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6 Sports Look Baseball wire f WASHINGTON (AP) ? A Sen- Tenni ate subcommittee voted for a partial repeal of baseball's antitrust ex- AN emption, the first step in what promis- Top-s( es to be a difficult legislative path. Swedi The bill was approved 4-0 in a the ra voice vote by the subcommittee on third ] antitrust, business rights and com- & Lon petition. Al: Son Al Simmon. R-Wvo.. urged ed Ma President Clinton to appoint an in- No. 51 dependent baseball commissioner eightl with authority to force players and many owners to end their labor disputes, manh NCAA Baseketball USC WACO, Texas (AP) ? Baylor Uni- Th versus ex-basketball coach was ac- host t quitted of charges he helped five re- weeke cruits cheat to get into the school, from 1 Three assistant coaches were con- a char victed. petiti< The federal jury found that al- T1 though Darrel Johnson was respon- tions, sible for the basketball program, he cumii was unaware of improper help his vision assistants gave to enable the recruits el anc to pass classes they needed to enroll by th at Baylor in 1993. team. Johnson, who was indicted one ers fri day after Baylor fired him in No- to th< vember, was acquitted of all seven T1 counts: four counts of wire fraud, two day a counts of mail fraud and one count parkii of conspiracy. past ^ The assistants ? Gary Thomas, tin Li Troy Drummond and Kevin Gray ? MLK face up to five years in prison and Farm firifws of nn tn &9JV1000 nn ftap.h of the Have yp your taxt Tax deadline is J dl | f> S. Cull Nati Where Th Easier liian taking it home with you. 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(AP) ? where Gamecock histoiy is being made. ;eded Conchita Martinez beat The 33-9 Lady Gamecock softball team m's Asa Carlsson 6-1, 6-2 in has quietly become one ofthe top teams &) in and wind to advance to the the nation and will participate in round of the $430,000 Bausch the Coastal Carolina round robin tour- ^Bm ib Championships. nament Saturday and Sunday. Trinity Johi 90 advancing were third-seed- Senior pitcher Darlene Gareis has Johnson, igdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria, been a key factor in the Lady Game- Cal-State Fi \manda Coetzer of South Africa, cocks' success this season, and she fastball as s l-seeded Sabine Hack of Ger- wants to prove to the rest of the na- an(j 17.6 rec and No. 9 Irina Spirlea of Ro- tion that Carolina is a force to be reck- a perfect gai 1. oned with. emergence 1 "I want to take the team to Re- produce off 1 Equestrian gionals, win Regionals and take the "It takes team to the World Series, and hope- although so e USC Equestrian team will fully we can win that," Gareis said. "I of pressure,' he regional competition this think the team is good enough to win I had to thrc ;nd at Softwinds Farm. Teams (the World Series). We have the bats, hard on my tlegion II will be competing for we have the defense, we have the pitch- is I can thro ice to advance to the Zone com- ing. With all that's on, this team is un- I have a dro m in two weeks. beatable." hard on you le show is devided into two sec- The Pennsville, NJ native has kept es. individual riders who have ac- up her end of the bargain with a 16-3 The pitcl lated enough points in their di- record and a .95 ERA. with 82 strike- Lady Game i to move up into a higher lev- outs and a perfect game this season, lier this yea 1 riders who have been chosen This year Gareis has been given some weekend on eir coaches to represent the relief by another rising star pitcher ing 0-5 and The first and second place rid- "?~? "1 "1^ " om each division will advance 111 ll kPTl iwSiOW Oil i Zone competition April 22. 1 WliVlV \JMJ ie show starts st 10 a.m. Sun,nd their is no admissions or Associated Press rig fees/Take Bluff Road 9 miles SARASOTA, Fla. ? The photographers clicked Villi am s-Brice Stadium to Mar- their shutters in rapid-fire fashion, the TV cameras ither king Blvd. Turn left onto whirred and autograph seekers scrambled to get their Blvd and go 1.5 miles. Softwind pens ready. is on the left. Cal Ripken had just emerged from the Baltimore Orioles' clubhouse, back in uniform for the first time in nearly eight months and eager to sharpen his skills before resuming his assault on Lou Gehrig's record streak of 2,130 consecutive games. J If all goes as planned, Ripken will pass Gehrig's mark Sept. 6 in Baltimore. Before then, he will be rermired to talk about The Streak until he no doubt be -J- | i; UL ^ J- comes absolutely sick of the subject. "I wish I knew how to handle it, but I'm going to | \ J try to do the best I can at retaining my focus on basely TZ3 "ff1; \ ball and trying to approach this season just like I've y V-/ w done every other season," he said. * Regardless of the Orioles fare in the American League East this season, the focus will be on Ripken, April 15th. [ Pager Warel Q only activation required t *110 credit check P standard 2 state coverage ^ F service fee starts at $7.95 mo. It recrystal your pager Free K with activation (across from McDonald' onai Self Storage ere Is a Difference! ? r *Monitored alarm/security rTTn^^H system Closed circuit TV & electro-optic sensors Controlled entry/exit | Pay for three | * 0verhead doors for G J convenience months, get No lease or security ,, | deposit one month . Professional resident FREE! managers (new renters i TTo^ II 1 15 minutes from USC outy) J 3034 Broad River Road | || ^ *On selected J Columbia, SC 29210 I units I If 3 fSi ? II e DUTCH q 11 pi Gate Hours: ^ i| Open 7 days 7am - 9pm 779 1771 M _ except maior holidays i I mwm L. * ? ^ Friday, April 7, 1995 gh hopes for s S"l would like to be remembered as i one who gave everything they had t team, that gave 150 oercent on e^ - single pitch that I threw." USC pitcher Darlene Gareis ison. Gareis sees these losses as a a sophomore transfer from experience and realizes that illerton, has an explosive will have some bad moment een by her 232 strikeouts "You have to look at what :ord. She has also pitched has done over the whole se? ne this season. Johnson's just what happened this pa las taken the pressure to end, which is something we1 Gareis. like to put behind us and forj a lot of pressure off of me, it, but you have to learn frc metimes I like a little bit she said. "Things didn't click t ' Gareis said. "In the past end, we didn't win. Things c >w a lot of innings, and it's the beginning of the year, we arm. One thing with me pie away, nobody could touc w a lot of innings because "If this team clicks, we ar< p ball and it's not quite as team in the country I woulc arm as throwing up pitch- can beat anybody if everythi There is going to be times wh liner tandem has ffiven the don't click, and I would rat cocks a No. 8 ranking ear- happen now than at Region ir, but they struggled last this team going to the Worl a Louisiana road trip, go- We have the benefit of a lo dropped out of the top ten. coaching." i track to break ( who has played in 2,009 consecutive games since May v 30,1982. The streak was threatened by the baseball a strike and the possibility of replacement games, but that is no longer a factor, so Ripken is now free to pur- s sue a baseball record that once seemed unreachable. It was a record I thought would never be broken," t Orioles manager Phil Regan said. "For a guy to go that il long without being sick, pulling a hamstring or break- 1; ing a finger ? if s unbelievable." f Gehrig missed two starts during his string and oc- t casionally was removed from a game after assuring the streak would continue. Ripken, who has started t every game and missed just 148 innings, doesn't know h all that much about the man whose record he is chas- t ing. He once felt compelled to learn more about Gehrig a but quickly abandoned the idea. "I was afraid by knowing about him, it would spark i an obsession that would change my approach," Rip- i ken said. "So, although Fm curious, I have decided not I to know so much about Lou. At some point, maybe touse J d| ih M JI H?a W/ii >. Ran,tc b I lOlh pj < w -WhcnE 1>lnln(t Ur\M _ . |-~n s ~7 vj Lz: 1 lm M J I r tBUUWM lath j worn* V i I Bedroom V 1-4 I II 1/2 *U 1/1 V I I :v;no I rilVil r?" u i/i r w Bedroom \ **? ? . l/n?>"<? Jr Kmry / / 7 ((TAMARlf JT\ AT STONERIE 143 Stoneridge [ eat Roommate floorplan Washer/Drier 256-214 oldwaler Scholarship In Monday, Apr 4pm, Gressette Room, Attention Science, Math and E Rising sophomores and juniors pursuing bach lathematics, or engineering and intending to e; nd pursue a career in research and/or college-] for this $7,000 scholarship. Applicants shoulc :xperience. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. S ocedures will be provided during the Informal before the session, call Novella oftball team Gareis, a sports administration ?Ome- major, has plans to stay around ath0 the letics after graduation and will a get a first-hand look as the softball team * strives to become a national powerhouse. "Right now I have a internship lined up with the Lexington Recreation Delearning partment to work with the different the team leisure centers and different fields s' working on the business side doing ison not budgeting," Gareis said. "I am look inst week a graduate assistantship for would all s?ftball so I can get my masters." jet about Whether on the mound or one the im that," bench, Gareis wants to be remember his week- for the effort she gave to make the Lalicked at dy Gamecocks one of the best teams blew peo- jn the nation. j the best would liked to be remembered 1 say We 33 someone wh? gave everything they ng clicks bad to the team, that gave 150 percent on every single pitch that I threw," ci i uimigo - ? ;her that Gareis said. "I always tried my best, als. I see even if at times it wasn't good enough, d Series. Everything I was asked to do, whether t of good it was lifting, or running or pitching, I gave 150percent." ehrig's record rhen it's all over, I'll sit down and learn a little bit bout him." Ripken apparently has a lot to learn, at one point aying of Gehrig, "I think he was a first baseman." "I was raised with a work ethic and approach in hat the object of team sports is to win. Do whatever t takes to win," he said. "Its important for you to rey on your teammates to make that happen, and thereore it was important for me to be counted on by my eammates to be in the lineup every day. "I'm proud of the streak for the reason that my eammates can count on me to be in the lineup and lopefully do something during the course of the game o help us win. I come to the ballpark ready to play ind wanting to play. "I'm in as a good a shape as I've ever been coming nto spring training," he said. "My motivation suffered n January and February, but when spring broke in laltimore I caught fire and really got up to speed. Tm very happy and content where I am right now." ;W-; ^Sp:?;"'-'-?| ftofr/. ' J?? BPRIiisi8iijB IJ.l.l.T.IMLJ f 1 J } L M J.] I foK-. :-f ^ f, L I . 1^? /TTTfMfl'lliiiiiV i bmk itt k< i irTrii Ui iuB [Ejreit ? ISkllflfi >ge [llsjiybvbsj n|||||||||j|? 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