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CONFERENCE GAME
Close Contest Expected In Spite
Of Coach Byrd's Prediction!
Of Tar Heel's Backfield
Strength.
A Tar Heel outfit, 36 strong
not including coaches and man
agers, left last night by train for
Washington where they will re
side oh the eve of their annual
game with the Old Liners of
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The men making the Maryland
trip are Farris, Tab, Erickson,
Spaulding, Slusser, Maus, Jack
son, Nash, Wyrick, Branch,
Fysal, Alexander, Harden, Holt,
Fenner, Eskew, Dortch, Ward,
Hudson, Nelson, Thompson,
Brown, Lipscomb, Magner
Parsley, Adkins, Gregory , House,
Gilbreath, Koenig, Harper
Crew, Mclver, Buchan, Reid and
McAllister.
The Heels have been styled as
the "team of a hundred backs"
by an associated press sports
writer. The writer has" exag
gerated. The Tar Heels fall far
short of five score ball carriers
but they do have an abundance
of backfield material, and from
the above list it can be seen that
the North Carolina coaches are
preparing themselves for what
ever opposition may turn up on
Saturday. Coach Curley Byrd
may see in his own backyard the
team which he traveled so far
last week-end to witness in ac
tion. Nobody as yet knows the line
up that will start off; in fact
this knowledge would be of little
interest or importance. What
ever combination goes in at the
opening whistle is not likely to
remain intact for many minutes.
There are six letter halfbacks
and a couple of sophomore pros
pects from whom it is hard to
choose. ' Jimmy Ward, Jim
Maus and Jim Magner the
three "Jim's" in the Heel back
field are all flashy and steady
ball toters and fine passers. Phil
Jackson is another fast runner
and rates slightly lower as a
w passer. All are veterans of one
or more seasons. Strud Nash
and Chuck Erickson, both jun
iors and veterans, will see ac
tion aplenty. Rip Slusser, the
best of the soph halves, is a ten-
second man who is extremely
dangerous when he gets into the
secondary. George Houston,
another second-year man, is
running him a close race. At
full are Pap Harden, Henry
. House and Yank Spaulding, all
veterans of more than one stiff
struggle.
Pete Wyrick, a junior, is the
veteran general butTs being hard
pushed by Johnny Branch. Both
men can be counted upon to
drive the Heels hard against the
Old Liners. '. ' ;
Holt and Fenner 'will probably
be at their old posts on end with
Adkins and Koenig or Mclver
beside them at tackles; Captain
Farris, Eskew and Hudson will
divide the spoils of the guard
position, and Lipscomb, and
Gilbreath will alternate at the
pivot. This lineup is by no
means final, or official and the
opening whistle may find many
changes. .
The 1929 Wisconsin football
squad which will take the field
in a double-header with South
Dakota -State and Ripon
next Saturday will number an
even fifty players.
South Dakota was the first
state to have a-polo pony ranch
and was raising that type of
steed for export in 1883, be
fore there was a demand in this
country.
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(By Crawford McKethan)
Anybody who has gotten the
thought into their head that the
Tar Heels are going to have a
walkaway against the Old Liners
on Saturday might just as well
think things over a second time.
If you don't think that there is
ground for such statement then
just ask Chuck Collins what he
thinks of the prospects. -.
Coach Collins made just one
remark and in that remark he
expressed a sentiment worthy of
several pages : "We've just got
to win that game and it's not
going to be easy." Looking back
to yesterday's Tar Heel, we may
see that this statement is almost
the converse of what Coach
Curley Byrd of Maryland has to
say about the coming struggle.
He seems to think' that just on
the eve of the contest we have
the strongest v team that the
souin Atlantic nas ever pro
duced. Unless we are sadlv
twisted up in our recollections,
we can recall that Byrd likes the
assistance of this psychology ef
fect. It would be quite a feather
in the cap of the Old Liners if
they, crippled as they would have
the , general public to believe,
would defeat the highest rated
team in the South Atlantic and
possibly in the entire South. We
appreciate Coach Byrd's praise
and .only hope that his expecta
tions may come true.
This is the first game of con
ference worth that the Heels
have participated in this fall;
Maryland also is opening up her
1929 S. I. G campaign. It's
going to looK pretty gooa n
Carolina is listed among the
seven teams out of the fourteen
members of the conference that
will compete against one another
this week-end who still have a
1.000 percent beside their names
on Sunday.
The only conference game in
North Carolina this week-end
will be that between State and !
Washington and Lee over in
Raleigh today. The absence of
Captain Lepo 'and Basil Melton
from the lineup is not going to
help the Tack chances of com
ing out of a, touch situation very
much, so far as we can see. In
fact it is going to prove rather
embarrassing getting on without
them. Lepo is 'the -mainstay -of
the Tech line, and the coaches
over there have "sorta" counted
on him to hold things together
in tight places. Melton will be
sorely missed from the backfield,
since his running this year has
proved to be the source of one
of the few happy moments that
the coaching staff has experi
enced. However, even the loss
of these two men is not going to
keep the game from being close
and one that will be decided by
the difference of say a touch
down or so. State is either in
a sap! shape or else they have
got a bunch of hidden strengtn.
Anvhow we'll see this after
noon. With shaking hand and
an indecisive mind the Tar Heel
nredicts that Washington and
Lee will emerge victorious by
ur w marorin of about one
touchdown.
"Bat" Battalino, new feather
weight champion, will spend
year barnstorming before meet
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The American Legion will pro
mote .rifle shooting for boys,
with the hope of organizing ten
thousand teams.
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When the Carolina football
team left last night for College
Park, Maryland, Henry House,
veteran fullback, did not , go
along. He injured his ankle
Wednesday afternoon in scrim
mage and will be held out for
several days. He will be ready
for the Tech game.
ROANOKE FROSH
READY TO MEET
THE TAR BABIES
Team Has Worked Hard All
Week for Clash In Spite of
? Constant Rains.
Salem, Va., Oct. 3 (Special)
Despite the interference of
heavy rains Coach White has
been pushing his Roanoke col
lege freshmen at a rapid pace
this week in preparation for the
game with the North Carolina
university frehsmen at Chapel
Hill this afternoon.
According to reports from
North Carolina the Tar Heels
have a first year outfit that com
pares favorably with the south
ern championship eleven of '28.
The Baby Maroons will send
a light aggregation to Chapel
Hill, the team averaging only
157 pounds, but expect to make
up for the deficiency in speed.
While the starting lineup is
not definite, L. B. Holyfield, for
mer Mt. Airy, N. C, high cap
tain, is certain to get into the
game at the end position. His
brother, also former Mt. Airy
captain, will make the trip and
get a chance at tackle.
Most of he past week has
been devoted to improving the
offensive play of the line. In
the opening game of the season
with Clifton Forge the Roanoke
freshmen displayed a great de
fensive game but failed to open
up holes for the backs.
Against the Carolinians Coach
White intends to depend mostly
on straight football. The Roan
oke "Rats" have only been out
for practice two weeks and most
of the time has been spent in
getting a line on the abilities of
the various men rather than at
tempting to build an offense.
In Matthews, Russell, and Gil
mer the Tar Heels will be up a-
gainst a trio of fleet ball toters.
Against Clifton Forge Gilmer
broke through the middle of the
line for 62 yards and a touch
down in addition to making
several other long dashes.
Kerns, former Clifton Forge
boy, wfll probably start at the
signal calling post and is also a
good ball carirer.
Hamilton, 181 pound fullback,
was shifted to end in the open
ing game but moved back to his
regular position this week and
has shown great power in
smashing the varsity line in
scrimmage. - ,.
This will be the first time the
Roanoke college freshman team
has been permitted to schedule
a game outside the state and the
showing made against the Tar
Babies will be watched with interest.
BiD Cox Says Wake
Game Failed to Test
Power of Tar Heels
Does Not Think That One-Sided Game
Can Prove Real Strength -'of
a Team.
There has been a great deal
of speculation since the game
last week-end as to whether Car
olina played a good brand of
football or whether she rolled
up her 48 points against a weak
and defenseless Wake Forest
eleven.
Here's what W. N. Cox, sports
editor of the Greensboro News,
has to say about the question:
"One fan writes inquiring why
not more praise for. Tar Heels
in their well turned victory over
Wake Forest. We admit Chuck
Cqjlins' team surprised us in
many departments. For instance
the timing of plays seemed too
good to be true. Surely an eleven
able to show that kind of foot
ball this early in the season is
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outstanding, but tnere is no
sense in claiming superiority un
til it has been demonstrated un
der heavy fire. It may yet be
proved that the Deacons were
much better than the Tar Heels
made them look, but the season
is young and there will be plenty
of space in October and Novem
ber for singing of stars and
praising coaches all down the
line, at Chapel Hill and other
places. First games, with few
exceptions, where the scores are
large are not worth a dime as
evidence of strength. Reports
leave us cold that read so and
so flashed a powerful team this
afternoon and defeated Siwash
by 77-0. It would not be a sign
of great fighting ability or
punching power if Jack Demp
sey were to cold cock your cor
respondent in the first half sec
ond of the first round would
it? In the case we are speaking
of the rub comes when it is re
membered that Wake Forest
looks pretty good. Miller's
team was never demoralized;
figure it out for yourself."
ALL-AMERICANS GALORE
WORRIES SPORTS WRITER
The publicists are discovering
too much "all-American" talent
on North Carolina grid squads,
thinks Eddie Wagg, sports edi
tor of the Evening Telegram of
Rocky Mount. Something ought
to be done about it, he figures.
Hear "him in a recent installment
of his column:
"Something is going to have
to be done about the football
situation in North Carolina.
Things have come to a very se
rious state, and as far as this
department can see there are but
three solutions to the problem
of handling surplus football
stars : (1) discharge all news
bureau men who have knack
for discovering overnight poten
tial, all-Americans unless - they
give fair warning that they in
tend to discover the stars ; - (2)
increase the size of football
teams from 11 men to 18 men;
or (3)let the bigger colleges
have farms.
"North Carolina, if one be
lieves the-quaint rumors ' that
emanate from various institu
tions where football is being
practiced regularly, is burdened
with a surplus . of stars this
season. Overnight the ; college
typewriter men are finding big
trer and better stars. Youths
who were just stopping the var
sity yesterday are all-American
candidates today. And there are
too many stars. If a man spends
perfectly good money to send
his boy to college, there is no
assurance in the world .that he
will have a chance to make a
team. If he doesn't make a
fparh. well, its Love's Labor
Lost. ;
Read Tar Heel Advertisements.
Tar Heels Better
"Mud Horses" Than
Maryland Eleven
Most of Recent Defeats That Tar
Heels Have Handed Old Liners -Have
Been Played in Rain
Back in 1925 the Tar Heels
went northward with a hospital
list that seemed almost tragic
The first six backs were not even
in shape to stand the trip, and
the Fetzer brothers carried their
squad to Baltimore only because
the contract called for a univer
sity of North Carolina eleven to
be there that particular day.
The gloom on the campus Down
Home was4hick enough to cut
with an axe, and then the deluge
began.
The skies literally poured
water for two whole days, and
the municipal stadium at Balti
more became a veritable quag
mire, out Of which the Tar Heel
reserves rose to glory and vic
tory. Bob Sides and Hugh Jen
kins, driven . by Jack Cobb at
quarterback, swept to a ;16 to 0
I victory. Nprth Carolina alumni
went wild, and Col. Isaac Em
erson, the Bromo-Selzer king
and donor of Emerson field here,
r up and promised the team $20,-
000 for a new wing to the sta
dium. The season of 1926 yielded a
dry day, and Maryland took ad
vantage of several weak links on
the Tar Heel eleven to win a
14-6 decision. That victory went
to the Old Liners in fact of bril
liant play by the Tar Heel line,
and' after a 93-yard run for a
touchdown by Gus McPherson,
the Tar Heels' 9.8 second half
back. The floods came again in
1927, , and the Tar Heels upset
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Tar Babies Are
Ready for Game
Coach Rex Enright declined
last night to announce the start
ing lineup for the Tar Babies
first game of the sesson this af
ternoon with the Roanoke col
lege freshmen on Kenan field at
4 o'clock. -
The freshman team has been
greatly handicapped this week
on account of the wet weather
and for several days was forced
to be content with signal prac
tice in the gym.
In preparation for today's
game 22 men were picked to
scrimmage the varsity-while the
remaining teams engaged in
running signals.
Coach Enright plans to play
at least four or five teams today
m order to, una out tne oest
prospects for the first and sec
ond strings.
. In the scrimmage yesterday
with the varsity the line showed
a great deal of strength and with
a fast stepping backfield Enright
plans to give plenty of opposi
tion in today's game.
Little is known about the
Roanoke college freshmen but it
is understood they are sending
down a strong team.
the dope to win, 7-6. The aerial
efforts of Albert Whisnant and
Jimmy Ward, who is playing his
third yfear at halfback for the
Tar Heels, won that game, which
was preserved by punting by
Billy Ferrell that was nothing
short of brilliant. Last year
proved an upset, for the Tar
Heels won a 26-19 free scoring
alfair on a dry field.
It seems that rain is lucky for
the Tar Heels and a jinx for the
Old Liners.
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