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Tommy LaGarde is like your kid brother when he's good, he's really, really
good and when he's bad ...
LaGarde is a boy fresh out of the Midwest who, like all freshmen, has his good
days and his bad days. The only difference is that Tommy doesn't have the time or
privacy to work things out slowly. He's a basketball player living in a land where the
giants of the court rule the minds and the heart of the campus citizenry.
LaGarde signed with the University of North Carolina on June 6, 1972 after
surviving one of the most heated recruiting battles in the country last year. Every
coach wanted his flesh draped with their colors Notre Dame's green and yellow.
Indiana s red, UCLA's blue you name 'em, they wanted him.
The sartorial choice was Carolina blue for a number of reasons.
"It was the school, the campus, the players and the coaches." said LaGarde,
leaving very little room for questions.
Tommy did not savor any hopes of cracking into the varsity starting lineup when
he arrived in Chapel Hill from Detroit last August.
"The coaches said that I'd probably need a period of adjustment and that I'd
probably play a lot my sophomore year," LaGarde said.
In some early season games, Tommy got an opportunity to assume a spot role for
the Tar Heels and rode the roller-coaster of success.
"Sometimes 1 felt 1 was playing well and playing poorly at other times, ...good
one moment, bad the next," he confessed.
Through it all though. Tommy was experiencing the one thing Dean Smith and
his staff were hoping for he was learning the Carolina system of ballplay.
"I figure I've learned a lot," LaGarde said. "I kjiow what I'm doing on the court
now and I'm beginning to play better defense."
It wasn't until last Saturday night in Greensboro that LaGarde put it together in
front of the home fans. The "Tommy Terrific" from Motown that we heard so much
about came sneaking off the bench against the Seminoles and put the Deee-troit-doom
on the Floridians.
LaGarde was a terror. A few seconds after he came into the game, he gave FSU's
Zach Perkins an early lunch by blocking his breakaway shot underneath.
He flashed down on the offensive end and moved well without the ball, darting
and dashing and setting picks with confidence and finesse. When he shot against the
Seminoles, the ball generally dropped through the twine.
But that was Florida State and that's history the schizophrenic basketball days
of Tommy Joe LaGarde have only just begun.
Some nights won't be as good as against Florida State, but, when he's good, he'll
be very, very good.
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Muffled voice heard last February, coming from a radio somewhere in Chapel
Hill: 44 ...and that's the end of the game with the final score, Miami, 102, Carolina,
92."
Most of us would like to put that game out of our minds, but there are a few of us
who can't.
Juniors Ed Stahl and Brad Hoffman and sophomore Dave Hanners are all from
Columbus, Ohio and all had some difficulty this summer, livingdown that defeat.
"Everyone at home wondered what happened," said Hoffman. "It seems like we
were trying to play catch-up the whole game. They've had something to talk about
all year."
"All my friends asked how they could beat us," said Hanners. "It was really hard
to explain to everybody. I remember while watching the game (Hanners played
jayvee exclusively last year), it came as a very big shock to me. I couldn't stand to
watch; 1 almost left in the middle of the game."
"There are a few guys like Steve Fields and Warren Dorsey from their team that
Brad and I played ball with last summer and they kidded us about it a lot," said
Stahl.
In 1971, Hoffman, Hanners and Stahl all started for Walnut Ridge High in
Columbus, leading the team to a state championship in an undefeated season.
They seemed destined for great college careers, but at this point of the season.
their basketball careers are at three completely different stages.
Brad Hoffman is playing less than he did last year and doesn't really know why. "I
wish I did know the reason," he said. "I had a good pre-season and I worked harder
last summer than I ever had, but I haven't played much since the first two games.
They say they still have confidence in me, I hope I can find it."
While he does feel that he should play more, Hoffman isn't criticizing anyone. "1
have no complaints about the guys that are playing. Hite and Harrison are both
play ing. real well; I just wish I could play more," he said.
"I've been playing with the Blue team. I know that the Blue team, as a unit,
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Trends in women's athletic programs
indicate that more females are trading their
bleacher seats for team benches and
competition.
Carolina surfaces as a leader, offering
eight intercollegiate sports for women and
most recently, the first female athletic
scholarship in the state. Almost 100 UNC
women are intercollegiate participants.
U NC fields the seven sports recognized by
the state governing organization, the North
Carolina Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics For Women (NCAIAW), as well as
fencing. The sports include tennis,
basketball, volleyball, field hockey, golf,
swimming and gymnastics.
Prior to 1971, interschool competition j
was li mited to a club basis, not formalized on
a varsity sport basis.
Finsmcin end leadership . .
The three-year-old intercollegiate
program is funded by the UNC Athletic
Department, with Athletic Director Homer
Rice having the final word. Director of
Women's Athletics Dr. Virginia R. Holt said
that she has no complaints about the
Athletic Department.
"We gtt what we ask for," said Dr. Holt,
who has been an intjgral personality in the
growth cf UNC fsrub athktic outlets.
"They've gone the extra mile.
Although programs for women were not
very well developed prior to Dr. Holt's
arrival, the former women's director Ruth
White Fink said that she "never had any
trouble getting .money." Fink was the
women's director for 27 years, from 1947 to
1971.
Dr. Holt said, "Since I've been here, we've
gone from Hardee's . 50 cents to decent
meals." Until recently, women athletes
received only a dollar for a meal when they
played away contests.
Dr. Holt, since her arrival in '71, has
provided a leadership impetus needed for
expanding women's athletics. She has
worked for the current intercollegiate set-up,
scholarship awards, and an overall
strengthening of existing programs for
women.
For example, in existing programs, this
year women's intramurals are directed for
the first time by a full-time employe, who
works in conjunction with the overall
intramural program as assistant director.
Coaches just to coach . . .
Also, for the first time, Dr. Holt foresees
hiring a person, possibly for next year, to act
solely as an intercollegiate coach. "The
person would probably coach three sports,
one in the fall, winter, and spring," she
explained. "The Athletic Department favors
the idea and qualified persons are available."
This is the first year that coaches of
women's sports have received a salary for
their coaching duties. Also, with the
exception of basketball coach Sue Cannon,
all coaches are instructors in the women's
physical education program.
"Coaching should not be in the light of a
last minute assignment," Dr. Holt stressed.
' Sports Information criticized
Concerning the awareness- of women's
intercollegiate programs, Dr. Holt said that
she "had not noticed any genuine interest on
the part of UNCs Sports Information Office
to promote the' program. I can't put it any
plainer," she said. "I'm trying to be polite."
Holt said that "it took Sports Information
one and a half years to get out one brochure
on the women. What coverage we have
received has come through my requesting or
actually giving them the information," she
said. " More often than not, we've had to take
this approach."
Assistant Sports Information Director
Rick Brewer said that Dr. Holt's contentions
were "not true at all."
"I would say that the women's coverage
has been pretty fair," Brewer said. "I've been
at every home basketball game and made
legitimate efforts to do everything 1 can."
Regarding the brochure. Brewer said that
difficulties with the printer had delayed its
publication. He" noted that his office mails
out short advances concerning an event and
calls in the results to television and radio
stations.
"It's part of the job," Brewer said. "I would
say that this office has done a lot on its own
initiative."
Not favor scholarships . . .
Former women's director Fink said that
she was reluctant to assess the recent growth
of women's athletic programs. "At the
present it looks like things are going well,"
she said, 1 don't feel like I can predict
the future.""
Intercollegiate grograras for worsen today
are entirely different a definite chance,
Fink said. "1 have not particularly favored
the scholarships.
"I hate to see them get into a very well
developed scholarship program," the former
director said. "A lot of people don't want
scholarships because they see the abuses that
have occurred in the men's programs, and at
present, no machinery on the national,
regional, or state has been established to
control scholarships."
Until last September, the NCAIAW
prohibited scholarships. The national
AIAW also barred the awards until last
spring. The organizations dropped the
restrictions, anticipating lawsuits charging
sex discrimination.
Carolina's first scholarship holder in
women's athletics is Carney Timberlake, 17,
of Lexington. She will join a strong women's
tennis program at UNC, coached by Frances
Hogan. She will attend on full grant-in-aide.
Other than tennis . . .
Currently, at the forefront of the
intercollegiate events is women's basketball,
as the Heels enter tournament action at4he
end of the week at UNC-G. Drawing a bye in
Thursday's first round, UNC meets the
winner of the Appalachian State-Wake
Forest match at 11 a.m. Friday.
Volleyball, field hockey, and swimming
have completed their '73-74 seasons. The
volleyballers ended 9-5, improving over last
year's 5-8 mark. Field hockey finished 2-3-4,
compared to a 3-7-2 last year.
In swimming co-captains Nancy
Noneman and Judi Scoles paced the team to
a 7-2 season and have qualified for the
national collegiate championships in March.
cor tributes to the team as a whole, but as far as an individual contributor. I don't
feel I'm helping the team other than what the Blue team does as a unit. I feel like I
could contribute more if I had the chance."
For rean Smith, Hoffman has nothing but praise. "We've talked about it, and he
has helped give me a feeling of security." he said.
"I know he is interested in me in basketball as well as in life. I have great respect
for Coach Smith."
Last year Dave Hanners played only half the junior varsity season due to injuries
bul this year, due to injuries to Tony Shaver, he was placed into a strange role; point
guard. He has done well in both guard positions this year for the jayvees and is
averaging just under ten points per game, hitting 48 per cent from the field and 60
per cent from the foul line.
Hanners has played in just five varsity games, taking four shots and hitting tw o of
them. He, like Hoffman, feels he can play, but is willing to wait until he perfects a
few things.
"I think I'm capable, but 1 know it will take time," he said. "1 know 1 have the
ability, but I just have to harness it. 1 have a great desire to play, but I like school
enough so I can enjoy it even when I'm not playing."
One of Hanners' problems has been too much fouling. "I'm a very high-geared
person; 1 always want to go. I run around a lot on the court. When you're quick and
you move around a lot, you're bound to get fouls, even when you don't make them.
I'm going to try to stop reaching so much," he said.
After an early season slump, Ed Stahl has come back slowly, but surely. IT he
keeps going, he should be peaking right around ACC tournament time.
"I've felt my confidence coming back ever since the second game after the Big
Four tournament," he said. Although I wasn't producing a lot, I felt more confident
on the court. I knew my mistakes and knew they were correctable."
At the beginning of the season, people were talking a lot about how Ed's
productivity wasn't up to par. He hasn't let it bother him.'
"As far as productivity or what people expect goes, I don't pay that much
attention, because I know what my contribution is," he said. "Right now, 1 think I'm
just short of being self-satisfied. It's a personal thing with me, and I'm happy with
what I'm getting out of it."
With only four more regular season games left, Stahl is finding himself more
interested in basketball and not tiring of it, as some people expected he would.
"I'm beginning to get into the season much more than I was at first." he said, f I
guess the better you do, the more you like it. I'm getting more fired up for games,
even for practices. I think it's essential to peak at tournament-time, both mentally
and physically."
Tonight, the Tar Heels face Miami of Ohio. As far as the three Ohioans are
concerned, this year's outcome should be a little different.
Brad Hoffman: "We're a lot better this year than we were last year at this time.
We've learned not to take anyone lightly, especially after Maryland. Everyone will
be ready."- -:v: .:
Dave Hanners: "There's no reason we shouldn't beat them, as long as we pby our
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Ed Stahl: "For me, it's a pride thing. If we play a good game, and not let the
grudge aspect overtake us, I think we'll win."
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rugged Christians
A cold shooting night carried the Tar Heel
women cagers to a 65-57 loss against a fast
moving undefeated Elon College team
Tuesday night.
The loss puts UNC at 10-2 for the regular
season, going into Thursday's state
tournament at UNC-G. UNC plays Friday
against the winner of Appalachian-Wake
Forest.
The fighting Christians, now 14-0.
assumed command in the early stages, never
letting Carolina move ahead.
Elon mounted a 15-point lead in the
second quarter before finishing the half with
a 31-18 lead, led by freshman Wanda
Wilson's 19 points.
In the second half the Christians
outscored UNC by only one point in the
third quarter. However, in the final period.
the Heels struggled only to close the gap in
the last minute after Elon had rushed to a 20
point spread.
Carolina scoring was led by junior Marsha
Mann with 20. Patti Purgason with 1 1 and
Lucy Lowder with 10.
"We just couldn't get the ball to drop."
said UNC head coach Sue Cannon. "Our
man-to-man still needs some work before the
tournament."
Elon's strong defense severely limited the
potent shooting of UNC standouts freshman
Dawn Allred and Marsha Mann. Allred
scored nine points, well under her season's
average.
For Elon. freshman Sherri Pickard shot
for an impressive 23 points with most of
them coming in the second half. Wilson
joined Pickard. also with 23 points.
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