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I Thursday. February 9, 1967 THE DAILY TAR HEEL PnTe ." NC Dennis ip ace; ers Long9 Sand .! igM; It began so innocently, with 20 or 30 men on a team shooting an over-sized soccer ball at a peach basket in a YMCA gymnasium and having a center tap-off after each goal. That was basketball in its virgin era, basketball conceived and envisioned by Dr. James Naismith. It was a spcrt then, played by men for fun and relaxation because, at the time, it was different. But that was long ago. She is no longer a virgin, this game of basketball, for she has been ravaged by the fixers and their point prcads, the alumni and their incesstant demands for a winner, the students and their desire to attend school where basketball or any sport is big-time. She has been violated time and time again, this panic of basketball, by young athletes taught to win by their coaches, who feel the pressure from alumni and students alike. She has been kicked, cursed and oppressed, this game of basketball, by young athletes who have turned a game of sports into a form of war. It is not entirely the fault of the athletes; they rr.ust do as they are instructed by their coaches, who, in turn, must somehow meet the demands of win hungry alumni and students. But that statement does not restore his white, virgin robe. The First Taste; A Bitter One My first taste of this game of basketball came in 1953 in Reynolds Coliseum, where Everett Case, the late N. C. State coach, somehow made this game seem so delightful, so warm, so easy. But even Case knelt to the demands of the hunger for a winner when he tried to recruit Jackie Moreland and was placed on probation for recruiting irregularities. That was the first foul blow this game of basket ball absorbed in the South. Perhaps not really the first, but it was the first I remember. Tragically, it has not been the last. After the Moreland scandal, basketball tried to regain her stature as a sport, a game. But suddenly, she no longer deserved through no fault of her own the names "sport" or "game." Suddenly, she was a form of war. In the early 1960's, she was victimized by the in famous point-shaving scandals, by fights on her gleam ing hardwood courts, by probation placed on coaches who tried hard too hard for a winner. Referees ca'Jed more and more technical fouls, students threw mere paper cups and pennies after bad calls, there were more boos and there was more blood on the courts. This was Atlantic Coast Conference basketball, but it was no different from the, basketball played any where else in America. She Became A Form of War In Maryland, less than two months ago, a referee stepped the N. C. State-Maryland game because he feU the N. C. State coach had dished out enough foul language. That same day, in Columbia, South Carolina, a referee threatened to remove the spectators from the Clcmson-South Carolina game because they were un ruly, and because he was tired of dodging paper cups, pennies and foul names. In Chapel Hill, a fight erupted after the North C;.rclina-N. C. State game less than a month ago. Again, in Columbia, a star performer was declared -.eligible by the NCAA because he had been illegally recruited. Now, administrative leaders, student leaders and state newspapers must ask for better conduct at games, ir.ust ask fans to remain seated until all game partici pants have left the court, must ask, in essence, for coxl manners. It is tragic. This game of basketball is no longer a came. She is a prostituted conception that has been turned and twisted into a pseudo-war. She is an arena Js Y v ' I Wt Ml ' -l-r ; , 3 1 ' " 3 :" ' ' Villi t . mf 4 - - ----- " - 'y - zzr1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . V i . - ... .. i .., ;) f "'i.f: ? - -.J. s i w No, they are not fighting. Tlwr are nlaxine here you can now take a young child I to learn word basketball. But, then, because the nature of the game has changed, maybe they are fight' nniv snldiprs used to teach. She is a nonow skeleton" of what James Naismith felt would be a -pert. Why has she lost her virginity, this game of basket ball? Why has she become a form of war, a refuge for had manners, a study in the hunger for victory? Why has no one thought to say that there has to be a deeper meaning to life than a score on a scoreboard? Because w e have permitted t. Because we raped a virgin game, and made her a harlot. ing, after all. W ake 9 Mil Ler Meet Ag am By DENNIS SANDERS DTH Sports Writer If "Mr. Clutch" borrows the "double - clutch shuffle," he might "again carry North Ca rolina's No. 2-ranked Tar Heels to a clutch win over Wake Forest here tonight. "Mr. Clutch" is Larry Mill er, a bullish 6-3 junior whose last-second heroics have iced at least two of the Tar Heels' 15 wins. The first was against these same Wake Forest Dea cons, when Miller stole the Dall, raced in for a layup. and put the lid on a 76-74 UNC win. The second Miller install ment came when just three days later his last second shot carried UNC to a 59-56 win over Duke in Dur ham. The two conference wins are but two of seven the Tar Heels have earned, exactly half of th total they need to remain un defeated in the ACC and as sure themselves of the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. Babies Begin Home Stand; Oppose Dedclets. Tonight By OWEN DAVIS DTH Sports Writer The UNC Tar Babies begin a two - game home stand to night when the Wake Forest Deaclets invade Carmichael Auditorium at 6 p.m. Carolina is fresh from a 106-81 victory over Virginia Tuesday night and now sports an 11-1 record. After the East Carolina game tomorrow night, the Tar Babies will not appear at home asain until March 3 when Duke will be the opponent. The Deaclets of Coach Neil Johnston were defeated 83-67, by Carolina in early - sea son competition. Wake is led by guards Norwood Todman and Dickie Walker, both who are averaging over 20 points a game. The Baptists have a tow ering front line of 6'8" cen ter Dan Ackley and 6'7" for wards Danny Meyer and Lar ry Habaeger who are strong rebounders. Inconsistency has plagued Wake this season. The Deac lets showed much strength af ter their UNC loss but then took a double punch with con secutive defeats to Duke and Mackin High of Washington, D.C. Charlie Scott was the big factor in Tuesday's Virginia win in Charlottesville. Scott poured in 33 points and grab bed 24 rebounds to propel the Tar Babies to a large 25-point advantage. r Nava' R n esearc Laboratory WASHINGTON, D.C. 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But Wake Forest is no pat sy, as Coach Jack McClosk ey's Deacons demonstrated in that first meeting with Dean Smith's Tar Heels. Because they rely so heav ily on the offensive handi-uork ol All-Conference guard Paul Long and guard Jerry Mont gomery and forward Jim Bos hart, the Deacons have found that a bad shooting night does them no good at all. They have beaten some im pressive foes such as South ern Conference Davidson, and they threw quite a scare into Duke before the Blue Devils escaped with a five-point win. But they have been embar rassed at times, mostly when Long isn't scoring which is a rarity. Dick Grubar, soph quarter back and defensive stalwart Long's capabilities well: "He's the toughest man to defend I've been up against this sea son," Grubar says. But when Grubar, and team m?tes Miller (23.8), Rustv Clark (14.1) and Bob Lewis (16.6) are "on," this North utlines We have 'em. 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