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CtA Center Lhwis Powers leap: tennis do battle in Shanxi t An 1 SHANXI UNIVERSITY The gymnasium was dilapidated and aging, the WvUUtl I IIUl/13 ICIU3lllg I\J shine and the dirty windows either cracked or broken from neglect. On the basketball court, the 500 or so people crammed behind the fences and beneath the baskets were eager to see the foreigners from the United States tangle with their Shanxi counterparts in the game that A -i( ul 1 nilR-l ILilll MlClUtr >U I till IL'lJb . After a martial arts exhibition and a five-minute warm-up. the foes met for the first timp nn nnrmcitp pnrlc nf the gyn. floor and stepped forward ten yards to clasp hands and wish each other well. THE SHANXI University team consisted of physical education majors and i ;*ss b^Krau mm Served wit homemade < ? kraut, at | 8! It ? more lhan ^nmiiiiiiiiniiiii ME( -~s; ? .. .^ >Tvsn.s ^ 3l?K&yi: proiNnce. -fnrin educators who knew the intricacies of their game as well as they know how their families till the soil. Thousands i inAn K/-M 10 -vn/-|p i ^ upv^ii invu?aiiu9 UI iiw^S, lll'is and backboards across the People's Republic serve notice that the game is not taken lightly these days. The U.S. team came into the game after devouring a lunch of rice, beer and about 12 other courses. Although most of the team members hadn't handled a basketball for months or years, once the game was started and they began employing a zone defense, their coach Hilel Salomon felt sure they'd win. The foreigners volleyed onto the floor and were greeted hy cheers, applause and whistles. For the people of Shanxi province, it was good Irt COH J'nmnatifirtn in -i iv ow wi i ipv in iv/11 ill a iciiiu gggg^ "i t Doe ExPircs i ? 9 26 81 ! s :h mustard, L'j :hili, steamed fj id onions ; ; * 3usto Mugs! $4.44 I ti.:~ \y/?u rv.i.. ! ! i nf> wetK unuj / Warehouse | | ngs Rcl W Cola. fUj mother |ewelry note HOC] HL ;Mn (he game. A crowd of more than rable that generally ignores competition. The ball was tossed up between the two centers, and the game was on in much the same manner hundreds of eames beein on Tuesdav and fJ - O - ~ " Friday nights in South Carolina high schools. The game was close ? basically because shooting on both sides was horrible, with balls being thrown away on one end of the court and passes missing open hands at the other end. THE U.S. team, comprised of University of South Carolina representatives, was led by Davis Powers, a student intern in the USC president's office. His utmost wi]| towin rose as the teams F Fla Iff Velcro} 1 R Desk Act | Key C I |l| Tru 11 "AWvrAi?n If 91 * V# I 10% discouni | with va on listec : iHiiut L\. tB)c j 500 people watched the two 1IIS continued to exchange baskets. He hauled down rebounds ferociously while earning uasKeis mrougn ? tangle of outstretched arms. At the half, the U.S. tearr lead 1614 and on tin sidelines, Coach Salomor implored the club to stay ir the zone, slow the pace dowr and set some picks foi rowers, the big man of thi game thus far. With the first half of in ternational history over, ; new group of faces emergec from across the court. Nc longer were the P.E basketball stars in the game Now, the K.t. superstars, whi stood at least two inches talle per man, took their places a center court. Wallets 1 (f g?| ;essories |H hains H nks V UNA ITEM" I t for students ill It I I rv I - 110 I.U. u i items. j | laron J iltf f||C * m !!>?]! :> : [ < iniwiMuy i ^ I" M m wm r" <'.^l:' '. if-?JT:i/:j/^HL.^ Gamecock alitor Murk Platte f. luarmup. It would be his only poi The Shanxi University team 1 was making a comeback ? something their fans thought 1 they should have done long ago. Powers didn't matter 1 anymore. Instead, the U.S. - had to rely on team play, and ? that meant utilizing people 1 like USC's Associate Dean of 1 Health Roger Sargent, r Student Government - President John Boswell, environmental health i I HHMHBHHMHMGi r ! O t I "!? FREI ! i fc I CO ! ? Value I CD |s $12 i s with Pi ! m || of; jb Regulai I o r> I a; uress I I o Expires: I /? l r* i j tz ivj-o/i I 2 2000 Rlrtccnm . . - w m-'iv .'k'V I I j " I i Crosscreek M t JffiBP^'BI "K^p^PPSfflB ! wfs in basket during pre-game int total of the dan. A ) Professor Hank McKellar, students Scott Lawson and Maryann Hurst, Medical i school instructor Jeanette Cannon, even Saloman ! himself. J WITH ABOUT three i minutes left in the game, the Shanxi team had shown how awesome it could get. A tall, thin center pumped in shots from all points of the court, see page 7 183511*1 wmmmm ?;? r-! ETIE !] ft | 3 (V j ? up to s! ? ^ O I .50 ? ~S I jrchase g! ,ny ? i? r Priced q! /TV : Shirt ? | ^ 10/3/81 E | /Ion-Sat 3 j 256-053O|? | J ?n'sBerle izod | mm aa mmm M ?M MM MB