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T(aini Tobb Spartan L eiilll: DUPREE'S nrv G 'If ! : i i i ; IN I I I : ! ,1 : t 3 H "1 ! i hi I f : y $ , w.v.nv-vw.v. w.svi. v Athletes In Politics Campus politics are the center of attraction today and a num ber of UNC athletes are right in the middle of some of the po litical battles. Dean Smith's basketball team has three representatives vying for political posts in Dick Vinroot, Larry Brown, and Charlie Shaffer. Vinroot and Brown are presently president and vice-president, respectively, of the junior class and are running for the same senior class offices on the Student Party ticket. Shaffer, also a member of Don Skakle's tennis team and a football prospect for next fall, is running uncontested for president of the Carolina Athletic Association. Shaffer is endorsed by both the Student Party and University Party. Pud Hassell, a starter on Ken Rosemond's talented freshman basketball squad, is a UP student legislature candidate in Dorm Men's District. II. Several members of Jim Hickey's football team are also run ning for offices. Opposing basketballers Vinroot and Brown are Roger Smith, presidential candidate, and Bruce Greene, vice presidential candidate. Smith is UP endorsed, while Greene is running as an independent. - Clint Eudy, a Morehead scholar and rising sophomore on the football team, is running for legislature in Dorm Men's District III. Eudy is endorsed by the UP. In the same district, Gordon Appell (SP), one of Sam Barnes wrestlers, is running. Whitney Durand, another Tar Heel wrestler, is a candidate for honor council in District IV. A third UNC grappler, John Ul felder, is running for legislature in Town Men's District II on the UP ticket. A Look At Predictions Last week we correctly predicted the winners of the four semifinal games in the NCAA and NIT tournaments, but our win margins predicted for the games were far from fantastic. Ohio State was our choice over Wake Forest by 10, they won by 16. Cincinnati was our pick over UCLA by 15, they eked out a two point victory. In the NIT we missed St. John's 10-point win over Duquesne by three, as we picked the Redmen by 7. But Dayton romped over Loyola of Chicago by 16 and we picked the Flyers by 4. But the finals and consolation games played havoc with our picks. Our choices for the championships, Ohio State and St. John's were KO'd by Cincy and Dayton, while Loyola beat Du quesne in the NIT consolations for another error on our part. We salvage one correct pick by choosing Wake Forest over UCLA for third place in the NCAA playoffs for 5-8 for the week and 16-20 for both weeks. 4We Sinned9 After we picked Wake to fall to Ohio State. Adrian King, As sistant Editor of the Wake Forest "Old Gold and Black," sent us a serious, yet amusing letter. In this column we incorrectly stated that the Baptist College had 4,307 undergraduates and King in formed yours truly that the correct figure was 2,305 and 2,678 in cluding grad students. Other excerpts: "Secondly, out of that 2,678, only 5 disgruntled Deacon fans 'lovingly' hanged the boys in effigy. The disgruntled 5 were prompt ly denounced by the remaining 2,673!" "Turning to your predictions, I sincerely trust your observa tions to be 'fouled' in. tonight's game. Of course we will all know about 9:30 tonight. As we see the situation, how can we lose? Billy Graham (on the campus for a 3-day visit) has said we will win; therefore, it would seem that God is on our side. Somebody was there when we played Yale and St. Joe's team." The envelope accompanying the air mail special delivery letter was bedecked with 37 cents worth of stamps and resembled some thing from the Pentagon. A second letter from the paper's assistant editor, postmarked 9 a.m. Saturday, was not so lengthy. It read: "Ed: We sinned and fell short of the glory of God . . . (Ohio State 84, Wake Forest 68)." Amen. Wet Field Cancels Opener; Tar Baby Nine Plays Today A muddy field cancelled the scheduled opener for Coach Walt Rabb's baseball team yesterday; with Ithaca College of New York, but Bruce Crump's freshman team will open its season this afternoon at 3 against Wilmington Junior Col ; lege. j Rabb's men will try to open their home schedule again tomorrow when they play host to Yale. The varsity Tar Heels raiftheir: record to 2-1 Saturday when they beat Georgia Southern 2-1 in 10 innings on Heyward Hull's home run. Earlier in the week the Heels had split two games with Florida, winning 13-9 and losing 3-1. Andy Billesdon, a sophomore, pitched four innings of hitless re lief to gain the win against Geor gia Southern. Larry Jenkins had worked the first six innings, yield;! ing only one run. ' LA PIZZA' HAPPY AN the cai l .Zb 1.25 (inside only) 9671451-LA PIZZA-9671451 406 W. Main St. Carry-Out & Delivery Open 5 P.M.-1 A.M. Carrboro Sportscope . w.v.w-"Ml Residents of Hen's s HOUR TONIGHT - Small Plain Per Pcrs Per Person 1 Page Four Jon Weber Is First Pentathlon Champ UNC News Bureau University of North Carolina sportsdom has its first "Modern Pentathlon" champion. ' Jon Weber of New York City, 20-year-old rising senior, puts in 25 hours a week, seven days every week, getting in shape for the Mod ern Pentathlon at Fort Sam Hous ton, San Antonio, Texas, next sum mer.. Weber stands a good chance of being among the first four in the Pentathlon, and a representative of the United States in the interna tional Pentathlon in Mexico. Last year, at the age of 19, in an outdoor pool, in a pouring rain storm, and with choppy weather, this young man broke the national record and equalled the world's record in the 300-meter freestyle swim event of the modern Pentath lon with a time of 3:41.6 minutes, beating out another great junior prospect from Stanford University. He works daily to improve his prowess in five events: steeple chase riding, fencing, pistol shoot ing, swimming and riding. Sixth Last Year Last year at Fort Sam Houston, Weber was number six in the run ning. This year he hopes to make the team. The Modern Pentathlon compe tition is sponsored by the U. S. Army. The Army adopted the idea to fit the running, shooting, rid ing, swimming and swordsmanship characteristcs of a traditional good soldier. A cool, moderately built, friend ly fellow, weighing 150 pounds and five feet eight inches tall, Weber is a good physical specimen of taut but relaxed mein. "The Pen tathlon teaches how to stay alert in one kind of emergency, yet to be relaxed and vigilant in another kind. It teaches how to cope with a change of pace," says Jon. For example, he finds that swim ming and fencing call for a certain amount of tension of the muscles just prior to action and during action. But firing the pistol re quires the utmost in cool and re laxed concentration. "You can't let your mind wander when you're shooting," said Web er. Daily Regimen His daily regimen is something like this: On Monday he runs around the woods and hills of Chapel Hill from 8 to 9 o'clock. He shoots at the rifle range from 11 to 12. He fences from 4 to 5 and he swims in the Bowman Gray Pool from 5 to 6. On Tuesdays he swims from 8 to 9, runs from 4 to 5 and shoots from 5 to 6. On Wednesdays he runs from 8 to 9, fences from 4 to 5, and swims from 5 to 6. Thursdays he swims from 8 to 9, fences from 4 to 5, and swims from 5 to 6. On Fridays he runs from 8 to 9, Tovn District II Send an experienc ed candidate back to the Legislature, UAHK PATTERSON Student Party Candidate V9 8:30-0:30 izzas You Can - i f " - J Tuesday, March 27, 1962 rides from 2 to 3, fences from 4 to 5 and swims from 5 to 6. Saturday he swims from 8 to 9, and rides from 4 to 6. On Sunday he rides from 10 to 12 and runs from 2 to 3:30. In his swimming he works out at the Bowman Gray pool, with other UNC swimmers. He fences with Pebley Barrow, who teaches fencing, and with others. He runs informally often with members of Coach Dale Ranson's track team. He rides horses three or four days a week with Bill Gosling, former English steeplechase rider, at a Durham ridng academy. He shoots at targets at the Institute of Gov ernment's rifle range, the training quarters of police and highway pa trolmen. Weber considers the steeplechase among the most harrowing of the events. Last summer he fell once, injured his back, and was laid up for a while. But he is mended now, and ready to go for a gruel ling eight weeks of practice at Fort Sam Houston before the final contests in August. Distances in the Pentathlon con sist of 5,000 meters in the steeple chase, 25 jumps.". The shooting is .22 caliber pistols, aimed at sil- houtted moving targets. The swim ming event is 300 meters, and the running is 4,000 meters cross coun try, with obstacles and sometimes rough terrain. Jon Weber's backer in the Pen tathlon is Brigadier-General CRet.) John V. Gromback of New York City, a former athlete himself and follower of the sport. Gromback, an insurance man, is the mentor and general supporter of Weber's training and entry in the compe tition. Gromback said, "You are our brightest Junior hope." A line atniete, Weber also is a good student. He consistently makes the dean's list in the Uni versity, and majors in history. His minor is in international studies He may go further into political science studies in Graduate School and follow a diplomatic career. Weber's friend Gromback writes "The United States of America has never won a first place in the Modern Pentathlon at any Olympics or World Championships eithe in team or individual since its begin ning in 1912 when Gen. "Blood 'n Guts" Patton was our first M.P Olympics representative, placin; sixth. "Our failure is attributed to the fact that we do not start early enough in the M.P. as do other na tions, nor have we been able to interest clubs and colleges in this liJoHHM&Yfft Am 'f ' 7 ' 3 ji ' I Y'.l 1 MhnvJinU An perfect tine, ? perfect detailing, perfect ease ... the wrap skirt with the smoothly effortless air. Patient tailoring constructs it from Dacron polyester and cotton, in a particularly 1i sleek finish that never yloses its poise. Only i deep curving pockets i trim its balanced simplicity. Tan, Olive, Naqyt Charcoal, Frosty Blue, Frosty Green. Town 6 Campus By CURRY KIRKPATRICK The North Carolina tennis team won its third straight match of the young season and fifteenth straight over two years yesterday after noon, as the Tar Heels downed Michigan State, 7-2. Coach Don Skakle's netters were not as sharp as last week, when they easily downed touch Dart mouth twice, but, when pressed, they easily downed tough Dart play which ' iced the victory. SoDhomores Ted Hoehn, John "Bitsv" Harrison, and Charlie! Carolina's event. In Sweden, which has pro duced the greatest number of in dividual and team winners in this event, boys start in high school, and most competitors are college men who last four to eight years in top competition. Lars Hall won two Olympic gold medals and would have won a third had it not been for a serious accident in riding. "Here in America, MP candidates are usually selected in the Army, after college, based upon one in dividual sport. These have to be come competent in four other sports and cannot do it at that age. Recently, efforts have been made to find junior prospects in the U. S. The brightest of these is Jon Weber of the University of North Carolina. "Weber is training hard in riding and in pistol shooting with the Navy ROTC of the University of North Carolina and has shown out standing aptitude in fencing. r "Little ( :) I) ' to easiest travel on earth From Chapel Hill to: .1-Way NEW YORK $15.50 Thru Express-reserved seats NORFOLK $5.63 Thru Express service (Pius tax) Ship by Trailways Package Express. It's faster. Shipments leave on "the next bus" every day. UNION BUS TERMINAL 311 W. Franklin Phone 942-3356 Shaffer, playing in the third, fourth and fifth singles slots, : all won their matches in straight sets. . Hoehn, who mixes his shots with many twists and spins, 'beat Tom Jamieson, 6-2, 6-3 while Shaffer downed Ron Lickmann by a like score. Harrison was a little harder pressed but rode his big serve to a 6-4, 64 win over Jack Damson. George Sokol, playing in the number one spot for Skakle,. beat Brian Eisner, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 while Captain Keith Stoneman,, in the number two position, was also ex- ' 4 1 - - - ' j f v f ' ' j V Jon Weber 5 V.- Kennedy outlines his cold war strategy Last year in Moscow, Khrushchev spelled out his master plan in no uncertain terms. But what is Ken nedy's strategy? In this week's Post, in an authoritative article based on talks with the President and, his chief advisers, Stewart Alsop reports on Kennedy's long-range thinking. And tells how such cri ses and Cuba, Vietnam and Berlin shaped the President's views. The Saturday Evening girls' room" aboard restrecsi ca cvsry Tn&wzys bss) ID XSttl boyaf qm It to there's even an outlet for an electric razor. You'll want to freshen up en route. When you arrive on Trailways, you're right in the heart of town. Travel Trailways soon air-conditioning, reclining seats, picture windows. From Chapel Hill to: .1-Way GREENSBORO $ L45 8 Convenient trips daily CHARLOTTE 4.25 Convenient Express service (Plus tax) D D 0 j 7 x t . - tended to three sets before win ning, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 over Dick Colby. The victory was Stoneman's 22nd straight over a two-year period, j UNC's Kirby Jones was the only Tar Heel singles loser, as he dropped a 6-4, 6-4 decision to the Spartans' Tom Wierman. Carolina took two of the three doubles matches, dropping the number one contest in the best match of the day. Hoehn and Harrison teamed up to beat Michigan State's Jamieson and Damson. 6-1. 4-6. 6-0 while Carlton Garland and Stan Cocke won UNC's other point in doubles with a 6-3, 6-2 verdict over State's Lickmann and Bill Lau 'In the feature doubles event, Stoneman and Shaffer droDDed a 6-2, 9-7 thriller to Eisner and Col by, who came from a 2-3 deficit to Dr. William E. Beel OPTOMETRIST VISION ANALYSIS CONTACT LENS Above Ledbetter-Pickard GLASSES FITTED Phone 942-5260 D D VOTE n D Q 0 D o liU IIILIAN ALLEfl President President, Graham Me morial Student Union Student Legislature Floor Leader Finance Committee Dance Committee Chancellor's Union Com mittee Chairman of the Board, GMAB Q D n o o o o o Q 0 D LARRY HcDEVITT Q Vice-President D D O Student Legislature O Ways and Means Com mittee O NSA Regional Delegate Chairman, Torch of Education Marathon D Q 0 D 0 0 JUDY CLARK Secretary 1 O Clerk Student Legisla ture 0 O Secretary, Budget Committee u O Consolidated University n Student Council u O Orientation Committee D 0 0 0 DILL GMSWELL 0 Treasurer O Floor leader Student Legislature O UP Party Chairman Slate Student Legislature Q O Consolidated Univer- sity fetuaeni Louncii fl ; o The Only way get the win. Carolina goes after win number four this afternoon at 2:00 when the Tar Heels entertain MIT. i ; , I' ' Jim Piersall's wife asks: "Why do they call my husband crazy?" To the fans Jim Piersall is a hot tempered screwball. But to his wife, he's "calm and sensible, an understanding husband." In this week's Post, Mary Piersall tells how the fans made Jim "a marked man." Says how close he came to a breakdown in 1960. And why she's confident about this season. The Saturday Evening o o L3 mf 1U D 0 n 4 s M n u n M to Oo is II? n y THE SUPER UNB OF. THKJtSW &SM3SKttZf C3 O fT71 EZ3 ESI CZZ3 E3 C3 ri
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