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New intramur; Du I.M ftpy vvii iiaiiivii USC's intramural football season began Monday night with a schedule of eight games and a new set of rules. University Inn beat the Douglas Avengers 9 ? 6, Bates House edged Wade Hampton . Hotel 2 ? 0, Too Cool defeated Columbia Hall II 26 ? 12, Columbia Hall I topped the Eliminators 7 ? 6 and the Attackers shut out ?'iif Intramural football The first games started Monday with new rule changi Brazilian tennis By David Godshalk After transferring from Tyler Junior Colin Tfvnc RirnrHn Arir?lv hn? unable to assume the number one position on the USC tennis team because of a knee injury. Prior to enrolling at USC, Acioly was a two-timer Junior College All-American. He and his partner won the National Junior College Doubles title two years in a row, and he reached the finals of the Orange Bowl junior tennis tournament, which he said is "considered one of the biggest junior tournaments in the world." nftioorln?iflAirc? mis UIICCI ICCBUCR O VVI By ReecB O'Dell The Gamecock cheerleading squad is putting as the football team into getting ready for tl game. Although cheerleading is rarely mentioned in about collegiate sports, Coach David Irvin's ni woman team faces a practice and performance lasts longer than any other sports. The total cheerleader is not practicing or performing dur year is about two weeks. I This year's squad started practicing in the April, learning a series of cheers, stunts and l song. The next week they had to perform what t ed for a group of professional judges from Cheerleading Association. THE TEAM that was chosen from these tr seniors Elliot Locklair, Gerald Malloy, Debb Jacqui Lenti, Jenna Owens, Susan Agardy, R and Mack Hirshberg. Juniors selected were Andy Baciocco, Susi< Herzer and Jeff Harris. Five Sophomores also made the team: Joe Hamilton, Anna Graham Reynolds, Lisa N( ! Robin King. Due to spring tryouts and the daily practices exams, frehsmen could not try out for the 1 However, junior varsity tryouts are being held accomodate these people. AFTER RETURNING to campus at the August for a week of practice, the squad headec instense training at the Universal Cheerleadin College Spirit Camp at Virginia Tech University third straight year the Gamecock cheerleaders award that is chosen by the other teams, not "Collegiate Cup." The cup is presented to the unit that best exen college cheerleading squad should look and act the third straight year, Cocky brought hon Outstanding Mascot" award. Since their return, the team has been on a prj of five days a week for at least two hours a day. will continued until the start of basketball seas tices wil be cut back to three a week. : Sp< )l football ru he Horseshoe Rangers 14 ? 0. in the season jpeners/' Maxcy I,405$*Doobies and Yee Gaads all von by forfeit Monday. MANY OF the games were marred by penalties, as players and referees sought to ramiliarize themselves with this year's rule changes. Photo by Brytnl Smith s and many players were displeased with the rules. player tries toi Acioly said he decided to come to USC because he liked the campus and saw playing for USC as a logical step in his development as a player. He said he has found USC's 3-hour-a-day practices as a way to tune-up his serve and volley game, which is complemented by hard-hitting. He said he believes it is also improving his weakness. "My weakness is my mind. I can improve it through experience." Last year these practice sesssions had begun to pay off when Acioly reached the finals of the Southern Inter-Collegiate Tour11 Collegiate Cu| At these practices the teari , . routines, and they concentr as much time ,:f. . . , e USC-Duke hftS and PyramldsIRVIN TAKES every prec the cheerleaders. Pyramids j :onversauons people ana eacn new lormati le man, eight tions ten to 15 times before schedule that and practiced as a whole, time varsity The showcases for all the* ng the school Brice Stadium and Frank I starts the squads job is to tu first week of the team, Irvin said, ne USC fight On winning days the job i: ley had learn- of motivating is difficuli the Universal cheerleaders always have to I ter how bad it looks. outs includes Xjjmlhlfe e McKinney, )bert Telford |h e the "Most r? mJ ctice schedule This schedule USC thoflrlfiadfirs >n when prac- Cheerleaders warm-up before Association College Spirit Cai ~>rtS les meet with i A />AArr1ina#/\r f/\r ?n#rntMiira] r\aaiaiaiu vvuiuniaiv/i IVI mil aiuui ai sports Kathy Bunn said most of the major rule changes were designed to cut down on the number of injuries. "We had 43 major injuries last year that had to be taken to a hospital," Bunn said. Most of these involved stitches and broken bones, she said. One of the most important rule changes involves the number of players allowed on the field, Bunn said. That number has been reduced from 11 to eight players per team. "The rules take away from the game. There were way too many penalties." | - Columbia Hall's Pate Wilson "They've taken football out of the sport." ? Columbia Hall's Bran dan Daharfy THE LENGTH of each football game has also been reduced, Bunn said. Each game will be limited to 55 total minutes, with the first half consisting of 30 plays. Last year, games were 90 minutes long. ' number one se nament in November. The tournament in Milwaukee in January of this past year, Acioly tore ligaments in his knee. The injury sidelined him for the spring season. Acioly said he has recovered from his in jury but is still tentative about straining his knee. He is playing doubles but is going to rest for at least a month before returning to singles. Acioly said his injury has not affected his determination and self-confidence. "It has not affected my mental game," he said. "My biggest goal is to shoot for the NCAA singles title," Acioly said. m fnr1 4kiwrl |j iui umu diiaiy ri works to polish their cheers and IRVIN'S M, ate on perfecting their acrobatic mote a campus this goal and relations. :aution to assure the safety of all All this har< ire not limited to a height of 2Vi say he really b on is built in separate smaller sec- team spends n the sections are brought together the team mem Irvin gives i ?e hours of practice are Williams- athletic depar Vlaguire Arena. When the game Marcum. Irvi rn the fans into the extra man r?n *a ti r\ Innn Vir?i ? v.. uuu tV/115 IIV/ * cheerleading 1 s easy, but 011 losing days the task Marcum's $ t. Even so, Irvin claims the Irvin attemptt ?e the last ones to give up, no mat- their efforts w the members' the Miami game at Williams Brice Stadium. The team went mp. disaooroval ? r i Another rule change affects blocking on the offensive line. "Blockers hands must be cupped against their chest, with their forearms touching their body," Bunn said. "Also, defensive . players may not leave their feet in any way to attempt to remove a flag." Although many intramural players said they understood the purpose behind the rule changes, reaction against the changes was strong. "THE RULES take away from the game," Pete Wilson of Columbia Hall said. "There were way too many penalties." His teammate Bruce Dingier agreed. "It takes away from the whole concept of offense, especially the blocking rules," he said. Tom White of Too Cool complained that "the rules are too vague on illegal use of the hands, and the refs don't explain them." Bill Cotti of Columbia Hall II said "the rules are good, if teams would go by them. The refereeing could have been tighter, they let it get too loose. I would recommend a fourth referee on the field." MOST OF the players' reactions could be summed up by the comment of Columbia Hall's Brendan Doherty, who said, "They've taken football out of the sport." ied at Carolina { > ,\ <<f^H >V<-'" iff ; 1 jr ^j8 P^!S ppr mm JflaflL ^kPPSMk '~j/r Rscardo Acioly Carolina tennis player ht vear M A.IN goal other than fan motivation is to prowide interest in cheerleading. The squad shares they do all they can in the way of public d work and togetherness has prompted Irvin to elieves this is one of the closest squads ever. The nuch of its spare time as a group, and many of ibers room, eat and study together. much of the credit for the team's success to the tment, and in particular, athletic director Bob n says that Marcum recognizes the hard work irs the team puts in and he is "behind the irogram J00 percent." ;upport is seen through the scholarships he and :d to get for each varsity member. The result of as a partial scholarship that increases in value as m Vv" Photo by Captrt Hammond to Virginia Tech to attend The Universal Cheerleading