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BBSS Greg Jonson comp Healthy team cot in Te By Rick M Gamecock Stal There is, as they say, no rest for the v An injury-riddled Carolina tennis I physical and psychological effects of Association, NCAA, Indoor Team Chi is involved in another backbreaker ol Corpus Christi Team Tournament, in u teams, began Thursday afternoon with 19th-ranked Texas Christian, TCU, in tl "TOP TO BOTTOM, this field is a NCAA's," Smarr said before his team "There are 10 nationally-ranked among the top 12 seeds, so no mal or four ranked teams out there." Twenty teams make up the field fo seeded teams playing Wednesday fo seeded teams to the opening bracket ol At the NCAA Indoors, Carolina lost incurred even greater injury problem* the Gamecocks have won three match be healthy again after his shouldei however, comes from the number fo Peter Macdonald. "But Peter's ankle is still hurt, and t Smarr explained. "In any case, he Christi. We'll just have to compensate. THE COMPENSATED USC lineup Mayotte at number one, followed by C be either Ulf Petersson or Bob Detric Anastopoulo will occupy the fifth sic surprise walk-on David Kramer plavin Doubles competition will have Mayi Petersson at two, and Kramer-Deti position. The USC bas the 1979 camp The Gamec< Tuesday behir and Jeff Twi HH BPS If ' ? registered the from Coastal ( . pearance at tl '4BSI ? the first pitch t * IN THE TI Rhyne, USC to their oponents 19^H| 11 inning of play. Stephen McCor mack ? GAMECOCK letes double play. Wmf 1 tennis n hp^pc W xas " ?. team, just recovering from the iMSm , thp Natinnal Pnllartioto V..W ^V??>vami vyv/i V\^ flllllUllV ampionships earlier this month, f a tournament this weekend. The /hich USC is one of twelve seeded i Hon Smarr's Gamecocks facing tie first round. $ y t least as good as the one in the ^ left for Texas. teams and two other good ones Iter how we do, we will play three Warm weatl r the tournament, with eight un- an(j wj^ j^is j r the right to advance with the ningtomakep ' 16. ; three straight 6-3 decisions and ?than they had before. Since then treasurer Rob es, and Chris Mayotte appears to ajj students and back injuries Bad news Coaches will fc ur slot, until recently owned by health, and a hey think it might be ligaments," Track rneets^ won't make the trip to Corpus are interested and travel exp should look something like this- club. 0 . !huck Hodgin. Number three will ' Coach Horns h, with the other at four. Arthur needs of stud* >t, with either Barry Gilbert or areas of track i gsix. otte-Anastopoulo at one, Hodgin- President M -ich playing the number three rebuilding pnx but lost most See TENNIS, page 20 mencement." SHS C wins first By Steve Rlddell CAT* Gamecock Staff Writer Flowe' >eball team won its first two games of the lefl aign with a 9-1 victory over Baptist ning tc -2 win over Lenoir Rhyne. round-' >cks defeated Baptist on the road on Bayr id the strong pitching of Aaron Scott then w M.> ? * 1 uj. otuii wciu seven innings ana Tfie win. Keith Taylor, a transfer student sevent Carolina, made a bang in his first ap- shortst le plate as a Gamecock. He smashed inning, hrowntohimforalonghomerun. Game< CAM'S home opener against Lenoir Coae _i_ _j * * - - * ok advantage 01 some early errors by lormai to jump out to a 3-1 lead after only one he got us. I first inning, Wes Westbrook hit a HAL fice fly to centerfield with runners on him," rd base to drive in the first Gamecock one pit lor was hit by a pitch, the Gamecocks The able steal. The Bears of Lenoir Rhyne three i errors on the play which allowed both inning score. basepf im was on the mound for USC and any tc the sixth inning without any real agreec toir Rhyne right fielder Jeff Flowe The jp for a homerun to straight away and r< Baynham began to show signs of tiring agains series Keith Taylor is greeted af ack r.hih nln By Debbie Williams Plans Gamecock StnH Writer Well ier is bound to arrive sometime soon, ners. Tl n mind, the USC Track Club is begin- Carolin; lans for the spring season. Onec (resident Megan Sexton and secretary- a grou] in Elmore, the organization is open to Bonne i prior experience is not required. Fla. Tl e Guy Hornsby, a graduate student in 25. newcomer to the club, Steve Nichols. Horn 2? A _ ? " ? ruutiuie in any iracK ana iieia event, running re going to be held if enough members beginni in competing. Participants' entry fees trainini lenses will be partially financed by the Teri membc by wants to "make the club meet the experie ents, working on covering as many coache< ind field as possible." particij Horn: egan Sexton stated, "The club is in a those v :ess. We used to have a lot of members student of our graduate students to com- new fri teres ts. ith a bang, namoc l w v/ CHER TAYLOR of the Gamecocks answered s smash with a long homerun of his own over t field fence in the bottom half of the sixth in) make the score 4-1. It was Taylor's second tripper in as many games. lham struggled through the seventh inning and as lifted in favor of relief pitcher Hal Gaalema. Gamecocks added an insurance run in thp h that the Bears got back on a solo homer by op Craig Corbett off of Gaalema in the ninth In the end however, it was 5-2 in favor of the :ocks. :h June Raines was pleased with the perlce of his squad. "Bret was throwing well until a little tired," he said. "He did a good job for HAS HAD a tender arm so we wanted to test Raines added. "He pitched well except for that ch (toCorbett)." cunerence in tne game Wednesday was the runs that the Gamecocks scored in the first which they got by being aggressive on the iths. The team seems to have better speed than jam in recent Carolina history, and Raines 1. "We want to run," he said. Gamecocks travel to Erskine today for a game sturn home Saturday for a weekend series t East Carolina. The pitching rotation for this hac nnt Kxmn eat ?t ? *JNi M . Bill Bollln ? GAMECOCK ter home run. ins meets are now underway for track and field meets as a special race for the long-distance runhe club would also like to participate in the a State-Record Rplavc >f the major goals^of the organization is to take p of the long-distance runners to run in the Bell 10,000 meter (6.2 mi.) race in Gainesville, le race is scheduled to take place on March sby said, "We have plans for a competitive I race for spring and plans for helping ng joggers and riinnprs u/ith ~?wj - .< viI VIIIIIV.D C1I1U 55 advice." Maurer, a club member, commented, "One :r, Kitty Glass, had no previous high school tnce before joining our group. The club ft her and after running only years, she jaiea ana nnished in the Carolina Marathon." sby said, "We have group training sessions for /ho want to run and learn together. It gives s the chance to share experiences and make lends with people who share their same iny y