Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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hi , r- \ - > ' % , '.ri ? % ?? * * .. USC's Aaron Scott delive Tuesday. Carolina made a Carolina s By RICH MOHN Gamecock Staff Writer A tennis clinic was held 01 Sunday afternoon at the Maxcj Gregg tennis courts. The teacher: were the Gamecock tennis player and the pupils were those fron Swarthmore College. Thanks t< blistering play by the top fiv? singles players the undefeate< Gamecocks quickly wrapped uj the match and rolled to an easy 9-i victory. WRRgjlr v-n QBBf AnaKtnnnnln r ' When the first five matches wen over, the event was decided in ver impressive fashion. Chuck Hodgin Barry Gilbert, Peter Macdonald Arthur Anastopoulo and Jeff Hul all won their matches in straigh sets. Furthermore, none of then lost more than two games in a se against the top five players fron Swarthmore, the defending NCA/ Division II champions. Bob Kaplai nl ar\ fVin cir?rtl/?. " - - l wiiif/ivtvu uiv. diii^ico awccp u; breezing past Rod Dowdle 6-4, 6at the number six position. Kaplan, a junior from Cranford New Jersey, noted the problems o Swarthmore. "It's real hard foi them to get good players since it'j such an extremely tough academi* schooJ. Thev've hppn murl stronger in the past than they wen today. I was satisfied with the wa^ I played today; it was Jimm] 1 rc n nU<.L A. Si! T1 A m o a pucii lu a waning n.asi u? dramatic ninth inning comeba< wamps Swa Page's birthday, so I played inspired tennis. I was hitting the ball real solidly and my opponent didn't i give me much trouble." / s ADDING INSULT to injury for s the visitors from the Philadelphia i area was the fact that Carolina's 3 number one player, Chris Mayotte, e wasn't even in uniform for the i match. Coarh Hon Smarr uiitui A UWtUCU 3 to give his star junior the day off. It 0 made no difference as doubles competition was also a USC sweep. The three Gamecocks doubles teams each took straight-set victories as Carolina raised its record to 9-0 on the season. Another player who was happy with her performance was Anastopoulo. "I expected a slightly tougher match (6-1, 6-2), but I decided to bear down and win as solidly as possible. I played the same guy last year, and the results were the same. "A match like this is good because it gives the guys who don't play all the time a chance to compete." And we got a chance to work some on our doubles today," said Anastopoulo. y Smarr expressed satisfaction , with his players. "We concentrated 1 and didn't let things get sloppy, t even after we wrapped it up early, i This team (Swarthmore) lost three t real good players from last year -? nnH arp rf>hiiilrlint( thic ? * , ^ . ^uuiiumi^, uiio jrtai . l V decided to rest Chris today so he i can play in our matches this week. y We should win those (Chattanooga, 1 Purdue, Appalachian State) but then comes the big one," he said, , referring to the match against f Georgia Saturday at Athens. r s THE BULLDOGS, one of eleven _ irvrn r' 1- * ' lu/o vjrauiucocK opponents in me i NCAA top 25, are ranked ninth s nationally. They also possess / something unusual in tennis ? a y home crowd advantage. srai^ffiraHHMHiK^ IKiMF S*^^K< " '^J^lv MmMi f *" ^ si arolina batter in baseball action ck to edge the Pirates 4-3. irthmore " Georgia s fansget really rowdy; they make a lot of noise, and they sometimes throw things on the court. It's really hard to concentrate on playing," said Kaplan. The Gamecocks host the Purdue Boilermakers today at 2 p.m. at Maxcy Gregg. . .Carolina catcher Johnny Lon pitched ball in Tuesday's Fast By LEROY WILLIAMS CamuMMMili ^'"tf Utriiflii xjiuinvvvvn tJiui vv I ll I After trailing throughout most < Carolina lacrosse club made a frant comeback by scoring four goals in 1< a half minutes to give USC an 8-7 i Tech. Going into the fourth quarter US< with 4:15 left in the final quarter Miller scored an unassisted go* Gamecocks within two goals. Madison, ] By CHUCK WRIGHT and STEVE RIDDELL Gamecock Staff Writers The USC baseball team recorder James Madison 11-3 on Monday, ar Carolina baseball field. The Gamecocks had to come frc After trailing the whole game, Car of the ninth inning coming up with t Tommy Williams started things < single to center field. John Marqui the right center field gap. Wes We and was safe at first base when 1 tried to throw out Williams going in This set the stage for pinch hittc Hollins drove the first pitch throug and the two winning runs came aro THE LOW NOTE of the game Johnny Long was hit by a pitch preliminary reports indicate that 1 his face. Coach Raines wac very ( that "Johnny Long is the key to this un inriefinitplv ?r '-"J ' Ronnie Crapps said that he thi throwing at him in the sixth inninj close inside pitches. Crapps said tl between innings and wanted to let 1 tight pitches." East Carolina pitc Long and John Marquardt. Crap enough people." THE HAPPIEST MAN in the Hollins. The Carolina outfielder ha and found himself in the clutch si inning. He said that he "went up I pitch." His big base hit turned out t< Aaron Scott pitched a fine gan distance and picking up the win. 1 while registering his first win of tt homerun in the second inning "on ? He and coach Raines were both plej John Marquardt's towering twothird inning ignited a middle ini James Madison University of Virj "He's a fine ball player," Coach .. junior third baseman from Alamogi on quite a show this year." Indeed, trippers and 13 runs-batted-in in ji ^R: g grips his face after b?ng sti Carolina game. 1-ong siiitered of the t!iishap With t\ i and a Dave H< tore ai [>f the game the goals \vi n<nei ic fourth quarter sevo- Wi ih : ess than four and decidim to .vin over Georgia many c CAKO W.\ C C trailed 7-4. But with the ictory Carolina's Ned come f vn beh tl to bring the "Geort". Tech is good f>; ? ;it*ai) Pirates fall i two victories this week defeating id East Carolina 4-3 Tuesday at the im behind to defeat East Carolina, olina mounted a rally in the bottom wo runs to win the game. off in the ninth inning with a sharp irdt followed with a line single into stbrook laid down a sacrifice bunt Sast Carolina pitcher Pete Conaty to third base. ;r Paul Hollins. With the score 3-2, h a drawn in infield into right field iind to score. came in the fourth inning when i and was seriously injured. The ie has a broken bone on the side of concerned after the game. He said i team." Long will be out of the lineoueht that thev mitfht haup hoon J 0"v "?'v "vv" I when he walked after three very hat he "had words with the pitcher lim know when he came in with the her Pete Conaty had already hit >ps felt that "he had already hit USC lockerroom had to be Paul d not seen much action this season tuation in the bottom of the ninth .0 the plate looking to hit the first a be the game-winner. le for the Gamecocks, going the He walked six and struck out five le season. Scott did give up a long ? slider that just hung up too high." ised with his performance, run homerun to center field in the ling Gamecock barrage that left ?inia buried, 11-3. June Raines said of Marquardt, the ordo, New Mexico, "and he will put Marquardt already has four round jst six games. But he was not the See BASEBALL, page 21 HHI'1 * ^ ^ Tony Williams- THE GAMECOCK ruck under the left eye with a a broken cheek bone as a result half minutes remaining in the game rid Mike Maher scored consecutive mmute of each other to tie the score 22 seconds to go Miller scored the ^ive USC its second victory in as () (II Fritz Waidner was pleased . The game was just one of those ii? i wins for us," Waidner said. >; ^ood team and our guys played a ns them." See I.ACKOSSK, page 2?