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Sports Athletic proposal -M- JL offered To the Editor: Last semester President Holderman was quoted in The Gamecock to the effect that the situation between coaches McGuire and Carlen was untenable. (This is a rough paraphrase, but reasonably close to Holderman's statement, I think.) I quite agree; McGuire has created an imbroglio by nilhlifi7in0 nrivato r>nniropc?HAno rv.w..v.Maa.0 tmw wii t vi ijaiiuiio with the administration and by his constant "whining" about what the mess does to his recruiting. But who can biame him? Carlen apparently has the complete support of the Board of Trustees, so McGuire, since he is fighting for his professional life, must seek support where he can get it which in this case is from the public. The kind of controversy would destroy a top-notch athletic program. Lord knows what it will do to ours which seems to me to be excellent in all but the "big money" sports. My fear is that the dissention will cause Carolina's nfVmr fnom o f/\ ?*"*** v/iuv* ivaiuo w gv tuc; w ay ui McGuire's basketball and Carlen's football teams ? into mediocrity. THEREFORE, I would like to make what it seems to me to be an Ail-American proposal. Since it looks like McGuire will have a season roughly equivalent with Carlen's, why not start both coaches with five year contracts next year, and, after five years, Intramural game of i 'I i\.r I newmani By Rick Mohn Gamecock Staff Writer {\ \ 1 In a major intramural upset Tuesday night unranked Newman defeated number-three rank ed A fxn CO Oft ? A * ' niiu ot-do iiisirumeniai in Newman's win were the rebounding and scoring of Eddie Elkins and the second half shooting of guard Dave Freaney. The first period was a close one with both teams playing sloppoly. Afro opened up in an agressive trapping man-to-man defense which produced many early turnovers. Afro, however, was unable tohit consistetnly against Newman's 2-1-2 zone. Strong board work by the tall Newman front line of Elkins, Ray Hurley and Billy Fox helped Newman take advantage 01 tne Afro misses. NEITHER TEAMled by more thsn three as the first half ended in a tie at 17. Afro's Philo Walker's foul shooting (5 for 7( and Hon Carrick's rebounding helped offset Elkins performance in the first half. >Feedba< give the coach with the best relative record the position as athletic director? There is already so much counter productive competition between the two programs that it would hp munh better (and much more exciting) to bring the rivalry into the open. Furthermore, a high school athlete recruited by either coach on this basis would knoy/ we must be the very best and would jump at the chance to help either McGuire or Carlen, who are both likeable men, win the position. Tf /: - n ** " it cvci junc vi.v., me uieuia, me alumni, and the students) knew about the contest, the excitement would be overwhelming. Carolina football and basketball would get the national coverage every season simply so the country could keep up with the McGuire-Carlen struggle. If necessary, we could "sweeten the pot" by having Carolina reaffiliate with the Atlantic Coast Conference if McGuire wins or remain independent if Carlen is the victor. AND, IF THAT isn't enough, perhaps we could offer John Felder to the football team or Michael J. Mungo to the basketball team as sacrificial goats to be slaughtered for the champions. At halftime of the first basketball or football game after the winner is decided, the students and alumni could take the lucky one and dismember him on nationwide television. Can you imagine the revenue from an event like that? I'll bet it would out draw the Super Bowl. reek ipsets no. 3 Airo switcnea to a 2-1-2 zone in the second half which was leff effective than their msn-to-man. Freaney hit four long jumpers which, coupled with three .. Elkins baskets, helped Newman to a 35-28 leadwitrh ten minutes left in the game. Afro called time and switched back to their man-to-man but Fox and Elkins began beating Afro to the basket withshjport jumpers. Afro then hit a cold streak as Newman pulled out to lead 46-29. EDITOR'S NOTE: We have received many Setters this semester that we are unable ! to print because they were unsigned. We require that i all letters be signed with the I <nt<Uai*'c irnu tinimn ir I TTI l%VI ?9 il III. Iinill^. AM UllfJ prefers that his name be withheld from publication, we will honor that request. ek That's my proposal then. I urge prompt action by the Board of Trustees and the President, and I intend to start a petition drive in this regard immediately. Bernard Bydalek Teaching Assistant Department of English Economics not business ^ To the sportswriters of The Gamecock Omicron Delta Epsilon is not a "business fraternity" as described in vour last issue. It is a "national honor society in economics." For brevity you might refer to ODE as an "economics honor society." We do have "business fraternities" (as well as honor societies) but ODE is not one of them. Thanks Jim Cochrane Prnfpssor not a player of course. Afro 52-33 Intramural Top Ten 1. Kappa Alpha 2. Alpha Phi Alpha 3. AFRO 4. Omega Psi Phi 5. Maxcy 6. Pi Kappa Phi 7. Kappa Alpha Psi 8. Columbia Hall 9. ODE 10. Preston f Sports shoi The USC bodybuilding-weightlift Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 19. The gr weightlifting, and will be discussii On Feb. 18, Terrell Harmon and 1 at the teenage Mr. South in Augu: On Feb. 25, Nick Capilos and Rui Marietta Ga. at a power lifting m The IJSC SftCPPr r?lnh u/nn Ann tvi ? ? V>v?is/ fT VII V11V All Marion Indoor Soccer Tournament USC lost its opening match Fr Charleston and fell short in its secor 3-2 in overtime. USC won the final game of the t College in overtime 2-1. Phil Savitz a The soccer club defeated T&T I team, 4-1 Sunday. Wattie Langstc Reeves scored one for USC. The boxing club will be hosting Universities in the club's first home mill Vvo 0 ? n"A iJ "i" iiciu ai o p.m. un oaiuruaa Youth Center on Blossom St. mm?mm Bowlers accomplish this feat was Darrell Dawkin of Georgia, who did it in 1969-1971, according to Bellinger. Bellinger won the national singles championship last year. Deapite the fourth place finish, Bellinger said he feels that the club still has an outside chance of qualifying for the national tournament. "THERE ARE OTHER WAYS of qualifying for the nationals, which will stil! be tough for us," Bellinger said. "We are going to have to win our conference, or do extremely well in the Florida tournament coming up." Winning the conference is not as easy as it sounds. The club must defeat their opponents in their last four matches, and first place Armstrong University must lose at least one game, before USC can r*laim first nlapp "One other possibility for us is a Steve McCorrnac^m^OAMECOCK ***"- mm aSyi^i qgj[ 1 i ^gSjS v^r A, Newman's Eddie llkins ba rebound position against \ rts ing club will be appearing on AM oup will be doing some posing and ig future plans. j rony Lucas will represent the club ; 3ta. ss Bauknight will be competing in ct:i. i mmm mam iatch and lost two at the Francis February 10-12 in Florence. iday night 3-0 to the College of id match losing to Pfeiffer College ournament to defeat St. Andrews iccounted for both USC goals. Sporting Goods, a local amateur >n scored three goals and Scott Tennessee and East Tennessee match of the semester. The event y at the Maxcy Gregg Memorial ?????From page 10 quick letter to the tournament officials explaining what happened to Mike (Shaner), and how we have qualified for three years in a row. That would be a last desperate effort for us," Bellinger said. BELLINGER REMARKED how well the freshmen have done this season, pointing out that this is their first year of competition for most of them. "These freshmen have done better than we could have expected. In one more year they will become excellent bowlers. The more matches they get under their belts, the more mature they become as far as bowling is con cerned," Bellinger said. The freshmen need to become mature quickly if they anticipate qualifying for the nationals by winning their conference. The club's next game is this weekend against Georgia at Starlanes in Columbia. r\ v * \mI ttles under the boards for AFRO'S Harry St. John .