Tuesday, September 5, 1972
Elliott Warnock
Ariail: the impossible interview
The Daily Tar Heel
Clouds are gathering over Fetzer Field,
foreshadowing the oncoming season, and
the Carolina soccer squad, like an old
machine, trys to oil itself and prepare for
another onslaught by the rest of the ACC.
It begins to rain as the freshmen start
their drills, many learning to play soccer
for the first time. Before they are halfway
through practice a blue clad figure
suanters . from Woollen Gym onto the
field and into the rain. It is Danny Ariail.
I repeat it in my mind: Danny Ariail,
"the rubber-band," some of his former
teammates call him. A' wing-forward from
Charlotte with a slender build and an
almost lanterned jaw.
He shuns exercises. Pausing for a few
seconds to twist and stretch his body,
then taking a practice ball from the
freshmen, he starts downfield. He plays
with the ball, never allowing it more than
a few inches from his feet. Dribbling the
length of the field, he stops at the far net
on the penalty shot line. He pauses for
only a minute then begins to kick, aiming
for the low-left corners.
I wait a few minutes before leaving my
perch underneath a tree. It is still raining.
Approaching him, I try to think of a
clever opening line.
ntertainment Calndar I
Chapel Hill Cinema
"Skyjacked." An old fashioned programmer
which means there is some very fine action but
the plot and dialogue and acting are mostly
ludicrous. So bad it's fun in a crummy sort of
way. Carolina Theatre, 1:36, 3:24, 5:12, 7,
8:48 p.m.
"Brian's Song." James Caan and Billy Dee
Williams really shine in this TV movie of
football and friendship. Mass audience schmaltz
at its absolute peak. Varsity Theatre, 2, 3:50,
5:40,7:30,9:20.
"Nicholas and Alexandra." Tale of the last
of the Czars is superbly mounted and the story
is certainly interesting, but the dialogue is
unbelievably bad, and it has been directed like
an outdoor pageant. Rather like an elementary
school history lesson. Plaza 1, 1 :30, 4:45, 8.
"Fiddler on the Roof." Film version of the
long running Broadway musical. Marred in the
first half by some overly broad and predictably
comedy, but overall very fine and quite moving.
Topol is superb in the main role. Plaza II, 2,
5:15, 8:30.
Theatre
"The Odd Couple.' Village Dinner Theatre.
Raleigh. Curtain at 8:30 p.m. Call Durham
569-8348 for reservations.
Carolina :Playmakers Season Tickets.
Beginning Thursday, these tickets will go on
sale at the Carolina Play makers Business Office
in Graham Memorial and at Ledbetter-PickarcTs
downtown. $6 for students and $7.50 for the
general public For further information call
933-1121.
Concerts
Sunday. Johnny Cash. June Carter, the
Carter Family, Carl Perkins, the Statler
Brothers, the Tennessee Three and Larry
Butler. 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh.
Admission $5, $6, $7.
Sunday. Organist Floyd Gulick. Duke
University Chapel Concert Series. Works by
Messiaen, Bach. Franck, and Lkjeti. 4 p.m. '
Tryouts
The Carolina Playmakers. Auditions for
Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
wilf be held in the Forest Theatre today and
Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. There are a large
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"Just do what Pele says and youH do
all right."
"What's that?" he asks.
"Brush the side nets every time and
it 11 be a Sure goal."
Without laughing he says "That's what
I try to do."
We begin to talk and I soon discover
that it is impossible to interview Danny
Ariail; I can only listen. Talk ranges from
a little soccer to a lot of grass conditions,
rain, the freshman football team and Paul
Miller.
He continues to practice penalty kicks,
looking at the nets, concentrating, then
letting loose with a shot to the lower left
corner. Always the lower left corner.
Why?
"If I can hit it there every time, hard,
the goalie still won't be able to get it."
From behind him comes a very English
voice, "Awh Danny! That's not very
subtle you know." It's Nick Jones, a UNC
goalie.
"Hell," says Ariail, "I don't have to be
subtle, just a good shot."
He's right. Jones stands in the mouth
of the goal. Although Ariail points to the
corner he shoots at, Jones cannot block
number of roles available for both men and
women of all ages and types. Those who
audition will be required to read from the
script.
Men's Glee Club. Today. 1 :30-5 p.m. or by
appointment with Robert Porco of the UNC
Music Department. Room A, Hill Hall.
Durham Theatre Guild. Tryouts for the
production of John Gas "The Beggar's
Opera" will be held today and Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. at Allied Arts on West Proctor Street
in Durham. Auditions are open to the public.
People interested in any phase of theatre are
invited to attend. Production dates: Oct. 19-21
and 26-28.
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Planetarium
"Fall Constellations." The royal family of
stars in all its splendor leads the celestial parade
across the sky. Opens today.
Television
Film: "The Sea Wolf." Jack London's
outdoor adventure stars Edward G. Robinson
and Ida Lupino. 4:30 p-m.,. channel 28. .
Summer Olympics. Finals in weightlifting
head tonight's events. 8 p. m, channel 8.
Film: "The Sandpiper." Third late night
: rerun of 19655 worst movie. Reverend Richard
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his shots. Each time Ariail points at the
lower left corner, sending Jones sprawling
to the ground, and then kicks it to the
right.
"How's that for subtle?"
Subtle, very subtle indeed.
Ariail soon tires of penalty kicks and
begins to shoot while standing on his
hands. There is a whistle and varsity
practice begins.
"O Jesus Christ, I didn't see Coach
Allen start up."
The next day it stops raining long
enough for a scrimmage game with
Wilmington.
I arrive late; the game has already
started. Ariail is playing wing on the side
of the field closest to the crowd. He has
an almost impish grin on his face as he
runs up and down the field, faking from
side to side, moving around his
opponents. He makes it all seem quite
easy but I know full well that it is
grueling work.
During a time out he leaves the field to
get a drink of water, and I catch up with
him.
"What are you doing out there? You
look like you're playing with them."
and naughty Elizabeth on the hot California
coast 11:30 p.m., channel 11.
Art
Student exhibition. Ackland Art Center.
Through Sept. 12. Open Tuesday through
Saturday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Sunday (2-6
p.m.). Closed Mondays.
Radio
WPTF-FM. "Festival of Music." 8:07-10
p.m. 94.7 on the dial. Strauss: Don Juan.
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D
Minor. Khachaturian : Sonata for Violin and.
Piano. Schoenberg: Transfigured Night. r
WCHL. "Interlude." 6:15-7 p.m. 1360 on.
the dial. Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite.,
Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello in E-flat.
Other
DEEP JONAH (Formerly the Union Coffee
House) A blanket concert in the Pit at 8 p.m.
Saturday. The duo of Mike Kott and John:
Santa (cello and guitar) and George Seltzer
(six-string). Short Flicks of Laurel and Hardy,
Little Rascals, Abbott and Costello after dark.
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' O sure," he says, "it's still early, you
know."
Yes, it's still early. To him it's still
early until the last period.
Suddenly the impish grin is gone and
he explodes downfield. He seems to be
nothing but sheer energy as he makes his
way through a pack of defenders, faking
one Wilmington player so much that he
falls to his knees.
I notice that he is still in the side of
the field closest to the crowd.
"The crowd psyches me up so I asked
to switch sides of the field at the end of
the period. I do it all the time," he says.
Soon it is over. Wilmington was never
in the game. We talk for a little while.
"O yeah, sure, we didn't play all that
hard, but it's only the beginning of the
season. We're not even in condition yet.
Being in condition is not the most
important thing. Getting the feel of each
other is most important. Knowing where
we run to, where we should pass to.
Conditioning, Hell ..."
Yes, it is only the beginning of the
season, it's still early. But the clouds are
gathering over Fetzer Field and it just
might rain again.
'World chess championship
wins Fischer new
byCarlNea!
Sports Writer
Bobby Fischer finally won the most
controversial chess match in the history
of the game when Boris Spassky resigned
the 21st game of the 24 game series.
The amazing thing about the
championship tournament is that Fischer
had previously faced Spassky five times
and not won a game. In this tournament
Fischer dominated the game with his
personality even more than with his chess
ability.
The psychic aura that Fischer
generated had Spassky making moves that
would have credited only a novice.
Spassky- as well as everyone else
recognized that there was something in
the room that forced him to deviate from
the normally near-perfect game that
earned him the world championship title.
The Russians even suspected that there
was some capitalist trickery going on.
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Dan Ariail hams it up in practice. Ariail, a natural-born snowman, carrina's
flashiest and most popular soccer player. He can score goals, too, but an interview with
him often turns into a circus.
They had experts go over the hall and
they only turned up two dead flies
(autopsies are pending).
Fischer's chess ability is beyond
reproach. Any chess player that has had
the privilege of playing him or that has
even watched one of his games in progress
cannot deny the creativity of his game.
His personality is only an added edge that
many champions have possessed before
him.
Fischer's demands for money was one
thing that got on the wrong side of many
people. Even though this tournament was
the richest in . the history of organized
chess, Fischer demanded more money.
The additional money came from an
Englishman to the tune of $125,000,
which brought the total prize to an
unheardof quarter of a million dollars.
After this match chess tournaments,
even on the master, IeveJ, .will have, to
offer larger prizes. After1 seeing Fischer.
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for the old standard amounts, which
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This increase in prize money merely
follows the other sports that all have seen
drastic increases in prize money and
salaries with the emergence of superstars
that dominate the game.
Fischer's antics for money and playing'
r.nnrtitinns did more than make
everything suit Fischer. These actions
that some people have called childish
temper tantrums" brought about the
immense press coverage and large public
interest in both the tournament and in
the game of chess. And now that Fischer
won the world championship it has
become common to see the name writers
, that condemned Fischer before claim that
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