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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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By JEFF MacNELLY
' DTH Sports Editor
' Well, they're starting that cazy talk again. Cassius
Clay and Wilt Chamberlain appeared on the same
television show last week.
Wilt's still on his own personal "I am the greatest!"
kick, claiming that he can pick a sport and become a
champion over night.
One of the sports that he's been talking most about
is boxing. More directly, Wilt wants to beat the stuff
ing out of Cassius Clay. When the two squared off
on TV, it looked as though he might have a point.
A Wilt and Clay match would look like a giraffe
in a dog fight. The champ is no small man, going about
6'3" and weighing about 215.
But Wilt is no stilt, either. Over seven feet, the
giant of sports also carries pretty close to 300 pounds
on his huge frame all of it muscle.
Just looking at the two face-to-face, most everyone
would bet on Chamberlain. He's probably got seventy
pounds on Clay, and outreaches the champ by about
a yard.
Wilt's belt buckle would stare Clay in the face, so
that even if he got past the huge arms, he'd have to
punch up, and even then he'd have to do some pretty
fancy moving with a step ladder to get to Chamber
lain's head.
No doubt the fans would pay millions to see such
a spectacle. It might even be a great fight.
Wilt Chamberlain is a great athlete physically, but
he does have some weak points. Everyone has heard of
the chronic stomach ailments that plagued the star
for years. In basketball, no one is sticking fists in your
gut, (at least not all the time), and if Clay ever got
the opportunity for a few siff cracks at Wilt's belly,
something might go.
. If such a fight were ever to take place, (and the
whole idea seems fantastic) another point in Clay's
fayor would be the fact that Wilt is somewhat of a
paranoid. Camberlain almost quit the NBA because
too" many people were tweeking the rubber band on his
wrist. True, a man over seven feet does get driven
crazy by the idiots who chirp, "How's the weather up
there, big fella?", but one of the last things to take
with you into a boxing ring is an "Everybody's-always-picking-on-me"
complex, especially when the heavy
weight champion is the one who is "picking" on you.
Such a fight would be magnificant, both from the
money aspect and from the fans' point of view, but
there is doubt whether Chamberlain will ever put his
words into action.
Good grief . . . what if he lost?
Is Tournamefit
: Good: Method?
By BRANT WANSLEY
Special To The DTH
Is the current tournament
method of deciding the ACC
basketball champion satis
factory? Here are some campus re
actions. Jim Frye, junior, psycho
logy, Homewood, II.-"No! Too
often an inconsistent team
may win the championship.
We need a good, solid, con-
sistent winner to reDresent the
ACC.
Dick Van Leuvan, senior,
economics, Pittsburgh, Pa.
"The tournament is good for
local fans but unfair to an
outstanding team in the con-
ference who may play one
bad eame and be elimated
from the regionals."
John Come, junior, econom
ics, Charlotte "The present
method of deciding the cham
pion seems okay. The regular
season winner ought, to. be
able to win the tournament.
It's goood practice for the
upcoming regional playoffs."
Jim Van Hecke, sophomore,
religion, Greensboro "The
tournament is a poor method.
The winner of the regular sea
son should be given some
special consideration if they
are beaten in the tournament
maybe a deciding game be
tween the tournament winner
and the' regular season win
ner." Steve Sparks, senior, politi
cal science, Whiston-Salem
"The tournament is not satis-
Giants And
Packers In
Exhibition
NEW YORK (AP) The New
York Giants will renew their
rivalry with the champion
Green Bay Packers in their
1967 exhibition schedule.
The Packers will be played
on Saturday, Sept. 9, in a
night game at Green Bay.
The exhibition slate for the
Giants starts Aug. 12 with a
game against the Atlanta Fal
cons at Ithaca, N.Y. They play
the - Washington Redskins at
Raleigh,-N.C. Aug. 19 at night;
the .Minnesota Vikings at New
Haven, Conn., Aug. 27 and the
Philadelphia Eagles a Prince
on, N.J., Sept. 4.
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factory. The regular season
champion should represent the
conference in the playoffs."
Arch Hicks, junior, business
administration, Oxford "The
tournament "should not be
abolished. Medicare teams
maintain morale just by
realizing that they still have
a chance for the champion
ship." Bill Mitchell, junior, English
Greensboro "A team may
have its ups and downs. We
need the team who has
shown the best ' performance
throughout the season to rep-
resent the conference."
Tommy Cannon, sophomore,
pre-med., Greensboro "The
winner of the regular season
should be the ACC champion
and represent the conference
in the playoffs."
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NEW YORK (AP) Blake
Ball, rugged defenseman with
the New Haven Blades of the
Eastern Hockey League was
suspended indefinitely by Tom
Lockhart, league president,
and fined $25 Thursday for mo-
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in the season.
The fines boost Ball's con
tributions this season to the
league treasury to $350. He
also has spent 28 minutes in
the penalty box.
On Nov. 5, Ball was fined
$20 for fighting with an of
ficial and was fined $100 and
suspended for two weeks for
the same offense on Dec. 17.
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Narvaez Loses Fight,
Garden Fans Lose Minds
NEW YORK (AP The fight
braced tself for another ban
boxing tirade Saturday after a
bloody riot at Madison Square
Garden that injured more than
a dozen spectators and sent
five to the hospital.
The violence followed a un
New York Giants Land
Viking Fran Tarkenton
NEW YORK (UPI) The
television series "Run For
Your Life" stars Ben Gaz
zara, who originally came out
of New York.
Pro football's version next
season will star Fran Tark
enton, who came out of Geor
gia by way of the Minnesota
Vikings to quarterback the
New York Giants of the Na
tional Football League.
Tarkenton, the game's most
noted side-stepper through six
pro campaigns, frequently has
been labelled a scrambler by
choice. That choice now has
been removed.
Considering the low esteem
in which Giant pass-blocking
is held around the league, Fran
now will be scrambling for his
life against the expected on
rush of enemy tacklers.
"He has exceptional ability
to redeem the busted play,"
-says Coach Allie Sherman of
the Giants.
Those "busted plays" be
came an agonizing feature of
New York's offense last year
as the Giants sagged to their
worst record in history at
1-12-1.
It was enough to make a
scrambler out of Earl Morrall,
one of the most disciplined pas
sers in the trade. His pre
ference is throwing out of a
protective pocket of blockers;
but, Earl had trouble finding
a pocket that wasn't already
punched full of holes.
As a result of the merger
agreement between the Na
tional and American Leagues
last June, the Giants were
provided with the first shot
at a quarterback in the college
draft due this month.
Sherman and Club President
Wellington Mara seriously con
sidered drafting Stever Spur
Florida State Hot,
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in Three Games
TALLAHASSEE Timely
hitting was the key to Florida
State's three-game road sweep
last week when the Seminoles
knocked off Miami twice and
the University of Tampa once.
Coach Fred Hatfield's in
experienced club downed the
Hurricanes 9-4 and 6-5 before
trimming Tampa 14-0.
"Dick Gold and Chuck Cone
were pleasant surprises with
their bats," said Hatfield. "I
thought Cone would be a steady
player but he's surprised me
with his aggressiveness at the
plate."
Third baseman Cone had
been scheduled to open at sec
ond, .but Hatfield made a last
minute switch, sending him to .
the hot corner. He came up
with some clutch hits against
Miami.
"While we didn't do a lot
of hitting in Miami, most of
the safeties came at opportune
moments with men in scoring
positions," said the former
American League infielder.
Another Seminole who came
through at the plate was out
fielder Roy Mewbourne.
"As I expected, my pitch
ers haven't had enough work
to be effective," continued
Hatfield. "We have a two-week
layoff before opening at home
under the'lights (March 20 vs.
Georgia) and 1 think my pitch
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animous 12-round decision for
Panama's Ismael Tiger La
guna over Frankie Narvaez, a
ring idol of the Puerto Ricans.
None of the injuries were
serious. But boxing people
headed for the cyclone cellars.
They could see a new cam-
rier of Florida, Bob Griese of
Purdue or Don Horn of San
Diego State. However, they
may have been haunted by
nightmare visions. of a 400,
C00 bonus rookie fleeing for
his life.
So they went for the best
srambler of them all. They
traded away all their fancy
draft rights and more to boot
to grab Tarkenton from the
Vikings, a club from which
he had resigned on Feb. 10.
Since they already had trad
ed this year's No. 3 draft
choice to Cleveland in a deal
for lineman Jim Garcia who
later went to New Orleans,
the Giants won't have a pick
until the fourth round of near
ly 80 players after the rollcall
begins.
"All I know about the cur
rent Giants is what I saw on
the film of one game this
year and that was only the
offensive team," said Tarken
ton, "I did see some good
players, though, and I'm look
ing forward to playing in New
York."
Fran denied he srambcles
on purpose, as frequently
charged, or intentionally con
tributed to the resignation of
Norm Van Brocklin who quit
the day after Tarkenton an
nounced he was through with
the Vikings.
"I just try to do what it
takes to put points on the
scoreboard," he said. "Passing
out of a pocket or scrambling
makes no difference." How
ever, he might have been
alarmed at one remark by
Sherman., v-
"No moves are needed in
the line to adapt to Tarken
ton's style."
In other words, here's the
ball and run for. your life. .
ers should be in shape by that
time. I don't figure to cut
the squad but I'm going to
have to pick out 18 or 19 boys
and start working with them
instead of with 35 or 40."
Hatfield said he was pleased
with Don Boyd's relief work
on the road. But two of his
starters, Lin Garrett and
Wayne Vincent, showed they
need more work. "Earlier, I
thought Boyd, Vincent, Gar
rett and Marvin Stringfellow
would be the four-man rotation.
But with our schedule, we'll
need six starters."
Starting March 20th the
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Virginia Tech, Penn State and
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paign to outlaw the sport com
ing. "It happens every time," said
Harry Markson, executive di
rector of the Madison Square
Garden Boxing Club. "The do
gooders use a situation like
this to get in the public eye.
The anti-boxing crowd is grind
ing its axes You can b2t on
that.
"Actually, the disturbance
lasted no more than five min
utes. We were well prepared
for it. I'd say no more than
20 people set it off. But what
can you do when a guy stands
up and cuts loose with a beer
bottle?"
This was the second such
riot in the Garden's long his
tory. The other occurred on
Aug. 4, 1965 and also involved
Narvaez, beaten then by Fili
pino Flash Elorde. The upris
ing lasted about 25 minutes
and the injuries were both
slight and few.
"There seems to be just a
core of Narvaez supporters
who trigger this thing," Mark
son said. "It really is going to
hurt the guy, who is a fine
fighter.
"I know we will have to
think long and hard before
bringing Narvaez back into
the Garden." Markson said he
wasn't concerned about secur
ity measures for the Garden's
next big fight the heavy
weight title bout March 22 be
tween champion Cassius Clay
and Zora Folley.
"We always take adequate
precautions," the Garden of
ficial said. "We have found
that it only happens with a
few hot heads who get excited
about this one guy."
With a crowd of 11,580 for
the Laguna-Narvaez fight, the
Garden increased its special
police detachment from the
usual 3 to 60. Besides, New
York City police were called.
"They did a great job of
stopping the riot," Markson
said. "They had it quieted
down in about five minutes."
After the verdict was an
nounced, whisky bottles and
other missiles started whizzing
from the balcony. Bill Verigan,
covering the fight for United
Press International, was hit
flush in the face by a flying
bottle, opening a gash over his
right eye.
He was among the five taken
to nearby St. Clare's Hospitals
for observation. ..' ;
Bottles landed in the ring
and in the ringside sections,
endangering the fighters them
selves. "Next time I come, I'm go
ing to wear a crash helmet
and an armored vest," com
mented one fight writer after
two bottles flew past his ear.
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