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LARRY KEITH
Black Wednesday
And Big Thursday
It was the Black Wednesday before the Big Thursday.
A release from the Sports Information Office arrived
through the mail. A brief paragraph read:
"Carolina Coach Dean Smith received distressing news
last week from Viet Nam. Richard Vinroot of the Tar Heels
1962 team wrote that his teammate on that team, Dieter
Krause, has been wounded in the fighting. Dieter, an Army
captain, received an injury to his legs."
Later, while standipg in the lobby of Carmichael
Auditorium assistant coach John Lotz walked over.
"Have you heard about Doug Moe?" he asked, referring
to the two-time Carolina All-American who is now starring
in the American Basketball Association."
"No," we said.
"His father died Tuesday night." -
We inerrupted and expressed our sorrow, without
realizing that Lotz was still talking.
. . and his three-week bid son died this morning."
Minutes later we were standing in the Sports Informa
tion office, waiting to see Jack Williams.
-Tonight, The Tourney Begins
The phone rang. It was Jack, calling from the doctor's
office.
"Apparently," he told his secretary, "I'm sicker than I
thought. They say I may have appendecitis."
That was Wednesday afternoon. Tonight, the Tar Heels
open defense of their Atlantic Coast Conference title in
Charlotte against Wake Forest.
"You know," said'Lotz after tiling us about Moe, whose
brother Donnie graduated from here last year, "when things
like this happen, tournaments don't seem so important, do
they."
The game, like the show, goes on, however. That is the
nature of sport, although its truth seems to have been
tested with sudden cruelty too often this year. :
Prior to the start of this basketball season freshman
hopeful Butch Bennett, a lad who had dreamed of wearing
Carolina blue, died of leukemia.
A few weeks later the school's Athlete Director, Chuck
Erickson, suffered two strokes within a matter of days.
-The Game Goes
Ah, but the game goes on. I must go on. , ; .,.
Tip off tonight is 7:00. Narly 12,000 people will be there
..to see it. . ; ' -ilr;- t. t
Of course Dieter Krause won't. "Hes in Viet" Nam,
wounded.
Of course Doug Moe won't. He grieves ,two great
personal losses, suffered within 24 hours.
Of course Jack Williams won't. If it is indeed ap
pendecitis, this great Tar Heel fan can be glad he's able to
hear the games on the radio.
And of course Butch Bennett won't. His story of dedica
tion and courage has been told many times.
as ior Mr. Ericsson, nis
well that he may be able to attend.
Many football seasons ago
Gipper. It is not for us to be so
tnat tne basketball team wm
themselves.
Play the game and play it to win.
If you lose, you may lose prestige but never Dride. '
"When things like this happen, tournaments don't seem
so important, do they?"
Speed Record Set
Pearson Takes Rockinghai
ROCKINGHAM (UFI)
David Pearson of Spartanburg,
S.C. set North Carolina Motor
Speedway history Wednesday
when he took the pole position
for Sunday's Carolina 500 for
the second straight year.
Pearson, driving a 1968 Ford,
had the fastest lap .it 119.422
mile per hour in the two-lap
qualifying trials which got
underway here Wednesday.
This speed broke the mark of
117.400 mph he set last year.
Six other cracked that mark.
The South Carolinian picked
up $250 and tne iaistait
. Trophy for his run.
Fords and Ply mouths
dominated the first days trials.
Leroy Yarborugh of Columbia
S. C. in another 1968 Ford was
the second fastest qualifier
wth a one lap speed of 119.146
mph.
Paul Goldsmith of Munster,
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melodramatic as. to suggest
one for anybody except
Ind., drove his 1968 Tlaymouth
118.203 mph for third place and
Darel Dieringer of Charlotte
driving another Plymouth
118.125.0 took fourth spot.
Others breaking the old
qualifying mark were Donnie
Allison of Hueytown Ala. at
118.044 mph in a 1968 Ford
Richard Petty, Randleman,
117.939 mph in a 196 8
Plymouth, and Cale
Y a r borough, Timmonsville,
117.878 mph in a 1968 Ford.
Qualifying for the $75,000
race continues here Thursday
and Friday.
The qualifiers Wednesday
were.
1. David Pearson, Spartan
burg, S C., 1968 Ford, 119.422
mph.
2. Leroy Yarbrough, Colum
bia, S.C, 1968 Ford, 119.146
mph.
3. Paul Goldsmoth Munster,
20th
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North Carolina engaged in a brief workout
at Carmichael Auditorium Wednesday af
ternoon prior to its Atlantic Coast Conference
tournament opener against Wake Forest
tonight.
Tar Heel Coach Dean Smith pronounced his
Tar Heels in fine physical and mental spirits.
NCAA Ready To Begin Play
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By United Press International
With the addition of Ivy
League champion Columbia,
the NCAA Major College
Regional Tournament field
stood complete Wednesday fo
Saturday's first round
games.
Houston and St. Bonaven
ture, the only major college
teams to go through the season
. undefeated, also takes part in
tournament games in widely
separated areas.
Houston, the nation's No. 1
team, faces Loyola of Chicago
at the University of Utah
Fieldhouse in Salt Lake City.
The Cougars carry a perfect '
28-0 record into the playoffs.
The other half of the-Western
- Regional Playoff - schedule d in?
Utah's Capital City sends little
Weber State of Ogden, Utah,
ACC Runneriip To
Get Berth For NIT
NEW YORK (UPI) The Na- runner-up in the Atlantic Coast
tional Invitation Tournament Conference Tournament. North
field came to within one team Carolina and Duke are ex-
of completion Wednesday when pected to battle for top ACC
the tourney selection com
mittee chose Wedt Virginia
the. Southern Conference runner-up
as its 15th team.
Johnny Beach, the Fordham
coach who is chairman of . the
NIT selection committee, said
the final berth will go to the
Pole
Ind. 1968 Plymouth 118.203.
4. Darel Dieringer, Charlotte
1968 Plymouth 118.125 mph.
5. Donnie Allison, Huetywon,
Ala. 1968 Ford 118.044 mph.
6. Richard Petty, Randleman
1968 Plymouth 117.393 mph.
7. Cale Yarborough, Tim
monsville, S.C. 1968 Ford
117.878 mph.
- 8. Jim Paschal High Point
1967 Playmouth 117.347 mph.
9. Tiny Lund, Cross, S.C.
1968 Mercury 116.792.
10. Buddy Baker Charlotte
1968 Dodge 116.497. v
11. Bobby Allison, Hueytown,
Ala. 1968 Ford 115.677 mph.
12. Sam McQuagg, Colum
bus, Ga. 1967 Dodge 114.569
mph.
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They leave for Charlotte at 10 o'clock this
morning. Their game will be the third of the
day in opening round action that will send all
eight conference teams into play.
An interested gathering of Carolina students
and fans sat in on the practice session.
against potent New Mexico
State.
St. Bona venture, 220
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boasting its first nerfeet
regular season in 30 years,
faces Boston College in an
Eastern Regional first round
game at Kingston, R.I.
1 The second half of the
Eastern Regional, a Saturday
afternoon twin bill at College
Park, Md., - pits Southern
Conference champion Davidson
against St. John's and Mid
Atlantic king Lasalle against
Columbia, which had to beat
Princetons in a playoff game
Tuesday night to qualify for
the NCAA tournament.
Mid-East Regionals at Kent,
; Ohio,v i send Mid ? r - American
champion Bowling G r ee n
against Marquette and Ohio
honors,
with upstart South
Carolina
listed as a long
shot.
. The ACC winner is - com
mitted to the NCAA Tourna
ment. ,
West Virginia, 19-8, including
victories over St. John's
(N.Y.), Syracuse and
Davidson the conference
champion, will be appearing in
the nation's oldest post season
tournament for the fifth time.
The Mountaineers, coached by.
Bucky Waters, won the tourna
ment in 1942 and also appeared
in 1945, '46 and '47.
Ron Williams, who received
honorable mention in the rec
ent All-America balloting,
leads tiie Mountaineer attack,
averaging 22 points per
game.
The tourney, being played
for the 31st time, begins March
14 in the new $43 million
Madison Square Garden, i
Other teams invited to the
NIT are Army, Fordham,
Oklahoma City, Notre Dame,
Duquesne, , Long Island
University, St Peter's, Temple,
Marshall, Villanova. Wyoming,
Bradley, Dayton and Kansas.
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Valley champ Eastern Ten
nessee against Florida State.
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State are newcomers to NCAA
tournament competition.
Weber State.coached by Dick
Motta, won the Big Sky
Conference title to earn its
spot in the playoffs. Florida
State was picked as an at-large
entry.
Defending national champion
UCLA, already assured of a
tournament berth, complets its
Pacific Eight conference
schedule this weekend.
The Bruins open their bid for
another title by meeting the
Weber State-New Mexico State
winner March 15 at Albu
querque, N.M.
- in seeona round action open-
mg March 15, Missoui Valley
Champion Louisville takes on
tne nouston-ijoyoia winner and
the Big Eight's Kansas State
faces Texas Christian of the
Southwest
Conference a t
Wichita, Kan.; the St.
B o naventure-Boston College
winner meets the Atlantic
Coast Conference champion,
probably North Carolina or
Duke, an dthe Davidson - St.
John's winner faces the Colum-bia-Lasalle
winner at
Raleigh.
S o u t heastern Conference
champion Kentucky meets the
Bowling Green-Marquette win
ner and the Big Ten champion
faces the Florida State-East
Tennessee survivor. The other
West Regional pits Western
Athletic Conference winner
New Mexico against the West
Coast Conference champion.
The regional finals are
March 16 and the two-night
finals begin March 22 in Los
Angeles.
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Expected
To Go On
By OWEN DAVIS
of The Daily Tar Heel Staff
CHARLOTTE North
Carolina, Duke, South Carolina
and North Carolina State will,
barring a major upset, battle
in Friday night's Atlantic
Coast Conference tournament
semi-finals.
Today's first round of action
should only provide a warmup
session for all four first
division teams although there
could be a scare in any con
test. The quartet which leads the
ACC, has a combined 70-22
record, while the bottom four
sport a lowly 24-72 combined
mark.
Only a mental letdown by
one of the top teams will allow
an upset today for there is a
sharp difference in the abilities
of the upper and lower division
clubs.
The scrap between the fourth
and fifth place teams, South
Carolina and Virginia, ideally
should be the closest since the
two are far apart in the con
ference standings.
That probably will not be
the case. Although the Cava
liers edged USC early in the
season, it was a fluke. Guard -Jack
Thompson for South
Carolina was injured and the.
Gamecocks were caught by
surprise.
When they battle again at
9 p.m., USC should have a
fairly easy time.
The kickoff game at 1:30
.between third place State and
Maryland in sixth will most
likely provide the best com
petitive game.
. The Terps have won three in
a row and State will be looking
ahead toward Duke. Coach
Norm Sloan's Wolfpack won't
get beat in the first game as
they did last year, but they
shouldn't run away with a vic
tory. Clemson is the weakest
tourney team and ; Duke had
the luck of the draw in facing
the Tigers in the opener.
The two teams clash at 3:30
and Coach Vic Bubas will pro
bably go to his bench by 3:35.
All-conference center Mike
Lewis will have an easy time
on the boards with only 6-7
Richie Mahaf fey giving him a
battle. Lewis will shoot for
most valuable player honors
and gun for 25 points and 15 re
bounds. The . Blue Devils are 20-4,
Clemson 4-19.
The most exciting contest
will develop from what should
be the most boring. The match
between first place Carolina
(22-3) and co-cellar dweller
Wake Forest (5-20) may not be
the closest, but it should be
rough.
Carolina has the board,
shooting and reserve strength
however, and only a vengeful
attitude by the Deacons could
make the score closer than 10
points.
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In CMarloifce
ACC Tournament Pairings
At Charlotte
N. Carolina (1)
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Thursday 7 : 00 p.m.
Wake Forest (8)
S. Carolina (4) WWL
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Virginia (5)
Stsrdy
Duke (2) s:pjll
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Clemson (7)
Friday '
N. CState (3) t:WP
Thursday
1:30 p.m.
Maryland (6)
cott, Clark Join
Miller On
North Carolina superstars
Larry Miller and Charlie Scott
headlined the All-Atlantic
Coast Conference basketball
team announced Wednesday
morning.
Miller was a unanimous
selection to the five-man unit
chosen by area sports writers
while Scott was the only
sophomore to make the
squad.
Duke's Mike Lewis, also a
unanimous pick, South
Carolina's Skip Harlicka and
Eddie Biedenbach of North
Carolina State round out the
quintet.
Miller, the only repeat choice
from last year and 1967 ACC
Player of the Year, polled a
maximum 190 votes along with
Lewis.
Scott was third in the
balloting followed by Harlicka
and Biedenbach.
Carolina center Rusty Clark
was a second team selection
along with Butch Zatezalo of
Clemson, Gary Gregor and
Frank Standard of South
Carolina and Mike Katos of
Virginia.
The first team is a short one,
with 6-7 Lewis being the tallest
man. Scott and Miller are 6-5
and &4 and Harlicka and
Biedenbach are both 6-1.
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All-ACC
None are from the South.
Miller adds the all-conference
honor to a host of All
America teams he has made
this season. He led the Tar
Heels in the regular season
with a 22.6 point average and
hit 50 per cent of his floor
shots.
Scott finished with an 18.0
average and developed into one
of the conference's finest
passers in his first year. ,
Lewis led the conference .in
both scoring and rebounding
during the season. He scored
at a 23.6 clip and averaged 15.4
rebounds a game.
Harlicka is the leading
scorer for South Carolina with
a 21.3 average. Biedenbach
scored 14.9 points per contest
and was noted for his
playmaking ability.
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