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Tuesday, August 31, 1971 Defense improved, offense explosive ITTT ACC lLeejLs are carpaiLDie it wmmn The Daily Tar Heel y Ike Oglesby 3 i I . . t-o i John Bunting S2.50 (ALL S 1 .59 regular Make your own Salad at the Salad Bar HOMEMADE PIES BOTH MEALS INCLUDE TEA or COFFEE 5 X U U ri HAM or SAUSAGE BISCUITS FOR ONLY S 1 .00 The Mileage WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING SERVICES FIRESTONE TIRES FRONT END Afonniflnt COMPLETE BRAKE ON and OFF CAR (Most Wire and Mag Wheels) SHOCK ABSORBERS Mufflers and Tail Pipes WE ARE A N.C. INSPECTION STATION 405 West Main Street Carrboro, N.C. Phone 967-7058 y.-". .jy ':j . Lou Angelo Rusty Culbreth 1 AT Eastgate Shopping Center Breakfast Lunch oPDeanyr-Tk Dinner specializing in COUNTRY HAM for YOU CAN EAT) dinner anything other than ham A Specialist SONIC TIRES (60 Series) SERVICE WHEEL BALANCING Tire by Mark Khickcr Sports Editor Ten starters returning on defense, 13 corning back in all. A veteran backfield, defensive backs on the rnend, increased confidence from last year's 8-1 Peach Bowl team. On the surface, it is easy to understand why Carolina's football team has been picked by some to finish in the Top 20, and no lower than second in the conference. Yet there are several unanswered questions that could impede the Tar Heels' progress. Can Coach Bill Dooley build an offensive line out of inexperienced, although promising, players? The veteran lane that opened the holes for Don McCauley's 1,720 yards was completely erased by graduation? Will Carolina solve its punting problems? Can Paul Miller stay healthy enough to quarterback the offense? Is that siege of injuries in the defensive backfield finally over? To start with, UNC's running fame is still strong without McCauley, now with the Baltimore Colts. Ike Oglesby, Don's understudy last season, bolted for 562 yards and six touchdowns last season. Coaches say that Oglesby is more of a threat to go 20 yards at a clip than McCauley was, but when it's third and three McCauley was more reliable. "All I know is that Oglesby has a chance to be a fine running back if he continues to improve," Dooley comments. Ike missed the Blue-White game with a broken hand last spring. Geoff Hamlin may be the most underrated backfield man in the ACC. The Canadian fullback blocked strongly and ran for 195 yards. Wingback Lew Jolley contributed 176 ground yards and also led receivers with 20 catches and five scores. Behind these runners are tailbacks Mike Shuster and Phil Daly, both sophomores, fullbacks Billy Hite and Tim Kirkpatrick and wingback-tailback Bill Sigler, an overshadowed senior who filled in for McCauley as a sophomore. Miller's back spasms kept him out of the spring game, when sophomores John Klise and Nick Vidnovic passed well. When he played, Miller completed 48 of 80 passes for eight scores, and ran for two , more, including his "hidden-ball" move in the 59-34 win over Duke. A punter - the search continues In this day of wide-open offensive football, North Carolina Coach Bill Dooley still believes the foot is the biggest weapon in the game. And the fact that Dooley has not yet discovered a "big foot" for the 1971 season is cause for major concern as Tar-Heel pre-season practice draws near. All-America Don McCauley, who did the major share of the punting for Carolina last season, is gone. He performed well for the Tar Heels in the kicking department, averaging 38.4 yards on 48 punts. He consistently kicked the ball high in the air, thus allowing Tar Heel opponents few long returns. "Our spring practice didn't turn up a consistent punter," Dooley says. "Chris Lee, who punted some last year, is back and he has done some outstanding punting on occasion. But he hasn't been consistent." Others in the running for the punting job are sophomores Charlie Sink of North Wilkesboro, N.C, and Nick Vidnovic of Falls Church, Va. "Because field position is so vitally important, kicking still is the name of the game," Dooley says. "We have records which prove that the team with the best kicking wins most of the time." September 1, 8:00 p.m. Great Hall-Student Union TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION Introductory Lectures As Taught By Maharishi Mahesh Yogi each individual to iN-... trus year, and w:th Ear! Beth: blossoming into a fir.e : promise may stick on the scoreboard. Bethea. a red shirt sorhomcre, the outstanding Lneman in the Blue-V. h:te game. cerunj cetnea a equajy pro Earl Chesson, who make the TD cat h that beat Duke's freshmen last year. Tight end is a safe position. Johnny Cowell and Ken Taylor played a lot last year behind Tony Blanchard and will split time this season. In the offensive line, the coaches liked the work of center Bob Thornton (6-4. 229), guard Ron Rusnak (6-1. 222). and tackle Reid LookabiH (6-3. 217). At the other tackle, junior Jerry Sam and sophomores Joel Bradshaw (260) and Bob Pratt (245) will contend. At guard, senior Jim Ppai has hud some experience and may team with Rusnal unless sophomores BUI Newton and Bill Arnold come on strong. Robert Walters, the free spirit of the redshirts last season and the unofficial Ehringhaus barber, is contending Thornton at center. Defensively the Tar Heels should be much improved over a unit that gave up only 179 points in 12 games and an average of less than 100 yards rushing a game. Although strong tackle Flip Ray graduated, Eric Hyman. who started two years ago, is ready to take his place. The 240-pound Hyman brings mobility to a veteran line that includes tackle Bud Grissom and ends Bill Brafford and Gene Brown. Dooley promises more w Iw xvv ' - in ' - - j?- Bill Richardson (56) and Flip Ray, both departed senoirs,haIt a Duke runner in bst returning at defensive end, closes in from behind. iomegrowii talent 1971 Tar Babies are bigger, faster Sticking to the formula of .ecruiting the best out of North Carolina and Virginia, the Tar Heel coaching staff has gathered 39 incoming freshmen that can rank with any crop in the Southeast. Twenty-five of them are from North Carolina and Virginia. The 16 linemen average 222 pounds e3ch, and 23 backs bring impressive running, passing and catching credentials with them. The Tar Babies will have two bona fide passers and a fleet of quick backs. Chris Transcendental meditation is a natural, spontaneous technique which allows expand his mind and imptove his life. BdJ Chapman and Wes Ncrton. who scored with a blocked p-r.t m the B:e-Wh;:e game, are relief end? whde Rc-bbi Var.den-Broek a an experienced reserved tackle. "Show me three better linebackers on ore team than John Bunting, Jim Webster and Ricky Packard," challenges Dooley. "And John Anderson came :n and did a great job m the spring." Bunting could be an AU-Amenca candidate. Packard, despite only 1 S3 pounds, "is at the right place at the r.ght time." according to his coach. And Webster, after tw o injury plagued years, is ready to hit with his old authority. Anderson won the Chuch Enckson Award for outstanding hustle m spring drills and will take Bill Richardson's place at one inside linebacker. Behind them are two-year veteran Mel Riddile. concerted quarterback Mike Mansfield, promising Stee Early, and sophomore Terry Taylor. This may be the best department on the squad. Richard Stilley. Rusty Culbreth and Greg Ward were out of spring drills due to various injuries, and as a result the secondary was embarassed a few times in the Blue-White game. Culbreth's knee injury knocked him out of the season in the second game when he was making a convincing claim for an all-conference spot. All three are recovered and ready to join Lou Angeio (five interceptions) to shore up Carolina's deep defenses. Helping is senior John Swofford. whose checkered career has finally been solidified on defense, Phil Lamm Kupec, from Cyossett, N.Y., is regarded as one of the best quarterback prospects in the country. Another New Yorker, Hy Shapiro (from Oswego) and Fayetteville's brilliant Charles Baggett will apparently give Kupec plenty of competition for the regular signal-calling job. Halfback Gary Cowan, from Sylva, N.C. recently won a Hall of Fame scholar-athlete award. Kip Arnall, a 165-pound speedster from Richmond, Va. and 160-pound Frank Townsend from Fayetteville come with high recommendations. Several of the backs, of course, will be tested at other positions by freshman coach Moyer Smith, who is 9-1 after two seasons. In the line, the top prospects include 25 5-pound Ronnie Robinson from Burlington- "with his size, he's also very quick," says varsity coach Bill Dooley. Ken Huff, from Coronado, Cal., is 6-4, 245. Head recruiter Clyde Walker flew to California to get Huff's parents signatures on the grant-in-aid, then boarded another plane to Massachusetts for Huff's signature at prep school. It may have been the longest recruiting trip to sign one prospect in Carolina's history. Center Andy Harris from Charlotte (6-3, 200) was one of North Carolina's best prep linemen last year. His signing with the Tar Heels was a surprise since his father Dave, who is now athletic director of Charlotte's schools, was a great receiver at Wake Forest. Lee Califf of Alexandria, Va. and Pete Marchetti of New Philadelphia, Pa. both weigh 240, while 6-6 Charles Waddell of Southern Pines, a defensive end, played in the basketball All-Star game in Greensboro last month. Another top line prospect is 6-5, 215-pound Andy Chacos of Bethesda, Md. He was also j sensational baseball and basketball find in high school. surprised everyone in spr.rg practice nad down the other job. Pu-ting. however, was as dismal in th; spnng game as m 170. and Dooley hi been working with Chr.s Lee. Char..; Sink, and Vidnovic to find a good foot i seems more and more a ma ring :ba McCauley was able to punt for a 3-ya:: averase after all that running -'"h: or... Kid kicking game was the Peach Bo:.' Dooley points out. Placekicker Ken Craven booted -i 1 42 extra points and seven of I " f;; goals. With more range he could r : outstanding, and Dooley is also scsiis:.: with kickoff man Bill Taylor It's all about blocking and det'erd.-. acainst passes, because the Heels s- ' r.a even thir.c ;se . d a -. . Dooley Moore. s new ottensive une c learned the craft : at Alabama, and Dool Krvar.t at Alabama, and ioo;e was a guard at Mississippi State. So the brain trust is there and D insists that the materia! is. too. The Heels must contend with tough defer, lines from Wake Forest, Illinois. N Dame. Maryland. Clemson and State Of course, it's possible that Car could hje a better team this season, a: less attractive record, since the schedu better (or worse, depending n how looks at it ) But no matter where Wake Eores picked m a national magazine, or I many lettermen Clemson is return.ng. sheer talent built up on Carolina's t; through tireless recruiting will make Heels the team to beat this cr in ACC. c" o year's 59-34 Carolina win. Bill Brafford (S5 ) Coach Moyer Smith The Tar Babies open Oct. 4 agaT.s: State in Kenan Stadium and host Wjke Forest two weeks ago. The rest of the schedule is on the road, at Virginia Oct 2, at Richmond Nov. 5 and at Duke Nov. 13. Closer home This year's Tar Heel football team ample proof that coaches don't need to travel great distances to find top-rate talent. If the team opened play tomorrow, I ? of 22 starters would had from North Carolina and Virginia. Fullback Geoff Hamilin of Canada, deep back Lou Angelo of Youngstown, O., splat end Earl Bethea of Spnngfield, S.C. and linebacker John Bunting of Silver Spring, Md. are the only present starters from other states. I lis .-'
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