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Peg Four THE DAILY TAK HEEL Wednesday, April S. 1970 roor r m 7f - ir T v- t I s. I ) - ? f7T w 4 -OSiS rireis ' f J . 1 7T 77" ' "? J. .1 anyone For T For countless male sports fans, the challenge posed by tennis is not unlike that of girl-watching: the possibilities are fascinating, but how does one get introduced? Things being what they are at Carolina, only a token effort can bring forth delicious rewards. Especially for the would-be tennis viewer. Consider the record. Tar Heel net teams have Coast Conference matches history. Even Paul Newman doesn't score with kind of consistency. . This year's squad may be Carolina's best ever, says Coach Don Skakle. Moreover, it may be as good as any in the country. The Heels, with four returning ACC singles champions, stacked up as a potent entry in preseason estimations. Shored up by a contingent of new blood, they lost only nine individual contests in their first nine team matches, all of which the Tar Heels swept in impressive manner. I3 roinismg - Two freshmen of much promise have moved swiftly into the swing of things. They are Freddie McNair and Forrest Simmons. , McNair was the No. 1 rated high school player in the country last year. He won the National Jnterscholastic Championships and is playing at two currently for Carolina. Simmons recently cracked the singles lineup and is teaming with Lee Langstroth at No. 2 doubles. The infusion of youth complements nicely the array of veterans Skakle has around to bring in rrfore wins and clippings. No. 1 singles man Langstroth is a senior who compiled a 16-4 individual mark last year. Oddly enough, he didn't win his flight in the ACC championships. "Lee was upset by a Virginia man after beating the same guy the day before in the last match of the regular season," Skakle explained. "Langstroth may have lost a little mental sharpness, which he isn't very likely to do this time, not with his experience," the coach said. Langstroth is joined by hred Kawlmgs and Allen Lassiter along witn sopn Jimmy Corn in the singles lineup. The only real competition they've had so far has been rain. j "We needasolid week of playing every day," Skakle bf lieves. "Every timevre start to come ground, grains. 1 "But when the weather permits, we'll pull together and be twice the team we are right now." Skakle Speaks Out Such words could serve as storn warnings for future opponents. If not, Skakle has others: "I think our players receive a tremendous psychological boost knowing that they are probably in better shape than anyone they will come up against. "We might miss a shot, but we are at least going to get to it." Sounds presumptuous, huh? Then listen to documentation of Skakle's conditioning program, as provided by one who survived it only to be cut from the team, at the last moment, for talent considerations. "Starting in early February, 30-40 boys out for the team began a running, excercising workout at two every afternoon," said the near-miss netter. "We loosened up with a half-mile jog, got in hopping and sprinting work and sometimes did as many as 40 100-yard dashes. "Running up and down the steps in the Fetzer Field stands was another of Coach Skakle's leg tougheners." Skakle's 'preseason routine is, by his own admission, as demanding as any in the concerned. But, according to our anonymous insider, not a single candidate for the team failed to last out the conditioning. oad Trip To H eel Flag Repeat By Ken Tiiley Sports Writer Carolina's defending baseball champions earnest defense of ACC begin their conference crown this weekend in a road trip to South Carolina. The Tar Heels will face South Carolina for a single game Friday, and Clemson in a doubleheader Saturday afternoon. The only conference game of the season so far was a 2-0 loss to N.C. State, thus the contests with USC and the league-leading Tigers may very well indicate how well the Tar TT els will fare in the Terence race this spring. Is the team's 4-7 record a si gn of things to come? Probably not, says Coach Waiter Rabb, pointing out that three of the losses were by a single run, and that the opposition facing his basebaliers has been unusually eiinis won 100 of 104 Atlantic in the league's 17-year Rookies McNair and seniors Joe Dorn, country, where tennis is May Be Key stiff. Who are Carolina's leaders prior to the crucial trip southward? Eddie Hill certainly deserves initial mention. His .416 batting average ties him with Pres Ruddell for the batting lead. Both have collected 15 hits in 36 times at bat, and each has batted in seven runs. In addition, Hill has slugged four home runs to lead Carolina in the power department. R abb's "most versatile player," Hill has also been called on for relief nitnhinor duty. In response, he has Ditched 1 inn.w -4C.v, UtlUtV iiilf innings, only one run for a 0.06 ERA. With a 1-0 record, this AI1-ACC first baseman will probably start on the mound against South Carolina. Rabb will most likely choose from Larry Kiser (1-2), Jim Dunlap (1-1), or Dave Bullard (0-1) for other pitching appearances this weekend. r j 4 ( f" " J i The Drudgery of Calisthentics By Bobby Nowell Contributing Editor . It was Friday night in Raleigh. The Carolina Cougars were in the process of destroying their American Basketball Association rivals, the Pittsburgh Pipers, at Dorton Arena. With 6:25 remaining in the first half, the Cougars had built a 46-27 lead. One boisterously inebriated fan, waving" his pint of Jim Beam in the air for all to see, whooped, "Well, if Bunting can't play now, with a 20-point lead, he won't never play." Bill Bunting He was referring, of course, to Bill Bunting, the former UNC star who seldom gets to play for the Cougars. But the drunken fan was wrong this, time. Bunting wasn't sent in when the'club had a 20-point lead. However, with 2:52 left in the final quarter, Carolina nursing a 90-80 advantage, Coach Bones McKinney motioned for Bill. He played the remainder of the game, won by the Cougars 107-83. Bunting pulled two rebounds off the glass, made a pair of free throws, and missed his only shot from the floor. Two " points and two rebounds. Sadly enough, Bunting's stats for the 1969-70 season aren't much higher than ARTnews proudly presents LIGHT: From Ater to Laser The 1970 ARTnews Annual XXXV Edited by Thomas B. Hess & John Ashbury "LIGHT" has many mean ings the illumination in a picture . . . the means by which it is seen . . . its sym bolic message meanings within which lie much of the content of art itself. This "focused anthology" explores the role of light throughout the history of art. 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It is an embarrassing subject for Bill, but he has several explanations for his nonactivity. "I'm the 11th man on the totem pole," he said after the Pipers' victory. "And I don't want to rock the boat. "We have three rookies on the team, but I have less experience than either of the other two (guards Gene Littles and Calvin Fowler)." Bunting's situation as 11th man has caused him to be left behind sometimes when the team goes on the road with a 10-player limit. "Then, too, we have been trying to catch y Kentucky for second place in the Eastern Division, and Coach wanted his best big men in there all the time," , he pointed out. "I haven't really had time to show what I can do." "I thought my best games this year were at the beginning oi tne season, wnen i was playing center some," he declared. Bunting scored a campaign high of 27 points in one game, but he returned to the sidelines when the Cougars acquired ex-Boston Celtic Rich Niemann. 4t 452 W. Franklin Sr. 967-1510 1 1 :30 A.M. to Midnight Closed Sundays LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Wednesday-Thursday Dave Olney Friday-Saturday Garth Beckington Shows at 9 and 10:30 p.m. $1 Cover Charge When Entertainment Begins Saturday Afternoon Chifdrens Hour 2 p.m. Folksinger Jennie Kurz $1 includes refreshments A do'-vrpour drenched Navy Field and Carolina's focibill team Monday just as the Tar Heels were arriving for another Sr'-ir practice session. A 53 result, UNC fell further behind its Spring timetable. The weather has been playing havoc with Coach Bill Doolev's ?Iir.s all Spring, and eow Thursday practices will be necessary for the squad to get in the alloted work before the Blue-White game April 25. The Heels are due to try again for some contact work this afternoon. Dooley is pleased with the running of senior Don McCauley and sophomore Ike Oglesby, he said after reviewing Tar Heel progress to mid-week. Jim Hambacher and Paul Hoolahan, a pair of senior tackles, also drew praise for their efforts in the offensive line. Some players have "just been standing around," the coach said. This is somewhat normal, of course, in the Spring. Meanwhile, Dooley would be perfectly happy if the skies would just clear up Staff Photos By Cliff At 7-foot-l and 245 pounds Niemann gives Carolina sheer strength in the pivot unmatched by either Bunting or George Peeples, the club's other center. Lack of brute power with which to compete under the boards has probably been the primary factor in Bunting's benching. Although Bill weighs more now than at any other time, he is still rail thin by pro standards 200 pounds on a 6-foot-9 frame. The importance of the weight factor was demonstrated in a recent game with Denver, in which McKinney inserted forward Hank Whitney as the pivot when both Niemann and , Peeples got into foul ? difficulties. Whitney, only 6-7, got the nod over Bunting because he weighs about 235 pounds. Bunting was never top heavy as a Tar Heel he always scaled less than 185 pounds but he could afford to concentrate more on shooting because UNC was an excellent rebounding team. He averaged 17.7 as a senior and still feels ha can do it in the pros. Now, however, "all the guys seem bigger than I am," Bunting admits. "I'm going to have to work hard on my He's a member of our milestone Clubll ThatmeanSi he's way out in front. We're proud of every insurance counsellor on our staff but the men who belong to our "Milestone Club" are special. You're looking at a top professional ... a career life underwriter with one of the most impressive client lists in our Company. That doesn't happen by accident. It happens, at least in part, because one particularly satisfied person tells another how efficiently he's been protected. 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