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GA Infes Injurie Of Y By TRACY HELMS Sports Editor Jim Carlen faces the toils of youth. Injuries have fallen upon me looiDan team liKe leaves in a winter wind, and now the coach must rely on many replacements lacking on-the-job experience. The latest jolt to the team's health and well-being was a doubled-barrled blow on Tuesdav. RUNNING BACK Percy Reeves suffered a broken leg that afternoon in a USC scrimmage, while flanker Jerry Aubin sustained a separated shoulder in the same session. Reeves will miss the remainder of the season, and Aubin is expected to miss three to four weeks of action. Reeves, who was moved from tailback to starting fullback earlier this week due to the year's loss of Carl West, was hit on his lower left leg during the practice drills. The 6-2, 190-pound Another Top III! wws By DENNIS SWIT Staff Writer For the second week in a rc Gamecocks must face a quarterback who can cont offense and isn't afraid to pi air. And for the second cons< is doubtful that he will start. When the Duke Blue Devi! at Williams-Brice Stadium "i second year quarterback B probably be watching the series from the sideline shoulder injury sustained in loss to Ohio State. On the opposite side of Gamecocks will have both Donnie McDaniel out for th knee injuries suffered in the Saturday. DUKE HEAD FOOTBA Wilson said he would not k whether Bennett would be z caiH "fhf> ininrv it; not J thought." If Bennett does not play, understudies who are all t own right. Last year's Clinkscale, threw for 316 touchdowns while seeing Two sophomores, Steve O'l Sally* are both highly ratet playing time. O'Donnell, < Michigan, led his high scl secutive siaie cnampionsmi a game as starting quarterb Gordon Beckham is sehe nod for the Gamecocks, wi relieving. Beckham has passes for 161 yards with om one interception. Bishop is ME f s Force Pr ounaer PL < senior had suffered a stress fracture on the bone in 1979. Aubin, a 6-0, 200-pound sophomore, fell on tjie ground after making a receiptioi. Later in the scrimmage, he was unable to lift his arm. Carlen, who has seen injuries heavily consume his offensive lineup, is shocked hv th? tranetfrpssinn "J *- ?- " "I don't believe I ever had a rash of injuries quite like this," Carlen said. The Reeves and Aubin losses compounded offensive injuries that began on USC's first day of practice in pads. Center Mark Austin was lost in the first session to a broken elbow. That would prove to be an omen for the Gamecocks. Carolina has since absorbed injuries to West, tight end Dwayne Chivers and defensive tackle Donnie McDaniel, along with those of Reeves and Aubin. THE OFFENSIVE has been inconsistent, but it's hard to be consistent with all that," Carlen says of the QB Visits US II Duke ZER yards, but three yard: 209-206. >w, the Carolina Duke ha team with a returning trol the entire propriateh it the ball in the Ron Fredc ecutive week, it catches f< Cedric Joi uat'Hc 9i Is take the field 'TXV -p.m. Saturday, Glenn en Bennett will an<V??aJj first offensive C4?*? , c Ohio State because of a t. ,i W-. f>. the Blue L the Devil s 34-13 , from scrir the field, the Carl West and th''>' <D" ? ,i?? t? against 0 ! Ole Miss game Jac^ Flig b been a li LL Coach Red tlJere ?"d now until today ^ ?th. ! ible to play, but f?J rious as we first ^UKC 1001 they were . , r but I thinl he has a trio of :apable in their 'VT ? backup, Brent a^e(ensi yards with two ^eiensi V ... 4. cornerba< limited action. M )onnell and Hon owser i and could see Arendta . transfer from arecontc: 100I to two con- IN LAS' >s and never lost winner ( ack. tnrougn n duled to get the After thi th Terry Bishop muster tv completed 15 game wl e touchdown and carried ti 9 of 19 for 117 yardoutt COG omotion ayers situation. "We had 16 offensive players (last year) and now we have three of the 16." Carlen and his staff have their hands full in replacing the experienced players. Several freshmen have been called up to fill the gaps. Ira Hillary will hold the starting wide receiver post, while Chris Corley takes over the starting tight end role. in tne oacKiieia, jonnnie Wright and Dominique Blasingame will occupy the starting tailback and fullback positions, respectively, with Todd Berry and Kent Hagood serving as their back-ups. IISC Offensive Coor dinator Jack Fligg put the latest losses in perspective. "WELL, OF COURSE, they (Reeves and Aubin) are bie losses to us. esoeciallv as far as pass receiving," Fligg said Thursday. "Reeves was our best receiving back, and so his injury with that of Aubin gave us a double-dip See FLIGG, page 10 ;c d D371101 with 89 yards rushing is onl 3 shy of Beckham on total ofens< is four talented wide receiver to the lineup that are a] y nicknamed the 'bomb squad rick lea tne team last year witn: jr 413 yards, while teamma nes hauled in 25 catches for 3< id six touchdowns. Chris Cast< i Tillery are the reserves with :hes, respectively. VEEK in Duke's season opene i scored on an 82-yard run again >evils on the first play of the gar nmage. a defensive standpoint, I thoug ke) played good sona aeien hio State," USC assistant coa g said. "1 think they might ha ttle nervous when they went let them make that run the fii igame. k last year the weakness in t Lball team would have been tl ; not a very good defensive tea kVA t\ /I r\ o A \ inxzy vi: niduc duihc ucu on u ving their defensive team," Fli ve blue-chippers include All-A :-k Dennis Tabron, while Char at defensive end, tackle Ch md senior noseguard Dan Yell nders for post-season honors. T YEAR'S game, Heisman Trop George Rogers scored midw he first quarter on a 43-yard ru at, the Gamecocks could 01 vo field goals until 1:45 left in I ien quarterback Garry Harj le ball into the end zone from ( o end the scoring at 20-7. K ?2P? mm m m*. m. wrnmmm m r " I MHHkMM [ f*vli||M.. ? m ? m Hp . |> . ^mI '" BUI:; HPr^ .. &,,> flaim ^ ***' ^N . HHH^ USC receiver Jerry Aubin will miss 3-4 wc left Follow F y Defensive coordinator Richard Bell ai *, recalls the game as a "knock-down, dragout" contest and has the responsibility of y* 's stopping the Duke aerial show. Y p- "They don't look like a team that has had A i.' a lot of patience," Bell said. "They like to r< ?.7 thp hall dnwnfipld in i\ hnrrv and thpv'vp si te got the receivers that have the ability to get 69 the ball downfield. q< or "I have great respect for their receivers. rr 19 They've got good quality receivers," Bell rr continued. "They've got great speed,they rr ;r, can catch the ball in a crowd and they can ist make the big play for them over and over ne again. And of course Bennett's got a strong sc ;ht ~ " " S: HCS* : ujw. vuwrvi rst By CHRIS HUGHES ... , . J Most of the ne staff writer , . ?u i t played on the 1 Forward David Goodchild half of the field I , ' netted his first goal of the defensive mindei i\;d gg season and the only score of part of the the afternoon in USC's 1-0 Carolina's frusti cc shutout victory over Baptist putting the ball les (:?1,e?e Wednesday at the Countless si ris "Graveyard." deflected due tc ott The score reflects BaPtist College Carolina's complete control the penalty area ,hy of the game, but not their ay frustration for failing to Add to this the n capitalize on scoring op players have jus ~i'.. Dortunities. The Gamecocks t?ugh physical i iiy i* outshot the Buccaneers 19-2, y()U Have the M,r and had 17 corner kicks USC's minor leu )ne while Baptist College had USC looked z only two. was going to ru MS? ' ' ' i eks with a separated shoulder. Wl vuuv* *m," the defensive coach commented. As a freshman, Bennett passed for 2050 ards and was voted ACC Rookie of the ear. He was responsible for breaking eight |)) CC passing records and 15 school passing jcords. And with a year under his belt, he lould be improved. "Bennett is not the athlete that (Ole Miss uarterback) Fourcade is. but he is getting luch better," Wilson said. "He has j latured a lot since last season and should lake fewer mistakes this time around." This is the 37th meeting between the two %) ;hools. Duke leads the series 23-11-2. i Baptist game was the game 2:11 into the match Buccaneer's when defensive back Hoy because of a Dunshee tapped iri a shot off dgameplan, team captain John Nitardy's reason for header. The goal was ration of not scratched due to an offsides I in the net. call, beginning the lots were frustrating afternoon for the > a clutter of Gamecocks. With 33:01 still : players in to play in the first half, Goodchild made a nice steal that gave him a one-on-one fact that the opportunity against Baptist ;t cnniP off ;i rollc Ho tonnor fhric roadtrip and Wogamon. Goodchild shot reason for high and Wogamon made ?i 1 ~ r: - " t_ _ illi iwwii. iiih? save puncmng me snoii-i IS though it over the crossbar. n away with See CAROLINA, page 11