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IDupree signs NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Running t 19, signed a five-year, $6 million contr Iwnn tne New urieans Breakers ot the LI League, spurning his final two years of "He's the highest paid player in profes team owner Joe Canizaro, who interven elude the deal when negotiations were b "He'll be on the sidelines Sunday Coach Dick Coury. The Breakers open against Memphis. Dupree played at Oklahoma before drc football season and enrolling at South h'M NCAA said Dupree would have to sit o H become eligible to play college football While Canizaro's claim that Dupree I Men's tennis 13 By Bob Lang I USC's men's tennis team had a perfect weekend sweeping three matches, while the women's team dropped two matches. In men's play on Friday, South Carolina defeated the College of Charleston 9-0 in a make-up match. Singles winners were Richard m Asnoy, z.oran Petkovic, Sterling 18 Cooke, Brian Brarker, David Tremaine, and Mark Avedikian. In doubles, winners were Ricardo m, Acioly and Ashby, Petkovic and Tremaine, and Barker and Cooke. On Saturday, Carolina played host to Georgia Tech. Sophomore Richard Ashby said the team was expecting a tough match with Tech. "Georgia iccn nas a 101 01 aeptn," ne said. But the Gamecocks defeated the 5y| Yellow Jackets 8-1 at Sam Daniel Tennis Stadium. The winners for Carolina were Acioly, Ashby, Petkovic, Barker, Tre(( maine, Acioly-Ashby, PetkovicAvedikian, and Barker-Tremaine. Georgia Tech's lone winner was John Morhoner. Yesterday, the Gamecocks defeated Purdue 7-2 in front of approximately g I IN F ELE WEE W FOR PR I GLEN I TON\ FOR SFi mmm a > a? I VERM I EI.LEN with New Orleans I >ack Marcus Dupree, player in professional football m act Saturday to play certainly one of the most highly fnited States Football collegiate eligibility. Canizaro's intervention endec sional football," said bickering following Dupree's ed nersonallv tr? rnn. \/i Jccicc5r>r\J tn Tonnort; ? | ' ? J A ? * IvJOk JOipp 1 III JUIIUU1 J rcaking down. Canizaro said only the first ) guaranteed, and that much of the (at Oakland)," said clauses. at home on March 11 "His incentives are based aroi rather than basing it on so many He would not go into details, t jpping out during last will get a big signing bonus and a ern Mississippi. The year, with the incentives triggerec ut the 1984 season to he's cut after the first season, he again in 1985. bonus as well as any future eari : is the highest paid refused to allow their names to 1 team sweeps op[ 60 spectators. The match lasted close for a mat to five hours with many of the matches contests b going to three sets. The wo In singles, Acioly defeated Adam the men tl Abele 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Ashby beat Kevin University Gregory 6-2, 6-3; Petkovic beat Bill Purdue 5Sheley 6-4, 7-5; Barker topped Mark Gamecc Koza 6-0, 6-0; Andrew Hocker of Pur- were John due defeated Cooke 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5 For Flori< in the tiebreaker); and Tremaine beat Sniffen, J Carl Cascio 6-3, 6-4. tington, D In doubles, Acioly and Ashby Hethering defeated Abele and Gregory 6-3, 6-3; and Whitt Petkovic and Avedikian lost to Sheley Against and Hocker 3-6, 6-1, 5-7; and Barker defeated and Tremaine beat Brian Dick and Hausler b< Mike Schimec 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Holland d "I think we played O.K. today," 6-3; Kath Carolina coach Ron Smarr said of the Barnes 3-6 Purdue match. "It was a good win at to Shelly No. 1 singles. But I think we were a lit- Missy Lav tie slack at No. 2 and 3 doubles." ske 1-6, 1Carolina's record is 14-0 going into In doub the sixth week of the season. to McGra "I think we're playing well as a, Chafin ar, team," Ashby said. "But our first and Weini tough matches will be in California." and Lawl USC travels to California for spring Bruzinski break. The trip includes a match at 16th-ranked Cal-Irvine on March 12. The Lj Today, USC travels to North Presbyteri Carolina State, and returns tomorrow match. UIN-OFF I rnnMC I W I IWI p.] )NESDAY I \RCH 7 | ESIDENT I N GERMAN I ' SNELL I CRETARY I I N A W A INL'A HALL I (HASSELL I S.I. II Breakers for $6 r ay be open to question, he is "It's a great contract paid. terms. 1 weeks ot speculation and "1 don't talk that mu withdrawal from Southern ing to get, so you'd bet has granted only twc 'ear of Dupree's contract is Southern Mississippi. : money is tied up in incentive The league maintain) and staying and performing, negotiation that it wc ' yards," Canizaro said. underclassmen, but a f< >ut other sources said Dupree gave the USFL an out. salary of $300,000 in the first 1 by his return each season. If The court ruled that i : loses a chunk of his signing an athlete employment nings, said the sources, who league announced its c 3e used. almost simultaneously 1 10 IB 6 fits men were not as fortunate as lis weekend as they fell to the ' of Florida 7-2 Saturday and ma Chafin and Jill Hausler. ia, the winners were Shelly idy Gamecocks travel to Reaching out an today for a 2:30 p.m. Ricardo Acioly stretches Purdue. Acioly defeated . . I ! : . . j ' ; ! i 1 i ; > - nillion was all Dupree would say about the ch. This is as many words as you're goiter get them now," said Dupree, who > intAririmirc o ?-? />/* * uiiki nvnj 31I1VV MlWjjpillg UU1 U1 cd through all of the speculation and >uld enforce its rule against signing ideral court ruling in a California case s a violation of antitrust laws to forbid because of his college standing. The ompliance with that ruling Saturday, with the start of the signing ceremonv. for a ball during yesterday's match against Adam Abele 6-2, 3-6,6-3. ummrnrn