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I i Columbia By MATTHEW VALLEE Staff Writer Columbia is competing with 13 other cities for one L of two new A A baseball teams. The teams will be affiliated with the new Major League expansion teams, the Colorado Rockies or the Florida Marlins. v "We feel very good about the application we made " said Columbia Mavnr Rnh Coble "As we understand it, of the cities, we are the only one to have a double-A stadium." Coble said the city's primary role is to provide a stadium for the new team and make sure it meets all double-A requirements. Capital City Stadium was remodeled during the winter of '90-'91 to meet the requirements. City government is awaiting a report from the AA Selection Committee Inspection Team on the stadium, which the city spent $1.5 million to renovate. "The city pays for the stadium, the Mets pay for promotions and everything else," Coble said. If Columbia does get the AA team, the Mets franchise will have to move. Bill Shanahan, the Columbia Mets general manager, said it is too early to tell where the Mets will transfer *to' "The transfer wouldn't happen until 1994," he said, because Columbia will not know about getting the AA team until then. "Columbia has a 50-50 shot at getting the double-A team," Shanahan said. "Things are going real well. Chances of getting the team are better than they have been." Wimbledon hopefuls ; f W Janet Smith, journalism senior, practices her si Rodney Foushee, also a journalism senior, woi Correction: I How to free yov BOA CON ,Si In last week's article on J discipline in the SEC, quotes W? 1 by Bud Ford and Norm Carlson were switched. Bud Ford was also misidentified as an assistant athletics director S from the University of Flor- ? ida. He is an assistant athle_ . . If you've got something hai tics director at the University cim??d J wiU help you reach that persor of Tennessee. The Gamecock ^7^readenjus,wha regrets the errors. Advertise in The G; B * ^ ' -^^a a a t i^b M m i Vj a * w b w SP( I WOOS 01 "We are committed to getti doubie-A in some form. Columbia on the move. It is a city of the ri size that it should have doubl< baseball." Bob C< Mayor of Colun Shanahan indicated some pluses that will dra1 attention of the AA Selection Committee to Colu including increased attendance at the stadium, v, is up to 100 percent at Mets games. Another attention getter is the South Ath League All-Star game played at the Capital City dium Monday night. "If we don't get one of the double-A teams, we seek to buy the Charlotte Knights which is doub Charlotte is moving to triple-A," Coble said. "So we are committed to getting double-A in form," he said. "Columbia is on the move. It is a city of the size that it should have double-A baseball," ( said. Coble saict aa baseball will play a vital roie 1 panding Columbia as a sports town, especially USC in the Southeastern Conference. The name of the AA team, if Columbia gets it be the Bombers. The name comes from the Do< Raiders who trained in Columbia for a bombing sion over Japan during World War II. troke at Sol Blatt P.E. Center, while.. . Jett MaborVIhe Gameccx I rks on his game. irself from a 9 foot ' ^raiCTOR? , lgrng around that you don't need, ? se who will want it. Thg QafflWOCk l For only SI.00 a line you can teU you have to offer. For more details imecock anrl get results! I I I A 77^77, I HE oPv PJ I? Swim, climb, jump or run-Teva sanda ilk The Great Ot 940 Harden St. 799-75' t )RTS tie of ne ght Dble flSI m w the mt /hich intic Sta with ? misMayor Bob Coble is pushing h< North w By JACK DUNN Sports Editor Columbia's All-Star first baseman Omar Garcia knocked in the I winning run on a one-out single in the ninth inning to lift the Northern Division Stars to a 4-3 win in the 33rd Annual South Atlantic League All-Star game Monday at | Capital City Stadium. Garcia, who led the Mets with a .302 average and 37 RBI in the season's first half, hit off eventual loser Ian Doyle and knocked in MVP Gary Mota to down the Southern Division in front of a stadium record 5,798 fans (the stadium holds 6,000). Mota, who got three hits, received Howe Chang ft By the Associated Press Michael Chang became the first major upset victim of this year's Wimbledon tournament, losing in straight sets today to Briton Jeremy Bates. The seventh-seeded Chang sprayed shots off the court in all directions in a 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 loss to Bates, ranked 113th in the world. Chang was the first seed to lose in the tournament. Twenty other seeds had advanced without difficulty Monday and Tuesday. No British man has won a singles title at Wimbledon since 1936, and Bates, as his country's top male player for the past few years, has often been used as an example of what is wrong with the country's tennis programs. But, of course, darling... ^5^wosc-FM gr_?g0-51 )rt Sandal. Is are amphibious, durable and hold fast to your feet. kpacker quality gear itdoor Connection 71 M-F 10:00-6:30, Sat 10:00-5:00 w AA t< ird for the Columbia Bombers. ^ All ink /-m-oui p1'1 lik i 51\ ^. y this the i T Sportsdata's Star of Stars SAL Bat Nigl Award in a post-game the presentation. state Mets General Manager Bill Sha- ies I nahan was impressed by the turn- the j out and the prospect of bringing an All AA expansion team to Columbia. whe ills in first But all was forgiven today. Ca Crowds dangled from staircases her \ overlooking Court 14 to see the Cha match, and a Union Jack fluttered straij in triumph in the crowd after mate Bates' victory. 7-5 \ Three women's seeds advanced "7 to the second round Tuesday, out though not all with the same ease. battl< was Defending women's champion : W * yui1 Steffi Graf and seventh seed Mary ^ Joe Fernandez hardly broke a sweat while winning. Jennifer Ca- ajso priati needed to work a little onjy harder. favo Graf, the second seed this year, T1 swept to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over gam< Noelle Van Lottum on Centre from Court and Fernandez won by the 20th same score against Sarah Bentley. don ; CAMPUS-PECPEAT GET-OUT-OF-THE-STONE-AI 777-5261 Come See Our Summer SP *Largest Dealer Of Bikes In The Southeast Come See Our Large Selection of SPECIALIZED Bikes Rock Hopper $519.99 Hard Rock $299.00 Hard Rock Cruz $279.99 Life Time Guarantees One Year Free Service The Largest Dealer Of BBL 10% off all pads w/The Pure 616 Harden (In Five Points Just down from Sharky's Pizza) 256-0557 (AVCO Financing) earns jen MaDoa lhe Gn"-?cock r game We think this is the turning it for A A expansion in Colum" Shanahan said. "With the out at Monday night's game, tave a solid push for a Doubleam by '94." We're proud to be a part of this munity effort to do the best we to impress the expansion comee. Hopefully, they can look at as a sign that Columbia is on nove," Shanahan said, onight is "Discount Beverage it!" at Capital City Stadium as Columbia Mets take on cross: rivals, the Spartanburg Phillto kick off the second half of ;eason. Game time is 7:05 p.m. beverages cost only 50 cents n purchased before 8 p.m. round ipriati, the sixth seed, was on ivay to a similar victory over nda Rubin, but lost four *ht games near the end of the h before finishing off a 6-0, rictory. here was not a lot of rhythm there," Capriati said of the ; of 16-year-old Americans. "I leading, and I just should've t away." 11 16 seeds who played Mon? 11 men and five women ? won with relative ease. The big loser Monday was crowd nte Jimmy Connors. le magic missing from his j and the enthusiasm drained i his heart, Connors left his and probably final Wimbleas a pained loser. ION-SAYSSE-AND-WOPKOUTl! 'ECIALIZE^ Deals! 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