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Thursday. April 24, 1S3Q The Daily Tar Heel A-9 UNC Roberts likes UNC job Coach can9t ask for more By DAVID POOLE Assistant Sports Editor Last of three parts Carolina baseball coach Mike Roberts is a controversial figure because he is a winner. His record going into today's Atlantic Coast Conference baseball game is 108-45. Winners always have a way of making some enemies. But his players don't share the criticisms others have levied. To hear them talk, Mike Roberts is just like one of the guys. "He has the program on the upswing," says Scott Bradley, "and a lot of people might be jealous of him. The other day in batting practice, he put on the catcher's gear and caught. In the off-season, he'll run five or six miles with us." "Coach Roberts doesn't make it a work camp," Jim Rouse says. "We can come and enjoy ourselves. He gives the opportunity to be responsible for yourself and, until you prove you can't handle that, that's the way it is." Mike Roberts knows he is aggressive, and will admit that might turn some people off. But he also knows his nature can't be changed. "I'm fortunate to be a person who enjoys getting up every day and feels like life should be a joy to live," he says. "I feel that if you're going to do something, you need to do it first-class, to work hard at it and really be aggressive." He thinks that aggressiveness should be carried onto the field by his players. One of Roberts' stated goals is to have the most hustling team in college baseball. "I feel like that's something they have to want to do," he says. "I don't think you can force them to hustle, but hopefully through, my philosophy and the way I come to the park every day I can make them want to be the most hustling team in college baseball." Roberts, therefore, says he recruits-young men on the basis of their personality as well as on the basis of their baseball talent. "I'm looking for good people who are good students and who are talented on the baseball field as well. . ' "I really have to sell myself and my philosophy. I try to be honest with the recruits and let them know where I stand, what my beliefs are, what my feelings are, what I expect of them and what they can expect of me. "I think that being honest with them has really helped," Roberts continues, "because they know what they're getting into and so do the moms and dads. They know they're going to be treated very first-class and very fairly, but that they're going to work very hard. I think that's what young people want." Roberts was a schoolboy athlete while growing up in Kingsport, Tenn. He played all sports, but says he finally chose baseball because that was the sport his father loved the most. "My Dad was the coach of the summer feague"teams 1 played on from the time I was about nine up through high school. He just loves the game, so a lot of my love for baseball grew out of that. "But I also felt like it was the only sport that, with my ... fewm? 1 ' 1 Thursday 12:30 p.m. NX. State Maryland Friday 1 p.m Thursday 3 p.m. Clemson All games at Doak Field in Raleigh Saturday 1 p.m. Friday 3:30 p.m. Friday 10:30 a.m. Chsmplon Mike Roberts size, I could play professionally. I also thq"ht it was a sport that-I could coach well, so I tried to learn as much as I co-uid, from everybody I played for." - Now;Roterts thinks he has the ideal job. "I just enjoy what f rfl'Hoihg. For me it's great. The school itself, the facilities, the program, the people that are involved whether it be in admissions or athletics they're all such good people. The location is great. There's no pressure to win, unless it's the pressure that I put on myself. 1 was fortunate to take over a program in good shape. What more can you ask?" ACC Baseball Tournament The Atlantic Coast Conference baseball championship will be determined this week at Doak Field in Raleigh as the ACC Tournament runs from Thursday to Saturday. Top-seeded North Carolina, which defeated Duke 13-6 Tuesday to advance into the final rounds, will open the event today at 12:30 p.m. against the host N.C. State. State edged Virginia 3-1 on Tuesday to advance. Today at 3 p.m. Maryland will play Clemson. Maryland got to the final rounds with a 9-2 win over Georgia Tefch Tuesday while Clemson advanced after beating Wake Forest 4-0. The losers of today's games will play Friday at 10:30 a.m. with today's winners squaring off at 1 p.m. The winner of Friday's first game and the loser of that day's second game play then at 3:30 Friday. The winner of the final game on Friday will then challenge the winner of Friday's second game for the championship at 1 p.m. Saturday. pr. , ij . j ports Baseball in ACC tournament vs. N.C. State at 12:30 in Raleigh. Lewis, DUs lead IM race; summer sports planned Stickmen fight for share of title By GEOFFREY MOCK . Stan Writer North Carolina has produced good lacrosse teams in 17 years of Atlantic Coast Conference action, but never an ACC title. This unenviable streak would come to an end with a Tar Heel victory over N.C. State at 2 p.m. Sunday in Raleigh. A win by UNC also would help clear up the confused NCAA tournament picture. At least 12 schools are in contention for berths in the eight-team field. Carolina enters the State game with one ACC loss and tied for first with Virginia and Maryland. State's strength is in its offense where they boast All-America Stan Cockerton, the nation's leading scorer last year. The task of guarding Cockerton falls toe Tar Heel co-captain Terry Murray in what assistant coach Dave Klarman called the key match-up of the game. Coach Willie Scroggs has established winning the ACC title as a team goal. "It's something we really looked forward to," he said. "This is the biggest game of the year," UNC attackman Peter Voelkel said. "State has been playing up to its potential lately. Cockerton has been going wild." The game will influence the national committee that gives out the spots to the NCAA tourney. The situation is similar to last year when State defeated Carolina to gain the final tournament bid. "This game is the key to our season," sophomore John Schipper said. "We have those two losses and we can't afford any more. The committee usually takes a team from every area so it often comes down to Carolina and State." The Tar Heels conclude their season against Washington and Lee at 4 p.m. May 1 0th in Lexington, Va. The Generals are ranked sixth in the nation with a 6-1 record. : ' '! As the last pages in this year's intramural calendar are torn away, the UNC Intramural Office is caught up in its seemingly annual frenzy of activity. Secretary Paula Davis and supervisor of officials Rick Magee carefully are totaling up activity points. 1 . Director of I ntramurals Ed Shields and his assistant Marty Pomerantz are busy organizing activities for the upcoming summer sessions. It's a busy time of year. In the latest standings in the fraternity and residence hall division races Lewis Dormitory and Delta Upsilon hold the top positions. Lewis dorm is far from the largest on campus, nor is it famous for being the oldest, the cleanest, or the most modern in Chapel Hill. Yet, if the still undecided championships in racquetball : and softball do not affect dramatically the current standings, Lewis will reign as the 1979-1980 overall champion in the residence hall division. Lewis now has 71 1 points to lead with Teague A second at 609 points. They are followed by Manly (525), Everett (483) and Granville CW (400). A mere 63 points divide the next five halls Granville DW (391), Stacy (384), Teague B (367), Avery (365) and Mangum (328). Although their total all but puts Lewis out of reach,-, Magee f noted that raquetball and Softball finals 1 7 7 I 7 7 is the place to be this summer Granville Towers makes life a little easier for you so that you can enjoy Summer in Chapel HiH Think of these seven things First, we are located adjacent to campus and downtown so that you don t have to worry about getting tied up in traffic, finding a parking place or miss ing your bus. You can walk or ride a bike to campus and still have your automobile available at Granville for whenever and whatever. Second, you don't have to worry about furnishings. Everything is provided at Granville Towers, not only beds and chairs and desks, etc. but also light bulbs, toilet paper, things you might forget when you are budgeting to live some place else Third, we provide a meal plan suited to your complete Summer needs. Including week-end travel. The room and 15 meals plan per week (with meals from Sunday evening through Friday lunch) costs only $325 a Summer Session. With meals provided, you don't have to worry about the time and expense of shopping, preparing meals, and cleaning the dishes, nor do you have to worry about where to get dishes, condiments, etc. Fourth, just to make it a little more easy, we provide weekly maid service and dally maintenance; we feel that you would rather be spending your time hav ing fun, which brings up Fifth, a complete and active coeducational social program at Granville Towers if you feel like you need some privacy once in a while, you have your room and the many semi-private lounges inside Granville Towers. But. if you want to meet the folks, go to the lower lounges and shoot a game of pool, play some ping pong, get some ice. play the pinbali machine, sing around the piano, watch a big event on color TV or go to the coed sun deck on top of Granville East or go to the swimming pool and outside recreation area and enjoy the informal cook-outs, swimming, volleyball, badminton, basketball, etc and the many parties and dances that we are planning this year . .. i Sixth, if this isn t enough, inside it is all air conditioned. (In Chapel Hill it can get pretty warm in the Summertime ) This air-conditioning as well as all other utilities are provided at no extra cost; again, you wouldn't have to budget any more '-, ... i And seventh, if this still isn t enough, we provide an individual liability lease. so you are not held resp nsibie for a roommate's rent if he or she had to leave for some reason or other The cost is only $8 78 per day for everything, including 15 meals per week1"' ''J Give us a call at 929-7143, or better yet, come over for a visit All housing is in Granville East this Summer. You can come over here any time night or day and get your room reservation. We are planning a great time and hope that you will be with us during the Summer to share in the fun. UNIVERSITY SQUARE 929-7143 could change any part of the standings. "First place in these last two (sports) is worth about 60 points each," Magee said, "so nothing's final until all the scores are in." Last year Teague A captured the division crown with Lewis finishing seventh. ijVSs &- Clubs By CHIP KARNES In the fraternity division, Delta Upsilon hopes to retain theircurrent 69 point lead on Pi Kappa Alpha (540) to land the championship. Third place belongs to Chi Phi (454), fourth is Pi Kappa Phi (427), and Sigma Nu (424) is fifth. The following five are somewhat further separated: Beta Theta Pi (408), Tau Epsilon Phi (293), Chi Psi (288), Phi Delta Theta (280) and Sigma Chi with 243 points. Although these standings, like those in the residence hall division are not yet final, the championship seems to be between the DUs and the Pikas because of their usual dominance of the spring ' sports,8 Pi Kappa Alpha'has placed two teams in the softball playoffs and several in the IM raquetball tourney. In contrast, Delta Upsilon remains unbeaten and unscored on in softball, and should the DUs win their second consecutive diamond championship, the overall title would be clinched for 1979-1 980. All-campus intramural competitions will be offered in the following sports during the summer session: badminton, basketball, raquetball, tennis and softball. The sign-up deadline is May 21, except for golf, which closes registration May 28... There will be a free play softball game at 10 a.m. each Saturday on Carmichael Field. The game is open to both students and non-students, and additional games will be organized on other fields to accommodate all players... In intramural bowling Welcome To The Machine From Enterprise, winners of the graduate-independent division, defeated NFLO from the residence halls to claim all-campus honors. Other winners were Sigma Chi in the fraternity division, DU White II in the Rams, NROTC in the co-rec competitive, the IMfcOffice jr mi cchrec, recreational, the Parker Pins in women's competitive, the KAT Safety Pins in women's recreational...- In golf Phi Delta Theta posted the lowest score in the spring IM tourney to capture the fraternity division. Stacy won the residence hall while the Enterprise Sandmen took grad-independent honors... . Swim meet victories went to the following division winners: the Granville AW 69ers, Chi Phi, the Med School and Tri Delt.... The 1979-1980 one-on-one basketball champion is Rick Bcroth... The division championships in the first annual Ersatz Boston Marathon, a 2.6 mile run held last Monday, were won by Steve Doeres and Dottie Marlow. Race director Mike O'Malley said the race was a huge success, and is destined to become an annual event... In innertube water basketball finals Melanie Wall and Sonya Lewis scored goals to grasp all-campus honors for the Sinks Like A Rock team... Students wishing to work as paid area coordinators during fall semester for the IM office should apply in person anytime this summer. Also, referees will be needed for next year's Carolina tag and grail mural competitions. k Finally, all referees should meet at 8 . tonight on Carmichael - Field for-sn'f "appreciation get-together." 3 t he ENTERTAINMENT AMUSEMENT CO PRESENTS L '-"""i IB- 3 $ it Ac WEDNESDAY MAY 1 4th - 8 p.m. Speca Guost - THE HEATS Tickets - $9 and $8 ( AS Sests Reserved ) TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT THE GREENSBORO COLISEUM BOX OFFICE All Authorized BELK Ticket Outlets PEACHES RECORDS Greensboro WICKLINE DRUG - Collmsville. Virginia REZNICK 'S -Winston Salem RALEIGH CIVIC CENTER Raleigh Ipnt's florist 310 West Franklin Chapel Hill, N.C. 967-9394 A Corsage makes the O j evening complete HUmJ Li V &Jf- J Vr Aillf If? 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