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Thompson leading
4. CC scoring race
GREENSBORO (UPI) Atlantic Coast Conference basketball players once
again are chasing David Thompson of North Carolina State for scoring honors.
Thompson, who last year as a sophomore captured the conference scoringcrown
with a 24.7 average, now has an average of an even 24 points a game in statistics
released Wednesday.
Another guard. John Lucas of Maryland, is third with a 19.8 average. Tom
McMillen of Maryland, third a year ago. now is fifth, trailing Gus Gerard of
Virginia.
The rebounding lead belongs easily to muscular Len Elmore of Maryland with
15.4 a game.
Tommy Burleson of North Carolina State, who took the rebounding title in the
conference last year, is third. His 12.4 average was barely edged by Wayne Rollins'
12.5 mark.
In field goal percentage, Mitch Kupchak of North Carolina with a .662 average is
on top. Kupchak is followed in the top five by Bobby Jones of the Tar Heels, then
Duke's Bob Fleischer, Darrell Elston of North Carolina and finally David
Thompson.
Elston is best from the foul line, connecting on .889 of his free throws.
by Steve Levin
Sports Writer
The air inside Carmichuel Auditorium, usuallv alive
with the shrieking exhortations and cries of 8.X00
fanatics cheering their beloved hardcourt warriors on.
was strangely quiet. The crowd of 300 relaxed in the
relative comfort of the Rams Club's seats, but the Hour
directly below them, instead of being overflowing w ith
the usual troop of photographers, was covered with
folding chairs, ground wires, fencing strips, and
warmup jackets.
The scene was a fencing match between Carolina
and Navy a very special match. It marked the first
chance for the Tar Heels to gain revenge on a Navy
team that mauled them 21-6 last year. It was also the
Tar Heels' first duel match of the season, and possibly
one of their toughest. To show the importance of the
match, assistant coach Charlie Poteat wore a tie the
first time he had been seen in anything besides sweat
suits.
Leaping out to an early 10-4 lead in the matches.
Carolina coasted in with a decisive 16-1 1 decision over
the Middies. In foil and sabre competition. Carolina
had a combined 12-6 record, and therein lay the
settling of the match.
Jim Krause was undefeated in foil and no less than
six other Tar Heels came out of the meet with 2-1
marks. Jim Scott did it in foil. Kevin Gallagher and Bill
Shippman in epee, and Travis Hanes, Thurbert Baker,
and John Thacker in sabre.
Krause had sweet revenge in his three matches as he
redeemed himselt lor his 0-3 showingagainst Navy last
year.
In his lirst match Krause had a difficult time gaining
his final touch and when he llnallv got it he said to his
opponent. "Thank you very much!
In epee. Gallagher rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win his
first round match 5-4. He won his final match also, this
time by the score of 5-1. Shippman won his two
victories bv 5-3 and 5-4 while Bob Peterson, although
he went 0-3 for the meet, lost each match by 5-4 after
rallv ing from deficits each time to tie the matches at 4
4. The sabre competition provided the most
excitement of the Navv meet as Hanes. Baker, and
Thacker each won 2 matches by taking quick, early
leads and then hanging on lor the win in the late stages.
"1 was most pleased with foil and sabre against
Navy." Carolina coach Ron Miller said. "I was also
happy with epee despite their 4-5 record: Navy has a
very tough epee squad.
"Even though Peterson had an 0-3 record for his
bouts, all of them went 5-4 and six of the nine epee
bouts went to 5-4.
"It was a pleasing win for both the coaches and
players after the humiliation we suffered at Navy last
year. We had to wait til this year to get our revenge."
Straight from the warmth of Carmichael. the Tar
Heels traveled to Durham for a match with Johns
Hopkins. There they gave le of their best
performances of the season . a resounding IS-9
thrashing ol Hopkins. This time around epee and loil
combined for a 13-5 slate with Gallagher. Peterson,
and Shippman going undefeated in epee. and Krause
and Phil Reed turning the trick in loil.
I he match itscll lasted over 31.- hours because one ol
the judging machines collapsed and reluseu to respond
to treatment.
Jim Scott had been fencing at the time, and alter
wailing 40 minutes to resume a match he led 3-2. he lost
5-3. Despite Scott's loss. the I ar Heelsclinched victorx
during the second round as they held a commanding
14-2 lead. Kevin Gallagher's 5-4 win in the second
round was the deciding match.
In sabre. I rav is Hanes and I hurbert Baker went 2-0
while A.J. Keane posted a 1-1 record against thcsiiong
Hopkins' sabre team.
Coach Miller commended all the starting fencers bv
calling the match "an cxceptionallv outstanding
performance."
"Hopkins rcallv isn't that weak, and we were still skv
high Irom the Nav v match." he explained.
"Our voting fencers had dillicultv in the final round,
but this really isn't unusual when the outcome of the
match is already decided."
Miller expressed pleasure in Phil Reeds
performance saving, "his two wins rcallv helped his
confidence and it showed how much depth we rcallv
have."
I he far Heels are still undefeated and they now
travel to Florida for matches on the weekend against
several Florida schools.
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