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8 The Gamecock Wednesday, April 11,1990
Cromer gets
Metro honor
From Staff Reports
USC freshman outfielder D.T.
Cromer has been named Metro
Conference baseball Player of the
Week.
Cromer batted 16-for-24 in six
games last week, a .667 pace,
while raising his season batting average
from .283 to .354.
Cromer began the week with
two doubles in four at bats Monday
night against Clemson.
Against The Citadel on Tuesday
night, Cromer rapped three singles
in six at bats as the Gamecocks
rallied to edge the Bulldogs 13-12.
Thursday night, at UNCCharlotte,
he added a double and
two singles. Cromer rounded out
the week by going 8-for-10 in a
three-game series with Metro opponent
Cincinnati this past
weekend.
In the first game of the Gamecocks'
doubleheader with the
Bearcats on Saturday, Cromer batted
4-for-4, including his fifth
home run of the season. Cromer
was held to one hit in three trips to
the plate in the second game, but
came back with a 3-for-3 performance
on Sunday.
The freshman outfielder has hit
safely in nine consecutive games
and has at least one hit in 21 of the
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pasi games.
Cromer, the youngest of three Qe|
brothers to play for the Game- ^ (
cocks, is an All-State prep star ma
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Rogers ne
How many legends will crum
before I get out of school?
Don't bother strapping or
k smile for this commentary, fol
It's not going to be very pretty.
^ First, soul brother No.l, Jan
Brown, a man loved for his mil
and personality, was arrested
numerous violations and is now
Nk a work-release program after se
fc ing a jail term.
Just as the Godfather of Sou!
beginning community service wi
to try and, not only get out of
slammer, but also to re-establ
his name, another area legend, fa
^ Not just this area, mind you,
" this school as well,
t On Saturday. Georee Roee
bthe only Gamecock to ever win
coveted Heisman trophy, v
caught by Richland County nar
tics agents with cocaine . . . i
just on his person but in his ri
nostril, police said.
A report in The State quo
Richland County Sherriff A1
Sloan as saying that Rogers \
\S*.. snorting cocaine when agents bi
<* S through the door of the St. /
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\ '\ \ ? Rogers was released the sa
tt t \ day after paying 10 percent of
I* $5,000 bond.
Kile Photo But that's the news of the stoi
, This has happened before,
ieorge Ro- course. When Rogers played
with intent ^ew Orleans Saints, he adn
ia Rogers tec* 10 us'ng cocaine during
1981 season. He went through
?' habitation and /then went on
odUCdors.
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represented your friends'
ou were learning - in compununications
and other tcchni- H
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ork I had heard that George
the been back at USC recently,
ish was apparently taking course
lis. try to get a real estate lice
hut which he has vet to receive.
He was hired by USC in Fe
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len that has been cancelled becau;
vas the arrest,
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Kn- Very sad.
I was one of many, many G;
me cock fans who idolized George
his kept on coming through for I
The 100-yard performances e
7. Saturday (not to mention over
of yards three times), the awards
for trophy . . . and now this,
lit- One of my fraternity brol
the said, when he heard the news,
re- they should rename the street
to means, of course, George Rc
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n up his act
Boulevard. I suggested that they
paint over the picture of him on
the side of the Booker T. Washington
building. But maybe that is too
JG drastic.
Or is it?
! Rogers has a lot going for him
I including numerous USC records
and an induction into the USC
s in Athletic Hall of Fame. He also
holds, in case you've forgotten
(and not too many Gamecock fans
had have), the records for most yards
He rushing in a career (5,204), most
;s to yards rushing in a season (1,894),
:nse, and most career touchdowns (33).
Rogers was also a first-round draft
ibru- pick in the NFL in 1981 and was
liege named NFL Rookie of the Year by
ices, The Sporting News.
,044 It raises an interesting question:
g to what do you do?
Or better yet: what do you think
also about George?
gers Either you can forget that he de
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out u>uj me wona or arugs a cou;e
of of times and got caught and remember
all of the bright spots .. .
Or you can regret that a man
with such great athletic talent
ame- wasted some of his life by using a
He Stupid substance that just happens
JSC. to be illegal.. .
svery Or you can think that he was
200 finished in the pros anyway and
, the what he does with his life is his
own damn business.
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