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Two more Tab Five* sign up for NBA draft University of Michigan juniors Jawan Howard and Jalen Rose have added their names to the list of underclassmen who have declared for this summer's NBA draft. Rose and Howard were two of the vaunted Michigan 1992 recruiting class, which included Golden State's 1994 Rookie of the Year candidate Chris Webber. ? . i t r. J r_ll L! XT/"* A A Howard s siock in tne aran rose consiueraDiy louowuig ins strung ixuw Tournament performance, in which he averaged 29 points and nearly 13 rebounds a contest. Braves look to go 14-1 The Atlanta Braves took on the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night, looking to improve to 14-1 on the season. The Braves hit back-to-back-to-back home runs for the second time in three days Monday night. Ryan Klesko, Fred McGriff and David Justice turned the trick Monday following the McGriff, Terry Pendleton and Tony Tarasco trio Friday against the Chicago Cubs. Raines hits 3 home runs against Boston Chicago White Sox' outfielder Tim Raines celebrated "Patriots' Day" Monday in Boston with some fireworks of his own. Raines hit three home runs to go along with a single and a walk to lead Chicago to a 12-1 win against the Red Sox. 1993 A.L. MVP Frank Thomas added his sixth home run of the season for Chicago. Schott lights up, breaks stadium smoking ban Cincinnati Reds' owner Marge Schott continues to catch heat for smoking in her front-row seat at Riverfront Stadium. Todd Portune, a member of the city council who voted to ban smoking at the stadium, said he spoke with Schott about the matter Monday. A city anti-smoking organization has asked baseball's acting commissioner, Bud Selie. to intervene if Schott continues to nuffawav at pames I / o Schott told the Associated Press Friday that she doesn't care if fins at the game complain about her smoking. Incidentally, the ban contains a misdemeanor charge and $100 fine for smoking in the stadium. 'Superconference' could become reality The Dallas Morning News announced Tuesday that the 10-member Western Athletic Conference is ready to add six more teams before 1996. The WAC could add Southern Methodist, Texas Christian and Tulsa universities in 1995, with UNLV, San Jose State and Rice rounding out the 16team conference in 1996. The SEC is currently the nation's largest conference, with 12 schools. Rangers duplicate feat The New York Rangers crushed the New York Islanders 6-0 Monday in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup playoff series. The Rangers defeated the Isles 6-0 Sunday and are trying to win their first Stanley Cup title since 1940. Sharks bite Red Wings lhe ban Jose Sharks upset the Detroit Red wings 5-4 Monday in Game 1 of their playoff series. It was the Shades' first-ever playoff game. Today's sports on TV Major League Baseball: Houston at Chicago Cubs (WGN, 2 p.m.) Texas at Toronto (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.) New York Mets at Los Angeles (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.) Hockey: Western Conference quarterfinals, Chicago at Toronto, Game 2 (ESPN2, 7:30 P.m.J THE CONNE LIVE AT SUD FLO Saturday, Ap AMERICAN LEGION FAIRC NEXT TO WINTROP UNIVERS ROCK HILL, SC TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: ADDAM'S BOOKSTORE (jidewolkl Today from Noon - 3pm April 20-22 RUSSELL HOUSE (Greene Street) Monday - Friday, April 25-29 from 11 am - 2pm, 4pm - 6pm GATES OPEN AT 12.30 I BANDS BEGIN AT 1:30 704/372-0426 f 803/329-5116 B fe Bx< SOUTH CAROLINAS I LARGEST ANNUAL t COLLEGE PARTY! Tickets: $8 in advance $12 at the Door Sports Baseball teams to battle for fourth time Gamecocks, Tigers By JIMMY ueisu i i> ana o/nus, pumng mm in mc tup in] Assistant Sports Editor two of each of these categories. On thi The USC baseball team takes on Saturday, White tied the USC all-time I01 Clemson tonight at 7 p.m. at Tiger for ,riPle' in "arfr wi* 12 Field in Clemson in the rivals'last He also owns the USC all-time dou- Pa meeting of the year. bes record. st* The Gamecocks (29-13) are coming , De2en2? ,s second on*lteam ? off a disappointing weekend series battmgwtth an average of 351_ He al- 78 ? . _. . so has three home runs on the sea- C2 against Georgia, losing two of three ^ ? . . .u ? iij r> i- 1 j son. Gugino is leading the Gamecocks games to the Bulldogs. Carolina had ? 1 u u u 1 & , ^ r ? in stolen bases with 26. He has only ini a chance to tie Tennessee for second . f f. ? .. ' hppn ronnnr ctAilmo ratA 11 mpc this Ov ' File Photo Junior Mike Dezenzo leads USC with 26 stolen bases on the season. US III UNI OD J ril 30 ;round m&s'dt ITY 1 ?f, on t, Truck-loads of Your ll /?<?/?/? n f in w > Fnvnrite Rpv^rnnp wi II ^ PrM ^ ..... ^ ^ be available |j | -j fl< ^ y'^k wS Hll = ,^=5" 11^ 5| Wf, ,V m 1 #** n H I > Publu mmi: | I Sll*I IB mo? To be held in Russe place in the SEC Eastern Division if season""6'1 """ th^ would have swept Georgia. Gugino leads usc in home runs USC holds a two games to one ad- ^ ancj js second behind White 4 vantage in this season s series with in doubles ^th 12. He is also second st; Clemson. The last meeting between in hits ^ 58 hi the Gamecocks and the Tigers took Unfortunately, the USC offense has sti 17 innings to complete, with USC stifled themselves this season by hi scoring the winning run in the bot- grounding into 29 double plays so far H; torn of the inning. this season. Gamecock pitchers howAfter tonight's game, the Game- ever have balanced this by forcing hi cocks only have one non-SEC oppo- their opponents into 42 double plays, or nent, Winthrop on April 26. The Gamecocks have stranded 375 H Carolina nas been lea oirensiveiy baserunners this year, while their op- w this season by the outfield tandem of ponents have left 349 on base. th senior Mac White, junior Mike Dezen- Carolina has suffered a loss of powzo and junior Mark Gugino. er since last season. The Gamecock in White is leading the Gamecocks in offense has produced only 25 home ar batting average at .399. He also leads runs this season compared to 51 the er USC in doubles with 14 and RBIs with 1993 team had. se 48. He has 46 runs scored, four triples On the bright side, the USC pitch to meet tonight 5 staff has given up just 13 homers Tenn., this weekend to take on Vanis season, while last year's squad al- derbilt for a three-game SEC series, tved 37. Friday's game begins at 3 p.m., and Craig Ross, Jason Haynie and Scott Saturday and Sunday's games start at i i i .1 t tc/" cc nave aiiuiuicu uic uoe pinning 2:30 p.m iff so far this season. Pace leads the This year, Vanderbilt is only 1-11 in tmecocks with an 8-2 record. His conference , and 17.18 overal, .^ nn,ngs p.tched ts also tops for Thc Commodores did upsct Ihe tee"Lan ERA of 3.09 and is hold- Eastern Division-leading Florida g opposing batters to a .262 batting Gators, 14-2, over the weekend for erage. He leads the team in strike their its with 64, while walking 33- Vandy is led by third baseman Haynie is second in wins with a 7- Boomer Whipple. Whipple is seventh record, and he is first among the in the SEC in hitting at .395 and sevirting pitchers with a 2.59 ERA. In enth with 40 RBIs. s 66 innings, he has walked 34 and The Commodores' power source is ruck out 60. Opposing batters are Nick Morrow. Morrow has eight home tting tor a .llj average against runs to tie for third in the league and aynie. went 5-for-5 Sunday against Florida USC's leading relief pitcher this year- wjth two home runs on his 22nd is been Craig Ross. Ross has all but birthday te of the Gamecocks' saves this year. The Commodores. ace pitcher is c'"ds th.e.tea "1 lppetZKS Matt McDonnough, who is 6-5 on the ith 24, and has the lowest ERA on . , e team, 1.37. season with a so id 3.11 EKA. Ross is 33) with eight saves in 39.1 McDonnough s strong point is his nings pitched. He has struck out 29 control. He averages less than three id walked just 9 batters. He has giv- walks given up per nine innings 1 up six earned runs on 30 hits this pitched. :ason. The series will be a crucial one for The Gamecocks travel to Nashville, Gamecock NCAA Tournament hopes. H=Hsflti-MIHfllMHI4l 1 "Tpr-nTT'1^"^^ Western Division ^ SEC PCT All PCT LSU ; - 9*2 5 " ,818s v 17*12 s s .692 Auburn 8-4 .667 25-8 ,758 Mississippi StateiilSllll- W$6 i. ?3?PII639i Arkansas 6-6 .500 21-19 .525 OleMiss HIHI Alabama 1-11 .083 14-23 .378 Eastern Division SEC PCT All PCT Flrtrirla 10-1 DOS 27A 2 M92 Tennessee ' 8-4 .667 29-9 .763 South Carolina - f??0i Georgia 5-7 .417 16-18 -.471 Kentucky .. W7 ;= 1-528; Vanderbilt 1-11 .083 17-18 .486 Source: USC Sports Information Chris Muldrow/The Gamecock VERSITY I wm Ao i... w i are* fe&fw TSfe lit a J'Jt M| X \s\ *S"f | S I f.ii^V^ ^ s%!|? II .\i.SM*&*%jf &tk I * 'wss' II Sllll, /> Snn wkib^^ d h*\)? inpj ^msm^*nrntsston wrOwDelttt. Kappa ucational Foundation dent Government 11 House Ballroom in the event of rain.