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Wednesday, September 27,1! SPORTS LOOK The Baseball PITTSBURGH - Kevin McClatchy, backed by some of the city's most influential businessmen, neared an agreement to buy the Pittsburgh Pirates during a four-hour meeting with the current owners. Pirates chairman Vincent Sarni said the owners are "very optimistic we can get this done" and have in structed him to reach a deal with mcClatchy. NEW YORK? Seattle Mariners pitcher Randy Johnson and outfielder Gary Sheffield of the Florida Marlins were chosen as major league baseball's players of the week. Left-hander Johnson was 2-0 with a 0.59 earned run average last week while pitching the Mariners into first place in the AL West. He also struck out 25 batters in 161-3 innings to earn AL player honors for the third time this season. NFL CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Deion Sanders underwent successful surgery on his left ankle, the Dallas Cowboys said. i Dr. John Uribe of the Health South Doctor's Hospital performed the surgery on Sanders, who wrapped up his baseball season with the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Sanders signed a $35 million deal to play football for the Cowboys after rejecting offers from several other teams, including the Super Bowl chamOne step ahead > ySk \ * JT J I * ?i] Sophomore midfielder Ram A Lady Qamecock soccer team a tournament In Clemson agi against the Tigers. Qametlm 995 sociated Press pion San Francisco 49ers, the team he l J / __ 1 x piayea ior iasi season. BOULDER, Colo ? Colorado quarterback Koy Detmer will sit out the next two games and possibly the rest of the season, depending on whether a knee brace allows him to play, coach Rick Neuheisel said. Detmer tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the first half against Texas A&M on Saturday. Backup John Hessler led Colorado to a 29-21 victory, which boosted the Buffaloes to No. 4 in the nation. Neuheisel said doctors will not know until the middle of next week whether Detmer, the brother of NFL quarterback Ty Detmer, will be able to play with a brace or undergo surgery immediately. Basketball VANCOUVER, British Columbia ? Bryant Reeves, selected sixth overall in the NBA draft, signed a threeyear contract with the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies. Reeves, a 7-foot center who led Oklahoma State to the NCAA Final Four last season, will earn an estimated $1.45 million in the first year of the deal that is limited by the league's new rookie salary cap. SEATTLE ? Sherell Ford, selected 26th overall in the NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, signed a threeyear contract with the team. The 6-foot-7 forward averaged 26.2 points last season for Illinois-Chicago and was selected Midwestern Collegiate Conference player of the year. 1 ROBERT WERTZ The Gamecock brams and tha reat of tha will rasuma play this Friday at ilnst Marquatte and Saturday a ara 5 and 7 p.m. Homecoming I a time for the I students, faculty, sta^alumni, oro fans of the e IKJJplverslty of W /Sputht^orofrna __ M to join together a <rJebratiQQ^ of the scholastic, athletic, and j . student life excellence that is BSC It is Worship between thr I university and I the rest of the Carolina community. It is simnply a time Carolina It is Simply Carolina. SPO Sophonto ACHIM HUNT Staff Writer After last year's loss of five senior starters, the men's soccer team was left with a lot of inexperienced, young players. These young players were definite question marxs tor coacn iviarK uerson, as he knew that his team had to step up to compete with the tough schedule that his team had to face. One player that Berson called on to step up was sophomore Clint Mathis a 5-10,155 pound foward from Conyers, Ga. Mathis is answering the call. Through five matches, Mathis is the team's leading scorer, with six goals, and he has scored at least one goal in each of the Gamecocks' matches. "I feel pretty good about it, and I hope it keeps up," Mathis said about his Scott says ta Brad Scott and the Gamecocks survey the damage left by Moo Williams and the Kentucky Wildcats Associated Press COLUMBIA 2?Why are the reigning Carquest Bowl champion South Carolina Gamecocks still winless in the Southeastern Conference after four games? "Missed tackles," head coach Brad Scott said Monday. "Poor tackling will get you beat every time." The Gamecocks (1-3 overall, 0-3 SEC) have the SEC's worst defense in three categories ? total defense, scoring defense and rushing defense ? after a 3530 loss to Kentucky on Saturday. That same defense made a hero out of another running back Saturday; Kentucky's Moe Williams. And the nation's No. 14 team, the LSU Tigers, loom on the horizon. But all is not lost, said Scott, who led the Gamecocks to the school's first bowl victory in his first season. "If we tackle better, if we execute our assignments better, well be a better football team and that's what we need to emphasize right now," Scott said. So, coach Scott, when do we panic? Is the pivotal point this year, the upcoming game against LSU? "Well, every game is pivotal," Scott said. "The fact is, we needed to win last week, and we need to win this week. So I don't think you're at the point now in our season where you say anything is pivotal. Every one of them is pivotal, every stinking game is pivotal." Scott said while no one's giving up yet, the losses are definitely taking a toll. "Right now, sometimes we run out there and we expect something to go wrong," Scott said. "We're not expecting to be able to do the things that we need to do on defense and to play more consistent on offense." But don't blame all of the Gamecocks' woes on the defense, said quarterback Steve Taneyhill, who leads the SEC ir total offense, pass attempts, pass completions and passing yards. Two interceptions, including one ear U1|3UJLA New & Used Majo I Guitars - Amps - Drums (And Other Musical li AllatPiscount " rtrtrtrfrtrytrtr^r^tf ytrtrtrtrgr^ LOTUJ wy ! NOW I Columbia's Fir ! now has the fc [ "Bartender Cocktail We * * Apply In i 2930 Devine St. H H H B J8 B H fl fl B 8 H BBfflB B- B B JfiMuttUiku Bars Resti Parties P Persona 6 laps around th parties 1-803 iRTS reMathis scoring streak. "They (my teammates) are Duttine me in situations that I shouldn't the year. On a penalty kick, the coach can choose whoever he wants to kick the ball, and for Berson, the choice was simple. "I chose Mark in that pressure situckling key to m.. .M f mm f ' HM* MFmim' HHPif Stove Taneyhill and the rest of the against the LSU Tigers. The upstart ly in the fourth quarter when South Carolina trailed 28-23, and four sacks marred South Carolina's day. Fullback Stanley Pritchett also gave up two critical fumbles. You take away the turnovers we . had in that game, then we'd probably i win," Taneyhill said. 1 think if we'd correct those, we'd be 2-2 and the mood would be a lot better." The defense's habit of missing tack4437 Devine Street Columbia, S.C. r Brands f1 -PA Equipment nstruments) Wj Prices Jsma SDSL; 5 CLUB Hirinci ! Jw Jw ^ JS&.A& vWa t iest Karoake Club t illowing openings: ! iitstaff Bouncer Manager \ * i person at: t Columbia, SC 29205 ; otitic at Ads I Messages e game & tailgate for $175 249-8458 answerini ation because he drills them in all the time in practice," he said. Mathis also played well last year as a true freshman on a team that was ranked as high as number dne. He played in every match, while starting 19 of them. He produced in clutch situations too, scoring game winning goals twice. Mathis also was named to the MetLife All-Tournament team last year, scoring three goals during the tournament. He also scored single goals in matches against Clemson, Louisville, and UNC-Charlotte. Before Mathis joined the Gamecocks, he had a brillant high school career at Heritage High School. He was chosen as thte Gatorade Player of the Year in Georgia in 1993. He scored a combined 46 goals in the last two years of high success for1 pp* W I Mi > M * I ,<v . W I r It " : j|^ i I 1-3 Gamecocks will bo looking to | Tigers are ranked no. 14th nation les has burned the Gamecocks all season. Moe Williams' average of 7.5 yards per carry against South Carolina was the highest ever in a single game by an SEC running back, breaking Herschel Walker's 6.5 mark set against Ole Miss in 1981. Williams also leads the SEC in rushing attempts and net rushing yards this year, thanks to a 299-yard and fourtouchdown performance against the ilk B _^^B Classifieds Work! ^IBafficock , - 7 g the call school. Mathis was named his high school's team captain his senior year. In addition, he earned all-state, all-area, and all-conference honors his junior and senior seasons. His biggest honor was being named to the Soccer Scene All-America team following his senior year. Mathis is clearly the leader of the young players, at the heart of the GamenAftlr foom Tmrvrmromor*f ia in VUV& OUtWCX KVUIU. UU^IAV/TVUiUUb 1U 1U store for Mathis as he, and the entire team, gain valuable experience over the * course of the season. The next game for the men's soccer team is tonight at The Citadel at 7 p.m., and the next home game is Sunday at 2p.m. against Presbyterian at The Graveyard v Gamecocks m ' m t fm f a Tm^mW * | * v.. .*< ' 4HpHB {at thalr sacond win on Saturday ally. Gamecocks. Running backs from Georgic Arkansas and Louisiana Tech also ha field days against South Carolina. But Scotfs not going to try to chang defensive players and schemes. "Now it gets down to improving 01 tackling, improving our execution an assignments and getting some of oxi kids to play a little harder and to pis with a little more courage," Scott sail I?** r 'unglasses by ausch & Lomb Selected Examples: Reg. Sale I Large Metal $100.00 $50.00 (L0205.L2823) Wayfarer $84.so $42.30 (L2009.L2053) Outdoorsman $112.so $56.40 |. (L0216.L9500) See store for selected styles. No other discounts apply. Sale ends 9/30/95. Offer good with this coupon only! /j||\ WUSCfm