TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1944
THE TAR HEEL
PAGE THREE
Carolina Ens:ag,es Middies At Annapolis Tomorrow
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By Carroll Poplin and
Ralph Parks
Coach Dick Jamerson bade fare
well to Carolina as he packed his
grip last , Sunday and headed for
Princeton University to enter the
Navy as a Lieutenant (jg.). Jamer
son, head swimming coach here for
the past six years, has left behind
one of the most impressive pool
records made by any mentor in the
country. His Blue Dolphin squad
has dominated the top slot in the
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JAMERSON
Southern conference during his reign
at Carolina. This past season's
swimming team was touted as the
best outfit in the nation, next to
Yale's squad. Under his leadership
and coaching, many of the Blue -Dolphins
have set numerous records and
several of such. honors were estab
lished this past season. During his
stay at Carolina he was physical educa
tion instructor and acquired the title as
"the meanest man in Woollen Gym
but the best damn swimming coach
in the country."
There has been nothing official on
who would succeed Dick Jamerson
as head mentor oi the swimming
team, but this column will jump, the
gun and name Ralph Casey as the
guy to succeed Jamerson. Casey I
was assistant swim coach last sea
son and should be the one in line
to step in. Season . before last Casey
coached the freshman outfit,' which
produced some fine swimming pros
pects that later aided Carolina to
take the nation's mythical
title. -
swim
After the Pre-Flight meet, Coach
Dale Ranson - announced that he is
in the market for some good weight
men, that is, shot putters, javelin
and discus throwers. With a little
more help in this field, the Tar Heels
might have won from the Cloud
busters. Ranson also stated that he
could also use a high hurdler.
The Carolina track team will
really do some trayeling during the
next month " or so. Next . Saturday,
a squad will be sent to Philadelphia
to run in the Penn Relays. The fol
lowing week the Tar Heels encount
er Georgia Tech at Atlanta. A com
bine of Carolina and Pre-Flight will
then journey to Annapolis where
they will meet a strong Navy team.
Perhaps the most outstanding per
formance of a Tar Heel athlete over
the week-end, was Don Nelson's sur
prising win over Charlie Beetham,
the Pre-Flight speedster. Although
the Cloudbusters beat the boys m
blue, the Tar Heels put on a better !
show than was expected of them, and
Nelson was one of the leaders. After !
the 440 yard run, in which Beetham
nosed out Nelson, this reporter
casually said to Nelson, "It's pretty
tough running against a man whom
you know can beat you." But Tall
Don seemed pretty skeptical about
this remark, and didn't say much.
There was a determined look in his
face as he jogged around the track,
warminc rm fnr the 220 race, and
he knew he would run against Beet
ham again. He was under a great
pressure.
TVd Shultz
had both injured their legs and were
m no shape to run the fast zzv yara
run. It. twae all lltl to Nelson, as he
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Netters Drop
Match To Navy
By 7-2 Count
Ray Morris Takes
Singles Victory
Carolina dropped its second straight
tennis match of the season Saturday
when they bowed 7-2 to a powerful
JNaval Academy team. It was Navy's
second straight win this year.
The Midshipmen took five singles
and two doubles matches while the Tar
Hees could only come through with
the number one singles and doubles
tilts.
Finally hitting his stride, Ray Mor
ris copped the number one event by
trimming Hal Edwards, Navy's ace,
6-3, 6-2. Morris later teamed up with
number two man, Don Peck, , to lace
Norris and Crawford 6-3, 6-0.
The number three doubles match
started, out as a Carolina victory as
Ben Bolsch and Bob Johnsen took the
first set 6-4, but Doyle and Rogers
surged back to win the next two sets
6-2, 6-1.
The final summary:
Morris defeated Edwards 6-3, 6-2.
Norris. won over Peck 6-3, 6-3. Craw
ford toppled Hackney 6-2, 6-2. Davis
defeated Johnsen 6-3, 6-2. Doyle "won
over Boesch 6-3, 6-4. Kmetz defeated
Jagoe 6-1, 7-5.
Doubles: Morris and Peck defeated
Norris and Crawford 6-3, 6-2. Edwards
and Davis won over Hackney and
Jagoe 6-2, 6-0. Doyle and Rogers edged
out Boesch and Johnsen 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Coach Kenfield throws his forces
against Duke this Saturday. The Tar
Heels "are gunning for their first vic
tory and have nominated the Blue
Devils to absorb the defeat.
The 'match is here and will be held
on the varsity courts. The contest is
slated to get underway at two o'clock.
Pre-Flight Takes
Ration Loop Game
Carolina suffered its first Ration
League setback at the hands of the
Pre-Flight School here Saturday after
noon when six errors cost the Tar Heels
a 6-1 loss to the Navy cadets.
Coach Hearn used Clyde King and
Claude Crocker on the mound. Crock-
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er started on ana limited xne -re-
Flighters to four hits in six innings
and King held the Pre-Flighters to 2
hits in three frames. .
Hoey Triples
Ed Hoey tapped out a triple in the
second inning and Bob Warren fol
lowed with a single which sent Hoey
in for the Tar Heel lone tally. vThree
other hits were tapped out on Farley,
the Pre-Flight hurler, but they were
spaced apart so that the Carolina boys
couldn't use them to score.
Faulk was the big man for the Navy
in the hitting department. He slammed
out a homer and double to account for
the bulk of the Navy scores.
Surprise
In previous practice tilts, the Caro
lina nine looked good over the: Pre
Flight competition, but the game
showed that the Tar Heels will have
the Cadets to contend with again this
year in the race for the Ration League
pennant.
Duke ranks at the top of the Ration
League at the present time with wins
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Cadets follow in the number two spot
with three 'wins and one loss. The wins
are over State and Carolina and the
loss to Duke. Carolina has split two
eames. winning over State and losing
to Pre-Flight. State remains in the
cellar, having played all three teams
in the League, and losing each con
test.
RATION LEAGUE STANDINGS
Team Won lost icu
Duke 2 0 1.000
Pre-Flight .. : - 3 1 -750
Carolina - 1 1 -500
State - 0 4 .0UU
TeniUS Registration
All organizations interested in
participating in the annual intra
mural tennis program should regis
ter their desires and the names of
the players 'with intramural officials
Thursday, April 27. Actual play will
get underway next Monday.
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Cloudbusters Nose Out
Carolina In Track Meet
The North Carolina Navy Pre-Flight
School eked out a win bver the stub
born Carolina Tar Heels by 67-59, as
the Cloudbusters took eight out of
nine possible points in the last event,
the discus throw.
It was a very close meet all the way
and when the last event rolled around
Navy had a one point advantage, the
score being 59-58. Big Don Elser then
threw the discus 119 feet and two inch
es, and Quillan of Pre-Flight took sec
ond place. UNC's only point in this
event was made by Paige, who took a
thir4 place.
High Scorer
Workhorse of the meet, was co-captain
Julian McKenzie, who tallied elev
en points for the fighting Tar Heels.
McKenzie won the mile run easily, with
a time of 4:26. He took an early lead
and held it all the way, the next man
for Pre-Flight coming in a full 6 sec
onds after Julian had broken the tape.
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The next five points which - were
chalked up to McKenzie's side of the
ledger was another first place, this time
in the 880. He ran this distance in
2:00.9.
Two Mile
To top off a good afternoon's work,
McKenzie then entered the two-mile
run. mis time ne placed tnird, and
when the race ended was just behind
Bruno, who took second place in the
race. Jimmy Miller took nrst place lor
the Tar Heels with a time of 10:17.3
Perhaps the most outstanding sin
gle performance of the afternoon came
in the 220 yard run, in which Don Nel
son put on a great spurt and nosed
out Charlie -Beetham, the best all
around runner on the whole Pre-Flight
squad. Before the 220, Don had just
run his best competitive quarter mile
with Beetham beating him out with
a time of 49.8, which was good time 1 or
the quarter. Then the determined Nel
son turned the tables on Beetham,
winning the 220 from him in 22.6 sec
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Chief Specialist Bernard Kaplan Has Experienced
Brilliant Sports Career In Boxing and Pro Football
Plays Harmonica
In Spare Moments
By Vita Richter
Boxing and wrestling instructor
in the Navy V-12 program, Chief
Specialist Bernard Kaplan's favorite
outdoor diversion is not tennis, golf
or swimming. No . . . . it's fishing !
Don't misunderstand and think that
this broad-shouldered athlete does not
know how to participate in the
aforementioned active sports. He
does, and exceedingly well, for like
most men of his type, coordination is
highly developed and all "kinds of
games are easily mastered. It's
merely that on a quiet Saturday or
Sunday afternoon,; one can usually
find him at the nearest creek or lake.
His Chapel Hill hideout is a secret,
and threats and bribes are to no
avail, for he staunchly refuses to tell
where he finds those luscious mor
sels tucked under his arm when he
returns from such expeditions.
The boys in the high jump event
showed the Carolina coaches that they
meant business. Ward and Bock tied
for first place in the jump with 6 feet
and two inches; Grimes and Fitch tied
for third at 6 feet apiece, and Slmn got
fifth place in this event. In other words,
there were five Tar Heels who were bet
ter in the high jump than anything
Pre-Flight could put in the field.
Ward and Grimes turned in double
performances for the afternoon. Ward
was entered in two events, each of
which was being run off concurrently.
Ward woujd take a high jump, and then
go over to the pole vault. He placed
second in the pole vault, soaring over
12 feet. George Grimes, ex-Virginia
track star, also appeared in the broad
jump, which he won with a leap of 21
feet and seven inches.
Shultz Stars
The other co-captain, Ted Shultz was
not idle Saturday. Shultz won the 100
yard dash in 10 seconds flat. This was
particularly impressive in view of the
fact that he had injured his leg a week
prior to the meet in time trials, and had
had only a few workouts before the
CJoudbusters invaded Fetzer Field.
After the 100, Shultz came back to
take a second place in the low hurdles,
behind Finley, former Yale star.
Both teams had seven first places to
their credit. The Tar Heels had a 38-34
advantage over the Cloudbusters in' the
track events, but were last in the field
events, 21 to 33.
Injuries Hurt
The Tar Heels might have won the
meet if two of their best men had run
in the 220. As it was, Nelson took a
first place, but the one-two men in the
lineup for Carolina in the 220 were un
able to run because of injuries. Henry
Stevens injured his leg in the 100 yard
dash as he pulled into second place in
that event, and Shultz hurt his leg
prior to the meet.
After the first five events, the Caro
lina squad was leading by a score of
24-21, but all "three places in the shot
put gave Pre-Flight the lead, 30-24, and
they continued from there.
Other good performances for the Tar
Heels were as follows: Kurt Muller, in
his first competitive race, placed third
in the mile; Gerald Scheirer in the
440; Stevens and Van Hecke in the
100; Hall Patrick in the two-mile; Ben
Hathaway in the high hurdles; Robert
Owen in the broad jump; Paige in the
discus ; and D'Antoini and Leigh in the
javelin.
Van Hecke is a Chapel Hill boy who
had been out for track exactly one
week, placed third in the 100, and in
Coach Ranson's words "did a splendid
job and indicated that he will make the
best of the sprinters hustle."
New Man
Robert Owen, in his first competition
in the broad jump, surprised the coaches
and fans with a second place in this
event. Owen also runs the 220, and
should turn out to , be an all-around
performer. ,
Outstanding performers for the Pre
Flight School were many. Coleman's
pole vault of 13 feet 1 inches looked
mighty good, and Panther's 199 feet 3
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It is interesting to note that upon
graduation from high school, Chief
Kaplan was offered a music scholar
ship from the Curtis Institute of
Philadelphia, for he possesses a fine
baritone voice and is also an outstand
ing vituoso of the harmonica. But, in
stead he chose to attend Western
Maryland college where he could play
football under the able tutelage of
famed Dick Harlow, who subsequent
ly coached at Harvard university,
and is now a Lieutenant Commander
in the US, Navy.
Better known as "Champ" since the
time he was holder of the Eastern
Intercollegiate Boxing championship
title for 1933 and 1934, he was also
All-American football player "at col
lege, as his brother had been at
Pennsylvania State. While a senior,
he was chosen as American representa
tive in ihe wrestling and boxing units
for the Olympic Meets in Palestine.
Unfortunately he missed the luxury
liner because of visa complications
and reached his destination too late
to compete for the international title.
However, he accompanied the other
contestants through- the balance of
the European jaunt to the near East,
through Italy where he viewed the
ruins of Pompeii and heard Musso
lini's oratory, and France.
Lacrosse Team
To Meet Duke
In First Match
Coach Austin Has
Large Squad Out
Lacrosse drills have been speeded up
recently for the Tar Heels' first meet
ing with Duke, and the development
of some of the boys who have never
played before is phenomenal.
Marshall Austin, who is coach of the
27 man squad, said that the biggest
problem that confronted him at the be
ginning of the season has been solved.
This, problem was that of a goalie, and
Bill Horton, who has never played the
game before has shown the polish and
ability of the best of goalies. Jack Foss
is another rookie who has shown mark
ed improvement along this line.
Two Games
Two definite games have been sched
uled for the team. The first meet is on
May 6 at Durham with Duke, and on
May 27, the Blue Devils journey to
Chapel Hill for a return engagement.
' Last Saturday Coach Austin held a
scrimmage between the squad, and in
cluded in their midst was a Navy of-
.ficer, Lieutenant Fred Donneley, who
was 1 an All-American lacrosse . player
at Swarthmore College three years
ago.
Pre-Flight Practice
Other Pre-Flight officers have played
the game before, and more scrim
mages will be held with these officers.
It is good experience for the relatively
green boys out, and also the Pre-Flight
officers enjoy the game.
Much credit should be given to Mar
shall Austin, the Marine student who
has taken over the job of developing a
lacrosse team. Only three boys have
had any experience before. These are
as follows: Bob Kavanaugh, who per
formed at St. Joe High School in Balti
more, Charles La Motte, St. Paul's
High School in Baltimore, and Austin
who played the game for six years at
St. Paul's, and two years of college ball
at Drexel College. AH of these boys
have done very well in practice, and
with the development of some more
players, the Tar .Heels should put a
formidable lacrosse team on the field.
The're are four other boys who, with
no experience before, have really been
clicking, especially on the defense.
These boys are John Richardson, John
Anderson, Ed Kuffenburger, and Hicks
Ford.
Ready for Duke
The Carolina lacrosse team appears
to have the jump on the Blue Devils.
The Boys from Durham only started
practice yesterday, but they will have
several experienced boys back, which
is more than the Tar Heels have, as
there was no lacrosse team here last
year.
The Blue Devils have only two
matches scheduled, and those with
Carolina.
Class Meeting"
All members of the class of 1943
please contact Cecil J. Hill immediately
at the Law School for a proposed class
meeting at graduation exercises in
June.
On the voyage from Brindizi,Italy
to Alexandria, Egypt, a handsome
man in his fifties joined the assemb
lage of men who met nightly in the
lounging room to discuss world af
fairs. Although he seemed to know
a great deal concerning the reloca
tion of refugees, he never inserted
his opinion too aggressively. Kaplan
was surprised to learn that the man
in question, Pierre Van Paassen was
the author of the best-selling novel
"Days Of Our Years," which had
just been published.
Five years later, in the crowded
streets of New York City, the fa
miliar "Champ" rang through the
air, and Kaplan turned around to
find Van Paassen with outstretched
hand. Not only had the famous
writer remembered him, but he was
so eager to find out how the
promising athlete was progressing
that he barely gave the latter an op
portunity to discuss his latest book
that had been published only that
week, called "The Time Is Now."
Jacobs Connection
- When Chief Kaplan returned from
abroad, Joe Jacobs, manager of 'Max
Schmeling, offered him a contract to
commence training for a professional
career as a boxer, but football ap
peared more appealing, and he sign-
Hearn Hopes
To Get Team
Out Of Slump
Tar Heels Suffer
From Two Defeats
Coach Hearn's diamond squad will
journey to Annapolis to lock-horns
with a highly touted Navy nine in an
inter-sectional contest tomorrow after
noon at 4 o'clock.
The Tar Heels downed their keen
rivals last year by the score of 10-6,
after a late inning rally that found
Frank Wideman taking individual hon
ors in driving in the winning runs with
a homer.
Second Loss
Carolina suffered their second set
back of the season last Saturday as
they bowed before a strong Pre-Flight
squad 6-1. This gives the defending
champions an even count in Ration
League opposition with one win and a
loss racked up against them. Poor de
fensive play was a draw-back in last
Saturday's battle and wgak hitting also
served as a notice of defeat. A few
bobbles in the outfield helped the win
ning tallies to cross home plate and
the shaky infield play was a demon for
Carolina.
Trying desperately to snap back into
the win column in tomorrow's tilt,
Coach Hearn held a scrimmage game
with the Pre-Flight team Sunday af
ternoon and the Tar Heels emerged vic
torious in seven innings of play. Hearn
used his rookie pitchers against the
cadets and the mound performers held
the Pre-Flight in check for several in
nings until a streak of wildness stepped
in to start a brief rally.
Clear Record
The Midshipmen of Annapolis have
a clear record in competition thus far
this season and their latest victory was
a 1-0 decision over a strong Swarth
more team last week.
The squad will entrain for the Navy .
Academy this afternoon and Coach
Hearn is planning to carry almost his
entire squad for the Navy encounter.
The team is expected to arrive -at An
napolis early tomorrow morning and
the squad will rest until the game that
afternoon.
Coach Hearn has been wprking hard
in trying to smooth his defensive play
during the past few days of practice
and the team appears in top shape for
tomorrow's encounter. A few weak
spots appear on the present lineup,
but no definite change has been made
to scratch-out the weakness. Time hit
ting is still a main factor lacking ef
fectiveness as was shown time and time
again in the game with Pre-Flight.
Starting Pitcher
The starting pitcher for tomorrow's
fray is unsolved, but as usual Coach
Hearn will pick from Claude Crocker,
Claude King or Art Lowe to open up
on the hill against the Middies. Crocker
was credited with the Pre-Flight loss
to even his season's record to a win
and a loss.
The line-up that will probably take
the field against Navy tomorrow will
be as follows: Wideman, first base;
Di Chiari, second base; Brach, short
stop; Warren, third base; Johnson, left
field; Black, centerfield; Hoey, right
field; Walters, catcher; and Crocker,
King or Lowe, pitcher.
Enjoys Fishing
As Best Hobby
ed with the New York Giants, pro
football team, and has played, too,
with the Jersey City Giants, Philadel
phia Eagles and the Wilmington -Clippers.
Some of his teammates
during some eight seasons have in
cluded Ken Strong, Grenny Lansdel,
Tuffy Lehman, F,d Danowski, Mel
Hein and the Sirfger Twins Lt. Mil
ton Singer, Navy Pre-Flight officer
in Chapel Hill until a few. months
ago. He coached at St. John the Bap
tist school in Philadelphia and assist
ed at Carolina in football last sea
son. When guard-Kaplan was training
in Wisconsin with the Champion
Philadelphia ' Eagles, the owner,
young millionaire playboy Alexis
Smith visited the team frequently
with a protege of his, the then, little
known Sonny Tufts. An exoot
ball star, he had much in common
with the players and joined in their
'bull sessions.' He was on his way
to the coast to be starred in "So
Proudly We 1 Hail" as the bashful
Marine in love with Paulette God
dard. Like the role that he played,
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