Thursday, January 12, 1967 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Pagre 7 The Sportscope By Bill Has I ;X . ' At long last, after weeks of idiotic promotional folderol, sports fans will get to see which football lea gue is better and exactly how much it is. The AFL-NFL Championship Game (the term "Su per Bowl" irks me and I will not call it that) should prove that the NFL is by far the superior .league. In fact, I believe that the Green Bay Packers are three touchdowns better than the Kansas City Chiefs from the AFL. There is no denying that the AFL plays good foot ball,, or that Kansas City is easily the best team in the league. Kansas City probably could beat half the teams in tne NFL. But their problem Sunday will be that Green Bay is not an ordinary NFL football team. There were some doubts that Green Bay could generate much of an offense. Yet the Packers ran up 34 points when they needed them on a good Dallas Cowboy defense. The Packers have good running with Jim Taylor and Elijah Pitts. In reserve they have the golden boy himself, Paul Hornung, plus the ex cellent rookies, Donnie Anderson and Jim Grabowski. But the man who makes the offense go is Bart Starr, a virtual human computer at quarterback. Starr has no equal at calling plays. His passing is remark able and he showed against Dallas that he can throw the long ball. He makes few mistakes and is so ac curate with his passes that only three were inter cepted all year. In comparison, Johnny Unitas and Don Meredith had! more than 20 picked off. All the Packer receivers are good, ranging from the felt Carroll Dale to rugged tight end Marv Flem ing to wily veteran Max McGee to clutch man Boyd Dowler. Dale, McGee and Dowler, along with halfback Pitts, all caught TD passes against Dallas. Diversity like that makes it difficult to key on one or two men.. The Packer interior line is splendid, featuring guard Jerry Kramer and tackle Forrest Gregg. A rookie guard. Gale Gillingham, is so good he moved All - Pro Fuzzy Thurston out of a starting job. These men block beautifully and protect Starr as if he were made of gold. Granting that the Packers and Chiefs, on paper, are fairly even on offense, the big difference in the teams is defense. Green Bay is the stingiest team in either league when it comes to allowing points. Teams move the ball well, but when they get near the goal line they meet a Packer wall of fury. Kan sas City's defense, in comparison, leaves a lot to be desired. The Green Bay pass rush of LJohel -Aidridge, Wil- . lie'DIs;eriry Dawson the hardest time he's had in-many afternoons. In addition, they will contain the running game well. The linebackers, Ray Nitschke, Dave Robinson and Lee Roy Cafey, are unmatchable. In the secondary Herb Adderley, Willie Wood, Bob Jeter and Tom Brown have the speed and the savvy to cover anyone in the game. Taylor is no more dan gerous "than Bob Hayes of Dallas, who caught only one pass against Green Bay, Adderly and Wood, in particular, are excellent. . The Chiefs defend well enough against the run with Buck Buchanan anchoring the line. Linebackers Sherrill Headnck, E. J. Ho lub and Bobby Bell as a group are the best in the AFL. In the secondary Johnny Rob inson is a talented defender and wild man Fred William son is as good a defensive back as there is in the AFL. Ths Kansas City pass rush is adequate, but no more. Th3 Packer line should han dle the defensive unit with no more trouble than they would that of, say, Chicago's, and considerably less than that of Los Angeles. Finally, coach Vince Lom bardi's team gave up 27 points to Dallas, more than they sur rendered all year. Lombardi has no doubt set about to fix the chinks in his defensive ar mor so well as to make it al most impregnable. Besides, the man is the best coach in the game. It is going to be interest ing for awhile, but Green Bay is a clutch team ana V'A It Went That-away Tar Babies Are Shaken, But Still Not Defeated K5MS HELP WANTED College students wishing full or part time employment in men's clothing store.- Phone 942-6610 for appointment. - Will pay $5 for information they are not going to blow the leading to rental of 2 bedroom big one. Try the Packers by apartment or house tor siuay io- conscious male stuaenx. v,m 929-1287. By OWEN DAVIS DTH Sports Writer State's Wolflets gave the Tar Babies a major scare but Carolina pulled out a nip-and-tuck 87-79 victory last night. UNC had its poorest shooting night of the season and State equaled Carolina's total field goal output of 35 baskets. Only the free throw line saved the Tar Babies. Carolina hit only 43.7 per cent of its shots from the field while the Wolflets shot at a hot 52.2 clip. The Tar Babies were 17 for 24 from the foul line, however, and State shot a poor 9 for 16 of its attempts. Charlie Scott led all scorers with 27 points although he had his worst percentage to date by connecting on 13 of 30 from the field. Al Armour had his best game of the year by to taling 24 markers. Gra Whitehead and Jim De laney rounded out the double figures column with 15 and 12 points, respectively. For State, Nelson Isley had a hot second half with 20 points and finished the evening with 26 markers. Tom Smith put in 16 points and Dale L Abernethy JoUowejLwith.. .jgLf Qt, the Wolflets. .The mistake-ridden first half started slowly and after over three minutes of play the score read only 2-alL State grabbed the lead briefly and held a 27 24 advantage with 3:00 remain ing. Carolina rebounded quick ly and ran up five straight points for a 29-27 lead. The Tar Babies left the court at halftime leading 36-29. Scott and Armour got hot at the beginning of the second period and UNC jumped out to a 40-30 advantage. Scott con tinued to add to his total of 18 second half markers and with 12:04 left in the game, Caro lina held its largest lead of the night, 61-45. Led by Isley and Smith, State did not keep a large deficit long and trailed only 71-65 with 5:44 remaining. From then on, the Wolflets stayed within 10 points and cut the margin to six on. nu merous occasions. However, the Wolflets could pull no closer than six and Carolina had to be an eight point victory, its closest game You'll Find Important Old Books in Your Field Priced at 59c to $5.00 In The Old Book Corner THE INTIMATE BOOKSHOP 119 E. Franklin Street Open Evenings of the year. Turnovers were frequent in the contest. The normally slick hall-handling Tar Babies were guilty of inaccurate passing and missed layups many times. Double-dribbling, walking, and lane violations were called on both State and Carolina. The fast break was hot the threat it was in other UNC games for he Tar Babies were unable to come up with the usual timely steals. MUST SELL THIS WEEK: Blue MGB, excellent condi tion. One owner, just tuned, new tires and equipment. Call 929-3546 between 5 and 7. FOR SALE: 10 x50 two bed room mobile home, complete ly furnished, with new carpet and air - conditioner. Includ-. ed also 6 x 8 steel stor age building and two 75 gal. oil drums. Phone 929-1205. ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER, Royal Office. New ribbon, works perfectly-$145 (1-3 new price) Also Royal portable--$40. Carl Penney, Law School basement, call 929-1908 after 5:30. , - HONDA 150. Black. 6500 miles. :Very good mechanical condi tion. $200. Telephone 942-1685. I Don't Let L Exams Get iFW You Down! fin - . . . Send A earn Sharyn Lynno Shoppo's JANUAR - Skirts Goats oSlax Sveators Drossos o Quilted Rofies SWEflTEOS SE0RTS as low as as low as mm SS.03 Veloor Pullovers and Poor Boys 2-Piecs conon suits 2 Prico Sharyn Lynn Shoppe 122 EAST FRANKLIN -Wolf pack Scares Heels- (Continued from Page 1 margins been? (Note t". three and one points.) It jut shows the tremendous balance of all teams. "The situation after the fjamc was well handled. Norm Sloan. (State coach) tried to pull his boys off and 1 pulled mine off. Bob Lewis got hit after the game was over." Lewis led UNC with 25 points, his high total this year. Rustv Clark added 20 and Lar ry Miller had 16. Braucher hit 24 for State and 5-9 Nick Tn funovich popped in 17. Carolina shot 28 for 62 for 45.2 percent from the floor, while State hit 30 of 71 for 42.3 percent. UXC made 23 of 39 foul shots, including an anemic four for 12 in the first half. State hit only 18 of 28. and that was the difference. A total of 49 foul shots were called in the game, 28 against State and 21 against Carolina. State had Jerry Moore, Bill Mavredes and Bob McLean foul out within a two-minute span. Larry Miller fouled out for the Tar Heels. UNC got the opening tap, but State stole the ball and Trifunovich hit a long jumper for 2-0. Bill Kretzer hit two buckets an hi i ui Kul -I'lai k's basket lor tW2. Slate. With the ciie 14-12. Mali-, the Wollpack iivi a tap-in limn Jerry Moore and a bucket lnun liraucher to lead 18-12. Bob Lewis vi an assist from Larry Miller and cut the lead to 22-20. but Braucher and Paul Hudson hit to make it 26-20. Miller hit then Lewis hit a three-point plav to slice the State lead to 26-25. But State pulled away aiiain and went back up by 33-27. Lewis' lony jumper tied it at 33-all, and Clark's tap put UNC up for the first time. 37-35. But Bob McLean hit two free throws and Braucher canned a shot to give State a 39-38 half time lead. Clark scored nine of Caro lina's first 10 points in the sec ond half, but no one else could hit for UNC. Trifunovich be gan hitting long jumpers and State went up by 56-48 with 12:16 left in the game. Then UNC caught fire. Miller hit a three-pointer. Lewis swished a long one and Tuttle hit a layup to make it 56- 55. Miller's shot from the key with 10:05 left tied it at 57- 57. Grubar missed two free throws, but was fouled again and Iiit the next two for 59-57. Lewis added two more and it was UNC out in front by 61-67. The teams swapped baskets until lour minutes were left and UNC was in front. 70-67. Dick Grubar made a beautiful steal, sprawled on the floor and flip ped the ball to Gerald Tuttle tor a layup to make it 72-67. Smith called this the key play of the game. In the closing minutes. Gru bar hit three free throws. Lew is hit two and Clark two for UNC's last points. Dick Brau cher hit eight points in the rh al four minutes as State made a desperate flurry to catch up. But there awsn't enough time and his last shot stripped the net as the horn sounded. Matmen Face Blue Devils i t Tit LiBRlJfjffcj . 1 With Captain Lane Verlenr don off the mats with a knee injury, the Tar Heel wrestlers will have to make some shifts in the lineup for the Duke meet tonight in Durham. All four undefeated wres tlers, John Stacy, Jay Jacob son, Bob Steele, and Fred Priester, will face-off tonight. Jacobson will be moved from 160 down to 152 to fill in for Verlendon. He wrestled this weight once last year, and should take the match to night. Filling in for Jacobson at 160 will be Bob Steele, also undefeated and a good back up v man. Coach Sam Barnes doesn't expect any difficulties to arise from the switch. The remainder of the line up will remain as it was at State, with Bob Crane at 123, George Johnston at 130, John Stacy at 137, Steve Allen at 145, Jay Jacobson at 152, Bob Steele at 160, Phil Wanzer at 167, Fred Priester at 177, and Steve- Lister at heavy weight. On paper, UNC and Duke look like an even match. Both beat N. C. State by one point, and downed St. Andrews by similar scores. However, Carolina grap plers haven't had any trouble with Duke in the past and do not expect any this year. Last year's victory over Duke was decisive. A new coach at Duke caus es Coach Barnes to estimate that the Duke wrestlers are better organized than they have been for the past 10 years: Duke's record is 3-1 and Carolina's is 4-2. The frosh wrestlers may undergo some changes for to night also, with some switch es in the lighter weights. The freshman meet will begin at 6:45 with the varsity wrestling immediately after. Despite Verlendon's knee injury, he is expected back in action by UNC's next meet on February 4. STATISTICS North Carolina G F T Miller. 6 4-9 16 Clark 7 4-9 20 Lewis 9 7-10 25 Grubar 1 5-10 7 Bunting 0 1-1 1 Tuttle 2 0-14 Gauntlett 10-0 2 Brown 2 0-0 4 TOTALS 28 23-39 79 N. C.State G F T Kretzer 3 2-9 8 Moore 2 2-3 6 Braucher 9 6-7 24 Trifunovich 7 3-3 17 Mavredes 6 1-1 13 Hudson 1 0-1 2 Gealy 0 0-2 0 McLean 2 4-4 8 TOTALS 30 28-38 78 V r 2' William R. White SPECIAL AGENT Henry L. Brown Agency a - A 121 N. ColumDia a. Chapel mil 929-6217 - I tt. 'v-.- J ' f'il ah 7r c"l f ii new Just Arrived s 1 xkliu MEN'S SUITS Vdtut to 69.99 1 A (o) (o) ' L-T1 LT SPORT COATS Values to 39.99 (c) Co) ()(2 T) CO) IL (2) This Is a special group of famous name men lf0Ifot3hn All the season's favorite fabrics and patterns. Tweeds, Hernngbones, Hopsaci and others. In a large range of size. Some su.U have vests. All specially purchased for this great money saving event. of Chapel Hill 1 v ' ' ' ' ' . .. . Mil

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