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THE SUMMER SCHOOL WEEKLY
Friday. July 19. 1957
SPRAYS F Th SHOWERS
By DICK BURROUGHS
INTRAMURALS
Summer Champs Crowned
It was interesting to note that Sports Illustrated has now
relegated amateur tennis to the junior varsity level. And rightly
So, with the best tennis players in the world now playing profes
sionally and playing their round-robin pro tournament on the
courts of the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, which was
previously strictly for the amateurs. This is a self admission by the
USLTA that pro tennis, led by czar Jack Kramer, has reached a
point where it can call its own shots. It seems apparent that the
life-long dream of many pros will soon be realized and tennis, like
golf, will be filled with open tournaments. The open tournaments
should be a boon to sagging interest in the sport among younger
players, especially' in the United States where we have been taking
our lickings from the Austrailians in recent years with amazing
consistency.
Speaking of tennis, it certainly is a shame about Carolina's
tennis fortunes. Looking back in past years, it can be noted that
UNC has produced great players while ranking as one of the finest
tennis schools in the land. Just two years ago the record was 21-1
including wins over the best in the nation. It is easy to trace the
reason for the let down this past season: no scholarships, no players.
One of the really fine players of that great team of two years back
dropped out of school in the spring semester to further hinder the
chances for a good net season for the Tar Heels, but it seems that
the young man, Bobby Bortner by name, will return to lead the
team next season. - .
With players, the likes of Vic Seixas, long time amateur great,
Bryan (Bitsy) Grant, currently the nation's No. 1 ranked Seniors
Singles player, Harris Everett, pro at the Fountainbleau in Miami,
and Clark Taylor, pro at Woodmont Country Club in Washington,
D. C, to name a few, and many others who have carried Carolina's
colors into the tennis world, it seems that UNC would strive to keep
up their reputation as a top-notch tennis school.
1957. WHIZ KIDS?
This National League pennant race is getting to be more like
a game of tag each day with a different team being "it" each week,
"It" meaning holding the league lead. But the most fantastic of all
teams is Philadelphia. The Phillies' leading batter is hitting a mere
.280 and as a team they are batting a lowly .246. Nevertheless, the
Phils as of this writing are leading the league and have taken
.12 of their last 14 ball games. The amazing thing about the Philadel
phia story of 1957 is that Robin Roberts is having his worst season
by far in many years. Taking up the slack has been 28-year-old
rookie Jack Sanford who is leading the league in games won and
number of strike-outs and old Granny Hamner the inspirational
leader who is one of the few remaining members of the old Whiz
Kids of 1950.
VALE PUT HIS FOOT IN IT
While looking through the new NCAA Football Guide for 1957,
we came across an interesting item. Listed among the top punters
of the nation during the past season was Carolina's own Wally Vale.
Vale was listed as ninth among the country's top toe men with an
average of 41.1 for 31 kicks. The leader in this department was
UCLA's Kirk Wilson who turned out to be the best booter in foot
ball history, for one season at least. His 49.3-yard average not only
erased the college record of 48.2 by Zach Jordan of Colorado in
1950, but also eclipsed the all-time professional high of 48.7 by
Washington's Sammy Baugh in 1942.
Sounds like a pretty fair bet to make some pro team if he can
kick that way all the time.
In T
ennis,
f And
Softball
Bob Shoaf, grad student from
Greensboro, completely., domi
nated the field to win the singles
crown of the Intramural Tennis
Singles tournament in the first
session of summer school. In the
doubles division, Dick Hodel and
Jim Holland prevailed to take
top honors.
Shoaf, a husky ex-collegiate
athlete' at Guilford College, used
a combination of power and speed
to overcome all of his opponents
culminating in the defeat of
Davidson College's Dick Hodel in
the finals 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.
After losing the first set to the
little left-hander, Shoaf used
powerful baseline shots to take
the final three sets in rapid suc
cession. .
Both Shoaf and Hodel had ad
vanced to the final round with
easy straight set wins over Dick
Burroughs and Richard Freeman.
In the doubles play, Hodel
teamed with Jim Holland to de
feat Shoaf and Sam Shugart for
CAROLINA
Friday-Saturday
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
RANDOLPH SCOTT JAMES CRAIG
Sunday-Monday-Tuesday
Love In The Afternoon
GARY COOPER AUDREY HEPBURN
Wednesday
Reach For The Sky
KENNETH MOORE MURIEL PAVLOW
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Thursday
Gun Glory
STEWART GRANGER RHONDA FLEMING
the championship 6-2, 6-0, 6-4. It
was quite evident from the out
set that the Hodel-Holland team
had played together too often to
be beaten and they swept through
the match with little resistance.
In reaching the final round
Hodel-Holland had dumped the
Coulter brothers while Shoaf
Shugart had knocked off Bur
roughs and Dave Gover.
GOLF
The Intramural Golf Tourna
ment provided two winners for
the first summer session; War
field Garson in the first flight
and David Gover in the second
flight.
Garson completely swamped
his final opponent Joe Portnoy
bringing back a 7 and 6 victory.
Both Garson and Portnoy had ad
vanced to the final round with
easy victories over Rany Portnoy
and Bill Albans.
In the second flight, Gover de
feated Rufus Hackney to win the
championship.
SOFTBALL
The Intramural Softball Tourn
ament showed a three way tie
for first place at the end of regu
lation play between the Peacocks,
the Crips and the "Rabbsmen. A
playoff was held to decide the
winner who turned out to be the
Peacocks, by virtue of a final
win over the Crips.
Behind the four hit pitching of
Chris Carpenter the Peacocks,
knocked off the Crips 7-4 in the
final play-off. An eleven hit at
tack off of losing pitcher Bob
Shoaf proved to be too much to
overcome and the Peacocks took
home the title.
The second session's intramural
activity gets under way immedi
ately with softball, tennis and
golf included in the program.
Softball entries are due today
with play begining on Tuesday.
Entries are due for Golf and Ten
nis next Wednesday with the play
scheduled to begin on July 29 th.
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VIC SEIXAS
Former UNC Great
Vic Retires
Western Cup
For the first time' in the 50-
year history of the event, Vic
Seixas last Sunday retired the
men's singles cup of the Western
Open tennis tournament by
crushing Texas Tut Bartzen.
Seixas, the nation's third rank
ing player and a former UNC
great, overcame a slow start and
never permitted his opponent to
get his game working. Bartzen,
of Dallas, battled in the first set
as Seixas won 7-5, but then
couldn't keep pace as .the Tar
Heel ace quickly closed out the
match 6-2, 6-2.
Brennan Off
To Catskills
For Summer
Pete Brennan, a member of
Carolina's basketball team is on
his way to the Catskill Mountains
where he will play ball in the
Bortsch Circuit for the Brickman
Hotel. This will be Pete's third
summer at the New York resort
where he works during the day
and plays basketball at night.
Brennan, the No. 1 rebounder
of the nation's No. 1 team this
past season, goes to the moun
tains without any of his team
mates although Joe Quigg and
Bob Cunningham have hopes of
joining him after completion of
summer school.
Other members of the "big"
five, are spending their summers
in various ways; Tommy Kearns
is working in his hometown, Ber
genfield, N.J., while All-Ameri-can
Lennie Rosenbluth is spend
ing the first months of his mar
ried life right here in Chapel Hill.
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ED SUTTON, ihe leading
ground gainer for last year's
Carolina football learn will soon
be on his way to football camp
with the Washington Redskins.
Ed is a fast boy, and the 6-1,
194-pounder from Cullowhee is
highly regarded by Redskins
coaches. Besides his football
ability, Sutton was also a More
head Scholar and President of
the Carolina Athletic Association.
Tar Heel Athletes
Get Ail-American
Build Up In Mags
Several Tar Heel athletes will
get the All-America build-up in
forth coming national magazines.
Tommy Kearns will head the list
for the Nation's No. 1 basketball
team while Dave Reed will get
the football publicity.
Kearns is the quarterback of
the cagers while Reed quarter
backs the men on the gridiron.
Both men are rising seniors.
VARSITY
Today-Saturday
"Night Passage"
James Stewarl-Audie Murphy
Dan Duryea-Elaine Stewart
Sunday-Monday-Tuesday
"Fire Down Below"
Rita Hayworth-Roberi Mitchum
Jack Lemmon
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Wednesday-Thursday
Cocktails In The Kitchen"
Dirk Bogarde
Dennis Price-Eileen Herlie