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[ Wednesday, June 10, 1992 Former USC assistant basketbal past season. Hardin has accepted Saint Catharine's College in Kenti Cromers head to the majors From Staff Reports The Gamecock baseball team, fresh off of an NCAA Regional appearance, will lose three of its top players. Senior Burke and junior D.T. Cromer, along with younger brother and top USC recruit Brandon Cromer will all head for the professional baseball ranks rather than playing for the Gamecocks. Burke, a third baseman at USC, signed with the Atlanta Braves this past week as a pitcher. He hit .292 with nine homers and 54 RBI in 1992, and made occasional appearances as a pitcher out of the bullpen. D.T., an outfielder, signed Sunday with the Oakland A's after batting .333 with seven homeruns and 29 RBI in 1992. Brandon, who led Lexington High School to the state championships, will sign with the Toronto Blue Jays after playing in Saturday's North-South All-Star Game. The youngest Cromer batted .408 with five homers and 21 RBI for the Wildcats in '92. The 1993 baseball season will be the first since 1987 that a Cromer will not be in the Gamecock lineup. Blind athlete By I AUL. KLAM , Staff Writer The United States Association < for Blind Athletes Youth Champ- 1 ionships comes to USC this week, c and is being sponsored by the USC 1 Center for Developmental Disabilities. 3 Athletes from Holland, Germany ( and across the U.S. have come to > Columbia to compete in events c ranging from track and field to ( swimming. State and civic leaders t like Columbia mayor Bob Coble 1 and S.C. Governor CaiToll Campbell have endorsed the event, which is the first of its kind. David Atkinson, one of the * \ event coordinators, said the championships help young kids get involved in sports. "For some of these kids, this is \ their first time ever in competition," Atkinson said. Children between the ages of 13 onH 1 Q ora r* r\ m nAtin rr 1 r? f K a awu i u ai v in inv/ events. Tom Parrigin, head coach of the Florida team, said the gathering offered comradery as EXCUSES DON'T SAVE LIVES. BLOOD DOES. American Red Cross The Gamecock Student Newspaper is printed, in part, on recycled paper. Remember to RECYCLE USC Recycling Dumpster Located on Sumter Street near l'le corner of Blossom or More Information Call 777-used. IS iy '\ \lH *^> - ^^^iHjjjJj 1 nn-t/iU Cl T T 1 i iuflui jwu ndrum answers quest the position of head basketball icky. Bulls, Blaze U.S. soccer s Ahh, those glorious days of summer. The searing heat, the unbearable humidity and a Gamecock sports editor that won't shut up. Could life possibly be any better? That's right boys and girls, guys and dolls, studs and chicks, I'm back with a fresh set of endless ramblings and insight on the world of sport. First. There are many unexplainable occurences - Bigfoot, UFOs, the NBA Championships. occ xi you gci my unu. Game One, Chicago Stadium: V\| The Bulls romp over the Blazers. Life is normal. Game Two, Chicago: Portland's Clyde Drexler fouls out late in the game, yet the Blazers still win in overtime. Things are beginning to seem strange. Game Three, Portland: With three games at home and a chance to win the title, the Blazers get humiliated. All normal things are gone. What's happening? I figured if 1 the Blazers pulled one out in Chicago, they would be too i pumped up to lose any games at home. I was (gulp) wrong. I s come to US well as competition. th "The championships give youths th i chance to meet other people tr Yom across the nation and other cl countries with like disabilities," ui ^arrigin said. le All of the athletes have trained tr; /ear round to compete in the ol championships. Eddie Munro, who fr von the 800-meter track and field pz competition, said he enjoyed not jnly the chance to compete but se dso the opportunity to meet new Si people. B In addition to participating in w STUDENT Warehouse 0eat the Hea with Student every MONDAY SPAGHETTI WA Students, faculty who bring in USC ID will receive $1.( We're locatec Corner of Gadsden < /^\ 256-52? / HAMPIOH (I " 5 T\ vJljL. 1 \f^Gt8VWSSTRtn Serving Fast Lunches, Delicious Dinner and M Spo TSaift ions at a press conference this coach and athletic director at rs matchup , quad wins to Brant ? c> Long * j \ Pep Talk Now, with Game Four tonight in Portland it is (Warnirtg: Sports Cliche approaching) gut-check Lime for both squads. If the Bulls win tonight, it really is over. If the Blazers win, it's still not over, but they have a chance to take a 3-2 lead if they win the fifth game. Then, they/ have to take one of two in the Windy City. I'll play it safe and take the Bulls. In other notes, has the baseball season ended yet? No? Well, ii/olzA mA \i;hAn ito vvaivv inv vvuvii iw UVU. Now for my sport. The world's most popular game (No, <\aron not professional rodeo) is rying to invade our counxy. .with little success. But over the weekend, the U.S. National soccer team tied Italy 1-1 in Chicago to capture the inaugural U.S. Cup title. The 'C for char ie games, the athletes have had le chance to visit many of the atactions Columbia has to offer, inuding Riverbanks Zoo and Colribia Mall. Jennifer Hipp, an athte participating in the 400-meter ack and field event, said the tours ? Columbia helped her make new iends that she could become pen lis with. The championships are part of a xies of events sponsored by the _ ?L. 1:?? A - - ? c- - uuin v^aiuuna rtisuLiauon ior lirld Athletes (SCABA), which as founded in 1979 and is one of NIGHT t of Summer Night, NIGHT at REHOUSE. and staff their )0 OFF their meal i on the & Lady Streets emorable Parties Daily. Free Parking. RTS ccock Rasketb assistan From Staff Reports The loss of USC's top basketball recruit because of academics could be a "temporary setback", according to USC basketball coach Steve Newton. "As we understand it," Newton said, "there are still a couple of options that could put Perry in our program next year in a redshirt situation. We're still optimistic that Perry could be a Gamecock." Newton is referrring to 6-foot-9 Percy Eberhart, the Gamecocks' top recruit from Clarke Centrtal High School in Athens, Ga. Eberhart failed to graduate with his class last Friday. Under NCAA rules, Eberhart "needed to graduate with his class to be eligible to play basketball as a freshman. According to Newton, he must now enroll in summer school to receive his diploma. "He will graduate high school after summer school," Newton said. "But there are still a number gets crazy> urnament Americans defeated fellow Cup participants Ireland (3-1) and Portugal (1-0) on their way to their second consecutive Cup title. Last summer, the U.S. won the Gold Cup - the championship of North and Central America. Meanwhile, Europe is gearing up for the biggest soccer event next to the World Cup. The UEFA (the confederation of European football associations) holds a quadrennial tournament two years before every World Cup. It is called, oddly enough, i.1 T 1 * 1- * uic nurupean ^nainpionsmps. Thirty-three European nations began the tournament in 1990 and now eight remain: Sweden, France, Yugoslavia, England, the Netherlands, Germany, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Scotland. For those eight nations, this will be a prime opportunity to tune up for World Cup '94 in the good ol' USA. The Netherlands are probably the favorite, boasting two of the world's greatest players in Ruud Gullit and Marco Van Basten, but watch out for France, and 1991 Eurpean Footballer of The Year JeanPierre Papin. npionships 55 affiliated chapters of the United States Association for Blind Athletes (USABA). mis pasi Marcn, 5UABA and the Center for Developmental Disabilities were the sponsors of the 1992 Southeast Regionals at Fort Jackson. More than 165 adults and youths competed at the event. Final events for the championships in track and field and goalball will be today from 8 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at the Weems Baskin Track and at the Sol Blatt P.E. Center. 1992 Sumr June 8 -Ji X / a / / Step Bench Aer Tuesday, Thurs 5:00 - 6:00pi Gym 307, Blatt P.E Open to all staff, Fre The summer 1992 aerobics progi Development Committee (Family to budget, facility conflict, or lev 102 Blatt P.E. Center, 777-5261,1 all team t phopII 1 VUWV119 of unknowns. We are in a waitand-see pattern." There is a possibility that Eberhart wuill not be able to enroll in USC for the fall. If Eberhart obtains his high school diploma over the summer and scores at least a 700 on the Schoilastic Aptitude Test, he can enroll under the NC A A ' s , Proposition 48 guidelines. Though Newton said he was upset about Eberhart, the remaining six recruits leave the Gamecocks in good shape in Newton's quest to rebuild the basketball program. "We are a little disappointed but not discouraged with the restructuring of our program," Newton said. "Percy was one of seven signees. We think we have a solid class that will be the start of our rebuilding program." Eberhart averaged 27.6 points and 11 rebounds a game his senior season at Clarke Central. He was on Parade magazine's thirdAssociate dea x T/^1 A A NCAA repres university well," Palms said when am "At the same time, all of us at th< our deepest thanks to Bill Putnam for "His 20 years of distinguished sorv letic programs and the university." Robinson currently serves as facul lercollegiate Activities Committee 2 Athletics Advisory Committee. Robinson previously served as cl self-study. She was also a member ol committee in 1991-92. She served as Robinson received her doctorate i and has been a member of the USC associate dean of the College of Educ Robinson's will serve as the sch when her term expires. Former USC takes job at By JACK DUNN Staff Writer . St. John's University has named former South Carolina basketball 1 coach George Felton as an assis- 1 tant for the Redmen program. 1 Brian Mahoney, who took over 1 the St. John's program when Lou 1 Carnesecca retired after this past season, went to Felton First for the i position. Mahoney said he based * his decision on Felton's work as ( top assistant under Bobby Cremins ' at Georgia Tech from 1981 to 1 iy?t) and his work as head coach I of USC's program from 1989 to ( 1991. For Felton the assistant position i at St. John's represents a homecoming of sorts. Born in the ] ner Aerobics ily 7 and July 14 - / \ // Hi/L f Monday, V\ 5:0( J ) Gym 307, Aqua , . \\ Monday obics X 5:00 >day \ Pool, Blat T1 . Center faculty and students (enrolled in sui ie, but you must bring your USO ID. rams are sponsored in conjunction v i Fund). This schedule is tentative. C el of interest. Contact the Office of C or further information. 5 loses recruit team Ail-American squad and was named the Georegias Class AAAA player of the year by the Atlanta Journal. Eberhart also set the school rfecord for career points with 1,605. In other basketball news, the Gamecocks will be without Assistant Coach Stan Hardin next season. Hardin, who came to USC with Steve Newton in 1991, has accepted the head coach and atheletic director job at Saint Catharine College in Saint Catharine, Ky. earlier this week. Hardin is a native of Kenticky and held coaching positions at both Ferk Creek and Fairdale high schools in Kentucky before being named as one of Newton's assistants at USC. His last two seasons at Fairdale saw back-to-back state champiuonships and in Hardin's being named the Associated Press Kentucky Coach of ther Year in 1990. 11VUU VUUVII St. John's Bronx, N.Y., and a graduate of All Hallows High School in New York, Felton told The State he still has family there. He said the opportunity to work for a big-time program like St. John's would be a unique experience, one he had always hoped would happen. Felton has worked as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech this past reason since being fired from USC )n May 14, 1991. Since then, he's jeen pursuing other coaching posiions, including a head coaching xjsition at St. Louis University, >ne of only two college interviews. USC's basketball team held a record of 87-62 with one NCAA and one NIT appearance under Felton. Programs \ugust 12 o Aerobics Wednesday, Friday D - 6:00pm Blatt P.E. Center Aerobics _ Thi irerlaw i i iui 6:00pm t P.E. Center mme school). /ith the Staff Enrichment hanges may be made due :ampus Recreation, Room