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By Mike Hunt
Sports Rdttor
COE
The intramural football sport- onc
smanship system was revised and t
new rules concerning fights and
"cheap shots" were implemented ^
at a meeting last night following
the suspension of intramural u
football this week.
The intramural football program ,
was susDended after a fisrht hrokp -fht
out between AFRO and the Young ; ,
Democrats during a game Thur- fQ
sday. Several members of both
teams required treatment at the
student health center.
The sportsmanship system,
which rates a team's conduct, will "~?
no longer be posted for other am
teams to see, according to Robert a8S
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iyaii/ui|?c, uiumiiurm turecior. "7."
Making the sportsmanship rating
secret will prevent teams from ?
knowing the strengths and m
weaknesses of their opponents, he av
said. *mA
IF A TEAM'S sportsmanship tha
rating falls below a rating of five, gar
the team will be dropped from *hi
Hold that
USC tight end Ben Cornett (46) p
while Georgia Tech's A1 Richardi
Gamecock ballcarrier. The Yellov
Atlanta this past week 6-3. The Gam
record this Saturday afternoon age
game Is USC's homecoming affair
m.-t:
ural foot
a petition, instead of receiving a "
! game warning as in the past, u
lie sportsmanship system rates n
jam's conduct numerically from
o to 10. The four game officials b
With the suspens
e intensiveness oj
\pn thnt piipru nnn
y
i an intramural supervisor tl
ign the team a letter grade after ri
h game- A (10), B (eight C
re), D (two)or E (zero). The r
h and the low scores are thrown r<
and the middle scores are (]
raged to determine the sport- d
anship rating. ii
Jso decided at the meeting was n
t a player will be ejected from a C
ne the first time he delivers
at the referee defines as a b
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cheap shot." A "cheap shot" is
nfair play or unnessary
;>ughness.
ALSO, IF A FIGHT develops,
oth players will be thrown out for
ion, we were just
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le season and the team will
eceive a zero rating.
The meeting, called by
talrymple, was attended by two
enresentatiues r?f onnh HitHoinn
residential, fraternity and inependent),
the chief referee, the
ntramural supervisor and a
lember of the Intrafraternity
Council.
The new rules should be
eneficial to the intramural
JSC Tennis Team
Fallsch
By Rick Mohn
Gamecock Staff Writtr
In October, Carolina sports fans
ind not to think much about
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ie fortunes of the Gamecock
totball and soccer teams.
But just as the football team
ractices in the spring, tennis
layers play in autumn. In adItion
to its official spring cometition,
the Gamecock tennis
;am annually plays a fall schedule
[ matches.
"The purpose of the fall schedule
i primarily to prepare for the
pring. Although all the same
lies of NCAA competition apply,
's mostly to tune up for the spring
^ason," USC coach Ron Smarr
aid
"In February the NCAA Indoor
'earn Tournament is held, and the
articipants are chosen primarily
n the basis of fall competition,"
aid Smarr. "Therefore, in order
o represent our region in that
Durnament, it is necessary for us
d beat as many teams from our
rea as possible."
SO FAR the Gamecocks have not
Dne badly. Last weekend they
layed in the Clemson Tennis
lassie in Clemson, and finished
lird in the eight-team field with a
scord of 2-1 for the weekend.
After opening with an 8-1 win
ver Presbyterian, they dropped a
-4 squeaker to Southern Illinois
efore beating Clemson 5-4 on
unday to take third place. Thus,
Mr Indoor championship purposes,
tiey are now 1-0 against regional
owers.
Smarr was not particularly
appy with his team. "We didn't
lay very well this weekend in
ingles against Southern Illinois.
Ve blew leads and lost four mathes
in three sets. In doubles,
hough, we were much better,
;oing 5-1 against the tough com
id until Si
program, Dalrymple said. "The
program will be better and the
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team wm enjoy u more, ana uiat's
the name of the game." he said.
About 30 u/ppa nnnatwlai)
trying to calm
d to cure the
Bowl."
obert Dairymple \
during this week's play, ac- 1
cording to intramural and club
sport representative Ken Hauser.
Dalrymple said the fight between
AFRO and the Young
Democrats was not the only reason
uiumuiuai lUUkUau was suspended.
"With the suspension we were
just trying to calm the intensiveness
of play. We wanted to
cure the idea that every game was
uie super tsowi," ne said.
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all three doubles matches after
trailing 2-4."
The Saturday loss to Southern
Illinois, not a well-known tennis
name in this area of the country,
was no disgrace. The Salukis are
defending NCAA Division II
champions. The Gamecocks lost in
a close match and SIU took ACC
Champion N.C. State to the wire
before losing 5-4 in the championship
round.
CAROLINA'S RECOVERY to
win on Sunday was especially
gratifying to Smarr for two
reasons. "First, that we didn't get
discouraged after losing the day
before. And second, because we
came from so far back against
Clemson. Sweeping the doubles
matches after losing four of six
singles is very rare in college
tennis; in fact, it's the first time
we've done that in my career at
Carolina."
This week Carolina will get a
chance to show how good they are
at the Southern Intercollegiate
Tournament, which begins
Thursday at Athens, fteortfia. Th?
tournament field consists of the
best twenty teams in the South
Despite the individual format of
inday
Dalrymple said that several
incidents enintoH Hiirlno ftu> no.t
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several weeks where referees had
to restrain opposing teams from
fighting.
"We're not pointing the finger at
any one team or at any individuals,"
Hauser said. "It was
just an undercurrent of events that
led to it (suspension), he said.
"They were banging heads just a
little too hard, and playing with
just a little too much intensity,"
Hauser said.
Dalrymple said cancellation of
the intramural football program
has been totally ruled out. Play will
resume Sunday.
The games may or may not be
replayed as a result of the cannolloHon
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reschedule them. If we don't, we
don't," Dalrymple said.
ortant
the tournament, the Southern
Intercollegiate serves as an
unofficial determaination of the
best team in the region.
"They use a point system to
determine the tournament
champion, and it's the most
prestigious tournament we'll play
in this fall," Smarr noted.
Carolina will take four singles
players and two doubles teams to
Athens. The slots had not yet been
finally decided at nrera Hm?
'The purpose of the fall
schedule is primarily
to prepare for the
spring season..."
Ron Smarr
The USC head man revealed that
"the top three positions are filled.
Chris Mayotte, Chuck Hodgin and
Ulf Petersen will definitely go,
and Mayotte and Arthur
Anastopoulo will be one doubles
tAnm * *
hocun. iiiv onier siois win be
determined through challenge
matches this week."
COMPETING FOR the
remaining spot will be five
players: Peter Macdonald,
Anastopoulo, Barry Gilbert, Bob
Kaplan, and junior collect* tmn
sfer Bob Dietrich. "Those five
players are very close to each
other on the ladder right now, so
any one of them could win," Smarr
said.