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"Sport S j Drugs it By Johnny Hoggs Veteran knuckleballer Phil Niel drug problem just that ? "a pro! The 45-year-old former Atlant %T xr l xr i ^ ' xnew i oi-k i arucees, was in <Joium appearance. He held a press confe fielded questions from sports wri ? and not so young ? baseball fi "Drugs are definitely a problen our whole society," he said. "Son BASEBALL COMMISSIONEI Kansas City Royals for one year dropped. All four were sentenced Worth, Texas. Niekro said the suspension was The drug problem hit closer to Braves pitcher Facquel Perez u jtvepuDiic ior possession 01 cocaim Atlanta's Claudell Washington i dependency, and Steve Bedrosian NIEKRO, WHO spent 24 years1 he was unaware of the problem ir "I had no idea anything like that I was as surprised as any when I "Sompthincr has crot tr? h#? Hnnp slapping wrists." Neikfo said he will always be a "THEY JUST felt I should retir productive and win a few ballgain He said he wanted to sign with sburgh Pirates, but things didn't \ "The main reason I signed with t fered a no-trade clause in the cont "I wanted to be sure I would pla didn't want to start spring training be traded and wind up half-a-natio "1 DIDN'T want to be traded afi Niekro said he will have to get i designated hitter rule, working u Steinbrenner and nlavin<r without "I don't think anyone can catch Bruce Benedict," he said. "He's w When asked how he throws the "Very well." USC baske Saturday k drops (JSC t ftr jwwrew HMer . . The Gamecocks w?it north on Mttwaukee to play against Marqu< their three "designated" league Gamecocks came up short on a 74Marquette, which had lost foil] games, came out with intensity anc 11-point first half lead with five mi ing in the period. "We got off to exactly the kirn didn't want against a team that straight games," coach Foster sai( them gain a lot of confidence eai shot so well it seemed like they v heads for a j?un sight. We strugj didn't have much patience." However, the Gamecocks didi they scored the last two baskel mission, and then outscored the W the beginning of the second half fc Over the next 3{ minutes Marqu Carolina 11-2 to take a 49-41 leat Marquette suffered what coult damaging blow late in the fit freshman center Tom Copa and i Gerald Perry got into a fight. "That could have been very cos Warrior head basketball coach R Their guy's averaging something a game and Copa is an integral pa tion. Even if he doesn't rebour takes up a lot of space." Carolina could get no closer tha the waning moments due to pressi by Marquette. "They played us tough inside, hi used to that by now," coach Foi were hoping to get some transitio our defense, but they never < comes easy for us; it seems like w hard for everything." "Our ia?t layup must have come While moat of USC's students jority of their semester break at h relatives, the mens' basketball tijne to compete in nine games. The Gamecocks opened their h parries with an 85-64 victory ovei a Carolina shot /over sixty perc* intra-state rivals By halftime h Foster had the luxury of substit the Gamecocks built a 43-g9 lead f Freshman Michael Fgster led tl points and five assists. Harold M tributed 15 points and .two steals Sm "Bask lainr nrr j rB" cro called m^jor league baseball's >lem.ifc a ?raves pitcner, now witn tne bia Saturday for a charity benefit rence at Columbia Mall, where he ters and broadcasters and young ins. 1 in baseball, but no more than in lethings got to be done about it." I Bowie Kuhn suspended three for drug use, while another was to three months in prison at Fort not too harsh. home for the Ohio native when ras arrested in the Dominican s undergoing treatment for drug i admitted using cocaine. ivith the Braves organization said 1 Atlanta. nr'ic nrAiriiY r\r? ' ' V\n ooirl ' 'T r*l# . nao ^v/111^ vi 11 nt oaiu. a. iijulcy heard. though. You can't just go around Braves fan. e, while I thought I could still be es." the St. Louis Cardinals or Pittvork out. he Yankees because they ofract," he said. y in the same place for a year. I ; and start to make friends, then n a<vay from them. Ler only one day or one week." used to the American League's nder New York owner George his favorite catcher, the knuckleball like (Atlanta's) ortn ins weight in gold.'' knuckler, Niekro deadpanned, tball team: IB before inter- tP arriors 12-4 ? ette outscored j; . . 1 have been ft *st half when (JSC freshman A \ I w# tly to us," said i * fA i(>lf Maioriio " i ? e have to work spent the mm- HUg^f M lome or visiting BgSgKEB ffl team used the iffjffijpF _ Jg> oliday season's N^jfe. ^ gja snt against the le way with 17 v artin uIho con- PerfftCt fOflW Jimmy Hawth< etb?H" psfle 23 Carolina Coliseui lblem, base . HIS ULTIMATE goal is to win a World S Yonlfoaa ara o ^tt^nf^Iaoo a?w?niva fiAn on/\f 1 lUUVLVU ail/ a mat V4WKI VSlgCMUAAVlUU, OIIWU with the franchiae. r | *^BBk $%$&% JIM The master iwwunrtit Phil Niekro Shows his winning knuckle ball i have mixed p pi )rne ttooU ovtr St. Francis zone. Carolina cam n. iball stand eries, and he said the "I haven't put on her reason he signed 1 anxee rnae, ne training." '" J ? T? ':' >s2s8fcjt^^i -. bBP5P^> ^ ' tBZSs&EIm w'wwfflL' '^p ^31 B B1 pitch that helped him to have 268 major le erformance ov bhhh^j> k^shhhhhhhhhhhbi = ~ pRf 1?HMF 8 1 ^ ~ I' ^1 ] J "N ^ / . ? ..... w mmmmmm wmm ( rtw* by Htwi l. Kftbch 1, e away with an 85-75 victory at the I IUUI dayd | a Yankees uniform yet, so I haven't felt that i said. "I'm sure it'll hit me when I start spring i 8HP ttiifl ttHBP* ' r - - HBP^ ; -"r -c- ^ -V Phrti by Jm Jackson ague wins. er holidays Marshall break iiop suiies uou By Tracy Mixson USC's women's basketball team had trouble itopping Marshall University's break yesterday, \ ailing to the Thundering Herd 89-80 in Hun- \ injjton, W. Va. "Marshall's quickness hurt us a lot," USC ?ach Terry Kelly said. "They beat us down the 1 loor too many times." Forward Karen Pelphrey led Marshall past the I ^ady Gamecocks, scoring 44 points to lead all icorers. Pelphrey hit 17 of 28 shots from the loor, and 10 of 13 free throws. Her 44 points | vere only two shy of Marshall's school record. THE THUNDERING Herd led by as many as 1 12 points in the first half, before Carolina rallied x> tie the game at 33-all with a minute left in the mlf. j Following a 35-35 halftime deadlock, Marshall itormed out in the second half to lead by as much ] ts 18. j Foul trouble was a major problem for USC, as ihe Lady Gamecocks committed 30 infractions to j Marshall's 10. Sophomore forward Brantley Southers led Carolina with 22 points, but fouled out with 1:30 i o i A _ . c%i cn. in uic iit*, oopnomore center onaron jilmore and freshman forward Renee Najarian were also benched after five fouls. USC'S WINTER break was to blame for the jquad's problems, Kelly said. "The layoff during the holidays accounted for jorne of our problems. We just didn't have a good t iffort defensively or offensively." The Lady Gamecocks dropped to 4-4. After a disappointing 77-69 loss to Kentucky [)ec. 10, the Lady Gamecocks blew out. Western Carolina 84-59 Dec. 17 and downed the Indiana Soosiers Dec. 29, 83-76. "i tnmK we played pretty good against Western Caroling and Indiana," USC coach Perry Kelly said. "We didn't play well at all in he Kentucky game, and they simply outplayed is. I didn't feel v/e had as much intensity in that fame as we did in the next two." The coach said free throw shooting was the key o the victory over the Hoosiers, as Carolina hit 11 r?f oVwW,. f- it. oiniui iiv/m uiie ioui line. "We showed good intensity against Western Carolina and Indiana," he said. "We still have a ong way to go, but during those games I think ve began to jell offensively, and our defense also nade a difference." See "lady uamecocks" page 22