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THE CAROLINA JOURNAL
SPORTS
Thursday, October 22, 1970
Sports
In
mike jamison
Four V’ eks of what head
basketball coach Bill Foster called
“real successful trainning” ended
for the basketball team last
Thursday and it started into
official practive.
The conditioning program did
its job well in getting the kinks
out and preparing the players for
the down to earth practicing.
Only, two players came out of the
program with minor injuries,
Larry Reid with an infected groin
and Norris Dae with a pulled
muscle.
“At this point I’m real pleased
with everybody’s effort,” said
Foster. “I think we are off to as
good as start as anybody, in the
country, if we can just stay ahead
now. Some teams we play may
have more than we do, but they
won’t be in any better shape than
we are.”
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If Robert Chesson keeps up his
present pace, he will soon be
sprinting the AVi mile across
country track.
When practice first started,
Chesson • took 40 minutes to run
the distance. But after a few
weeks of hard work, he ran the
track in 35 minutes during his last
practice before the first meet.
Then, in the team’s first meet
of the year at St. Andrews, he
turned the track in under 33
minutes good enough for eighth
place.
“I was real pleased with the
boys’ effort, especially Chesson,”
said coach Harvey Murphy. As
competetive as he is, if the rest of
the boys improve, we could win a
meet.”
Chesson commented, “I feel
like cross country is something I
have to do for my own personal
satisfaction. I’ve never been active
in athletics before, and running is
about all I can do well. Everybody
has something they can do well
and I guess running is mine. As far
as improvement goes, I guess I’m
just scared to finish last.”
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Newly appointed wrestling
coach Claude Savage is still tied
up with football at Myers Park
and will be for a few more weeks.
Until he is able to devote fulltime
to the team, Gary Scotty and
Cecil Carver, two returnees from
last year, will be leading the team
in practice. These two have paced
the grapplers through weeks of
Brief
conditioning and have done an
excellent job.
^ ^
Well tennis fans, constructors
decided that some more work
needed to be done on the tennis
courts, which delayed the opening
for another week. Target date is
now the last of this week.
* * *
Bobby Correll spent part of last
week with his arm in a sling due
to a football injury he remembers
nothing about.
The sophomore, who plays
quarterback for Theta Phi in the
intramural football league, said he
remembered getting bumped a
couple of times during the game
but he didn’t notice the pain until
he got into his car.
“When I opened the car door, I
felt a sharp pain and I looked
down and my arm swollen. I went
to the doctor and he said it was
bruised and to keep it in a sling
for a few days. I’m already tired
of it though, and it will be off
sooner than he told me to take it
off. I won’tmiss any games.”
^ *
Speaking of Correll, he is one
of those unfortunate guys who
referee intramural football games.
From what I’ve heard of some of
those games, the players are a lot
safer than the guys who run the
game. I suggested to him jokingly
that he might have received the
injury while working a game, but
he denied it.
“The players do get a little hot
when they feel they’ve been jilted
on a call,” said Correll. “The
hardest calls for me to make are
pass interference, illegal blocking,
and whether or not the flag was
pulled before the runner got rid of
the ball.”
He, along with Worth Roberts,
Rusty Sitton, Dave Taylor, Joey
Howell and Cecil Carver, are in
charge of calling the games. I’m
glad I have no part of that job.
* * *
Miracle of the week: Two
Dottie Hahns. The one Dottie
Hahn who is the secretary for
UNCC’s athletic department, has
enough papers on her desk, and
phone calls to answer, that the
whole world could come to a halt
for a week and she still wouldn’t
get caught up. Dottie’s a
thoughtful and considerate lady
however, .and she gives it an
All-American try.
Reid brightens
UNCC prospects
by mike holland
UNCC basketball seems headed
in the right direction, especially
with guys like Larry Reid backing
it up.
Reid, who played high school
ball at Booker T. Washington in
Pensicola, Florida, transferred to
UNCC last winter; Coach Bill
Foster must be glad he did.
However, Larry transferred as an
advantaged junior, meaning this is
Reid demonstrates that the hand is quicker than the camera.
photo by Charles hartis
Football club
formed
Say you are interested in some
good, rough, organized contact
football?
The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill has a
student contact football club that
is interested in drawing more
teams to play. Thus far, Duke,
N.C. State and East Carolina have
organized teams and have
competed in games this fall. The
last game of the season is Friday,
Oct. 23 at Chapel Hill, and the
group up there suggested that if
there were any delegates at UNCC
who were interested in forming a
team for next year, show up for
the game. Ray Magus is in charge
of the UNC team and his phone
number is 942-1295.
The teams have gotten health
insurance, correspondence, and
publicity, and over 300 people
usually attend the games.
his last year of eligibility in
college basketball.
Reid has made himself
well-known on-campus during the
time he’s been here. Last year, he
guided the 49ers to a win over
Lynchburg for the Dixie
Conference crown, and as a result,
was voted the tournament’s most
valuable player.
Standing just over six feet and
tipping the scales at 167, Reid
explained that during higli school
he had played forward; but in
college, he was too small for that
position and was switched to
guard.
Reid has some views on UNCC
as an independent. He pointed out
that since UNCC had become an
independent, it would be harder
for them to get in as many
tournaments. He added, however,
that someday he hopes UNCC will
get into a good conference-
possibily the ACC. Like most, he
feels that a school must first
establish itself in any sport before
it can be given much recognition.
He hopes, though, that by playing
as an independent and competing
against larger schools, that the
49ers will firmly establish
themselves as a “basketball
power.”
Summing up what he expects
out of UNCC basketball this
winter, Reid stated: “So far we’re
undefeated in our own gym, and 1
hope it stays that way. We’ve
taken part in a pre-season
conditioning program which
lasted a month, so we ought to be
in real good shape. We, too,
should be strong on defense, as
Coach Foster stresses defense
most of all.”
The first official day of practice
for all colleges was October 15, so
the 49ers already have a big head
start on many schools. They, too,
have one other big advantage:
Larry Reid.
INTRAMURAL SCHEDULE
(Oct. 22 - Oct. 29)
Thurs. Oct. 22
4:15
Forkers vs. Hockos
5:15
3rd House vs. 2nd House
Monday, Oct. 26
4:15
4th House vs. 5th House (women)
Tuesday, Oct. 27
3:30
T.I.G.E.R. vs. 2nd House
(women)
4:30
Forkers vs. 2nd House
6:00
Fraternity League - “Tug-O-War”
Wednesday, Oct. 28
3:30
Engineers vs. Swampfoxes
4:30
Hockos vs. 5th House
Tliursday, Oct. 29
3:30
AKPsi vs. Chi Phi
4:30
2nd House vs. Hustlers (women)
6:00
Dorm League - “Tug-O-War”
INTRAMURAL SCORES
(Oct. 12 - Oct. 19)
OCT. 12
Swampfoxes — 14
Theta Psi — 6
5th House — 25
4th House - 0
OCT. 13
Pigs - 39
4th House - 6
Hockos — 26
2nd House - 0
OCT. 14
3rd House — 30
2nd House — 19
Engineers — 26
Kappa Sig - 6
OCT. 19
3rd House — 19
Forkers — 20
Hicks of the winning team, the Engineers, intercepts d
Kappa Sig pass. , . ^
photo by mike smim
Coming events
Tug-O-War: Entries are due October 23rd in the Intramural Offic®
(208-Gym). Limit 10 persons per team.
Pool Tournament: Entries are due November 3rd. Sign the list if
the Intramural Office.
Table Tennis: Team roster is due in the Intramural Office by
November 3rd. Managers check the Intramurals Handbook for Tabl^
Tennis rules.