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Wednesday March 31, GAMECOCK ^ "s^M^dH _-~J " \ 7- "'' ? ^ ,r - I_l* j"1 ' V^HHM^^9|^Bgjfc^j^:;r::x&2vR^R^-:::^?^K :'v ]K : & 2-' >>$& :-We OffBI^ 1 <u ., use Head Football Coa Monday afternoon behind --' ..*..*** piayers uui ui me near iuu l DSC Beginj The sound heard from coe behind the Roundhouse 10G Monday afternoon wasn't pla ,the crack of bats as one ? might expect at this time of the year. It was the sound of ?ar football helmets crashing whe together as the University of thai South Carolina football team ? opened spring practice with a new coach. P. Richard Bell, named in ? January to succeed Jim , Carlen, began his first . ' "official" duty as head e * Raines 'Flea BY BUDDY HORRES Asst. Sports Editor As the mid-point of the basebal approaches for the 20-5 USC Gamec remainder appears promising des team's youth and inexperience. "Considering the tough schedule to play and the young guys on the te; very pleased," Head Coat Raines commented on his squad. . However he was quick to point o toughest part of our season is com "We like to play good teams,' said. And the 20th-ranked Gamecc have the chance to play s6me vc teams in the last half of the se< eluding fifth-ranked Clemson, si: university 01 Miami (who deteate* four straight games in Miami), a Citadel squad and Mercer. Raines seems to be satisfied performance of the freshmen who I to fill the eight vacancies op< graduation. "Our guys have respon "Sometimes they go into slumps < know how to handle it," he said n> tendencies of freshmen. "Back school they only had two or three week. Here they might play fiv games in a week." *1 f 1 - 1 : /Mining nit; ire^iuutrii sihjwj provement above Haines' expectai left fielder Phillip Wilson,, shortsi Staff Photo by CAPERS 11/ ch Richard Bell directs football pra< the Roundhouse. Bell will try to fin trying out. 5 Spring Practice ich by looking over nearly players to make i i prospective football Gamecock footbal y_ers- Enthusiasm waj Our goal is to find the and on the field i t 44 players," Bell said, crowd lined along id to be a better team anxiously watchin ;n we come off the field his assistants put n when we came on it." through a grueling ell said the first day of workout. ctice went well, although Drills included -e was "a lot to work on." plays, defensive I said one of the purposes drills punting i spring practice was to receivers practi< ) find the right blend of terns and blocking A*. M! J lacu /il iTIlU-r 0 Anderson, and first baseman Greg A rapidly expanding injury -j plagued the USC head coach lat< season Korinek, who was replacing an ?c..s' t-e jured Gamecock Hobby Vollmer s 'P1 e e broken jaw in Saturday's game aga . State when he collided with Wils we have chasingaflyba? am, I am others on the casualty list inch June baseman John Sullivan, with an . thumb, and catcher Neil Fox wh . ' ? leave Sunday's game with Pfeiffei \r\0 un " J a after sustaining a jammed thumb. Karnes Although Haines classified t \nlrc u/| I I , "nagging injuries" except for Kori iry good saj(j ??^e injuries could tell the diff ason, in- In pitching department rig! 5 u?r ^on Gordon leads all Gamecocks r uirJ presenting a 5-0 record, sided b very o earne(j run average. Righthan ... .. 4 Kucharski and lefthander Denni: W1 , are both 4-1 and Mark Calvert is 3 lave aa pitcher Jeb Babel holds a 2-0 mark ;.n?d l'y save. and dor 't Hitting .370 Larry Hernandez is Gamecock off<?nsivf? nftwpr Hnri/i follows swinging .362. Also batting a !n .300 mark are Jeff Swindell .338, Ch games a 329 yollmer .312, andMorhardtu e or six {.'ox is batting .415 in only 41 at bats. . ' The Gamecocks play an in ing 1 - Furman squad today at 3 p.m. in Gr The starting pitcher will be either C ^ 1VC"1 Lubert. ^ North C NEW ORLEANS? As the adag< <<rr* ?? ?? ?? * j Turnovers win kui you/' in ueorgi ApJjM case, one turnover cost them a sho f/; ; ^ national championship. MMmmm Trailing by one with 10 secom Georgetown's Fred Brown threw a p was intercepted by North Carolina's PPPH Worthy, insuring a 63-62 victory for ' lEF J Heels and their first NCAA title und< Coach Dean Smith. 'y? North Carolina began a stall wi minutes remaining in the game, Hoyas Eric "Sleepy" Floyd sank a 1 . with 57 seconds to go to the contest, I / > Georgetown up, 62 61. I The Tar Heels called time out v remaining and then worked the ball 4 | getting it to freshman Michael Jord; |g a hit an 18-foot jumper with 15 second W m put UNC back on ton 63-62, the ninth fl in lead of the half, fl Georgetown's John Thompson deci ^ to call time out and give UNC a to set up a defense, and Brown thei the basketball to most valuable Worthy. J* In SMU Invitational 1 IP Lady Game( ctice BY JULIE JAMESON No. 2 id 44 Staff Writer OXHl 4-6,6 The Lady Gamecock 6-1. tennis team finished third in play< the recent SMU tennis Ag tournament held in Dallas, worn ip a tough Texas. The ladies were 2. Ot victorious against North 4-6,6 ! ??* East Louisiana with the Jol > in the air score of 6-0. Another victory and i was against SMU with the Caro ' r if' h score? Because of La g Bell and ^e bad weather no doubles victc were played. cam< ^ nisi uay The only loss came to at th Florida who is now ranked stein running No. 5 defe* coverage Laura Bernstein won her 6-3, 1 exercises, match against North East 6- Chaf :ing pat- 4, 6-1. Susan Smith won 6-1, 6- Oxri< drills. 1. Dawn Otto HpfpatpH hor ? v-V?^C4WV4 ?1V> VU( der Joe v^-- 'i?-*' i Lubert mi ^:-*A I I {, I 1) ( \ /.-, k with one atop the ..^ ey Heise .* v ibove the ?T ris Boyle ^ ' ^ ! /ith .310. Greg Morhardt scores ai iproving ches. The Gamecocks, 20-5 eenville. Greenville this afternoon i alvert or , squad. arolina No. 1 ; goes: Worthy raced down the court and was etown's intentionally fouled by Eric Smith with only t at the two seconds to go in the game. Worthy missed both foul shots, but the outcome of is left, the game had already been determined. ass that Georgetown led early in the game, 12-6, i James and UNC's first eight points came from the Tar goaltending calls. ; 3r Head The Tar Heels came back and Chris Brurst's free throw with 4:04 to go in the th four first half gave UNC a 25-24 lead. but the Georgetown, however, took a 32-31 0-footer halftimp lpaH putting Pat Ewing led the Hoyas, 30-7, with 23 points (10 of those coming in the first half) vith : 34 and 11 rebounds. around, Smith added 14 points, while Floyd poured an, who in 18. s left to Foi North Carolina, Worthy blistered the change nets with a 28-point performance, while teammates Sam Perkins chipped in 10 and ided not Jordan tossed in 16. chance The win was the first for UNC since 1957 i tossed when Frank McGuire led the Tar Heels to a player 54-53 three-overtime win over Kansas. North Carolina improved to 32-2. rournament :ocks Finish Third t opponent 6-3, 6-2. Ellen pleased with the girls Der eder was victorious 6-4, formance. He said, "The i-1. Amy Kneale won 6-2, girls played pretty well, but Carol Renz, the No. 3 perhaps they played a little sr won 6-3,6-3. overconfident." ainst SMU, Bernstein "We played a good team in 6-0, 6-4. Smith won 6-2, 6- Florida. They had a great to was victorious at 6-4, team with lots of ex-3. perience." inna Chafin won 6-3, 6-2 Florida, ranked fifth, had \my Kneale won 7-6, 6-4. to play for the No. 1 in the 1 Renz won 6-2,6-0. tournament Trinity College Hv n O m nnnnlm f ^ ?1? ' 1 ? -? uuiuwutnij wiii^' ui icxhjs, wno is rankgq ino. >ry against Florida 4. 5 fromfreshman Kneale The Lady Gamecocks e No. 6 position. Bern- faced Harvard Tuesday lost 4-6, 3-6. Smith was afternoon. Their next game ited in tough match 4-6, is against Georgia in Athens -6, and Otto at 4-6, 4-6. Sunday. The ladies come in lost 3-6, 3-6 and back home Tuesday for a 2 ?der lost 0-6,4-6. p.m. match against North ach Jeff Kefalos was Carolina. BbHW^t^ v^^fcitMaSB^BjW^^H^^BBBwBBBKfcc ' Staff I'hoto hy CIIKIS BROWN gainst Ohio State as Jeff Swindell watand rankprl in **r??.~i >v**i mum kliv liai/IVII, UdVCI IU to face a struggling Furinan Paladins