Thursday, July 14 1966 THE TAR HEEL Page 9 Carolina Has Its Share Of Two-Sport Athletes In this day of fast pace uni versities and colleges, athletes find the going tougher than would have been the case 10 or 15 years ago. It is becom ing increasingly harder for col leges to find scholastically qualified ball players. An especially hard task is that of the multi-sport athlete. The two-sport breed is fast dwindling. At UNC a surpris ing number of two-sport men answer roll call. Here is a look at some of them. Bo Wood, a 223 pound end in the fall, hangs up his cleats in the spring, so that he can 'throw the discus for the track team. Wood, a rising senior from Barrington, N. J., holds the school record for the dis cus. He had a full spring, practicing football on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Satur day, and track on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Steve Lister, Wood's 220 pound roommate, wrestles and plays defensive end for the Tar Heels. A Bargaintown, N. J., native, Lister partici pated in track, football and baseball in high school. Says Lister, "I walk off the football field and onto the wrestling mat." Charlie Carr, a 200 lb. Vir ginia Beach product, displays his ability to catch the year round, at split end in the fall and in center field during the spring. "Playing two sports takes a little out of each one," said Carr. "You can't really get proficient in either one, as you would like to." Bill Dodson packs 195 pounds on a 6 foot 1 inch frame. His place kicking ability took a back seat when he became the seventh man on this past y e a r's freshmen basketball team. Having played sports the year round in high school in Alexandria, Va.. Dodson has found playing two sports in c o 1 1 e g e to be "no big prob lem." He was ' considering playing baseball but dropped the idea in favor of spring football. Jim Frye, a 6 foot 5 inch basketballer from Homewood, 111., uses his jumping talents to help the track team in the high jump and the high hur dles. The lean 186-pound Frye holds the high hurdle and the E1AUE A SjGK Gfili ? ? Let the Factory Trained mechanics at Crowell Little Ford diagnose and remedy your troubles. We have the most modern equipment and up-to-date technique in the industry, including: Muffler Repairs g 24-Hr. Wrecker Service Brakes g Body Shop Carburetor Repairs q Ignition Service SPECIALIZING IN RADIATOR AND COOLING SYSTEM SERVICE CROWELL LITTLE FORD "Where Satisfaction is Standard Equipment" Chapel Hill-Durham Blvd. Phone 942-3143 high jump record at his high school at Flowmoor, 111. Frye, like Dodson, played three sports in high school, cross country, track and basketball. Pete Worthen, a 210-pounder from Andover, Mass., swims the 50 and 100-yard freestyle and throws the discus. An All America swimmer, Worthen is now co-captain. He holds the national freshman record in the 50-yard freestyle. Worthen devotes nine months to swim ming and only two months to track, yet he placed third in the ACC in the discus last year. One year before coming to UNC, Worthen was forced to give up wrestling and foot ball due to a back injury. Then, he took up swimming and track. Bob Hume, a 200-pounder from Memphis, Tenn., plays flanker back in football and left field in baseball. He is a two-year letterman in both sports. Hume played the same sports in high school, and his senior year football team was city champion. Hume's ability to get on base and skill with the bat is shown by his posi tion in the lineup as lead-off man. Bronson Van Wyck, a wiry tennis and soccer player, lives in Greenwich, Conn. Van Wyck plays inside right and right wing in soccer. In tennis he al ternates with Gene Hamilton as the No. 1 singles player. Serving as junior co-captain with Kenny Oettinger, Van Wyck has lost only four match es in the last two years. A car accident almost cut short Van Wyck's athletic ca reer. For part of his senior year in high school, Van Wyck's body was in a cast and his wounds required over 100 stitches. This 174-pounder fought back and won a berth on the U. S. team at Wimble don his freshman year at UNC. Danny Talbott, a 6-footer from Rocky Mount, was a three-sport letterman in high school, playing football, basket ball, and baseball. As the Tar Heel first baseman his soph omore year, Talbott made All ACC, with a .362 batting av erage. 'As a junior, Talbott made AU-ACC, and was chos ' en as the Player of the Year in quarterbacking Site store T i n, mm, mim n i 1 " ' " PRICES IN THIS AD EFFECTIVE THRU JULY 16th -K 'friimrr mf (otalHiy Mmw )- "SUPER - RIGHT" QUALITY FRESH J v Sis. m r 11 V Qu Wl3 OI1LV0b I la. SUNNYFIELD waffi 5pfs 2Sc AAP fiPFL JANE PARKER FRESHLY BAKED MARVEL ICE MILK that caresM.abouf you! WHOLE LB. CUT-UP FRYER Lb. 33c 20-Gal. Galvanized Steel JLl V BRAND SAUCE 7) pics IxJ A&P BRAND CREAM CHEESE 1-Lb. Cans - 1 - LB. 8-0Z. SIZE NO LIMIT -STOCK YOUR FREEZERr

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