCAA unless they start playing like one that does. The players are averaging around 76 strokes per round and that isn't .good enough to compete with the other top teams in the country." "The golfers have been getting Pi * ai CA service. Excellent sel beer, Open 5 til 11 p Students and F I.D. cards: A U can eat *1.95 M Tuesday nights Capris Italian 734 Ha? IA P H. Week of N.T~ 7-8 PM E~T AT THE DOOR ;quad enough practice, but I can't point out the problem. Maybe it is the transition between coaches or maybe the players aren't in terested in golf at this time. They might have other things on their midd," Dirk said. Dirk will shake up the roster by taking a couple of new faces to the upcoming Furman Invitational. zza, Lasagna, Veal trmesan Spaghetti and 4icious Italian salads. Iso Sfeaks, shrimps, id Fried Chicken. )mplete carry-out lection of wines and .m. Monday- Saturday. au1ty with rpaahetti you onday and Restauwrant x1en lID 799-2575 . Sound)