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Phillies bli
OK, OK. no more
predictions, even
though (lie Phillies are >.
8-1 and sporting the
best record in the jP ^i
hall season. k1?lrlllMa
Way to go Braves!
II you haven't been TIM THORJ
... ... - - - - hi
living under a rock lor
the past three months, all you won't
have heard about was die Braves to kie
brilliant pitching staff. Quite fin
frankly, I'm absolutely sick of and b
seeing their goofy mugs every fights
time 1 open a sports page or turn wind:
my television to TBS. have
Sure, it's a great staff. Big deal, more
Willi the way the Braves are hit- Leagi
ting, they could have God as their Fill
ace, and He'd be lucky to go 15- are
12. I mean, these guys couldn't Con ft
hit their*way out of a wet paper Chic;
bag. relyin
They were just shut out, again!, ly nat
by the power-pitching Chicago gooni
Cubs. Their only everyday player with
hitting over .200 is the lethal Jeff Stark;
Blauser. And everybody knows Bad
you cannot stop Jeff Blauser, you Boys,
can only hope to contain him. absoli
The pitching staff is batting a is air
Track team to c
in Gamecock Ir
By SVETO POSTIC comp
Staff Writer Sea I
UNC-Charlotte, The Citadel, Te"n
Charleston Southern, Georgia Willis
Southern and Georgia State are cus> '
some of the schools coming to throw
Columbia to compete against USC Put;
in The Gamecock Invitational track S?l
meet tomorrow at the Rosewood *n t^e
Track. McGl
The field events are scheduled Figlai
for 11 a.m. and the first running metei
> event will start at 1 p.m. captui
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Presents tl
20th Anniversary
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of USC's talented pop:
Koger Center, April
Students: $5 A<
Also:
Open Auditions: Girls t
becoming part of USC's fines
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itz to 8-1 r<
combined .211, to win gam
compared to the always a pi?
k team's batting l'are on the h
average of .197. Rumor h
g| What a fearsome NIIL's Ran
lineup. No wonder (can you saj
everyone is picking are going i
them to finally win Adam Gi
HB a Wor 1^1 Series. Beukeboom
mm Personally, I'm not fouls and fn
illtH so sure they'll the season. I
make it to another Amy Fisher.
SEN Fall Classic, fcctly, cons
Seriously, they shot she is.
have the Pittsburgh Pirates And now
k around anymore. North Caro
rie to get away from the bat besieged m
all and take in a night at the telling me h
. Yes, the NBA season is blue butthe?
ing down, and the games thought Bro
begun to look more and ing. You i
like the National Hockey Listen up,
le. much, I've g
tingly, the New York Knicks there.
leading the Eastern And now
:rence by one game over die the ridiculou
igo Bulls. The Kicks are absolutely h
g on tlie thuggery of the apt- lous enough
Tied Anthony Mason and die make it up.
tude of the little punk-brat women's N
the broken schnoz John Year, becat
s. These guys make Detroit's woman ever
Boys look more like Choir men's Unit*
With so many players with League. The
Litely no skills whatsoever, it drafted by
tazing to see them continue Hooters.
ompete Mei
ivitational Er2iS
eted in the highly-respected tcam tace!
Ray Relays in Knoxville, ?PP?nent L
. USC's best thrower, Ron season a
i, finished second in open dis- Columbia 2
fourth in individual hammer ' ^
and sixdi in individual shot SEC chamj
5-4 in the
nil Carolina also placed sixth matches in
distance medley relay. Sue Coach
lie, Tracey Capper and Liz stands at 9r
ran together in the 1500- 0 loss to se
s as the Lady Gamecocks
red 14th place in the overall
:n's competition.
Alive
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aidwood. icam is on lop
as .1 that since the in!!s |Hr ,llc fir>
s?*"so." '* m.cl riding a six-gai
' l940 )vhe Krcks sneak and a sevi
10 sign Kris King, overa|,
raves and .eil Gamec
10 handle flagrant rmm| ,ea(]s n0
lining loi Ihc iest ol j>,\-ts.ion, hul tin
hey also hope to sign TMs wee
She would til in per- Aubum vau||cd
Idenng how poor a (he mos| rcccn(
Their overall rei
to address die many s0|s ,he fHr
Una tans who have Carolina will
e with their tellers Ga (hjs weeke
iow great those baby Gc()r,,ja Bu||d0?
ids are. Jusi think. I sccoad plaC(,ther
Jim was annoy- |)ivlsjoa wilh F,
luys are pnceless. |g|h na|i()nall
" y?" llke UNC so oil of consent
a suggestion-go Georgja Ted) ,
taking two of th
Iran die mundane lo S(-|h CaroH|
s. The following is IU1 jnjuries ,0
rue story. It s ridicu- Threel)ouse anc
dial not even I could fjrs| a|K| ^ sl
Sheryl Swoopes the hut has b?en a
Player ol die s(()nn fof ^ m
ne only the second j|thed s|ud(
to be dialled by die hlnj 0|- SulK
ed Stales Basketball Auburn, and
catch"? Swrxrpes was Gamecocks aot
'he Daytona Beach fn)m |hdr pdd)
Georgia Southei
two hits.
n's tennis tea
Reports Gamecock
arolina's men's tennis I'anagapoulos
s a nationally ranked Mahyar Gooda
>r the eleventh time this at
USC also face:
,5 IVC.U^J V.MP doubles where
p.m. Friday. Johan Sandbei
dcats are the defending recor(j (G
)ions and stand at 12-9, rankeci pair of
SEC, after losing three Hopkins. Froi
a row. jumped into I
Kent DeMars' squad rankings for tl
10 after Wednesday's 7- careers last w
venth-ranked Duke. No 26.
Todd M. Shevchik, Accoi
The Gamecoc
"In the three se
Gamecock, I hi
knowledge in a
Todd is earning h<
experience in th
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the student newspa
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ball team read
ULTKR This weekend, T
expected to return li
Carolina baseball double in his right sh
of the SIX1 stand- onc ?' the games. Ste
it time ever and is C(J to ,n'ss at least tvv
ne conference win tendinitis in his <
en-game win streak Freshman pitcher
leads the team withocks
6-2-1 SEC and a stingy 1.62 EH
t only the Eastern 's 7-1, and Matt Tin
; entire conference. while'Rob Mosser
kend's sweep of 'Fe bullpen to sav
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USC to No. 16 in As a team, me waini
baseball rankings. 3.23 ERA and have
jord of 27-9-1 also complete games
SIX' teams. starters,
travel to Athens. Equally as imprt
aid to take on the pitching staff is tl
;s, which is tied for potency displaye
in the Eastern Gamecocks. Junior c
lorida and is ranked White has been on a
Georgia is coming leading the Gamecoi
cutive losses to average, home runs t
and Clemson after -384 average aloni
ree from Alabama. homers and 44 RB
aa has experienced among the conferen
pitchers Matt each category.
I Jim Stoops, their Almost every otli
tarters, respectively, GSC is batting ab
ble to weather this around the .300 marl
ost pan. Scott Pace " batting .304 and has
>ut into the eighth opponents by an an
lay's game against ol 319-163.
Wednesday the South Carolina's t
a combined effort basepaths has also c
ing staff to shut out Gamecocks have sto
rn 1-0. allowing just while allowing oppc
just 39.
m faces SEC
sophomore Jim Junior Johan V
will face Australian return to the singl
rz (No. 22 national- suffering back spasi
1 singles position, match against Flori
" "' ""anna m iho toom In mine i
> c\ Mill in tiiw iccun in ?t mo
: Jose Frontera and Mark Palus and B
rg hope to improve have 15 victories ap
9-4 against the 16th- With Sunday's 3Goodarz
and Mike tory over Florida'
ltera and Sandberg Palus moved into :
the 1TA Collegiate of second place on
te first time in their career singles list,
eek, checking in at 106-39, 30 wins sh>
record held by Steve
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/ailable in Russell He
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hreehouse is Georgia's offense is not quite as
om tendinitis prolific as USC's, hut it is nicely
oulder to start balanced. Rodney (dose leads six
>ops is expect- Bulldog hatters who have ,300-plus
o more weeks averages on a team with a .273
dhow. average; however. Georgia has
Jason Haynie only hit 14 home runs and scored
a 6-0 record only 174 runs this season.
:A. Rich Pratt Georgia's pitching staff has pereehouse
is 5- formed well thus far . The team has
has come out a combined 3.57 ERA and boasts
n rivo nimAc linn nnlcfcinrlino ctmlprc in rhric
:cocks sport a Ciaccio and Brian Powell. Both
received six have 4-0 records and ERAs under
from their 2.00.
The Bulldogs have also been
issive as the unbeatable in games in which they
he offensive have led in late innings. They have
d by the won their last 126 games in which
utfielder Mac they have led going into the final
tear this year, inning of play. Junior Alex Barylak
;ks in batting is fourth in the nation in saves this
md RBIs. His year with nine.
i with seven This weekend marks a key juncIs
place him ture in the Gamecocks season,
ce leaders in They need a strong showing
against a quality conference oppoler
starter for nent on the road. Their last conferove
or right ence road trip saw the Gamecocks
c. The team is lose two of three games to LSU
i outscored its while salvaging a tie in the third
lazing margin game. In 11 away games this year,
USC is 5-5-1. Ten of the
hievery on the Gamecocks' final 17 games will be
:ontinued. The on the road before returning to the
Jen 107 bases friendly confines of Sarge Frye
>ncnts to steal Field for the SEC Eastern Division
tournament.
rival Kentucky
viig hopes to 74).
es lineup after The Gamecocks wrap up the
ns in Sunday's regular season with a showdown
da. Wiig leads with Clemson 2 p.m. Tuesday
with 21, while afternoon at Sam Daniel Tennis
en Cook each Center. The Tigers are 9-15 overiece.
all, but have won seven of their
6, 7-5, 6-2 vie- last ten matches,
s Brett Stern, USC has won two of the last
sole possession three meetings with the Tigers, but
USC's all-time fell in last year's battle, 5-2. The
Palus stands at Gamecocks begin SEC Tournament
' of the all-time play Thursday April 22 against an
i Longley (136- opponent yet to be determined.
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