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rrcsnm# USCtost By Richard Q*m?cock Si Freshman forward Chris Heidelh Sunday afternoon as the Gamecock : edge the University of North Carolina of a-2 The win raised USC's record to two victory was the second in two tries ag triumphed 3-1 last year against the sa THE SEAHAWKS broke into the remaining in the first half. Dennis 1 USC goalie Paul Turin to give the visi A t Q iHrannn anHaH a sxnpinri Hivun V/ (M4IUAU V11UVU M dVVA HJI5 Ml vUl spanned all or parts of three games \ season. The sophomore from Nigeria second half to knot the score at one all "The coach, the captains and mos work as a team against Connecticu intense." WILMINGTON RESPONDED wi minutes later as John Miller scored Dave Karlson to affain take the lead close shots in the next few minutes bu Finally, with only 7:52 to go in the c Seahawks goalie with a short shot 01 the teams even at two goals. The composure after the Muehlheausk Heidelberger scored his game winni year. THE GAMECOCKS finished the ga high compared ot only eight for thei saves, and each team had two corner "We had a team meeting after the little closer. We came out more like i the senior goalie added. "When we \ some of the guys got their heads dov and played very well. We may not fc in the season, but we are putting it all Carolina looks for win number thi thropat4p.m. r . Ul O BOU Frank ^ ai Basketball Politics by Darn First in a series This article originally appeared In Through the Hoop, a special edition ol Southern Exposure Magazine on sports In the South. Copies are available at the Capital News tend, The Joyful Alternative, the USC Campus Bookstore, or by mall from: P.O. Box 230, Chepef HHI, N.C. 27514 I During the summer of 1974, the University of South Carolina lowered its mandatory faculty retirement age from 70 to 65. Several eminent professors filed suit in protest, but the university's trustees implied that faculty members who reach age 65 are less competent than younger men and women. The issues at stake were hnrHlv nnimiiAl for America in 1970*8. But an unseen figure in this case made it crucial not only for a few professors, but for thousands of Carolinians: Frank McGuire, the university's legendary basketball coach, was approaching 65. He was not ready to retire, but his numerous political enemies wanted him out. "Everybody knew I i Iuiai rranx racuuire was inextricably tied to the case," said the professors' attorney, "You could hear ' ?e basketballs bouncing in the courtroom." IN AUCU8T, three months before McGuire's 95th birthday, a decision was due at last from the state's Supreme Court4 in leads j >ccer winl Meyers |J Bff Wr1t?r gg Kaa^A^ in fV%A ? * % % **?? 1 H L-l gVl UVVK.U III IIIC Wlllillllg (JlRIl joccer team came from behind to i-Wilmington Seahawks by a score wins and one loss on the year. The ;ainst Wilmington as Carolina also me club. scoring column first with 16:58 Davis' unassisted goal slipped by ting team a 1-0 margin. Carolina's ght that lasted 137 minutes and vhen he scored his first goal of the struck iust thirtv seconds into the t of the players felt like we didn't ; t," Turin said. "We weren't that I th a goal of their own twenty I off a thrown in from teammate H , 2-1. The Gamecocks had several m t could not get the ball in the net. y ontest, Ed Muehlheausler beat the I i a pass from Dan Potter to bring 11 Seahawks appeared to lose their b it goal, and two minutes later ng goal for his second tally of the m me with 27 shots on goal, a season j! ir> nnnnrianfc Turin ponnril/ul fniip LA . A Ui 111 1 VVW1 UVU AVU1 HD kicks. game and tried to get the team a p a team against UNC-Wilmington," w vere down 2-0 against Connecticut vn a little. They have a good team ive been ready for them this early together now." ree Wednesday as they host Winfpp? NDS /IcGuire id ; in South Carolina iel K lores of seven stories felt confident. After all, he had lifted the state and the university into national prominence as a center of championship basketball. South Carolininans praised him as their savior in the sports-conscious South, and they adored the way he and his teams bullied their way into the national limelight. But in building his basketball dynasty, McGuire stepped on many toes, and now his fate in South Carolina, a state known for patronage and political corruption, was not quite certain. Prank McGuire was born in New York's Greenwich Village on November 8,1913, and grew up in the Irish-Italian ghettoes of lower Manhattan, the youngest of 13 children. His 6*4" father, Robert, was a traffic cop on the corner of Canal and West Streets for over 20 years; "Big Bob", as he was called, died when little Frank was three years old. THE McGUIRE CLAN was then headed by their sturdy, devout Irish Catholic mother, Anna. Her demands were simple: the children must attend church; wear hand-me-downs; listen to their oldest brother Willie; and speak one at a time at the crowded dinner table. * * Toang'Frank ?was*tf handsome, ^bl l9Hy^% I SdsfelMlIlk yilillllMM ' -1*'*' ^ '>' -'-^ *yfes fe IHS!l - "" JBmBmwMI^^H Pll V: " . WS^B&SBb&L, ?M . . Wgjk: ^ ^MMH S^im! mk ^iijj^ Carolina midfielder David Burr concei a teammate. USC came from behind to Seahawks on Sunday. Young Franl broad-shouldered, tough guy. He injury end was hot-tempered and athletic. His wasn't rur playmates on the street called him floor, McG "Red" or McGoo"; his high school coached at newspaper nicKnamea mm Acaaemy. "Elbows". Like his friends, greeter an McGuire seemed headed for the lower W West Side piers or, at best, a job restaurant with the New York Police troublemal [ Department. knew some When Red was out of school, or Trying < playing hooky, he spent hour upon heavyweig hour at Greenwich House, a set- faced a t tlement home organized by turn- handle mj of-the-century social workers, "but that g There, under the tutelage of Ted Carroll ? a tall, black Columbia f f University graduate ? McGuire began to box and play basketball. I He was well liked as a hard-nosed J competitor who stood up for the underdog. By the time he was 18, McGuire had formed his basic stance toward life: it's give and take, I aw favors and returns; a guy has to '/\ know who his friends are and be / loyal to them. AT ST. JOHN'S University in Brooklyn, McGuire captained the y \ baseball and basketball teams under the legendary James ,W "Buck" Freeman. A gutsy and \\\ aggressive competitor, McGuire isfflfi novar afpiiiH nf firing a hnwh back pitch or slugging it out with a /' rival center. On more than one *** occasion he marched into an ad- ^ veraary's locker room offering to /&& fight them on the spot because of AST their anti-Semitic smears against fm his teammates. 'That wasn't as [St bad/' he recalls, "as going back to ? 1 -t-i 1 a a \\SL my own nagnoornooa ana c*plaining to my friends why I let those little Yids shoot all the time." After graduating from St. John's in 1936, Frank played professional basketball for five seasons in the old American League, until a knee - ^ Fyp - j. -pj^K.. "1,~rrr Brttt Andr.w - GAMECOCK Urates on the ball while getting ready to pass to pull out a 3-2 victory over the UNC-Wllmlngton z: a tough guy ed his career. When he they whisper to this big bum, ining up and down the 'Frank doesn't want you here uire taught history and anymore.' And he never came his alma mater, Xavier back." He also worked as the After he was discharged from d bouncer at Julius', a the U.S. Navy in 1946, McGuire est Side bar and became the young head coach at . If he could not handle a bt. John s. Within three years, he cer, McGuire always was one of New York's most one who could. celebrated heroes. He was dapper, >nce to calm a drunk handsome, quoteable, and his ht contender, Frank teams won with alarming ough battle. "I could regularity. self," boasts McGuire, uy was a pro. So 1 went BY THE EARLY 1950's, Frank me and made a call, began to establish himself not only iiiiiiuica idici, uucc i the dock came in and Se? 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