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Page 4 :: Baseball Fans Pay Tribute To Mantle By SANDY TREADWELL DTH Sports Writer The baseball fan is a wonderful creature. He's the man in a T-shirt chewing upon the stump of a half-smoked cigar while happily spill ing beer all over himself and the people around him. He is the lady with a straw hat and a big mouth which is always open yelling "ya bum" to the bullpen pitchers. He is the young boy who finds both his he roes and his dreams on the smooth green grass and the red clay of the professional playing fields. He is the cop who lets his eyes drift away from the crowds hoping that section 20 will be free of fights, foul balls, and heart attacks so that he can put his flat feet up and watch the game. Last Saturday afternoon the baseball fan flocked to the cement walls of this historic stadi um by the thousands. They were small people but this day was special. They stood in line at the entrances and watched. Yes, the fans at Yankee Stadium were probably more excited than ever before. They spoke to one another at the turnstiles and in their seats. Their talk centered around one man. Inside the Stadium an usher took off his red cap, swept the sweat from his face, and looked out towards the monuments in center field. An old man pushed at the arm of a friend. "Listen to them buzz. They aren't talking about Aunt Hilda's will, or so and so's scandal, or the stock market or even the World's Fair. They're buzzing about number seven and the memories that go with it." As I sat in the Stadium last Saturday I was one of 65,000 waiting to cheer him. His name and number had always been special to me. His was the most treasured bubble gum card and it was his name that I secretly assumed whenever I held a bat in my hands. I remember seeing him for the first time, and I remember my disbelief when he struck out. I remember seeing him whip the ash bat through the air with such perfection that it sent countless baseballs arching into the seats. And I remember the pain of watching the swift legs slowly become stiff and fragile. Sixty-five thousand rose to their feet and cheered as his name came through the loud speakers. Finally he walked from the dugout and waved his cap to the crowds. We cheered him for almost an hour, and we cheered loudest when he bent over the microphones and, with a ner vous Midwestern voice wished that he could have fifteen more years with the Yankees. If you happen to be in love with baseball you felt sad walking out of the Stadium after his day. You were sad becaVise an era was drawing to a close. The sight of Mickey Mantle stepping up to the plate is sacred in the game. It is a mo ment of magic that millions have experienced. Soon it will only be a memory. v. X SHIRTMAKERS ft IIP A tho W. 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"But if there was any doubt among our younger players players that we could play evenly with a big name team, it shouldn't be there now. Af ter last Saturday, the young ones should know that we have what it takes to handle anybody." As college football players go, Hank Barden is an old timer. He came here as a freshman in 1960. In his jun ior year, he broke his right wrist early in the season and the Conference gave hihi an other year under its hard ship clause. Now he's actually in his fourth year of varsity ball. Barden's personal injury record looks like a hospital chart for a whole ward. Playing high school ball at Greensboro, he was the speci men of health. But during his college days he's spent a lot of time in sick bay. His freshman year it was a bad ankle. His knee went into a cast during the spring of his sophomore year and then came the broken wrist and most recently, a partial shoulder separation. After his last mishap, Hank handed in his old number 30 WHISKEY is but one of many colors that you will find among the choice collection of sweaters at THE HUB We have an assortment of Cardigans and V-necks that is unsurpassed anywhere, and which includes a large number of alpacos and cash mere for the more discrim mating taste. Featured, too, are the Arnold Palmer, Al paco Blends by Robert Bruce. Styles by Thane, Glasco, Bernhard Altman and By ford .... from 12.95 THE HUB of CHAPEL HILL "Where you can afford to dress the very best" THE DAILY and asked for a jersey with better luck. Now he wears number 29. "The kind of loss we took Saturday really hurts you," he said. "It's not so bad when you know you're completely out of it from the start, but we weren't. "Michigan got us down ear ly in the game but we never felt like we were out of it. We went on to lose by just one touchdown it hurts." Now the battle with Michi gan is over and done with. Hank and his teammates are looking ahead to another Big Ten foe, Ohio State. Tar Heels and Buckeyes have tangled only on one oth er occasion. That was back in 1962, when Barden was a sophomore, and it was under a setting similiar to this year's clash. Old Well Charms Sterling Silver $4.00 Gold Plate $5.00 Solid Gold $17.00 T. L. KEfilP JEWELRY The Home of the Old Well Charm 135 East Franklin St. Competition & and . . . TAR HEEL Intramurals Set For Banner Year By BILL HASS Dth Sports Writer The 1965-66 Intramural Pro gram at Carolina promises to be bigger and better than ever ihis year and things will start happening right away. The first activity for the fall schedule is tag football, which will begin play Monday, Sept. 27. Dorm managers should have all team entries in by this Wednesday, Sept. 22. Games will be played Monday through Friday in Fraternity, Residence Hall and Graduate Divisions. A new feature of football this year will be night games on two new lighted fields adjacent to the gym. The fields should be ready for play in about two weeks. A major change in the set up for all intramural sports will eliminate the Fraternity and Residence Hall White Di visions entirely. Last year they were divided into Blue and White Divisions, but ev eryone will play in one divis ion now. Football leagues in residence halls will be set up by the Residence College sys tem. Preliminary competition will be a round robin sched ule in a six-team league. Playoffs will be single elimina tion affairs until the champion is determined in each division. A special event coming soon is the Cake Race which will be held on Thursday, Sept. 30. To enter, each person must run the mile-and-a-half course twice before the race. Entries can be made any time between Sept. 22 and Sept. 29. There are two divisions: the Novice for boys who have never run track or cross country, and the Open for letter winners, cur rent members of the track team and freshmen planning "to go out for track. Last year's winners were Bill Horn in the Novice Division and Mike Wil liams in the Open Division. Thomas H. Johnson, Direc tor of Intramurals, is enthus iastic over this year's pro gram. Last year 60 per cent of SLOT RAGES Tuesi & Thur. Kites 7:30 P.M. PRIZES 2 TRACKS. 16 LANES Billy Arthur Eastgate Shopping Center Chapel Hill Cars 426 East Main Street - Garrboro, N. C. (Next to Tar Heel Car Wash) O Sports and Racing Car Specialists O Foreign Car Repairs O Street, Safety and Speed Accessories O Hag. Wheels, Tyres, Roll Bars, SB the male student body, 5020 altogether, participated in one or more intramural activities setting all-time Carolina highs. "We think we can do even better," Johnson said. 'Eve ry student that is physically able should benefit from at least one or two activities per year. The wide variety of sports should interest everv one." Johnson stressed the need for student officials. At least 30 per day will be needed for football. All officials are paid a dollar an hour and anyone interested should attend an official's clinic Wednesday and Thursday of this week at 4:30 p.m. in room 304 in Woollen Gymnasium. Also stressed was the fact that an "A" medical rating is required for participation. Any student with a "B" rating must obtain written permis sion from the infirmary be fore he will be allowed to par ticipate. Johnson said that a new system of recording all participants on IBM cards will enable the office to check on medical ratings. Besides tag football, the fall schedule includes Track, vol leyball, wrestling, basketball and handball. 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