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College World Series P4 NATIONAL COLI ROUND J_ ROUND 11 Cal. State - Fullerton GAME No. 1 Fri. - 5:00 Arizona St. GAME No. 7 Texas Sun. - 5:00 GAME No. 2 Fri. - 8:00 Oklahoma South Carolina GAME No. 4 set. - 5:00 Seton Hall GAME No. 8 E. Michigan Sun. - 8:00 GAME No. 5 Sat. - 8:00 Fla. State Loser Game 1 GAME No. 3 Sat. - 1:00 Loser Game 2 Loser Game 4 GAME No. 6 Sun. - 1:00 Loser Game S in first round, bottom team listed is HOME TEAM. After first-round games, teams shall alternate as home team according to a formula applied by the Games Committee. Quest for a Championship Column by Sports Editor Billy Baker Now in his fifth season as a college baseball coach Bobby Richardson is in a position to do what no other coach at Carolina has ever done: win an NCAA championship for the Gamecocks. At the end of the championship game of the South Atlantic Regional it was more than thirty minutes before Richardson could make his way to meet the press in a room inside USC's Spring Sports Center. The fans deserved to have him for that long. After all, they were the ones who suffered through disap pointing football and basketball seasons. The university has spent more than $2 million trying to field championship contenders in those two sports. A baseball program with a $100 thousand a year budget can make up for all the disappointment brought about by the schools football and basketball programs of this past season. The College World Serios Eight college baseball teams arrived in Omaha, Neb. today. Each survived very competitve tour naments to make it to the showcase of college baseball; its very own world series. They are teams with excellent pitching, hitting, baserunning and coaching. These are teams equal in every phase of the game. Richardson Fears Fla. St. "Florida St. is certainly the team to beat," Richardson said in a telephone interview. "They have a very well balanced team. They are not ranked number one for nothing." "But you have to be good to make out here," Richardson said. "All the teams have good pitching and hitting. It's just a question of who has the best of everything." Seton Hall, winner of the Northeast Region split two unngs. ,EGIATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKETI JUNE 6-12 and 13, 1975 ROUND III ROUND IV ROUND V GAME No. 11 Tues. - 7:30 GAME No. 13 Wed. - 8:00 X Winner 9 or 10 -- -- - -- -- - -- - -- -- - -- - -- -- - --1 GAME No. 14 Loser Game 8 Thurs. - 7:30 GAME No. 10 Mon. -8:00 X Loser Game 11 I GAME No. 12 Wed. - 5:00 Loser Game 7 games with USC earlier in the year. "We lo. without King and Small in the lineup," Rich quick to point out. "I think the rematch wil interesting." "We know that it will not be easy to stea Seton Hall because they have such an ou catcher (Rich Cerone) who throws ver Richardson said. "I suppose will will pro and run more than we steal against them." the teams leading hitter with a-.405 batting Centerfielder Ted Schoenhaus is next wil average. As a team Seton Hall has batted .30 USC Has The Team Five of the Gamecocks starting nine ar over .300 and as a team the club is hitting .30 man rotation has one of the best ERA's in the Hank Small (.397) can deliver the long b single through the middle, depending on the: Gary Hancock is batting .370 and Steve K: Omaha with a .363 average. Third base: Pankovits is batting .335. The designated hi Fleming is batting at a .310 clip and one of defensive centerfielders in America, Steve hitting at .298. "We have the best defensive ball clui country," Bobby Richardson claims. The Gs have committeed onlu 48 errors (as compare opponents 122) in 52 games and two players to make an error this season. They are Gary and Steve King. Jeff Grantz plays super def can throw them out on the grass from his sec position. And Then They Were Eight There are 238 division one NCAA schools baseball teams. Joining USC, Fla. St., and S in this very elite finale are Texas, Ari Oklahoma, Eastern Michigan, and Fullertc Fullerton St. is the team responsible for California's absence from this year's finals. Cal has been winner of the national title foi five years. This year have not been any slogs the USC baseball team to pele. They were billed 'Top Five In '75' or 'Total Exc although in a very real sense this is the a were, along the way, and in the end. ROUND VI * Bye GAME No. 15 NATIONAL CHAMPION If Necessary Fri. - 7:30 If three teams remain after Round IV, a drawing will be held to determine the opponents In Game No. 14 and which team shall receive a bye into Game No. 15. X Pairings shall be adjusted after Round III to match teams which have not previously met; or have not played since the first round. t to them Four Go to NCAA Track ardson is I be very Four USC athletes will be par ticipating in the NCAA Track and I against Field Championships which get 1 aaunderway today in Provo, Utah. .standing The meet goes through June 7. y well," Steve Wilson will be competing bably hit in the high jump, Ron Adams and Cerone is Berle Stocks in the triple jump and Bob Day in the three-mile run. iverage- Wilson placed seventh in the high h a .331 jump last weekend in the U.S. D. Track and Field Federation Outdoor Championships held in Wichita, Kansas. He jumped 6'11". Adams placed seventh in the triple jump with a jump of 49 feet, three batting inches. Its four country. il or the Boswell to NBA? ;ituation. ng visits BY BILLY BAKER nan Jim Sports Editor itter Jim Tom Boswell, a 6-9 natura the best forward, who could return to play the bt out his senior year at UsC was Cok1s drafted in the first round of the recent NBA player drafts by the in the Boston Celtics. mecocks It was the fifth year in a row that d oterthe NBA has selected a USC coterbasketball player in the first have yet round. John Roche was drafted In Hancock the first round by the Phoenix Suns ense. He In 1971 and Tom Riker was the first ond bas pick of the New York Knicks in 1972. Kevin Joyce, now with the Indiana Pacers, was drafted by the Golden State Warriors in 1973. Last season Brian Winters received the first no cut contract wvho field ever given a person signed by the eton Hall Los Angelos Lakers. Boswell didn't apply for a hard ona St., ship ruling. He became eligible for n State. the draft when he had to sit out a Southern year after transferring from South Southern Carolina State in 1973. Actually, the lastBoswell 's senior class has graduated. fls to sell It is believed that Boswell is not pre- prepared to sign with the Celtics. tet, In an exclusive interview earlier in va hythe year Boswell told the vay theyGAMECOCK he would turn pro "if it were any kind of a deal."