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Draft From Page 11 Aii adjustment to a new waj athletes, but Long compares th in several years ago. "It will { make coming out of high schoo strange," Long said. williams has similar feel know I'll be real excited the fir to become part of the team," To many of the players aroui success or failure depending o team. If a particular player i: failure of his player represent The player representative's athlete he represents to the pi terested in being a profession Williams and Long had the sam "The player rep seeks out tl work together, the player re-n< cent. It's a business." Obviously Williams' and 1 because each of them now has; players. BOTH PLAYERS have been professional football career. " season," Long said. "I try to r I'm also working out with wei Williams also has kept in sha] playing weight," Williams sai< February and really started v "Ever since I was a child I wa "I always hoped to go this far. I someday people will look back a Whether or not Williams and the pros, USC football fans will i / Students fav< A recent survey by The G USC's student body favor Conference (ACC) while 5.4 Of 400 randomly selected 158 males polled, 126 favor l not in favor. Six said it wo and 17 had no opinion. Out of 140 females polle would be bad, 19 said it w< opinion. \ : NEE FEMININE HE Proble Birth c _ a i - ADOrtl 34 HOUR HOT! LUMtust'ft ?4m TO TALK WITH S< FOR TOC FREE PREGNAN PROBLEM PREG AND REFERRAL ABORTION REFI BIRTH CONTROI V.D. TESTING REFERRAL TO S< AGENCIES & Ml OUR CONTACT 25' OR CALL TOLL FRE 1614 TWC ' of life will have to be made by the four le situation with the one he found himself >robably be like the adjustment I had to 1 and going to USC. It's going to feel real lings. "It's going to be strange alright. I st week, but I'll iust trv mv best and trv he said. nd the country, the NFL draft can mean n whether or not a player is chosen by a s not selected, this can also signify the tative. job is to send information about the rofessional teams. But not everyone inal athlete has a player representative, e player representative from California, le boys," Carlen said. "If they agree to ;gotiates their contract and gets ten per -*>ng's representative was successful a chance to become professional football training in preparation for a chance at a I'm the same playing weight I was last un about two and a half miles each day. ohts " 0 * se. "I'm only about a pound heavier than i. "I started running every day around /orking hard in April. inted to play in the pros," Williams said, 'm going to give everything I can so that it my career and remember what I did." 1 his three teammates are successful in -emember what they did at Carolina. > or rejoining AGC iamecock showed that 69.1 per cent of reaffiliation with the Atlantic Coast per cent don't favor reaffiliation. I students, 305 students responded. Of -eaffiliation with the ACC while 9 were uld make no difference to USC sports, d, 80 favor reaffiliation, seven think it auld make no differnce and 34 had no / D HELP? ALTH EDUCATION m pregnancy control info on Referral JNE 356 8410 iuwoE Setwim, 9m. DMEONE WHO CARES )AY'S WOMAN ICY TESTING 'NANCY COUNSELING ERRAL i L & FAMILY PLANNING DCIAL SERVICE EDICAL FATIIITIFC 5 ARE CONFIDENTIAL 4-4371 E IN S.C. 1-800-922-9750 > NOTCH ROAD USC ends s By MITCH SHERWOOD Sports Editor Although Carolina's final win of the season didn't come easy, the win may have been what the uamtxuciu) nceo 10 gei an inlaa post -season tournament bid. USC defeated Georgia Tech 9-8 Saturday in 12 innings to finish the season with a 36-9-1 record. They defeated Georgia Tech 8-2 Friday and Georgia 8-2 Thursday. "I thought we played real well," USC head baseball coach June Raines said. "We hit the ball well and our relief pitching came through for us." In Saturday's game, USC had a 7-4 lead going into the bottom of the ninth. However, Georgia Tech scored three runs in the ninth inning to tie the game. Carolina scored one run in the 10th inning, but Georgia Tech came back in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game. In the 12th inning, USC third baseman Bart Murphy hit a slow infield grounder to score Don Bates wins i By MATT WARI) Gamecock Staff Writer Scoring a total of five runs in the s innings, Bates House came from beh Psi 6-3 to win the men's intramura pionship. BATE'S JEFF Hoffman and Mi consecutive singles to start off the inning. With runners on first and sec Charlie Arena flied out to left field. Lucas hit deep to right field. Chi Pi I -A ?*> ST ' STO - 10 I i Goo< 629 Main St. eason, look V Don Repsher Repsher and give Carolina the win. "We held our composure well, and we were bound and determined to win the game," Raines said. "Our pitching got wild a few times, but we pulled through." The Gamecocks had two hits including a home run. Johnny softball cha George Long mis score three runs. "Jav's hit w ixth and seventh comeback," Rot ind to defeat Chi picked a better til 1 softball cham- runs badly, and h< Bates scored t\ ike Robbins hit Troxelf singled top of the sixth runners on first ond and no outs, Williams hit a \ Leftfielder Jay Boykin. Boykin's si's right fielder Troxell and Sulli iwni r %JB^r urn ii ff^HI"^W> * iffcf * ^jHr^Jn iff^> I rrspi c coffI kNYTIMEl i Luck on E FREE DELIVERY ing for bid Long also had a home run. NCAA tournament bids will be given today or tomorrow. m "There's nothing else we can do," Raines said. "They've (NCAA committee) got a tough decision to make, and I just hope they decide to give us a bid." Raines thinks if USC gets a bid, the Gamecocks have a good chance of winning the regional tournament. "With everybody healthy, we can do well," he said. "If our pitching can hold up, we'll have a good chance." Carolina finished the season with five starters having batting averages over .300. USC centerfielder Mookie Wilson led the team with a .348 average. Mark Van Bever is second with a .339 average, and Bart Murphy has a .307 average. Randy Martz led all pitchers with an 11-0 record in his first year on the team. Jim Lewis had a 9-5 recuru, arm nai nuicnins naa a 6-0 record. Ed Lynch had a 5-0 record but has had a shoulder injury. tmpionship played the ball, allowing Bates to as the one that sparked our bins said. "Jay could not have ne to get the hit because we needed ? drove them in for us." vo more runs in the seventh. Scott and Billy Sullivan walked to put and second with no outs. Steve grounder to third baseman Tony throw was wild to first, allowing van to score. "S\Tl y ^ 'O v V >s S-L xams! 771-4098