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UNC's all-league catcher
In quest of the sacred goal of filling space, and since the number of stories today is
inversely proportional to the space that needs to be filled, we revert to amateurism,
plagiarism, and just plain desperation. .
-The Tar Heel baseball team, which played East Carolina in Durham last night and
now readies for Wake Forest in the finale tomorrow night, is hitting a good .271.
However, the ERA of the pitching staff is 4.84 and the team is fielding only .949.
Doug Lanham leads the race for leading hitter with a .330 mark. Jack Gillis is
hitting .322 with 30 RBI's and Mike Roberts is hitting .313.
Shortstop Bobby Elliott, along with his useful .295 average, has had an outstanding
year in the field. A rash of recent errors has pulled his fielding down to .948, but his
major league plays have been merely routine.
The best thing going on the tube right now and maybe any time is the Stanley
Cup playoffs. Montreal's exciting 4-2 vicotry over Chicago Sunday was the epitome of
hockey's excitement; it sure beat the NBA playoffs and the Byron Nelson Classic.
-What's amazing is how old some of those players are, like Montreal's Jean
Beliveau and Henri Richard. And yet they're there every week, surviving through hard
checks against the boards and seemingly never suffering injury. The Carolina Cougars
seem to have seen the light. They're supposedly in the process of buying the
Greensboro Generals, which is very minor league but still exciting.
-The Tar Heel tennis team, with only one senior graduating, goes for the ACC title
this weekend in Columbia, S.C. Clemson will give Carolina its only competition for a
second straight championship. Fred McNair, Jim Corn, Forrest Simmons and Mike
Kernodle have been magnificent their combined record was 77-15 in regular
season-but freshmen Richard McKee and Richard Hardaway almost stole the show.
McKee was unbeaten and Hardaway lost only one, that to Clemson's misplaced first
man Safraz Rahim. ... ...
The Tigers defeated UNC with that trick earlier in the year, "sacrificing" lower men
to McNair and Corn and putting their top players in the bottom part of the order. The
most intriguing part of Clemson's team is its doubles tandem of Rahim and
Nunna playing together, an Indian and a Pakistani. That's like butting Amwar Sadat
and Moshe Dayan in the same foursome in a golf match.
Vida Blue, which sounds like a new brand of champagne, has led the Oakland A's
to a big lead in the Western Division of the American League. Blue, a dazzling
lefthander, has an 8-0 recond since losing the opener to Washington. But Oakland
struck back at the Senators with a great trade this weekend.
The A's got ace reliever Darold Knowles and potentially explosive first sacker Mike
Hpstein for relieveer Paul Lindblad, catcher Frank Fernadez and aging first baseman
Don Mincher. Nat owner Bob Short and manager Ted Williams are reportedly at odds
over the deal, which isn't the first time that's happened.
Next deal for the bumbling Senators may be Frank Howard to Milwaukee for Dave
May, Ted Kubiak and a tall Schlitz. At least, don't put it past them.
-Basketball Weekly, which should know, picked UNC's basketball team third in the
nation after its NIT victory. Another publication has already put the Tar Heels fourth
in the rankings for next season. ,
-Olympic champion George Foremen went for his 28th straight victory last night
against Argentine heavyweight Greg Peralta. What's interesting is that the World
Boxing Association ranks him as the top contender for Joe Frazier's crown, and
doesn't even rank Muhammed Ali. y
Basketball Weekly would know better than that. Joe Frazier probably would, too.
-Football Coach Bill Dooley and his staff have apparently done it again. They've
cornered the market on good North Carolina and Virginia talent. In the list of signees
elsewhere on this page, you'll notice that 25 of the 39 are from either North Carolina
or Virginia, the same formula that Dooley used to build his Peach Bowl team last year.
In the past, State seemed to get the top local athletes. An occasional Danny Talbott
or Ken Willard might seep through to Chapel Hill, but Earle Edwards consistently
picked up the Roman Gabriels, Charlie Bowerses, Dennis Byrds, Jim Donnans, etc.
Now with the help of northern blue-chippers like Son McCauley and Paul Hoolahan.
the Tar Heels are strong with Bud Grissoms, Ken Taylors, Ike Oglesbys, Paul Millers,
and others from North Carolina. Outstanding among the new crop are 6-6 defensive
end Charles Waddell from Southern Pines and quarterback Charles Baggett from
Fayetteville.
-They should investigate Jack Nicklaus and convict him, just like any other
monopoly. The rest of the pro players wish they had the power over him that his wife
Barbara possesses. ,
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Sports Writer
Carolina's all-conference catcher Mike
Roberts has one distinct goal in life.
" "I want to play professional ball, and I
hope to get a chance this summer," says
the determined receiver. "If I don't get a
chance I will be back here next year."
" If Carolina loses a catcher then there's
a chance they will gain their first
representative to the professional ranks in
some time. It's a well known fact that
good young catchers are in demand by
pro scouts and Roberts fills the mold.
The Junior backstop has always been
an outstanding fielder, illustrated by the
fact that last year he won the All-ACC
honors with a mediocre .234 batting
average. This past summer however, he
worked hard on his hitting weaknesses
and the results have payed off.
The Kingsport, Tenn. native
hard work to his imporvement at the
plate as well as a change in batting stance.
"I have opened my stance since last
year," stated Roberts. "Before I was
blocking myself off and trying to go to
right field. Now I'm pulling the ball
better. ' -
Jayvees
win finale
The jayvee baseball team ended the
season on an impressive note with a 10-2
victory over Sandhills Community
College last week.
Pitcher Jeff Wood was touched for
three hits and two runs in the first inning,
but allowed no hits for the next six
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Steve Groome also pitched hitless ball
in the last two innings.
UNC pounded 15 hits, with six
doubles and, two triples. Catcher Russ
Niller, formerly of the varsity, had a
perfect day with four hits in four trips,
including four RBIs. a double and a
triple.
Third sacker Tommy Smith added
three hits in four at bats with a double
and two runs driven in. Durwood Powell
had two doubles and two RBIs and Wood
mixed a double and a triple in his three
hits. . -
Shortstop Dickie Witt also contributed
two hits, with a double. "With a
performance like that,-we 'hated, to see
the season, ;come ..to' .an, efid,," 'saiCoach
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the players throughout the season," he
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For Roberts, baseball is more than just
a spring sport. In the summer, when
I many of his Carolina teammates are
t toiling at their summer jobs, Roberts
i continues to play basebalL
For the past three summers the
right-handed slugger has played in the
Valley League, a highly competitive
semi-pro league in Virginia. The first two
seasons in the league Roberts spent his
time playing for New Market but last year
switched and played for the team located
in Charlottesville.
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McNair gives warning to ACC foes
by Rick Brewer
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' CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-Freddie McNair
says he's "ready to play" and that should
be sufficient warning for his opponents at
the Atlantic Coast Conference Tennis
Championships this weekend.
' McNair, the University of North
Carolina's star sophomore, will be the
top-seeded player when the tournament
gets underway Thursday in Columbia,
S.C.
McNair is ranked number one by
virtue of his 6-0 record against conference
opponents this season. Overall, Freddie
posted an impressive 19-3 mark. Well, it's
impressive to everyone but him, anyway.
Ji 'The entire season has been a big
disappointment," says McNair, the -former
National Interscholastics
champion from Chevy Chase, Md. "When
the season started I had hopes of going
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in football
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-The University
of North Carolina has announced the
signing of 39 student-athletes to football
grants-in-aid in what appears to be a
banner recruiting year x'or the Tar Heels.
There are 21 backs and 17 lineman
the list of signees released by Carolina
Head Coach Bill Dooley. Thirteen of the
players hail from the state of North
Carolina and 12 are from Virginia.
. . We are pleased with our recruiting this
eax'Dooleyisaidi "On paper, it looks
Mike on of our best group of incoming
freshmen. It was the type of year we
J ! must have in order to be competitive in
' the Atlantic Coast Conference."
J; BACKS
": Frank Townsend, 5-11, 160,
rA Fayetteville, N.C.; Alan Brumfield, 6-1,
175, Danville, Va.; Charles Baggett, 60,
3 ie 180, Fayetteville, N.C.; Hy Shapiro, 6-2,
175, Oswego, N.Y.; Chris Kupec, 6-4,
ci200, Syossett, N.Y.; Tom Reghanti, 6-2,
t:.-195, Grosse Point, Mich.; Kip Arnall,
:;. 5-11, 165, Richmond, Va.; Bobby
niMyrick, 5-10, 165, Goldsboro, N.C.;
Terry Cantrell, 6-0, 185, Atlanta, Ga.;
.Mark DiCarlo, .6-1, 185, Atlanta, Ga.;
Jimmy DeRatt, 6-0, 185, Sarasota, N.C.;
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years he participated in baseball at his
high school in Kingsport were spent
behind the plate, and it was from this
school that he was recruited for the job
of catcher for the Tar Heels.
At the start of the current season
Roberts was having his difficulties at the
plate and be found himself alternating
with backup man Russ Niller. Since then,
however, Roberts began to meet the ball
and has been a mainstay for the Heels
ever since.
When asked about how he felt about
alternating, the confident Roberts
replied, "I didn't particularly Eke it. I felt
undefeated, but my game never got off
the ground.
"My big problem has been
concentration. I've had a lot of things on
my mind lately schoolwork, what to do
this summer, my future plans and things
like that. Two of my losses (to
Princeton's Bill Colson and Presbyterian's
Milan Kofol) have been to players I've
beaten easily in the past couple of years."
Carolina Coach Don Skakle says
Freddie's main problem has been a lack
of hard competition.
"He's rarely challenged," says Skakle,
"and that causes him to lose his
concentration. He needs to play every
match as if it's for the national
championship and try to put it away as
quickly as possible."
Freddie promises to do just that in the
ACC Championships.
"I'm really looking forward to the
tournament," he says. "I'm getting
39 players
recruiting
Dick Oliver, 5-11, 195, Roanoke, Va.;
David Barrett, 6-1, 200, Saltville, Va.;
Tommy Collins, 6-3, 220, Richmond,
Va.; Jon Tessar, 6-2, 200, Herndon, Va.;
Ted Elkins, 6-1, 195, Charlotte, N.C.; Joe
Peduto, 6-3, 21 5, -Staunton, Va.; Tommy
Jones, 6-0, 205, Concord, N.C.; Ralph
Gilliam, 6-2, 205, Elon College, N.C.;
Gary Cowan, 6-2, 204, Sylvia, N.C.; Jack
Todd, 6-2, 220, Medford Lakes, N.J.;
Tommy Embrey, 6-1 , 195,'YiennaVa.V ' ' '.
'' LINEMEN;r
Ronnie Robinson, 6-2, 255,
Burlington, N.C.; Lee Califf, 6-4, 240,
Alexandria, Va.; Pete Marchetti, 6-5, 240,
New Philadelphia, Pa.; Ken Huff, 64,
245, Coronado, Calif.; Jeff Turcotte, 6-4
240, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Tom
Maier, 6-1, 220, Northport, N.Y.; Bill
Wicks, 6-1, 225, Norfolk, Va.; Dan Swain,
6-3, 200, Thomasville, N.C.; Gary Nelson,
6-1, 225, Brevard, N.C.; Charles Waddell,
676, 225, Southern Pines, N.C.; Robert
Jones, 6-2, 205, Virginia Beach, Va.;
Chris Van Cuyk, 6-3, 205, Tampa, Fla.;
Andy Chacos, 6-5, 215, Bethesday, Md.;
Ernie Razzano, 6-1, 230, Howard Beach,
N.Y.; Mike Lyon, 6-1, 200, Fairfax, Va.;
Andy Harris, 6-3, 200, Charlotte, N.C.;
Mickey Donovan, 6-0, 215, Olean, N.Y.
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I should be catching, but there's some
things the coaches feel have to be done
and they were giving everybody a chance
before the craciil conference garr.es
cane."
The big news concerning the Tar Heels
squad at this time is their heartbreaking
eight fame losing streak. Roberts was
quick to give his reasons for this tails pin.
"The fact that we lost three one ran
ball games in tbout five days knocked us
out of the conference earlier than we
would have liked to have been out. Since
then it's been inconsistent pitching and
fielding, and leaving men on base."
myself mentally prepared for three days
of good tennis. I believe I'm readyo
play"
If McNair is in top form this week, he
will be a tough man to beat. He's
currently ranked as the 30th best player
in the country, amateur or professional,
by the USLTA. In a pre-season poll of
coaches, he was picked as one of the 10
top collegiate players in the nation.
Freddie had a brilliant summer last
year. He defeated Gene Scott, the
nation's 12th ranked player and a
six-time Davis Cupper, at the National
Amateur Grasscourt Championships. He
also knocked off Roscoe Tanner in the
Washington Star International Open.
The win over Tanner was an especially
sweet one for McNair, Roscoe was the
NCAA singles runner-up last year and was
named Stanford's Man of the Year,
beating out All-America quarterback Jim
Plunkett.
In the latter part of the summer
Freddie and Charlie Owens, the , 1 2th
ranked doubles team in the country, won
the Bronze Medal at the University
Games in Turin, Italy.
However, McNair still ranks his victory
over Tanner in the National
Interscholastics Championships as his
biggest win ever. That victory two years
ago made him the number one high
school player in America.
Now his goal is to be the number one
player in the ACC. His chance comes this
weekend.
Quincv back,
rr CHAPEL HILt;. NiC-Bob Quincy,
former sports information director at the
University of North Carolina, is rejoining
the Tar Heels as an announcer on the
UNC radio network.
Homer Rice, Carolina Director of
Athletics, said Tuesday that Quincy will
be the "color" man on the Tar Heel
Football and Basketball Network for the
1971-72 season.
On the network, Quincy will team
with Woody Durham, popular
Greensboro sportscaster who was selected
last week as the play-by-play man. ,
"We are delighted to have .' two
Carolina graduates on our broadcasting
team," Rice said. "Woody and Bob long
have been among the leading sports
Figures in the state."
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