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n mmrnm W jft^MWh. ^TK^3 *0' jmBSBBm Marquette guard Bu North Carolina's Walter points in the Warriors 6 NCAA championship gar Gamblii Sportalk By Matt Ward In these days when stai looking for means to raise and ease the tax burden on i one must wonder whether tl of South Carolina should i pari-mutual gambling. Ifor 20 years or so the idea of le gambling for state reven grown increasingly popuiai Most states have some legalized pari-mutual ga such as bingo, lotteries am racing. The state of Nevad a net profit of $250 millio gambling in 1977. How mi the state of South Carolina Not one legal cent. So why c Palmetto State sit back a other states reap the ben legalized pari-mutuel gar A very strong South C lobby is without hesitation < opposed to any sort of lc famhlint? As a matter of i game of bingo is illegal i parts of the state.-But the Pi State is not the only state wfr a very conservative a toward gambling. THE ONLY southern sta liberal gambling laws is I The Sunshine State permii mutuel betting on horse dog racing, jai alai and lott< is also rumored that Flori< have casino gambling dej on New Jersey's success this fall. More and more stati beginning to realize the p value of legalizeed gamb! / ' ^^BbsHBI^^MISbBh^^^B Li ^I * ML, ^ j*SaiB??Mh* .. EHnK^g^^^^yjjgjgL <i. fl^HMn tch Lee drives past ' one of t Davis for two of his 19 lead Ms 7-59 win in last year's national ne in Atlanta. Billed as ig could he ~~ New York you don't have to me race iracK 10 place a Dei afternoon's card. All you ha^ is stop off on the way to worl Track Betting and place yc It's that simple. tes are TAKE ANOTHER case ii money According to Bob Goc citizens director for economic gro> le state the state of Nevaci legalize homebuilders convention % the last for this spring will bring igalized people to Las Vegas anc 11A has npnnlp will cnpnH nn avprno ? "r" ""'^*"0 r. million a night on gambl sort of their two week stay, imbling When I first came to Cai d horse was surprised to find out thj a made races such as the Carolina ( n from not betted on. The people wh ich did to the race are there main make? social attraction. Howevei loes the though South Carolinians cc md see legally bet on the race, Ofl efits of Betting in New York mac UDling f $&>U,UUU. HOW long Will Carolina Carolina wait before it da directly the state legislature that le sgalized pari-mutuel gambling can fact the handsomely. n most If gambling were legalh almetto state would attract ever lich has tourists. Tourism ranks ttitude second largest industry beh textile industry in South Cj According to figures provi te with the Parks and Reel aorida. Department, the Palmetto ts pari- made approximately $1.13 racing, in tourism for 1976. eries. It Though that figure is h da may state of Nevada made ending double that amount for th > with it year with $2.04 billion. It unconceivable that South C es are could make as much if nc otential than Nevada with legalize ling. In mutuel betting. . ...... % - '^MjijjflHHufe. he top guards in the country, Lee wi irquette against Carolina Sunday in lly televised game. lp tourism i attend ONE DISTINCT advanta t on the South Carolina has over otl ye to do states which might legali k at Off gambling is the Palmetto Stat >ur bet. good year round weather. It a has two find ocean resorts m M 4.1 ^ 1^ 1 * Till ft my rue neacn aim nuion ne i point. Island. Both of these resorts i idman, nationally if not internationa vth for known and they offer everythi la, v a the tourist could possibly wi >lanned except for legalized gambling. 80,000 It is unfortunate a few v< I these powerful people in the state li eof$10 with the Puritanical belief tl ing for gambling is totally evil a something which the Bible 1 rolina I declared to be banished, it horse Sometimes a wait-and-see i ?iip are proach is good but in this case I |A />AtYIA ...?24 - J ?44U?. ^ ? iv? \-v/iiic wuiL-ctiiu-atre uiuiuue iihs out ly as a Carolina waiting and other sta % even cashing in on a sure bet w >uld not legalized gambling. I Track le over South wns on FRANK McGlJIRE Day, Feb galized could not have been scheduled fo pay off more appropriate time because 1 Gamecocks will meet the def sed the ding NCAA champion Marque \U n ***? At*f* Clinrlo?r r? I mure hoiuwo ouuuajr ai v ui uii as the Coliseum. lind the A lot of controversy has \x arolina. centered on the duration ded by McGuire's stay here at Carolii reation but enough has been said alrea > State and I believe the matter to billion closed officially. The only thir which still puzzle me are how I igh the matter started and which fa< almost were never disclosed. e same But on Feb. 5 basketball will is nnt the maiki area of concern when I Carolina Warriors come to Columb >t more Unfortunately A1 McGuire won't d pari- coaching Marquette, but he will See SPORTALK, page USC plays Marquette Lee leads t> By MIKE HUNT Acci Snnrlc Pilitnr A ?a AJUII'VI Marquette is a . very inconspicuous university. It lies along turbulent Wisconsin Boulevard in the heart of Milwaukee blending in well with the urban routine characteristic of any big city. In fact, if you weren't looking for it, you'd never see it. Marquette's basketball team, however, is one of the most conspicuous teams to ever step on a court: flashy uniforms, colorful coaches, uniquely attired cheerleaders and, most importantly, the NCAA '76-"77 crown all quickly identify the Warriors. And of all the Warriors, who play Carolina Sunday, Butch Lee is the most quickly identified. Called by Marquette coach Hank Raymonds "one of the top five players in the country," the flashy senior guard hac startpH ouprv crumo in hie fnnr MV?. "'V.,; bM"'V "* ",U ,V,U' years at Marquette while averaging nearly 20 points per game last year. LEE, BORN in Puerto Rico and raised in Manhattan, made every high schooP All-American squad ... while attending DeWitt Clinton but passed up the eastern powerhouses a and the ACC schools to play for Marquette. "I grew up in the ghetto, but I like the city life," he said. "New York and Milwaukee are different type cities. "When I came to Marquette I liked the people and the academics better, along with the winning tradition," said Lee. CfD ^ Yet when long-time coach A1 lze McGuire resigned after last e?s season's victory over North jso Carolina in the NCAA finals, some critios saw a possible gap in that ^ winning tradition as recruiting ire. could suffer because of the loss of jjv the outspoken coach. But not Lee. inJ "A1 won't be getting the players . nnui hut Hanlf vuill A1 ion'f tho nnl?i ini ** v v"^ ui,tjr Bowlers mar iat nd By CHRIS MYERS 138 Asst. Shorts Editor aP~ After a dismal start this season, the USC bowling team got themselves untracked by defeating the te? University of Georgia at Valdosta Sunday at Star Lanes in Columbia. The team led by Jeff Bellinger's lOQfi spt and .Iprrv Ou/^ri'c easily outpointed Valdosta for the win. ' * "We bowled super yesterday,M the c*uk president Jerry en ()wens sa*<k "It was just a matter J?" of time before we got going." J Owens pointed to the inexa perience of the three freshman and one junior as the major problem the team has had to overcome. ia, "Jerry (Bellinger) and I have iriv howled tooether for thrw> vpnrs en be we know what it is like to bowl as a lgS team," Owens said. "But our new the guys never bowled in competition cts and tried to bowl a 220 and 230 each time out." be the CONSEQUENTLY, the team lost ia. its. first three matches of the be season, despite three of five be bowlers winning, "which is very 11 hard to do." VHWHMHMMMaMMnMIMUnMMHMi Sports | M \ J f , ; /' \ earn one who can recruit." Ana at 15-2 tor tne season, Marquette is again looking to reclaim the national championship. "It will take a lot of hard work and its along way a ahead," //> he said. "We're a very good team 'i and we've got as good a shot as anybody." BUT WITH all the pressure on ? Lee for the remainder of the } season, he is still looking forward 1 _ n 1 ?_ / 4 . ? A \ ? io ouiiuay s game wiui uov^ in Columbia. "It's (Frank McGuire Arena) one of the noisiest gyms in the country and I'm excited about playing there again this year. We've been playing USC every year I've been here," he said. Carolina has yet to beat I Marquette with Lee in the Warrior backcourt. Marquette holds a 7-2 record over the Gamecocks with Carolina's last win coming during the '73-'74 season in Columbia when Marquette was the NCAA >" tournament runner up. "We haven't talked about the ? USC game yet," Lee said. "We'lh^- f.A get to South Carolina after Penn State (at University Park tonight).| Loyola (Marquette's second loss) I might not have been as strong as \ USC is but they took it to us in Chicago." J j He was not surprised at the row i of tents and the long early morning m lines formed by Carolina students m > in order to obtain tickets for the nationally televised game. "We i have one of the best teams in th* country. I expect a lot of peop$e J would like to get the chance / J us play," he said. tL AVERAGING ABOUT H( \ \ 5 points per game this season an&-\ t trailing Marquette's all time , scoring leader George Thompson ? by only 270 points, Lee will match V .. up with Carolina guard Jackie [ ' Gilloon. "Jackie's a friend of See MARQUETTE, page 11 ^ k viuiury A meeting before Sunday's match with Valdosta straightened out the roles that each of the team's members were to play for jh the rest of the season. f "We talked at the meeting * what was happening to the team," JS " Jeff Bellinger said. "It was weird Jl how we had all this talent but no k wins." "WM - .? Owens and Bellinger said they X X 1.1 J il A --- ? ioiu uie team memoers 10 bow$ ? their usual games, which wera|J3|g "already excellent," and to le? t % them worry about the big game. I? $ The result was a spectacular |? | team performance with the entire M team averaging 199, the high set<tf 8 the confeerence, according te m 1 Bellinger. MmPg: .j| THE OTHER THREE lift- K BERS of the starting fitijf^t Graham Ready who rolle^HHjjff I set, Mike Shaner who 195, and James Laskis who bowled H a 953 set. The "big game" of tMvMvl , was Jerry Ow6ns' 298. Owift m "y< rolled eleven strikes in a m , V.J before his twelfth ball. Jvi "I was so nervous when I sawfcf ! : i y See BOWLERS, ptgeft 1^'