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McGregor too good t By SALLY WILSON Sports Kditor It was the kind of play everybody knew was just too good to be true. Carolina, after leading Duke 21-3 at halftime. had allowed the Blue Devils to literally run right over that 18-point lead to a 25-21 advantage. However, with less than two minutes left in the game and the hall in the wrong hands at the wrong end of the field, USC's Joe MeGregor renewed Gamecock diehards' faith in fourth-quarter comebacks. But the faith was short-lived. A Duke fumble on USC's sevenyard line was recovered by defensive tackle McGregor. Recovered, yes, but that's not all. McGregor picked up the ball and lumbered 90 yards to Duke's end zone for what would have been a most timely touchdown. It wasn't to be. McGregor may have fooled some fans and even u*anf i/t fnrtl i * i! .vi ?\? iinn iiiiuat'ii, uui me referees were not in the mood for cute plays. They didn't budge from Carolina's seven-yard line, where Duke fumbled. According to NCAA rules, fumbles cannot be advanced bv the defense. After the game, McGregor, wornout from playing both lineman and one-time run .....fS./uirt, .^<1111 IIC IlilU U ItMiling nis downfield jog would produce nothing more than a rapid heart beat. "I knew it was a dead ball." he said. "I guess I was just hoping for anything." Three other Carolina defenders, who blocked two Duke players who weren't taking any chances, surrounded McGregor as he plodded along ina somewhat bewildered manner. McGregor says he'd take a defensive lineman job over runningback anyday, thank you. "1 ain't no speedster," he drawled with agrin. "I really don't like doing that. I was tired." Mayotte From page !> Freshman Hodgin lost to the first vinoH I off ?r ai_i _ .luviusvjii ui rtiauaina, /5, 6-4 in the round of 16. In the first two rounds, Hodgin defeated Ken Koling 6-1, 6-2 and Dennis McKowen 4-6, 7-4, 7-5. Gilbert defeated Tennessee's Trach Delatte 6-2, 6-4 and Chuck Davis 6-3, 7-5 before losing to Clemson's first singles player, Mark Biekler 7-6, 7-5. MacDonald lost to Bob Deller 6-4,6-4 in the first round. Carolina was the only team to have both doubles teams reach the Ciuartpr-finnlc flilhnpi -j vnwvi v unu mat" Donald lost to the third seeded team of Alabama's Robinson and Mike Shore 4-6,7-6, 7-6 after having four match points. Hodgin and Mayotte lost to Delatte and flillpsnto fi-.l 7-fi "I felt all of our guys played well," Smarr said. "If there had been a team winner, I think we would have won. We advanced more players than any other team." fs run o be true gm Br ifhihrt k3 jog mcgroflor ? a-* "...I ain't no speedster." Although Carolina's defense made big, although some bogus, plays at the end of the fourth quarter, USC had trouble with basics throughout the second half. Duke gained 209 yards for 22 points in the second half. "Duke's a good tnnm " MfHrnnnf t-n'.rl iim ;?* xiwiivgui oaiu. nicy JUSl kept picking us apart and kept coming back at us. "We should have won. Being ahead 21-3 in the second quarter ."McGregor shook his head, then said succinctly, "We just blew it." USC coach Jim Carlen said the defense just plain didn't play well in the second half. "I was surprised they could take the ball and move it on us like they did in the second nan, ne said. "We played as good as we ever have in the first half. But you've got to play good two halves. 21-3 ought to be enough to win." | As it turned out, a 21-3 first half I lead couldn't win the game for Carolina. And unfortunately for USC fans, JoeMcGregor's 90-yard run couldn't win the game either. PROBLEM | PREGNANCY NEED HEIP? Columbia 254-7817 Charleston 722-8318 WE CAN HELP!! |r~?? ! DINNER... OFFFK CCM?r> FOR 1. 2. 4. wi.in WYnxYTimr tj October 9th thru 0< j-j 'Not Valid For Han \i ^ j * r Gamecocl defeats G By DOUG JOLLEY Gamecock Staff Writer USC's men's and women's swim team had an intrasquad meet Saturday morning at the Sol Blatt P.E. Center. After trailing for eight ' events, the black team made an impressive comeback effort, taking the last five events to win the meet, 73-61. THE GARNET TEAM, led k?. r>:n T7*l 1 1 r? uy dim r^tuiiurii ana narry Morrison, took an early 7-0 lead by winning the 400-yard medley relay. The team's winning time was 3:54.149. In the 1000-yard freestyle, Mary de Mackey and Bill Humby of the black team won over Randy Phipps and Stan Sands of the garnet team. The garnet team retained an 11-7 lead. The garnet team extended their lead in the next event, the 200-yard freestyle, to 18-11. Steve BreUer of the garnet team had the winning time of 1:47.095. The black team won the 50yard freestyle event, but again were unable to gain the overall lead. Barney Giese Fligg surprised they scored. But that they could come out and outplay our defense after they dominated play in the first half was the thing that surprised me." The Gamecocks must now play their next four games on the road against Mississippi, ' North Carolina, N.C. State and Wake Forst. Carlen thinks this will tell whether the Gamkecocks are a good football team. o GQLDENWUTE DINE IN MOnPPM ru - W - ^ ' ? I \ I ^ I I ORDERS TO GO A tel. 79 2 blocks south of K-Mo $95 *?. OH fi PERSONS SSSKA I sinday | :lober 16 1 quels > ? Ho! items PINNKRSKR I O.. I 1? i r??ii?iu* K WO I'M hildrcn's Prices St'NDAV 11 A F< 21 2( 10-10 Ph tKINC THIS OHPOS WITH YOI '* k Black sw rarnet in ii and Link Doyle had times of 21.87 and 22.54, respectively. E. J. Mercer of the garnet team had a time of 22.99. In the 200-yard individual medley, the garnet team narrowly won the event as L?avia uriDDie Deat black team members Greg Midwinter and Rick Greene, with times of 2:02.26, 2:03.11, and 2:04.56, respectively. The garnet team led overall 27-24. It was a case of the males vs. the females in the onemeter diving event. The allmale garnet team prevailed over the all-female black team 7-4. Mike Osborne had the highest score, 177.75 increasing the garnet team's lead to 34-28. BLACK TKAM member Bill Humby (2:00.6) beat Garnet swimmer Randy Phipps * z: ui >, to ieaa nis team to a 7-4 score in 200-yard butterfly. The garnet still led 38-35. In the 100-yard freestyle, Barney Giese dominated the event, finishing almost two second ahead of his nearest competitor, Bill Ehrhorn, to give his team another much needed point to pull the black From page x "We've got a tough job ahead of us with these next four games on the road. Mississippi will be more than eager to meet us. But when you look at Mississinni thov'rn tho kind of team that can play good football as they did when they upset Notre Dame or they can play mediocre football when they lost to Southern Mississippi," Carlen said. "We've got to forget about this KE3IAUKANT INESE ATMOSPHERE iFFORDABLE PRICES 1-5436 irt onCharleston Hwy EACH Ic&w j VP " \l VKO MON TURl' SAT 4 PM kM K::?) I'M f1 DREST ACRES ! ) BELTLINE BLVD. > lone 782-6367 I i im team | 1 CI Bill Ehrhorn team within two, 43-41. * And then the blark (i>nm I pulled ahead behind the leadership of Greg Midwinter in the 200-yard backstroke to lead the meet for the first time, 48-47. They never relinquished their lead, winning the last four events to win tho 'w " ?J-01. J ft loss and think about next week's game. Like I said before the start of the season I said there were only two teams we were better than, and they were Appalachian St. and Miami (Ohio). In today's game Duke just whipped us. 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