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le With Red otDeke 7 .hamtoms M TDT, IHI gM Not to Mince Matters Bj Harry Hollingsworth Items of perhaps some interest picked up and observations made , on Carolina's sports front. . . . Maybe I should have written the word "vast" in front of "sports" then, for it cer tainly describes Carolina athletic ac tivity at this present moment. Workmen are practically through ren ovating the main floor of the gym nasium for tomorrow's Indoor Games which are attracting more interest over the state than most students think. . . . The Indoor Games are just one of the "many sports fronts this weekend. . . . The wrestling, team, al ready Big Five champions, enter the conference tourney tonight in Greens boro. . . .The varsity and frosh bas ketball teams play Duke, or did you know that? . . . The swimming team, too, has an engagement with Duke Tuesday in what should be one of the bestest (and I mean that!), swimming meets ever held in Chapel HilL . . . Don't miss it. . . . The coeds, too, are swinging into action again with a fencing meet. Too bad the coeds had to postpone their swimming meet tomorrow with Goldsboro. . . . And let me put in a word of praise here for those coeds who are working out for swimming. . . . It's one of the most forward steps ever taken at Chapel Hill in . favor of coed intercollegiate sports. . . . . And I, for one, am in favor of giving them all the support and money they need to further the sport. ... Swimming is a North Carolina sport and there's plenty of girl swimmers in the state and out side the state who would . welcome the chance to attend CaroI'w and participate in good intercollegiate swimming. . I accosted Bunn Hearn, Carolina's jovial baseball ctach, in Woollen gym nasium the ' other day and questioned Freshmen Cagers Battle Improved Imps Tonight Tar Babies to Gun For Co-Championship In Season's Finale By Earle Hellen With a chance to become Big Five frosh co-champions by defeating Duke, the Tar Babies go to Durham tonight to battle a much-improved Blue Imp team at 6:30 o'clock in the Duke gym. The frosh are a half-game behind the State frosh in the Big Five race, but' the Techlets have ended their sea son and a win for the Tar Babies would throw them into a tie with the State team. Last year the freshmen shared the state frosh title with the Duke year lings and the year before were the outright holders of the championship. Tough Job on Hand The Tar Babies do not face an easy road tonight, however. Since the frosh walloped the Blue Imps in the first game here, the Duke team has shown a sudden reversal in form. It turned the tables on both the State and Wake For est freshmen, each of whom had sound ly defeated Duke earlier in the season. Coach Caldwell has shifted his lineup a bit and the new combination has been clicking excellently lately. The team which was badly disorganized when it played here has developed into a smooth functioning quint in the recent' games. Coach Doc Siewert's team have heath South' s Fastest Runners Match Speed in Weil Mile The South's fastest distance runners are expected to write another exciting chapter in the colorful Weil Mile when they race here tomorrow in the fea ture of the 30-event Southern confer ence indoor games.' The Weil Mile is scheduled for 8:20 as the tenth of 22 events to be run on the night program which begins at 7 o'clock in Woollen gymnasium. The af ternori program gets under way at 1 o'clock in the Tin Can. Each year the Weil Mite has seen a different champion crowned, a dis tinct tribute to the calibre of fine competition. The same should hold true again Saturday, for Maryland's Tommy Fields, the 1941 winner, has completed his three varsity years of competition. Duke's Henry Profenius and North Carolina's Dick Van Wagoner, who fought it out in a spirited battle with Fields for first place and were edged Gmpplers Sam and Frank Mordecai, x - m Gene Davant Lead Matmen GREENSBORO, Feb. 26 Carolina's wrestling team, already crowned Big Five champions, seek a Southern conference title here tomorrow in the opening of the two-day conference mat tourna ment. But the Tar Heels will find plenty of competition from Washington and Lee, defending champions, who were barely able to lick the Tar Heels in a dual meet this season. The Mordecai brothers, Sam and Frank, and captain Gene Davant carry the Tar Heels', chief hopes for confer ence champions. Competition starts tomorrow after noon, will continue tomorrow night and come to an end Saturday night in the finals. The .tournament will be conducted under a double-elimination plan. . Under this type of tournament, a wrestler may be beaten but still con tinue and win the title if he is not defeated again. Washington and Lee, VMI and Car olina apparently will wage a three way fight for the championship honors with the Generals rated a. slight fav orite. Carolina's entries in the tourney will be Billy Redfern, 120; John Robinson, 136; Davant, 145; S. Mordecai, 155; F. Mordecai, 165; Lem Gibbons, 175; John Sasser, unlimited. i , him about the team. ... He stopped a minute, watched Dale Ranson flash by with some indoor meet material in his hands, listened to Vernon Crook, Coach Bob Fetzer's secretary, talking to someone over the telephone about the indoor meet, and answered, "See me in about two weeks and I'll have some thing then. There's too much going on now to print anything about the team." The nine has been working out, however, for the past two weeks See MINCE MATTERS, page 8 en 12 out qf 14 opponents this season, losing only to the State frosh twice. Tonight's game rings down the curtain on the present campaign: The Tar Ba bies of 1942 will go down in history as one of the best freshmen cage teams in recent years. Although they hit a mid-season slump, they came out of it in great style and in the last two games have rolled up 84 and 78 points. No Lineup Changes Tonight's starting lineup will be the same that started the first game of the season for the Tar Babies. Except for the forwards where Coach Siewert has had three capable performers, there have not been any changes during the season. Jimmy Hart, Dick Hartley, and Frank Warren have all been about equal and Coach Siewert has changed the starting pair around several times. Dick Hartley, a little left-hander who holds the high scoring record for the season at 26 points, has climbed back into a starting spot after a long ab sence. Frank Warren, a consistent! scorer all season, will be at the other forward. Bob Altemose, who was the star of the first Duke frosh game when he tallied 19 points, will be at center. At the guards Coach Siewert has Don Henson, one of the best performers on the team and a crack long shot, and Jim Hayworth, kid brother of the var sity's Lew and a smooth floor man. out by only a few yards, head the cur. rent entrants. Both are fast runners' with lots of stamina and are strong finishers. Others expected to wage hot battles with the favorites for placewinning honors include "Wimpy" Lewis, Jim Perrin, and Lamar Wood, all of Caro lina; Wendell Lockwood, Duke; Harry Woodhurst, South Carolina; Owen Gwathmey, Richmond; and Jack Woods, William and Mary. Chances are the Weil Mile record of 4:12.5 set by North Carolina's Jim my Davis in 1940 will stand up -under the assaults of this fast field headed by Profenius, Van Wagoner, Chewn ing, and Kehoe. But it's quite likely the lead may change hands several times, and the winner will have to be somewhere around 4:16 to 4:18 to take first place, a 0 - Seek Conference Title Varsity, Frosh Tankmen Clash In Duel Today Varsity and freshman swimmers i will settle a season-long question this afternoon when they swim against each other in a dual met to decide the Carolina championship. The meet starts at 4 o'clock in Bowman Gray Memorial pool. The varsity team won the Fish Bowl meet from the yearlings last December by a decisive 48-27 score and went on from that meet to cap ture eight consecutive dual meet vic tories while the freshman maintained a clean slate in six contests. This afternoon's contest will close the season for the frosh but will serve as a fine conditioner for the varsity ! which swims Duke here Tuesday after noon in a meet which will decide the conference dual meet championship. Some of the best competition for the varsity this year will probably be seen today. Percy Mallison, frosh free style ace, is perfectly capable of tak ing care of himself and giving the var sity swimmers Denny Hammond and Whit Lees a full afternoon in the 50. Co-captain Jim Barclay and Lees won't find things so easy for them selves in the 100 with Mallison swim ming against them. George Whitner, holder of the American record in the 100-meter breaststroke, who has shifted to the freestyle events, will provide Barclay, Bill Elmore, Billy Stone and Andy Weiss with a busy race in both the 200 and 400-meter events. Those four events the 50, 100, 200 and 400, promise to be the best of the meet. Diving also will be better than usual with freshmen Buddy Crone and Mac Erie meeting Johnny Feuchten berger and Don Nicholson. - Four men from the varsity team were missing from practice yesterday and Coach Dick Jamerson could ac count for only two of them. Barclay was still in Charleston taking a naval examination and Co-captain George Coxhead was in the infirmary. Tru man Hobbs was missing for the second consecutive day and Nicholson for the third day. Grimes, Zetes Win Mural Foul Shooting YESTERDAY'S RESULTS VOLLEYBALL Chi Psi 2, Zeta Psi No. 2, 0. Phi Gamma Delta No. 2, 2, Pi Lambda Phi 1. The intramural team foul shooting tournament closed yesterday with Grimes barely edging out Town for the dormitory title and Zeta Psi tak ing the fraternity crown. Competition was hot among the dorm entries and Grimes, in winning the title, walked off with top scor ing honors of the tournament. The Grimesmen registered a total score of 176 followed by runner-up Town with 174 and the Zetes with 171. Grimes gained its margin over Town largely through the fine performance of Harding, top individual scorer of the tourney, who netted 43 baskets out of 50 attempts. Top man for the second-placers was Poole with 37 out of 50. Third place went to Everett with 155, Graham came in fourth with 149 and Alexander rounded out the first five scoring 138 goals. Behind the Zetes in second place is the strong Phi Gam quintet. The run- j ners-up hit the hoop 167 times. DKE clinched the third slot with 165, and ZBT was fourth with 158. Nearly 300 contestants participated in the team foul-tossing and an even larger number is expected to compete for individual honors next week. Shoved out of the spotlight by the final day of foul-throwing, mural vol leyball offered two contests yester- J 8- Touche! - j I vf tf f ,11) s i ' - ' - V w ; t I - ; , ; 1, I 'iv. ' i : I SHOWN. ABOVE as they were preparing for the invasion of the South Carolina fencers tomorrow are Co-captain Alliene Brawley, left, and Barbara Epps, right. These two girls are expected to lead the team against the visitors in the second m eet of the season, slated for either Graham Memorial or Memorial hall. day. Phi Gam No. 2 came from behind downing Pi Lambda Phi in a thriller, 13-15, 17-15, 15-11. The match was closely contested throughout but the Phi Gams staged a sizzling finish to take the last game going away. In the other attraction Chi Psi flash ed its might and shut out the No. 2 team of Zetes, 2-0. The count was 15 8, 15-9. Duke Game Ducats Sell for $1.00 Carolina students may purchase tickets to tonight's Carolina-Duke basketball game in the ticket office in Woollen gymnasium for $1.00 a head. Chuck Fenske is now a phys ed in structor at Randolph Field, Texas. AND IN THIS SAME SPIRIT WE CONGRATULATE THE STUDENT DAILY ON ITS 49th ANNIVERSARY CAROLINA Today Indoor Meet Ducats. Sell for 50 Cents Carolina students may purchase tickets to tomorow's Southern con ference Indoor Games in the ticket office in Woollen gymnasium for $.50 a head. The forthcoming movie on the life of Lou Gehrig, .titled "Pride of the Yankees," includes in its cast several members of the Yankee team who portray themselves. CAROLINA BARBER SHOP "40 YEARS EFFICIENT SERVICE" WE AREALW AYS PROUD TO SERVE THE MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT BODY IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE iiiililiSiiliS I : . ' ' . ' r INN - THE INN CAFETERIA Carolina Underdog At Durham By Ben Snyder The hazy uncertainty that ajways acompanies the outcome of a Carolina-Duke game will attract a large crowd to Duke's spacious field house in Durham tonight, and Bill Lange's Tar Heels, occupying the position of underdog, will attempt to upset the high-riding Devils in a game that gets under way at 8:30. The contest, according to the ex perts, should prove to be pretty mucn of a cut-and-dried affair with the home club, which hasn't lost a game on Durham boards this year, winnx? CAROLINA DUKE Spuhler Rothbaum Allen McCahan Stark F Paine F Smith C Rose G Gersten G Suggs with no great difficulty. They did it at Chapel Hill three weeks ago by a count of 52-40 and most are content to string along with the concensus of opinion and pick Cameron's team over the Bantams. . Duke Hot in First Game Carolina, it's true, had little luck against an ember hot Duke five here at Woollen gym. Whether the Metho dists were playing over their heads that night, as some assert, will be proven this evening at Durham. But it is' apparent that Duke is looking above and beyond their game tonight to future and sterner obsta cles in the conference tourney next week. The Tar Heels, on the other hand, are playing strictly on a game-to-game basis and should be in the proper frame of mind to handle this See BASKETBALL, page 8 v V
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