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Sports Wednesday, July 5,1989 THE^AAIECOCK 5 Reds mi - -? in secon The National League West is a very interesting division. There clearly is no dominant team, and some even say its the weakest division in baseball. Furthermore, they have had different and unlikely winners in recent years. Regardless of who finished first, one team has managed to finish second for the past several seasons ? the Cincinnati Reds. Despite all the unwanted attention surrounding the Pete Rose controversy, baseball's oldest existing franchise is in the thick of things with a third place standing. On Sunday, the Reds had a 42-37 record and trailed the divisionleading San Franscisco Giants by 4.5 games, and suprinsingly, the Houston Astros were in second with only one game between them and the Giants. By far the most pleasant surprise for Cincinnati has been shortstop Barry Larkin. He came out of nowhere to lead the National League in batting for most of the season. Last year he batted .296 and collected 12 home runs and 56 RBI. Showing good speed, he also stole 40 bases. His improved .357 batting average is second only to San Diego's Tony Gwynn who has won the batting title several times in the past. Larkin also has three home passed a bill to require either judicial or parental consent. The bill has been held up in the Senate, but the poll shows that South I MINIMUM With EVERY donatio Biood. Programs avail simple blood test is all if you qualify. Specia students. op* Ser< Sw 2719C^ Serologicals U0 lUUi IU go aiUllg Willi Jl IS.D1. The young, talented Eric Davis is supplying the punch for Cincinnati wifb a .293 average and a teamleading 14 hDmers. Just last year' Davis was brought up in a trade rumor to go to Atlanta for Dale Murphy in an even swap. With Murphy having one of his worst seasons ever, the Reds made the right choice in keeping Davis. When Davis broke into the League a few years ago, many thought with his usual combination of power and speed that he would be the next Willie Mays. Outfielder Paul O'Neil is also having a good year. He has belted 12 round-trippers and registered a .281 batting average. His 52 RBI leads the Reds. O'Neil has improved from his .252 batting average and 16 home runs of last season. He is on pace to knock in around 25 homers this year. Third baseman Chris Sabo has been slowed by injuries this season. His .260 batting average and 24 RBI are slightly off-paced from his .271 average of last year. A more important number for Sabo was his 46 stolen bases which led the Reds last year. Sabo has demonstrated superstar. potential. His past performance POLL Continued j whether a woman should be able to go to her doctor and have an abortion, 54 percent said she should, and 39 percent said she shouldn't. The poll found a greater consensus that abortion law should be changed in one area ? regarding girls under I7. Under current law, young girls can have an abortion in South Carolina without anyone's permission. The state House of Representatives has le Batter's Circle By D.R. Haynes .iy finish d place has had him recognized as a candidate for rookie of the year. He is a solid player and his talent is badly needed by the Reds. In team batting, the Cincinnati Reds are ? you guessed it ? second! They are batting .256 as a unit. The pitching, however, has been a major disappointment, i Danny Jackson has to be tjie big- . gest disappoihthfent for Cincinnati. Last year many thought his impressive 23-8 record and 2.73 ERA should have won him the Cy Young Award. Jackson's 15 complete games pitched was more than the entire pitching staff of the Atlanta Braves. Jackson is almost at the bottom of the heap with a 5-9 record paired with a staggering 6.03 ERA. Jackson is also experiencing control problems. His 44 walks rank third overall in the National League. Starting pitching is a big problem for Pete Rose and the gang. Not one pitcher is really having a solid year. Jose DeLeon might be the closest thing to a good pitcher. His 102 strikeout lead the League but he is only 8-7 with a 3.41 ERA. Tom Browning had a strong year last season going 18-5. This year he is suffering with a 6-6 record and a 3.25 ERA. Former Brave Rick Mahler is 8-8 supported by a 3.39 ERA. He went 9-16 with the Braves last year. Rob Dibble's 6-3 record and 2.14 ERA might be Cincinnati's best this season. Dibble split time last year between Nashville and Cincinnati. Reliever John Franco is the only consistent part of the Reds pitching staff. Already he has 15 saves. Last year he saved 39 games to earn him National League Relief Man of the Year. Cincinnati is playing good baseball. The spotlight, however, is on Reds manager Pete Rose. He faces the possibility of being "bSnrF ed permanently from baseball for betting on his own team. Everyone is caught up in Rose's gambling controversy and, as a result, forgetting about the fine season the Reds are having. Roger Craig and his San Francisco Giants are extremely tough this year and it looks like they will hold on to win the National League West in October. Houston is playing well right now, but they will probably fold. 1 hate to say it, but I'm betting 6-1 along with Rose that the Cincinnati Reds will-onee-again finish"'" second. from page 1 Carolinians want restriction*; Fewer than 15 percent said young girls should not be required to have anyone's permission for an abortion. Of the remaining 85 percent, a little less than half said young girls should have to get permission from their parents or the court;.and a little more than a quarter said they should be required to get permission unless the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest. Since the Supreme Court's decision, legislature's across the country now have some degree of freedom to write their own rules about abortion. $20 PAID n. Plasma & Whole for all blood types. A that is needed to see il bonus program for Mogicals. Inc. liddleburg Dr. Suite 105 ilumbia, S.C. 29204 254-653? \^an ine vv csion I 254-2663 *y m ' Jpp- ' jgt % Team members of Westside High School in Augusta, About 100 participate Players gi By D.R. HAYNES Sports editor Last time it was the young men "hooping it up" at George Felton's Basketball Camp. This time the ladies took over the court in USC Women's Basketball Team Coach Nancy Wilson's camp last week. More than 100 girls representing 15 teams participated in Wilson's sixth annual camp at USC. The week-long session featured mainly South Carolina high schools with a few coming from Georgia and Virginia. Schools such as Denmark-Olar, Sumter, Hilton Head, and Manning attended. Another camp for individuals will be held at USC the last week of July. "The camp is a good service to the Gamecock fans," Wilson said. Even though none of last year's plavers went through Wilson's camp, it is good forH-ecruitjng, she said. "The camp is a good way to better the sport of women's basketball," she said. The Seahawks of Hilton Head are here for the From staff re Charlie Str< HI years, resigne f :jgmgm position wit! Columbia. J? 1L "H Strong's re: ^ ^sjHj^flj Strong, 48, i Mir* Alabama, whi m'%. years. .y|j||^^k As Gamect ^k 1|HHH|^^Hh|| Americans an ^k ^W^^M year ^k Strong serv H jgk H^ Hit Team HH "After 20 y File photo decided that ] Charlie Strong, L'SC Track coach. life," Strong GRANTS Continued fr "The NEA only selects applicants Wilson receiv who have made a major contribution and edit the p to the cultural life of the community John C. Calh and have the potential to otter even wuson saiC more," Myers said. completion ol Calhoun, whi Museum officials have one year to when comple develop a plan and then apply for up period, to $75,000 to implement the project. Wilson ad< Two History department pro- speak well of fessors, David R. Chesnutt and competition Clyde N. Wilson, received grants grants is inten from the National Endowment for onlylOpercer the Humanities to prepare the papers receive them, of two South Carolina statesmen for USC join's publication. nessee in K: Chesnutt's project involving the southern univ< papers of Henry Laurens, the 18th- from the NE century statesman and president of who received the Continental Congress, has been Harvard, Ruts approved for funding of $125,000. of California. DON'T WAIT Choose now from the best : apartments in town and be re summer and fall semesters Our apartments vary in size, features; aU are within walking USC/5 pts. r*-11 TL - 7 ? ^ - r* w Ga., practices foul shots at Nancy Wilson's basketto ? in camp et coach's second year. Head coach Charles Dickson said he hopes to return next year. "It helps the team to play as a unit," Dickson said. A team being together away from home is another advantage of coming to a camp, he said. The individual training, the opportunity to meet others and the competition are pluses about the j camp, Dickson said. Hilton Head sophomore Angela Sampson said she enjoyed the camp and the nice and cool gym, counselors and a chance to play other teams, she said. ; "It's an all-around good camp," Sampson said. i- i r: ? * i 1 1- \\r ? i iw i in uci 111 m ycai as neau cuacn ai westsiue mgn in Augusta, Ga., Faye Norris brought her team to Wilson's camp for the first time. After a dismal 4-18 season last year and a last i place finish in their division, Norris brought her squad in hopes for an improved season to come. VThey key on deftnss-which is the key to winning," Norris said as a good point about the camp. The camp is good for a team s attitude and a wa\ to learn from other teams, Norris said. C head track c ports for m> yng, head track coach at USC for the past 13 forwai d Monday to assume a marketing associate "1 1 i the Carter-Miot Engineering Firm in Caroli made 5 iignation is effective July 7. ty has came to USC in 1977 from the University of caliber ere he served as an assistant coach for seven Kinj said "t has pr< Dck head coach, Strong tutored five All- and hi: d was a two-time Metro Conference coach Stro 1987 and 1989. perfori ed as head coach of the South Team at the 1961 : Festival and was a member of the South ferenct g staff at the 1983 National Sports Festival. dash, ears of coaching at the Division I level, I've He e I want to do something different with my later n said. "This is too good of an opportunity where ted, is for a two-year yf f I 4f Jed that these grants . / ** 1 j Jk the university, because ^ / f tor these Endowment Njj| se, noting that perhaps it of applicants actually i i i blood sa the University of Ten noxville as the only W iSCMOOOOOylS 05 ersities to receive grants wf H. Other institutions Thank you for givi tunding include Yale, Aaain and apain l?rs, and the University m anQ American I R?iCroI i'we'AR ! Win3s selection of | ^ ady for the | m i Wheels ^ ? rent and distance of I CALL! Today | | FOR THE BEST AIS . ^DELIVERED RIGH W pit ^mL iH || BfjCT ?tM| fj^ |l<. ^jy ^p^H KCvv. Brian Sauls/ The Gamecock ill camp last Wednesday. expertise Westside junior Christy Green was pleased with the camp. Green said she learned some valuable skwis ana liKea tne iaea ot using them in the scrimmage games. "The schedule is rough," Green said. A day starts with a 6:30 a.m. wake-up spanning to late games and drills ending past 10 p.m., Green said. Nine to 11 a.m. is set aside for individual skills with the rest of the day consisting of playing games against other squads. USC basketball player Beth Hunt said she enjoys assisting in the camps. "It's fun to help them and see them improve, if there is a reward," Hunt said. The intense level of play shows enthusiasm for the camp, Hunt said. The USC forward/center attended the Blue Star individual basketball camp at Rutgers for two years in her high school days. A tournament is set up for teams in advanced and beginner divisions. Their seeds are determined by their win-loss record during the week . There was also a free-throw and a one-on-one tournament set up for the players. :oach resigns ' family and 1 to turn down at this time and we look d to the challenge ahead of us." 'eel good about what we've done here at South na the past 13 years," Strong continued. "We've iome good improvements in the program; the faeili been upgraded and we've coached some nationalpeople." Dixon, director of athletics at South Carolina, hat we are grateful to Charlie and for the service he Dvided the program the past 13 years. We wish him s family the very best." ng, a native of Clinton, Okla., was a standout track ner at Oklahoma State University. As a collegian, >3, Strong claimed nine individual Big Eight Con; titles and was an All-America in the 440-yard arned his bachelor's degree from OSU in 1964 and eceived a master's degree from Kansas in 1968, he served as an assistant in 1967 and 1968. " ~i I THE GAMECOCK THE GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in THE GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of the Univefsity of South Carolina. 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