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-sports Capital City Ba Colun By Tim Gochnaur 4 The Columbia Mets, a Clasi New York Mets, will start pla} Ball Park in April, accordi Blackwell. "We're looking at April 8 f< said. "First home game shoulc Last summer, the Mets wen club was sold in 1981. 'HERB WISHENGRAD B< Columbia," Blackwell said. Columbia to take a look at C couldn't be renovated in time, with the Shelby people, then m Blackwell said they began a July, with Evans Construction The Mets have a 15-year le City Park, according to Bla rooms or restrooms when th< concessions were in "terrible i Blackwell said work is now c? ?, : i i ? x uums iui unipu cs ctiiu nuiuc rest rooms that meet health co There will be a club house, training room for the home tef "THEY'RE ALSO DOING areas and concessions," Blac for 3,000 by next season.'' The Columbia Mets will pla League, a 10-team circuit. A training camp system pi; Lynchburg, Va.,and Columbi team is in Jackson, Miss., and Fla. The rookie league team Little Falls, N.Y. "Scouts will determine wh< said. "The average age of our BLACKWELL SAID he do team will take away the Mets "That's not a major conce month will overlap with Cai touch with (USC Head Baseb to set up an exhibition game. Late rally From Staff Reports If basketball games were c instead of 40, Clemson's worn team would have easily deft Gamecocks Wednesday ni McGuire Arena. Midway through the secorn Tigers had just run off 10 sti ij, take a 49-39 lead. A Debbie C throw with 9:56 to play ga' biggest lead of the evening Clemson appeared to ] momentum necessary to c, B?f^^ | pfcp#* i la. . ^Sftjfy ' ^HhK' @K /^' ?r / ns (JSC's Becky Parker (L) anc Gilmore battle for a rebound player Wednesday. II Park renovatio nbia Me f | 5 A farm baseball team of the 1 r of fWo rcnmrotoH fanitnl Pitu i r J : ng to General Manager Bill sr our first game," Blackwell 1 be April 14 or 15." ; based in Shelby, N.C., but the )UGHT it wanting to come to "We came down here to apital City Park, and knew it So we signed a one-year lease oved here." tccepting bids for renovation in i receiving the contract. ase with Columbia for Capital ckwell. There were no locker ey acquired the lease, and the shape," he added. 90 percent complete on locker and visiting teams, as well as des. manager's office, laundry and im. work on the dugouts, ticket kwell added. "We'll have seats iy in the Class A South Atlantic aces young players on a team. a, have Class A teams. The A A I the AAA team is in Tidewater, s are in Kingsport, Tenn., and ire a kid will start," Blackwell players is 20 or 21." es not believe USC's baseball ' fansupport. rn," Blackwell said. "The first rolina baseball. We've been in all) Coach (June) Raines to try hnnoto I or UUUOIO LOl win against Ca JO minutes long inatchups. en's basketball 4 "e. 0 aated the Lady momentum is t ght at Frank It did. FOR THE i half, the Lady minutes, the raight points to clinic, scoring >raczewski free capture a 73-58 ve Clemson its "I wish I dii * ?t F?9-4i anrf last 1ft minute; have all the court press, ou apture its first Clemson Heai ITribble. "All of a sue the basketball said. Tribble agoi panic, makii shooting terril centage) and t second half a lead. The 18-poin senior forwa totalled nine K scoring spree McAlister, th ** MMH some reason> ^|H Coach Terry rebounding, b blocking out. filSt half; l,ut *~"rw The Gamec for the game 'from the floor Besides M senior forwai ^ and freshman points) werei Photo by Andy lavelky {JSC'S next I Sharon Carolina Stal with a Clemson 5:45p.m. at tl ins almost compl ts to St % fc' I IM ,, -v.. >"* B I:- ^ |ajPw(P m^agS^ |y'^r^v^^^l|S^| Capital City Park's home field r manager Bill Blackwell. "But the bulk of our season is . Carolina is quiet. We're over on L "We also want to see the forme Columbia Mets," Blackwell sai that will support the team and r Jy Gamecoi rolina in the two teams' past me thing certain about hat it will change. NEXT four-and-one-half Lady Gamecocks put on a ; 18 consecutive points to victory. dn't have to account for the > (when USC, aided by a fullitscored Clemson 32-6)," said d Basketball Coach Annie Iden, we decided that was all we were going to play," she lized as her team began to lg defensive lapses and 3ly from the field (.314 perhe free throw line (.363) in the fter building up its 11-point t scoring spurt was led by ra uveiyn Jonnson, who of her 12 points during the Sophomore guard Marsi le game's leading scorer, x of her 24 points during the i to get behind Clemson for " USC women's Basketball Kelly said. "The kids fought made some changes in the The biggest difference was ecause we did a lousy job of I think going to the full court s." as outrebounded 19-18 in the collected 30 rebounds in the compared to 21 for the Lady :ourt press in the second half 10 Clemson turnovers in the ocks shot .389 from the floor , while Clemson hit only .376 for the contest. cAlister and Johnson, only rd Becky Parker (21 points) i forward Michelle Thomas (10 n double figures in scoring. game will be against the North te Lady Wolfpack Saturday at be Carolina Coliseiyn., . wmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmm lete art pla W0M mmim WSB - ? - "'y'i 5 s ;$??& .svr '>., ' v5 '' - ?'- - y ?""" 8 , ,j m" ; ;; enovation for the Columbia N June, July and August when ^abor Day before football. ition of a booster club for the d. "It'll be an organization n&nagement, mteet the team if % ../:;;.. ^ ?%-%^.ywv-^yr USC senior guard Sharon Clemson Wednesday night i defend. ly in Apr ' s , ,/ / ' s'^ \ . '??* N<p > \"" / . '. -: ' ' ' . ' **' ; ' ' "'. . <' . hmbsssp lets, is 90 percent complete, according at the airport, organize picnic lun home, m<3et the players and get t that." For more information, write t< Baseball Inc., P.O. Box 7845, Colum 4110. Clemson 73 ! . \ V:- . : Mr --: ^H?l -'_/ ------ ^Kfc.-yy jfo. ! Sjft S Ed jBjgBBSL IP* haIHb ~-/~-1 / .. VB .- HB^^H9B9S9<v.. Rivers leaps to pass for one of her eig is Clemson's Peggy Caple (31) and Mel I il | ! Photo by Andy Laveltey to general N | ches, make them feel at |? o know them, things like 3 Columbia Professional bia, S.C. 29202, or call 25658 1 IJH ^ - : j i I aajy"->;> JWBBHB^..ttj^Ss^Sl HW &&&228 ? i * I V . %% '"%:. Photo by Chip Lowell |ht assists against inda Hail (20)