Friday, March 2. 1973
ACC championship meet
The Daily Tar Heel
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.Fencers jonit for tittle
by Elliott Warnock
Sports Writer
Today is the day for all good fencers to
set sail for the south to Clemson and the
Atlantic Coast Conference tournament to
be held tonight and Saturday.
All ACC schools will be participating in
the third annual competition, except
Wake Forest.
North Carolina, the winner of the first
two tournaments, is favored to make it
three in a row despite anticipated strong
challenges from Duke and N.C. State.
Finishing the regular season with a
record of 1 1 wins and two losses, the Tar
Heels entered post-season competition
last weekend by sweeping the North
Carolina AFLA state tournament in
Raleigh.
Walter -Triplette, Bill Shipman, and
Bob Peterson won places in epee, while
Jim Krause took the top spot in foil and
Steve Piantadosi was the number one
finisher in sabre.
"It's going to be extremely close this
year," says Miller, "but Pm not any less
confident than I have been during the
past two seasons. I "am definitely pleased
with last weekend's performance."
Carolina will send three fencers plus
one alternate for each of the three
divisions, as will every team entering the
two day round-robin competition.
Dave Lynn, Shipman and Peterson will
be the starters for Carolina in the epee,
with Kevin Gallagher as the alternate.
In foils, Krau Travis Hanes, and Jim
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Scolt will make the trip to the Tiger's
Den, while Charlie Brown will be the
fourth man.
Piantadosi, the team captain will lead
the sabre division along with Rob Rivers,
and John Thacker. The alternate is
Thurbert Baker.
Lynn, Krause and Piantadosi are all
favored to win their individual division
championships. Lynn's top competitor in
epee will be teammate Shipman. Dick
Whitehead of State will also be in the
running for the gold as is Ed Pettis of
Duke.
Tom Clark, also of Duke should be
Piantadosi's major concern in the sabre.
He defeated Piantadosi in regular season
play but lost to him in a post-season
clash. Dave Sinodis of State is considered
the other strong contender for the gold
medal.
In the foils competition, Duke's Carl
Meyer will be the object of most of
Krause's attention in the tournament.
Miller feels that his team's top physical
condition will also be an important part
of the squad's effort for the
championship. The team has been holding
an extra practice in the mornings
recently.
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Carolina's wincing George Karl tries to get control of the
ball and follow Bobby jones' pick for two points. The Tar
Heels dropped this one to State, but. they'll have another
chance when they visit Duke. (Staff photo by George Brown)
UNC gridders ready for Blue
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by Winston Cavin
Sports Editor
Spring football practice at Carolina will wind up Saturday
when the Tar Heels stage the annual Blue-White intrasquad
game in Kenan Stadium. :
The Tar Heels have been holding off-season drills since early
in February. Now, most of the hitting and running is over. :
The game will get under way at the usual time of 11 a.m: So
as not to conflict with the Carolina-Duke basketball game set
to begin in Durham at 1 :30.
Coaching staffs have been selected for the game. Coach Bill
Dooley announced Thursday that there will be no head
coaches for the game. Dooley and his chief assistant, Bobby
Collihgs, will watch the game from the press box.
. One squad will be coached by Jim Carmody, Vito Ragazzo,
Pat Watson and Al Groh while the other team will be coached
by Vic Spooner, Billy Hickman, Charlie Carr and Sandy
Kenney.
Dooley said rosters for the game will be released today. He
indicated that every, effort will be. made to divide the squad
equally to insure a close and exciting game. Carolina students
can get in with their JD's and athletic passes.
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Spring practice provides an opportunity to get a preview of
next fall's football team. The coaches use the 20-day workout
to screen prospects and make plans for the fall.
The DTH interviewed Dooley this week to talk about next .
season's outlook. The offense was examined in Thursday's
paper. Today we look at the defense.
The Tar Heel defense lost five ALL-ACC performers from '
1972's 11-1 Sun Bowl championship team. Carolina lost seven
players who started on defense at one time or another. Ends
Bill Chapman and Gene Brown, tackles Eric Hyman and Robbi
VandenBroek, linebackers Mike Mansfield and defensive backs j
Lou Angelo and Gred Ward have all departed. Brown, Hyman,
Mansfield, Angelo and Jimmy DeRatt made All-ACC, and only
DeRatt returns.
It goes without saying that Dooley and his staff has a big
job to do if Carolina is to keep its national football standing .
alive.
Much work needs to be done at end, where Brown and
Chapman tore up opponents last year. Now, it looks like the. ;
best bets at the position could be junior Ted Elkins and junior f;
John Tessar. Both were reserves last -year. Others who look
good include, Tim Bialy ancLTen;y Be'aJtx off Jast year's juojQ.fJ
varsity. All have performed well in spring training. :
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At the defensive tackle positions, Carolina enjoyed great
success in '72, but the likes of Hyman and VandenBroek are
gone. Their backups, Ronnie Robinson and Peter Talty have
both had good springs, says Dooley, and both should start
next year. "But we've got to find new backups," Dooley
notes. "We were real strong there last year, and now we've got
a depth problem there." '
Other tackle candidates who have done well are Steve Baker
and Duke Thompson off the junior varsity team, along with
reshirt Scott Reynolds. If they come through, Carolina should
be all right.
"Linebacker-wise, we're looking," Dooley says. A lot of
people are in the running for linebacking jobs. UNC goes with
four linebackers, so that many more people have a chance. :
At inside linebacker, Carolina must replace Mansfield. Terry
Taylor returns. "He's been a real bright spot," Dooley says of
Taylor. Steve Early, who was hurt in mid:season, is another
prospect, but he has not worked in spring drills due to his
injury. "If he comes back," Dooley says, "we'll be all right
there."
; Junior Tommy Jones and reshirt David Kuratnick figure in
2 Jhe linebacker picture.' Others who have looked good at one
r time or another include soph Barry Jarvisv who was a stud on
the JV team. He has missed spring work .with a broken foot
bone. :ti ,n
Gary Cowan, a good one who was hurt near the end of the
season, has been moved to ;nside linebacker. He split time at
outside linebacker last year. He is still hWrt
Outside linebackers are in abundance this spring. All-ACC
DeRatt returns to nail down one starting spot. He is a junior,
as is Tom Embrey, who also looked good last fall. Cowan and
Mark DiCarlo split time there last seasbn, but DiCarlo has
missed spring practice with an injury.JcTtlover from last fall.
All four should be tops at outside linebacker. :
The defensive backfield poses big problems. Only one
starter-senior Phil Lamm-is back. Leading candidates for the
other two spots are senior Earl CheSion, junior Kip Arnall
(who has a broken nose), soph Rick Kelly and others off the
freshman team. ;
All things considered, the Tar Heel defense should be
effective enough next fall, but the new men will have to
develop quickly if Carolina is to survive tough early-season
tests with national powers Missouri and N.C. State. :
There is one more thing kicking specialists. Last fall's
placek(cker,,; Ellis Alexander, and the chief punter, Daje
"L'ydecker,-both return.'" '' " c 1 "'" ' '
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