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2BThe Daily Tar HeelFriday, August 28, 1987 T On walking the fairways of an old Scottish course Mow you bo cam bick tin By DAVE HALL Spiff Writer j The joy and nostalgia that often cpme when reflecting upon athlet ics at UNC are sweet indeed. Often, however, these joyful reminiscences dissipate when one is? forced to confront the problem of getting tickets for the next great ajhletic event. jThe ticket distribution policy fqr football and basketball home gfcmes remains essentially unchanged from last year. ; Block tickets for football, com prising groups of 20-100 souls, are distributed by having a block representative take each individu als athletic pass to the Smith Qcnter ticket office between 8 a.m. afcd noon on the Monday preced ing home games. After a drawing fqr the seats, the results will be posted at the Smith Center and ir( the Student Union. ; As of this moment there are no plans for group seating at basket ball, according to the Smith Center ticket office. I Individual tickets for football g&mes are distributed on a random bftsis the Wednesday before home games. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., one person may obtain as many as six tickets by presenting the athletic pisses along with the necessary student IDs at the Smith Center ticket office. JFor basketball games, tickets afe given on a random mix of upper and lower level seats, excluding the top five rows of the upper level. One person may get as many as two tickets upon presentation of the appropriate number of athletic passes and student IDs. Tickets for the two NBA games are now on sale to the student population and the general public. The first game, to be held on October 24, will pit the world champion Los Angeles Lakers against the Cleveland Cavaliers. A 2 V v w , ? - it I 'i " v , r ' s ,v s ! t I 1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Lakers will return to Chapel Hill in October Tar Heel file Photo While the Lakers highlight their normal cast of stars including UNC alumnus James Worthy, the ageless Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and MVP Magic Johnson, the Cavaliers will feature Brad Daugh- erty's return to Chapel Hill. The second matchup, on October 31, will pair the Chicago Bulls and the Dallas Mavericks. The Bulls are led by NBA scoring champ and UNC great Michael Jordan, who will battle the Mavs and ex-teammate Sam Perkins. Student tickets are now on sale on a first-come, first-serve basis at the Smith Center ticket office. The price is $12 Soccer from pagelB in two games. "She did a remarkable job' for us last year, said Dorrance. Gebauer had 10 goals and 26 points overaJL,,,, ,- Secbnd team All-American Birthe Hegsfad, who earned that honor as a back last year, will be moved to forward because of her offensive "skills. She had 16 points last fall. Senior Carrie Serwetnyk (10 goals in 1986), and impressive sophomore r Julie Guarnotta (10 goals, 25 points), complete the offense. The Tar Heels begin their title defense Sept. 1 against Berry at 2 p.m. at Fetzer Field. Rivals George Mason, whom the Tar Heels elim inated in the NCAA semifinals last year, and Central Florida come; to Chapel Hill for the Tar Heel Invi tational beginning Sept. 5. "We took some off oi our schedule from last year," said Dorrance. "The summer was really hard for them, and with this year's team we have to be concerned with burnout." Sure, losing Heinrichs and McDer mott will hurt the UNC women's soccer team. But Dorrance, who has lost only seven games in the seven years women's soccer has been a varsity sport, remains calm about this year's team. "Our ambition is to be the best. We're interested in winning," Dor rance said. "That's a tradition we don't want to change." Eg lunch and Dinner Sandwiches are served with your choice of one of our tasty side orders: Blackeyed peas & corn, potato salad, corn chips, cole slaw, pinto beans, or buffalo chips (prepared in all vegetable oil) Please place your order at the bar and pay at that time (cash only) Chips & Saba 1.25 A tangy snack for anytime. Hamburger 3.50 Half pound of fresh lean ground beef grilled to order and served on a toasted poppy seed roll with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise Cheddbuburger 3.75 Our delicious hamburger with aged New York cheddar cheese Drive-In Burger 3.75 Homemade chili and cole slaw, tomato, and mayonnaise top our famous burger. rhOy Steak Sandwich 5.50 Grilled choice ribeyc steak served on toasted French bread with aged Swiss cheese and sauteed onions. GrHed Cratwurst 2.75 An authentic German bratwurst steamed in beer on crusty French bread with our special mustard and hot chow chow. festraral &. Swbs Eubki 3.75 Better than your average reuben! A grilled sandwich with pastrami. sauerkraut, sauteed onions, aged Swiss cheese, and our special sauce on rye. Cubano 3.75 Roasted pork tenderloin and grilled smoked ham on a toasted poppy seed roll with aged Swiss cheese and a mild horseradish sauce WZ2es Famous Ch&l 2.75 Homemade beef and bean chili in a flour tortilla shell, nipped with onions, celery, and aged cheddar cheese. Served with corn chips. Leghorn's Chicken Sandwich 3.75 Fresh boneless chicken breast, lightly marinated, dipped in a beer batter, cooked crisp and served on a toasted poppy seed roll with V """N lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. F GrfSed Chicken Breast Sandwich 4 XX) V-' Our marinated chicken breast, grilled and served on toasted oat bread with aged Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. Cakn GrCl 4jOO New Orleans ipices and our fresh chicken breast grilled. (A great combi nation.) Served on toasted oat bread with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. W2d Turkey Sandwich 4XX) TUrkey breast roasted in our ovens, sliced, served on toasted oat bread with cucumbers and a cream cheese and tarragon dressing. Chkken Salad Sandwich 3.25 Old fashioned chicken salad made fresh with almonds, celery, and special seasonings wun iciiucc on oai Dreaa Chilled homemade albacore tuna salad, served in a flour lonnia sneu wun corn cnips ana garnisnea wun lettuce anu ujiiiiiu) wcuges. Spring Garden Salad 4.25 A tossed green salad with fresh vegetables, roasted turkey and litthtlv smoked ham, aged Swiss and cheddar cheeses with our homemade herb vinaigrette, served in a flour tortilla shell with corn chips. Vegetables only 2.50 Vegetables & Cheese only 3.00 New ferk frankfurter 2.25 An authentic New York frank, grilled, on a whole wheat bun with mustard, chili, cole slaw, and onions or mustard and sauerkraut A La Carte SkSe Orders (each) .75 Choose any of our delicious side orders a la carte: blackeyed peas & corn, potato salad, cole slaw, pinto beans, corn chips, or salsa. Buffalo Chips 1.50 A large order of our special potatoes. Prepared in all vegetable oil. Mud fie 1.25 Our own Haagen Uars coffee and chocolate ice cream pie, topped with Hershey's hot fudge. All menu items are available for take-out Call 929-2708 Main II Weaver Streets. The Flatiron Building in Downtown Carrboro. CHECK PIZZA Lass Pissa for the price of a medium expires 93087 University News has something for everyone Over 400 Magazines From Archaeology to Yatching Foreign Magazines from England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France & Austrailia Newspapers London Sunday Times . Pravda National, State & Local Papers University Mews University Mall Open 7 days a weel Chapel Hill's Complete Newsstand At first glance, the sky is gray, but then I see there is nothing bland, nothing featureless about it. Hanging low and close, streaked with scudding clouds, dancing with soft purples and whites I Ve never seen before, it brings to mind a Monet painting. Scotland is where the Impressionists should have learned to paint. We're in early July, but the wind off the sea makes me glad I'm wearing my blue Choate sweater. The sweater has already traveled through Ireland with me, has already been conse crated at the best courses that the land of Guinness could offer. For me not to have worn it here, the final stop on my journey, would have been almost sacrilegious. It doesnt feel like July, but then IVe been overseas eight weeks and there have only been two days of summer. I'm standing on the putting green at Royal Troon on the west coast of Scotland, waiting for a group of tourist golfers to get off the first tee so I can get on. I called down here yesterday and asked if there was any way I could play today. The starter asked me what my handicap was and then told me, in this lovely Scottish burr, to come by "back of nine" and he'd put together a four some. So here I am. It's back of nine. The starter walks up to me as I'm tying my well-worn brown Dexters. He's big, barrel-chested, his face weathered red by the sea air. Living here, it's certainly not weathered red by the sun. He's accompanied by the caddymaster, a short, square man i with a tweed cap on his head. "You're next on the tee," the starter says, and introduces me to my three partners. It's funny. You travel across an ocean and end up on the edge of a little Scottish town, and who do you end up playing with but three guys from North America. One of the three is from Florida, another from Alaska, and the third from Canada. Making this even more bizarre is the fact that Bob, the guy from Alaska, is traveling with a woman from Chapel Hill. Mike, the Floridian, points at my sweater and says, "Did you go to Choate?" Turns out he prepped at Hotchkiss. "We used to call you Choke Choate," he says. "We thought you were just a sports school because you would always crush us when we played you." When I was at Choate, we thought the same thing about the Kissies. Curiouser and curiouser. The first few holes go by in a blur. Short, flat, par-4s, they seem more suited to an inland course than a links layout. We're hitting driver and wedge into the rolling, bumpy greens. Well, in most cases we are. On the first hole, Mike pulls his tee shot into the long grass, which on a Scottish course means long grass. He asks his caddy for a pitching wedge. The caddy shakes his head and says the 9-iron is the right club. 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The Portland course is not in the British Open rotation. It's still tough, though. And I suppose playing Portland while the Old Course lies right around the corner helps build the patience that is essential to playing golf well. We come to the short eighth hole, the infamous "Postage Stamp." Gene Sarazen aced this hole in the 1934 Open with a punched tive-iron. 1 hit a pitching wedge, hit it well. It lands on the green and bites, thirty feet short. As I line up the puit, Mike says, "It breaks a little to your left." I shuffle my feet and drain it. Birdie. Troon starts off slowly, but the deeper we get into the course, the farther we move from the staid old clubhouse, with its lockers unobtru sively tagged with their owners' names and its members-only dining room, the clearer becomes its great ness. From the seventh through the 16th, it is a truly magnificent test of golf, and though I play from the forward tees, it demands the use of nearly every club in the bag. On the 11th, I drop a drive into the center of the gorse-lined fairway and then coax a four-iron into the center of the green as a yellow ScotRail train roars by on my right. The 11th, fittingly enough, is the railroad hole. As we approach the 13th green, a soft rain kicks up again. It rained first, and rained hard, back on the fifth hole. It's just a drizzle now, enough to make us feel like we're really in Scotland. I pick up two more pars on the way to the 18th, where I slap a drive into the short rough. The imposing clubhouse is directly behind the I8tfi"green, standing forebodingly, its windows eager to catch a misstruck Titleist. I have a pitching wedge in my hands. Swing easy, swing slow. I catch the ball thin and it seems to race toward the clubhouse, away from its intended target, before it lands, on the green, -and rolls onto the fringe. I get down in two for a par. After everyone holes out, we stride slowly away from the green. It isn't like an ordinary day at the local course. I shake hands with my partners, and tell Paul maybe we can play together when I'm back again. I go into the bar, and look out the window. The course is still there, stark green against the sea behind it. The sky is still gray, still beautiful, and I am reminded of something Joyce wrote of a day like this, "A day of dappled, seaborne clouds." And of dimpled, windborne golf balls. The NaliorTs largest catalog of bicycling clothing, components, frames and accessories has a retail store locally, and it's right here in Carrboro' Come by and shop for all the items we carry in our catalog, plus more, and all at the same low prices. Avoid the mess and confusion of most bicycle stores and enjoy brousmg through a bicycle store that's easy and fun to shop PERFORMANCE Bicycle Shop Hours 9-6 Monday-Friday 9 5 Saturday 404 East Mam St . Carrboro (across trom Kentucky Fried Chicken) 933-9113 'fir
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