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? Soccer Team Double Album To Face Patriots Not Half Bad ? page 12 - page 7 GAMECOCK LXXI, No. 42 University of South Carolina Wednesday, October 28,1981 JfiwE By RALPH STICE AND BUDDY HORRES SUfl Writer* The fate of an intramural flag football player accused ^ of fracturing another player's jaw has not been decided, according to Eric Stein, director of intramural sports. Student Larry Tompkins was suspended from intramural sports after another student's jaw was fractured in an intramural football game. "Appropriate action will kt? f Virt iiniirAroitii UU UllVCU KJJ U1C UUIV^I OUJ . He is suspended indefinitely (from intramurals) until I hear from Frank (Aidaiolo, associate director of student life)," Stein said. Ardaiolo refused to comment on the progress of the case, saying only that he ??mo ^/vllAnrtMrt fKn ofn/lanf was lUllUWlllg Ulb OLUUl/Ill code of conduct in pursuing the case. According to that ~ code, the player could be ^ removed from the university if found guilty of intentionally injuring the other player. The incident occured Oct. 4 during a flag football game between AFRO and Moore Alumni. William Halladay, playing By JOHN VAUGIIAN A*?t. Entertainment Editor Final decisions were reached Monday to allow ABC Sports to televise the USC-N.C. State football game, causing the university to make new arrangements for Saturday's Homecoming activities. According to ABC's Donn Bernstein, the network and the university agreed Monday morning to change the game, scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, to 12:35 A p.m. ABC will televise the W' contest regionally, and the USC Athletic Department will receive about $211,000. Valarie Harris, chair troke for Moore Alumni, sustained a frapfuroH iau/ flftpr thp referee had blown the play dead, Stein said. JAY SPATEHOLTS, one of the game's referees, said, "As the play ended, I was marking the ball at the center of the field. I just saw a blur go by and saw the guy crumpled." Numerous scuffles and rough plays had marred the entire game. "It basically got out of hand from the beginning. The two teams went out there intending to play as if they were wearing pads. And that's what they tried to do." Spateholts said. Intramural Supervisor Gino Prozzi said, "Earlier there had been a couple of scraps between two players. There was no real fistfight, j_ i.t ~r ?? jitsi a tui ui puaiuiig. Head Official Lisa Jaeger said, "We broke up three fights during the game. All through the game there were cheap shots. It was ridiculous how flagrant it was." AFRO PLAYER Gerald > Malloy, said, "The game was a very emotional one ; from the first snap. There person of the USC Homecoming Commission, said yesterday the decision meant certain activities had to be re-scheduled on Saturday, most notably the Homecoming Parade. "I WAS excited when I heard the news," Harris said. "But then I thought: 'the parade."' Originally set for 2 p.m., the parade will now begin at 9 a.m. "I think Eddie (Greenleaf, the parade chairman) was thinking about ail the work he had done having to be changed. I realized we had to harness all out energy and excitement to make it work/' Harris said. She said the commission nlnln was bad blood between both teams, and both teams were taking their fair share of cheap shots." Moore Alumni player Tom Kennedy said "I feel that the referees let the game get a little out of hand." Kennedy said. According to Prozzi, both teams were warned about their rough play before the game, between halves and between the third and fourth quarters. One AFRO player u;n? pWtpd in thf> fnnrth quarter for abusive remarks directed at Jaegar. Prozzi eventually stopped the game with 32 seconds left. Jaeger said she didn't think that was soon enough. "I wanted to stop the game earlier, at the very beginning of the second half," she said. "I don't feel that the referees should be blamed for the game. The referees are just monitors; the players know the rules and should abide by them," she said. AFRO entered the game with a 2-1 record; Moore Alumni stood at 3-0. The f rinf inn was given iciiuiuvc nuutv< of the decision Sunday night from President James Holderman's office. Harris said that she and Whit Mollis, Homecoming program director, met with Holderman at 7:30 a.m. Monday to discuss the change. THE UNIVERSITY had learned of ABC's intentions Sunday night when Bernstein called Athletic Director Jim Carlen. Carlen then talked with President Holderman and notified Bernstein of USC's interest, according to Bernstein. Since ABC had not finalized plans to televise the Miami-Penn State iTramui Students participate in an intramura recently suffered a broken jaw in a gai 1 game was a crucial one for agains both teams, according to Stein ! Spateholts. "But you're not entire t I out there to kill anybody," he one pi t said. approp Intramural sports jaeg , authorities expressed dif- t0 me j ferent opinions concerning have b [ what action should be taken league game, Bernstein said that availa USC was hoping to get the said, < "second slot" in the net- and re * * - a ? u . wortc s leiecasi, wun numui kickoff time at 3:45. certaii However, Miami-Penn televis State will now be shown He nationally, and USC had to upset settle for the earlier slot. the bi According to Bernstein, seasor the network's decision to and ex try for the USC game was makes based strongly on the teresti Gamecocks' upset of North game Carolina Oct. 24. merit, "IT wao a very auuyic uay s i thing. When we knew we Han were g</ng regional for the little first slot, we tried to fill it neede< with the best we had missic available," he said. worth "The key word is every available ? what is appea ral Game MflMMNHMM?SSP!SS9fi39fi??5fi2522??^i22!l^^^lllli ; -" -- - > -P7 <: Ct?Wi?.M/.k..^i^n^..^.. " ' "v,w rrmwi* IL/UUH J football game next to the P.E. center. A student me officials said was unnecessarily rough. t the teams. learn, 'Hey if we don't go out said "To penalize the there and play football, we earn for the actions of don't get to play."' ayer would not be Stein said safer play can riate." be ensured by better train ing of coaches and officials, er said, "If it was up "The officials are doing a , both teams would fine job. This is just a thing een thrown out of the that's going to happen," said flint than utnnlH Cfoin vv nil uiav uivj ttwmav* uiviii. ble to us," Bernstein appear, and the parade explaining that rules route is unchanged, gulations specify the "I think it'll be more of a sr of times any personal inconvenience i team may be on rather than a university iion. inconvenience. Individual said the Gamecock plans may be hurt by this," victory was perhaps she said. She explained iggest upset of the that about 200 alumni may i in college football, not be at the parade since plained that this fact the alumni luncheon was ; USC a more in- changed to a brunch ng team now. "This beginning at 10 a.m., while got in on its own the parade is still in " he said of Satur- progress. contest. Bernstein said whether ris said although a or not ABC will tape all or tAv>lr ??iAA nn?*o/lii fnr Ili\S& C WVI BV WOO pnt i VI Miv paiauV' ivi d from the com- television viewing at m's end, "it was halftime is "strictly up to it/' She noted that the producer of the show," one scheduled to and that he doesn't know of r in the parade will these plaife.