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Napoleon McCallum lea Navy brings r ss&p1 ms Mtmtam - ^*** JBJS i^tejWps | ISBLMMr ;;v%vv^F. Napoleon McCaM^ One of the nation's leading all-purpose rushers with more than 2,( total offense this season, McCallum was the leading rusher for six \ Pnonh pquc ininrmc uuuun ouyo iiijuiico By Haywood Taylor Thursday's contest with Appalachian State marked the end of a disappointing season for . USC's soccer team according to head coach M Mark Berson. ifl The Gamecocks, who started off the year 'jiM with three wins in their first four matches, ;||y| were slowed by injuries and plagued by inexperience, said Berson. "It was a difficult season for us: one, v \ because we had so many new players who Y were inexperienced, and two, because we had , so many injuries," Berson said earlier this week. The Gamecocks lost Dan Goggins and t Tom Norton for the entire season, while I Glenn Wi't and Jim Sonofeld both suffered injuries later in the year and were unable to wWnt D0rSoi return. Midfielder Tony McCall missed the USC head so first four games with a groin pull. " I here are a lot of guys on this team who "Almost al have played hurt this year," Berson said. some sort of Columbia Mets n From Staff and Wire Reports The manager of the Columbia Mets baseball club and his father have been indicted on charges of lying to a federal grand jury about an alleged $75,000 to bribe a Florida state prosecutor to fix a drug case. lnhn Tamaron niQtiQOAr /-*f tliic nocf coacnn'c V v?a?a MIIIU1 ^v/| M , limuu^vi V/i UUO J/WO V OVUJWII ?J UV/Ulll Atlantic League Southern Division champions and his 60-year old father, Armando, are accused of perjuring themselves in connection with an attempt to bribe Hillsborough State Attorney E.J. Salcines. In Columbia, Mets general manager Bill Biackwell called the incident unfortunate. Tamargo was recently reassigned to manage the class A team next season. "OF COURSE, there's no good involved in this," Biackwell told the Gamecock yesterday. "He wasn't involved in buying or selling drugs, the incident happened two years ago. It's just very bad timing." SportS ds unnmg attack to By Paul Looney mm f Napoleon will march with his troops into Williamswj&SM Brice Stadium tomorrow as USC's football team enters its home stretch for the season. JTJM Navy's tailback, Napoleon McCallum, is one of the nation's top-ranked all-purpose runners with 2,007 jwL mm yards? combining rushing, pass receiving, and punt tand kickoff returns, according to the National Collegiate Athletic Association. At 6-2, 206 pounds, he is "a larger version" of Notre Dame's Alan Pinckett (who gained more than 100 yards against USC earlier this season), said USC coach Joe Morrison. NAVY, 2-7, has played a tough schedule similar to USC, Morrison said. The team has played most of its games away, causing Navy coach Gary Tranquill to V quip, "Well, they say join the Navy and see the USC, 4-5, is coming off a 45-30 loss to Florida State this past week and Morrison said he sees room for improvement on defense and special teams. * < "We missed quite a few tackles and our kicking game needs to be more alert," he said. express lane 300 yards of Xhe runningback tandem of Thomas Dendy (No. 31) and weeks. 10 touchdowns. , inexperience mar so( our team because they weren't playin national championship. They were ] for their crhnnl nnrl fnr ih^ir t#>atr They have battled inexperience and a t d?"Sly diff6rent schedule, anc* *'m Pr V ^ Appalachian State game nc * ^38P| |HRHSv7 marked the end of the season for USC also served as the last game for senio < | Rumble, Mike Menhart and Roger N r Berson said he thinks the seniors have an integral part in keeping the "One thing I've been very proud year is me leauersnip snown oy our ; ' Menhart, Norton and Norman have ccer coach ed us with outstanding leadership," said. 1 our starters were playing with "In many ways this may be one of I injury and this is the tribute to teams I have ever coached at Care lanager indicted foi Blackwell said he expects the office of the club's profes- Thi cinnal offilloto in ~ 1 i?? 1 i 1 ia.iluuvv, in i-*tw i iu Miuiu ueiiinti mm cuscu (Tamargo)." Wooi "He did an excellent job for us last year." defen Prosecutors claim the elder Tamargo went to Salcines* Th< home in the summer of 1981 to discuss the drug charges allege against Leon Wood III. nying WOOD, A former professional softball player with the Clearwater Bombers, was arrested in March 1981 on charges of selling 4.4 pounds of cocaine to an undercover policeman. couni He was among 24 people indicted this past spring by a special rami state grand jury meeting in West Palm Beach to investigate an ^ alleged drug ring reportedly operated by Angelo Bedami of term Tanii a. hand 1 on The perjury charges against the Tamargos stand from the New testimony given Oct. 14 before a federal grand jury in- club vestigating political corruption in Hillsborough County. incid Carolina uespite losing onensive linemen 10m oarner, <^.as Danielowski, Jeff Teague and Mark Brown to injuries, Carolina's offense is confident going into the Navy game, quarterback Allen Mitchell said. "WE'RE GETTING better running the veer," he said. "I'm pretty satisfied with the way we're running now, and we're reading defenses better." One player who will help read Navy's defense is receiver Bill Bradshaw, whom Mitchell replaced earlier thic ?pa?nn ac ctnrtino nnartprhaft RruHchnw ranoht a touchdown pass last week, and "has made an excellent transition to receiver," Morrison said. Bradshaw said learning the blocking technique was the toughest part of the change in position, but added, "It's fun to hit someone after years of getting it." Navy's season has been "one of frustration," Tranquill said. "We pile up yardage offensively and don't score. Defensively, we have been giving up too many big plays." THIS IS the first time this season Navy's defense will face the veer, and Tranquill said he is worried about Carolina's offense. Sat "Navy," pan# 14 lJ|r a J 1 .> ??? : : % . -.'? : : *2; &?:$& Cent Hagood (No. 32) have combined for 1,169 yards and :cer season l for a terms of their spirit and heart, and that is a laying tribute to our seniors," he said. mates. "Each team hands something down to the emen- next, and I think that the determination of )ud of this team throughout the year is the thing which we want to carry into next season." Even with the loss of the seniors, however, t only Berson said he believes the team can improve , but it next season. s Tom "We've lined up against some of the best irman. teams in the nation and that has given us a played standard to improve upon," Berson said, team Berson also said he was satisfied with his team's play on the backline and the play of the goal keepers, but his team's offensive of this production needs to improve. eniors. >rovid- "One of the things we have to do next year Berson is to produce more goals up front," Berson said. "Now that we have experience gained, tie best it will give us a standard to improve upon lina in and be ready for next season." * perjury elder Tamargo faces three counts of perjury. He is acof denying he offered a bribe; denying he ever met with about the charges, and denying he agreed to help the iant by talking to Salcines. younger Tamargo faces two counts of perjury for ily denying he met with his father about Wood and dehe arranged a meeting between his father and Wood. I'ER THE indictment was returned Monday, Salcines ren r\ ti/Vl O f Arl o li tr lir\nrn LI a o r? t /-I U a wnai ua);^ntu ai uid iiuu.^c. i ic daiu lie UMIC1CU rgo to the door and called the sheriff. v ;on Wood is now serving a mandatory three-year prison n that case," said Salcines, defending the way his office ed the case. ve Schryver, director of minor league operations for the York Mets, refused to comment about any action the vould take if Tarnargo was found guilty, but called the :nt "a tragic thing to have happened."