Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sport short The Lacrosse Club has an-j nounced its first game of the 1978 season. On Friday, February 24th, they' will play Elon College of Green-1 ? T* j The scuba club will sponsor a dive-in Tuesday night at the USC pool. "We reserve the diving pool in colder weather," club president Nick Faraklas said. "Anyone who wants to participate must call 7774478." 111' The Sailing Club will hold a meeting Feb. 22 at 9:00 in room 203 Russell House to discuss future plans concerning the storage of The fencing club competed at Clemson Sunday, finishing third behind Clemson and Vanderbilt. The club's best fencer, Tim Rogers did well in the men's foil, as AlA 1 ' - -" , uiu ciuu meinuer nicnard Urli. "We have some fine talent on the team," club president Lynn Henrich said. "But we can't really compete yet with the bigger . programs that most of the schools have." USC fliers plan The USC flying club will hold its annual pilots safety seminar on March 15 at the Russell House. The clinic, which is open to the public, is primarily a safety seminar which in the past has included guest speakers from the FAA and airlines. As a group the club has been kind of inactive, according to president Jeff McKeever. "However, last semester we began planning some things we can do as a club." McKeever said that plans were underway for a bombing contest and a precision landing contest for the club members. "The bombing contest was very popular when we did it last year," MCR.eever said. "We went to a grassy strip by Clemson and marked out a target. Then we dropped sacks of flour on the target and the closest one wins." McKeever said that he would like WeWc 41 T/n r B I nrli/i II V Owl I UUV^ The Stuck I Good Good Come by roorr andfilloutan appli . > sboro, N.C. on field A at 4 p.m. Of the 25 players that came out, the top returnees include Ned Miller, David Eelfiore, Mark Sheridan and Tim Clemm. The club has also niirr*hnco/l OI rubber raft that will be inflated for use in the pool. "The raft is important to us because if we do have any trouble, like in the Cooper River trip we're planning, the raft may be a lifesaver." ttheir boats and finish electing officers. The club will also Le accepting new members at this meeting. The women's team defeated Clemson's A and B team Sunday, while finishing behind Vanderbilt's women. Outstanding performances were turned in by Jane Cooper, Carolyn Cheney and Kathy Allison. tLven tnougn we haven't done too well as a team," Henrich said, "we have had some great individual performances, like Tim Rogers' on Sunday." 4 clinic to make the contest an intercollegiate event "with teams from Clemson and The Citadel pAmnoUnn ' ' VVKII|/VtIIA0* The club is mostly concerned with teaching the individual to fly, giving him a chance to obtain his pilot's license. "We have had a problem attracting licensed pilots to our club.. We have only two planes, both Cessna 150s which is a training \ plane." According to McKeever, the I licensed pilot wants a bigger : airplane to fly, however, "We are f trying to obtain one with next . year's budget." t The club has 28 members of r which only 11 have their license. Teaching the remaining 17 members are chief flight instructor Jack Rahner. Other instructors for the club are Robert Sumwalt and Chip Elliot. it You srtisingfor ?nt Media Pay Experieww Cation form today, Karate clu By CHRIS MYERS Gamecock Staff Writer The Karate Club, despite being a club for only two years, is planning to extend their schedule to include major intercollegiate tournaments. "The karate school here at USC was started seven years ago as a 1 " * * - looseiy run snort course," club president and black belt Richard Jackson said. "Keith Vitali took the class over and made it into a club two years ago, and now that Keith is gone, the third stage is mine," he said. The "loosely run short course" developed into a team of competitors that has dominated karate tournaments all over the southeast. KEITH VITALI, who learned karate in the USC short course, left the program to work in Atlanta for the president of the South East Karate Association (SEKA). In his first semester as Huh president, Richard Jackson has a lot of plans for the club. , "My main objective in the next year is to set up intercollegiate tournaments for us to fight in, two of which will be here at USC," he said. Jackson points out the schedule that the rugby team and the soccer team have put together. "THEY ARE TIGHTLY controlled clubs, just like we are, and they managed to get other colleges on their schedule. We're at a point that the rugby team was four years -Mm* FREE I g|g| DELIVERY ^mwr* 254-8800 b sets up scl ago," Jackson said. As a club, the karate team has had pictures and articles in karate magazines, Southeast, national and world ranked fighters, and over 100 club participants. "When we go to tournaments, the other fighters see our gis and don't want to get too close to us, let alone fight us," Jackson said. "We have given the name, University of South Carolina, prominence in the karate world, and think that it's about time that we fought other colleges." * SOME OF the colleges Jackson wants on the schedule are Georgia Tech, Eckerd College, Tulane and USC-Spartanburg. "If we can get those intercollegiate tournaments, then USC could possibly become a leader in the development of karate in the southeast," Jackson said. ITW Viae viwv >iuu tjuiivi vu nine, ucajiiic losing top black belt, Keith Vitali and his brother Steve Vitalia. Black-belt Mike Goldman is Sub C Eat Ab ; FREE DELD bJlf flM4CM#MW8MlilH8i#ynB>MMJ i tiedule "J rated number one in the southeast for his super-lightweight division, and is in the national top ten. JOHN ORCK, the club's new heavyweight fighter, has been placing in every tournament, along with black-belt Tony Bell. Jackson, despite not being ranked in point fighting, has been concentrating on pro fighting, supporting a 5-0 record with three knockouts. "One of the main reasons that I am not ranked," Jackson said, "is that we have three very good fighters in the same division and we usually wind up eliminating ourselves in the preliminaries." >; Brown belts Susan Morris and Richard Davis are also bright spots in USC's line up. MORRIS was voted top brown belt and the toD kata in th?? southeast women's division. 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