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PAGE SIX THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1949 THE DAILY TAR HEEL i ar Heels I o Face Wql f pack- M Opener ere fhis The Sporting Picture- By BILLY CARMICHAEL III Fall and Football WITH FALL AND FOOTBALLS intermittently in the air these days, it doesn't take the Walrus himself to realize that the time lia3 come to talk of many things mainly concerning the 1949 North Carolina football team. At that, the aforementioned mammal might not be too far from his home environment, for Chapel Hill, In relation to the fates and future of the Tar Heel gridders, is certainly a Wonderland. Everyone wonders. Nobody knows. Every one guesses. And those who might know say nothing. Carl Snavely, the original strong, silent type when it comes to the relation of pertinent facts and figures,'. Is outdoing himself in silence. He's moving his lips, but the Gray One has yet to say anything that in a legal or illegal sense might be used against him. And publicity man Jake Wade, a man whose clone some loud and lusty drum beating in his day, isn't trying to compete with Krupa and the rest any more. For reasons known only to men, all is quiet on the Woollen front. That makes one wonder all the more. Wonder, says the pessimist, if the end of the Golden Era of Tar Heel is near. Gone are the big, txperienced guards and tackles, Hosea Rodgers and the rest. There's even a new manager. Then injuries have taken a further toll and even one, Bob Cox, went the way of all ineligibles. At this point, with a touch of the dramatic, the doubting one would turn wor ried eyes upon the schedule and shutter with horror at the pound ing herds of Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Tennessee and the rest that will week by week thunder down upon the ill-manned Tar Heel team. The Forgotten Man ALL OF WHICH makes one feel the only course of action is to give the ticket holders back their money and call the whole show off. Probably the biggies in the front office found out all this a little too late or possibly they decided that win or lose, the Tar Heels must uphold the finest traditions of the game. Or possibly somebody remembered about a fellow named Charlie Justice. If :t's.news to anybody, he's back, yes he is. And with him is a group of gentlemen named Weiner, Holdash, Powell and lots of others you won't need to buy a program to recognize. And with him too, is the coaching genius of Carl Snavely. Put them all together and surprisingly enough they don't spell Mother. Neither do they quite make a great football team, but then, the proof of the pudding requires all the ingredients. So, add cne cup of unbeaten freshmen, sprinkle lightly with reserves from past years and stir with a coach named Marvin Bass, who looks like the man to keep the line in Carolina. The result is rather half baked at this point and it won't be until Saturday that they can open the oven door. Yet, the result may, be an adventure in good competition for cne more thing has been added to the Tar Heel recipe that -seemed to be lacking for the past several years. That thing is the will to play football. That's a rather resounding name f5r something that conies with youth, the necessity of competing for a starting position and perhaps a. few thousand people' sayjng, they, don't think Carolina will have much of a team this season. If nothing else this season, the Tar Heels would seem to have that will, to play and with it, the fy'ill tQ win. ' ' ,"" ; " There'U Be Some Changes LIKE MOST THINGS do with time, changest will be changed this season. Gone will be the two team system a luxury that hard working men can't afford." And gone will be high national ratings and people going to the game each Saturday not to see if the Tar Heels win, but by what score. The Tar Heels will get points in stead of giving them. All this will favor the Carolina team. There will be none of the anti-climax of last season when after the Texas game the luster of the year was gone and there was nothing to wade through, but the routine of trying to avoid an upset each Saturday. The Tar Heels will start from the bottom end work mostly up a ladder of ten rung-rivals of the toughest nature, striving to reach again the billowy heights where there is nothing to do but read your clippings. The Tar Heels may climb higher than many think. The one obstacle in their path would seem to be the barrier of inexperience, which has stopped progress for centuries, but which can be over come if there is greatness on hand to serve the purpose of render ing leadership and confidence to those who lack such items them selves. Greatness and Charlie Justice are one and the same. Rciqn On, Silent SO, THE QUITE REJGNS in Chapel Hill. Were silence golden Eight- Lettermen , To Form Nucleus Of Rebuilt Squad By Buddy Vaden Football fans from rar and wide will . converge on . Chapel Hill Saturday to see Coach Carl Snavely's big question mark of 1949. The latest edition of the Tar Heels of North Carolina will open the season here at 2:30 against Coach Beattie Feathers' Wolfpack of State College. After completing an almost perfect season last year and then losing to Oklahoma, 14-6, to wel come the new year in, the Caro lina gridiron machine disbanded. When the remains gathered again in early spring, some 22 letter men were missing, among them backs Hosea .Rodgers, Bob Ken nedy, and Don Hartig, linemen Max Cooke, Mike Rubish, Ted Hazelwood, Larry Klosterman, Sid Varney and Bob Mitten, along with a host of others. Only nine first-stringers were back in the fold, that number being decreased earlier this week when Extra-Point special ist Bob Cox was declared in eligible. Eight Key Men The new Carolina Grid Machine is being built around these eight men. Backs Johnny Clements, Eddie Knox, Paul Rizzo, Billy Hayes and the Jus tice Department are back, along with up-from-the-frosh men like Dick Weiss, Goo Goo Gantt, and Skeet Hesmer. The line suffered heavily. Bill Wardle, who is still laboring under past injuries, was the lone experienced guard to report. The tackle slots were completely vacated. At ends the Tar Heels faired well, with All-American Art Weiner, " Kenny Powell, and Ed Washington returning. With plenty of beef up from last year's undefeated freshman eleven to fill in at the middle, the new battle line is strong, but untried. Julian King, Joe Dudeck, Bill "Kuhn, vDick Best wick, and Dave Wiley are some of the new promising varsity letter- candidates. Drills Opened Slow Fall training drills opened slow, but picked up speed during the third week. Charlie Justice missed the first two weeks of drill due to a throat infection Injuries occurred thick and fast, with a high of 13 being out at one time. The crying towels were out, and according to press re leases, nothing was going well. With secret sessions scheduled for the remainder of the week, the local Beeftrust ' is getting down to serious business as the deadline draws near. Some of the questions expected to be answered in the opener will throw a ray of light on the pros- Saturday - r. " " ; : 1 I ft- ' xV-- if. M -w "r F-t if r wiiiiii iiiiiitawiiii If - 'iJ ' ' ! p - u - - f ' , - t , - ' ? 7 ' ? !'tl'. I TTirr-"i5KXHMIniJ ii " iV V I 'I '4 1 CHARLIE JUSTICE. Carolina's Back of All Trades, who led the nation in punting and was second leading ground gainer in the country last year, will lead the Tar Heels again in this, his final year at Chapel Hill. He was elected captain of the 1949 squad and thus broke the tradition of having co-captains to represent the . Blue and White gridders. Art Weiner was elected alternate captain. (Engraving courtesy Durham Herald) New Men Bolster Harriers; Magill Is Elected Captain By Larry Fox When Coach Dale Ranson s cross-country runners line up at the starting point against State College Saturady morning to open the season they will be counting on two newcomers, one a letter winner of two years ago and the other a star of last season's fresh man squad, to keep the team from doing no worse than the fair 4-3 mark they compiled in 1948 and possibly to do a little better. Halstead Holden, who won his Tar Heel Cagers To Begin Drills In Mid-October s - . Even as the Tar Heel gridders are reaching their mid-season form, top members of Carolina's coaching staff will be casting dubious glances toward the fu ture in another sport, basketball. Prospects for the forthcoming season will take to the courts at Woollen Gym as early as mid October to begin practice for the opening encounter, to take place sometime in December. But the outlook is dark for coach Tom Scott and his assist ants as they try to mold a win ning quintet from the remenants of last year's team, blitzed by the loss of four top-performing regulars. Only center Nemo Near man and forward Hugo Kappler of last season's starters will re turn to their old positions for the Blue and White. Of last year's five, Dan Nimitz, unanimously elected captain at the basketball dinner in the spring, was found to be ineligible shortly afterwards by the NCAA The fall found high-scoring far ward Coy Carson married and guard Rip Ryan signed with a profess ional baseball team. Another guard, Charlie Thorne, left school for the fall quarter, but it is hoped that he will re turn in the winter in time to strengthen the team for the bulk of the season. Also in line for top berths will be lettermen Howard Deasy, Hal Ferraro, Bill White and substi tute Red Bennett. The call will also be issued to freshmen hopefuls during the first week of October. Major Leagues AMERICAN LEAGUE as if is said, the streets of ChaDel Hill mieht also be paved in gold, i pects for the coming season, des- Clnfnrrlaw ih( Virpak will rnmp and thpn nil will know what all 1 cribed as now wish they knew. The success of the season would seem to rest on the ability to overcome the lack of experience in certain quarters and the discovery of how thin the diminished cream oi Tar Heel talent can be spread to cover needs and yet win football games. ' Three key teams like three key pins in bowling should de termine the success of this year's roll. Knock them Notre Dame, Teinessee and Wake Forest down and the rest should fall. Time and ten Saturdays should tell. ..All that remains is for someone to tell the Tar Heels that they can win tea ball games. They've been told all the things they can't do now is the time for them to be told what they possibly can do. Saturday may prove that Carl Snavely has the greatest thing in a sleeper since Pullman or at least that he and his Choo Choo are on the right track. the most impressive collection of opponents, since the Civil War. The most important of these is: Will the young, inexperienced Carolina forward wall be able to match weight and wits with op posing powerhouses such as Ten nessee, Wake Forest, and Notre Dame? Has Justice's pre-season ailment hindered his All-Ameri can Abilities? Will Paul Rizzo (See FOOTBALL, page 7) Tar Heel Track And Tennis Stars Busy During Summer Carolina athletes, scattered across the nation and at times across the world, did just about everything possible except win the National League pennant during the summer months. Tennis and track stars from the Tar Heel school didn't win any National titles, but they figured in top-notch competition both at home and abroad. Bill Albans and Bob Seligman kept the Carolina banner flying in track meets throughout the summer. Seligman, top weight- man for the local cinderbeaters, captured second place in the dis cus throw in the Junior division of the national AAU champion ship meet at Fresno, Cal., and went on to take seventh in the Senior competition. Performing against the nation's top trackmen,' Albans took third in the National Decathlon at Tulare, Cal., and Chunk Simmons, Ion, the Tar Heel star shifted his talents to the international scene, competing in two meets between American and Scandinavian ath letes, one in Oslo, Norway and the other in Helinski, Finland. Vic Siexas and Clark Taylor, memebers of Carolina's strong 1949 tennis squad, made the tourney circuit during the sum mer, playing against the nation's outstanding netters. In the NCAA tournament at Austin, Texas, top-seeded Siexas and Taylor were defeated be fore they reached the final rounds but Siexas came back to each the semi-finals of the Nationa Clay courts Tennis Toumey at Chicago, before bowing to na tional singles champion Pancho Gonzales. The Carolina star then teamed up with Sam Match of Los Angeles to -capture the doubles crown. To top off a summer of hard former Carolina and Olympic - play, the exTar Heel captain was Star, placed fifth. named on the Davis cup practice After taking part in the decath- i team. letter two years ago with the harriers and who starred in the half-mile this past spring, will probably be counted on to re place Captain Julian MacKenzie, who ran out his eligibility. Mac- VKenzie and John Ross are the? iitVa iirill Vt YYiiccintT f'nic ' year. The second new man on the squad is a pi-omising sophomore graduate of last year's freshman track outfits. Gordon Hami-ich was easily the distance standout of the f rosh squad last year and is expected to show up well. In his first year of varsity competition'. Leading the harriers again this season will be the newiy-eiected captain, Sam Magill. Magill last j'ear competed in six of the seven dual meets and came in first all six times. He lowered the Chapel Hill course record twice during the campaign. Second to Magill according to time trials held recently is Frank Hopper, a little- junior, who should live up. to the promise he showed as a freshman and sopho more. Nerry Lewis, a cross-coun try veteran, will be somewhere in the top six. ! Otis Honeycut and Bill Batter son round out the squad, which should get larger in the next few . days. Coach Ranson cornr mented that he had yet to see all of his, boys down at Fetzer Field. State To Be Tough Saturday's meet with State looks to be one of the tough ones on a difficult sch'edule. The Wolf- pack, which started its drills on the ' first of September, has its entire squad back bolstered by the addition of at least two strong men from the freshman squad. The remainder of the schedule shows only five more dual meets plus a Big Five contest and one for the Southern Conference championship. The schedule: September 24 - State, here October 5 - State, Raleigh October 17 - VPI, here October 22 - Maryland, Col lege Park - tentative ' October . 29 - Tennessee, November 4 - Duke, Durham November 14 - Big Five, Ra leigh . November 21 - Southern Conference w L Pet. GB New York 92 52 .639 Boston 91 55 .623 2 Detroit 85 63 .574 9 Cleveland 82 63 .566 10 V2 Philadelphia . 78 69 .531 15 Vi Chicago 60 85 .414 32Va x-St. Louis 50 97 .340 43V2 x-Washington 45 99 .313 47 x playing night games. ' , Today's Games New York at Washington fNight) Raschi (19-10) vs Scarborough (12-11) (only games scheduled) Yesterday's Results Chicago 10, New York 9 Boston 9, Cleveland 6 Detroit 4, Philadelphia 1 Washington 7, St. Louis 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE Wildcat Grrdmen Seek Win Aft'e r Tyin g Open ef With a 6-6 tie with Sanford behind them, Coach Bill, GriceV Chapel Hill High School Wildcats will be out for their first win of the season when tney piay nost iu mc s, ---- - - eleven on the local high school field tomorrow aiieriiuim -t o'clock. r .; . 1 'Cats, defending confer- The ence champions, weren't quite up to par last Friday when they opened against Sanford, with 16 lettermen missing from last year's unbeaten aggregation. However, with nine returning monogram wearers on hand, the local "gridders hope to get back in the win column in tomorrow's tussle, in spite of the fact that they will be playing the role of the underdog. Last year the Wildcats triumphed, 31-25, in a thrilling contest, and this year's tilt promises plenty of action. The locals will miss the servic es of several' fleet backs, in cluding Collier Hill, who grad uated last spring, and a host of hard-hitting linemen, although plenty of beef is available for this year's edition Except for a muddy field and a flip of the coin, the Wildcats might have been the state class A champions last season. Coach Grice, in his first year as head grid coach, piloted the locals to the conference crown by virtue of an undefeated season. Then Chapel Hill journeyed to Whiteville to do battle for the Eastern title, but the locals' strong attack bogged down in the mud and they were held to a 6-6 tie. As a result, a coin was flipped to decide the Eastern winner, and the 'Cats lost out. PROGRAM SELLERS All persons interested in selling programs at the State game Sat urday are requested to report to Room 304 Woollen Gymnasium Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. w L Pet. GB x-St. Louis ' 93 52 .641 x-Broklvn 91 55 .623 2Va Philadelphia . 78 70 .527 I6V2 x-Boston 71 74 .490 22 New York 70 76 .479 232 x-Pittsburgh 63 81 .438 2912 Cincinnati 59 86 .407 34 Chicago 58 89 .395 36 x playing night games. Today's Games Boston at Pittsburgh (night) Saih (10-15) vs Dickson (9-14) New York at Cincinnati (2) Ken nedy (11-13) and Bowman (0-0) vs Perkowski (0-1) and Vander Meer (5-9) Philadelphia at Chicago Borowy (12-11) vs Leonard (7-16) Brooklyn at St. Louis (night) Branca (13-5) vs Munger (15-6) Yesterday's Results St. Louis 1, Brooklyn 0 (1st game) Cincinnati 5-2, New York 4-5 Boston at Pittsburgh (night) Philadelphia 3-6, Chicago 1-9 Visit Us For your Home Needs Permanent Long Rye Grass PHILCO RADIOS OIL. GAS. and ELECTRIC STOVES also BLANKETS LLOYD-RAY Hardware Company CARRBORO, N. 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