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* Sports Friday, April 17, 1987 * 5 wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmBmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmTHE GAMECOCK """""""""""""""""""""""""""""" """"""""" """" "^ "" ^ p0 Wk. .j Lounge lizai | not same as What is it about softball that makes it the simplest and most pastoral and yet the most frustrating and hedonistic game in the world? We're not talking about real W Softball, the kind that takes skill, precision and true athletes ? like USC's team plays. We're talking about lounge lizard softball ? the type of Softball you see on a Saturday in the park, with beer and dirt. Picture, if you will, a baseball diamond on a sunny Saturday afternoon. The warm breeze is filtering through the trees and washing the heat of the sun away. And in the mid^ die of this serene summertime ! > cfpnp ctanHc Tho Clrnnri I.imr/i himself ? the king of the Hedonist Saturday Softballers. He is a fat man, standing on the pitcher's mound as if he owns it. He's the one with the white T-shirt covering his huge potbelly and tucked into his cutoff jeans, with the little stragly, frayed ends on them. He's wearing black socks with white tennis shoes. He holds a glove on one hand, with the ball inside, and a beer ? usually Milwaukee's Best, Schaeffer's w or Strch's ? in the other hand. He has his Mack Truck baseball cap pulled down over his eyes so he has to lean back to see, and nine times out of 10 his name is Bubba. He usually runs the team, which means he's in charge of the kee. and decides who cets to play. Softball is a strange sport. It looks so easy, but frustrates ^ even the most stable people. j | Donate] THERI b BECOMIN a on the right mean earning a BSN, w If? Clifton, NJ 07015. w I ARMY NUR in Hi ivm' UJL ! YOU A |5 GIF * ! WHEN YOUB i j SHIRT IN | \ (Tank Tops & ' ] CHOOSE "TOP" MANU It 111 DCPC IIMMV !t;-- j ~ 1.1 I- " UMV>>?> I PLEZURE MIX BO j FRENCH CONNI | ] CODE BLI | | DIRE 7? Talk iff Shrewsbury "d softball true game What could be so hard about 1- * * I ? Mfa/tnnnf UnraKoll i V* o * Hilling a };i^5Maiu uaavuau umi someone lofts to you slowiy ? Everyone knows how to play softball. Some sports boggle non-sports people's minds when asked to play it, but softball is a game that everyone, no matter what age, race, creed or color can do on any given afternoon. It's probably the greatest social sport, and teams form at the drop of a hat in every conceivable organization. Church groups, classes, residence halls, businesses and maybe even street people have gotten teams together for a Saturday outing. And, boy, *uA.. nicy gci uiigiidc. There's nothing like seeing the Baptists ? who, by the way, are usually the New York Yankees of church league softball ? crushing the A team from some chemical company and holding services at the same time. It's an art. But the best thing about lounge lizard softball is the pace. Because there is no pace. It's like playing on valium. Between stopping for a keg break ? which is important ? and pausing while someone fixes her hair, a softball game could take hours. But it's a social event, and you're there to have fun ? unless you're in the finals of the Baptist Softball Tournament. So, go forth and play softball, and remember the motto of the lounge lizard softballer ? It's not whether von win or lose; it's whether or not you can keep the keg cold. Blood. 1. E ARE TWOS r. a miirce iii And they're both rt sented by the insignia you v as a member of the Army Is Corps. The caducous on th means you 're part of a healtl system in which educationa career advancement are the not the exception. The golc s you command respect as a rite: Army Nurse Opportui . Or call toll free 1-800-US/ SE CORPS. SEAL -^v|j II IX WILL GIVE 1 T CERTIFICATE I UY ANY SPRING THE STORE! T-Shirts Excluded) FROM SUCH FACTURERS AS: 7 SURF FETISH N HOMME NORFLEET ECTION TOMATO EU ROCK II CTIONS ! i t I use gets 21 hits I H . I w.. |HH|H^Vv vJi ' THOMAS HUMPHREY/The G*meeo Junior outfielder Garrett Carter strokes a double in the fourth ini ing Wednesday. USC beat Cincinnati 15-11. J Rugby team loses to Virg: ~~| From staff and wire reports The Gamecocks 1 The USC men's rugby team lost to Virginia State 17-15, April I Tech 16-6 in the final of the Group III against the Hokies Regional Championship April 11-12 in ment. USC's was 8 Blacksburg, Va. with a 19-game v IDES TO , ?? I THE ARMY. Q ^prc- I jjj If j | Special features: ..p__ Hn^@; Emphasis on Oral Communication Skills ( HI BBH Introduction to Basic Sentence Pattc JurSC ^JIU Sv"jbjne$. Useful Expressions i ? Introduction to Idiosyncratic Featur< 0 lett HBBS^^S Society and People HBH Extensive Use of Media Arts - Vid< Small Group Conversation with Natl [land EHKifiSliHn 101105 ' TLllC, BBjareBBH Admission by consent of instructor ^ t>ar Further Information n Army officer. 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The duel did not test how many balls and strikes a pitcher could throw, but how many pitchers each team had on the roster. The Gamecocks pounded out 21 hits to defeat the Bearcats 15-11 as the two teams collectively went through nine pitchers. USC was the first to get on the scoreboard. In the bottom of the first inning, Gamecock transfer Mike Soneini walked and then stole se cond base. Outfielder Dave Smyth grounded out, but third baseman Dave Hollins reached first on a bunt single. Senior Charlie Aldrich, who had five hits in six trips to the plate, singled to left, giving the ! Gamecocks a 1-0 lead. Garrett Carter's sacrifice fly pushed the lead to 2-0. Singles by Mark Nelson and Tripp Cromer made the score 3-0. The Bearcats went ahead in the next inning, however. Mike Kinnett homered to lett to give Cincinnati their first run of the game. Catcher Mark Martin doubled, but USC pitcher Rodney Richie struck out Bearcat Kerry Byrne. The Gamecock co-captain hit the next batter, and the Bearcats had runners at first and second base. Richie's control problems surp faced again as he walked the next I batter to load the bases, ij Bearcat sophomore Steve Solaria singled to lett tying the score at 3. 1_ The Gamecocks got outfielder John Young to fly out, but Pat inia Tech in rej defeated North Carolina from this 11, to reach the final Virginia ; in the regional tourna- regional, i -0 going into the weekend tion in Lo vinning streak extending Deep Soul ? Intensive Introductory Japane JAPA 111 (8 credits) June 8 - July 17, 1987 9:00 - 2:00 PM M-F j for Daily Conversation rs of Japanese Culture. 1 jotapes. Films, Listening Tapes ve Speakers |? j I Today's T To Sill NOC '87 Fall g Open To All Ir v Sign-Up On Green 7) From 9 A flATT X fi I $ EARN I Plasma donors of all b up to $160.00 per mo of your time. Earn w | more Information. (,$? ?ers' Serologicals ^?'1 y ncinnati \bbatiello's homer gave the bearcats a 6-3 lead. A double and a walk later, USC head coach June Raines eplaced Richie with freshman Mike Siopes. Siopes forced the next batter to ground out and the Gamecocks were able to escape the inning only three runs down. That deficit was quickly erased with Smyth's three-run homer the next inning. Cincinnati made a pitching change in the bottom of the fourth when Hollins singled down the third-base line. Ron Stephens, the new Bearcat pitcher, did not last long. The Gamecocks hit Stephens up for three runs in the fifth inning and two more in sixth, mak ing tnc score i i-o. USC pitcher Pete Meade, relieved Siopes during the sixth inning, allowed two runs before Joey Hardee spelled him. The Bearcats made another pitching change in the bottom of the seventh, inserting Greg Gunderson into the game. Cincinnati then changed the score with three runs to tie it at 11. IISC hammered the new Bear cat pitcher in the eighth inning to claim a 15-11 lead. The Gamecocks made the last change of thf game, placing Lee Whatley on the mound for Hardee. This time it worked. Only one Bearcat got a hit in the ninth inning, and the Gamecocks went on to improve their record to 30-8 overall and 13-1 in the Metro Conference. Raines expressed approval with his conference record after the game, but said the Gamecocks "still got three tough games at Virginia Tech, and I'm sure they remember the series down here." USC took a three-game series from the Hokies earlier this month. Jinn tnnrnpv M. Jl l/V/MX xxvj' past season. t Tech, because it won the Group III advances to the finzJ four competis Angeles to play the winner of the th region. he Last Day I i-Up For Sorority Rush iterested Women. j e St. In Front of RH M to 5 PM AAA. AT CASH $ lood types needed. Earn nth for 3 hours per week <hile you learn. Call for iogicals. Inc. luieuqrg ur, caune 1'JO jmbia, S C. 29204 | 254-6537