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. * Carolin rlnmin Q By CHRIS MYERS Asst. Sports Editor The USC boxing club, led by ov< O'Hare and Mike Culberson, won Boxing Tournament Tuesday nigh O'Hare and Culberson, along wi will represent USC in the National ] held at Reno, Nev. in late April. Mike O'Hare, USC's 147 lb. figl Charleston's Matt Casey in the fina "MIKE IS a great fighter," USC has fought only seven fights before each one." O'Hare jumped out of his corner i fight, hitting punch after punch on ( Casey, who spent most of the fi could not free his arms to counter] one 01 u'Hare's powerful uppercu One other fight was one-sided a: the action, knocking out South Illii Culberson, the club's presider aggressive style before his bout. "I watched Clark yesterday in th used his body and practically thr fought, then knocked him out in the Even though Culberson knew oi perplexed as to what to do with th< and push him around early in th dance out of the ropes, letting terpunching squarely. "I TOLD Mike to just let him by said. ''The force of Clark pushing 1 punches." The first round ended with Cul stunning Clark into his own comer, a matter of time before Culberso round and forced Clark to take a sta Ten seconds later Culberson coi the referee stopped the fight. "I was very pleased with Culb< :^HMi :':S^K^^? /^ /id ! a v^oacn v nns tutopouios giv< between round advice in his I University's Mike Clark in Boxing Tournament. a boxers te bouts irwhelming performances by Mike the first Southern Intercollegiate it at Memorial Youth Center, th Mike Gasque and Greg Moman Ul 1? ?-* ? uuercuuegiaie tsoxing Tournament titer, totally outclassed College of Is of the tournament. ! coach Chris Hitopolous said. "He ; this one and he just gets better in ind established himself early in the Casey's covered-up body. ight backed up against the ropes, lunch without feeling the effects of its. 3 USC's Mike Culberson controlled lois University fighter Mike Clark, it, was wary of his opponent's e semifinals," Culberson said. "He ew it into the bodv of th<? miv hp *r first round." r Clark's rough tactics he seemed e fighter. After letting Clark bump e first round, Culberson began to Clark run into them, and counwhen he ran into him/'4 Hitopolous with his body gave more to Mike's Iberson landing a right hook and Clark was clearly tired and it was n stunned him again in the third inding eight count. inected with another right, before ;rson and O'Hare's performances See BOXING, page 16 HT '""''tBi ''-fir1 M- V >' > > < $ xjflsjf liBSIBiS} vilill ::V-x-A- -:x. Stephen McCormack--THE GAMECOCK es boxer Mike Culberson some natch against Southern Ulinais the Southern Intercollegiate ' r-:^^i,>;'-;;|^; ^%:-'' -'"' A' ' i^BBHflB^SSBHS^HlR^--*-:* '' x^F Louis Seott of the College of USC's Ronald Taylor a stroi Wildcats fm With less than two weeks to go the NCAA haskpthall finale T1 - ?AIlllUtO dl> 1 J Arena in St. Louis, there are on 16 teams left in the race for collej basketball's most coveted crowi the 1978 national championshi The four teams which have tl best chances of reaching St. Lou are UCLA, Kentucky, Louisvil and Duke. The Bruins of UCLA may ha^ the toughest time in reaching tl finals as they meet Arkansi tonight in the semi-finals of tl Western Regionals i Albuquerque, N.M. UCLA is led t junior All-American Davi ureenwood. FIRST YEAR COACH Gar Cunningham has done a marveloi job in guiding the Bruins. But UCLA is going to make a stron effort in winning another nation; championship a clue to thei chances rests with their gam against the powerful Razorback: After narrowly winning again; Rhode Island, the Blue Devils ( Duke may have gotten over its fin round staee friuht USC golfer tak< By MIKE CIIIBAHO Gamecock Staff Reporter The USC golf team captured fif annual Palmetto Invitational Go weekend at the Orangeburg Coui Participating in the event were southeastern schools. Traditiona powerhouse Wake Forest won competition for the eighth time i history, while Georgia's Giff Moo Wake Forest, earned the tourn< honors. "I was not very pleased wit formance because I know we are much better and beating some finished ahead of us in this toun coach Bobby Foster commented fifth place finish. Foster also a<i l:M&s ; iv -'^^^Hglw|&:" >'>".' ",-'j I . ^^HB^'''.: ^ _XM **$ . ^ m * g*%% 1 A. - viianesion gives face. Tayloi ig left jab to the decision. voredforNCu to Duke has a starting line tie which includes stand out players ly Jim Spanarkel, Mike Gminski, ? ge freshman player of the year for i n: ACC Gene Banks. Another plus p. Duke in the NCAA tournament le IS le Sportalk /e : # *y by g Matt Ward il ir e that they are placed in the weake 5. regional, the east. The only touj it game the Blue Devils mav ha >f before St. Louis is in the finals ;t the Eastern Regional again Indiana. es fifth at Palme petition in the any that the th place in the 12th PERHAPS If Tournament this tournament 1 ntrv Club dividual plav " Portsmouth J 108 golfers from 18 hole total of 1 collegiate golfing behind the toi the overall team place among n the tournament's heavy winds dy, a transfer from two under pa ey's top individual salvaging his Foster pra h the team's per- School cham capable of playing nament. His of the teams that score conside lament," head golf windy conditi on the Gamecock's LU4 fk.4 ? "wu ni?i me com sports Stephen McCormack-TME GAMECOCK lost the Tuesday night match by a 4A crown up YEAR AFTER YEAR many ; in iau iu uoncc juouisvme unui tnd the national finals. After defeating the Florida St. in the finals of the for Metro-7 tournament, the Cardinals is seem ready for its upcoming game __ against DePaul. It's a shame a team which wins consistently as Louisville cannot on television as much as Marquette, Notre Dame and UCLA do year after year. But of all the teams which rank as a definite possibility of not only reaching the final four but to win the national championship are the i Wildcats of Kentucky. i With AU-Americans Rick Robey an/J Trv.?lr /"?: iL- "'*? auu uativ viiveils me wuacats may finally win the national championship for coach Joe Hall. Hall is in the same position as Notre Dame football coach Dan Devine in st that he must win a national gh championship if he wishes to stay ve at Kentucky. Since Devine was of successful, I believe Hall will have ist just as much success in guiding the Wildcats to the national title. j tto Invitational > Palmetto Invitational was as tough as Gamecocks will face this season. THE REDEEMING ASPECT of the for the Gamecocks was the fine in- I ' of freshman golfer Scott lietter. The j /a. native shot rounds of 71-74-75 for a 54 j 220, leaving him only seven strokes urnament champion and in a tie for fifth j the individual leaders. Liebler battled on Sunday and struggled his way to a r score 34 on his final nine holes, thus ; impressive three day total. ised the former Virginia State .Bisk pion. "Steve had an excellent tour 34 on the final nine was really a great ring the difficulty of the course and'the ions.'* Set GOLF, page 16 I