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On the rough PtHJto Courtwy of Charleston News and Courier
USC golfer Web Heintzelman watches his ball on the ninth hole at
the Metro Conference GoH Tournament May 10-12 at Isle of Palms, S.C.
Basketball schedule a
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USC's men's basketball team will take on 2 - at Florida
two powerhouse opponents and a full ifii~t uu'
14-game Metro Conference slate next season, louiaviiio.
according to the schedule released last week. March 2 - Fieri* st
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In its second season in the conference, . .
Carolina will face all seven Metro opponents
twice and play national powers Iowa and . . ' ,
Purdue of the Big Ten conference on the Reason, accor,
ro~ i i .... their annual :
Two games are also scheduled against state D . Q n .
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rival Clemson. It will be th
USC head coach Bill Foster called the . . . r
schedule "challenging," but added it is bet- s o coc
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than we did last year, and this time the games . e co" er
are spread out to the point that we don't have mi ^ on as^
any extended road trips or exceptionally long meetings, as '
homelands," he said. "",,ee a"td a"
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Nov. 19 - Marathon Oil (axhibition); 26 - Augusta College. In additio
Oac. 1 - Towson Stats; 3 - The Citadel; 5 - Clamson; 8 - at Purdue; , . , ,
IS - Central Florida; 22 - at Iowa. granted tO I
Jan. 3 - Wofford in Cherleston (part of a double header with The Duane Kenda
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U.S. District Judge Clyde Hamilton, who presided over the
trial, sent them back, saying both decisions could not be
correct.
The motion for another trial states Hamilton should have
given the jury further instructions on the definition of malice.
The jury may then have found the article to be false, but not
written with malicious intent. Although winning no damages,
Parsons would not have been labeled a lesbian.
Her request for a new trial will not be considered until the
FBI completes a perjury investigation ordered by Hamilton.
"QUITE OBVIOUSLY someone or some ones have lied,"
Hamilton said during court procedings, and ordered the innnirv
hpranse of the hiehlv contrasting testimonies.
Strong testimony by witnesses for the defense were the
deciding factors for the jury.
Brantley Southers, a current Carolina player and thenfreshman
forward under Parsons, testified she witnessed the
coach and Buck French kissing and embracing at Parsons'
home in December 1981.
"I saw them kiss several times," she said. "Later that evening
they were both lying on the couch kissing and hugging.
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and closed the door behind them."
SOUTHERS SAID during the team's trip to Hawaii she,
Buck and Parsons were riding in a car when the coach announced,
"Oh, I'm terribly gay."
The athlete testified Parsons frequently mentioned the subject
of homosexuality with the two girls, and on one occasion
said of gay relationships, "You probably wouldn't like it at
first, but you'd learn to like it."
But it was De Lay's testimony that was most damaging. The
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and called Sports Illustrated to offer her testimony.
"(Parsons) is lying to a lot of people and it is a great disservice,
not only to lesbians but to people who tell the truth," she
said.
"(PARSONS AND Buck) have traveled and lived together
all over the country, and people all over the country know
Golf team nationall
finishes 12th at N(
By Tracy Mixson (
After being nationally ranked for a full year, USC's men's
golf team placed 12th at the National Collegiate Athletic
Association Championship for its highest finish in history.
USC was ranked between 12th and 17th in the nation during
the fall and spring seasons, and finished 12th out of 32 teams
at the national tournament in Houston, Tex. May 23-26.
"I don't know when I've been as proud of a group of young
men," coach Bobby Foster said. "They made the sacrifices
necessary to be successful. They worked hard and took pride
in what they were doing.
"We deserved (the NCAA bid). The recognition was based
on both the fall and spring seasons and our ranking all year."
IN THE fall the Gamecocks won the South Carolina Inter
collegiate, finished second at the Ohio State Buckeye hall
Classic, and third in the Andy Bean Intercollegiate.
This spring the squad placed ninth or better in its seven
tournaments, winning its own Invitational in March.
The Gamecocks were led by seniors Fred Wadsworth and
Webb Heintzelman, who were recently named all-Americans
for 1983-84.
Wadsworth was selected to the second-team after finishing
ninth at the NCAA tournament. The native of Columbus, Ga.
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21 - Cincinnati; 25 - Virginia Tach; 28 - at making ItS fifth appearance
World Series, falling one gai
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asketball news. Metro Con- 24"2? at rStarJ"llle- Miss' ,
ball teams will use a 45-seeond , finish,ng second to I
luring the entire game next 'hf Metro Tournament Chai
ding to conference officials at "am earned an at-li
spring meetings at the Isle of National Collegiate Athlet
n May. regionals.
e first time the Metro will use a The bid marked thel?aKI"ei
inference officials agreed to ex- ,nvl'a"?".'? I1?6 NC'
the clock in compliance with a """h P'ayoff ^,d ,n 1' yeari
he National Colegiate Athletic . *raro'ina advanced to
Dr the 1984-85 season. before.being eliminated by I
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league constructions and by- '"carina began the c
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them. Now that I have come forward, others may, too."
The defense claimed Atlanta was apparently Parsons' center
for homosexual activity.
During cross-examination, Time attorney William Pope
presented Parsons with numerous phone bills and receipts
from a Holiday Inn in Atlanta between 1980 and 1981.
Parsons explained she made frequent trips to Atlanta for
recruiting purposes, and admitted making 219 phone calls to
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Happier times
Former USC women's basketball coach Pam Parsons is congratulate(
by her team after a victory in 1980.
BUT THE former coach said their relationship was only a
close friendship, not one with sexual overtones.
"I have never denied my relationship, but this has beer
turned into a huge sexual story and nobody knows (the truth]
except Tina and I," she said.
"That's what we're trying to find out," Pope replied.
Parsons said Buck "took up a lot of my time, but Tim
y ranked all year;
JAA tournament
won both the ImperiaLakes and South Carolina in vital ionals
over the spring, averaging 72.45 strokes per round.
HEINTZELM AN, WHO finished 40th at the NCAA s,
won the Tar Heel Intercollegiate and took second at both the
Iron Duke Classic and South Carolina Invitational.
The senior from Bethesda, Md., averaged72.09 strokes over
31 rounds in the spring.
"The honor of being named all-American that Wadsworth
and Heintzelman earned was super and one that we all take
pride in," Foster said.
Seven members of the 12-man squad will be lost to graduation.
Along with Heintzleman and Wadsworth, seniors
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George Bryan, Tom Cornforih, Clay Uselton, Kick bepp anci
Greg McBride will leave the team.
GREG SWEATT and Matt McCarley will be the only two
returning lettermen for the Gamecocks next fall.
Sweatt placed seventh at the Metro tournament for
Carolina's highest finish. USC placed second in the May
championship behind Florida State University.
Foster said this season's success will benefit USC's future
golf squads.
"This was a very satisfying season," he said, "and one that
I feel we will build on for the future."
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short of World Series J
!
ed a chance at distance while striking out 10 and allowing $
in the College only six hits.
Tie short at the USC then upset fourth-ranked University
lrnament May of North Carolina, slipping by the Tar Heels
5-4 on a clutch three-run homer by outfielder
Florida State at Rob Rhinehart and a pinch-hit double from (
npionship May winning pitcher Larry Price. J
irge entry to the But that was USC's final taste of victory, j
ic Association as the Gamecocks yielded their nrst tournament
loss to New Orleans 6-5. I
:ocks' fifth con- Carolina was then eliminated by Mississip\A
playoffs and pi State, who collected 22 hits including a
i. school- record six home runs in the game,
the semi-finals UNO later defeated Mississippi State 6-3 for
S/lississippi State the South II Regional title.
USC first baseman Greg Morhardt and
mderdog of the shortstop Kent Anderson were named to the
i its first three All-Tournament team.
final rounds to Gamecock coach June Rains cited pitching
problems as the primary reason for the
ompetition by team's final loss.
Mississippi 4-1 This season's pitching staff was the wildest
iance from Mike in Carolina historv. as USC allowed a record
hander went the 233 walks and hit 26 batters. I *
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needed someone to talk to. I talked to her, I counseled with
her, but that doesn't make me a lesbian.
I'M AN independent person and I'm not married, but I'm
not a lesbian. Being a labeled lesbian is like being labeled a
leper."
Parsons said the article ruined her career, and estimated her
income level had dropped from a $32,500 salary to between
$6,000 and $10,000.
"That story has followed me everywhere I've gone," she
said. "It would be much easier to be dead than to have to walk
around and live with what was in that article."
Magazine reporter Jill Lieber gathered the article's information,
and said the story was newsworthy and "needed to be
told."
LIEBER SAID any sexual relationship between a coach and
her player is a case of the coach taking advantage of a young
athlete who is vulnerable about her own sexuality.
"This was not a story about two consenting adults," she
said. "It was a story about a coach and a player.
I "Lesbianism is old news in women's sports, but when it in
volves a coach having an affair with a player on her team, it
becomes a breech of trust with parents who are sending their
children to the university.
"If Pam Parsons is gay, and I believe she is, she can do
whatever she wants, but not with a student. If she was having
an affair with Tina Buck, and Tina Buck was not a player on
I her team, we probably would never had written the story."
THOSE FOUND by the FBI's perjury investigation to have
I lied under oath may face up to five years in prison and fines up
to $10,000 according to U.S. Attorney Henry Dargan
McMaster.
i Cromer said he was interested in the investigation, because
he questions the validity of De Lay's testimony,
i "I have some serious questions in my mind about this trial,
I and most of them center on the last day of testimony and the
appearance of Babette De Lay," he said.
"Until (her appearance), I thought Puss n Boots was
? cat food."