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> Pankovitfi By BILLY BAKER Sports Editor Former Gamecock third baseman Jim Pankovits said he is hoping to advance in professional baseball after hitting .258 this past summer for a Houston Astro farm club team. Drafted in the fourth round by the Houston Astros in June's pro draft, Pankovits said he passed up his senior year at USC because he had collateral to deal with. "By signing now I had them on the spot," Pankovits said. "I went from not being drafted out of high school to a fourth round selection as a junior in college." PANKOVITS WAS assigned to Houston's rookie league team in t Covington, Va. "I played every game," he said. "I hope to break spring training in Double A ball." Pankovits said he has improved t his spot hitting. "I've learned to hit ? USC sponso; TTSP'c mon'c tpnniu tpam u/ill compete against Duke, Clemson, North Carolina and Jacksonville this weekend in USC's Fall Invitational Tournament. The three-day tournament will consist of round robin, dual match play among the five teams. Coach Ron Smarr believes all teams except Jacksonville, who Smarr said doesn't have a strong team, have an equal chance of winning the tournament. <% "ALL FOUR ARE capable of winning," Smarr said. "It's just according to how each team plays. AH four are even on paper." Smarr plans to play sophomore unns Mayotte at tne numDer one position, Rip Trammell at number two but the rest of the lineup is undecided. Transfer Steve Miller is . I OWNED c by THl I Now Open I Sunday s-vop.ua. $ t w I . I Ir~~ EGG Plant L PARMESAN and Lasagna Dinner $3.00 Wed. &Thurs. only seeks ach Jg . * * ) ..jW A ? <??*. ? MM Jim Pankovits o rieht field better." he said. "T'vp tlso learned to cut down on my rs tennis toi A v\ VAvm iBfe JJB * Ron Smarr ineligible to play until spring. Play will begin Friday on the tnd NOW 0 E CAPRI FAi ? f-earuring ui LASAGNA VEAL Pj And A Wide Variety ? Pi An American M STEAKS r.HirKFM I Monday Spc SPAGHETTI witJ MEAT BALI ?? Tossed Salad # Garlic Bread Coffee or Tea 1 5-10 P.M. MON.-TH J 734 HARDEN ST. { roti/tAmAni 11 "Starting off in rookie leagues, I Pankc didn't think it was going to be $15,0001 tough," Pankovits said. "But I $7,500 in found out you have tough competition at every position." ^ he j with the Pankovits said consistency is the ? *.> or big difference in professional ball. Rpaph "The more consistent I am, the faster I will move up," he said. ^ At USC Pankovits was known for 1-g { his hnsp stpjilinff ahilitv hut in thp ^-11' pro's things have changed. "We didn't steal many bases," he said. # "I think I stole only four the entire Ifl season." 1111 Everywhere he plays Pankovits said people talk about the baseball mil program at USC. "Everybody knows about Carolina's baseball USC's program wherever I go," he said, lost tw< "I hone the new roach (June Annala Raines) can keep it that way. I Tournai think they got a good man for the job." In th? lost to and 5-1 irnament defeate 15-8 in P.E. and varsity tennis courts. compel Four USC players competed in ?rn * the Citrus Bowl Invitational Westeri Tournament this past weekend in offandi Vero Beach, Fla. Freshman Peter ^ McDonald lost in the first round to Grahan Steven Warboys, who has defeated several ranked professionals, 6-0, "In 1 3-6, 7-5. Robert Kaplan, Ford started Oliver and Trammell also par- have d< ticipated in the tournament. "But w The tournaments are part of the * x i* ii i! tin^;< leain s iaii practice wmcn is v*vn scheduled to end Nov. 15. "We've Wake 1 been working hard and hopefully tension will be ready for spring practice able to Jan. 10," Smarr said. jjSC The Gamecocks will participate and C in the S.C. State Intercollegiate Charle Tournament Nov. 12-14 at the agains Citadel. This is the last team College tournament of the fall season. Blatt I OPERATED I r MILYl anuino" Italian ? ARMESAN RAVIOLI Of Pizza & Spaghetti lus ? enu Of SEAFOOD -Tuesday I J 1 *cial ? I LS or MEAT SAUCE I choice of dressing I I UR. 5-1 1 P.M. FRI. & SAT. 91 Flv? Point#) PH. 799-77541 1 pi'9CI 8 Cyclers seek vits said he received I ) sign and also received a ?Jl?ftSlUF? cenuve Donus. * las a good spring training f-| fit VlPforiPa Astros, he will play either V "AA" baseball in Cocoa Fla. or Columbu , Ga. .. _ . ? ve]y USC s cycling club offers its participants a chance to relax and have fun, according to club Inep president Tom Wyatt. IUoC "We try to sponsor tours and races," Wyatt said. "We are not competitive at all. We just ride for _ -- I I __ fl 1 N fVio colrn aC nlaocnra onH fun " r | | y Jjp S m u1c vi pi^aoui ^ aiiu iuai, WYATT SAID the club, in its sixth year, is divided into novice, Filament intermediate, and experienced women's volleyball team of three matches in the Wyatt said the novice group chian State Invitational usually takes 10 to 15 mile cycling nent Oct. 29-30. trips. "We may decide to have a picnic at the zoo or decide to ride to ir first match, the Chicks a particular place some distance North Carolina 3-15. 17-15 from the campus," he said. "We 5. Wake Forest defeated usually send the novice group on a L5,15-9 and 5-15. The Chicks more direct route to a planned i Western Carolina 15-11, destination." Saturday's consolation tion. The intermediate group may take a longer route to the planned lie Saturday game with meeting point by looping back and i Carolina, the tension was appraching the target area from VlA rfi * ! O t*/\n 1 */ rl r% r\ rl r\ 1 o? ryvrl . ? a a a a i nc 5u 101 caiAt-u anu anotner direction, wyatt said ine all," head coach Kathy experienced group almost always { said* rides between 35 and 50 miles per Yidav's eames if we had ^P- "We ^ke off in the OPP08*6 with a cood game we mav direction from our designation and wiui d guvu gdiue, we limy i haplr lnt^r " QniH me better," Graham said. loop back later' ne said* e couldn't get rolling after __ . 0 North Carolina. . E C, VB prT, y haf 25 active members and 100 people on 1 CI infA fKn ctn*v*mUU fVtn nliiK'c innilinrr liof \X/traff pr??rl *6 iiiivs uit game vvltil mu tiuu o iiiauiug 1101. tt jraii aaiu porest, there was a lot of anyone with a bicycle can join the and the girls just were not club. "Anybody with a workable pull through," she said. bicycle should join the club," plays College of Charleston Wyatt said. As long as the bike is >astal Carolina Nov. 2 in functional you can ride these long ston. They play at home rides. 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