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Field hockey vs. Pfeiffer College,
7 p.m., Navy Field
Fencing Awareness Week
Fencers want joust desserts
By JOHN PIETRI
Staff Writer
First of a two-part series.
The UNC fencing team, although
one of the best in the nation, has not
received much publicity. In a pilot
study in Pittsburgh, 95 percent of those
interviewed said they knew nothing
about the sport of fencing. According
to head coach Ron Miller, "People
assume that fencing has a poor image
actually it has no image." So next
week Oct. 18-24 has officially
been declared "Fencing Awareness
Week."
"The purpose of this is to provide
accurate information to the campus
about the sport of fencing and its posi
tion here at Carolina; but it will be
slightly prejudiced, naturally," Miller
said.
"People won't be able to escape it.
The team will ' be wearing fencing
T-shirts all week long with the slogan
'Carolina Fencing The Ultimate
Sport.' Every time you step off a street
comer you will see the slogan painted
somewhere. Signs will be everywhere.
Fencers will bring their weapons to
class. There will be live demonstrations
and films."
Miller is enthusiastic about the first
annual Fencing Awareness Week, for
his team does lack the needed publicity
and support of the school.
"We have always been accused of
low visibility, therefore we're going to
get everybody in the area to know
about it and its tradition in the area.
We do exist and people do care about
us."
At the end of the week Oct. 24
and Oct. 25 the Carolina Challenge
will take place at Fetzer Gym, begin
ning at 8:30 a.m. Spectators will get to
see competitive fencing by some fencers
from the U.S. Olympic squad, in
cluding Peter Westbrook, the National
amateur champion who was also the
highest U.S. finisher in the World
Championship last year. He finished
,29th. . ,
It may be surprising to hear that the
top fencer in the United States finished
in just 29th place.-But not so, accord
ing to Miller.
"Fencing is mainly a European
, sport. We (the United States) are in the
upper middle range. We could be
higher, but just can't afford to compete
with the Europeans."
Italy, which hosted last year's World
Championships, spent $1.5 million on
facilities alone. They spent $500,000 for
advertising, and it cost $1 million to
run and televise it nationally.
The world's top fencers come from
France, Italy, West Germany,
-Hungary, Poland and the USSR. The
Soviets boast three-fourths of the in
dividual champions in the world, which
is not surprising, because it has 6
million fencers compared to only
27,000 active competitors in the United
States.
The reason for the popularity of
fencing in Europe probably stems from
the fact that fencing is directly related
to the rapier, which was the chief hand-to-and
combat weapon in the 14th,
15th, and 16th centuries. Images of
French princes fencing from
chandeliers and on table tops help to
create the feeling that fencing is a
romantic sport.
This is also how many people envi
sion d'Artagnan and the Three
Musketeers, Cyrano de Bergerac and
Romeo. But the rapier really has no
modern equivalent. The foil, one of the
three modern weapons (along with the
sabre and the epee), originally
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developed as a practice weapon for the
rapier.
The rapier was the primary weapon
that gentlemen used to defend
themselves in the age of chivalry.
But the fencers of today do not have
to worry much about losing their lives,
for they wear suitable protection and
the weapons are not as dangerous as
the rapier. The foil, the sabre, and the
epee all evolved out of the rapier, but
are not used to defend one's honor or
to protect the chateau anymore.
Spikers edge out Blue Devils
By LINDA NIXON
StaH Writer
Volleyball attack errors and lack of con
centration were two factors characteristic
of UNC's play against Duke Tuesday
night in Durham, but the Tar Heels re
main unbeatened in the ACC as they took
their third conference win 3-1.
"rrw-sTOwTnatch:" said Coach Beth
Miller. "We played adequately. .but not
exceptionally well."
In the first game, Carolina had five at
tack errors (attempts to spike the ball that
end up out of bounds or in the net) that
hurt the team's play, but the score re
mained close. The Jar Heels had 16 spikes
in the game, and setter Linda Kantz had 10
assists, en route to defeating Duke in a
close 15-12 contest.
Laura Held slammed the ball five times
and served two aces in the second game to
give UNC a more decisive win, 15-8.
But in the third game, Carolina lost its
mental edge and was beaten soundly, 8-15.
"We made a comeback to get those
eight points," Miller said. "The team had
eight attack errors." She added that the
loss was a mental letdown for the team.
. "Sometimes we've had fantastic come-
tacte;IlMiHerdbouteeam?s abili
ty to score when they were in a potential
losing situation. "It just depends on our
mental attitude."
In the fourth game, the Heels got their
concentration back and put the final touch
on the match, winning 15-4. Kantz had
eight assists, and Donna Meier and Held
combined for 11 spikes.
The Tar Heels' next match will be
against East Carolina next Tuesday in
Greenville.
For the record
In the story titled "Phi Mus, Stacy win
IM. track races," (DTH, Monday, Oct.
4), the name of the third place team in the
fraternity division, Phi Beta Sigma, was
mispelled. The DTH regrets the error. .
University of
Maryland
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October 19, 1982
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February, 1983.
A I Carolina
'X lr . Union Program
Crum foresees big changes in NCAA;
athletes must "perform academically"
By LINDA ROBERTSON
Sports Editor
January may mark more than just a new year. As UNC foot
ball coach Dick Crum sees it, the 1983 NCAA convention may
usher in a whole new era in college athletics. , '
"I tell you, some big changes are earning," Gum said at his
press conference Tuesday. "When the chief 'executives of
American universities get fired up, you can be sure something will
be done."
Crum said pressure will filter down to high schools if more
rigorous academic standards are enforced. Students inadequately
prepared for college will find their scholarship opportunities have
evaporated if current proposals are passed. ,
"The 2.0 grade point average rule is going out the window,"
Crum said. "The common joke is 2.0 in what? It just doesn't
mean anything. I think they may require kids to have 1 1 academic
credits in high school.
"If a kid wants to take dry cleaning, he can take dry cleaning,
but he won't play on a college team. I've seen transcripts you
' wouldn't believe. I'm not saying these kids are dumb; they're just
. not getting good guidance. It's got to be made clear to them that
if they are going to an academic institution, they must be able to
perform academically." 5 C
Parents, whose influence has been lost in the shuffle of big-time
recruiting, may soon have more to say about the future of their
talented children. Parents will exert pressure on high schools to in
sure scholarship eligibility for their children, Crum said.
One of the most popular proposals around is the elimination of
freshman eligibility. Crum agrees, saying that the social, athletic
and academic adjustment to college is too much too soon for the
average' 17-or 18-vear-old.
"I don't think freshmen ought to be eligible unless they prove
they can make it academically with at least a 2.75 grade point
average," he said. "BuJ again, you have the problem of money.
Without freshmen, schools will need more grants to get enough
players to make it through the season, and a lot of schools can't
make that economic commitment."
, Crum also said stif fer penalties would eliminate the current in
centives to cheat. Many schools endure the temporary obstacle of
probation in the road to domination in certain sports.
"I like Bobby Knight's idea: if you don't graduate athletes, you
lose your grants," Crum said. j
He said the 30-95 rulel which limits the number of football
scholarships awarded each season, has diminished the number of
dynasties and increased the number of upsets in college football.
"There is more competitive balance," he said. "When you can
only take 30 players, you study each youngster much more
carefully than when it was just carte blanche and you could sign
50 or 60."
Crum was also critical of the media, which he said had been
rather hypocritical in its moralistic condemnation of collegiate .
.athletics.
"The news media gives a lot of lip service to cheating and
academic scandal while they vote for schools on probation on the
AP poll. "-With1 the UPI poll, the coaches don't vote for those
schools," Crum said. "So it's a two-edged sword for the media.
They're patting the same guys on the back who are on probation.
"I look forward to some changes, but the NCAA convention is
an amazing thing. The freshman red-shirt rule passed four years
ago when just about everyone was out of the room. The point is,
athletics are secondary to education. Otherwise, at the end of foui
years, what have you got?"
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