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Friday, September 20, 1991
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Bravos infix
without speed
of outfielder
Lot's of happenings in the
sports world this week, not all
of it good. Not good, that is, if
you are a Braves fan.
Two days after coming off
the biggest high of the season,
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pended for 60 days for violating
his aftercare drug program.
Nixon, who has been tested
three times a week since 1987,
failed another one. Nixon, who
was leading the National
League'in stolen bases with 72,
will be sorely missed by the
Braves. However, the story is
much more than that.
Nixon, who was expected to
make a statement Thursday, has
fallen victim to a plague that
victimized mankind worldwide.
Whatever the personal impact,
the issue remains that Atlanta
will have to compensate
./or the lack of speejl,. # t
The absence of said speed
was already evident. In Wednesday's
game in San Diego,
Lonnie Smith, who assumed the
lead-off duties, opened the
game with a base hit. After
Smith stole second (perhaps trying
to nip such worries), Jeff
Treadway also hit a single.
Smith, who has lost some speed
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in recent years, couiu umy au*vance
to third. With Nixon,1
that's an automaitc run.
Also of note, the general
managers for both teams participated
in a conference call with
commissioner Fay Vincent recently
to decide whose home
turf a tie-breaker game would
be played if needed.
Fred Claire and John Schuerholz
tossed a coin via high technology
and the Dodger's Clair
won. So, if the season ends up
in a tie, the Braves and the
hated-Dodgers will play a onegame
tie breaker in Los
Angeles, the City of Bums, to
decide who gets the pennant.
A last bit of Braves info is a
trivia question. Who is the only
Brave who played in Boston,
Milwaukee and Atlanta?
One of the newest student organizations
on campus is the
Student Gamecock Club.
Headed up by Mike Bosarghe,
an intern with the Gamecock
Gub? the junior organization is
open to any student, including
graduate students. For a $20 initiation
fee, all interested persons
will receive a Student
Gamecock Club T-shirt, a membership
card, car decal and a
subscription to Spurs and
Feathers. Members will help
with the Athletic Department,
be a part of Gamecock Madness
with the basketball team, and
volunteer to help out in other
ways. The club will also allow
members a chance to meet and
work with the head coaches and
attend pizza parties before
games, as well as being able to
attend closed practices.
Bosarghe, who has headed up
this tyfae of club at Southern
k Miss, said, "They don't have
nearly the pride in their athletic
department as we have here.
The whole idea is to educate the
importance of being good, supportive
alumni."
Trivia Answer: Third baseman
Eddie Matthews played for
the Braves in all three cities.
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By AARON SHEININ ca
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After two disappointing weeks, ^
the Gamecocks will face possibly ac
their toughest opponent thus far, as y,
USC and the Virginia Tech Hokies
kickoff Saturday night in sj
Williams-Brice Stadium.
Again the Gamecocks will face
a team full of returning starters, 16 ^
this time. The Hokies are probably fc
fielding their strongest team in ^
this, coach Frank Beamer's fifth, fc
year at the reigns. se
Featuring a prolific left-handed
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and a huge offensive tackle in
292 lb. Eugene Chung. The Tech- Qj
men tailbacks, Tony Kennedy and ^
Vaughn Hebron, will attack the B]
Gamecock front line by running
Chung's hole. Hebron rushed for
640 yards this past season, while ^
Kennedy added 517. Kennedy and w
Hebron have rushed for 105 and q.
97 yards respectively in the first
two games.
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back Furrer remains Tech's biggest pi
offensive threat Used to great pass ar]
protection, Furrer connected on c0
58.4 percent of his passes in 1990, nj,
for 2,122 yards and 19 touch- 5U
downs. His 4,520 career yards wj
.passing lank&jbaro spcond
history. However, of Furrer's 35
career interceptions, 21 have come mi
on the road. The southpaw's favo- te;
rite targets this season have been
flanker Marcus Mickel with seven f0
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ATLANTA 83 63
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Cincinnati 70 76
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being swept by the Giants Monday ai
a three game seriefc against thb Dodgi
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okies is the defensive end. Thre
f 1990's top players, Jimm
Tiitten, A1 Chamblee and Tod
rown are all gone. Wooster Pac
ill move back to the end spot ai
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amecock runners, trying to find
ocker and move down field.
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or John Granby, who missed al
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ith a dislocated jaw. On the righ
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lomore. At safety is senior Da
ien Russell, who was third on th?
am in 1990 with 73 tackles.
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urth-quarter surge to win 35-2'
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on a pass from Fuller. Fuller was
p 15 of 25 for 251 yards passing and
" two touchdowns.
11 Looking back, this game is disloss
to West Virginia. In the last
& game against the Hokies, USC
couldn't get much offense genera
ated in the first half, but came out
* and scored 28 points in the second
"Gamecock;
By BRANT LONG
fy . Copy Desk Chief
USC head soccer coach Mark Be
plenty of new faces Wednesday at T1
tt the 10th-ranked Gamecocks blistered
improve to 3-1.
I Everyone on the roster, except fo
gins, suspended because of a red ca
Carolina match, a few injured players
David Turner, played in the contest
0 USC held a 2-0 lead at halftime, bi
was forward Hans Lohner's early s<
rthat "took the heart out of Erskine."
USC sophomore midfielder Jo Jo
ball in the goal box with less than a
the second half. He slid a pass to a
ner on the right side of the goal, and
Bolivia tapped the ball into the open
ner's first goal of the season.
"I'm real proud of our players,"
thought they responded very well. I
undefeated, and they are a very good
"Our guys gave a good solid perfor
USC started slowly, unable to C(
early first half opportunities. It wasn'
mark that the Gamecocks got on the 1
Senior Adam Binding fired a shot;
goal box that was deflected. He tool
and found freshman midfielder Bill
^ marked on the right side of the goal.
Mo. native notched his second goal
ne easily beating Fleet goalie Crispin J
an left to give the Gamecocks a 1-0 adv*
Binding got a goal of his own six i
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Left hander Tommy
Glavine got his 19th win of the
season Wednesday in a 6-4
win over the Padres. Glavine,
who leads the leaaue in wins.
gave up four runs in 7 2/3
innings, to see his ERA rise
to 2.52 from 2.44...Terry
Pendleton's 11 game hitting
streak was snapped Tuesday
in San Francisco...Alejandro
Pena got his ninth save
Wednesday...John Smoltz was
trying for his 11th win since
the All-star game in
Thursday's late game in San
Diego
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half. However, the big difference W.V,
between that game and last week's The>
is that against the Hokies, the meet
Gamecocks came all the way back, Talla
not almost back. Th
"They played better as the day with
went along," Beamer said. "They Madi
just flat ran out of time." Carol
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cocks is a "tremendous and impor- are 3
tant week," Beamer said. For Vir- ginia
ginia Tech, it is the second of five 500tl
consecutive road games. Next and ]
week, the Techmen play at Okla- 10 5*
homa, then go to Morgantown, again
5 rock Erski
a brilliant solo effort. P
trapped the ball off hi:
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r follow that with a trip to
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ie Hokies opened the season
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son. hut then fell 7-0 at North
lina State. This past week was
3en week for the Hokies, who
-6 following an off week. VirTech
is also seeking their
ti all-time victory Saturday,
16 returning starters are going
; looking for their first win
ist the Gamecocks since 1974.
ne 4-0
Ufter a St Louis save, Binding
s chest at the top of the goal
ght in. He drilled a shot into
it the 37:00 mark.
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