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Experience Gives Yellow Jackets Triumph ...
It was experience Saturday, experience on the part of Bobby
Dodd's veteran Yellow Jacket squad that decided the collegiate
opener of Carl Snavely's Tar Heels. Carolina's lads fought and
fought hard all the way, from the opening kickoff till the final
whistle, but Tech took good advantage of the breaks, which were
not too few, and the Golden Tornado pulled a close one out of
the fire.
, Carolina's 11 first downs to Tech's
eight, 102 yards rushing to Tech's
57, and 76 yards passing to Tech's
100 is proof enough that the Tar Heels
were well in the battle and for the
most part ahead. However three or
four mistakes, all so common to a
green hall club, were the 'downfall of
the local cause. There were such
things as the man all alone in the end
zone there at the beginning to catch
the southpaw pass from Tech's Peek.
Next there was this thing of punting.
The average for the game was 26
yards,' very much below standard, and
the short kick that came out of Caro
lina's first play from scrimmage put
the ball in position for the Engineers
to score the first time.
Two Mistakes
These are just two of the mistakes,
and according to Coach Snavely, the
pass defense was as a whole good with
exception of that one lack of coverage
at first. But the head grid mentor
of the Tar Heels pointed out that the
punting stood out all afternoon as one
of the biggest problems, both kicking
and receiving.
On the more optimistic side of
things, Coach Snavely said "I think
the spirit behind the team and on the
team is fine. The boys made their mis
takes, but they proved that they have
the makings of a good team." Some
22,000 fans witnessed the encounter,
and the support from the stands was
something unparalleled for some time.
"The boys did well to come back
and score twice after being scored on
two times," Snavely continued. "They
almost beat a fine team, a smart team,"
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he went on to say. "Tech played a
game to fool a green team, but I think
the Tar Heels did a good job of coping
with the situation," Snavely concluded.
VPI Next Foe
With these mistakes in mind as well
as the many lessons learned in the
Tech game, the Tar Heels "are hard at
work preparing for the game this
weekend with VPI. A tough slate re
mains ahead, and much , work is still
in store. Coach Bobby Dodd said right
after the tilt Saturday: "I think they
(the Tar Heels) will be plenty tough
when they are more experienced.
They just made mistakes all freshmen
make." From this, and what Coach
Snavely has said, it is evident that
the Tar Heels have good possibilities,
but a lot of practicing and playing
will be necessary before perfection is
obtained.
Even though Carolina was on the
score read in favor of the opposition,
little end of the score Saturday, there
were still some outstanding men. Take
the Toms for instance, Tom Coif er and
Tom Gorman. Both these lads are
NROTC cadets, and between them they
present a passing attack which is not
to be laughed at. Both lads threw
some mighty good passes Saturday,
to some good ends, Max Cooke, Mike
Rubish and Chuck Ellison.
Oliphant Stars
Then on the ground there was Bob
Oliphant, a Marine, who many times
gained important yardage on the way
to a touchdown. It was he, too, that
snagged the bullet-like pass from Col
fef to score first for Carolina. Bill
Voris did good too, although weakened
by a recent illness, and so did Joe Gur
tis, sub fullback for Voris.
The line cannot be left out of the
picture for a minute. Tech was utter
ly useless on the ground. Only a few
times did a Georgian ever get away
for anything like a good run, and as a
rule, trying to go through the Tar
HeeUline was hopeless. The guards
blocked well, the tackles charged well,
and for the most part the boys turned
in just a plain good performance.
In summation, it was a hard, hard
fought game.1 The "going was tough
all the way through, but the Tar Heels
came through much better than pre
dicted by most experts. They all
showed progress, from the work of
the backs to the tackling, and as
Coach Snavely. put it "they proved
that they have the makings of a" good
team.' "
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Elsewhere in the football world, two
othet teams of the Tar HeehV family
took beatings over the weekend, with
only Duke J coming through with ' a
wiri, over weak !Bogue Afield. Tenn
essee's T Vols pulled a lucky' dne from
the coals over Wake Forest, 7-6 and
Virginia battled State down, T- 26-6.
. . Notre Dame managed to get! a
lucky ' onefrom Illinois; by virtue of
a' 76-ykrd opening piay run. . . . Navy
trampled VillahovVf 49-0.' . . v And
South' Carolina f beat ? Presbyterian,
40-0. ' What would happen if the Pres
byterians play Duke?? T'wod be mur
der. ... It looked like the good 61d
days to see the big crowd for the Tech
game Saturday.5 The spirit was fine,
and the fans went away pleased with
the thought that Carolina had a pros
pective winning team, even though the
Kay Kyser, NBC star, says, 'On
an aircraft carrier the service gals
aren't called Waves. They're called
carrier pigeons!" Figure it out for
yourself 1 SC. Daily Trojan.
Intramural Schedule
Tuesday, Oct. 2 5:30
Alexander 1- Sigma Chi vs. Delta
Sigma Pi.
' Alexander 2 Two Brews vs. Kap
pa Alpha. " '
r Intramural 1 Phi Gams vs. ' Old
West.;ff"'"' ' ' - i '.
" Intramural 2 Phi Kappa Sigma
vs: ked school N0: 1. - t w '
Wednesday, Oct. 3 5:45
Alexander 1 Two Brews vs. Smith.
Alexander 2 ' Ringers' vs. Old
West." ' " .' 7 '' " ""' ; '
Intramural 1 Leathernecks vs.
Zeta Psi.
Intramural 2 Sigma Chi vs. Kappa
Sigma. ' ' ' i '
Intramural 3 Vance vs. 3rd Co.
Intramural 4 Phi Gams vs. Delta
Sigma Pi.' " 1
Thursday, Oct. 45:30
Alexander 1 Two Brews vs. Kap
pa Alpha. ' '
Alexander 2 Vance vs. Pi Kappa
Alphal " 1
' Intramural 1 Sigma Chi vs, Med
School No. 2.
Intramural 2 Smith vs. Med School
No. 1. ' '
NROTG Riflemen
Beat UCLA, tufts
With wins over Tufts and UCLA,
the Carolina NROTC rifle team has
brought ' its record to four wins and
four losses, it. was' announced last
week by Lt. (jg R. C. Marker, super
vising officer of the team.
Since the last report, the local Navy
riflemen have had three matches, and
two of them have been wins. The
Rice team, which won the Randolph-
Hearst national trophy last year, de
feated the Carolina men by a bare
six points, 902 to 896, but the Tar
Heels turned back Tufts, 896 to 857,
and beat UCLA 874 to 754. Other
teams which have been beaten by the
local club so far this season are Duke
and Georgia Tech,
Other meets for this month are
anticipated, and among the expected
opponents are Oklahoma, Brown,
Northwestern, Texas, Notre Dame
and Tulane-. "The boys have im
proved," Lieutenant Marker said, "as
can be seen from the scores, which
range from 828 in the first meet to
896 in the last one, and I expect them
to break 900 soon."
Leading the UNC NROTCs on the
firing line are A. H. Toothman and
R. E. Comet, but C. Bushong and
Blanton Belk have also turned in
high scores. Other members of the
team include Paul Ludwig, D. F.
Ryder, R. J. Bryan, J. Twoey and Log
Whaley. The team is coached by Joe
Grcich, Gunner's Mate 2C.
Coach Casey Expects
New Tankmen Soon
Coach Willis Casey's hopes of
having another top-ranking and un
beaten swimming team was given a
shot in the arm when it was an
nounced that Dick" Twining, star
Dolphin of last year's Blue Dolphin
squad would re-enter school in 'No
vember. "'The arrival of Jack Toler, Texas
AAU! diving champion" and better
known to the Carolina students as
the best-diver in the Prfe-Iight
School,' in 'November is expected to
strengthen " Coach ' Casey's hopes
tremendously.
17 The'ireutrn of Bill Ward, member
of last' season's top-notch tank
team, who was recently" discharged
from tKe Pre-Flight School wOTre-.
enforce the "sprinting " department
for Coach Casey V Blue Dolphins. '
"Co-captains Beri Tard and Snooky
Proctor are pacing the early season
drills, while veteran Jack Zimmej
man is looking 1 ' goad in practice
sessions.
A squad of 30 swimming candi
dates are working out T daily from
4-6 under the guidance of Coach
Willis Casey, who took over s the
coachingduties of the Blue Dolphins
after Coach Dick Jamerson left to
join the Navy in 1943.
Anyone who is interested in going
out for the swimming team should
contact Coach Casey immediately.
Tomorrow
Cross
Country
Team Invades
Stiff Rivals
Several Vets Back
From Last Season
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By Bill Buffalo
Coach Dale Ransonfc cindermen will
have' their first cross country race to
morrow' afternoon against Duke Uni
versity at Durham.' '
4 The cross country team, with many
runners back from last season's strong
outfit, tackle a tough slate of meets
this year including runs with th6
Naval Academy, Georgia Tech, Vir
ginia and Cherry Point. .
' Coach Ranson has been pushing
drills for the past week in preparation
for the Duke opener and he is well
pleased with the showing of the squad
in time trialsl '
"This year's track outfit appears to
be stronger than the 1944 crew which
hung up a good record by defeating
Duke twice, dividing a couple meets
with Georgia Tech, whipping Virginia,
losing to N. C. State, Pre-Flight and
Navy.
"I feel sure that we can give all the
teams we meet this year a pretty
tough meet," Coach Ranson asserted
after reviewing the squads roster
which included such vets as Bob Dod
son, Doug Eratg, Harry Holdon, Jack
Hester and "Red" Crain. '
Those looking good in time trials on
the 3 seven-eights mile run include
Bob Dodson, 20:31; Art Lamb, 20:36;
Doug Erath, 20:43; D. E. Powell,
20:36; J. L. Strait, 20:36; Harry
Holden, 20:59; O. A. Allen, 20:50;
Frank Hatch, 21:07; C M. Hobrick,
21:19; Jack Hester, 21:05; Bill Cha
fin, 20:55; Jim Bolch, 21:38; "Red"
Crain, 21:54; and R. H. Eagle, 21:44;.
These runners will also carry the ban
ner for the Tar Heels in tomorrow's
initial test.
All service teams have cancelled
their meets with Carolina, which
leaves a few blanks on the tracksters
schedule. Coach Ranson is .trying td
arrange an engagement with State
College, but plans are indefinite. '
The schedule as it stands now in
cludes meets with:
. Oct. 3 Duke, at Durham
Oct. 6 Navy, at Annapolis
Oct. 13 Georgia Tech, at Atlanta
Oct. 16 Duke, here
Oct. 20 Cherry Point, here
Nov. 10 Georgia Tech, here
Nov. 17 IC-4A Meet, New York
Dec. 1 Virginia, here
Standings
League A
Won Lost
Leathernecks 3 -0
Third Co. I - 2 0
Zeta Pi 2 1
Vance 1 2
Phi Delta Theta 0 2
Old East - 0 2
Phi Kappa Alpha 0 3
' ' . League B
Ringers 3 0
Delta Sigma Pi .. 1 0
Sigma Chi 1 1
Old West 1 1
Phi Gamma Delta 0 1
Med School 2 0 1
Kappa Sigma 0 2
- v ' LEAGUE C
Phi Kappa Sigma ...-.-..- 3 0
Med School 1".. 2 0
Two Brews . . 1 1
Steele : 1 1
Smith 1 1
Kappa Alpha 1 2
First and Second Co '0 . 3
Beta 0 3
Sports Staff Meets
Tomorrow Afternoon
The sports staff of the Tar Heel
will hold an important meeting to
morrow afternoon in the Tar Heel of
fice ' in Graham Memorial at 4
o'clock!.' "
Anyone interested in writing sports
are" urged to attend the meeting.
Beats will be assigned to thosewho
turn out.
If you are unable to come to the
meeting please contact either Carroll
Poplin or Irwin Smallwood before
Snavely 's Mystery Eleven
Almost Upset Tech Outfit
(Cplfer And Oliphant Turn In Impressive
Performances Before 22,000 Excited Fans
By Irwin Smallwood
Georgia Tech's vaunted Yellow Jackets invaded Kenan stadium
Saturday, but' the Golden Tornado, "playing; for the first time
Under the guidance of Bobby Dodd, managed to win by a bare six
point ; margin (20-14) as Coach Carl Snavely's mystery Tar Heels
put up unexpected opposition to the extent of almost' toppling the
veteran grid performers from Atlanta.
Next ' Saturday the Carolina crew
will" go to Roanoke to battle the Vir
ginia Polytechnic eleven,' coached by
the McEver brothers, Mac and Gene,
who coached the Tar Heels last sea
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son. It will be the first game for the
VPI squad, whic his as yet untried
and unscouted. Little is known about
the Virginia boys, and the outcome is
unpredictable.
The Tar Heels won the toss and
elected to kick off, but two pass plays
and a run netted the Tech men only
four yards and they were forced to
kick. Jim Davis, who got off good
boots for the visitors all afternoon,
punted to the Carolina three yard
stripe. The Carolina lads,' playing it
safe from the beginning, kicked back
on the first play, but the punt was
none too good and Tech got the ball
on the Carolina 25.
Tech Grabs Lead
In three plays, including a flat pass
from Ed Holtsinger to Peek, Tech had
a first down on the UNC 15. Peek
took a lateral from Holtsinger on the
next play, and the halfback tossed
lefthanded to Bill Busbin, who was
all by himself in the end zone. Kyker
split the goal posts for the point and
it was 7-0 Tech with but four and a
half minutes gone in the ball game.
. After an exchange of punts, which
gave Carolina the ball on its own 20,
the Tar Heels suffered a blow which
had a lot of bearing on the game. Two
plays netted a loss of two yards, and
then a combination bad pass from cen
ter and a fumble let the ball get away
from Bill Flamish and roll to the 15. i
Flamish ran back to get the ball, and
as he tried to scoop it up he was hit
and the ball bounded into the end zone,
where it was recovered by Kilzer for
Tech's second touchdown of the after-
noon. 1 ne point was no gooa mis lime.
Colfer Paves Way
As the quarter came to a close,
Carolina had returned the ball, from
Tech's last touchdown to the Georgia
25 with a first down there. This yard
age, all the way from the Carolina 33,
came through passes, from Tom Col
fer, lanky NROTC, to Max Cooke. Col
fer, one of two passing Toms on the
squad, (Tom Gorman is the other)
first fired to Cooke for a first down
on the Tech 44, and when two plays
in the line failed, he dropped back
again and gunned one to Cooke again,
this time on the Yellow Jacket 35 for
another first down.
Bob Oliphant, Marine wingback who
Pigskin Scrap Provides Shock
Unequal To Any Other Sport
By Jo Farris
What is there about a f ootfall game
that gets in your blood ? It isn't just
the players' in' their bright-colored,
distinctive uniforms jor their intri
cate and well-coordinated teamwork,
although these' are the foundations of
the football structure. ;
" There' really isn't one single thing
that makes your blood tingle, your
heart thump "alarmingly loud and fast,
and your whole being prickle as1 if
from an electric' shock' when you at
tend the battle of the pigskin. The
stadium itself with tall pines showing
their tops above the rim, the highly
infectious crowd hysteria, the little
boys running up and down peddling
their wares, the gayly colored pen
nants and identification ribbons, the
feathery chrysanthemums' on the
girls' football game uniforms (suits,
of course), Rameses V with his blue
horns rand ' "Carolina blanket", " the
cheerleaders "Twinkletoes" Mickey,
Mary Pierce, Bill "the red-headed
whizz," June, Charlie (Flip), Jane,
Dale, Barbara, Orren, and Marguerite,
and the band in all of its color and
glamour all of these are the football
tradition.
Director Earl Slocum's band gave
a good account of itself at its 'first
starred at his post all afternoon, got
a first lown on trie 25 on" a reverse,
end then 'co-captain Bill Voris, who
was just two days out of the infirmary,
scampered through the middle for 15
more yards, and k a first down on the
Tech VO". ' Threeline plays got nothing,
and then 6n' the fourth' down Colfer
passed again, low and hard in the end
zone to" Oliphani for the first Caro
lina score. Bob Cox came in and booted
the extra point, good. '
'Gurtis' Recovers Fumble
Shortly after the kickoff, Joe Gur
tis, who played well at fullback all af
ternoon, fell on a1 Tech. fumble on the
opposition's 31. Two first downs, one
by Colfer on the ground and one by
Gurtis through the middle; put the ball
on the Tech 14, but the Tar Heels lost
the ball on downs at the nine yard line.
The Golden Tornado took over, but
fumbled on the second play and Cooke,
the man who got the passes a little
before,' recovered for Carolina on the
Tech five. B. K. Grpw fought around
end in two plays to the six inch line,
and Colfer dove over right tackle for
the touchdown. Cox kicked good again
and the Tar Heels went into the lead,
14-13.
The half time arrived just in time,
with the Tech lads on Carolina's 15
after Grow fumbled on the first play
after Tech had punted to the 33.
When the second half began, Tech
got off to that fast start that was so
disastrous in the beginning of the en
counter. The Yellow Jackets drove to
a first down on the Carolina 28 in
four plays. Bill Voris leaped high into
the air and pulled a long pass out of
the hands of a Tech man to end the
immediate threat, but after the Caro
lina attack failed to get anywhere,
Tech got the ball on the Tar Heel 32
after another bad punt. Holtsinger
tossed a pass to Mathews for a first
down and then on the trick 'Sally
Rand' play got one himself on the
ground to the Carolina 12. Mathews
tried the line twice, and he was suc
cessful on the second and scored the
third and winning touchdown for the
Georgians. Kyker kicked good again
and put the Golden Tornado in the
lead which they never relinquished till
the end.
There was no scoring in the last
quarter, although the Tar Heels went
to the Tech 15 once only to lose the
pigskin on downs. Thus was the story
of how things went, from beginning
See MYSTERY ELEVEN', page A.
full-dress showing Saturday. Jane
Peete and Bettie Gaither in their
white and gold satin costumes pranced
high, wide and handsome, all the
while twirling those batons. Bill Rob
inson, not to be outdone by the lovely
ladies, stepped along at a peppy pacfc
too, at the same time giving the band
its signals.
' During intermission the band,
dressed ' in two shades' of blue,
marched up the field in the forma
tion of U. N. C. and played our
alma mater, "Hark the Sound." To
make the visitors feel at home, they
crossed the field (the majorettes
criss-crossed in front of the band sev
eral times during all this) to form
TECH, while playing "Rambling
Wreck." Slocum's boys and girls
marched from the field to the tune of
"Carolina Victory."'
Most amusing sidelight of the Tech
game was the stirring recruiting mes
sage from the regular army and its
hearty reception. After the words
"travel, career, and education," were
uttered, the numerous servicemen
gave vent to their emotions loudly
and long. The question arises as . to
whether these sounds were of ap
proval or disapproval. The reader may
decide for himself.
Wednesday.