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I ' South Car MATT PiOOtNEC Staff Writer Many football players will tell you th its slobber-knocking, bone-crushing tack the roughest sport on campus. Soccer j claim their sport is tougher because they an entire half and don't wear pads. Neitl is correct. The real men on campus are ti by players. Friday, the USC rugby club outpow tough Duke squad for a 31-21 victory. Lec piring football fullback Keith Quiller, th squad physically manhandled the Blue on its way to victory. USC won the vast majority of the s< and despite giving up two tries on long ru Oflmwytrk Httfanoa di/1 an ono^iWa inK at the speedy Duke team. After a defensive goal-line stand, USC < Owners acce] Associated Ptmi A day after the strike ended in a truce, baseball players headed to training camps today, fans lined up for tickets, and Marge Schott kicked off Cincinnati's traditional opening day parade Monday ? a month before her Reds' newly scheduled home opener. After 234 days, more than $800 million in losses, no World Series and not even a settlement, the longest and costliest work stoppage in the history of professional sports finally ended Sunday v..* ?:*i x - .c-ii lugiit, uut wmium a luu peace. It j J ;J I [r* J T A i [ M * W/M N 1^1^:::: Ib^lership:Jsteve Taneyhi Most Improved Offensive I improved Running B j Most Outstanding Wide Rc Ppstjmproved Wide Rece Most improved Quarterbac The Ga It's Planet, i get angry. Yoi 4 in possession bl which must se] ^Certain conditions apply ? 1 995 MasterCard International Incorporated olina rugbj the scoring with a toy by Mike A] at Dancer conversion made the scon les if s rugby equivalent of a touchdowi >layers P?uits, and the conversion nets a b fQr Minutes later, Duke knotted ler one 15-yard run around the left end. he rug- Following a missed penalty k USC came alive. Quiller, a 265-po ered a bulled the pile 30 yards before eig I by as- players managed to force the sc e USC peared on the verge of scoring urn Devils another scrum a scant five yard touchline following a blocked kick Tiima, son. The Gamecocks won the scru ns, the the ball around the left end to Bri. opping sliced in for the try. With the score 14-7, USC dela^ jpened wben it forced the ball carrier out < before he could touch the ball doi >t players' offe Owners accepted the union's offer to play without a work agreement The season, which had been scheduled to start with replacement players Sunday, will begin April 26. Msgor league players were told to report to spring training camps beginning Wednesday, and exhibition games will begin April 13. Atlanta Braves outfielder Ryan Klesko i didn't wait. He was the first Brave to i show up Monday morning at training 1 camp in West Palm Beach, Fla. 1 its good to be here, but Fd still like i -V; Lineman: Travis Whitfield I ack: iScott Moritz I k^oiuar* HorrrsI MIaI/Iaih I >WVK?II uanci ni^MUW I iver: Calvin Owens I :k: Anthony Wright I SP'^ - 1 i imecock. > One Of 1 Unless i panic some mor< Tlf ftiwcock r team over J ntlip. The JoJo s 7-0. A tiy, the Thoy (Duke) have i, is worth five was a good effth sam two points. . the score on a 0TBW USC rugby Presiden ick by Dancer, und behemoth, rht of the Duke trolled the scrum and four rum. USC ap- zone ^e score at 14. til Duke forced At the 36-minute mark s out from the ball that had been fumble< by Tad David- eRd zone. Dancer added tl 1 ] TTGT? o 1 3 -i ?ii OIIU pilUlCU v/wv a oCTCir|A/lilt ICttU Qt an Garris, who For the uninitiated rea ly similar to football excep fed a Duke tiy only for usuries, scores an rf the end zone out of bounds. Once the bi ivn. Duke con- he must immediately relei sr; season to si to see an agreement that says well play the whole year," said Klesko. "I'd hate o] to see this happen again." w In Cincinnati, the opening-day pa- w rade went on anyway today even though ti the first home game isn't scheduled un- th til May 2. Schott sounded a horn on a fire truck tl to begin the festivities, then walked down re the streets handing out Reds stickers to w children. The Reds owner gave a thumbs up sign to cheering spectators and said, pi Isn't this great? Tradition, right hon- ce sy? Thafs what if s all about." DEFENSE v - ' w v o vv;.'. Joe Morrison: Eric Sullivan Leadership^ , Most Outstanding Defensive Most improved Defensive Ba Most Outstanding Defensive Most Improved Linebacker: I . -X.-- . . > - . .V . . Most Outstanding Unebackei Most Improved Defensive Em Most Outstanding Defensive Read it nhe Most U ve Stolen It Then you call ar ibout seven cents w ister when he entei aay for stuff that y the next day.* It'l ? Hard. It's more than , ! ||S Tu?day, April 4,1?? powers Bit then forms over ti a great team; It carrier, who is cui rt. We played to Protect any hoc ^ f The scrum coi " each team trying 1 t Stan Kirtdand multaneously eje pile with their fei My, the scrum hi id a way in to the end to advance it by l ward passing is al ;, Quiller controlled a 0f 15 players, wh< 1 and plowed into the in case of ipjury. tie conversion to give ln the second 1 the half. on a short run by der, rugby is basical- followed an error it the play is stopped ball down just shor id when the ball goes to the next try als all carrier is tackled, out of steam short ase the ball. A scrum nal try was scored M Mm ? ? ? - ? tart April 26 1 By 10:30 Monday morning, 22-year- 1 Id Amy Knapp was among 50 people * aiting to buy tickets at Boston's Fen- j| ay Park. Tm a little nervous buying ckets (for) September," she said. "Will ^ ley go out on strike again?" ^ And in Detroit, the Tigers announced lat manager Sparky Anderson, who n, (fused to handle replacement players, fe ill return. 3 The replacement players were sent icking, their big-league dreams un- wi remoniously cut short. 7 Ci n th D, ft-: ' Pe wmm#.-.; i. leman: James Flowers to Lineman: Eric Sullivan , T J ck: Terry Cousin ed Back: Ben Washington ^ 3enii Youna t? J iv"My ^ r: Ronnie Smith W( d: Jody Caldwell mi End: Robert Smith fix ETHAN MYERSON / The Gamecock wt > you. |o rseful Cred ,. Your MasterCa id cancel it. Now rorth of stolen plas rtains at the hideo ou bought, and yc 11 be accepted at rr a credit card. It's sm, le Devils,1 le ball and, quite often, the ball convei rled into a fetal position trying Du lily protrusions from injury. ^ nsists of several players from er '( to push the others back and sict the ball out the rear of the et. Having done this success- f alf takes the ball and attempts ^noc^' unning or kicking it. No for- referet lowed, and each team consists of uns] o may only be substituted for Qui an ove lalf, USC opened the scoring D^e't Kenny Puckett. Pucketfs try i by Quiller, who touched the , t of the line Quiller contributed nave a 0 with a 50-yard run. He ran of the end zone, and USCs fi- "Th 1 by Patrick Nix. The last two was a | Women's tern men's team fa MMY DsBUTTS Sports Editor The Carolina women's tennis team, inked No. 20, defeated Florida State 3 Sunday in Tallahassee, Fla. USCs Heather Greene, No. 79 in the ition in singles competition, was deated by Florida State's Lori Sowell 61-6,6-4. Sowell is ranked No. 56. Sowell snapped Greene's 17-match Inning streak. Greene dropped to 21with the loss. The Seminoles' Elke Juul defeated ! ) T T* x TV A a - - - irouna s viciona uavies z-t>, tj-3, 6-3. tie Lady Gamecocks took two of the iree doubles matches against FSU. avies and Tobi Rakic were the only vicns to the Seminoles in doubles comstition. Rackic had lost seven straight threet matches. Juul and Sowell combined defeat the Carolina tandem 6-4,6-3 straight sets. Greene and Karolina Bulat defeatJenny Graf and Mary iym in straight ts 6-4,6-1. Sophie ljucovic teamed up th Tracy Kotseos as the No. 3 doubles am and defeated Ashley Delaney and ?ri Junker 6-4,4-6,6-3. Kotseos also >n her eighth straight No. 4 singles atch over Graf, improving to 23-7. The Lady Gamecocks also got wins im Tobi Rakic and Muriel Abella. Rail defeated FSlPs Tym 6-7,6-3,6-2, lile Abella defeated Junker 6-2,6-2 BUCKLE UP.T it Cards C ircf is stolen. You : - v ffl % the thief is s*ie i tic. (Maybe he cai ut.) So relax. Yoi >u can even get a ullions of locatio wins 31-21 sions were missed to make the score 31-14. ke ended the scoring with an 80-yard run. y was nearly disallowed when a USC playde a last-ditch attempt to knock the ball Following a short, profane protest by a (layer, who claimed that the ball had been ed away before it was touched down, the s awarded the conversion to Duke because portsmanlike-conduct. ller was pleased with the match. Despite trail lack of size, he was impressed with i effort. was physical," Quiller said. "They don't big team." ;by club President Stan Kirkland agreed, ey have a solid team," Kirkland said. "It s[ood effort. We played great." lis team wins; 11^ T\ 1? ins 10 iiuKe in No. 6 singles play. The women's team will compete at Clemson at 1 p.m. today. The men's team didn't fare as well as the women. The Duke Blue Devils swept the Gamecocks 6-0 in singles competition. The three doubles matches were not played after the match had been decided in singles play. The win was Duke's sixth in a row, improving its record in Region II to 7-0. The Gamecocks dropped to 8-2 in the region. Carolina lost the services of three of its top five singles playere because of ipjury. USCs Jimmy Panagopouloe was defeated by Duke's Chris Pressley in straight sets 7-5,7-5. Pressley is ranked No. 18. In the No. 2 singles slot, Carolina's Ben Cook was defeated by No. 9 Rob Chess 6-3,7-6. Duke's Peter Ayers, No. 100, dropped Miller Brice in straight sets in No. 3 singles competition. Adam Gusky and Phillippe Mogglo also recorded straight set wins over Carolina players. The Gamecocks had to default the No. 6 singles match, so Sven Koehler of Duke took the win. Duke moved to 13-3 with the win, while Carolina dropped to 11-8. The Gamecocks will take on No. 2 Cenrcrio Wednesday in Athens. r5 THE LAW ? )n The panic. You irii'uriiiii mibbhm?fc fsterCandM jilsi "'jsoM iH5b nOB"I TH flg r i use it as a i only have new card ns, one of & 6