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I Sports
USC vs GeorgU
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I By Tracy Helms
Staff Writer
Coaches commonly advise
their squads to "think only of
this week's game and don't
look ahead.'* South
Carolina's Jim Carlen and
Georgia's Vince Dooley have
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that over the past few weeks,
but this week is a different
story.
For the Gamecocks and
the Bulldogs and any avid
football fan ? at least in this
part of the country ? it is
hard to look beyond
Georgia quarterback B
potent Bulldog offense
South Carolina. Be/ue
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| Wrestlii
I draws a
By Joh
Staff
While the sport of wrestli
; over the years, it has no!
| Carolina. At least that was t
Under the leadership of
I and a dedicated professor,
been re-established followin
Sophomores Rick Counts
IS teammates in high school
| bringing the club back. The
Youngblood, a professor
| ministration School, who ha
THOUGH THE CLUB is
I response has been quite fav<
the club has about 30 me
practices is usually lower b
school activities.
Youngblood, a two year
University, has divided pr
The first part involves call
I loose. 1 nese exercises are t<
| members practice the thr(
takedown, escape and ride.
The final section of practi
workouts.
ALTHOUGH TIIK CLUI
financial backing this sem>
some activities. Besides
j hopes to schedule scrimma
I teams.
One of the main club ev
wrestling tournament in F
Kawlins won last year.
The club will hold an orj
lilatt P.K. Center on Mond<
old members and interes
information on the USC W
Counts, 777-8242, or Stuart Y
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wdow
Saturday's USC-Georgia
clash, scheduled for 12:35
p.m. in Athens, ''between the
hedges."
The long-awaited duel
gives Carolina an opportunity
to reach new
athletic heights, as well as
allowing George Rogers to
strut his stuff on national
television. But the contest is
no less crucial for the
"Junkyard Dogs."
"This game is certainly a
big one," says Georgia's
Dooley. "South Carolina is
by far the best team we'll
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CTfarfli
uck Be/ue will direct the
in Saturday's game with
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nan, mrown tot seven
fhis year.
ig Club
ttention
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ing has gained in popularity
t drawn much attention at
he case until this year. i
two hard-working students
the USC Wrestling Club has
g a three year layoff. !
and Pat Rawlins, wrestling
, were the driving force in
:y have been aided by Stuart
in the USC Business Ads
assumed the role of coach.
just over a month old, the
arable so far.Youngblood said
mbers, although turnout at
ecause members have other
varsity wrestler at Purdue
actices into three sections,
istenics to get the wrestlers
ollowed by drills in which the
*e basic wrestling moves ot
ice sessions consist of actual I
* is working without any
>ter, Yongblood has planned
intra-team competition, he
ges against local high school
ents will be the intramural
'ebruary, which Counts and
c;:ini-/ntinn;il iIIt? at Sol
iy, Nov. 3 at (> p.m., for both
ted newcomers. For more
'resiling Club, contact Hick
oungblood, 777-6641.
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play this season."
AND ON TIIK other side of
the coin, Georgia ? by
rankings ? is one of USC's
all-time toughest opponents.
A win over the fourthranked
Bulldogs, now 7-0,
would be the first time in
USC football history that the
Gamecocks have defeatd a
team ranked in the top ten. It
almost certainly would
enable Carolina to obtain top
ten status for the first time.
ADD ALL THIS im
portance to an 86-year-old
rivalry, throw in two of the
nation's premier running
backs, and you've got a
match-up made in heaven ?
or at least one strikingly
similar.
In case you didn't know it
those running hacks are
Carolina's George Kogers
and Georgia's Herschel
Walker.
Rogers' showing against
the Bulldogs and in front of
the large viewing audience
will be a tremendous factor
in his bid for the Heisman
Trophy. The Duluth, Ga.
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"the nation's top back", will
be .gunning for his 18th
consecutive 100-yard-plus
game. He ran for 152 yards
against the Bulldogs in '79.
"We know we're not going
to completely shut down
George Kogers," admits
Dooley, now in his 17th
season at Georgia. "What
we'd like to do is to not let
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There are 650 baseball pi
today, each with his own stor
But it's doubtful that anyone
former Gamecock Handy Mar
Martz, presently a member
team, was a scholarship footl
years, seeing very little action
wanted to try out for baseball,
his junior year.
"When I came here Paul Di
said. "When I was signed, I w
when I was a sophomore, I coi
Dietzel left (Jim) Carlen cam<
out for baseball, because he w?
fftnfhall
A UWtUMI* .
"So I went out for spring fc
play much. So the next year,
was going to play baseball. Ca
made the starting lineup."
Martz had played high sclux
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to deliver a pitch in the 1 ?
veent
Jeff Hipp
him run wild against us,
make him work for what he
gets and hope that's enough.
It won't be easy."
K5JT CAROM NAN defense
won't have a field day either,
as they face freshman
sensation Walker.
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w i ker leans me
Southeastern Conference
with 877 yards in six games,
including a 289-yard effort
against Vanderbilt. The JI-2.
215-pound rookie also leads
the conference in touchdowns
with nine. He has
already been compared to
Rogers.
"The essential difference
in the two right now is that
Rogers is a senior and
Walker is a freshman," cites
Dooley. "Rogers has carried
the hnll ;irnunH .1
times more than Walker,
and that makes a lot of
difference.
Rogers was good as a
freshman but he's much
better now. I'd rather be
facing Rogers the Ireshman
than Rogers the senior. Bui
USC b,
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K>rts Editor
ayers in the major leagues
y of how he reached the top.
can come close to repeating
tz's road to success.
of the Chicago Cubs baseball
ball player at USC for three
as a backup quarterback. He
but he wasn't allowed to until
ietzel was the coach," Martz
as under the impression that
jld go out for baseball. When
e in ana ne wouian i iei me go
jnted to see what I could do in
>otball that year and I didn't
(his junior year) I decided I
irlen said alright, as long as I
>1 baseball plus some summer
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the real problem is that it's
not just George Rogers, it's
Rogers and company.
They're a total team."
Dooley sees Carolina's
experienced onensive line,
tough defense and a week's
rest as factors in the game.
"They were smart to have
scheduled an open date
before the game," he observes.
"While we were
getting bruised up against
Kentucky, Carolina was
getting people well, resting
them,"
HKRSCIIKL WAI-KKK is
joined in the backfield by
junior quarterback Buck
Belue. The (i-l.l85-pomd
signal caller has completed
over 50 percent ot his passes
for 784 vards and seven
touchdowns. He can throw
the long one as he proved
last week against Kentucky
with a 91-yard aerial to Amp
Arnold.
Another offensive addition
is the strong, consistent
kicking of Rex Robinson
The senior All-Amcrican lias
booted 50 career field goals,
only six shy of Tons
Franklin's NCAA record
Robinson is also second in
consecutive PATs with 39
He is Georgia's all-time
leading scorer with 239
points.
ueiensiveiy. Georgia is
anchored by a strong
secondary. Senior salet\
Jell Hipp, a product ol
Columbia's Brook land Ca\
ce High School, lias snaiiged
asehall s
ad to su
ball between football seasons
would perform.
"1 didn't know what to ex|
played baseball for three yea
was nothing. I knew I was a
thought I was a lirst basei
baseball, they needed pitcher
made the starting rotation. 1 u
and everything turned out .ill r
TO SAY KVKKYTHIM; tur
tremendous understatement .
a perfect 14-0 record, with a
Oomez Plate Award as the oi
player in the U.S. He was also
first-team and was selected
American team.
He led Carolina to a secon
World Series, winning one reg
world series games.
"It was a dream year ? ay
once in their life everything
was just a great year for me. I
world for it.
"Everything fell together j
four or five one-run games
Mookie Wilson. Ed Lynch, anc
league ball players. Right nc
team that are playing in the hi
Naturally the pro scouts w<
his superb season, and he w
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leagues, Martz was invited to:
the Cubs.
"1 was trying to impress tl
would be able to come up some
Martz was sent down to the
a good season. "1 started out
three weeks, and then 1 hurt i
one-halt months. 1 came back
managed to win my last four g
The righthander was called
1 Although he posted a 1-2 r<
KRA of 2 10 and gave up only 2
major league victory was ove
champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
Mart/ is planning to play wi
spring training begins in Febr
the ('ubs permanently.
"Next year 1 got a real g<
starting rotation. I pitched be
at the end of the season "
iges
6 interceptions so far Ihis
season and has 12 in his last
14 games. He is joined by'.veteran
eornerhnck Srntl
Woerner who has 5 in i
terceptions in the present v
campaign. Two came in the a
Kentucky game
Woerner, a pre season All %
American, is one of the?
nation's top return men. The**
6 0. 195-pound senior
averages 16.8 yards on punt *
returns and 23.5 yards per ^
kickoff returns.
As tar as size, the numbers
tend to favor Sor. , Carolina
The Gamecocl outweigh
Georgia t>y an average o( 10
pounds in the ot tensive I me.
backfield and linebacker
categories. The Bulldogs
surpass I SC slightly < a
pound average* > on defense.
The most unfavorable
numbers lo Carolina,
however, are found in the
fame's p.j>t seore-. (ioortf
dominates the >ene> ' > ?.
Tlie (iamecocks have <?nk
won consecutive name*
twice in the rivalry, which
dates back to UUM Carolina
has never won three straiuhi
contests a^ain>t the
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I'nlike mans n.M uvirs.
l.'SC and (icornia arc ver\
similar this season And the
(iamecocks hopt* lh.it when
Saturday cseninu rolls
around. thcs u ill l>e .dike in
one more was idcntic d 7-1
records
Lai
ccess
but he wasn't sure h??w he
sect," Mart/ said "I hadn't
rs really, the summer league
good baseball player, but 1
man. When I went out lor
s. so I went out lor pitcher. I
^as happy. C'arlen was happy
ight."
ned out all right would be a
Ml Martz did in 1977 was post
1.98 EKA. He won the Left}
jtstanding amateur baseball
named to the Sporting News'
to the 1977 Academic All
d-place finish in the College
;ional contest and two college
ear that everybody has when
goes right. Martz said. "It
d never trade anything in the
>retty well I must have won
Wo ti'nt iliiiul 11L < >
1 Jim Leu is. Wo had some big
>w we got three guys on that
g leagues "
ere interested in Mart/, alter
as signed by the Cubs tor a
ral seasons in the minor
spring training this year with
lem in spring training that I
time that year."
minor leagues, where he had
real hot I won live games in
liyself. I was out lor two and
and had some problems, but I
ames ol the year "
up to the Cubs on September
cord, he had an outstanding
!8 hits in ;H) innings. His initial
r the defending major league
inter ball in Venezuela before
'uary. He intends to stick with
ry^rl chnt I ?n fh/*
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tter than any starter up there