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by Jake Wade
The Executive Committee of the UNC Board of Trustees ves
?XVPUh ?PPjntmeis of Oliver K. Cornwell and
Charles P. (Chuck) Enckson as Directors of Athletics here
Effective July 1, Cornwell will be chairman of the department
of physical education and athletics with overall supervision of
the entire department. At the same time Erickson will assume
the duties of athletic director.
They are succeeding Robert Allison (Coach Bob) Fetzer, one
of the nation s most outstanding and best loved athletic men who
has resigned as director of physical education and athletics, as
the office has been known in the past, to become executive sec
retary of the Morehead (scholarship) Foundation.
Both Cornwell and Erickson have been closely associated with
Fetzer in conducting the athletic program at the University.
Cornwell came to -the University in the fall of 1935 from
Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, where he was director
of physical education and athletics. He was "a graduate of Witten
berg and star basketball player while a student.
Cornwell Came Here In 1938
He was brought here primarily to inaugurate la physical edu
. cation program and the process of organizing the department
was completed in 1938 with headquarters in the then new Wool
len gymnasium.
By action " of the board of trustees, intercollegiate athletics
and physical education were combined into one division, " with
Fetzer named the departmental head; From the outset, however,
Cornwell handled the academic end in physical education Under
his direction, the department has achieved an enviable national
ranking as one of the nation's foremost.
Erickson, working exclusively in the intercollegiate athletic
phase, has been assistant athletic director to Fetzer since 1946.
A native of Oak Park, Illinois, Erickson graduated at the Univer
sity in 1930 and was a star halfback for three seasons here. Fol
lowing his graduation, he was away two years in business, but
then returned "to the University and has been a member of the
athletic staff since, except for the interlude of war. He took his
post as-assistant athletic director following his discharge : from
the navy as a lieutenant commander.
Cornwell, who will be delegated the final responsibility in the
new athletic, set-up, is nationally known in intercollegiate sports
circles as well as physical education. He has been a member of
the NCAA eligibility committee for several years. At the Univer
sity he has served for many years on the athletic council and
scholarship committee, in addition to the building and grounds
and other committees not primarily related to athletics.
Erickson Worked on Football Schedule
As Fetzer's assistant in the intercollegiate athletic office,
Erickson has had a large hand in arranging the University's pre
tentious football schedules of the past several years. In recent
months, while Fetzer has been working part time with the More
head Foundation, Erickson has taken on additional responsibil
ities. Erickson doubles as golf coach at the University and his inter
est and zeal in golf have been responsible for the building of the
18 -hole University Finley course almost entirely through private
donations rather than appropriations. The course has been widely
acclaimed as one of the most important adjuncts of the Univer
sity's athletic plant. Donations have been obtained by Erickson
for the construction in the near future of a golf shop and club
house and plans have been drawn for the structure., ;
The man retiring from the University's athletic scene, Robert
A. Fetzer, said he was confident he is leaving the program "in
the very best hands." He expressed pleasure of the .trustees' action
yesterday in entrusting the responsibility to Cornwell and Erick
son, "conscientious, hard working, capable and intelligent men,
who are close personal friends and sure to work harmoniously.
Fetzer has been in the harness for twenty-nine years as head
of athletics at the University at Chapel-Hill. When he came to
the University in 1921, he was half of the full time athletic staff,
his brother, Bill, being the other half. Now there is a staff of
approximately 40, jncluding the physical education department.
No man has been more close- -
ly associated with the growth
of athletics at the University
than Fetzcx. A native of Con
cord and a graduate of David
son College, where he partici
pated in. athletics, "Coach Bob"
ooached at various schools and
engaged in business before set
ting here for the long haul. He
is now 64 years old, but as
active as in his younger days.
by Paul Cheney
The seventh annual Big Four
sports day will be held here this
afternoon, with teams from Caro
lina, Wake Forest, Duke, and N.
C. State competing in softball,
golf, handball, horseshoes, tennis,
AH ""contestants in the Big
Four Sports Day are lo be
dressed and ready to compete
by 2:00 this afternoon in the
Inlramurals -. Department . an
nounced.. . . ... ... .7"; .......
. .Everyone is to meet on the
main floor of the gym at 2:00.
table tennis, and volleyball. All
contests will begin at 2:30, with J
the exception of golf which gets
underway on the Finley Course
at 12 noon.
The Carolina softball team will
be selected from among 20 ath
letes: James Lyerly, Richard
Croxton, Robert Rhyne, Tom
Weil, George Foti, W i 1 1 i am
Evans, Glen Nickerson, Ed Wal
ler, Sharles Gibson, Neil Satter
f ield, Carson Yates, Edgar Beatty,
Barry Pruss, Andy Miketa, Thorne
Gregory, Rennie Randolph, Jeff
Newton; John Ruggles, Charles
Poindexter, and Bud Carson.
Kenney Picks Golf Team
Raymond Collins, Jack Hol
brook, Robert Page, and Charles
Shore have been selected by Fin
ley Course pro Ed Kenney to
represent UNC on the links this
afternoon. Each Tar Heel golfer
will be paired with participants
from the other three schools in
foursomes. Each man will play
18 holes, with scoring on a medal
score basis.
The Carolina tennis team will
be made up of Tom West, John
Welborn, Thad Monroe, Frank
Redding, Ed Brown, Richard Dun
can and Norman Jarrard.
Doubles, Singles Scheduled
In-the other events Carolina
will be represented by boys with
intramural experience in their re
spective sports. All these con
tests will be staged on a team
basis with two doubles and one
singles match in each sport.
The following men will act as
supervisors and officials for the
various events: Pat Earey, Jim
Neely, Frank Hood, Roy Mitchell,
Don Davis, Jim Dillon, Sam Geek,
Bob Isaacs, Willis Huff, James
White, Gene - Shaw, Pete Carr,
and Benton Clifton.
Carolina and State tied for first
place last year.
Team
ennis
Against Virg
Record
Sfrivina For 23-2
inia Today In Closing Game
The Carolina tennis team ends winning note. To date they have
a highly successful season this
afternoon when it meets a strong
team from the University of Vir
ginia. Coach Kenfield has tabbied
this match as one of the best of
the year.
The Carolina team has just re
turned from a northern trip on
which it won seven straight
matches. The Tar Heels will be
hoping to end the season on a
. Positions Vacated
The positions of golf coach and
head track coach, vacated by
Chuck Erickson and Robert Fet
zer, have not as yet been filled
by the University.
Track coach Dale Ranson .will,
in all probability, be picked to
fill Coach Bob Fetzer's shoes as
track mentor, but a man to take
the" capable Erickson's place will
be hard to find.
Before today's' match with
Wake Forest, the golf team was '
undefeated, and had a win over
Duke'to its credit.
a record of 22 wins and 2 losses.
If Carolina can beat Virginia,
they will gain a measure of re
venge on Duke, since the Cava
liers handed, the Blue Devils a
5-4 defeat last week. The Vir
ginia team beat the Tar Heels
last fall in a non-scheduled prac
tice game.
After this afternoon's match,
the only thing remaining on the
Carolina schedule will be the
Southern Conference tournament
which gets under way at David
son this Thursday. Tom Boys of
William and Mary will probably
be seeded number one in the sin-
gles because of hfs victory over
Del Sylvia of Carolina in regular match.
season play. Sylvia will probably
be seeded second.
' In 'the doubles the team of
Boys and Barnes of William and
Mary will probably be- seeded
number one ahead of Sylvia and
Handel of Carolina. This is also
because of a victory in the regu
lar : season play. Both doubles
team will receive some stiff com
petition from the Carolina num
ber two doubles team of Herb
Browne and Bob Payne. They
will probably be seeded third.
In last year's Conference tour
nament, Carolina team members
took the singles and doubles
championships so . the Tar Heels
are defending champions in the
Fetzer first came here as a
football coach but his first love
was always track. He is still the
head track coach, but gives that
up along with his athletic
directorship. A long time NCAA
track committeeman, he is
recognized as having done more
for the development of the
track sport , in the South than
any other man. His success as a
track coach is shown by the
many fine teams he has turned
out at the University with a
record: -of,;-, 17; :of 24 outdoor
championships and 12 of 17 in
door titles. rU--
Fetzer founded the celebrated .
Southern Conference Indoor
Games and Fetzer track field
here . was named for him.'' In
additiop ; to spying ;on the
: NCLa? traclt' committee he was
on that' body's executive com-"
mittee ior several 'terms.
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