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Sports 8 The Gamecock Monday, January 29, 1990 BMBI1 ?I r w JtKKKMKk - -//** ^ p|r ^ gr HW I ' ii ; * > ^ Renee Meyer/The Gamecock Eric Sykes dunks the ball against Davidson on Thursday. USC defeated the Wildcats but fell to Memphis State Saturday 74-72. Fulton continues Ion By BRANT LONG "So we decided to ! Assistant Sports Editor Fulton admits it Tonight, a legend reaches another milestone. Columbia. In 1954 When USC takes the floor against Augusta College Baseball Game of at the Frank McGuire Arena, the "Voice of the Game- Fulton was offered cocks" calls his 1,000th game. more lucrative fir Bob Fulton, a native of Ridley Park, Penn., has more things in this been in the broadcasting business for 48 years and is Thus, the legend; still going strong. has continued. ... ... . i , . After such an His fns11break came in 1942 when an ad appeared numerous an(j in a Philadelphia newspaper for open auditions at a -t, tQu . ?Q namc Camden, New Jersey radio station. After many were n . . eliminated, Fulton got the job,for, as Fulton said, a $ a Ume wh( grand sum of $25 a week. team made the Uirr In 1952, Fulton auditioned for a job with a Colum- ACC Championshi] bia minor league baseball team, then affiliated with "We came fron the Cincinnatti Reds organization. Fulton was only go- 87-86 in Chapel Hi fika mi?w(v\Ar tkan n-n Kopb fA A rVin_ 1 A A/V\ nf * lllg lU WVJii^. iui uauiinui/i, uiv/ii 5kj uawn. iu i wivau 1U,VAA7. puupu/ at I sas, where he was working at the time, to broadcast night to greet the b; Southwest Conference football. And on the not-s "We liked it here so much, the station offered me so many of those." the Carolina football and basketball job," Fulton said. "in 1947, there ij ST. 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Assistant Sports editor r t h or Memphis State junior guard El- inei Hot Perry stood atop the press w O table, waving his hands like a S h ( madman while a crowd of over p|a[ 9,000 sat stunned. Four seconds remained in Saturday afternoon's Metro Conference contest between USC and Memphis State at the Frank McGuire Arena when Gamecock senior Eric "Ii Sykes connected on two free ball throws to give UbLa /z-/i lead. situa After three time outs, forward whei Ronald McClain threw the ball in Ellio to Perry who rushed up court. Bo- he p] jan Popovic, guarding Perry, woul tripped and fell, leaving the Ti- N( gers' point guard to pull up and hit poin a 23-foot jumper with less than gam one second left. Perry then jumped chan on the table before being mobbed the f by his ecstatic teammates. "I guess that's why we have Saturday afternoons," USC head & coach George Felton said. "A great n"tes college basketball game. Elliot ^it a Perry hit a great shot . . . it's a tw0 1 tough game to lose. Elliot made a t0 11 great shot." 38-3 Memphis State head coach Chej Larry Finch talked about the plan three to get Perry the ball for the last Gibs shot. three \g career, ca stay." in Bin was a tough decision to stay in kept h , he was broadcasting the Mutual ebriate the Day. When the head man left, saying the job. Though it would've been We di< lancially, Fulton said, "there are "Fir business than money." on toj iry story began, and for 38 years, it crowd of it a illustrious career, you'd expect hour." I not-so-great moments. Fulton said Fult just one most memorable moment, ing a { to do with the 1967-68 basketball "It' sn Fulton says the USC basketball out of laround that would lead to 1970-71 Full :>. names i behind to beat North Carolina but thi ill and we came back here and had "I k he airport on a rainy Wednesday jors. I all club when they got back." world, o-great side, Fulton said, "there are 30 yes Full was a bowl called the Dixie Bowl excepi I THE ^ BIG BIRD 625 S. 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The cor t would hit the shot. . . when until the end, an lanted and raised up, I knew it look over the lea< d be close." jump shot at the' . . 1 I I .1 kit ? j icain icu uy iuuic uian seven rupuvie mi a ts the entire game and the with 3:09 left in e started with four lead USC to within fo ges in the first 10 minutes of and Popovic add irst half. give the Gamec< , . , , . . vantage with 1:0* >C opened its largest lead of Ti forward ame with just under seven mi- lurnaround jump I in the half when Joe Rhett l0 ive Mem h 13-footer. Sykes would hit )ead Thcn> s kei free throws three minutes later behind with :04 nprove the lead to five at cajj was con[est( 13. Memphis State senior coach Larry Find /enne Gibson answered with a "How can you ;-pointer to cut the lead to two. the middle of th on was three-for-three from ball is still in j-point range in the first half "... with four lis 1,000th ga ningham, Ala. I was doing the ball game and I earing this fellow who was, obviously, quite in/j. He kept calling for his mother ... he kept 'hello ma, hello ma, I'm here in Birmingham.' dn't know where this guy was coming from, lally, we figured out somebody had gotten up ) of the roof of our booth where we had our mike. He had gotten up there and gotten a hold tnd was part 01 our broadcast tor about nan an on was also attacked by bees while broadcast*ame. was not only embarrassing, but I got the hell bit me," he said. ton has worked with and known such famous ; as Vin Scully, Joe Garagiola and Curt Gowdy, s one he enjoys most is Harry Caray. mew Harry when I was broadcasting in the male's kind of an anachronism in the sportscasting . He's still doing his games the way he did them its ago, but I enjoy him." ton has been at USC continuously since 1954 t for 1965 and 1966 when he broadcasted foot ja cnicKen w/rotatoes and Green Salad $3.99 Gyros $2.95 'French Fries $3.75 -arge Greek Salad S3'50 8th fl< DS always ??,?? h r~ I Ej Wtm Consic portuni if signed JJ" to fres Emerg ition loan in a ^ specia an be withheld would becom ue your return Name: w a - ? I Home Addr 720 Broad River Road I River Center 772-4022/4023 V Major: 05 Charleston Highway Granby Village 796-1400/1409 1001 Harden Street Ton's O' Toys ! understand t 799-2803/779-0871 wKnSd if you are not >47 St. Andrews Road Siqnoture: y Wiggly Shopping Center Dcpioi 772-0455/2909 ncuiai mmmmm Que: rs over USC or the game. The the game be decided by the playvo Joe Rhett free ers. I'm a firm believer in that." /e USC a 41-38 Neverthless, Sykes sank the free throws, but the Gamecocks fell 21 cs were led in the feet short of a victory when ) English who had Perry's three-pointer went through also shot 65 per- ^ a74~7;? final* , Id in the first half 111 tel1 y?u what> that was a were 100 per cent 1)311 Samc'" Finch said- "For )w j-ne the fans, it was a heck of a basketlp an" early seven 1)3 d ?am(p second stanza be- EnShsh flnlshed wllh a Same" eutive Memphis hlgh 19 Points for usc- as dld P crnrpH on fw Gibson for the Tigers. Free throws itest staved close were 3 maJor factor 3S MemPhis !d Memphis State hi. 94 per cent for the game, 1 when Perry hit a while USC co ected on 76 per 4:17 mark. centi 19-foot jumper "I'm very proud of our team," the contest to pull Felton said. "I thought they did an hit at 67-63. Rhett outstanding job. I can't really point ed free throws to to any one thing. Well, I can point xks a 70-69 ad- to one thing, Eric Sykes gave us a 1 remaining. lead. Everybody did a super job. Ben Spiva hit a "We stayed with our game plan shot with :35 left and just came up short," Felton sSwasmfouiaed from added.";. was Jast a Srcat colle8e remaining. The basketball game, id by Tiger head USC falls to 8-6 overall and 3-2 h. in the Metro Conference. Next for pick a guy out of the Gamecocks are the Jaguars of e pack while the Augusta College who visit the flight," he said. Frank McGuire tonight for a 7:30 seconds left, let p.m. tip-off. me tonight ball for Georgia Tech, at the time, one of the largest college networks in the country. It was former USC head football coach Paul Dietzel who brought Fulton back. After 38 years, Fulton still is not sure when he will step down as the "voice." "I don't think you should ever set a time. I want to keep working as long as I feel comfortable and as long as the people feel comfortable with me. I realize that it is not going to be too much longer. I would like to somehow keep going long enough where I could wind up with 50 years anyway, and from there on, take a look and see how I feel. "What I don't want to do is stay to the point where somebody says, 'hey, it's time for you to get out of here.' I want to know that and get going before somebody has to tell me." | ? & ?' to. A recent study by the St. Bonaventure sports information office found that Fulton's tenure at USC was the fifth longest among Division I basketball broadcasters. If the state of South Carolina can be lucky enough, Fulton's voice will be here until he is number one. RECRUITERS ARE HERE! Meet Them At The 90 CAREER FAIR Sponsored by the AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION 6:30 - 9:00 3or, Business Administration ?ss appropriately & bring your resume 'tic raitr a ?e, (Program ler yourself fortunate! 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