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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1945
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Tar Heels Travel To Roanoke To Tackle
McEver-Brothers Coached VPI Gridmen
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That oft-neglected part of the football team, the forward wall,
gets priority in the order of business today, for the Tar Heel lads,
whose job it is to open up holes on offense and stop enemy backs
on defense, deserve orchids a plenty for their fine performance
against Tech's potent eleven under the hot sun here in Kenan
stadium last Saturday.
Tech's -offense on the ground, sup
posedly of fairly high calibre, was
utterly useless against the Carolina
stalwart linemen, being held by the
Tar Heels to a scant 57 yards net
from the line of scrimmage. At the
same time, the Big Blue tackles and
guards opened paths for 100 Caro
lina yards rushing and gave good
support to the passers, who connect
ed for 76 yards in the air.
"The defense in the Tech game,
except for several definite mistakes,
was very good," the UNC Silver
Fox of the gridiron commented to
your reporter yesterday, "especial
ly on the part of the guards, tackles
and backer uppers. The work of
the fullbacks, Bill Voris and Joe
Gurtis, was also commendable."
In the starting roles in the Caro
lina line were Ted Hazelwood, big
Marine, and Frank Curran, youthful
civilian, at the tackle positions, and
this pair of hard charging lads was
one of the. main reasons the Tech
backs got practically nowhere a
ground. But that was not the whole
story, for two of the Tar Heel vets
from last year, NROTC's Ed Two
hey and Ed Golding, just about as
good a pair of guards as can be
found in these parts, stopped the
Engineers cold in their tracks time
and again. Curran's block of Tech's
second try for the extra point might
well have been the margin of vic
tory for the Tar Heels.
Burl Bevers and Al Bernot car
ried the duties at center together,
and the work in backing up the line
was nothing to be laughed at.
However, these boys did not do it
all, for none are capable of playing
60 minutes, and such lads as Stan
Marczyk, Leon Szafaryn, Bill War
die, Sid Varney, Red Collins and M.
D. Sims carried on in fine order
the job of giving ground sparcely to
the Georgia backs.
Too, not to be left out of the pic
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Snuffy" Stirnweiss Captures
American League Swat Grown
Former Carolina Athlete Leads Loop
In Hits, Runs, Triples
Shunned by baseball scouts in his
college days because he was classified
as "good -field no hit," George
"Snuffy" Stirnweiss, ex-university stu
dent, has copped the American Lea
gue's batting crown this year with an
average of .309. Carolina's hitless
wonder also managed to lead the lea
gue in stolen bases for the second con
secutive year, headed the triples de
partment, scored more runs, and also
collected the most hits.
Surprisingly enough, it was Stirn
weiss' football exploits that brought
him renown in his student days. Old
Carolina followers still tell of the fall
afternoon when he and Lalanne aided
and abetted in downing a strong Penn
sylvania team.
Signed on Hunch
A New York Yankee scout signed
Stirney on a hunch and our chunky
figured alumnus was sent to the New
ark Bears of the International League
for seasoning. When the war called
Joe Gordon, Stirney was summoned to
11 his shoes although most experts
thought that he never would.
In his freshman season, tobacco
chewing Stirney batted over three
hundred and also managed to lead the
league in stolen bases. He also played
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ground than his bowed legs predicted. to tnis athlete were the words of Man
On the last day of the season, ger Joe McCarthy who said that
Stirney collected enough hits to place stirnweiss was "without a doubt, the
him above Tony Cuccinello who naa
been leading the batting department
for most of the season. His fielding,
if not great, will at least allow Yan
kee fans to miss Joe Gordon less.
"Stirnweiss Day"
In anticipation of this feat, Yankee
fans honored Stirney by holding
"George Stirnweiss Day" at the sta
dium and presented him with an auto
mobile (when they come out) besides
many other tokens of their apprecia
tion. Perhaps the finest tribute played
Irwin Smallwood
ture in the line are the ends, who
proved to be sucn an asset when the
Carolina passing machine began to
click and produce some valuable
yardage and points. Max Cooke's
two long catches down the center,
Mike Rubish's great snag, aid the
work of Chuck Ellison, Bob Cox, and
Bill Pritchard was very deserving
of praise. -
It was a good job linemen. You
gave a good account of yourselves,
and we are all thankful for your
hard playing in the role of under
dog. You and the backfield alike
made the expected beginners' mis
takes, true, but as a whole the job
was one well done !
We were glad to see our old friend
Clyde King back around the campus
last week after finishing the sea
son with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
King, who attends Carolina during
the off season, was one of Brook
lyn's top relief hurlers during 1945,
having appeared in 45 games. . . .
It was also a great pleasure to note
that George 'Snuffy' Stirnweiss, re
cently of Carolina baseball and foot
ball fame, -won the American Lea
gue batting championship.
Winter sports are slated to get
off with a good start soon, with bas
ketball general drills set to begin
October 15, and the wrestling fall
practice ready to get underway at
an early date. The swimmers are
already working out daily, and ,the
boxers will be called as soon as a
coach is obtained for the Blue
Thunder lads. . . . Football in big
time calibre is back in Tar Heelia
again this weekend, with Navy tak
ing on Duke in Durham this after
noon. It may sound a little radical,
but from here we see a good chance
that the Blue Devils may send the
Middies back to Annapolis defeated,
though not by more than a point or
at the most one touchdown. . . .
For Yankees
best player in baseball today."
This was Snuff y's second year with
the Yankees and last season he made
a splendid record as a rookie. He al
most rated the league's most valuable
that year and certainly deserved that
honor this season, which was given to
y , M of Detroit.
Stirnweiss is expected to visit the
campus soon and he will be a shining
example of a Carolina . athlete who
made good.
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Cross Country Trackmen
Face Navy Outfit Today
Ransonmen Score Win Over Blue Devils;
Rated As Heavy Underdogs With Sailors
After routing the Duke Blue Devils by the count of 20-48, Coach Dale'
Ranson's cross country team invades the Naval Academy today to seek re
venge from last year's slaughter.
The Duke meet was the first en-
gagement for the Tar Heels and
Coach Ranson was well pleased with
the showing his trackmen made in
last Wednesday's dual event.
Big Test
Today will be the test for the Caro
lina cindermen as they tackle the top
cross country team in the East. Navy
blanked the local runners last year.
but Coach Kanson and Co. are a sure
bet to push the Middies to a better
meet today. The sailors copped the
IC4A event last year and are well
stocked with veterans of that cham
pionship squad.
Coach Ranson will carry 12 of his
top runners to race against the Navy
Academv. Included in this number
will be a few vets back from last sea
COACH DALE RANSON
son which are expected to. boost Caro
lina's hopes this afternoon. The
squad entrained for Annapolis yes
terday afternoon. ,
Easy Victory
The Carolina trackmen loafed to an
easy and well-earned victory over their
rival runners from Duke.
Davis of Duke finished first in the
3 and one-eighth course to nose out
Carolina's Doug Erath and Bob Dod-
I son who came in second and third re-
order were the following: Powell, Hol
den, Lamb, Allen, Hester, all of Caro
lina, Long, Duke, Hatch, Carolina,
Johnson (D), Strait (C), Fraise,
Carr, Powers, Shutz, of Duke, Harris,
(C) ,Hobkirk (C), Moore (D), Brown
(D) , Bolch (C), Rosenberg (D),
Eagle (C), Crain (C), and Choree
(D). '
Wrestling Drills
May Start Early
Coach Chuck Quinlan, wrestling
instructor of the University, has
asked that all men who were on the
squad last winter get in touch with
him the first of next week in view of
an early starting of fall practices.
The veteran grappling mentor also
said that, all who are interested in
coming out for the mat sport should
see him at their earliest possible con
venience next week. It is hoped that
drills will be able to start by the
middle of next week or the first of
the next at the latest. Six meets, with
Virginia, Georgia Tech and Duke are
already scheduled.
Sports Staff Meets
On Wednesday At 4
There will be another important
meeting of the sports staff on
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
in the Tar Heel office at Graham
Memorial.
All those interested in writing
sports are urged to be present at
this meeting.
Feature writers and reporters
are badly needed.
Remember: APIHT spelled back
wards is THIPA.
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Jayvee Outfit
Starts Drills
As Doak Helps
The Jayvee football squad will
start prepping for their schedule on
Monday afternoon and will be a
separate unit from the regular var
sity outfit.
"Peanut" Doak, physical education
major and former star gridder at N.
C. State, is working with the junior
varsity and urges all boys who are
interested in playing football to re
port on Monday from 4 to 6 regard
less of previous experience in the
gridiron sport.
Two Games Scheduled
Doak, who roamed the outfield for
the Greensboro Patriots, recently
was added to Coach Carl Snavely's
coaching staff and has been assigned
to work with the "B" team which al
ready has two definite contests sched
uled . and others are being arranged.
The present junior varsity is made
up oi lo gridmen wno nave oeen
working as part of the varsity crew.
No Team Last Year
This will be the first Jayvee squad
since the ly4d season when Carolina
was loaded with lootDaii material.
Last season found the Tar Heels not
quite so fortunate and a junior team
was not formed. This season finds the
Tar Heels on the road to recovery.
The Jayvee team gives the player
chance to gain valuable experience
before stepping up to the varsity
ranks.
Cnah Rob Fetzer. director of ath
letics, has announced that the junior
varsity will meet the Kmston Ma
rine Air Base on a home-home basis.
On October 19 the Tar Babies will
play host to the Marines and jour
ney eastward on November 16 to
face the same crew. Other contests
are being planned, but nothing has
been officially announced as yet.
Those who are looking good and
are slated to play a lot of ball for
the Jayvee team are Ramsey and
Hayworth, ends; Goodwin, Windell,
and Chalmers, guards: Schram and
Maclntyre, tackles; Munday, center;
Haines, Lineweaver, Eggerton, Stow
ers, backs.
World Series
Predictions
With the world series already in
full swing, a sports reporter
wandered around and found several
different views on the outcome of
the series between the Detroit
Tigers and the Chicago Cubs.
When approached by our ace re
porter the following remarks and
predictions were voiced:
.Clyde King chunker for the
Brooklyn Dodgers, was on campus
this past week and picked the
Cubs to overcome the Tigers.
Maybe it's because he pitched
against Chicago this season.
"Peanut" Doak, outfielder for
Greensboro this past season, pre
dicted that Detroit would win be
cause of the pitching -staff.
Harvey White remarked, "De
troit, of course. Damn right."
Carroll Poplin, co-sports editor,
takes Detroit in six games.
Jimmy Wallace followed in line
and chose the Tigers.
Howard Merry is willing to take
a few. bets on the Cubs, while
Editor Bob Morrison picks Detroit
by guess.
Valkyries Meet
The Valkyries held a dinner meet-I
ing in honor of Mrs. Janet Hoover at
the Carolina Inn at 6:30. Mrs. Stacyt
dean of women, was guest at the
meeting. Mrs. Hoover is leaving soon
for San Diego to join her husband.
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Tom Colfer, surprise hero of
North Carolina's surprising 14 to
20 stand against the Southeastern
favorites of Georgia Tech last
week, is slated to open at tailback
against Virginia Tech in Roanoke
at 3 p. m. Saturday. If the lanky,
loping, thread-needle passer comes
through again, it will be an ironical
trick on the Gobbler coaches, Mac
and Gene McEver, who piloted the
Tar Heels last year, and who "dis
covered" Colfer pitching in an in
tramural tag football game.
Softball Tourney
Closes Wednesday
The intramural softball tourna
ment will draw to a close next Wed
nesday afternoon with the top two
teams in each loop fighting it out for
the second-half championship. The
winner will face Smith, the first-half
champs, for the campus crown.
A full schedule of games is slated
until Wednesday of next week with
the play-offs opening on Thursday,
October 11, at 4:30.
Only two teams, Phi Kappa Sigma
and the Ringers, remain in the un
beaten class.
Ping-pong and the horseshoe tour
naments have been postponed a week
in order to complete the softball pro
gram.
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Monday, Oct. 84:30
Alexander 1 Ringers vs. Delta
Sigma Pi.
Alexander 2 Phi Gams vs. Med
School No. 2.
Intramural
Alpha.
Intramural
Steele.
Intramural
1 .Smith vs. Kappa
2 Two Brews vs.
J Old East vs. 3rd Co.
Tuesday, Oct
Alexander 1 Phi
94:30
Kappa
Sigma
vs. Steele.
Alexander 2 Two Brews vs. Med
School No. 1.
Intramural 1 Med School No. 2
vs. Delta Sigma Pi.
Intramural 2 Leathernecks vs. 3rd
Co.
Wednesday, Oct. 10 4:30
Alexander 1 Old East vs. Pi Kap
pa Alpha.
Alexander 2 Steele vs. Med School
No. 1.
Serious Cage Work
Begins On Oct. 15
With light drills already being held
several times a week for many of the
returning lettermen, tne omciai pas-
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ketball call will be sounded Monday,
October 15, as the time for the men
of the hardwood to begin serious
work fast approaches.
The Tar Heels are expected to
have a tough slate this season, ana
practice sessions will be held irom
4:30 to 6 o'clock each evening from
the beginning, according to Coach
Ben Carnevale. Quite a few mono
gram men are anticipated when the
call is issued a week from Monday,
and those will more than likely in
clude Don Anderson, Bob farcon,
Johnny Dillon, Hank Spurlock and
Bill Voris.
Several other new candidates, in-
eluding some top-notch high school
performers of this section will be on
hand, according to reports, but no
names are available at this time. The
cage managers have not been chosen
as yet, but they are expected to be
announced soon.
Carolina Lads
Will Be After
Second Victory
Don Clayton Will
Miss Game Today
By Irwin Smallwood
The third starting whistle of
the season blows for King Carl
Snavely's Tar" Heels this after
noon, getting underway the Car
olina surprise eleven against Mc-
Ever-brother coached Virginia
Polytechnic crew in Roanoke.
Kickoff is slated for 2 :30 o'clock.
Carolina's lads, who came within
six points of upsetting the highly
touted Georgia Tech aggregation last
week, will be seeking their second win .
of the infant 1945 season, having won
the o'pener from Camp Lee, 6-0, three
weeks ago. It will also be another No.
three, the third time this year that
the UNC grid performers have faced
an untried and unscouted team.
Former Carolina Pilots
MacCauley and Gene McEver, who
piloted the Tar Heels last year, have
a crew built from a squad of some
50 men, 44 of whom are freshmen,
and they are using a version of the
now famous 'T' formation in produc
ing the VPI eleven. "We don't know
what VPI has," Coach Snavely said
yesterday, "and we will just be play
ing our best to get another win."
For Carolina and VPI alike it will
be the Southern conference opener,
and although the Big Blue lads from
UNC won respect among the best of
them last week, the game today will
again be a toss up, because of the
lack of knowledge of the new Virginia
club.
Clayton Is Injured
When the locals go into battle to
day they will be without the services
of Don Clayton, who started the Geor
gia Tech encounter, the lanky veteran
tailback having suffered a laceration
of the lip Saturday. Too, Bill Flam-
ish, another tailback, will definitely
be out on the injured list, and sev
eral other minor ailments are threat
ening to slow the Tar Heels down a
little.
But to offset these losses, Tom Col
fer has found his pitching eye und
will be in there in the first string tail
back post, with Mike Rubish, GI who
played in the 1945 Service Bowl in
Hawaii, in at end. Rubish, although
ailing slightly last week, made a cou
ple of sensational catches, and he
should prove a great asset to the Caro-
ina cause today. Two other war vet
erans, t,a JYlcuee, a paratrooper, ana
Fred Harris, 200-pound tailback just
home from England, are op the roster
and are improving daily.
Camp Returns
Also on the list of returning men
are Jim Lamp, ex-manne who was
starting wingback last year, and Dan
Stiegman, husky center who was at the
Pre-Flight- school here just prior to
being discharged recently. Stiegman
is working in well at the pivot post,
and he has been reported doing very
good work in backing up the line. Camp
has a hard job ahead in learning the
Snavely system and plays, but the
wingback is expected to add consid
erably to the backfield power of the
Tar Heels before the season is over.
Heading the lineup today will be
Colfer, tailback who moved up from
third string at the Georgia Tech game
to first this week, along with Co-captains
Bill Voris and Bill Walker and
Bob Oliphant in the backfield. Don
Hartig has been pushing Walker for
the starting berth and is slated to
have an active part in the tussle this
afternoon.
The line, which held Tech to a bare
57 yards from scrimmage last Satur
day, will have Chuck Ellison or Bill
Pritchard and Mike Rubish at ends;
Frank Curran and Ted Hazelwood at
tackles; Ed Golding and Ed Twohey
at guards; and either Burl Bevers or
Dan Stiegman at center.
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