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jbe oldest game in America has
come to Carolina at last. Already
having ben in the Dixie lacrosse
kane for two years, the Carolina
Indians are stepping out tins spring
an eight or nine-game schedule
vhkh includes the best teams of the
c0nth and some of the leaders of the
East
It is improbable that the Carolina
Indians are related to the American
Indians who were playing the game of
lacrosse when Columbus or somebody
discovered this land in 1492 or there
abouts. But the game, is almost the
same, except that it is now played on
well-sodded fields instead of in the
country. The Indians played with long
clubs, and sometimes an entire tribe
would chase over miles and miles of
countryside after a single balL
Carolina athletes have played la
crosse for two years now, and are
hoping to gain recognition by the
athletic council so that letter
awards will be given. Four schools
--Washington and Lee, Virginia,
Duke and Carolina make up the
Dixie league, and -only Carolina
doesn't recognize the sport of
ficially. Duke's athletic council ap
proved it several weeks ago when
boxing was abolished and lacrosse
accepted in its place.
The drive for recognition has been
hard at this school at least. The
Washington Lacrosse club and Loyola
of Baltimore in addition to the Dixie
league members have taken note of
lacrosse activities hereabouts and
have slated contests with the Indians
for this spring. Lafayette and Lehigh
are possible foes. The 1941 schedule
includes games with Lafayete and
Lehigh again, and Navy, the national
champions, and Swarthmore.
As a sport lacrosse has been re
ceived wholeheartedly by the Carolina
student body. Large crowds have
spread out around the coed field to
watch the Indians perform, and last
year several stuck it out through very
muddy mud and thick fog to see Duke
play. Now, with the best team in their
three years, the Indians expect , even
larger groups to see their very manly
sport.
Lacrosse is almost he-manly, in
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RECORD TURNOUT
IS EXPECTED FOR
SPRING MURALS
Wardlaw Opens Tar Baby Season Tomorrow
In every direction that a person
may wander on the Carolina campus
this week he finds numerous students
engaged in practicing softball or ten
nis. On every available intramural
field, in every space between the dor
mitories and around every fraternity
house can be heard the crack of the
bats and the thud of balls contacting
gloves. Everywhere boys are sharp
ening their batting eyes and perfect
ing their fielding ability. All of this
Students interested in officiating
in intramural playground ball this
spring are requested to meet in 304
Woollen gym at 5 o'clock this after
noon to take the test 'on rules and
regulations.
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SPORTLIGHT
NOW PLAYING
points to the fact that the intramural
seasons will get underway Wednes
day afternon when play in tennis
and playground ball is started in both
the dormitory and fraternity league.
Year in and year out the spring
quarter sports have attracted more
enthusiasm than either of the other
two quarters and this year it appears
that the largest turnout in intramural
history is in store. When question
ing the managers of all the organiza
tions as to what kind of playground
ball team they have the only response
that can be obtained is that "Herman
Schnell might just as well give us
our championship awards now as we
have the best playground ball club
on the campus." As for tennis it is
much the same story, with all claim
ing to have the campus champions.
Other sports which will take place
during the later part of the quarter
are the old standby, track, and two
new ones, water polo and horseshoes.
For the past two years Zeta Psi
has walked off with the fraternity
playground ball laurels, last year de
feating Sigma Chi in the play-off by
a 6-2 score and the year before stop
ping Beta Theta Pi 5-4. The year be
fore that the Zetes went to the finals
before falling to Sigma Nu by a, 5-1
score, uunng tpese years ine z.eia
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Golfers Get Ready
For Spring Session
With the qualifying rounds for var
sity golfmen definitely set for Mon
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next
week, Chuck Erickson, local links
mentor, devoted yesterday to last-min
ute planning and preparation for
what is expected to be one of Caro
lina's most enjoyable springs on the
fairway and green.
In expressing the hope that UNC's
trips to the golfing wars would be
highly fruitful, Erickson was quick
to point out that in order for his
club-swingers to attain top honors in
either state or conference play they
would have to perform an act not ac
complished in the last five years
that of ending Duke's reign of terror.
The Blue Devil linksmen have won
a double title all the way back to
1935, and haven't been defeated 6ince
Carolina turned in an upset win over
them three years ago.
DUKE RANKS HIGH
Hedded by clever Skip Alexander,
Duke has snowed under numerous top
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Carolina's Baseball Co-Captains
Topkins, Stirny Lead Nine
With Top Second Base Play
By SHELLEY ROLFE
The chances are that if some smooth, suave city slicker, equipped with the
usual adornments including one black cloak reaching to the ground and a
well-oiled and curled moustache, came to Chapel Hill and blandly announced
to the local citizenry that he had a mortgage on the University and the only
way he would be satisfied would be by taking either the bell tower or thi
Carolina second base combination of Matty Topkins and George Stirnweiss
as payment, the slicker would be told to take the bell tower with no questions
asked.
It isn't that folks hereabouts do not appreciate the beauty and tradition of
the bell tower. But after all, these are amazing times when there is no senti
ment, and so, while the tower may attract a stray tourist or two now and then,
it is not very productive in an economic sort of way and can be used only for
decorative, noise-making and time-telling purposes.
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On the other hand, Topkins and
Stirnweiss are extremely productive
and in time may prove to be a much
bigger attraction than even the bell
tower. Before June rolls around
enough big league scouts will have
beat enough patns to Chapel Hill to
retire all bonds on the Carolina Inn.
The pair produces base hits, amaz
ing fielding plays, double plays and
still more astounding fielding plays
until the fans have come to expect
these things as a matter of course and
sit up only when they do not occur.
The bell tower has its points, as
every person who has ever perused a
freshman handbook will readily at
test. But after all, which is more
important, it or a winning baseball
team?
FIELD EVENT MEN
GET INTO SHAPE
FOR SPRING MEETS
While the running mainstays of
the Carolina track team are in Gaines
ville for the Florida relays this Sat
urday, the field event men who have
been unable because of the weather
to go far in their spring workouts are
getting into shape.
Discus and javelin tossers, not call
ed for .on the indoor track program,
were idle during the winter, but now
they are out to get ready in a hurry for
the spring season which begins here
There may have been some doubt in against Princeton a week from tomor-
Freshmen Divide
For Practice Game
Carolina's freshman baseball team
opens its 13-game schedule tomorrow
afternoon by engaging Wardlaw Prep
school on the freshman field at the
east end of the intramural field.
Wardlaw Prep, which annually
makes a trip to the South during its
spring vacation, arrived in Chapel Hill
Tuesday afternoon and has held daily
practice sessions since then.
SQUAD IN ACTION
Freshman coaches Ham Strayhorn
and Jim Tatum got the first look at
the frosh squad under fire yesterday
afternoon in a short practice game and
discovered many glaring prrors.
Against frosh pitchers the batters had
trouble in connecting. Tatum went to
the mound so the men could get some
hitting practice and the fielders some
practice in what to do with a ball with
men on bases. The results were better,
and a tentative first team won the ab
breviated contest by several runs with
Tatum doing most of the pitching for
both teams.
DEANS' HOME RUN
Larry Deans, playing first base for
the number two team, got the longest
hit of the day when he drove one far
over the right fielder's head for a home
run off Tatum's offerings. Tommy Os
wald, keystone man on the first team,
Bill Honan, first team third baseman,
and Chick Evans, first string catcher,
tripled.
Joe Nelson, Howard Hodges,
Charlie Moore and Harry Bryant per
formed the hurling duties during the
game. Nelson and Hodges both looked
good.
STARTING LINEUPS
Starting lineups were: First team
Evans,, c; Nelson, p; White, lb; Os
wald, 2b; Hearn, ss; Honan, 3b; Miller,
If; Barrier, cf ; and Roberts, rf. Second
team Lyon, c; Hodges, p; Goforth,
lb; Singletary, 2b; Childers, ss;
Saunders, 3b; Paine, If; Snell, cf ; and
Currin, rf .
Strayhorn and Tatum substituted
freely and every man who was issued
a uniform played in the game.
KENFTOMEN ARE
HIGHLY FAVORED
OVER MAINE TEAM
By WILLIAM L. BEERMAN
Barring snow, sleet, or other acts
of nature, Carolina's varsity tennis
team plays its second match of the
season this afternoon against Colby
college netters, a group of well-bred
lads out of Maine currently touring
the south.
First action begins promptly at 3
o'clock, on the regular clay courts.
John Kenfield, the man. who has
coached tennis at Carolina for two
decades, was not a picture of utter
satisfaction yesterday as he watched,
advised, and competed with his small
team. Father of national chamDion-
ship outfits for six straight years,
Kenfield isnt sure exactly where
the 1940 crew will end up. The Rood
brothers and Frank Fuller, who held
state, Southern conference, and other
titles between them last year, are miss
ing.
EVERETT'S -FATE
The fate of Harris Everett was still
unknown yesterday. Ineligible because
of an "E" on a course, Everett will
have to be scholastically okayed by
early next week if he is to play this
season.
Kenfield makes no bones about
Everett's ability. "He might mean the
difference between a good and bad
team," the coach admitted. "In prac
tice and exhibition games last year he
seemed capable of taking about any
body we had."
But, Everett or no Everett, Ken
field still has a presentable club of
tennis experts. Co-Captains Charlie
Rider and Bill Rawlings, short and
tall redheads respectively, are now in
the No. 1 and 2 positions also respec
tively. Both have been playing neat
practice rounds in singles, and work
well together as a doubles unit. Walt
Meserole has progressed from the
lower part of the ladder to No. 3 spot,,
and is dependable with a consistently-
good game.
Zan Carver played very little last
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Durham circles last year that Stirny
and Topkins were the best keystone
combination in the conference. After
all Duke had to watch out for its
Russ Bergman and Crash Davis. But
there can be no reasonable doubt this
spring that the Carolina pair is as
close to the tops as a duo can get
without being ruled off the field for
unfair competition. Mr. Bergman has
left Duke for the Yankee chain, and
since he did not go with the Ath
letics it is believed he has been for
gotten about in Durham.
AGAINST PENN
Stirny and Topkins gave some in
dication of how they would perform
in the field by turning in a double
play in the Penn game that came
at a juncture when it saved Lefty
Cheshire for much further embarrass
ment. There was much amazement in
the stands at the time, after all it
had snowed two days ago, the field
was wet and soggy and it was only
the second official game of the sea
son. There was no heed for strang
ers to whistle in amazement. Matty
and George turned in upwards of 10
twin killings last year in 18 games
and this can be considered as highly
row. Joe Hilton, for two seasons sec
ond placer in the conference meet, is
now coaching the men who will at
tempt to take his place.
Hilton has several varsity men to
work with, two of them bright sopho
more prospects and a third a senior
who has been out for track off and on
for several seasons. Randy Part
ridge and Roger Weil are the jave
lin standouts of last year's frosh
team, and Randy Provo is the senior.
Both second year men were unbeaten
last spring, except by Duke's Steve
Lach who almost bettered varsity dis
tances, and now are expected to im
prove greatly over their past performances.
Life-Saving
Students interested in life saving
may still take the course offered at
the swimming pool if they get in
touch with Coach Dick Jamerson or
Lamar Gadger at the pool this
afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock.
most of the way and did not pull out
of it until almost the end of the cam-
paign, nevertneiess, ne managea to
satisfactory considering the fact that! finish up at .302. Topkins broke in
Frosh Fencers Lose
To Wardlaw, 5-4
Wardlaw prep school fencing team
which happens to be part of the base
ball team now here took the first of
a two meet series with the Carolina
freshman yesterday, defeating the Tar
Babies 5-4. This afternoon at 4:30,
the second meet will be held in the
gym.
The Wardlaw boys just about re
peated last year's trick, cinching the
meet in the eighth bout. Walter McGee
and Dave Meyers, stalwarts of last
year's outfit, again showed the way,
although a newcomer, Keppel, won
more bouts than Meyers.
IMBREY STARS
However, it was a Carolina fencer
who starred in the meet Howie Im
brey. Tall, red-headed Tar Baby, Im
brey took three out of three for the
only perfect record of the day, allow
ing only seven points in the bargain.
Imbrey was on, there was never any
doubt about that. It was surprising,
though, for all the others were way
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LATE SHOW
TONIGHT n
field, most college baseball diamonds
are glorified rock piles.
The fielding and throwing of the
Tar Heel co-captains is not the only
reason that the major league scouts
are trampling on each other in a mad
rush to get the pair's signatures down
in black and white on a convenient
contract. Both have hit over .300 their
previous two years of varsity ball.
Stirny bombed a cool .320 in 138.
Last spring he was in a severe slump
1937 with a .340 splash. He missed!
the next year due to pneumonia but
came back last year with a .357 bat
ting mark. What makes the figure
even more remarkable is that the first
20 times he went to bat, Matthew
collected a grand total of two safe
blows.
Both players have started off bat
ting this year as if they mean to make
it three seasons over .300. Topkins
couldn't start the Maryland game be-
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