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Editors' note: With baseball
season well underway baseball
fever is spreading. Since The
Gamecock has caught the fever, we
will feature a different major
league in each summer issue. This
week's look will be at the Atlanta
Braves.
At the beginning of the season
many optimistic Braves fans and
some sports writers believed the
Braves could finish as high as third.
It seemed very likely after their
better than average start compared
to the past several seasons. Unfor
tunately, the Braves have slipped
back into their losing ways during
the past few weeks.
One reason for optimism, was
the club's movement towards
youth. New names like Jeff Treadway,
Geronimo Berroa, John
Smoltz, Pete Smith, Jeff Blausser,
and Tommy Gregg highlight this
year's team replacing some of the
aged veterans such as Ted Simmons
and Ken Griffey.
While in the minors, Jeff Treadway
wasn't used much as a lead-off
man but he is experiencing great
success batting first in the line-up
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Outfielder Tommy Gregg is
another pleasant surprise for
"America's Team." Injuries slowed
him this year, but he has shown
power-batting potential in his
limited playing time.
Last year's gem, first baseman
Gerald Perry, has had a dismal
start, but his batting is coming back
alive. Perry's season average is
around the .250 mark but has hit
the ball quite well in his last few
games.
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season only to lose to defending
league batting champ Tony Gwynn
in the last few weeks of the season.
The offensive spark for the
Braves this year has been the
seasoned veteran outfielder Lonnie
Smith. He leads his team with a
.324 batting average and is currently
third in the National League.
The Braves will need him if they
plan to improve from their last
place standing in the National
League West division.
There have been some disappointments
for the Braves offense
as well. Two time National League
Most Valuable Player Dale Murphy
has had a poor year. The slugging
outfielder is on pace to crank
around 17 homeruns, well below
his average. The Braves tried to
deal Murphy to another team for
some pitching or hitting, but they
failed to reach an agreement with
anyone.
There is a power shortage in
Atlanta. Shortstop Andres Thomas
has been used in the clean-up spot
because the Braves can't produce as
many runs as they would like out of
the fourth spot.Thomas is leading
the team with seven homers.
Thomas, originally thought to be a
premier shortstop in the majo'rsT
has fallen short of his expectations
at this point in his career.
The Braves are eighth in the National
League in batting with a .237
average due to their recent inability
to score runs.
I ant a die-hard Braves fan but
third place is only possible this year
only if three teams withdraw from
the National League East.
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USC men's tennis team Coach Kent DeMars is NCAA Coach of the year.
USC intramural;
By DEBBIE JORDAN Registration for the Homerun DerSports
editor by, an individual homerun hitting \
Summer school students are being contest, will begin on July 17 and last i
offered ways of staying in shape until July 20.
while having fun in the sun through '
summer intramurals. Students may sign up for summer '
Students who want to take part in intramurals at the Blatt Physical
summer intramurals should pay at- Education Center between 8 a.m.
tention to registration deadlines, said and 4:30 p.m. I
Campus Recreation Director David 1
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Registration for intramural soft- $10 per team and tennis is $3 per per- (
ball and golf closes Thursday. son. The remaining intramural ac- t
Registration for the raquetball tivities are free of charge,
challenge ladder will begin. Monday Golt will be pla\ed at Richland
and last through June 15. County's LinRick Golf Course and
The intramurals department will the other games will be held on
accept registration for tennis beginn- campus.
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By D.R. HAYNES
Staff writer
USC men's tennis has had some
major accomplishments this year.
Their successes included finishing
third in the National College
Association of Athletes tournament
and a trophy for Coach of the Year.
This year's racket bashers finished
with an impressive 21-7 record.
Along with breaking to the semifinals
in the NCAA tourney, men's
tennis coach Kent DeMars earned the
distinct honor of being named
NCAA Tennis Coach of the Year.
In only his fifth year as men's tennis
coach, DeMars has propelled the
USC tennis program into contention
for a national championship.
Before coming to USC, DeMars
headed the tennis program at
Southern Illinios University for 11
years where he coached tennis pro
superstars Ken Flack and Robert
Seguso who finished as the top
doubles team in college and are on
top of the pro tennis scene.
Junior Stephani Simian, who
played singles and doubles, finished
as the 10th best player in the nation.
His partner, senior Ken Diller, who
was the second best player in the
country, combined to serve as the
backbone to USC's success.
"He (Diller) was my stopper. He
was the one person who was rarely
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Starting dates for other teams have
lot been arranged yet.
Stewart said he believes recreaional
onnortunities shnnlH hp nrn
/ided for students in the summer.
"Because of great student interest,
he department added tennis,"
Stewart said. If students have any
iummer intramural requests, they are
mcouraged to call Campus Recreaion
at 777-5261.
Summer fitness programs will also
be offered to students this summer.
Afcobics classes will be held Monday
through Thursday from 4:45
p.m. to 5:45 p.m. in gym 307 of the
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talented and of championship
calibur, he said.
"We had nine pretty good
points," DeMars said. Out of six
singles and three doubles games
played at each tennis match, most of
the teams are stronger in one than the
other, he said. USC was strong in
both areas accounting for their nine
good points, Demars said.
"We didn't have superstars but we
were really very solid throughout the
whole team," DeMars said. USC
also had a good bench to back up injured
players, he said.
"We had four guys on the team
who were ail-Americans. Usually in a
given year you have one, maybe
two," DeMars said.
Graduation will take its toll on next
year's squad, DeMars said. Their
number two, three, and four singles
players were lost to graduation, he
said. USC's two top doubles teams
will also lose one player each, he
said.
With the good depth they had this
year and the good recruiting class of
next year, USC may fair well despite
their losses.
Among next year's recruits will be
Mark Parus out of Orlando, Fla.
who is ranked number six among
high school recruits in the nation
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"We've had a phenomenal number
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Stewart said. "More than
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Spring semester," he added. "This is
the first summer that-the aerobics
program has been offfered."
Students are also invited to use the
weight room of the P.E. Center.
Three new Concept 11 Rowing
Ergometers purchased by Campus
Recreation have arrived along with
three Bally Life exercise bikes.
Students need not be enrolled in summer
classes to use the P.E. Center's
weight room.
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am this year. Riech has posted an 8-3
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the bat with a .335 batting average
th in the South Atlantic League.
been hurt by the loss of outfielder Rob
atting .310 and a club-leading 18 stolen
g injured on May 22.
sistant manager Skip Weisman said
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