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Boshamer Stadium will be empty this summer;
North Carolina State Baseball League cancelled
UNC football seniors discover life
is a challenge on and off the field
By JEFF BRODY
Tar Heel Staff Writer
The college football player is often typecast
as a student without direction, but this years
UNC seniors are already proving they can plan
for themselves.
Kelvin Bryant was the first UNC player this
year to experience the promotion from the col
lege ranks to pro football, or from fantasy to
reality, since he joined the United States Foot
ball League. Bryant has survived the introduc
tion magnificently as well as his Philadelphia
Stars team.
He has been a brilliant performer, and has
supplied a spark plug to the new league. So
far, Bryant leads the league in scoring touch
downs with 14, and his average of 4.8 yards
per carry is second in overall rushing.
Yet, the Philadelphia Stars were not the only
team interested in the former North Carolina
player. The defending Superbowl champions,
the Washington Redskins, seem to think that
Bryant has a very promising football future.
The Redskins selected Bryant in the seventh
round of the draft this year, and will have ex
clusive rights to Bryant during the next four
years.
However, with all of his instant success, Bry
ant has not forgotten the university that
helped his football talents. Bryant recently es
tablished a $10,000 academic scholarship fund
in his name to the Department of Recreation
Administration.
Although former quarterback Rod Elkins
suffered a knee injury this past season, he is
enthusiastic about the possibility of returning
to football. Elkins said he has a desire to play
in the USFL, which he thinks would be in his
. "best interest."
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"I think the League is doing well and has
firmly established itself,- Elkins said. Al
though the-Philadelphia Stars have exclusive
rights to Carolina players, Elkins believes that
he would not have to negotiate solely with
them since he was not drafted out of college.
Elkins is presently living and working in the
Chapel Hill area and will attend second session
summer school. Elkins said he will also be as
sisting at Coach Dick Crum's summer football
camp, and will work as a student-assistant-coach
for North Carolina in the fall.
Linebacker Chris Ward is another player
who will seek to enter the ranks of pro football
when he attempts to negotiate a contract with
the Philadelphia Stars in August. Ward was
originally drafted by the Stars and had formed
a tentative contract with them. Yet he felt that
it would be wise to delay his pro career in or
der to recover from a minor Sun Bowl injury
which he thinks left him with about 60 of his
true ability.
Fully recovered now, Ward is weightlifting
and running to stay in shape while completing
his undergraduate studies. The completion of
his degree seems to reflect Ward's belief that
there is more to life than football.
4 'There are a lot of things that you don't get
to see when playing," Ward said. Consequent
ly, he is now enjoying his brief break from
football to "take in more of the Chapel Hill
sights." However, Ward is anxious to get back
to football soon, and is excited about the
USFL and the Philadelphia Stars.
Ward said he was satisfied with his college
career because he feels that North Carolina is a
place where college sports are appreciated, un
like his home town of Cincinnati where the
Bengals and Reds are the primary sports attractions.
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The familiar sounds of college baseball
won't be heard this summer in Boshamer Sta
dium, due to the cancellation of the North
State Collegiate Baseball League.
; The 11-year-old North State League, which
gave college players a chance to hone their
skills in the summer months, was discontinued
because of financial reasons.
While inadequate finances plagued the
league, UNC Coach Mike Roberts said keep
ing the, better players around to play in the
summer also contributed to the decision to dis
continue the league. "Basically we felt that the
money could be used much more wisely during
the regular school year," Roberts said. "A lot
of our players, like other athletes on other
teams, wanted to be away from Chapel Hill
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Many of North Carolina's current players
will play in more competitive summer leagues
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the Jersey Shore League. Three players, Jeff
hope to be drafted by the major leagues.
In the past, the level of play in the league
has suffered because many of the better play
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spend the summer months playing ball at
school. Last year's league was made up of
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