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Ww firfe PAGE' 4 THE DAILY TAB HEEL, FRIDAY. MAY 23. 1252 t n it f 29 Years 1 fl F, T by Tom Peacock "The only reason I have cou rage enough to take the job is because I have worked with boys all my life, and I will still be workingwith boys," The man who said that, Robert A. Fetzer, not only had the cou rage to attempt to build an ath letic system out of virtually noth ing, but also built one of the finest athletic systems in the country. . Fetzer, who is affectionately called "Coach Bob", came to the University of North Carolina in 1921 as half of the full time ath letic staff., His job was to bring sports to Carolina, and at that time the University could claim but one athletic field and a con demned gymnasium as facilities. Gels Appoiniment Fetzer was appointed athletic director the first soon after I coming to Carolina, and he has I filled that position ever since. ! Coach Bob .resigns at the end of ! this year, his" 29th as director, to become executive secretary of the Morehead Foundation. That is the job that he hardly has "courage" to take. Coach Bob went over his career as athletic director, naming dif ferent events that he considered outstanding both for him and the University. "When I came here," he said, "There were 2,200 students, one field, one dressing room, and a gymnasium that -was later con demned. The State Legislature wasn'l giving out money for ath letics at that time, and I knetv " we coSfLdn't get a gym, so we built . the" Tin Can for about : $55,C00." The Tin Can coming just three: years after Coach Bob .. was the first major step towards , the Fetzer era in sports at Caro lina "It (the Tin Can) wasn't heated for five or six years, and it had its disadvantages, but at least it was a fine floor and- solved our problem." ; : Differtnt Mailer v The field was a different matter. There were athletes from three sports continually getting in each other's way, with track and base ball especially conflicting. For tunately, in 1927 Kenan Stadium was dedicated and relieved Emerson Field of football. "J Kenan's dedication is still one " of Coach Bob's most memorable ' occasions, and he has a picture of - the. stacflum and the 25,0$) person; crowd huge for that day hanging on the wall over his; desk. . " j r' . : ' : :.j If track isn't Coach Bob's favo- i rife sport, it is his favorite one. to coach) and he is. retiring as head track coach this , spring with a Southern Conference record that , may never be equalled. Some of . his most delightful recollections ; are about his track team when it used an oval encircling Emerson Field. ; . 1 ' ' Out of the Woods . "Right after Kenan was built we lengthened the. straightaway to 20 yards," Coach Bob re minisced with a grin. "We opened GLOVES AREN'T WAGES Issuing cotton gloves, free, to workers isn't a violation of Wage Stabilization Board. The Board has ruled that a chemical com pany in Cleveland can give each worker two pairs a month. TRUCK SPOILS TELECAST The power failure that made the recent A-bomb telecast such a disappointment is now finoffic ially attributed to a truck- The vehicle is said to have' run over and severed a power cable. the gate, and the runners would come out of the woods." By 1936 most sports were fairly well off. There was 42 tennis courts instead of the" six clay courts in 1921, there was Kenan Stadium, there was Emerson Field, and there was the Tin Can. But the track team' still ran around the baseball players. Two of Coach Bob's finest mo ments came in 1936: First, Fetzer field, named for the man that had done so much for Carolina ath letics, was dedicated, and second, Carolina's physical education school was formed, 'a great step towards the realization of the Fetzer Creed. 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The last of the great additions to the University athletic plant came in 1938 when Woollen Gym and Bowman Gray Pool were opened. 'Anyone in this depart ment, without braggadecio, can say that the reason the Navy Pre Flight school was established here was that Carolina had one of the finest athletic systems in the country," Coach Bob commented. A far cry from a condemned gym. These events were all mile stones in Coach Bob's life, but his greatest personal satisfaction came from two seemingly much lesser events. One was the first time a Carolina relay team ever won a national championship. ; 7 A If v ZEALOTS 4 Mhem! I in mi This was at the Perm Belays In 1928 when the Carolina 4-mile relay team was victorious. The other was when' Harry WiUfen son of Carolina made the Olympic Favorite subject of coeds m rwmm Mm 1 3MM -V w m -1 71: The Manhctt an Vericool ! 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