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, "! .. , - ;. ?- - V . ' A ttitude key * to tennis \ By SALLY WILSON Asst. Sports Editor j What most spectators see when they [ ' ' watch two opposing players on a tennis [" court is a display of physical skills, {' whether it's a player's talent, power or endurance. But what most spectators don't see is i the mental side of a tennis player's t game?what the person is thinking | before and during the match. Several [ collegiate tennis players who participated in USC's Fall Invitational \ - Tennis Tournament this past weekend j have different methods for getting mentally prepared for a match. j "DIFFERENT PEOPLE have dif- SHBHBw ferent ways of getting up for matches," (JSC's Peter MacDonald said. "There's BHBGHsf a (Bjorn) Borg, who's like an iceman, j: nnrl fVtnn ttiU/v 1 . _ auu uicii ui^i c o vuiiiiiuj ; vunuuid wnu MnaM| .7 gets mad at his opponents. mBHBBMKI "With me, I play a lot off of adrenalin. Because I play a very H|BBSS? aggressive game, I have to get fired up Davie Robinson, who played second cindloc fnr nnlrn ortoinct T TCP f^inc nnf oui^ivu ivi jl/uuv ugutnov v;uv, ii iV/o nut to think about tennis before a match. EHBr "You can't think about the match too gEy# much because you get too nervous," MM Robinson said. "If you think about it uiiu liiiiiiv auuui 11, it luuia niiu vvmiy VHJjitoM and does more harm than good." pw "Relaxing is the best thing," Chris Mayotte, USC's number one player in HHf the tournament, said. "You've got to be 3HF loose. You don't think about your opponent at all before the match. You just *^0^' think about yourself and the ball." fc. TEI) DANIEL of Duke, does not TV/T o trnf (-n'c rvtiilAPA^kif 4 4 T n 1^1.? jnuiv mujunv o piuiuoupiijr. 1 iiicuiuy think about what I'm going to do in the match," he said. Daniel said he tries tG< KSBKHKMI watch his opponent play before the . HEHGRBS9 match. "It gives you a reference point," he said. "It's better than beine "O ~ J totally unprepared." " uauiwiillJllU Robinson, Daniel's teammate, also uSC's Peter Mac! wants to know how his opponent plays, a *n?f ripmQftni ? i ? it j i ? ni^diiiuw V/i^iiitjUii his weaknesses and whether the player . . .... lets up during a match. "I like to find sln8,es comPetl" See TENNIS, Page 11 At least four! Although USC has not been consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 college football teams, the Gamecocks will probably play in a bowl game if they beat Wake Forest i and Clemson in the next two weeks. if USC can finish with a 8-3 record, which should put them in consideration for either the Gator or Liberty bowls. * However, a loss to either school can hurt their chances. UNDER A FORMULA established by the NCAA, schools participating in bowls share 75 per cent of the gross revenues from the game. Thus, bowl play adds much money to each school's athletic program. B Four bowl game representatives say USC is being con- Not sidered. The bowls are the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., too the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., the Peach Bowl in cha Atlanta, Ga., and the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Fla. "! Thn T ;kn.i.. i)^. n: *? a rr> ' > ?we i/idci uuwi a dacvuuvc uireuiur rt.r . nuuitsy saiu saic the two teams selected to participate this .year will be dep guaranteed at least $300,000. He said the Liberty Bowl had F the third best television rating among bowls last year with 63,8 an audience of 40 million people. 70,0 "The game (Liberty bowl) sells out on its own merit," he teai said. "We have already sold two-thirds of the tickets for the T game and the only reason we have not sold the other one- pay third is because they are reserved for the two participating and teams." G Budley said the Liberty Bowl officials prefer one of the imp two teams to be located in the Southeast. "It's always nice "W to have teams from your region, but it's not necessary," he imp said. "Last year we had Texas A&M and Southern 0 California." get! , ******** M+tss*', - ftt /r.*< >fw/?? ^ m ? ??\ The Gamecock Sports ? ? 1 E& ''Js W ' '.??laH ' m' wt> >i" tydflUMM . foV" nBTTB^Bji^^^r^ sBHRF <* * wfc^ySSBa MHSSf^ygpgyfy CM^W ^r !^S S Mark Alexander?THE GAMECOCK return )onald returns a shot Tennis Invitational Saturday. Macs Mark Buechler in Donald lost the match 7-5, 5-7, and 4-6. on during the USC jowls consider ~ bring about 2 .. . attend. And, Pjiy Billy Baker $275'???TEAMS BF -Vj Sports Editor SSSt ?E 4, Arkansas. He five lose in t added to the UDLEY WAS IMPRESSED with USC's plav aeainst E?,* v uy w( e Dame. "They (USC) have a real good team, but it's |[)owj appealed they lost," he said. "Losing does not help anyones Gamecocks d ices. bowl >ure we could invite a team with a 8-3 record," Budley "We have i . "You can't judge it strictly on wins and losses. A Jot peach Bowl F ?nds on just who a team loses to." very interest< )r the past two years, the Gator Bowl has averaged "We are loo 11 and 64,120 fans respectively after having more than and maybe ar X) in past years. The consideration list includes 13 region Crui ns and Carolina is one of them. Carolina pla> ie Gator Bowl is generally recognized as the fifth best terest becaus ing bowl in the nation behind the Hose, Sugar, Cotton .u* wpw Ynrl Orange Bowls. [erest in the ator Bowl Executive Director George Olson said he was ressed with USC's performance against Notre Dame. thr prar s were there, and I was impressed with their over-all "We abide b rovement from last year," he said. derstand we i Ison said that one of the advantages USC may have in eight years a ing a bowl bid is the belief that the Gamecocks will uke wins urnament By STEVE BULLARD and SALLY WILSON ? Gamecock Staff Writers Duke defeated USC 5-4 in a dual match Sunday to win the fourth annual USC Fall Tennis Invitational. USC finished second followed by North Carolina, Clemson and Jacksonville, respectively. The winner of the tournament was decided in the last round of doubles as Duke's David Robinson and Steve Johnson defeated USC's Phil Dukes and Arthur Anastapoulo 6-3, 6-3. Duke forfeited the remaining doubles matches against USC after winning the deciding match. Duke coach John LaBar was not surprised with the outcome of the tournament. "We've got a real good team," he said. "Sometimes we're hot and sometimes we're cold. In this ? tournament we were a little bit better than the other teams." USC WAS undefeated in the dual match tournament going into the match against Duke. Duke led USC 4-2 after the singles competition. "Maybe we had a little letdown against Dime, utit' s coacn Hon Smarr said. "But two of the four lasses were decided by tie-breakers in the third set. ^ A lot of luck is involved there." USC beat Duke 5-2 earlier this fall in the Clemson Invitational Tournament. USC defeated defending ACC champion and 13th ranked North Carolina 7-2, Clemson 7-2 and Jacksonville 8-1. "We were emotionally up for Clemson and North Carolina," Smarr said. "Overall, we played okay," he said. ^ 4T Duke had several close matches in the five-team tournament, but maintained a 4-0 record. North Carolina, Clemson and Jacksonville also lost to the Blue Devils 5-4E use 15,000 fans no matter which bowl they may based on a sell out, each team will receive ilNG considered for thp flntnr Rm.ul inoln/lo orgia, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, [ississippi, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and said that if any teams within the nation's top he next few weeks several teams could be list. lyed in the Peach Bowl in 1969 when they were est Virginia 11-6. rrom ail indications, this s to be leaning towards Carolina if the o not get an invitation from a better paying watched them play four or five times," said Executive Director George Crumby. "We are ed in South Carolina." king for one team in our geographical location lother team like Penn State from outside of the inby said. "For an example, let's say South ^ fg\f\ P^nn Qfaf/* U/a ...^,..1J v? - ? ~v. ?/nu uwit. nc iviiuw una wuuiu ih; oi iiie we have not received much coverage from k area. Such a match up would generate in East as well." II BOWL will guarantee teams $170,000 each, y the NCAA formula, but you have to unire a charity." Crumbv said. "Since wo bpi/an W- ' ^ - - ? "O go we have given participating teams $2.25 Sec BAKER, Page 13 >