Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.sports "It's a very poor s Clemsoi By Sammy Fretwell ^ CLEMSON ? Through red eyes, Clemson Baseball Coach Bill Wilhelm looked at the row of lockers in the coaches dressing room at Jervey Athletic Center. The Tigers had just lost their second game in 24 hours and his demeanor was far from effervescent. Following a 10-1 loss to North Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship game, Clemson was beaten Tuesday by USC 8-3* Wilhelm studied the floor as he thought w about having to travel to Columbia for two more games this weekend with the Gamecocks. "I DREAD GOING down there," the veteran coach said. "The place is just a.cir cus. I wish my wife and the girlfriends of our players and coaches wouldn't go, because it's not family entertainment. "The fans are vicious. They get right behind our dugout and harass the hell out of ^ our players, and that intimidates and scares them. It's just a very poor situation. "Thecp \unrlH fomrviic TViir/1 Iloon * IIVOV VU1IVU "VI IM Jl UII1UUJ JL 1111 U Hecklers come out there with no shirts on Softball team to pi in Indiana tournami From Staff Reports USC's softball team begins competition in th * vitational Tournament today. The sixth-rated Lady Gamecocks, 24-7, will \ consisting of Wayne State, Indiana State, Illin Mil-Dor ? a Canadian club team. The second pool will consist of host Indie Western Michigan, Central Michigan and Sou The tournament concludes tomorrow. INDIANA AND Western Michigan are rank nation's top 15 teams. "We really need to win the Indiana Invitatic chance of being host of our regional tournament ?- r^Aiin Dalmpr CQiH lam Vyuaui 1-/V/U5 *. uiiitvi juim? "It will be a strong tournament. The toughei should come from Illinois State in our pool, and and Western Michigan in the other one." Junior outfielder Lindi James leads Carolina i a .385 average, followed by junior shortstop (.301) and sophomore pitcher/third baseman (.293). FRESHMAN PITCHER Darlene Lowery has while sophomore Cindy Long is 6-4. The tournament marks the end of the Lad; ^ regular season. Should Carolina win the region; squad would advance to the National Colle Association playoffs in Omaha, Neb., May 12 jf 1 11.U.; w 111 I.I I I.I 111.11 ?.|.M MI? I'' I'!' MM.' 111.y.i H11 II.I.II.H 1.1 11 in 1.11111 im m t** n?| 13I IIII1#VWI%9 down 49ers # From Staff Report* CHARLOTTE, N,C* ? Senior Art hits, fijclw^ngiwa home | rufisi.. jtsfiKl. - ba?i^>a-Ul to ? come^fromfbehujd IM yii&ory over UNO I Charlotte y^r<J*y*V:!? i& / . | trails m Mm? But right-handed pitcherBoTayior cmt m to relieve:Wn*t Mark Calvert and held the 4$ter$ until the IOth inning, if Baylor,'Mv aliowed one- hit. until -the a l&h Inning, which he M off with a walk/ Snmter'$ Robby Coker came in to get the final three out# for the Gamecocks. iSafcjr hit a $olo homer in the fifth inni in% and singled, Ahead of Phillip Wilson's /seventh-inning homer. Carolina tied the game in the eighth In fling on John Sullivan's sacrifice fly. Sullivan, who extended hi* hitting streak to 16 games, drove in what proved to be the winning run on another sacrifice a fly in the 10th inning. Finley added a two-run homer in the 10th. The Gamecocks play host to Clemaon tomorrow and Sunday, ituation' ii iiuauii in 'I dread going down there ( place is just a circus.... Th vicious. They get right I dugout and harass the hell nlswore ' piuyui o. .. . ? Clemson Head Ba; and sheets around them and headbands on, and they come just to harass us, not to direct cheers for South Carolina," he said. "They do a fantastic job, and I expect them to be there doing much the same thing as last year, making really bad remarks and using four-letter words. I just don't think we need that." NOT ONLY does Wilhelm dread the Hecklers, but there are other factors, stemming from years past, that contribute to his lack of fondness for playing in Columbia on tomorrow and Sunday. "I personally don't think that that mascot (Cocky) should be allowed to be up there at the plate with our batters, or umpiring when a 17-2 record, Meeting new f y Gamecocks ais, Lou Piei's The Greater Columbia C giate Athletic Coliseum as part of Can -14. 1 Coaches vol By Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. ? Next year's Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament most likely will be played in Durham if six of the league's eight athletic directors follow the advice of their baseball coaches. Approval of the move appears to be a formality since the coaches voted 6-1-1 in favor of the move from University of North Carolina's Roshamer Stadium to Durham Athletic Park. The athletic directors will meet in Myrtle Beach May 12-18. "I think it's going to Durham," said Jim West, chairman of the ACC baseball committee and associate athletic director at Virginia. "BUT THAT'S just my personal feeling, that may not be the athletic directors' opinion. "A lot of it might depend on how strongly each coach takes his recommendation to the athletic director." The vote to move was made via telephone hookup April 20 from Charlottesville, Va. West said the decisiveness would probably weigh heavily in the decision to move. Miles Wolff, president of the Durham Bulls, the Carolina leaeue team that occunies the park, made a proposal to the league's coaches in January to be host of the tournament. uca |viayii ie fans are one of our pitchers is warming up," he said. "I don't think he should bring a fire ex unguisner over ana squiri our ians HKe ne aia last year." The Tiger coach noted that Clemson has had problems with its fans' raucous behavior in other sports, but that a comparison with baseball is not the same thing. "I don't condone certain things that have gone on at football games here in the past, including raising the noise level so that the other team can't hear the signals, but comparing what goes on down there at a Carolina-Clemson baseball game to what goes on at a Clemson football game is like comparing apples and oranges." N 4 H K i:aVs S;:i' j|i,ib'^ri;.^B.' / ~.IB ;r ^jMpEHBEBfiSiflfllM Wtm;: ^raBBBHHW ~liU uiip lhamber of Commerce sponsored a "Meet olina Appreciation Day Wednesday. te to move ti 'I think it's going to Durham. But that's just my personal feeling; that may not be the athletic director's opinion.' ? ACC Baseba Committee Chairma Jim We? "HE OFFERED a pretty attractiv package, so my gut feeling is that the athlet directors will approve it and we'll be playir in Durham next season," West said. "The coaches just felt Carolina had tc much of an advantage playing at home. had nothing to do with how the tournamei was run." North Carolina Coach Mike Roberts ca the lone dissenting vote. Georgia Tech Coa( Jim Morris asked that the tournament I moved to Atlanta, but coaches opposed tl move for financial reasons. The Tar Heels won the tournament with 101 victory over Clemson. Four ot the tou naments have been held in Chapel Hill, i eluding the past three in a row. Nor Carolina has won two tournament titles. ng at USC AS IRRITATED as Wilhelm has gotten at off-the-field activities, he said he has noticed one problem that will probably affect Clemson directly. "Here, the umpires call a fair game; they're square. They know that my theory is that if a pitch is a strike for one team, it's a strike for another. "If it's a strike in the first inning, it's a strike in the ninth. But I've noticed a large difference in Columbia." Because of Wilhelm's problems at Sarge Frye Field, mainly with the fans, there is a good chance that this could be the last USCClemson matchup in Columbia for a long time. "I'M NOT SO sure how much they (USC's Athletic Department) want to do about it, Wilhelm said, "because it (the fan reaction) is a tremendous advantage for 'hem. , "The series has definitely become onesided. We've lost seven in a row and 10 of the last 12. It's not because we're afraid to play or because I'm a horse's ass, but we are con> sidering dropping the series because of those fans behind our dugout." ^ * nil i >* &&&$- ^dnyMHH^F ^BH^BBB^BI'wHHW fc> scwBH ) by Mary Ann Hollis the USC Athletes" session at Carolina ournament ROSHAMER STADIUM is the only ACC facility with lights, although several other sehnnls have talked of installing liehts at their parks. Duke Coach Tom D'Armi and Clemson's Bill Wilhelm spearheaded the push to move the tournament. That push might have come to a head this past Friday, when the Tar Heels took a 6-5 victory with a ninth-inning III rally. p At one point, the game was stopped when Wilhelm asked security guards to remove a >t fan from the stadium. Wilhelm claimed the fan had directed abusive language toward him and the Tiger third base coach. w "We're tired of being good sports about this thing," Wilhelm said. "It's wearing on lg me and some of the other coaches." 10 It ROBERTS WAS on a recruiting trip and [it was unavailable for comment. Objections to moving the tournament stem st from parking problems, locker room and ;h press facilities, as well as the condition of the ?e playing field. ie Wolff said he could have the field in excellent playing condition and provide adeh nuate facilities as the tournament's host. ir- "It's only a one-year deal to start with, but n- I think it could be an annual event in th Durham," Wolff said. "A traditional thing to go out to the ACC tournament."