i SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 19152 PAGE FOUR THE DAILY TAR HEEL IP i V, i if: . I- a t I 'I! n i I .is ;I : i ! i ill' ! i : f ! Begin March 17 far Heei Nihe s Season Opener Nears Carolina's baseball hopefuls are now going through their paces every afternoon on Emerson Field in preparation for the first game next week. Although coaches Bunn Hearn and Walter Rabb won't say so, the prospects for a successful season appear to be pretty good, what with only shortstop and third base manned by newcomers. """" The coaches have some top young prospects whom they are counting on heavily to produce a well rounded team. Says Coach Rabb, "If a couple of our positions develop as we hope, we should have a team to compare with last year." The team last had a 16 won and 10 lost record and ended the season in a tie with Duke for the Big - Four championship. Open To Florida The team is leaving March 15 for a trip to Florda and opening games with Rollins and Alabama. They will play a round robin tournament with these two teams, four games in all, and return to Chapel Hill to npen the home season on March 22 with Virginia. The team will play a 29 game schedule, including several games with top intersectional opponents. A-round robin tournament, simi lar to the one opening the season, will be held in Chapel Hill with Yale and Michigan State on March 29, 31, and April 1. There are several prospects for the vacancies left at short and third by Joe Brookshire and John Senter. Albert Long and Fred Dale, both freshmen, are the. top prospects for the "short atop position. At third, the top candidates are Bruce Holt, Ed Hooks and Bruce Coats. Hesmer, Herring, Return The second base "position is well taken care of by .two letter men, Skeet Hesmer and Mark Herring led the team in hitting 'last year. ' ; . . C At first base is co-captain Ben Smith and Bob Henhirig," " both Formal Open incj Party ot Chapel 502 W. Franklin Si. on Friday, March 14 Honoring NASH'S 50th ANNIVERSARY and introducing 1 NASH GOLDEN AIRFLYTE FOR 52. i ' . America's Most Beautiful and Economical Car ' j ; also ,, ' - ... ... INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS . r ,.r,es, :z3ssr you ask ' 1 10 GCHZ HAFTA A TO SUlVfOfc , LOOK POZA CUCXC0) BiS?P WATCHED rrnp myelp, mvr J oAtsi by wath- Ycuv'i'&Xrs' nt ITTA II ! '"A If. Opfimistic of whom are veterans. The catch ing will be handled mostly by co-captain Dick Weiss, who will get help from Roland Zagnoli. Ia the outfield the Tar Heels seem- to be well fortified. Wayne White, Bill Reeves, and Tom Ste vens are returning lettermen. Other top prospect! are John Matsinger, John Stowe. Charley Bridges and Connie Gravette. Port Leads Pitchers Pitching can make past leads pitchers or break a team and the Tar Heels have Chal Port, an All Conference selection of last year returning for duty. Bill Lore and Joe Pazdan should alsa see a lot of duty. Other pitching candid ates are Country Wood and Roger Paschal. The Big Four competition for Carolina will open on April 4 here when they meet Wake For est. That will alsao; be the first conference contest for the Tar Heels. Coach Hearn will be starting his 22nd year as Carolina base ball coach. During that time, his teams have won eight league titles and a quartet lot Big Four crowns. ' He has been coaching here continuously since 1932 and was here also in 1917 aiM'18. He.was a: major league pitcher in the National League and "he piayed with the New York Giants. Charlie Rice, former :Carolina tennis star, is teaching in the Nor folk, Va., school system ' now; Johnny Clements, a football star at Carolina two years ago, is a member of the coaching staff at William and Mary now. He coach ed at Whiteville high school last season. . 7 Charlie Justice, Carolina assist ant dOach, attended a sports carni val in Orlando, Fla., recently as a special guest. - oihors Phone 2-3401 ih ' YlZW WOULDN'T VANT U6 TC OH, OUR PRISTINE FDSITON WITH U' ,THg iATI04ABLe TO anfiineii Vote ivansTinkham ,0-CaptainS; Donnie Evans and Stan Tink ham were elected co-captains of the Carolina swimming team for next year at the team's annual banquet held in Lenoir Hall Thursday night. 7 Evans, a junior from Charlotte, has been an outstanding distance man on the conference winning team. He holds the " Southern Conference . record for the 440. Tinkham, a junior from Wash ington, D.C., has been one of the top sprinters on the Tar Heel' i squad, and ; is one of the top men in the East. . Another highlight of the ban quet was the presentation of the Dick Jamerson Awards which are made annually. Distance man Larry -Shannon and . backstroker Warren Heeman tied for the fresh man, award and Cecil Milton re ceived the senior honor. Shannon and Heeman have been outstanding throughout the season. .. Shannon set" three fresh man records and Heeman set two others. . Milton, who was co-captain this year, will graduate with a fine swimming record. He was a win ner of the freshman award his first season, and since then hrs been one of the top men in the conference. Coach Bob Fetzer was the guest speaker of the evening. . Cotton can be spun so fine that a pound of thread will extend more than 150 miles. Internal 'parasites in hogs are listed among the first ten farmer's enemies. The makers Every Sunday Channel ' 2 TOOTS I E HI with JOHN QUIZ O PRIZES FELLAS. 7) i jUeT THOUGHT IT t MIGHT BE KEWAD1N '; ; l TUNE in Athlete of Week RSWhite Scores In Diving Trampoline In R. S. White, one of the most versitile athletes at Carolina, was a unanimous choice for the Daily Tar Heel Athlete ' of the Week for his brilliant perform ance in two sports this past week. Co-captain and diver for the Tar Heel's undefeated swimming team, and captain and trampoline artist of the gymnastics team, White's performances over the weekend were tops in both sports. " Friday night the senior from Lynchburg, Va., took second place in the Southern Conference low board diving championships be hind Bob Stenberg of N.C. State. Didn't Change Clothes , As soon as the. diving had been completed, White was pulled from Bowman Gray Pool and, not giv en time to even change from' his swimming shorts, was carried by car to Duke to. participate in the gymnastics meet. Less than an hour after completing his diving White, without benefit of any rest, took first place on the trampoline to lead his other team to a win over Duke, the gym team's second win of the season. Saturday afternoon White took second in the high board diving, finishing behind teammate Joe Kelso. White's two seconds gave him -a personal score of 10 points for the meet. This is White's third year on the swimming team and second on the gymnastics squad. Many athletes play two sports while in college, but few have the stam ina to carry on two at one time. t Southern Tramp Champ He is the Southern Intercolle giate trampoline champion- win ning the title in the meet held at Carolina last year. In two years on the gym team White has been defeated only of delicious chocolaty and - wholesome candy ask you to ' . y. " :.":-:y - at 12:15 jp.m. . ? AFMY-TV PRO DROME HEED KING O CIRCUS ACTS l3 N One Evening once in twelve meets. His only setback came in the Florida State meet held early this season. Scond place in the voting, went to Buddy Baarcke of the swim ming team who was Carolina's only double winner in the SC championship meet. Baarcke took first place in the 100-yd. 'back stroke, and the 220-yd. backstroke. . Third place fell to Donny Evans, another swimmer, who picked up three seconds for the champion Tar Heels. Evans took seconds in the 1500-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, and the 220-yard free style. He was the Tar Heel's high point man by scoring 15 points. ...for $53 you can own him -BODY AND SOUL! v r :3f;j V ' mm?..? z s Jv if T - -JOSETHJUSniMN fftwAt - oam duryea . CHICAGO CALLING MARY ANDERSON edftpon bot ALSO TVEETIE PIE CARTOON TODAY LATE SHOW TONIGHT SUNDAY - MONDAY rg-its m tecj::::cclc3 I V Th "Dancing On Air muilml i lit moth.!' Sj y , . V i r- .A ) I

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