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I SPORTSLOOK \ Baseball I BALTIMORE (AP) ? Cincin- 1 nati Reds manager Davey John- I son interviewed for the Orioles' va- e cant manager job. Johnson, who ( played second base with the Orioles from 1965 to 1972, received 1 permission from the Reds to apply ( in Baltimore. < Johnson, who has also managed 1 the New York Mets, has a career 595-417 record. He led the Mets to | a World Series title in 1986. i NEW YORK (AP)?The Toron- 1 to Blue Jays will remain World Se- 1 ries champions for another year, and the Philadelphia Phillies will still be defending National League champs when major league base- 1 ball resumes. The league presidents said there I will be no champions for 1994 because of the players' strike that began Aug. 12 and led to the cancellation of the World Series for the 1 first time since 1904. NBA NEW YORK (AP) ? The New Ynrlr TCnirks annminced Wednes day the signing of first-round draft choice Monty Williams to a multiyear contract. Williams, a 6-foot-8 forward, averaged 22.4 points and 8.2 rebounds last season with Notre Dame. He was the 24th overall pick. The Knicks' other first-round pick, Florida State's Charlie Ward, signed a five-year deal Sept. 28. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ? The Portland Trail Blazers signed firstround draft pick Aaron McKie to a six-year, $7 million contract. The 6-foot-5 guard, the 17th player selected in the draft, started all 92 games in three seasons at Temple, averaging 17.9 points. NFL EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ. (AP) T - m 1? i.1 1 A a: ? .Lawrence .layior, uie iv-umc Pro Bowl linebacker for the New York Giants, will have his number 56 retired during Monday night's game between the Giants and Minnesota. Taylor, who retired after last season, finished his 13-year career with 132.5 sacks. Tennis SYDNEY, Australia (AP) ? Second-seeded Boris Becker defeated Steve Bryan 6-4,1-6,6-0 to advance to the quarterfinals in the Australian Indoor championships. Also, Todd Woodbridge upset fourth-seeded Jason Stoltenberg, Mark Woodforde downed sixthseeded Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltinerh beat eighth-seeded David V Co-sponsoi Alpha Alph featuring Curtis from the Big Dl Heart Stopp'nr Ht Pop'n/ Downright, GrindV Arm > I All programs payed for, in part, \ disabilties please contact the He event. Rain Location: RH Ballrot I] Vheaton. I I TOULOUSE, France (AP) ? Top-seeded Andrei Medvedev and q Yo. 2 Marc Rosset were eliminat- i sd from the $400,000 Toulouse t )pen. Medvedev lost to Guy Forget. c Cosset fell in the second round to s Dlivier Delaitre. Winners included sixth-seeded Magnus Larsson, X Bemd Karbacher and Jared Palmer. c r ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) ? ? rop-seeded Martina Navratilova advanced to the quarterfinals of f the European Indoors tournament > with a 7-6 (7-11. 6-3 victorv over V Meredith McGrath. 1 Also, second-seeded Mary Pierce, } No. 5 Natalia Zvereva and sixth- j seeded Lori McNeil advanced.< 1 Soccer i 1 NEW YORK (AP)?American Pro- i fessional Soccer League clubs de- j cided they don't want to join Ma- ] jor League Soccer, the new circuit 1 being formed by U.S. Soccer Fed- ] eration head Alan Rotbenberg. MLS will have a "single entity" con- ; cept in which owners will own i shares in the league rather than i individual franchises. The league - ii n iL. x 3 ?l~w. will own ail me teams anu piayci contracts but the owners will operate the clubs. Asian Games ^HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) ? China grabbed most of the gold for the third straight day at the Asian Games. This time, though, South Korea made it close. The Koreans picked up a halfdozen titles, just two short of the Chinese. South Korea picked up three golds in Greco-Roman wrestling and two in men's sabre fencing. China still held a commanding lead in the gold tally with 28. Japan had 13. Chinese women again swept the swimming, taking the 100-me* 1 '--A?1-- Af\r\ c? ier DacK.siruK.e, *tv/v 11 eeai.jric auu 400 freestyle relay. USC Sports Calender Men's Golf - Oct. 9-10 at USA Invitational, Mobile Alabama. Women's Golf - Oct. 7-9 at Lady Kat Invite, Lexington, Kentucky. Soccer - Oct. 9 Appalachian State at the Graveyard 7 p.m. Women's Tennis - Oct. 7-9 at Furman Fall Classic Men's Tennis - Oct 7-9 at Georgia Tech Fall Classic. Volleyball - Oct. 7 Kentucky at Sol Blatt P. E. Center 7 p.m. mSW FridaV fSfk' 6re 'ed by fin ^ A ^ If/f '1 y Wilson OH *11013fm ird Thump'n> Ear Split Jamm'n Matie Bone B Sling'n> Rhythm Flow'n )rop'n/ Dinee'n /vith student activity fees. People ne< >mecoming Commission at 777-713( Dm. Thankyou. East Carolin ARRY WILLIAMS Staff Writer er When was the last time the South B Carolina football team had a chance te o go 5-1 and possibly grab a spot in 0 he Top 25 poll? s< Try 1990. That was the last time fr louth Carolina was 4-1 going into the d ixth week of the season. In perhaps the darkest hour of e* JSC sports history, the Citadel Bull- a: logs defeated the Gamecocks 38-35 to uin the team's hopes of a 5-1 start ti ind a spot in the polls. tl The sentiment among Gamecock V aithful the week before that game n MAmAfVtinrr 1i lr a fV>ia* "Affor WO V rvcnt ouuiti-iuii^ nxvt. I/1U0, a^lv^x t<v )eat the crap out of the Citadel, well ti oeat the crap out of N.C. State. Well 5 oe 6-1 going into the FSU game. Then a there's no telling how far we'll go." b Sound familiar? After the more;han-impressive victory over LSU last a weekend, the radio waves have been F oombarded with talk of winning the t next four games and being 8-1 going p nto the clash with Florida Nov. 12. r Naturally, tomorrow's game against the East Carolina Pirates is being over- s looked. 1 Surprise, everyone. East Caroli- I na is going to make the trip from Greenville, N.C. And yes, they do plan r on playing the game and maybe even i winning! i The Pirates have a 2-2 record but don't be fooled. In their opener against s the Duke Blue Devils, the Pirates bat- f tied the Devils tooth-and-nail in { Durham before falling 13-10. Currently, Duke is 5-0 and one victory i away from a bowl berth. At Temple, in the second week of the season, the Pirates trounced the i Owls 31-14. i Sept. 24, in their home opener, < ECU came up three points short to the tradition-laden Syracuse Or- ] angemen. Finally last week, the Pirates dom- i inated Southern Mississippi 31-10. Pirate runningback Junior Smith became the school's all-time leading rusher in the game with 2,950 career yards. East Carolina is averaging 361.0 total yards per game, compared to 340 by the Gamecocks. The Pirates are averaging 22.5 points per game, compared to USC's 21.4. The Gamecocks hold the edge in total defense, however, yielding only 299.2 yards per game compared to DOTTL oon o S OO ( .i. After four games in 1994, the Pirates rank 42nd in total defense, ninth in pass efficiency defense, 20th in scoring defense and 27th in rushing defense in the latest NCAA stats. This week, ECU took all three play / October 7/ prrrllpm ene Street jH|^ ^ IOLINA. MBCOMINO '94 t'ru Asprin reak'n/ Hip / Sweat eding special assistance for ) at least 48 hrs. prior to the \ ia Pirates sail s of the week honors in the Liberty Ibh owl Alliance tally. Sophomore quar- Hpl irback Marcus Crandell was the LEA W ffensive Player of the Week while F W jphomore safety Dwight Henry and eshman punter Matt Levine took the f|H efensive and special teams honors. Crandell completed 16 of 26 passi for 238 yards with three touchdowns nd an interception. JM East Carolina leads the nation in J?* lrnover margin, averaging a gain of iree per game (USC checks in at fifth), /hat pleases the offensive coaches lost is what the Pirates are doing nth the football after getting the, nwiniiopo df T'c Qn tnfal nnint.d I ana J_iOU, l^fcU'UllIlfcl liens nun nun uunsecutive road games for the first time ^ ^ since 1973. Some bowl talk for you starved t fans: the Carolina staff has a combined SLrai 54 appearances in bowl games and na- * tional playoff games. The staff has won tr 45 bowl game rings during their coach- seas ing careers. Beleaguered LSU coach Curley P Hallman called the rushing tandem of Brandon Bennett and Stanley Pritch- ues ett "the best runningback combina- U.P ? tion in the Southeastern Conference" smc and referred to Pritchett as the "league's ?P? most underrated player." Carolina completed 25 passes to 12 different re- a . ceivers in last Saturday's win over mai ramiimiiiii a OurMic Cap^ There are times when bigger is no lenses. Made from advanced polycai Lighter-257o lig Thinner - Up to 2 More fashionabl< Safer-Ten times and includes buil For lenses that have some very ni / 7; (Acre Dr. Dana Kul , ,?-| Buy One Get One Free j Pair j Buy one complete pair of prescription j J glasses (frame and lenses) at regular price j l and set a free Dair of same prescription ! Save i glasses from our specially tagged collection, i of g i Offer includes most single vision i stud [ and FT28 bifocal prescriptions. 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The star of the team is Smith, who ecently became ECU'S all-time rushng leader. After four games, Smith 1 s 42nd in the nation in rushing, avtraging 121.75 yards per game. Last 51# ? i??sttw >easuil, ollillll CUCHJ ucuuiic uvu o our fle-season rushing leader (1,352 yards) md single-game (282 yards) leader. Tomorrow's contest is Homecom- ?1 ng for South Carolina. Game time is L p.m. Pregame Notes: USC is 37-24-1 lllis n Homecoming games. The Gamelocks have won their last 19 home- wm coming games. part USC's four-game winning streak u$c matches USCs longest winning streak 3ince the 1992 club reeled off four straight victories in the second half of " the season. 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