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Thursday February 4, I"!?0- n GAMECOCK ?2P?3ES? Magazine In continued from page 1 Rumors said two players stayed at Parsons' house over the Christmas holiday. Tkf. I I ? X T * 1 T-? me Ufcenvnie i>KWS rcpuj ICU JTcirbUIlS having an affair with one (Buck) and making advances towards another (Sou hers), who wanted nothing to do with the situation. Soutners had apparently informed her mother of what was going on, and Ronni Keisler, Southers' mother, said she complained to the university about Parsons' actions. Keisler also said "(President James B.) Holderman told me on the phone that Pam admitted it (the affair) to (Ron) Dickerson (assistant director in charge of non-revenue sports)." Keisler also told SI of a visit Parsons made when recruiting Southers. And Keisler was not happy about it. "What would you say if Pam Parsons came into your home, all dressed up with pretty clothes and makeup and nice hairdo, and said, in a year from now, you won't even know your daughter?' You'd think, 'My little tomboy is finally going to learn how to be a lady. "Instead ..." Southers, a i?-l freshman nicknamed the "Great White Lea per" because of extraordinary jumping ability, told SI about another incident involving Parsons and a player. "I saw them kissing on more than one occasion," Southers told SI. "They were long kisses. It reallv snookpd mp AnH T heard them say they loved each other." According to Southers, Parsons had been linked to another player. Raines Op By SAMMY FRETWELL should be V2 s?aH writer according to , . . Johnny Hun If optimism is any in- there was ' dicator for the USC baseball Carolina coul team, the Gamecocks should as ja again field a strong team. ?<YVe set all V Baseball Dractice for USC ^or errors 1 began Jan." 18 with players sa1"going through the annual The pitchir grind of running and exer- as strong as cising to get in shape in better. The r< hopes of improving last Lubert, Joe 1 year's 46-15 record and Don Gordon fourth ranking in the nation. help, and if and Itoss "We re going to be young, successful co there is no doubt about that, injuries si but we have the talent to bp a ... ? Tien"""/;": season, competitor, USC Coach anotherpowe June Haines said. Freshman infielder Kevin Practice w Burke agreed, saying, "I "Cloud Nine think we will be suprisingly all-purpose fi good. We have potential to eight days, put it together." Haines it was "The bubb Haines pointed out that us ahead of several new players could cold weather determine how far Carolina except for ou will go this season. The addition of freshmpn Philin The main Wilson (brother of ex-USC indoors was star Mookie, now a member addition to e> of the New York Mets) and began buil Kent Anderson, as well as amount of junior college transfer Larry throw each Hernandez, will be counted fielders ar on heavily. worked on g The Gamecocks will have fundamental a different team this season, Neither however. Gone are such elaborate c sluggers as Jim Curl, Paul starting line Hollins, and Hob Lowery, so hitting woul< the 1982 edition will rely mining facto more on speed to make player starts things happen offensively. USC s firsl On defense, the team Baptist Colle idicts Parsons "I'd heard a lot of rumors about her a Parsnns nriH ehp tnlH mo fho rnmnrc urn all true." Parsons' attorney, Rep. Jean Toal, rul out phone calls to SI when it wanted contact her. Toal did mention t allegations. "This is all Karen Brown's hatchet jot Toal said. One former team member, according SI, was rumored to have been proposition by Parsons. The player now admits to bei Ipchinn She said that Parsons had indicated s was a lesbian in talks with the player. "We have to be careful," Parse alledgedly told the player. "If people kne they'd hang us for what we are." Parsons then told the player she was 4 love", with a particular woman, but had "break it up because it got to the po where the other woman was picking out h clothes for her." The player said Parse invited her to a gay bar in Atlanta, a c Parsons frequently visits. But the pla> declined and said Parsons never made a sexual advance toward her. The magazine also mentioned volvement of Parsons with drugs. Brov Mason and former player Frani Washing! told SI Parsons appeared to be "stoned" marijuana during a road trip last year. Evelyn Johnson was on that road trip a agreed Parsons appeared under the fluence. Johnson also said she was given monej buy drugs by administrative assistant Lir Singer, who quit/was fired. timisticAb istly improved, Assistant. Coach ..*! a ton. He stated 'no way" that B TH>^^weakTri st year's squad. inds of records HgLfl ' ast year," he H - . ^ % , lg staff will be BR|Bg^999M6ra Kucharski, and ; will detinitely H ' * .. Mark Calvert - gg -v :M Bledsoe make I me-backs from I " istained last >C could be I |j| rhouse. as conducted in ield, for the first . ^.+. pmnhncie uihilo time they can |j(gi|g& 4K8fl?l ^day, while in- ?Bpp r on wnemer a ornot* Baseball team m< : game will be at Charleston. Coacl ge Feb. 27. the help of several i ' v * ed Wj to ed ^ \ ng r~ he / y >nS kAl v^- w? in ier >ns nfl^ rer in- ** ?ff^BSi& iBS yn> Former Lady Gamec ton J on "She wanted me to buy speed, pills. 1^ pot. ind "She gave me $15 or $20 each time . . E in- I iust keDt the monev I felt fnnnv aht %0 A " ?/ ' " "" J that. I asked her if there was anything s r to wanted me to do for her . . . ida "I knew Linda could have gotten the dri >outPotenti embers warm up for the spring seasc i June Haines expects his young Garni I freshman starters whom Raines feels f* JHHk vpp"^ Wi^Mi fgf v *?W Mr jjftflttML **M? * sha ! ock mentor, Pam Parsons Jot herself. It's not that hard on a college campus," Johnson related. "When she lut approached me, I thought, 'Now how stupid nit does this look? I'm sure you know just as he many people as I know.' I felt like Linda and Pam were trying to set me up. It just wouldn't have looked good? Magic Johnigs son's sister caught for buying drugs." al Of Team 1 b^. " i M2i m * <&r im** y ** "^H '' ggft WSEr^ y?Ja?M?liHMMB^WWUitBt rf*~<^ V o# ^M ML. ra?*. '11^ ^IPT" Wi?MHIMHmP" !< ? Staff Photo By I.AUKA WILUND f >n which opens Feb. 27 at Baptist in PmckK (fk ho a fnn/<l? i!i * "*" ti V Wllipi-llKM Willi will help carry the team.