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Tuesday, February 14, 1967 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Tie 5 UNC Grapplers Edge Out W&M With 3 Forfeitures UNC, NCS Renew -tt fm-. Mnu I Dennis Sanders I At 5-9, He Had To Work " RALEIGH - if you want to play street basket ball, as they call it m the North, you must plav the game well The competition is keen for the few courts available during the day or at night, and the "big boys"-the taller, stronger, faster boysare the ones who run the courts. "You cannot play street basketball," the big boys told Nick Trifunovich. "You're too small." :,That would have been enough to dull the enthusi asm of many athletes, but Nick Trifunovich a 5-9 170-pound guard at N. C. State, is not just any athlete'. ; Because he isn't just any athlete, Trifunovich was allowed to play street basketball. But he had to work for it. He had to develop spring in his legs; he had to develop a good jump shot; and he had to learn to handle the ball. Because when you're only 5-9 and 170 pounds, you ;have to work for the right to play. "I Learned To Win . . That's what Trifunovich did. He developed su perior ball-handling talents to upset the big boys. I'Big players in street ball used to get upset when they couldn't steal .the ball from a little player like me," he said. "And I liked to upset them." : "I worked harder, developed spring in my legs and played against a lot of good college players." Several of those players were former State stars Pete Auksel, George Stepanovich and Vic Molodet, and they talked Trifunovich into N. C. State over the likes of Davidson, Virginia schools, Montana State jand Florida. Ironically, his new coach, Norm Sloan, tried to recruit the chunky guard when he was coach ing at Florida. The warm Southern climate helped, also: "I want ed to come South, wehere it was warmer longer," :Trifunovich remembered. ; And because he came to a team dominated by ;sophomores and missing its leading scorer and lone returning starter from last year, Trifunovich became ;the quarterback. : It has not. been easy: "In street ball, I learned to J handle the ball to get myself open. Now, I have to ihandle the ball to get the other man open, and some of my passes have been bad," he said. ; "I've also had some trouble shooting, because my "eyes have gone bad. But I'm getting contact lenses ; soon, and that should help." With a picturesque jump shot like Trifunovich's, improved vision means goodbye 39 per cent field goal . shooting. And it may mean an improvement over his : 10.2 average, still above par for a sophomore in the ; rugged ACC. "Our record is bad," Trifunovich said, "but Coach : Sloan likes to win, and I learned to win in street ball. : We're getting stronger," he added. He Earned The Right "We've won so little that we get tight before a game now. But maybe a good game or a win will pull :us out of it," Trifunovich said. Were not his brother, Drago, a freshman eager :at State, it might be lonely for Nick Trifunovich. His parents live in East Chicago, Indiana, where his fa rther is a steel mill worker. And he was born in Foily, jltaly. 5 "My parents don't speak English well. They have lot of trouble talking. But I can explain what's good J like making a shot, or getting a rebound or a steal and they listen and can tell from what the announc er says how good Drago and I are doing," he said. Like his State teammates, Trifunovich is learning r-the hard way just how tough the ACC can be: by playing and losing. But the lessons he is learning, now will make State a stronger team a year from now iand maybe his parents will get the good word from announcers more often. They should; their son plays a rugged game of basketball. He earned the right. : Galves Gets Senior Soccer Award Danny Galves (below left) ; receives Educational Founda tion Award watch from Ath letic Director C. P. Erickson bright) and Coach Marvin Al lien for being chosen the best : all-around senior soccer play ' i h n r i V ? i TM MATMXM- j 1 it t er. The Educational Founda tion gives this award to the best all - around senior in each sport. Danny is a grad uate of Nyack High School, Nyack, N. Y., and is from Valley Cottage, N. Y. ti v ' " Chsps! Hill's own HOLIDAY INN now open and serving you . . . We welcome the students and faculty of UNC. Across from Eastgat8 23-2171 By KAREN FREEMAN DTH Sports Writer William & Mary forfeited three matches to the UNC wrestlers Saturday night but the Tar Heels almost failed to capitalize, winning by a one match margin, 21-16. "You put in five subs and that's how it goes. "Steele looked good and that's about it," said Coach Sam Barnes. UNC had two unexpected ab sences from the lineup. Bob Crane (123) sustained a sprain ed ankle that will keep him out of action for the next few weeks. Once-defeated Phil Wanzer (167) was sick. All five of the substitutes were beaten. Carolina trailed until 145, when Keith Lyons got a de cision over Jim Miller (W) and tied the score 8-8. But when it was time for 'Quiet Determination' Wins Swim Meet For Dolphins By JOE SANDERS DTH Sports Writer With "quiet determination," the UNC Swim Team outswam the U. of Maryland T e r p s Saturday night, 57-47. Swimming Coach Earey said, "We didn't let them blast us out of the water with their noise, but did our jobs." Forming their own cheering section, the Maryland squad kept up their spirit to the last event. Although they had trail ed the Tar Heels up to that event, the seven - point 400 yard freestyle relay, they were in position to caputre the meet by winning it. The meet began with some best performances by the Heels. The medley relay turn ed in a 3:04.6 to get UNC off to a 7-0 lead. Steve Hildenbrand was barely taken by Terp Dave Heim, the conference rec ord - holder in the 1000 - yard freestyle, in that event. Joe Sanders won the 200 - yard freestyle with a 1:4.0 with Greg Meehan taking second. Then Pete Worthen won the 50 yard freestyle over Terp Phil Denkevitz. Sophomore Dave Ball swam to a dead heat finish with Springer of Maryland in the 200 - yard individual medley.. The judges' decision went to 7 Dave Ball (seated) and Doug Behrman lead the Dolphins to a 57-47 victory over Maryland Saturday night. 0b1C:DP.G. zm unknm Pizza . Lsrge Pkin Pizza end A Pitcher of Beer or Qder OLDE lis E. FEANKUN STREET Professional Eldg;. ' 942-5578 160, Carolina was again trying to even the score. In 160, Bob Steel (C) put in one of his best performan ces against Chuck Stout (Wt, dominating the match from the first eriod. In the second period, Steele was able to gain two predica ment within a one-minute in terval. At the close of the match, he had won easily with a 10-2 decision. RESULTS: (123) Sam Smart (W) pin Bffl Horn (C), (130) Bruce Ripy (W) d Jim Minor (C), (137 Steve Leon (C by for, (143) Keith Lyons (C) d Jim Miller (W). (152) Dick Citron (w) d Bill ambelli (C), (160) Bob (W), (167) Jay Jacobson (C) by for, (177) Scott Cruzi (w) Steve Lister (C by for. Springer, but a UNC varsity record went to Ball, who was clocked over a second faster than the old record, at 2:03.3. Phil Riker, Jim Edwards, and Fred Dannemann ddded firsts for UNC, but with three events to go, the Terps ral lied with wins in the 500-yard freestyle and 200-yard breast stroke. With the second and third-place points they, had captured in earlier events, Maryland faced the 400-yard freestyle relay with only a three - point deficit. The Tar Heels, still determ ined, but not so quiet, put up Worthen, Scattergood, Riker and Edwards against the Maryland relay. Suiminirig the anchor, or last, leg of the relay, Edwards made up a half - body length head start by Maryland's anchor man to win the event and the meet for Carolina. Edwards' time of 46.8 is his best of the sea son and one of the nation's fastest. The Maryland meet ended the Tar Heels' season with a 5-1 record in the conference and a 9-3 record over-all. The Dolphins' final rank in the conference will be decided in two weeks at the A.C.C. Cham pionships at U. of South Carolina. La wyLaJI 1 i BACE N.C STATE T&KHEEL. FAHS ARE PULLING- I Fos BOB UEWJS' fHX ODMPANV ! TO BOUNCE BACtCf SIS- FROM THE GA.TECH.Lft it-- " Tar Babies Mope To Avenge Defeat By OWEN DAVIS DTH Sports Writer Revenge is the theme to night for the Tar Babies when they visit State in the hostile environs of Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolflets are the only team that has marred Carolinas 12-1 rec ord and UNC is out to avenge the defeat. Tipoff time for the grudge duel will be 5:30 p.m. State and Carolina have jsplit in two previous games this season: "The Tar' Babies won the first contest in Car micnael, 87-79, and then State banded UNC its only loss in Raleigh, 87-68. Neither team has been able to show a definite superiority in the previous encounters. Carolina was never able to pull away from the gritty Wolflets in the first game and State only piled up a decisive lead in the fading moments in the latter. Height difference will not Anyone for half 1 "-- : f Give or take a couple cubic feet, the VW Squareback Sedan will hold half as much as a big, $4,000 station wagon. Which isn't half bed considering that big wag ons usually run around half empty anyhow. And although you can't roll a piano into the back of o Squareback, you can fold the rear seat down and slide in a couple of full-sized mattresses. Or bring it back up again to carry full-sized people. Plus all their luggage. There's also bonus storage space under the front hood. (You know, where everyone else stores their engine.) So if you've been torn between the roominess of a big wagon and the costliness of it all, look at our Squareback this way: One. It's much cheaper. $2225.00. Two. It's more economical. (After all, it is a Volkswagen.) And three. Haifa wagon is better than none at oil. i ' i ri Suggested retail price east other dealer delivery charges, optional at extra cost i r -- 9, i i . - 1 I. r .! : 1 play a major role in -this meeting as is usual in most Tar Baby games. Tom Smith, State's center, is only 6'5" but he is tough on the boards with his brute strength. The Wolflets' best shooter is southpaw guard Nelson Is ley. Isley poured in 26 points in the State defeat and 15 in the Raleigh game. Second leading scorer on the squad is forward Dale Abernathey. Ab ernethy had 15 and 22 points against Carolina earlitr. . Guard James Wombie and forward Vann Williford round out the starting five. Wombie is a fair scoring threat and Williford is an aggressive re bounder. Carolina has all five start ers averaging in double fig ures. Charlie Scott enters the game with the top scoring average on the team of 28.8 points a contest. Scott is also the leading rebounder with an average of 13 per game. CvOt.KWAGCM Or HCIICA, UC. a station wagon? coast P.O.E., local taxes and if any, additional. WhitewaHs DCU.EI OHB - i? By DENNIS SANDERS DTTI Sports Writer It will be like old times in the William Neal Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh tonight when 10,000 fans jam the an cient coliseum walls and North Carolina and N. C. State tan gle. Because this is the coliseum where both the Tar Heels, still the nation's second best team, and the Wolfpack. have displayed some of their fin est basketball wares. Carolina Coach Dean Smith will send a talented team with a 16-2 overall log and a perfect 8-0 Atlantic Coast Con ference slate into this one against a Wolfpack that has looked very bad and very, good this season. State's record is an unim pressive 5-13, and their league mark is an equally unimpres sive 1-9, but the Wolfpack will be cwming off two strong games. The first was a 69-65 loss to Duke, a game much closer than even the score would in dicate, and a win over Vir ginia last Saturday, State's first in the last nine games. Despite erratic play in its last two games, North Caro lina is still .blessed with height and a potent fast break. 4We were tight against Wake Forest, but that was just one night," said Tar Heel Coach Smith.V "The tightness - - LOCATED NEXT DOOR TO COBB DORM Luncheon Special for Today BEANS & FRANKS Choice of Two Vegetables Salad w Dressing Beverage Bread & Butter Homemade Layer Cake 1. Say, Marcello, is it true you Romance Language majors get more dates? Certainement! No girl can resist a Latin approach. 3. Gosh! Or, "Carissima, la dolee vita ci aspetta!" 5. 1 have to depend on plain 6. But when I tell the girls English to get my dates. I've lined up a great job at Poverino Equitable that oners challenge, with good pay, and a great future, I get more dates than I can handle. You mean I wasted 3 years conjugating irregular verbs? Make an appointment through your Placement Officer to see Equitable s employment representative on FEBRUARY 21 or write to Patrick Scollard, Manpower Development Division, for further information. The EQUITACIE life Assurance Society of the United States lUmr Office: 1285 Aw. of the Americas. New York, N.Y. 10019 An Equal Onpartunity Employer, M F Equitabr 1967 t"-" iii.i .liinil : .....mi'-inn "ip"TN i ,ii- , i ,-3 rm . i atiie lonigiiii was not present in cur S2-C0 loss to Georgia Tech." "But our comeback a -rains t Tech (from a 15-point deficit had a positive effect," Smith continued. Because he does not make excuses. Smith did net men tion that reserves Tom Gaurt lett and Mark Mirken did not make the Tech trip due to law board erams. "We will obviously have a tough test against Stat e," Smith added. State Coach Norm Sloan, who once roamed the coliseum floor as one of the late Ever ett Case's original players, is aware of North Carolina's awesome talent. "We lost to Carolina by one point (79-78) in Chapel Hill, and we know what they can do," Sloan said. "But our win over Virginia will help us. We've been com ing back all season, and that is a great attribute for this State team to have," he add ed. Sloan will send sophomores Nick Trifunovich (10.2), Dick Braucher (11.0) and Bill Mav redes (10.0) and junior Bill Kretzer (11.3) and senior Jer ry Moore against the Tar Heels. Moore carried a 9.4 average, but has hit nearly 20 points in each of State's last two out ings. 2. Really? Not when you whisper "Aimez-vous la vie bohemienne ma cherie? 4. Wow! 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