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8The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, March 7, 1989 ports Men's tennis looks ahead By DAVID J. KUPSTAS Staff Writer ' The Tar Heel tennis team might be able to gauge how good it is if the weather would only cooperate. "It's been very difficult with the weather," said head coach Allen Morris. "We've been outside one day and inside the next day, so it's been very difficult to get a groove on any of the players." The different type of courts make more of a difference than people might think, Morris believes. It's more difficult for players to get their timing down on the rubber indoor surface than on the outdoor surfaces. Today's match with William and Mary is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the outdoor courts of the UNC Tennis Center. That is, if weather permits, and there's a good chance of rain. If it is raining and there are courts available, the match will again be moved indoors to the Chapel Hill Tennis Center. Rain or no rain, Morris is looking at the match with the Indians as a final tune-up before the team's tough six-game Spring Break trip to California. But don't chalk up another notch in the Tar Heels' win column just yet. "1 know that each year, they A writer reminisces ove for America's pastti me It s always around this time each year that I begin to eat, think, and live baseball. Well, I guess it was always around this time that I used to begin to eat, think, and live baseball. This is the first year since I was six that I am not playing baseball, and it's really a strange feeling to want to go down to the gym and throw or hit and realize that I'm not going to be out on the old baseball diamond in the spring. So I don't; it seems futile. It always used to be that February meant the beginning of the season the anticipation of spring training, people playing catch and taking grounders in the gym, hitting into the screen with a teammate, and of course, the first baseball meeting of the year. This was the meeting where the coach announced his plans and goals for this season whilevall the players ignored him and glanced around the room, seeing what the competition looked like and checking out the new players. If you were a newcomer to the team, those meetings were always hell . a slow, never-ending, nervewrack ing hell. If you were a veteran, however, the meeting was a time to brag about last year and make bold predictions for the coming season. You could see the bewildered looks on the faces of the younger players, and the calm, laid-back attitude of the seasoned stars. You could always sense which new players would be good, simply by the way they wore EXCEPT ON ATTRACTIONS Nt HME NO CONTROL ON TOM HANKS THE BURBS fpm Shows Nightly 7:05 9:15 (PC) Sat & Sun Matinee 2:054:15 BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE Shows Nightly 7:109:10 Sat & Sun Matinee 2:104:10 LEAN ON ME Shows Nightly 7:009:15 Sat & Sun Matinee 2:004:15 ( &,r.. Vc-." 7 -y- L ARQITV WMlflUl I M 7 mmmmb BEST PICTURE BEST ACTRESS Clenn Close 24:2079:20 v jgmmmmm SONS (William and Mary) seem to get stronger," Morris warned. Like Penn State, whom UNC beat last week 8 1, William and Mary has a scrappy team, one that cannot be counted out until the end. "Each year's a different year, and 1 really don't know what they've got this year," he said. The Tar Heels currently have a 4- 2 record. Their last two wins over Elon and Penn State have been by 8-1 margins, but Morris has not yet seen the UNC team he wants to see. "I think we've got a lot of work to do on our doubles, and we've got some players on the team who aren't playing well," Morris said. "Hope fully, that will come around just by more matches and more competition." For the match against the Indians, only one minor change has been made from last week's lineup. Sophomore Thomas Tanner and freshman Bryan Jones, both with 5-1 records, will switch places on the singles ladder. Jones will be the third seed followed by Tanner at number four. Top seed David Pollack (4-2) and number two Don Johnson (4-2) are a concern of Morris. Both are ranked in the Volvo Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association top 100 but have Davifl Surowiecki Staff Writer their hat and by the confident way they leaned back in their chair while the coach gave his sermon. IH miss those meetings. I already do. Baseball used to do something to time. Whenever I was playing catch, working on my hitting or simply talking to the coach, time seemed to disappear. Despite the onset of the winter doldrums, February always flew by, and, thanks to spring training, March was even shorter. Practice was never too long, batting practice was always too short and games seemed to jump to the fifth inning. Unless, of course, 1 was pitching, and doing so badly. IVe always had this love affair with baseball. So has America. There's something special about running out onto the field at the start of the game or lining up along the first- or third base lines during the playing of the National Anthem. There's something special about stepping up to the plate, hearing your name come over the loudspeakers and realizing that the announcer has once again mangled your last name. "Leading off is number 26, David Suwisski, David Sawinki, David Saw...." (IVe always imagined that as the announcer actually pronounces my name correctly, a hush of awe suddenly engulfs the crowd as they realize that it is I who is about to step up to the plate.) Baseball seems to right all wrongs and make everything fresh, new and alive at least it did. If I had a probfem, I'd just go down to the 7 ELLIOT ROAD at E. FRANKLIN 967-4737 $3.QQ H IK KM KlliTRri(CB.BUUn) Rain Man (R) Dustin HoffmanTom Cruise Zioo 430 7tOO 9130 Beaches (PC 13) Bette MidlerBarbara Hershey 2U0 435 7HO 9.35 Dream A Little Dream (PC 1 3) Corey FeldmanCorey Ilaim ZiOS 4t2S 7OS 92S Dolby ,11 , ywimi 32S? 1 SHOWS NIGHTLY J 7:10 9:10 EAST FRANKLIN CHAPEL HILL 087-8665 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST FOREIGN FILM - A ONTHE totfvi vtKOtur A MfBVfll ic TTT1 II MMHVVt 7 Mm By ALMOOOVAl 2:154:0567:409:30 WOMEN fix 1 Breakdown lost matches that Morris thought they should have won. Even some of the matches they've won have gone three sets. Rounding out the top six are Jimmy Weilbaecher (3-2) and Andre Janasik (4-0). There have been some bright spots so far this year, and Morris doesn't want to sound as if the world is coming to an end. Tanner and Jones have both played well, as has Janasik, who has stepped in for the injured David Sussman. Pollack and Johnson (5-1), the ninth-ranked doubles team . in the ITCA poll, will again be the number one doubles team, followed by the 18th-ranked duo of Weilbaecher Janasik (3-1). Freshmen Joe Frierson and Chris Mumford (1-1) make up the third doubles team. "I think we've gotten off to a slow start, but practice this week has been good and hopefully well play 'well against William and Mary and leave for California with a 5-2 record," Morris said. In California, the Tar Heels will take on nationally-ranked powers San Diego, Cal-Irvine, and Pepper dine along with Iowa State, New Mexico, and Utah. about his batting cage and hit, or go work on a pitch on the mound, and somehow, when 1 was through, my problem just didn't seem so bad after all. Baseball was always different from other sports, and that's why it became America's national pastime, the love of a nation. Baseball is played by average men from average and varied back grounds. Baseball players aren't unusually big, strong or fast just talented and dedicatedPart of the allure of baseball is the fact that anyone can play, no matter who they are. At least that's the way it used to be. The latest trend in baseball is toward big, strong, fast young play ers. Players who look more like slimmed down football linemen than the classic Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams build are becoming the norm instead of the exception. ' . American people find it more difficult to relate to the young behemoths such as Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire and Pete Incaviglia. No longer can fathers hope that their average son will some day play in the big leagues. No longer will little kids dream of running onto the green grass of Yankee Stadium on Opening Day. (Well, I suppose that dream will live on forever in any baseball fan, at least in me.) Green grass! Ah, those were the days. The days of green, empty, open fields where you could dive for the ball and not be burned by the Astroturf. Green grass and open fields were baseball, and they drew the crowds. The people of the city were able, for a few hours, to escape the concrete, artificiality of their world. When they stepped into the stadium and gazed out over the field, an oasis of green in a desert of cement and asphalt, they were rejuvenated and given a new confidence in this world. That's the way it used to be. Now "they gaze out over a carpet of synthetic grass, a painful reminder of what lay outside the stadium and of baseball's glorious, natural past, Baseball has lost a lot, but thank God it's still as timeless as ever. Nothing can take that away. A baseball game can still go on forever, and, hopefully, someday one will. Baseball has changed, or maybe it's just that I haven't. Regardless, every time I glance over to the corner of my room and see my trusty old bat, aluminum nonetheless, just sitting there collecting dust, I feel as if a huge part of my life is missing. WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE American Hoart fT) Association y .l . i -U li. " ii: NIGHTLY 7:00. 9:1 5 On Tap Today - BASEBALL at UNC-Charlotte, Charlotte, N.O,2p.m. MEN'S TENNIS vs. William & Mary, UNC Tennis Center, 2 p.m. Wed., March 8 SOFTBALL vs. Saint Augustine (DH). 2:304 p.m. WOMEN'S TENNIS at Duke, Durham, N.O,2p.m. Thurs., March 9 BASEBALL vs. Campbell, Boshamer Stadium, 3 p.m. Fri., March 10 MEN'S BASKETBALL at ACC Tournament Atlanta, Ga, vs. Georgia Tech at 2 p.m. BASEBALL vs. N.C. State, Boshamer Stadium, 1 p.m MEN'S SWIMMING at NCAA Zone Diving Championships, Tuscaloosa, Ala, TBA MEN'S TRACK at NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind, 11 am WOMEN'S TRACK at NCAA Championships, Indianapolis, Ind, 11 am. o scores do 1 1 out ti By NEIL AMATO Staff Writer Just like the weather on Monday, UNC's softball win was ugly. Yes, the Tar Heels came away with a victory, but it wasn't pretty. North Carolina, coming off a weekend split at Furman, nipped Assumption College of Massachu setts, 2-1, besides battling a brisk wind and a harsh rain at Finley Field. The victory upped the Tar Heels record to 2-1 on the season, and gave sophomore pitcher Tracey Brower her second win of the 9 campaign. One would assume that a win over the visiting Greyhounds would be automatic, but the victory was a tough one to notch. "We won and we're happy we did," North Carolina coach Donna Papa said. "I would like to see us execute offensively a little bit better. I don't think we swung the bat with authority.'" Papa thought that even though her club's plate performance was sub-par, her squad played well in the field. "Our defense played very well under the conditions," Papa said. "Both teams had to play under the same conditions, but I think we handled it well. Under the conditions, I'm very happy with the win." Senior designated hitter Sharon CBassafned Adveirftisomig Classified Info The Daily Tar Heel does not accept cash for payment of clas sified advertising. Please let a check or money order be your receipt. Return ad and payment to the DTH office by noon one business day before your ad is to run. Ads must be prepaid. Visa and Mastercard accepted at the office. Rates: for 25 words or less Students, Student Organizations and Individuals: $2.00 per day Consecutive day rates: 2 days $3.25 3 days $4.00 4 days $4.50 5 days $5.00 .50 for each consecutive day Businesses: $5.00 per day help wanted HELP WANTED AT FINLEY GOLF COURSE. 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Ross drew two walks in the game and also reached base on an error. Her second base on balls, with one out in the sixth and the game tied, started the Tar Heels winning rally. Brower sacrificed Ross to second to bring up senior co-captain Tracey Beine. Perhaps concentrating too much on the Tar Heel third baseman, Greyhound pitcher Ann Gibbons gave Ross a big lead, and the Tar Heel's DH took off for third. Assumption catcher Ann Mclner ney sent the possible peg of Ross into left field, allowing Ross to trot home with the winning run. Ross believed the victory boosted her squad's spirits after winning only one of two versus the Paladins. "The win today brought us up from the loss the other day to Furman," Ross said. "But we still have a lot of work to do. We didn't hit very well at all today. I'm just happy, like j she (Papa) said, it wasn't a very good win,' but it was still a win." ' ! 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AP Top 20 Others receiving votes: La Salle 62, Florida 36, Oregon State 20, Evansville 18, Georgia Tech 16, Louisiana State 8, Pittsburgh 8, Texas-El Paso 8, Arkansas 7, Wisconsin 6, Clemson 5, Georgia Southern 4, Ark-Littie Rock 3, Colorado State 3, Memphis State 3, Providence 3, Alabama 2, Idaho 2, Kansas State 2, Temple 2, Texas 2, Virginia 1. as Tar Heels 1 Ross bunted towards Gibbons, buf her throw sailed past the first base ; man into right field. t An alert steal of second, a Brower strikeout and a wild pitch to Beine sent Ross to third. Beine, stepping to the plate most likely to sacrifice- beat out a fielder's choice as Ross1 darted home, giving UNC a 1-0 lead. A Greyhound run in the fifth tied j the game and a rally of the same sort j almost started in the seventh. . j With one out remaining, Assump- ' tiort shortstop Kelly Johnson's drive to the gap in right-center looked to ' be in for extra bases. But freshman rightfielder Theresa Buscemi got to . the ball quickly and gunned down a surprised Johnson at second. After walking a batter, Brower got the next hitter to ground to second baseman Vicki Parrott to end the game. Buscemi accomplished the inden-; tical feat in the sixth when a gapper ; was hit her way. The Ronkokoma, j N.Y. native nailed Mclnerney at : second, dashing her hopes for another ; Assumption comeback. j : Before plaiNCCharlptte and heading to Florida for two spring break tourharMfts, the Tar Heels will take on St. Augustine's in a double header at Finley on Wednesday. The first of the twin-bill starts at 2:30. wanted WANTED: ALL Comic books, bastball cards. Especially want collections of old andor investment quality material. Have' $10,000 to spend. Don't sell without my quote. 1-584-5548. for sale LIVING IN AN APARTMENT NEXT. SEMESTER and need furniture??? 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