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Friday, April 11, 1023 THE DAILY TAR II EEL Ps"e Thrcs ombiTow IliliS SLV1S eaiii University Team To Play R aokieg National Players On Pinehurst Club Courts s- Grant, Hines, Teomkns, "Wright And Merritt Will Compose Carolina Team. TO FACE FAMOUS STARS Doeg, Lott, Allison, Tan Rhyne Form American Team; Van Rhyne and Allison 'Wimble don, Doubles Champions Grant Southern Senior Title Holder. A select Carolina tennis team, composed of star varsity and freshman netmen, is slated to take tn the American Davis Cup team on the Pinehurst country club courts at three o'clock to morrow afternoon. The Davis Cup team, which has come to this state to par ticipate in the annual North and South tourney at Pirieliurst, is composed of John Doeg, third ranking singles player ' of the United States, George Lott, fourth ranking player, Wilmer Allison, fifth, and John Van Ryn sixth. Van Ryn arid Allison are considered -the foremost doubles team in this country and abroad. Playing together last year they won the Wimbledon doubles title and the Davis Cup matches. The Wimbledon title is considered the highest tennis honor attainable, and the hold ers of the Wimbledon cup are unofficially recognized as first ranking players in international tennis circles. The individual pairings for the Carolina and Davis Cup matches will be made by mutual agreement between Coach Ken field of the University and the temporary captain of the Davis Cup team, who will be appoint ed by the members of the team sometime before the match. Ed Yeomans and Bill Merritt, varsity netmen, and Bryan Grant. Wilmer Hines and Lenoir . Wright, number one, two and three freshmen, .will make up Carolina's team in the match, Yeomans, who won the South Atlantic prep school title while in high school at Washington, D. C, three years ago, is No. one man on the varsity squad; Bill Merritt, who is playing his last year with Carolina, is cap tain of the varisty. Grant, num ber one freshman player, holds the southern amateur title; Hines captured the southern ju nior title last season and Wright annexed the prep school title for this state last year. Grant. Hines, and 'Yeomans play the three singles matches terday afternoon. Though Wat and Hines and Grant will com- kins put up a good fight, he was pose one of the doubles team. J outclassed by Holderness, who Two doubles matches will be floored him for counts of eight, played, but the second one has one and two in the second .round not been determined upon as yet, according to Mr. Kenfield. Merritt and either Wright or Yeomans will be teamed for the doubles. . . v. Besides taking on the Davis Cup team, Carolina's net stars will get a taste of real tourna ment play in the North and South tournament which is to begin Monday. Senior Dance To Be At Gymnasium May 16 The dance committee for the senior class announced yester day that its annuaKball would be held Friday night, May 16, in Bynum gymnasium. Several fraternities are planning to hold houseparties that week-end as the Grail has scheduled its last dance of the quarter for May 17. FRESHMAN NINE BEATS WINSTON Griffith Does Mound Work for Tar Babies With Fine V ' Results. : The Carolina f reshman , base ball team defeated the Winston Salem highs on the f rosh field Wednesday by a score of9 to 7. The Tar Babies were far supe rior in their attack, getting 13 hits, many of them for extra bases, to their opponent's six; on defense they weTe not so hot, giving Griffith, Tar Baby pitch er, very spotty support. The brand of pitching displayed by 1 Griffith, already sought after by one or two league clubs, was of the first calibre. In spite of sloppy support, he allowed the hardhitting Camel City men but six hits and struck out ten men. In addition to this, he cracked put two singles and a double out of four times at bat 'to snatch the starring honors of the day. Riddle of Carolina also did good stickwork, garnering three sin gles out of three official "at bats," while Peacock performed capably behind the plale. Carter, who lashed out a ter rific drive to centerfield for a home run with two men on base, and Voss, first baseman, who made a double, triple arid single out of four times at bat were outstanding players for Win-ston-Salem. Team R H E Carolina 9 13 2 Winston-Salem 7 6 4 Batteries : for Carolina, Grif fith and Peacock; for Winston Salem, Smith, Clodfelter and Carter. Sigma rhl Sigma LOSeS To Tsimhrln Chi Alnlia Bob Bullock, veteran Lambda Chi Alpha pitcher, held Sigma Phi Sigma to one hit and no runs yesterday afternoon while his teammates were piling up 13 runs put of 9 hits and numerous errors and free bases. Bullock has . pitched tiis fraternity to the campus championship once before and was in fine shape yesterday. Wins Decision Holderness, D.K.E., won the jU(jges decision from Watkins, Ruffin, in the finals of the 145 pound class in the Tin Can yes- and counts of one, two and one in the third. This gives the . Dekes the championship with 15 points. Ruffin was second with six; "J," "I," Alpha Lambda Tau, and Sigma Phi Sigma came next with five each, followed by New Dorms, Zeta Psi, Old West, Phi Gamma Delta and Manly with three each. The officials for yesterday's bout were :t referee, Rosenf eld ; judges, Schnell and Coach Rowe; timekeeper, "Bo" Shepard. Old West Wins Old West rallied in the last inning yesterday to get two runs and defeat Lewis ("J") 8-7. The scoring was close through out, "J" taking the lead in the second and holding it till the fifth. GOLFERS OPPOSE DEACONS TODAY Matches Will Be Played Oyer Hope Valley Course; Meet Duke Tomorrow. Captain Charlie Chatham will lead the state championship Tar Heel golfers against Wake For est today and Duke Saturday, both matches to be played over the Hope Valley Country Club course midway between here and Durham. : The Tar Heel outfit is unde feated for the season, and is vir tually the same in personnel as the team that won the state title for Carolina last year. Meade Willis, state college champion ; : Captain Chatham, June Adams and Luther Stew art were all regulars on" that team. The 1930 outfit is strong er by virtue of several outstand ing youngsters on whom Coach John Kenfield can draw. Of these, Ben Goodes is giving the veterans an especially .hard run for their posts. " Track Stars Leave For Atlanta Relays Coach R. A. Fetzer and Track Manager J. J. Alexander will leave Chapel Hill this afternoon with 15 of the most outstanding varsity track stars and four of the most promising freshman runners for the Tech Relays to be held in Atlanta, Ga., tomor row. In this meet the Tar Heels will oppose such men as Hamm, GeorgiaTech's world champion broad jumper and Southern Con ference record holder in the lOO and 220-yard dashes; Young, Georgia two-miler who won that event in the recent conference indoor meet ; Linzey, Maryland half-miler; and many others of equal calibre.' Of special inter est to track fans will be the con test between Hamm and Farmer in the sprints. Farmer defeat ed Hamm in both the 100 and 220-yard dashes in the dual meet with Teen held here last Satur day, and bids fair to lower the conference records in these two events. If the weather is favor able tomorrow, it is very prob able that several records will be bettered. Coach Bob is taking the fol lowing men with him for the different events: One-mile and half-mile relays, Nims, Gay, Slusser, Stafford, Weil and Farmer. Four-mile relay, Baucom, Barkley, Lowry, Phoenix. 100-yard dash : Farmer. High jump : Bagby. Discus and javelin: Brown. Broad jump: Neiman. Pole vault : Arnold and Nei man. Hurdles: Perry, Slusser, Staf ford. Freshman two-mile relay: Mitchem, Jones, Jensen, Wat kins. Delta Sigma Phi Loses The A. T. O. baseball team de feated the Delta Sigma Phi team ten to three yesterday after noon in one of the most inter esting games played this season. Griffin did the mound duty for the winning A. T. O. team, and did some splendid pitching. Johnston went the whole game for Delta Sigma Phi. Numerous errors on the part of the Delta Sigma Phi accounted for several of the A. T. O.'s runs. y Senior Notice All seniors who have not made application for a degree, and who are planning to graduate in June, are requested to see Dean Hibbard as soon as possible. Goodridge Elected Captain Of Boxers Noah Goodridge, of New York City, a rising senior, was elected to succeed Archie Allen as captain of the University of North Carolina boxing team for next year at a meeting of the team last night. Goodridge has been a member of the varsity squad for the last two years, during which he has fought a total of 22 fights, win ning 19. - Two of the three fights tnat uooariage lias lost were finals in the southern conference tournament, both of which , he dropped to Phil O'Connell, cap tain of the Florida squad. At the meeting of the Athletic Council Tuesday night Clarence Weeks was appointed manager for the 1931 season, Phil Alston and Huber O'Donnell being named as his assistants. .- Frosh Netmen Win . .. . Over Varsity Team The freshman tennis team showed excellent form yesterday afternoon' in defeating the var sity racqueteers5 3-2 in the sin gles and 2-1 in the doubles matches in a practice meet held as a preliminary to the match with the Davis Cup players Sat urday. In the singles ; Grant (F) won over Yeomans (V) 6-4, 6r8, 6-3. Hines (F) defeated Hendlin (V) 6-0, 6-1. Wright (F) beat Merritt (V) 10-8, 6-1. Graham (V) won from Abels (F) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Baggs (V) defeated Burnett (F) 6-2, 9-7. In the doubles . Hines and Wright - (F)- beat- Merritt and Yeomans (V) 6-4, 7-5. Grant and Abels (F) won over Gra ham and Hendlin (V) 7-5, ' 7-5. Baggs and Liskin (V) defeated Burnett and McKee (F) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. Golfers Win Retaining; an unblemished rec ord for the present season, the University golfers handed the club toters from . William . and Mary a severe defeat by 12-6 on the Hope Valley golf course yes terday. , . .. ..... The Tar Heel drivers cap tured three of the four single matches and , broke even in; the two double matches. ., The end of the morning round of single matches found the local putters in the Head by 9-3 Driving far and straight, Luther Stewart, ftefty golfer, de feated Mallouney, semifinalist in the southern collegiate tourna ment last year, in one of the best matches of the meet. Carolina W. and M. Chatham. (i2) lost Wilcox (2i2) Willis (3) won Groven Stewart (3) Mallouney Goodes (22 ) Wei demayer () Boxers Wanted Coach Crayton Rowe urges all men interested in trying out for next .year's boxing team report today at the Tin Can at 4 o'clock for spring practice. Barely half a dozen answered the call for practice yesterday, and a well attended spring practice is necessary to the success of the boxing team nexfryear in its first season as a major sport. Athletes Get Passes Following the plan recently inaugurated by Carrington Smith, Jr., manager of the Caro lina theatre, the athletes who score more than 11 points in track meets will receive passes to the" theatre. The men who have , earned passes so far are : Adkins, Bagby, Baucom, Slusser, Alexander, Mgr., and five others. BASEBALL TEAM PLAYS MARYLAND FIRST ON TOUR - - i Tar Heels Have Four Wins, Against Two Losses for Season's Play. With a team batting average of ,.261 and a season record of four wins to two losses, the Tar Heel nine was off yesterday for College Park, Md., where a game with Maryland this afternoon will open Carolina's annual five game swing through Virginia and Maryland. The Tar Heels, champions of the Tri-State League last season, will see action against five Tri State teams , in six days, so that this northern trip will make or mar their chances for another title. Following the Maryland game, the Carolina nine meets Virginia Saturday, Washington and Lee Monday, V. M. I. Tues day and V. P.. I. Wednesday. v Coach . Jim Ashmore took a squad of 15 players that includ ed Pitchers Wright, Fleming, Longest and Shields ; Catchers Maus, and Kushner ; Infielders Jackson, Rand, Whitehead and Lufty; and Outfielders Davis, Hotfse, Sher, Blythe and Paxton. Official batting averages and other statistics for the six games played to date were released by the official scorer yesterday. The team is hitting at a .261 clip, having gotten 49 hits in 188 trips to the plate. In six games opponents have outhit the Tar Heels by 58 to 49, but by keep ing hits scattered and by field ing steadily, the Tar Heels have had the better of the scoring by 43 to 34, and have made their runs count for four wins against two losses. Nan Lufty, slugging third baseman and former captain, is leading the players at bat, with 8 hitsfor 18 tries and a '.444 average. Other leaders who have played in two games or more are Davis, outfielder, 385; Wright and Fleming, pitchers, and Sher and Branch outfielders, tied at .333; and Captain Maus, catcher, 304. G. H. Paulsen Honored At Birthday Dinner . G. H. Paulsen, head of the University Laundry and propri etor of the Carolina Smoke Shop, who is affectionately known to Carolina students as just plain "Dean" Paulsen, was the guest of honor at a dinner party given at his home recently by Mrs. Paulsen. It was his 53rd birth day. Virtually all members of the Carolina coaching staff were present, along with a number of other University officials. Dr. Eric A. Abernethy, University physician, was toastmaster. Spring TONIGHT ALAMANCE HOTEL BALL ROOM Burlington, N. C. Y Music by Jack Wardlaw and His Ten-Piece Orchestra 9 to 1 TENNIS RACKETS RESTRUNG LIKE NEW 2.50 and Up Save Money and Keep Your Favorite Racket Too 24-HOUR SERVICE i 9 tf ft t . BSlk. jl B Junior Notice President Hudson of the junior class announces that the following are to serve on a committee for the junior dance: Artie Marpet, Clyde Dunn, Tom Craig, Will Yar borough, Mayne Albright, and Obie Davis, and that there will be a meeting of this com mittee tonight at 7 o'clock at the S.A.E. house. New Dorms vs. Grimes With Moore pitching air-tight ball, New Dorms shut Grimes out 20 to 0 yesterday afternoon. Grimes could not stop the heavy hitting of the New Dorms team with relief pitchers, although they used every available man. Hunter got the only homer of the afternoon. The Grimes bat ters were not able to connect squarely 'with the hooks that Moore seemed to have on the ball, and were unable to push over any tallies. Intramural Wrestlers Coach Peyton Abbot announc es that the intramural wrestling tournament will not be held April 15, as stated in yester day's Tar Heel, but will be held about April 19 or 20, after about ten days' practice. The number of men who re ported yesterday was insufficient to make the tournament a suc cess; and it is hoped that many more candidates will report to Coach Abbot at the Tin Can to day , ' We Wonder Putting Is? You know IT IS that last long put that wins the hole! We invite you to improve not only your putting, but also your whole game of golf on the Midget Course Behind the Post Office 18 Holes with a Par of 49 Dance Script 77 B 523 ISoW llOHE" Golf ! ; i r ; I j j I f n
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