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t i * | "fl ICA >:?m(W/'A:v:v.v f '?: j p Getting position USC freshman midfielder Adai match earlier this season. The Gar ed to two scoreless ties this past \ Soccer Classic. USC, now 10-3-3, \ sity of California Los Angeles, 0-0 son and Mike Gosselin earning All Sunday to face region opponent Graveyard. Compute ranking t By Associated Press NEW YORK ? Who's the bes player in baseball? Rankings compiled for majo league baseball say Boston pitche Roger Clemens is. Clemens, who won the Cy Youn Award in 1986 and 1987 but slippe to 18-12 this year, had a 96.203 scor for the 1987-88 seasons, according t< a computer at the Elias Sport Bureau. Orel Hershiser,*the Most Valuabl Player of the National Leagu playoffs and the World Series for th Los Angeles Dodgers, was second a 96.135. Frank Viola of the Minnesoti Twins was third at 96.097 an< Dwight Gooden of the New Yorl Mets fourth at 95.169. Outfielde Dwight Evans of Boston was the toj non-pitcher, ranking fifth with ) score of 94.795. Hon Vlattinolu nf tKo Mow I'iWiniigiJ VI U1V 11W** 1 VII Yankees in 1987 achieved the firs 100 in the eight-year history of th< rankings, which are used to deter mine what draft choices are used a; compensation for free agents. Mat tingly slipped to 87 this year and wa: passed by George Brett of the Kansa; City Royals at first base in th< American League. The ranking, instituted as part ol the strike settlement in 1981 betweer the Major League Baseball Players Association and the owners, combine statistics such as batting average, plate appearances, home runs and runs batted in for hitters, and starts, innings, earned-run average, saves and strikeouts for pitchers. The statistics used vary from position tc position. Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt was the top-ranked third baseman in the National League and is the only player to lead his position in all eight seasons. Gary Carter of the Mets, who led at NL catcher for seven years, dropped to sixth. Alan Ashby of Houston took over as No. 1. Ozzie Smith of the St. Louis Car Pack < The Great American S ^Uni of th S DANA PURSER/The Gamecock 11 Binding fights for the ball in a soccer necocks, ranked 20th in the nation, battlveekend in the UCLA-Metropolitan Life tied both San Diego State and the Univer, with Gamecock defenders Scott Henderl-Tournament honors. USC returns home North Carolina State at 2 p.m. at The r gives top o Clemens dinals led NL shortstops for the fifth >t straight season and Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs led NL second >r basemen for the fifth straight year, r Todd Worrell of the Cardinals was the tr?n NT reliever fr?r the g straight season. d Atlanta's Dale Murphy, who led e NL outfielders from 1983-87, drop0 ped to ninth. Pedro Guererro of St. s Louis led NL outfielders, followed by Darryl Strawberry of the Mets and e Kal Daniels of Cincinnati, e At first base, Will Clark of San e Francisco replaced Keith Hernandez t of the Mets, who had led for four straight years, a Hershiser succeeded Houston's J Mike Scott as the top NL starter. The Ic Mets placed four starters ill the NL's r top 12 ? Gooden (2), Ron Darling a (4), David Cone (8) and Sid Fera nandez (12). Wade Boggs of Boston led at third c base in the American League for the t second straight year and joined ; Clemens as the only American Leaguer to repeat, s Marty Barrett of Boston and Julio Franco of Cleveland tied for the lead 5 at second base, replacing Johnny Ray 5 of California. ; Alan Trammell of Detroit was the leader at shortstop, beating Cal F Ripken of Baltimore, the AL short1 stop leader from 1984-87. Ripken > dropped into a tie for second with < Toronto's Tony Fernandez. , Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White 1 1 Sox replaced Ernie Whitt of Toronto i as the AL's top catcher. Harold > Baines of the White Sox and Brian : Downing of California tied for > designated hitter, replacing Larry Parrish of Boston, who had led for ? the last two years when he was with Texas. Dennis Eckersley of Oakland replaced Mark Eichhorn of Toronto as the top reliever. In the AL outfield, Evans succeeded Toronto's George Bell as No. 1. Kirby Puckett of Minnesota was second and Jose Canseco of Oakland was third. Bell dropped to eighth. di Lies. I AMERICAN mokeout. Nov. 17. Tsoa^ bedWtey eMidlands Fan takes to home ii By BRANT LONG Staff writer It's another college football Saturday the Gamecocks are about to take the 1 from 2001: a Space Odyssey begins to \ Brice Stadium . . . and in Wichita, Kan: Why, you ask? Well, the answer is simple ? Ricky V Werner graduated from USC in 1983 < ed to Wichita, where he is a sales repre Levi's Jeanswear Division. Werner is a truly dedicated fan. And tl just a couple of Gamecock sweatshirts time, Werner calls his mother-in-law, Chapin. She promptly sits the phone by I listens tn Gamernelr nnnmineer Rr?H Fnlt by-play. Not just a couple of plays, mind yoi game. He only hangs up at halftime an< once the second half is about to begin. It all started in 1984 during Carolina's season. "I got kind of homesick and calle* times," Werner said in a telephone inte became a ritual." The Georgia Tech game ? a 34-0 US true test for the dedicated Werner. But managed to listen to the whole game." He said he did take a small break \ quarterback Todd Ellis threw an intercep halftime, but he still endured. He said th? his colleagues is a Tech fan didn't softer He said his mother-in-law, on the o "Gamecock connection," goes about he the game is on, checking on Werner only bad happens, such as a Gamecock turno Werner said his wife Julie, another doesn't give him too hard a time about Rugby team By JEREMY GARLINGTON v Staff writer a If you've ever wandered by the g athletic fields near the Sol Blatt P.E. f Center on a Sunday afternoon, chances are good you noticed an un- S familiar sport being played. S Questions such as "Why would h people want to run around passing a p deformed football backwards?" and "Why aren't those maniacs doing the passing wearing paasY" may pop to p mind after being conditioned by wat- b ching football games at WilliamsBrice Stadium. e Insane, you say? tl USC rugby team members would g disagree with most of their skeptics. li \lthough theirs is only a club sport, i1 t i i i i i i r * ; " r r r r r r r r r r r rrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrr DUI-IFYOUn r r r r r r r ( rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Southern Womens Serving The Area Abortion Services & Counseling Problem Pregnancy Counseling Pregnancy Testing Gyn Exams "Personal Contact With Soi 24-Hr. Answering Service 254-4368 or Toll Free 1-800-922-9 1614 Two Notch Rd. Coli :$qo* I "Immediat >!?U With Thi New donors or any donors in 30 days can earn $20.00 appointment necessary, but proc Columbia Plasi 1916 Tayor * OA Af < JACKETS?CAPS "Anything Textile love of Gt n Wichita, and, in fact, listens 1 On Saturdays nov in Columbia and flag he received fo field. The theme "2001" on the stereo >lay at Williams- University and Kans sas. Big Eight Conferenc He said he gets a f< /erner. don't even know wh ind in 1984 mov- "There's no big sentative for the "Everybody waits fc Werner said the p! lat doesn't mean every Saturday and either. At game compared to the cos Pat Rabon, in Columbia, a footbal :ne radio, ana ne aogs, etc. on give the playWerner has made i x, but the entire including last year's i then calls back season's Appalachiai umbia, and Werner 10-2 Gator Bowl a year. Of course, Werne i three or four Gamecocks appear c rview. "Soon, it Saturday's game ag: Gamecock his predic C loss ? was a "It's gonna be a as he put it, "I defense will play wel will get a couple of f vhen Gamecock The Kansas Gamt tion right before N.C. State, 10. ; fact that one of But the story doe: i the blow any. ago, Werner got son ther end of the And if you can belie1 r business while Werner said he tall when something asked if the neighboi ver. the phone, Werner jt USC graduate, Werner may be far the phone calls certain ? he's never in action S; /hich means it isn't funded by the v thletic department, the team has a enerated a fair amount of support o or its efforts. b Forty members play in the club. n ide A, the first-string team, and f< ide B, the second-string team, each ti ave 15 members, and remaining c; layers act as substitutes. is Although most of the action takes n lace in the spring, the club plays in C oth the fall and spring semesters. 1 The rules of rugby are complex, specially to those unfamiliar with n tie sport. 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Just across Gervais St. Brid^ imecocks Kansas :o some of the games also, v, Werner puts a 3-by-5 Gamecock r Christmas on his car and plays i loudly, in a state where both Kansas as State are constantly thrashed by e opponents. ew funny looks and that most people at the flag stands for. football rivalry here," he said. >r basketball." lone calls cost him about $20 to $21 called the price pretty cheap when ;t of transportation from Kansas to 1 ticket, a program, soft drinks, hot it to a few games over the past years, Nebraska game in Lincoln and this l State game. His father lives in Colgets back to town two or three times r saves on the phone bill when the m television, as is the case with this linst N.C. State. Werner gave The tion for that contest, squeaker," he said. "1 think the 11, and (place kicker Collin) Mackie ield goals." ;cock guru's final score: USC, 16; sn't end here. About three months ne new neighbors across the street. ve it, they're Cletnson fans, ks to them every so often, but when rs listen to the games together over ist replied, "I don't think so." from "home," but one thing is for far from the phone. aturday at, ^een halfbacks and fullbacks. When n attacking side reaches the "try," r scoring zone, it must touch the all to the ground or the points are ullilied. Four points are awarded ar a try, and two are given for an exa point. Most important, the ball annul move lorwaru in me air, or it ; turned over to the other team. This fall, the USC club has an 0-3 :cord, with losses to Georgia 16-0, leorgia Tech 24-9 and The Citadel 5-7. Even though Side A has not won a latch this season, club President hris Murphy remains confident the :am will see success in fall mipetition. "1 feel we are a really good team. r .r r V'rJ r!c r" "^7" ~ ~ I r ' r f- r r r r r r r r r , r r r r r ' rr t iONUriOSEtlD r r rrrrrrrf'-r r r rr r r r r I r r f r r- r r r rrrr^rrrri r.?r. r f r r r?r. j?c r r r f?- -I.- ... I GO .7 ^ COCKS! v f\ I rmrm "SPEC,A 630 For Frater rxation yw Columbia |t. *? min from USC AP Top 20 1. UCLA 2. Notre Dame 3. Southern Cal 4. Miami 5. Nebraska 6. Florida State 7. West Virginia 8. Oklahoma V. Auburn 10. Wyoming 11. Arkansas 12. Oklahoma State 13. LSU 14. Michigan 15. Clemson 16. Syracuse 17. South Carolina IB. Georgia 19. Alabama 20. Oregon Lady golfers win tourney The Lady Gamecock women's golf team captured the Lady Lion Invitational this past weekend at the Penn State Blue Course in State College, Pa. USC, with a score of 945, finished 30 strokes ahead of second-place James Madison after the four rounds of play. Lady Gamecock Kim Belk captured second place individually in a one-hole, sudden-death playoff with a score of 235. A..C. Flora but we just have to jell," Murphy said. "Once that happens, we should begin to roll to victory." This weekend, the team will play in the state tournament at A.C. Flora High School. In its first match, USC plays the Charleston Rugby Football Club at 10:30 a.m. The winner of the ...III ~l~.. ...: ~c .1 - awivn mil \Jiay IIIC W1IU1CI Ui II1C Clemson-Old Gray match. Leading USC will be forwards Rob Palmer, Rob Kersey, Murphy and backs John Hamilton and Brett Cargill. "We have a real good group of guys, but we must work together," he said. "I think we still have a good chance to win the tournament." viO* J.* -ii . f i. V' 4 <- - rrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr r r r rrrr rccrrrrrrrrr UR LKa?WSR: : : : T?r r r r r -rrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr r r r^ r r r r rrrrrrrrrrrrrr 42JUUH L DISCOUNTS" nities & Sororities liolesale