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THE DAILY TAR HEEIt
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1952
"Corpening Most Outstanding"
UMC Trackme
Without Expedience
o Win
by Frank Allstoa
In these "days of high-pressure
athletics it is quite unusual to
find standout college athletes who
entered college without high
school experience in their spec
ialty and who were not sought
by several schools with attractive
At Chapel Hill, however, this
unique situation has existed dur
ing the entire, history of track
and cross country at the Univer
sity. Down through the years a
multitude of Tar Heel trackmen
have sped to cinder glory wearing
the Blue and White and a large
percentage have done so without
previous high school experience,
A look at some of the more
outstanding names in Carolina
track history will serve to point
this out. Bill Corpening, Holt
Moore, Galen Elliott, Red Drake,
Bob Seligman, Bob Kirk and a
host of other Tar Heel cinder
stars - accomplished " a complete
track development -after-enrolling
at Carolina and entrusting their
careers to R.. A (Coach Bob) Fet
zer and Dale Ranson.
Evans Trophy Winners
In recent years the success of
inexperienced men on the Caro
lina squad has been vividly point
ed out in the awarding of the
Evans Trophy to the most out
standing senior track man. The
award was first given in 1949 and
each of the three winners to date
has been a man who developed
his .event at Carolina.' " -
The first winner oi me vuis
award was Bob Seligman, holder
of - the , University shot put and
discus throv? : "records. Seligman
had never participated in track
at all, but in two years he de
veloped into the best weight man
in Carolina history.
: Bob Kirk, the -1950 winner.
came to Carolina following a year
of track participation at Wood
berry Forest Prep School where
he was a 10 ft. 6 in. pole vaulter.
Yet three years later he was a
two-time Southern Conference
title-holder in the javelin throw,
throwing over 210 feet his junior
year. ' . - " " -
FUiijibbons Wins
Garrett Jltzgibbons, the
Evans, award winner, like Selig
man. had never compeieu m
.track. After three years on the
Carolina squad Fitzgibbons de
veloped into the conference's out-
,' standing hurdler and was a mem
ber of Carolina's world's champ
ion 480-yard shuttle hurdle relay
team.
Today approximately one-third
of Carolina's trackmen have had
no previous track experience.
Miller and Cross Country Cap-
rFlnshl Hamrick.
' IcXlli. t' UU1UVK , -; T .
Sprinters Harry Brown and Jeff
Newton; Quarter-milers Mac Ray,
Gene Cain, Earl Welch and Jimmy
innwPTs- Two-miler Morris ' Os-
TlMl ITT 1
borne; Javelin xnrower jbuj.
ker; Hurdlers Romas White, Bill
Cornell and Bobby Bell are some
of the! more , outstanding team
members whp have had no ex
perience in their field.'
And Many Others
There are many others who
have been shifted to other events
wnich were completely foreign to
them. - -
Of the famous names in Caro-
lina track history the one which
probably stands: but more is that
,of , Bill, Corpening. Bill came out
of Western North Carolina, hav
ing never seen a cinder track, and
- went on to ; become; not ; only th?
greatest name' iri track at Caro
lina, but also one of the top ath
letes in Tar Heel history.
In 1940 Bill copped four first
places in the Southern Conference
Indoor Games, a feat unequaled
until Bill Albans came along in
1949 to win five. But, Albans was
a veteran Olympic performer
when he came here whereas Cor
pening was a novice.
Corpening the Best '
Ranson tabs Corpening as the
most outstanding track man he
has seen in this area. "He was a
great competitor, a good team
man and he had natural athletic
ability,' the Tar Heel assistant
mentor points out.
The feats of some of the other
men mentioned above approach
fantastic proportionsbut it is Bill
Corpening who stands out fore
most in the mind when the matter
of inexperienced college stars is
mentioned. '
Perhaps there are many other
Corpenings, . Kirks, Seligmans,
Fitzgibbons, Drakes, Elliotts and
Moores ' on the campus" 1 today.
In' Annua
Prince r on
rOcTfi"
o,-i erps
Garoli
elays Say me
day
by Tom Peacock
"The competition should . be
very good," track " coach ,Dale
Ranson said of the Carolina Re
lays, scheduled to be run this
Saturday. "We have an excellent
field with, some of the . best track
men in the east competing."
Nine schools have entered men
iri the Relays, among theni jsuch
outstanding teams as Dartmouth,
Princeton, Maryland, and Duke.
North Carolina State track
coach F. M. Fitzgibbons's an
nouncement that Clyde Garrison,
winner of the Weil Mile in the
Conference "Indoor Games and
one of the best track men in
the Conference, will not be able
to run disappointed everyone con
cerned with the meet; Garrison
had a hernia operation last week,
and he will not be . able to run
this spring.
Maryland, winner of the Indoor
Games, will have a hard time
winning the meet, and Duke and
Princeton are both given as much
Sporis Schedule
The sports schedule for today
will be a bit lighter as the base
ball team is idle, but there will
still be two events this after
noon. The tennis team plays
Williams College of Massachuset
tes, and is trying for its seventh
win without a lossV while the
lacrosse teams also plays , Wil
liams. , ' - ;-"
The netters are favored to take
the match and hold their streak,
but the lacrossemen may face
their second loss of the season,
Williams has an experienced team
that made a good showing last
year, but the sport is only in its
fourth year at Carolina. The la
crosse team has a 1-1 record.
Captain Del Sylvia will lead
the tennis team from the number
one position, and then three
freshmen, Herb -Browne, Bob
Payne, and Sam Handel will f ol
low. Payne , hasn't JLost a match
this year, the only team member
with that distinction.
chance as the Old Liners. John
Tate will lead the Blue Devils
in the relay events, and Henry
Poss will be the Duke bid for a
win in the dashes. Princeton is
favored in the" distance medly,
with Pittis and Maxwell leading
the team.
Dartmouth is considered a sure
bet to take" two field events, but
isn't a contender for the title
as only a small portion of the
squad is enterc. George Rambour
should win tne discus with a
throw close to 150 feet, and Allan
Reich has little javelin competi
tion as he throws over 200 feet.
Carolina's chances of winning
the Relays are more than slim
this year, with only one Tar Heel
champion returned. Frank Scott
will be defending his title in the
100 yard dash, and may easily
lose it to Poss of Duke or Decker
of V. M. I.
Three schools who were pre
viously expected to take part in
the meet,.: Navy, Pennsylvania,
arid Yale, failed' to send their
entries : -and 1 v will v riot run. . All
three schools have made excellent
showings in the Relays before.
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