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by Tad Smith
Sports Writer
The North Carolina tennis team faces a
tough draw and a two-match schedule as
they begin play in the first annual
Intercollegiate Indoor Tennis Team
Championships at the University of
Wisconsin today.
In the first round match, played at 4
p.m., the Tar Heels (fifth last season)
meet Stanford, last year's second ranked
team. In the event that UNC wins,
Carolina moves on to battle Trinity at 1 1
p.m. Trinity was ranked first last year,
winning the NCAA championships at
Athens, Ga.
Coach Don Skakle, obviously upset
over the draw, termed it "ridiculous." He
said, "They went by geographical
location instead of by last year's
standings." In the other bracket, USC and
UCLA, ranked third and fourth last year,
are scheduled to meet in the second
round, thus assuring the winners of the
Friday matches an easy day Saturday.
Actually, the outlook is not so bad for
the Tar Heels. Led by ail-Americans Fred
McNair and Rich McKee, the Tar Heels
return more strength from last year's
squad than any other team in the
tournament. "I think we're (Carolina and
Stanford) the best two teams in the
tournament," Skakle said.
The first round match should
determine the national champion.
"Whoever wants it worst will probably
win," Skakle said.
Although Stanford lost several of their
top players to the pros, they still have
their number two man from last year,
all-American Alex Mayer. Behind Mayer
will be Rich Fischer, Jim Delaney, and
two freshmen, Pete DuPre and John
Whitlinger.
Track stars meet here
Seven All Americans and four
Olympians will be in the Tin Can
Saturday when Carolina's indoor track
team hosts North Carolina Central,
Clemson and South Carolina in a
four-way meet at 1:30.
Fortunately for the Tar Heels, All
Americans Tony Waldrop and Reggie
McAfee will be in town for what
undoubtedly will be the biggest meet of
the season. Last week, Waldrop and
McAfee were in New York for the
Millrose Games and missed the meet with
East Carolina and North Carolina State.
Carolina All American Lennox Stewart is
also rounding into shape to face some of
the same competition he met this summer
in Munich when he ran the 800 meters
for his native Trinidad.
North Carolina Central will bring the
other four All Americans and three
Olympians to the meet. The best known
of these is Larry Black who won the silver
medal in the 220 and participated on the
440 relay team that took the gold. Julius
Sang, a bronze medalist in the 400 meter
run will be here, as will Robert Ouku,
who ran in the 880 for Kenya in the
Olympics. As if those three aren't
enough, Central brings All American
sprinter Mel Bassett and Charles Foster.
With all the class here from Carolina
and Central, it could be easy to overlook
South Carolina and Clemson. Although
neither team is particularly strong, both
have some good individual performers.
the relative youth of this year's squad is
responsible for the lack of offensive
hustle among the wrestlers.
With wins over two teams under their
belts, the Tar Heels are apparently
starting to move.
head coach at Virginia Military Institute
for five years before going to East
Carolina. He spent five years on the UNC
staff before that.
United Press International 'reported
Thursday that the University of North
Carolina had hired former Tar Heel
assistant football coach Vito Regazzo as
an offensive backfield coach.
Sports notes
Regazzo, offensive coordinator at East
Carolina for the past two years, will
succeed Moyer Smith, who resigned two
weeks ago to take a job at Florida State.
A native of Knetucky, Regazzo was
After two weeks to regroup after the
Michigan State meet, the Carolina Gym
team will be playing host to Georgia Tech
Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
Coach Fred Sanders is looking for a
chance to use many of the team members
who haven't competed this year.
"This meet will give me a chance to
look at some of the younger boys," he
said.
Sophomore Jim Baucom will be one of
those who will be getting their first
chance on the floor. Baucom is expected
to shine in the floor exercises.
Number three for Carolina should be
co-captain Forrest Simmons, and Rich
Hardaway at number four. The remaining
two spots will be either Joe Garcia, John
McNair, or freshmen Billy Brock and
Tommy Dixon.
"Stanford has two real good
freshmen," Skakle said, "but so have
we." He indicated that Brock would
probably play one of the last two singles
spots.
In doubles, McNair and McKee will
team up on the first court, with the other
two up for grabs. Hardaway teams with
Garcia, Simmons with John McNair,
while the two freshmen work together.
The tennis courts at the Madison
complex are made of lacold, like the hard
courts at UNC. They play medium fast,
with soft resiliency. Skakle said the team
has been playing really well on the hard
courts. "The weather's been good to us,"
he said. "Last week, it was perfect"
Skakle speculated that Michigan and
Columbia would be the dark horses of the
weekend. Michigan plays Georgia in the
first round, while Columbia plays UCLA.
Trinity plays Michigan State in the first
round, but will be considerably weaker
this year due to losing all but their five
and six players from last year's
championship team.
Losers will not have to pack their bags
and head for home. There will be a losers'
bracket playing simultaneously with the
winners, so that there will be eight
matches on Saturday after the sixteen
matches to be played Friday. So the loser
of the first round matchup could still
wind up as high as fifth.
Carolina appears set for another
outstanding year in tennis. The Wisconsin
event will give the team a good
opportunity to warm up for the season.
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night State will be Karl's next victim. (Staff photo by Scott Stewart)
Fresh from a win over Davidson, the
North Carolina wrestling team will travel
to Cullowhee Saturday to take on the
Mountaineers of Western Carolina
University. The recent win over Davidson
brought the Tar Heels' record to two wins
against five losses.
Carolina has been hampered by
sickness on the team. Head coach Sam
Barnes has noted that members of the
167-pound weight class have been out of
circulation, forcing him to use freshmen
in the line-ups.
Barnes has constantly been
emphasizing the importance of
aggressiveness to his team. He feels that
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