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Friday, September 13, 1985 wS 7
THE GAMECOCK
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Brits call it fo<
we call it grea
A funny thing happened to me o
USC. I spent four years in the Air
The service was a great experie
good bit of Europe and fell in lov
273,000 Italian girls.
And in England, in the winter o:
my first soccer game.
Tickets for the England-Hungar
easy to come by because England
eliminated from the 1982 World C
the following summer in Spain.
Early-round losses meant that E
lay in the outcome of other mat
Group IV. The upcoming match \
was thought to be meaningless and
tie interest among the fans. Only :
P had been sold.
Then Switzerland came th
England's miracle by traveling to I
beating Romania by a score of 2-1
That gave England an opportu
mine its own fate. A win against th
suddenly meant a trip to the World
to the match suddenly became h
Wembley sold out within days.
Paul Mariner of Ipswich Tow
England with the match's only sc
and I joined the 100,000 supporter
Wembley and celebrated the goal
scored it ourselves. The vast terrac<
thunderous, colorful explosion of i
ing and flag-waving. Wembley swa
dercd as a man-made earthquat
rafters.
A soccer fan was born. Previ
trips to Stratford-upon-Avon ai
quickly replaced by First Divisic
places such as Wolverhampton an
When in London, I forsook t
Leicester Square in favor of the
football grounds of the great Loni
What I found most appealing i
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beautiful simplicity of the sport.
Boiled down, there's nothing r
putting the ball in the other guy
handling it. Offside is the only ta
the penalties (tripping, pushing, d
etc.) are fairly obvious. A person
first match with no previous kn<
game and still understand virtual
take place on the field.
So what is the significance of
first let me concede that basebal
always be my favorite sport. Goo
me to my first professional game
Lou Brock stole a base and Ritch
ed a baseball out of old Connie
that night, and I've been a de
since.
The interesting thing is that sot
into my life at this relatively late
the same interest and evoke the si
sports I've played and followed i
The good news is that you can I
fan without having to experience
joining the military. The
Carolina's home ground ? is on
just down the hill from Bates an
Coaches Mark Berson and Tr<
combined some talented Europe!
a bumper crop of homegrown pi
squad that plays some really bea
From end to end they look lik
In goal is Warren Lipka, a pro
continues the Carolina traditi<
goalkeeping.
forming a lormiaaoie acien
0 Lipka are Baltzegar, Dave G
Hreinsson and Jim Sonefeld. 1
packed with a tough lot of hardi
Hency, Keith Leeper Danny Rat
Witt.
Up front, Doug Allison, Ar
' and Ragnar Thorarinsson give
Anglo-Icelandic accent and a c
touch. Scott Cook, Scott Brown?
gins give the front line remarkab
Looking ahead, a great cro
should assure that Carolina soc<
stuff for years to come. - '
? Tony Thompson Is a staff
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As Appalachian
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d Aston Villa. taineer fans yelled
he theatres of didate Dino Hacke
neighborhood flashing him a thui
xmutSip "own Five minutes late
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about soccer is an(j SWeating profi
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's net without thought we had n
ctical rule, and said an exhausted
langerous play, seen an Appalachia
can attend his Up as we were this
awledge of the The Mountaineet
lly all that will umbia to face
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ie Allen knock- they came to win.
Mack Stadium At last Monday'
voted fan ever palachian State hei
said he felt the
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>wi wuiu vvinv awesome iooic
stage and spark Apps could have a
ame passions as oniy if his backf
ill my life. point, stayed healt
become a soccer Appalachian Sta
5 the trauma of t0 m0ve the ball
Graveyard ? Fullback John Set
Whaley Street, ground attack w
d Bates West.
;vor Adair have ?
an imports with UjllllPQ
layers to form a IIQIIIUO
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iven winner who Stiff writtr
on of superior Take away two
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sc tn rront or ;. 1fV>
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rhe midfieldII desjrab|e h \
ru "s'ik',B'n But when Vouc
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College World Se
nl Arnthorsson <"tire Infield and
the attack an .l0 ,?r !P?/e, J"?'
leadly finishing ,,n ' a" 'hat b*dtnd
Danny Gog- -So wh1e" c?'
ile depth. Gamecock baseb,
_ ^ c t? practice Monday
u ui iicanuiau '
:er will be great the team hardly?
of of AU'America
? a 16-game win
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RAY GRONBERG/Ttw Gwtwcocl
collides with UNCC's goalkeeper in Wednesday's
lineers teach Ga
i lesson in detei
palachian State r
offcnse against ti
State was leaving the After the game
ito the visitors' locker not let everyone i
Jrice Stadium after los- "I thought we 1
, one of many Moun- let on," Woods s
I to All-America can- hard for them (I
tt, "great game Dino," game like The Ci
nbs-up sign. But when askei
r, Hackett sat on a chair- - his team, Woods
clu?W^t%SfCoke'
usely as the rest of the "We're just goin
ound, excited but Western Kentuck
Dinted by the loss. Hackett agree<
it Appalachian State "I'm disappoii
o chance of winning," else is disappoint
Hackett. "I've never "I hooe it's not
in State team as pumped Appalachian
game." Payton said the
s had slipped into Col- came in with a p
the heavily favored "We drilled or
/ery USC fan expectcd ticed them all we
\SU with the same fer- was surprised w
itadel. time."
rned, the Mounties not Payton said t!
nbia to play the game ? stay in the game
"We knew rij
's press conference, Ap- drive," he said,
ad coach Sparky Woods 59-yard scoring c
Gamecocks were an on their first pos
>all team and that the We knew we coi
cnance to move the Dau "we came kt
ield, his team's strong lose," he said,
hy. hearts out. Thi
ite not only had a chance (USC) to win ?
? they did move it. "It was a d
tie led the Mountaineer said. "We let it
ith 193 yards as Ap- was a lesson to
enthusiastic al
Rhinenart.
"Fall practice is a
pitchers who com- get ready for sprint
tc team's victories, 'r' i ne icam returns n
outfielders who hit including Joe Datin
I a baseball team our offensive record
have less than "The key this year
>r the next season. though. We lost Mi
:onsider that USC's early, and he will be
ned a berth in the out and recruited s
tries and returns its headed by Rodney F
five players who hit from Spartanburg P
; runs, the outlook College. We expect I
one."
ach June Raines' Other signees ar
all team began fall transfer John What!
at Sarge Frye Field, Wayne Lewis, Pet*
toticed the absences Menhart and Mark
i pitcher Mike Cook In addition to th
ner last season as a five pitchers return
I wiih the California squad. The only sei
ion this summer ? Casey Reed, will be
kins and outfielders Steve Boley and s<
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the Gamei
By TONY THOMPSON
Staff writer
Before this week's soccer ma
UNC-Charlotte, USC team capt
Lipka expressed some misgiv
traveling to Charlotte to play tl
their field.
"They always give us a hai
there," he said.
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accurate prophecy when the Gan
to battle back with three second-1
secure a 3-2 victory.
Scott Cook, a sophomore trans
University of Connecticut, nc
Carolina's first goal after UNCC
2-0 early in the second half.
"I was making a run to the we
the ball was popping around like
Cook said. "Fortunately, it pop
me. The keeper was out of positi<
just headed it in."
UNCC went to 2-0 when they v,
a penalty kick on a call for hai
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i point of the match.
"When they got that penalty,
to wake us up. I think that gave
' of urgency that we needed to go <
game with," he said.
Forward Danny Ratcliff tied tl
| minutes after Cook's goal wh
received the second penaltly kick
t on a 49er pushing foul.
The score remained tied at 2-1
scored the winner with three mi
the match.
mecocks n
rmination *
acked up 324 yards total
te Gamecocks.
, Woods admitted he had
in on his true feelings.
had a better chance than I 4
aid. "I knew it had to be
JSC) to be ready after a
tadel." _
d what the game meant to
was matter-of-fact.
WO-r," Woods safd. ' j
g to have to get ready for ^ jf
;y next week." tega
i with his coach. y
nited, and I hope everyone
ed with the loss/' he said,
a letdown." >
State quarterback Todd
team practiced hard and
iositive attitude.
i offensive plays, we prac- * 4
ek long," Fayton said. "I ^
e took it downfield every j|jggg
lie Apps knew they could |||j
early in the contest.
ght after the first scoring
referring to the eight-play, BSEB
irive the Apps put together
session, "it set the tempo. 1 ;
jld run right at them." ;
lowing we had nothing to |
"We came to play our
e pressure was on them
and win big."
isappointing loss," Settle
slip out of our hands. It The M
us." and here
)out team as
Bailey. Reed v
good chance to bounce back 1
5," Raines said. junior season,
he whole infield, ped from 8-3 ir
, who broke all "I had a disi
s last year. year, but I end
will be pitching, with some goc
ike Cook a year playoffs," Ret
missed. We went last two appei
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lichie, a transfer things right
Methodist Junior hopefully thinj
him to be a good for me this yea
The young p
e junior college bolstered by th
ley and freshmen chers Jeff C
er Meade, Dave Lambert.
Pyne. "With the r
e six newcomers, treat them like
from last year's guys," Churcl
lior on the staff, baby the pitch<
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win the game <
lent becamc
lecoeks had
lalf goals to
fer from the
itted South "I was breakinj
had gone up Grenville (Pope) t
"The keeper was
ak side, and headed down to h
: a pinball," a foot race to the
ped right to Cook crossed I
Dn then, so I fourth goal of t
fourth win in as i
'ere awarded Berson express
idball. USC Gamecocks' inab
t the turning opportunities.
"With all thi
that seemed Baltzegar was pu
us the sense box, we should 1
)n to win the said.
Nonetheless, I
le game nine wan mc nnai res
en Carolina "To come bacl
of the match cd, well-coached
encouraging," h<
I until Cook South Carolin
inutes left in stand Sunday ag?
at 2 p.m.
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ounties defense spelled trouble for the
i for Themes Dendy.
i fall practii
/ill be counted on to a catcl
rom a disappointing leaders
when his record drop- to the
i 1983 to 2-5 last year. season
u/u:
appuiiumg scasuii mai win
led on a positive note mark
>d appearances in the should
:d said. "I'll take my offens
irances and build on Infi
3 throw strikes and do Lambe
fundamentally, and cond I
js will turn out better Jeff B
ir." Hollin
itching staff should be a solid
e return of veteran cat- are ca
:hurchich and Scott basem
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lew guys, we'll try to Charli
they're one of the old return
hich said. "I like to Junioi
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lot that penalty early in
f that seemed to wake
lat gave us the sense of
i/e needed to go on to
with."
- Mark Berson
USC head soccer coach
I toward the near post when
apped it to me," Cook said.
; standing flat-footed, so I
is right. From then on it was
goal."
he finish line first with his
he season to give USC its
many games.
ed some concern about the
ility to capitalize on scoring
ose throw-ins that Marty
tting in the (UNCC penalty)
lave had more scoring," he
Jerson said he was happy
ult.
c like that against a disciplinteam
like UNCC was very
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JOSEPH GARNETTfTht Gamacock
i Gamecocks throughout the earns
ce begins
her, you have to show good
;hip, especially now after going
: College World Series last
le pitching is the big question
for the Gamecocks, the team
oe sound derenstvely and
ivcly.
eld holdovers Churchich,
srt and Datin, along with se>aseman
Riley Polk, shortstop
arns and third basemen Dave
s and Lewis Jenkins, make for
defense. Other infield veterans
tcher Mark Nelson and first
an Eddie Lendenski.
he outfield, part-time starters
e Aldrich and Jeff Morris
, along with Garrett Carter.
college transfer David Smyth
eshman Mike Bricker are new
3ns to the outfield.
nes has five weeks to fill the
, as fall practice ends Oct. 13.
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