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THE DAILY TAR HtL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1957 f AC1 POUR n7 I NG S AORNER By BILL KSNG DTH Sports Editor Looks Like Tight Finish In The Atlantic Coast Conference baseball race haj turned into a nip and tuck battle that in all probability will go right down to the wire anr perhaps into a playoff before the championship is finally decided. The ACC standing" h$ been shifting around almost as much a the barnstorming Harlem. Globetrotter in the past few weeks and it is safe to say that this year's big eight is about the finest field in the history of the young conference. Thus far, the Big Four has been in command over the other four club. but any of the others are capable of stopping the North Caro lina teams in the stretch drive. All of the Big Four clubs are in con tention fr the title currently held by Duke .and all will have to be at their very best for the remainder of the season. This factor should improve attendance around the ACC considerably. Tar Heels Right In There A long as Carolina continues to play ball as it has been doing up til now, Walt Rabb's Tar Heels will have to be considered very defi nite threats to dethrone the Blue Devils. The Tar Heels are improving with every game. The sudden hitting spurt by eenterfielder Dick Hudson and the -consistently fine pitching of righthander Jim Raugh have been instrumental in Carolina's fine showing. The Rabbmen have been good in the clutch. They have come up with the big one most of the time; winning several in the last in ning of play. A good example of their ability to take the ones that count came during the Easter holidays. The Tar Heels played four games during the break and won but two. But their two victories came against ACC foes, Clemson and South Carolina, while their losses were to Furman and McCrary. The business of winning ball games now will become an ob session with the ACC clubs. A great deal will be riding on every game and it should be an interesting race to watch right down to the final out.' A Real Good Prospect While we're on the subject of baseball, we'd like to offer a little tip to major league baseball scouts. Stick around Chapel Hill fellows, there's a terrific, prospect right here on the Carolina campus. We're speaking, of course, of Jim Raugh. Raugh, the ruddy face senior from Rosemcnd, Pa. is one of the finest college hurlers this corner has ever seen. He has a great variety of pitches, a good strong arm, and a good head. And that's not all, he's a pretty fair hitting pitcher. The big fellow is the kind of He is an outstanding student and campus activities. Raugh fs what ol the Day announcer and now with nice guys in the business." We don't kne w whether or not Raugh is interested in pro ball, but if the scouts start waving' those enticing bonus checks around in his face, there's a good chance that he'll b tempted. In our opinion, Raugh. could make it in pro ball. We're speaking of the major leagues. Track Talk Although the Carolina track team dropped its first decision of ttiK season to Maryland last week, the Tar Heel'sv top two runners con tinued to add prestige for their running ability. Dave Scurlock, the sophomore sensation from Greensboro, broke the Atlantic Coast Conference record in the half-mil with a time of 1:52.8. This topped the old record of, 1:53.5 held by Bobby Jones of N. C. State since 1955. The Tar Heel's two-time Ail-American and a sure bet to make it three in a row this year, Jim Beatty finished second behind his old rival Burr Grim in the mile and still finished in the best time ever by a North Carolina miler at 4:06.5. Grim won it with a flat 4:0G, the best collegiate outdoor mark in the country this year. Burdette, Giles And The Spitter Milwaukee pitcher. Lew Burdette does not throw a spitball, ac cording to National League President, "Warren Giles. Burdette has been accused of throwing the illegal pitch for a long time. His latest incident was with Birdie Tebbetts Cincinnati -Reglegs. Two of the more recent spittc-rs, (not Ted Williams) were Preacher Roe of Brook lyn and former Yankee relief ace, Joe Page. Both admitted that they threw the "doctored" ball after their retirement. We received a very nice letter a few weeks back from George B. Ingle of West Asheville informing us that everyone up there was pulling for the Carolina basketball team. . "The beat Dock slogan is still with us old grads," wrote Mr. Ingle, a 1937 grad. Healso wanted to know about the high school footmall and basketball 'prospects for, next season. - Since receiving the letter, we have talked with coaches Tatum and McGuire about this. Neither of them dropped any names but both seemed to be well-pleased with the outlook. Sports Humor From a friend on the Carolina track team comes a little story about a baseball 'track meet. Seems that when the Duke beseballers made their southern tour early in -the season, they ran up against rather boastful outfit at Florida U. The Blue Devils were informed by the Florida boys that they had the fastest man in college baseball playing second base. ;'Just for -port," the Floridians said, "we'll run him sixty yards against your best runner and give him a ten yard start." The Blue Devils casually mentioned that they had a rather fast left fielder and that if they made the race a hundred yards Duke would run their man even with the speedy Floridian. The race was arranged end the Duke left fielder won it by about ten yards. Evidently the Florida boy didn't realize that Dave Sim was back in the outfield for the Blue Devils. Yogi Berra, the funny book reading catcher of the New York Yan kees is always good for a laugh. Thb one concerns the time that the New York folks decided tt have Yogi Berra Day in Yankee Stadium. After ole Yogi" had been flooded with gifts by thehometown fans, he was called upon to make a short speech. Yogi willingly stepped forward end in his best grammar said,' "I want to thank all my good friends and teammates fur making this occasion necessary." if r ACC j guy you'd want around you anyway. a contributor to several phases of Al Heifer the former Mutual Game Brooklyn would call, "one of the Pros in Tar Babies i Now Have 8-6 Record After a disastrous, holiday road trip, the Carolina Tar Babies wal loped the Duke Blue Imps yesterday afternoon, 7-5. The win was the sec ond for Carolina over the boys from Duke, and their eighth of the sea son. The Tar Babies have lost six. Freddie Hirsch took his second win by holding Duke to seven hits. He gave up extra-base blows to Butch Allie, Bob Pabst, and Richard Walker. Walker homered with the bases empty in the fourth. Allie and Pabst had doubles. Carolina broke out of a 3-3 dead lock in the fifth to ice the win. Four runs were tallied on four hits, an error, and a base on balls. Consecu tive doubles by Tommy Saintsing and Gearld Griffin provided the big jxi nch. Hirsch walked six and struck out three Blue Imps. He balked a run home in the eighth on a question able play that was argued by both coaches. But with two runs already across and a runner on second, he settled down and got the next three men out. The Tar Babies provided too notch fielding support behind Hir sch. They made but one error. Shortstop Frank Montgomery led the defensive play by being the pivot man on a second-inning double play, making a near-impossible play oc a hard-hit grounder in the fifth. and luring a Duke runner off second in the fifth. THE BOX Duke Frosh Ab R II E 1 Klein, ss. i 3 0 0 Pabst, If ' 4 12 Allie, 3b 5 2 1 Drye, 2b 2 10 0 lj 0 1! 0 Taylor, cf 4 0 2 Owens, c 4 0 0 Walker, rf 4 11 Wood, lb 3 0 0 Wayand, p 4 0 1 Totals 33 5 7 Carolina Frosh Ab R II Montgomery, ss 3 2 1 Bryson, lb 4 0 0 Burroughs, rf 4 0 1 Clayton, 2b 4 11 Workman, 3b 3 11 Saintsing, If 4 2 3 Griffin, cf 3 11 Frost, c 4 0 1 Hirsch, p 4 0 0 Totals S3 7 9 Score by Innings: 0 0 3 E 0 V 0 0 0 0 0 I 020 000 Duke 200 100 Carolina . no 140 Athletic Assn. Is Renovating Navy Field Navy field, the area below Fet zer field, is being completely re novated by the UNC Athletic Assn. at an estamated cost of $15,000 to $20,000, according to Vernon Crook, business manager of athletics. The primary change will be made in the drainage system. Around 2,000 feet of eight inch terra cotta pipe will be used in leading the water to underground catch basins. The middle of the field will be raised to give it a "turtle-back" effect, so the water will follow to the sides. It is hoped there will be enough grass in the field so the football team can use it in Sep tember. The football teams and other groups which have formerly used the field will continue to use it. COME AND GET IT! I've Still Got ESSO EXTRA Downtown Prices For Regular Gas and My Regular 3$ Under That Plus Bring This Ad and Get 1 Cent Off Per Gal. Gas, 5 Cents Per Qt. Oil Credit Cards Honored Again At The Students' Friend WHIPPLE'S ESSO SERVICE Basebal Score Blanks White Sox, 5-0; i Yanks Lose As Sievers Homers CHICAGO, t?V-Cleveland's youth ful Herb Score, a 20-game winner last season, notched his first tri umph of the year today with a mas terful, four-hit, 5-0 victory over Chicago, inflicting the first White Sox loss in five games. . Despite the defeat, the Sox clung to first place by a half game. ( I Score thus avenged a loss to Chicago in last week's season open er at Cleveland when Billy Pierce bested him in 11 innings', 3-2. Pierce was chased today in the third in ning, yielding three runs and seven hits. Cleveland's 10-hit attack includ- . ed a fifth-inning homer by Rocky Colavito with the bases empty. Score, 23-year-old southpaw, al lowed a double in the first, a sin gle in the sixth, a single in the seventh, and a single in the ninth, j Fine defensive play helped the j shutout by the slick Tribe hurler. who walked only two. Roger Alar- j is made a great shoestring catch in soggy left field to end the first inning after Nellie Fox doubled with one out. I Chicago had two men on in the seventh as Minnie Minoso led off with a single and Lollar walked. Score's sixth strikeout and a dou- ble play ended that Sox threat. Aonther Tribe double play erased I Score's walk to' Phillips in the ' eighth. I Minosd also singled with two out in the ninth, but Score nailed Lol lar for his seventh strikeout vic tim to end the game. Frosh Golf Team Beats GW, 20-7 Carolina's powerful freshman linksters outswatted the prep golfers of Danville's George Washington High School 20-7 yesterday after- l j noon on sun-baked Finley course. ? I Tar Baby Dick Reader turned in the low card for the afternoon with a 71 for the medalist honor. George Washington High's Wright Garett made the round an 72 to be low man on his squad, j The- Danville preps managed to j take only one match and a tie in ' another. Carolina's Louis Whcless was overpowered by George Wash , ington's Garrett, and the number J match between Carolina's Mike . IIUI and Jennings ended in a 1H-H4 draw. The Summary: Hill. (C), tie Jennings, (GW), 1H- l1; Reeder, C), defeated Mer chant. 2-i; best ball, Carolina 3-0. I Garrett, (GW), defeated Wheless, 1 3-0; Dala, (C), defeated Vander- weff, 2Mf-Ms; best ball. Carolina. lVi- 1. Morris. C, defeated G. Mer chant. 3-0; Webster, (C), defeated Hall, 3-0; best ball, Carolina 3-0. 'Cubs Defeat Braves MILWAUKEE, CP) A 10th in- ning homer by rookie Cal Neeman. his first in the major leagues, gave the Chicago Cubs a 3-2 victorv to- ' day and handed the Milwaukee Braves' their first defeat m six starts this season. Neeman's blow tagged Braves' 1 ngaijianoer i-w uuraette for his ! first loss of the year. Burdette blanked Cincinnati 1-0 last Thurs day. at WASHINGTON, W Roy Sievers slammed a two-run homer 'in the bottom of the ninth inning today to bring an abrupt finish to a blister ing pitchers' battle and give the Washington Jsenaors a j-i iriumpn over the New York Yankees. Sievers' blast, his fourth for the circuit this season, lined into the left-center bleachers and wrecked a brilliant mound performance by the Yankees' Johnny Kucks. It was only the fifth hit off Kucks, but with Eddie Yost on base via a walk it was enough to hand the righthander his first loss of the spring. Dick Hyde, a submarine tossing righthander, pitcher only one in ning to receive credit for a vic tory set up for him by another sidearmer, Ted Abernathy. Through eight innings Abernathy yielded only one run and five hits, while fanning seven. wildness cost Abernathy the run put the Yanks ahead in the third. Jerry Coleman got one of two bases on balls in that inning, got to seCond on Kucks' sacrifice bunt and SCOred on the first of BiSy Mar- ,;,, fAlir cincrip.c Tne 5,519 spectators who turned out to Griffith Stadium had to wait until e eighth for the Senators to pusn a run across. Then it was on a fluke. Rodkie left-fielder Tony Kubek, starting his first game for the Yanks in left, lost Lou Berberet'a fly in the sun. The ball dropped 20 yards away from Kubek for a double and enabled Jim Lemon to score from first. The Senators thus won their first decision of the season from New York and kept the Yanks in second place in the standings. Trade Meet Here, May 10-11 Preliminary plans, including ar rangement of the time schedule, have been made for the fourth an nual Atlantic Coast track and field championships on Carolina's Fetzer Field May 10-11. The schedule, announced by Car olina Coach Dale Hanson, the meet director, calls for trials in four field and six track events to be held on Friday, beginning at 3 p.m. All finals will be held on Saturday with field events beginning at 2 p.m. and running events at 2:30 p.m. Coaches will meet in Woollen Gymnasium Friday morning at 6 o'clock, when drawings for heats will be made. Coach Hanson predicts one of the liveliest meets yet held with a fine field on hand and Interest especial ly keen in some of the running events, which should be spectacu lar. While Maryland, the defending champion, will again be top favored to win the team title, such individu al performers as Duke's Dave Sime and Carolina's Jim Beatty will draw the spotlight. Sime has concentrated on base ball this spring, but it is under stood he will take part in the track meet, running his specialties, the sprints. Beatty is running the dis tance races this spring .the best he ever did. Most people would love to He had the nerve to . 4 JW' III I 1 kltt V i UJ " 4b: I Ml Uirsht JulAftGABET JOHNSTON tOtANO ClAVJt JOHN FSE WNS TMOJiOKH NOW PLAYING Bue Plans Made For Rod, Gun Meet By TOMMY JOHNSON Carolina Rod and Gun enthusiasts will match their skill against re presentatives from the State Col lege campus on Wednesday, May 1st at 3:00. Site of the event is ten titively set for the Durham Wild life Club Area. The meet will be sponsored by the Intramural De partments of the two schools. Next year the event will be held on a Big Four basis. with Wake For est and Duke participating. These two schools do not have a Rod and Gun group at the present time. Four men from each school will participate in each of the four events, Archery, Bait Casting, Trap Shooting and Target Rifle. Team points will be totaled and the school with the highest number wins. The Carolina outdoorsmen have two years of experience in Rod and Gun competition and are favored to take the honors. Clete Oakley was the individual winner ia the fall meet. Champion Scotty Hester, Charles Bowen and Ira Kap are strong men in Archery. John Crawford is the champion in target rifle. G. G. Taylor, winner in the baii casting event, will be backed up by Morris Jones. ' Try-outs for the four teams will be held on Thursday afternoon April 25th at 3:30. All persons in terested are asked to meet in room 301-A Woollen Gym at this time. The Intramural Department re quests that all these persons call the office (9424) sometime before Thursday. Murals Today Softball: (4:00) SPE vs. Phi Kap Sig; Zeta vs. KA. (5:00) Kap Psi vs. ATO; Chi Phi vs. SAE. Tennis: (4:00) Phi Gam-1 vs. Zeta Psi (W) (5:00) Law Sch-1 vs. Everett. LACROSSE CLUB A lacrosse , club has been organ ized at UNC, with 28 candidates from the student body now practic ing daily. Lacrosse has not been a varsity sport at UNC since 1953, but there j talk of reviving it next year. The club team plans to play sev eral informal matches this year. When Audrey. rocks everybody rolls! AUDREY V5L FRED HepburnUAstaire NOW PLAYING do it . . . but don't dare! . . and almost did! A'story of high-pressure affairs snd low-resistance ladies. From the droll pen of William Rose who generated "Genevieve" and the laughter of "The Ladykillers." cotcx ir TfCHNICdOt JACK HAWKINS Jul 01 i y VT-7 mm mm f U i 1 I 1 I y ia y . y Giles Says Nlilwaukee Hurler Not Guilty Of Using Spitter CINCINNATI, UPi Warren C. Giles, president of the National Lea gue, said today neither he nor bis veteran umpires believe pitcher Lou Burdette of the Milwaukee Braves, has been throwing a spit ball. Manager Birdie Tebbetts of the Cincinnati Redlegs claimed Bur dette used the illegal spitter in a 1-0 victory over his club last Thurs day in Milwaukee. He said he sup ported the opinion with his l&h years of catching experience. In replying to a letter from Gabe Paul, general manager of the Red legs, President Giles said: "There is nothing in the rule that I can interpret as prohibiting a pitcher from moistening his fin gers if he does not apply the moisture . spit to the ball. If a pitcher, after appearing to mois ten his fingers, wipes them off. that to me is sufficient evidence that the moisture if any that may have been on his fingers is not applied to the ball. "As to your specific mention of Birdie Tebbetts' complaint about Burdette, I personally have watch ed Burdette and studied his actions and inquired of all our umpires, including veterans such as Larry Goetz, Babe Pinelli, Lee Ballanfant, and others and neither I nor they are- of the opinion that he has, up to now, violated the intent or lan guage of rule 8.02. "If and when he or any other pitcher does, I feel confident the umpires will call it. '.'There may have been times Howard Johnson Restaurant STUDENT SPECIALS Barbecued Chicken Choice Steak Sandwiches 2:00- 5:00 P.M. SERVED 8;00 j 7 ;0Q p M "Landmark For Hungry Tarheels" JULIAN'S DACRON AND COTTON "WORSTED-WEAVE" SUITS WILL WASH AND HANG DRY (3 HOURS) FOR WEAR WITHOUT PRESSING EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONAL "TOUCH-UP" 1 ' - v. . i v. Attractive patternsotii normally to be expected in superfine worsteds are per fectly adapted in these blends of imported cotton and dacron in discreet screen dot and striped patterns. 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